"He’s got so much power, and this is a high school field," Braves catcher Brian McCann said of Howard, who has four homers and seven RBIs in his past two games against the Braves, including a two-homer game Aug. 16 at Atlanta.
And the latest Atlanta Brave to whine about Citizens Bank Park is... BRIAN MCCANN!!!!! Step right up and claim your prize!! Wow, and those two home runs in Atlanta, did they somehow transport CBP to Georgia for that game? WHINERS.
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Really?
Do we move the fences back when they come up to hit? Gimme a break. Last time Cox complained because they WEREN’T playing in Philly so their long flyouts weren’t HRs and now McCann (of all people, I expected this least out of him) is complaining about HRs. This is a guy who’s hit plenty in his career at CBP. Just shut up and play. That HR in the 3rd by Howard was out in any park.
put up or shut up
The visiting teams play in the same ballpark. I didn’t see the Braves hitting any homers last night.
Read the entire quote:
“He’s got so much power and this is a high school field,” Braves catcher Brian McCann said. “It’s a field where you can wait back as long as you can. With a guy with that size and that power, he doesn’t ever have to come out of his swing. He can just stay back as long as he wants. He’s just a really good hitter.”
Oh, Bobby.
I don’t really see how that changes anything.
by FuquaManuel on Aug 29, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Everything Has To Be Just So...
…or the Braves can’t win.
Maybe that’s why they lost in the playoffs every year. Eventually you have to overcome some adversity. Occasionally the ump will not call strikes for every pitch you make or balls for every pitch you take.
by EastFallowfield on Aug 29, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
It’s always this franchise that moans. Everyone else comes to philly, plays, wins or looses and leaves. They don’t bitch when they loose or praise the field when they win. They just play the game.
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
by foos05 on Aug 29, 2009 1:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
why...
are the braves a racist ballclub? they have an incredibly diverse club. in fact, they have 2 more races present on their club than the phillies do. dont judge a franchise by john rocker’s idiocy, which even braves players spoke out against.
I dunno...
Maybe the “tomahawk chop” has something to do with it. I’ve been to pow wows and I’ve never seen any Native Americans running around doing this.
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
i'll let webster...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race
wait a minute….are you so racist that you only thought there were black and white. oh, how awful. diversity makes up the braves organzation and its coaches. i know the song “jesus loves the little children” says all children are red, yellow, black, and white, but that song is soooo outdated.
jurrjens- netherlands
prado- venezuela
moylan- australia
kawakami- japan
escobar- cuba
infante- venezuela
soriano- dominican
mike gonzalez- mexican american
garret anderson- african american
rest of the braves- caucasian
coaching staff
pendleton- african american
chino cadahia-latin american
eddie perez- venezuela
rest of braves coaches- caucasian
so, the profile cards that people in the U.S. have to fill out, I guess many of the braves players would have to select “other”. what a racist organization. if youre implying that the braves organization is racist to african americans, why dont you ask former players brian jordan, terry pendleton, and ron gant why they work for such an awful organization.
meech thinks rape is funny
i’ll admit i don’t even get the joke — so rape is “scoring” for him? a woman running through a park is in “scoring position”?!? wtf?!? his site (fightins’) has just been removed from my bookmarks… he actually linked to this “twit” from his site he thought the joke was so funny.
http://twitter.com/meechone/status/3591533313
(btw i am a phillies fan — which is why i hate to see this kind of garbage from one of our fans)
Yeah, that's just a bit tasteless
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
Oh my god
brian mccann has more class than any of the phillies players do besides utley. just shut the fuck up.
and do you guys really think citizens bank bandbox isn’t a high school field? give me a break.
Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
by Scott Coleman on Aug 29, 2009 4:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Citizens Bank Park:
Left field- 329 ft (100m)
Left center- 374 (114m)
The “Angle” (left of CF to LCF) – 409 feet (125 m) – 381 feet (116 m) – 387 feet (118 m)
Center field: 401 ft (122m)
Right center: 369 (112m)
Right field: 330m (101m)
Turner Field:
Left Field – 335 ft (102 m)
Left-Center – 380 ft (116 m)
Center Field – 401 ft (122 m)
Right-Center – 390 ft (119 m)
Right Field – 330 ft (100.5 m)
So, if Citizens Bank Park is a high school field? What does that make Turner Field?
More People Show Up at High School Games...
…than they do at Turner Field.
by EastFallowfield on Aug 29, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
especially when it comes time for the playoffs.
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 29, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, that “short” left field has a higher wall – it varies from 12’8" to 19’, and right field is 13’3". AFAIK, all the Turner Field walls are just 8’.
Also, CBP makes the late-era Shibe/Connie Mack look tiny. The signs at Mack were posted in odd places (both left-center and right-center were marked in deep center field). The estimates are that post-1968 Connie Mack’s dimensions were:
Left field – 334 ft
Left center – 358 ft
Center – 447 ft
Right center – 355 ft
Right field – 329 ft
Other than the really deep center field (which had shrunk from the original 515(!) feet), Connie Mack was shallow, although right field had an absolutely huge 34 foot wall.
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
Class Is...
…whining about umpires, ball parks, weather?
by EastFallowfield on Aug 29, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why it bothers me
Because I actually like McCann as a player and thought he would be the last one to whine.
I don't think he's whining so much as paying a compliment to Howard.
He’s saying that Howard has so much power that you really have to be careful when you pitch to him or else even a ball that looks like a fly-out in most other parks will end up being a homerun.
"If I had a little humility, I would be perfect" - Ted Turner
If you think we should shut up, as a Braves fan don’t you think it is high time your team shut up and dealt with the fact that they have to play there? I mean, complaining about the park isn’t going to change it. They have to play there regardless of how they feel about it and to keep harping on it is completely pointless and makes them look weak. Obviously, it is a hitters’ park, but your hitters should be excited to play there if it is the hitters’ park they make it out to be, rather than complaining about the Phillies taking advantage of it. I would have expected this from Failcouer, but McCann seems like the kind of guy who just goes out and plays so it is surprising to hear him do this when he had the same opportunity to hit there that Howard did.
"It was almost like if Harry didn't call it, it wasn't real." - Jayson Stark
by Chris Haines on Aug 29, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
two points
One, the two teams are always playing on the same field. In Atlanta, the whine du jour was that Turner Field was too big. (“We’d have had four or five home runs playing in their park.”) Here, it’s that CBP is too small. Good teams win wherever they play.
Which brings me to point #2: the Phillies are 41-23 in away games this season, by far the best road record in baseball.
by dajafi on Aug 29, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
All right, now THIS was funny
Pair of Mets fans (or maybe Cubs fans in disguise) at the Cubs/Mets game making light of the team’s injury situation by wearing slings on their arms and bandages on their heads.
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
You almost want to feel bad for them...
until you remember that their Mets fans.
:-p
I really don't mind this...
…because it’s clear Howard and the ballpark are so deep inside the Braves’ heads that it just functions as another Phillies player (er, of the non-bench variety) on the field. McCann’s comments just point out what a bad managerial move it is to complain about things your team can’t really control (like ballpark dimensions and the weather) because players pick up on it. And if there’s any player on the opposing team I want worried about the dimensions or Howard, it’s the catcher.
+1000
The ballpark is obviously inside their heads and has been since its inception. Smoltz used to complain about it ad naseum. They are defeated before the game even starts sometimes.
I see the same thing happening with the new Yankee Stadium.
Braves fans/teams/etc. can complain all they want, but the Phils built a park that serves to their strengths. It is not a hitter’s paradise, but it is a homerun park. However, it is possible to pitch well there. You just can’t make a lot of mistakes.
So…is he saying that he’s unable to hit the ball out of a high school ballpark?
Wow… If I were to argue against him in arbitration, I might have to mention that.
by willieflapjacks on Aug 29, 2009 6:27 PM EDT reply actions
good point about the tomahawk chop...
i’ll go tell deion sanders, who brought the chop to atlanta from florida state, that he is a racist bastard that brought racism to the atlanta braves. i dont mind the complaints about mccann (although media takes everything out of text to get a reaction, which obviously it did), but calling a franchise “racist” is absurd.
also, tell mr. “world fuckin’ champions” utley that he defines class. stop being delusional. phillies are a good team. ryan howard is a classy player. i will go back to the braves blog now, because i know thats where i belong. so you dont have to tell me.
We weren’t the ones who brought up the “class” argument—that was another Braves’ fan. Personally, the class thing is tired. These are athletes, not scientists curing cancer. I’m sure if you met 100 of these guys in person, you’d come away thinking 95% of them were a-holes.
Deion should have left that chop at Florida State. It’s not quite as bad as cowbells at an MLB game, but it’s pretty close to that nails on a chalkboard level.
couldn't agree more about the cowbell crap
frackin Rays fans should be shot. I would like to find the first few idiots who brought them to a game and stomp them Philly style.
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Aug 29, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
























