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Spring Training Open Thread: Tigers at Braves

See my notes post earlier for more info about today's game, 6:05pm start time. Here is the Braves batting order:

Melky Cabrera, CF
Martin Prado, 2B
Chipper Jones, 3B
Brian McCann, C
Troy Glaus, 1B
Yunel Escobar, SS
Jason Heyward, RF
Matt Diaz, LF
Kenshin Kawakami, P

After Kawakami, scheduled to pitch are Billy Wagner, Takashi Saito, Peter Moylan, and the long awaited spring debut of Scott Proctor.

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I wouldn’t mind seeing McCann in the 4 and Glaus in the 5 spot now and then.

I just hope this team shows a little more power than they have so far this spring.

Honestly I think McCann will perform better out of the 5 spot. And It’s early, the power will come. As long as we’re hitting the ball right now, which everyone seems to be doing aside from McLouth, we’re fine.

GO BRAVES!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody know if there will be radio links?

I'm in a cave again right now

but it’s supposed to be on 680 (AM) the fan. Not sure if they’re streaming, though.

Have we started yet?

My MLB AB app isn’t letting me listen or even see a box score.

KK gave up a single to Damon but that was it for the top of the 1st.

kawakami...

gives basehit up to damon but escapes the first inning with no harm. braves coming to bat.

MLB At Bat 2010

Now I’m getting a box score, but no audio.

Any update?

melky groundout to short
prado HBP

3 guys checking on him…hope he’s ok.
he stays in.

double for chipper...prado scores...

another deep shot.

Finally

Just got audio up on At Bat app.

Are you watching the game Ryan C?

McCann double, 2-0

BMAC!

Deep double to center off the wall. 2-0

there's no video feed
I appreciate y'all doing PBP...

AM radio obviously hates my house.

After dark, the 680 AM signal gets weaker too…

Thirded. Very much appreciated.

Glaus K’s swinging…Escobar pops out to short…2-0 Braves end of first.

Glaus

worked full count and struck out on offspeed pitch.

What the hell is going on in that KC-Arizona game? It’s 21-0 in the 5th inning…lol

one team playing football?

The boxscore is hilarious. Brian Anderson is 5 for 5 with 7 RBIs and was taken out of the game in the 5th inning.

Wow

I think that’s more RBIs than he had all of last year.

I almost went to that game today too lol.

KC laying the smackdown.

Damn the Clemson Tigers.

Not as bad as the Big East debacle last night

I had several of those called though. I was sitting pretty, even after the first 3 games today. The only real hurt that I had was Georgetown, but I had them losing in the Sweet 16 anyway.

However, I had Clemson in the championship – I was going for the home-run pick in my office pool.

Interestingly enough, I have the Washington, Cornell and ODU wins. Sadly, Clemson has bent me over though.

Keeping your final four in tact is the name of the game.

can’t get an online radio feed either, only commercials and snipets of The Cars’ “Drive”

Kelly flies out to center…Avila to 3rd.

Sizemore grounds to 3rd…Avila out at the plate. 2 outs.

If you can't listen to the Braves game

and want to stream some March Madness, this site is fantastic. Nice, clean, lag-less streams.

http://www.p2p4u.net/sports/basketball.html

Everett flies out to left. 2-0 Braves middle of 2nd.

Heyward singles to right.

JHEY....

hard hit single

Heyward single to right field

Who is that in your avatar if you don’t mind me asking? I thought it was Jessica Simpson at first glance.

yep. http://i44.tinypic.com/k0o6ye.jpg

Nice! Thanks. I would have figured she was a Texas Rangers fan.

They say Heyward has a nine game hitting streak and leads all of Spring Training baseball in walks.

It certainly feels like he’s been on base non-stop for the last 3 weeks. I think the grounds crew just rakes around him now.

He’s been on base at least once every game he’s played. That’s tough to do considering he doesn’t play a full game.

they say

heyward is going to star in the remake of Shaft.

KK bunts but they get Diaz at 2nd. Runners at the corners…1 out.

kk bunts...

goes to 2nd and gets out diaz

I miss having great hitting pitchers…can’ t have it all I guess

They said it was a good bunt, but the guy just made a good play. Maybe Diaz wasn’t going very hard.

I’ve never seen Diaz not going hard.

Yeah they didn’t say he wasn’t. The catcher must have just made a great play.

Thats what she said?

Hudson is decent I guess. Watched him hit a HR in STL. I thought it was hilarious, non of the cardinal fans did though..

me too! I watched that whole series….great sweep

heh yeah I was at all 3 games too. Fun times. Especially the Vazquez game, he was awesome that day.

Although the first night my seats were terrible

Cabrera ground into double play.

Still 2-0 Braves at the end of 2.

Great! We have play-by-play, thanks.

Bonderman K’s.

Raburn singles to right.

Damon flies out to center.

Thank

Heyward we didnt sign him

Ordonez K’s looking.

KK sounds like he’s doing well, I haven’t heard much about him this spring but I’m excited about him this year. Showed flashes of greatness last year

Prado singles to left.

Mac K’s swinging.

Glaus GIDP. 2nd inning ending double play through 3 innings.

Don't like 2 on o outs and not getting a run in.

Go Braves:)

Larish home run to right. 2-1 Braves.

Crap, those RISP not getting in, really $ucks now.

Avila ground rule double to right.

Sounds like KK is starting to struggle

Kelly grounds out to 1st…Avila to 3rd.

Sizemore grounds out to 1st. 2 down.

Everett infield single to short; possible E-6. Avila scores. 2-2.

KK strikes out pinch hitter (didn’t get the name).

C'mon O, get these runs back, and more.

Figuero in to pitch.

Esco lead off double.

Yes! Good start.

Making up for that possible error

Heyward flies out to shallow center.

Bench him, he's no good!

don’t you dare bench him. he might work out

Yep, afterall it is just ST!

Diaz K’s looking.

KK flies out to end the inning. Leadoff double leads to no runs. Still 2-2 Braves.

I have to go, so someone else will have to take over the play by play.

Silence sux!
Yes, it does!

hr tigers…not sure who

Geez,

KK seems to be having some problems.

He’s prone to the long-ball.

Justin to the rescue!

Not for long though. I just got the audio up on mlb.com, but I can only hang around for a bit. Date night with the wifey.

any is appreciated, dinner or movie?

Hope it wasn’t Damon

Whoever hits before Magglio. He is up now.

Magglio grounds out to 3rd. 2 outs.

The HR was from Damon. 3-2 Tigers as whoever bats after Mags grounded out to Prado.

SOOOOOO TEMPTED to say we should have signed him

Now that sux.

Leadoff single by Melky.

He’s better than I expected

I think he has another level still to go. People forget that he is only like 24 years old.

I keep telling myself he was good enough for the Yankees

Melky caught stealing on a 3-1 pitch. 3-2 now with 1 out.

and now there is ball 4. Not sure why we were stealing on a pitcher with a lack of command and 3 balls.

Chipper is up now with Prado on 1st and 1 out.

2-0 to Chipper. Pitching coach out.

Man, I don’t think I like this new aggression from Bobby. There was a 3-1 count to a pitcher who couldn’t find the zone, and we sent the runner. And now, there have been 3 consecutive balls.

Chipper with a line drive to LF. Runners on 1st and 2nd for McCann with 1 out.

Heap pops out. 2 out. Glaus up.

Time for Glaus to catch one in the screws

Glaus hits the 1-1 pitch and singles to RF. Run scores. 3-3.

Love Glaus.

Me too. Steal of the offseason.

Agreed!

I’m already a big Glaus fan.

Escobar up now. runners on the corners with 2 outs.

Escobar hits the first pitch to RF for out #3. We just gave away at least 1 run in that inning.

yeah, and earlier we had 2 on 1 out and left them stranded, ugh

I am referring more to the Melky caught-stealing on a 3-1 pitch. It makes no sense.

I wonder if he got the signs mixed up, makes no sense at all.

I bet the running slows down after ST, Cox just doesn’t try it much

Proctor in the game.

Proctor’s first pitch is 94 MPH.

Proctor now up 0-2 after hitting 93 on his second pitch…so far so good.

love that TJ surgery

i say let ’em find their wheels in ST, good to see Bobby running more even if only ST. I would hope everyone has a green light at this point

Proctor Ks Avilla.

very cool, Proctor is the work horse isn’t he? Torre’s favorite

Yeah. He is only 11 months removed from his surgery though, unlike Wagner and Hudson, who have had almost 2 years.

Kelly pops up to Conrad (in for Chipper at 3rd) and now there are 2 quick outs.

Sizemore grounds out to quickly end the top of the 6th.

great showing, now sit him down

Proctor was impressive.

Proctor was perfect in the frame with a K. His fastball hit as high as 94, a few times at 93 and once at 91. He K’d Avilla on the slider.

I really like Proctor. That was another good low risk-high reward signing this winter. A very good one, IMO.

Contract is such, we can have him next year if we don’t over do it early

Yeah…but if he makes the team out of ST, that part of the contract is void.

Then he doesn’t need to make the team out of ST

Yep, all I've heard is good things about him, if he can stay healthy,

which no reason he shouldn’t, if he takes it easy coming back from TJ.

Heyward up against a lefty named Schlereth (SP?)

KK went 5 IPs, 6 H 3R, 2 ER. Not too shabby, considering 2 of the runs were from 2 swings.

Heyward swings and misses at the slider. 2-1 count.

Make that a 2-2 count.

Heyward hit on the thigh. OBP, baby!

He'll be out for a week now
By "He,"

do you mean the ball, or the pitcher?

Heyward not realltyHeyward vs lefties

Diaz up with 0 out and Heyward on 1st. Heyward isn’t even phased by the fact that he just got drilled with a fastball.

Diaz with a base hit to right. runners on 1st and 2nd with 0 out for Conrad.

Conrad is having a great spring training. He hits the 3-1 pitch deep to LF, and Damon actually held the runners…weird.

Matt Young up now.

fear of that noodle arm?

Double-steal. Throw went to 2nd. both runners safe. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out for Young.

Nobody covered 2nd for the Tigers, because Heyward took off first, and Avilla was trying to throw to 2nd.

Braves double steal? that’s nuts

Young Ks. 2 outs now for Prado.

1-1 to Prado now.

1-2

After a couple of fouls, the count is now 2-2.

Prado walks. Bases juiced for Hicks.

what an at bat, about 6 minutes

wrong

4 minutes

He still battled back. It was a good one.

Hicks is in a good battle of his own. 3-1 pitch grounded out. 3 stranded. 3-3 game still.

And with that, I am out folks. Sorry!

Thanks, and have a fun night!
Anyone else have audio?

Not I said the pig

Jude, I’m outta here, have a good evening

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