Atlanta @BravesVisionTV color analyst ~ Loud Outs on @MLBNetworkRadio 2-5ET ~ "The Drive In" Podcast. LH Pitcher 1994-2012. TV/Radio since 2013.
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Really, really hoping MLB decides to eliminate the pitch clock in the 9th inning of close games (within 3 runs for me). The clock has been necessary and terrific, we just don't need to rush these moments. Every pitch here would have been a clear violation.
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I asked my youngest son to use my first ever MLB bat in what could be his final travel ball game last night.
"How old is this thing?" - 30 years
"What kind of wood is this?" - Ash
"The barrel is super small?" - I know
"Ok, I might use it once." - He used it twice
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Happy Anniversary to my wife.
4 years ago she said something to my then 12yo son that turned out to be more popular than anything I have ever posted on social media.
Also, she wasn't lying.
📽️
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Players of the game:
1. Wiley Ballard
2. Grant Holmes
3. Austin Riley
Y’all crushed it on X tonight. Your comments were hilarious
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Talked to Brandon today, was good to catch up after the All-Star break. Thought it was strange when he told me the Braves were off tonight and that he was just going to stay in tonight by himself.
You can imagine how I felt when I turned my TV and saw this...
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Highlight of the night: Drake Baldwin’s natural reaction to the Matt Olson amazing sliding grab.
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Me at 10PM last night to my wife, "I am physically and mentally exhausted from the past 48 hours, I am sleeping until noon tomorrow."
Me at 5:30 this morning scouring the internet, "Who is starting Game 1 for the Braves tonight?"
(No seriously who? Do you know?)
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A huge thank you to Rangers fans and the Texas @Rangers organization for an amazing 7 seasons.
This was a really difficult decision, but one based on family.
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I woke up yesterday, spent some time in the morning with my wife filling up her bird feeders on a beautiful sunny day, got a workout in and drove to Truist.
Spent 3 hours on live TV with Frenchy, BG and Wiley and met amazing people around the ballpark.
The Braves walked it off in front of 41+K.
I drove home and slept in my own bed.
My 31st year in the game started off with what might just be a top 5 moment for me. That was awesome and we get to do it again tonight.
Thanks for the warm welcome #BravesCountry!
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8 scenarios tomorrow for ATL, NYM & ARI
- 6 where the Braves clinch.
- 2 where there would be no games on Monday.
- 1 where all three teams fate is still undecided.
I'll sleep in the off-season.
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On Sept 8th the Texas Rangers just completed a 4-16 20-game span. They were in 3rd place 3.0 games back of Houston, 2.5 back of Seattle.
Adolis Garcia was headed to the IL joining Josh Jung and Josh Sborz. Nate Eovaldi just came off the IL but he didn't look right. The bullpen posted a 6.92 ERA over those 20 games, the starters a 5.97. The offense hit .232 with a league worst .170 w/ RISP.
The season outlook changed dramatically with 22 games to go and I can tell you things were tense around the club. Rangers Twitter was heavily disheartened.
Since then they have gone 23-11 while taking out Tampa (99-63), Baltimore (101-61) and the defending World Champion & AL West Champion Houston Astros.
I keep thinking about the fans who were interviewed coming out of the ballpark on Fox 4 after the devastating ALCS Game 5 loss. That hurt was real and we all couldn't help but feel that the season was in serious jeopardy.
My first 6 seasons here the team went 124 games below .500, and 35-70 vs Houston. Now this club is headed to the World Series. You all deserve this. 4 more wins!! LFG!!!!
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Take your kids to baseball games. And bring your glove.
Not seen in this video: a cell phone.
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My youngest child has been DFA'd.
He used the phrases "backside" hit (it is and always will be 'opposite field') and "the" MLB.
We have 10 days to trade him or he will be outrighted to grandma's house.
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Do you know how many teams started a season 0-7 and made the postseason? Blah, blah, blah!
Do you know how many teams have had losing streaks in a season of 7 or more games and still made the postseason?
85.
Including 3 such streaks last year and 4 in 2023 (TEX 8G, ARI 9G and they played each other in the World Series!)
I am fired up for the home opener and I hope you are too. This is a good team off to a bad start, it hasn't been sloppy, it hasn't been ugly. There are some hurdles to clear but it will get better and reinforcements are on the way.
Tonight starts a run of eight 3-game series in the month of April. Win series. That's the goal.
Win all 8 and you're 16-15 going into May. Ambitious? Sure. Necessary? No.
Get on the bus. See you tonight.
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Final Braves 6, Phillies 0.
First regular season 9-inning shutout of the Phillies since September 2016.
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Braves Country when see these outsiders commenting on our broadcast and our hero sideline reporter....
#GoFeedYourCats
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My contributions to @Braves baseball goes back nearly 30 years when #10 hit his 10th career HR vs. me in my 3rd career start.
It was his first career HR batting right-handed. I know this because he told me 9 years later in Braves Spring Training in 2004. I appreciated that. 😂
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I'm no conspiracy theorist, however....
Braves barrels (98+ EV, 26-30 degrees launch angle) are traveling on average 15 feet less than they were a year ago.
The entire league has only lost 6 feet. 🤔
Narrator: "He is absolutely a conspiracy theorist."
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Holmes/Schwellenbach today 11IP, 1R, 13K, 1BB.
Rookies, good friends, great hair.
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It was subtle but it was a balk move and a really well executed one. Watch the left knee and left heel twitch first, that's the key and that it where baserunners focus. When done this well it is nearly impossible to catch in real time by an umpire, but Ronald knows what he saw.
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We play the whole season in the big leagues.
#ThisIsBravesCountry
(Also, you forgot IP, T-38th)
Second-half leaders among NL starting pitchers 🤔
ERA – Cade Horton (1.03)
WHIP – Cade Horton (0.78)
Hits Allowed – Cade Horton (33)
Opponent Avg. – Cade Horton (.154)
Pitcher Wins – Cade Horton (8)
(Min. 12 starts)
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It seems like @BrandonGaudin is having a nice time with @MattCapps55 on this Roku broadcast.
I’m fine.
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Come for the terrible takes. Stay for the disinformation.
“They won a world championship without him, remember he was out the whole year, they won a World Series.”
Those 82 games played, 24 HRs and .990 OPS in 2021 didn’t really happen, you just dreamt it.
Is it time to explore the possibility of trading Ronald Acuña Jr.?
Greg, @Plesac19 and Harold discuss on #MLBTonight.
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If the Braves pull this off today (win and in, or even lose and in) with Monday not mattering for them, how they lined up their pitching for this Royals series will look absolutely genius.
That would leave WC Round
G1 Sale
G2 Fried
G3* Schwellenbach
#4DChess
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Statcast says he's the best defensive SS in baseball right now. Couple of really nice plays already tonight.
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Lots of fun games last night but when is MLB going to step in on this? Are Bryce Harper‘s fingers 12” long or is he improperly wearing an oven mitt to gain an advantage on a potential headfirst slide?
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Not surprising. My family went to more game this season than ever before and they constantly remarked how amazingly friendly and helpful the people who run the game day experience at Truist Park are.
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The Braves bringing back old friends who have been trending in the right direction...
Luke Jackson last 9IP, 13K, 1BB, .182 BAA (previous 9IP, 1K, 4BB, .333).
Jorge Soler last 14 games, .333 BA, .460 OBP, .569 SLG, 1.029 OPS.
The greatest HR of the 21st century...
#iSaidIt
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Baseball parents, you have to be your own advocate for your son's arm. Some coaches don't know or don't care. I was just alerted to this 13u game from earlier today.
This is criminal.
Familiarize yourself with MLB Pitch Smart guidelines: mlb.com/pitch-smart/pitching…
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Spencer Strider won 20 games last season and set a @Braves record with 281 strikeouts using his Fastball 59% of the time and his Slider 34% (93% total).
Here's four punchouts on changeups and curveballs today...
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We landed just before 2AM last night in Atlanta and I’m now listening to @wileyballard_ who made his way to Oxford, MS to call Georgia Tech’s regional game vs. W. Kentucky. Wiley has been such an asset to Braves TV with the work ethic every young person should aspire towards.
#BottomsUp
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At Braves Fest Bryce Elder was asked about how to increase velocity, his answer is worth a listen.
Elder was an All-Star last season.
@Braves @BravesOnBally
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Three writers voted for Billy Wagner in 2023 but not in 2024. Two "writers" sent in ballots with only Manny and ARod on them.
The pitcher with the most ever strikeouts by a left-handed reliever and fourth most all-time missed the Hall of Fame by 5 votes in his 9th try. Brutal.
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The sun has been peeking out at Truist this afternoon and the playing surface looks great. Will be a fun Friday night at the ballpark.
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Pawol missed 13 calls in her debut, the average MLB umpire misses 11 per game. It was a very respectable debut and when you consider the gravity of the situation even more so IMO.
We have had 413 games this season where an umpire has missed 14 or more ball/strike calls.
Some of y'all are lunatics.
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If the Braves clinch Sunday but still have to play Monday I have already petitioned the front office to sign all of the broadcasters to one day contracts and allow us to take the field vs the Mets.
1B - P. Moylan
2B - T. Scales
3B - B. Ingram
SS - J. Chadwick
LF - N. Green
RF - C. Nitkowski
CF - C. McHugh
C - J. Francoeur
SP - B. Gaudin
8 scenarios tomorrow for ATL, NYM & ARI
- 6 where the Braves clinch.
- 2 where there would be no games on Monday.
- 1 where all three teams fate is still undecided.
I'll sleep in the off-season.
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Biggest test so far and Waldrep sets a new career high with 9 strikeouts vs. the Phillies. This potential 2026 rotation is creating some fun optimism.
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Should I be concerned that @BrandonGaudin liked this tweet?
Boog Sciambi on ex-athletes becoming broadcasters: ‘More often than not, they’re not very good’ ow.ly/BglW106kCpq
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Stings a little today looking at the standings knowing 84 wins likely would have gotten you into the postseason in the National League this year.
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Great stuff today from Hurston Waldrep.
Added a 2FB, CT and now more curveballs. He's also lessened his leg kick for more control of his delivery without giving up velocity. Spilt still nasty.
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28th pickoff in the career of Max Fried, most in MLB since he debuted in 2017 (P. Corbin 27, T. Walker 22)
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The @Braves Spencer Schwellenbach led all MLB pitchers in Defensive Runs Saved in just 21 starts/123 IP.
He's not a Gold Glove finalist this year but a GG is coming. He's special in a lot of ways.
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Cool moment today for me. My 16yo son made a start at the Hoover Met in Alabama. I made a start on that same mound 30 years ago, my first year in pro ball, back when it was the AA home of the Birmingham Barons. Michael Jordan was in the lineup.
His line today was better than mine in 1994.
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I have been asked many times if it has set in that I am a Braves color analyst on @BallySportsSO.
Answer: Yes. 3 minutes ago....
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Not remotely a fair analogy. Football has a game clock. Baseball does not. No play clock means you could hold the ball for 5 minutes and win, you have to play and get 3 outs in baseball. But you knew that.
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8 walks for Nick Allen batting in the 9 hole in front of Acuña since Ronald’s May 23 return. Most in MLB. .306 OBP during that time not lighting the world on fire but enough from a 9 hole, especially with that plus glove.
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"mAtT olSoN mOVed" they said. I say they Ba-llou that call.
Good morning. Game 162 today. Charlie Morton, perhaps for the last time, gets the start.
To honor Charlie I will have 1 mg of caffeine (via espresso) for very batter he hit in his career (200 mg). Buckle up.
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Putting what Grant Holmes did yesterday in perspective is not easy, but I'll try...
9/29 - 1.2 IP, 0R, 21P, 2K, 0BB
9/30 - 4.0 IP, 0R, 53P, 7K, 1BB
We haven't seen a Braves pitcher throw 4IP after at least 1.2 IP the day before in 30 years. And the game kinda mattered.
"I had enough time to sit down, use the bathroom and come back."
After 10 years in the minor leagues, that's how Grant Holmes found out he was starting a do-or-die Game 162.
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The last two times the Braves started the season 25-28 in their first 53 games was...
2021 (won WS)
1992 (lost WS)
We stay positive over here. Lots of baseball today with the split double-header in Philly.
1:10 PM AJSS vs. Sanchez
6:40 PM Sale vs. Wheeler 👀
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Paul Molitor drilled a line drive off my inner thigh at Toronto. I wasn’t wearing a protective cup. I threw him out at 1B to end the inning. When I got back to the dugout Sparky Anderson asked if I was OK. I said I was fine. I pulled my pants down and had a 8-9” circular deep purple bruise on my thigh. He took me out of the game. As I was walking into the trainer’s room I grabbed a tootsie roll, bit it and a crown I had over a root canal completely broke and crumbled in my mouth. It was an awesome night.
I started wearing a cup my next start. #TrueStory
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How dare you?!?!?!?
I see all these Happy Birthday Ronald tweets (well done) but where are the HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON tweets?!?!?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @BrandonGaudin !!!
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Was mentioned on the Fox broadcast last night that Bryan Abreu was working on a slide step, new to him, and perhaps that led to the HBP of Garcia.
Nope.
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In the middle of my career I lost a dear friend to a horrific construction accident. I left my team for two days to attend his funeral and be with his family. Luckily, we were not playing the Mets that series.
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I love my coworkers so much. Listening to Ben & Joe talk about a hot foul ball that went into the dugout and might have clipped Matt Olson, never saw it on my TV.
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Wiley just said "backside" on Ronald's 2nd homer, looks like we'll need a new PxP person for the rest of this trip.
My youngest child has been DFA'd.
He used the phrases "backside" hit (it is and always will be 'opposite field') and "the" MLB.
We have 10 days to trade him or he will be outrighted to grandma's house.
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I like the build up, the TV drama, crowd shots, exhales by Trout and Ohtani, the look of a stressed manager. No need to rush it and no need to even risk a game, any game, but especially a big one, ending on a clock violation. What we gain vs what we might lose doesn't add up.
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The greatest compliment I have ever gotten in this business came from one of the greatest to ever put on a uniform.
"CJ, you really know your shit."
RIP brother and thank you.
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I’m the only pitcher to pick up 1-pitch wins in both MLB and NPB.
#PitcherWinsMatter
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Sadly, this is true as it comes up often at our weekly Monday meetings at the American Legion in Marietta. Generally people air their grievances about Ohtani and only going to the postseason in 24 of the last 33 seasons. Things often settle down after Sandy from Woodstock breaks out her signature brownies. Well, they're not just brownies, they also have some chocolate chip cookie throughout so they are more like a combo brownie/cookie thing and they are just to die for. The powdered sugar really puts them over the top. You have to be quick though because Justin from Dunwoody likes the edge pieces and so do I and if you let him, he'd eat all of the edge pieces. There is just something about biting into the crispy edge of brownie cookie magic that makes me feel better about Ohtani, even if it's just for a few days, then, thankfully that next Monday meeting is just around the corner. With each other and with baked treats, we find a way to get though the pain.
#ChopOn #TheLeastFunCJ
Braves fans will never get over Ohtani spurning them even though that cheap franchise was never really in the running.
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If you ever get a chance to invite @daveraymond4 to dinner he comes highly recommended. He brings the best gifts….
The Texas @Rangers are a class organization.
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