This afternoon is the last spring training game of the year. You can bet that everyone will be looking ahead to Monday and opening day. Here is the lineup, which is still Nate McLouth-less:
Melky Cabrera, CF
Martin Prado, 2B
Chipper Jones, 3B
Troy Glaus, 1B
Yunel Escobar, SS
Matt Diaz, LF
Jason Heyward, RF
David Ross, C
Eric Hinske, DH
Tim Hudson will be on the mound for the Braves.
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Home Opener
Anyone going to the home opener that can send me a few of the magnets. I’m not going to make it to the stadium this year.
murph3 - April 3, 2010
Sure thing!
Email me your mailing address and I will try my best…
bkhayes@hotmail.com
Cammando2317 - April 3, 2010
Oh hell ya!
It says this game is the free game of the day on my MLB At Bat app. Nice!!!
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Do you know if they have that for the Droid? I’m about to upgrade on Monday.
BullManUGA - April 3, 2010
I think so
But not positive. I have it on my iPhone and love it.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
won’t be here long today, but we’ll get ’er started.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Fired Up!
Go Braves!
I do believe it will be a great, great year.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Vizquel, Beckham, Kotsya due up first for the ChiSox. Huddy pitching.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Underway… strike one.
Ball… foul … ball
Single to RF.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
i hate these uniforms
David G. Little - April 3, 2010
BECKHAM. Inside – almost hit him.
High for ball two.
Bouncer… off of Huddy’s glove.. everybody safe.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Our friend Mark KOTSAY. HItting .400 this spring.
Strike swinging (low).
fouled off his leg.
On the corner for a called ball.
Grounder to short. 6-3.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Double Play!
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
KONERKO.
Ball low.
Strike right where Kotsay’s ball was.
curve outside.
check swing… strike?? okay by me.
fouled – still 2-2.
Grounder to short – off Esco’s glove… throw high… he’s safe.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
carpengui - April 3, 2010
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Um. What channel is this supposed to be on?
BigG1392 - April 3, 2010
Fox reality
nick9314 - April 3, 2010
Weird. My Fox Sports – South channel decided to become Fox Sports Tennessee and air hockey right now. Lame
BigG1392 - April 3, 2010
Same here, duh
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Andruw… grounout to chipper.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
I have Fox Sports South.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Esco has been struggling since he hurt his back.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Gosh I hope
he’s allright
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
BOTTOM FIRST; 0-1 Sox
carpengui - April 3, 2010
MELKY: 0-1… ball
John Danks pitching.
Reaches out and pokes a single to center.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
PRADO
Melky may have outright won the CF spot.
2-0 count. line drive….
carpengui - April 3, 2010
C JONES
ground foul – batting righty.
strike called. ball low. Repeat. Ground foul.
Gounder to third — knocked down — Chipper OUT at first.
RUNNERS ADVANCE – 2ND and 3RD. ONE OUT.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Chip grounds out
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
GLAUS.
Ball…. fouled back. Ball low.
Fooled on outside pitch… strike two.
Inside
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Fouled… hitting .392 for Spring.
GOUNDOUT TO SHORT. MELKY SCORES.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
carpengui - April 3, 2010
0-1 to ESCOBAR.
Ball… Cued down 1B line… appeared to hit foul line and bounce fair.
grabbed by 1Bman for THIRD OUT.
END INNING.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
carpengui - April 3, 2010
SINGLE for some White Socker.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Teahen i think
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Carpengui—I really appreciate what you’re doing with these new PBP graphics. It makes for very nice one-stop shopping for catching up on what’s happened or for following the action.
eavchuck - April 3, 2010
My pleasure – just tryin’ out some new stuff… a little concerned on refresh speeds with things that are averaging 10K each, though!
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Josh KROEGER batting… 0-1.
SINGLE.
BUT Teahan THROWN OUT AT THIRD by MELKY.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Does anyone think at this point Melky doesn’t start Monday?
bashby20sh - April 3, 2010
Kroeger advance to 2nd on the throw. 1 OUT.
LUCY up.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Error by Huddy
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Bouncer to Huddy… off his glove… SAFE.
Scoring might be tough on that… I say E1.
1 OUT – RUNNERS FIRST & SECOND.
Ocho-cinko batting.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
(Jordan Danks – brother of the pitcher).
1-2 count.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Thanks … in that case…
(there’s a couple of bulbs out in the scoreboard)
carpengui - April 3, 2010
oooohhhhh… that should have been strike threeeeee.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Full count.
WALK…. They are LOADED with 1 out.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Vizquel up… 58 years old, I think…
strike one. ball outside.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
He turned 59 last Wednesday
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Ripped…. JUST foul…. I thought it was a Granny…. maybe foul by a foot off RF pole.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
SINGLE – Scores one.
BALL GETS AWAY – SECOND RUN SCORES….
That will probably be an error on Melky as his ball hit the side of the mound.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Catching up…. groundout.
Runners advance to 2nd and 3rd. TWO DOWN.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Can someone please
Go back to Florida and get the Braves
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Yeah, pitching and defense had been better.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Well, Ross certainly can’t catch today.
rawleigh - April 3, 2010
omg
jesus effing christ, i hope the braves are just getting the bad out of their system
atl192485 - April 3, 2010
KOTSAY. Ball low. Ball 2.
SINGLE TO CENTER.
Scores BOTH Runners…
Ball gets away from Catcher Ross… E2…. Runner goes to 2nd.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Konerko now…
1-1 Grounded to left side. Chipper cuts off Esco and throws him OUT.
END OF INNING.
5 runs, dunno about hits, but 3 ERRORS.
carpengui - April 3, 2010
And as expected, I gotta run…. and not because of the sinking ship!! One last post…
(Sorry – 4 runs scored in the 2nd; 5 total)
carpengui - April 3, 2010
Anybody know where the real Braves are?
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
We left them in FL, Ugh
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Ross can’t throw today either— stolen base. but Braves out of it with a strikeout. No runs, finally.
rawleigh - April 3, 2010
On Fox SportsSouth, Wren is in the pressbox, giving interview.
fandave - April 3, 2010
was lauding Heyward, his maturity and makeup.
Brooks Conrad prov ides more power and switchhits – major factors in making team.
fandave - April 3, 2010
On my FSS,
I have Fight Zone, ugh….
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
So you really rich?
fandave - April 3, 2010
Just an April Fools Joke,
but doing ok without the lottery.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
how about a loan anyway?
fandave - April 3, 2010
I have a feeling you are doing pretty well for yourself also :)
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
peaks and valleys. I been rich and I been poor. neither one for very long.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Matt Young and Conrad Brooks in defensively.
Nice K by Hudson.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Prado interview: “Hey, I got fired up.”
“Really happy to play for Bobby Cox every day.”
fandave - April 3, 2010
Thanks for giving us some insight of what is being said.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
very humble, sweet guy.
fandave - April 3, 2010
So who’s the team MVP this year?
fandave - April 3, 2010
That's a difficult ? at this point,
I know many would say Heyward, but I’m not putting those kind of expectations on the kid.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Could be one of the pitchers. Hudson might have a Cy kinda year. Or JJ. Or Hanson.
My other choice is Chipper.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Mac is on fire now, and if that last he could be in the running. I also am impressed with Glaus.
I think we have a lot of talent on the team this year. It’s gonna be fun to watch.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
I am extremely fired up and thinking championship.
fandave - April 3, 2010
as am I.....
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
FSS advertises they’re going to air Braves games every Sunday this season.
rawleigh - April 3, 2010
Yunel says he’s 100% ready to go.
I say he’s ginna have a big year.
fandave - April 3, 2010
I hope so too
Is it just me or has he just not looked the same since the back injury?
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
dp this AB though. classic bouncing ball. 643.
fandave - April 3, 2010
What's the score and inning?
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Sox up 5-1. Top of 5th.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Hicks in at SS bobbles groundball. 5th error for Braves.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Now 6-1.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Now 7-1.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Now, I'm happy, I'm not watching!
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
I'm gonna take a wild guess
And say none of the Braves players really wanna be playing today.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Geez, coming home to the wife and kids has killed them :)
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Haha
Maybe they’re just a little tired from getting some extra work in, if you get what I’m saying
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Exactly, happy you caught my drift :)
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
JoJo walks bases loaded.
fandave - April 3, 2010
2B. 3 RUNS SCORED. 10-1.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Why in God's green earth does Jo-Jo make the team?!?
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Our BP is my only ? for the season.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Bobby – they said – wanters Venters stretched out starting and ready to come up if needed.
fandave - April 3, 2010
anothe 2B. 11-1.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Sox bat around on JoJo. WP runner to 3d.
Diaz misses fly foul down the line. Should have had it.
1B. 12-1.
Wow … meltdown.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Thank God, it's just ST!
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Chipper interview, laughing ruefully— “we checked out last night.” “we’re looking forward to Monday.”
rawleigh - April 3, 2010
So, Braves predictions anyone?
90-72
Wild Card Champs
3 games back of Philly
MVP: BMac
Cy Young: Hanson
ROY: Heyward
Biggest Surprise: Hinske
Biggest disappointment: McLouth
Player on our team that isn’t now: Carl Crawford
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
You really think we'll
pick up Crawford?
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Yes
Because I’m not sold on McLouth at all. He’s been frequently injured his whole career and if it wasn’t for one great season, he’d be an average baseball player.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
I predict the Braves win the World Series and send Bobby out a winner.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Game 7 of the WS. Tied in the bottom of the 9th. Chipper on 2nd. Heyward lines one to LF. Chipper turns 3rd and beats the throbygone by a fingernail. Heyward and Chipper get mobbed on the field and they lift Bobby cox on their shoulders while being awarded the 2010 Championship.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
*throw, not throwbygone or whatever the fuck my iPhone put in lol
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
If Henske can get about 300 ABs, he may really do some damage.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Chipper interviewing: feels good about bat. His BP has been very positive.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Needs fans to come out.
fandave - April 3, 2010
place used to be a nightmare for teams to come into. need to win and then get electricity back. Phillies reloaded and the team to beat.
fandave - April 3, 2010
and they will if the team is playing good ball, and winning games, imo
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
Proctor blows away 1st batter with up inside fastball. K.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Wow, what the hell happened? Did the local little league Braves show up?
BullManUGA - April 3, 2010
JoJo gave up 6 in the 5th.
Braves have 5 errors.
fandave - April 3, 2010
I think Chipper covered it...
…the Braves checked out last night. I am just glad this is today and not next week, lol.
cavebird - April 3, 2010
Freeman: HS teammate wore 22. very close won state championship. died. knows his Mom – teacher – learned a lot from her as a person. Wanted to pay respectys and give her something special to know always.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Young 2B & Brroks 3B. 12-2.
fandave - April 3, 2010
oops—heyward
rawleigh - April 3, 2010
yeah, whats his name. wtf.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Wishes Happy Easter.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Freddie is at the bat. 3-1 groundout.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Hicks hits ball hard. CF runs it down on the track.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Anybody a little worried
about this awful performance last 2 games?
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Not really
Everyone’s pretty much just trying not to get hurt at this point.
Worry if they’re still playing poorly in a week.
OrangeBritches - April 3, 2010
No. Hell No.
You?
fandave - April 3, 2010
Nah not really
just wonderin’ what other people think
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Ummm no
These guys have been in ST since mid February. They haven’t seen their families in months. And they’re playing an exibition game on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. They just don’t care at this point.
That’ll change on Monday tho.
Scott Coleman - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Now that I think about it
this could be a possible World Series matchup
bravesforever16 - April 3, 2010
Only in the vaguest sense that it's an NL-AL matchup. :-p
OrangeBritches - April 3, 2010
Brooks Conrad – another sharp hit. 2 for 2.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Would like to see Freddie unload on a ball.
fandave - April 3, 2010
sharp hit up the middle. off lefty pitcher too.
fandave - April 3, 2010
12-3 after 8 innings.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Kimbrel in and throwing smoke.
fandave - April 3, 2010
I can't wait until Kimbrel and Proctor make it up to the bigs.
Our BP will rock!
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
84-86 sliders. 94 only call out on heater. mixing it up but control not the best, really juust missing. K, weak pop fly, 2 BBs …
fandave - April 3, 2010
Geez, everyone is having a tough two days,
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
another K.
ST is over in 3 more outs.
fandave - April 3, 2010
Sounds like the walks didn't hurt, that's good. Like the 2 K's.
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
~430 foot HR by Cleland(sp?) – about ~18 rows up to almost straight center. Bomb.
fandave - April 3, 2010
WoW!
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
433 they say.
fandave - April 3, 2010
I didn't know he had that kind of power,
but now I do :)
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
love it! hope to go see a game or 5 in Larryville.
fandave - April 3, 2010
You live up there?
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
12-4 final score.
ST is over.
Go Braves!
fandave - April 3, 2010
Yeah baby,
Time for the regular season to begin!
HEYJUDE - April 3, 2010
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