Open Thread and Noc-A-Homa-Win-A-Lotta: Astros at Braves (8/2)

1. 39,000
   
2. Tex
   
3. Jo Jo goes at least 5 innings

1. 38,714
   
2. Chipper
   
3. Chipper goes yard

1. 37,461
   
2. Renteria
   
3. Jo Jo gets his first win!

1.  31,892
   
2.  Harris
   
3.  Heap Homers

1. 34,233
   
2. Francoeur
   
3. Frenchy and Mccann both have at least 2 RBI

1. 40,000
   
2. Edgar
   
3. Jojo has a strong outing.. pitches 4 shutout inngings

1. 34,385
   
2. Chipper
   
3. Jo-Jo gives a quality start
   

1.  32,894
   
2.  Reyes--because the Houston lineup is bad, and he has to turn it around some time . . .
   
3.  Andruw takes one out of the yard tonight.

1. 40,123
   
2. Andruw
   
3. Reyes gets the win

1. 42,664
   
2. Frenchy
   
3. At least 4 Braves have two or more hits tonight.

1. 35,000
   
2. McCann
   
3. Andruw drives in at least 2 runs

1. 41,287
   
2. Scooter-Dooter
   
3. Double-digit hits and runs for the Braves.

1. 32,777
   
2. Big Tex!
   
3. Both teams score more than 5 runs but less than 10 runs each.

1.  33,400
   
2.  Chipper
   
3.  Woody Williams is out of the game by the end of the 5th inning.

1. 29,875
   
2. Chipper
   
3. Reyes gets his first victory

1.  39,999.
   
2.  Boomstick.
   
3.  JoJo K's 5 or more.

1. 41,614
   
2. Heap
   
3. Reyes has his first good start of the year, putting up a quality start.

1.  Jo Jo Reyes isn't ready for the majors.  He's been terrible.  Mark Redman-like.  I don't wanna hear "he's young".  He still can't get the job done.  Next year, sure.  Not now.  Bring up Cormier again.  Try Dan Smith.  See what he can do.  He really can't be any worse than what Reyes has been, and who knows what this is doing to Reyes' psyche for next year?
2.  Soriano should not pitch the 8th inning.  Swap his and Dotel's role today.  Soriano can pitch the 6th and 7th innings and rest until he proves he can throw a pitch without giving up a HR or giving up the lead.  Frankly, its been disgusting.  And don't get me started on Wickman...but one head of the hydra at a time, right?
3.  Andruw continues to hurt us in key situations.  Why is he still batting 5th?  Power is the only reason I can think of.  Its been dissected often enough, but really, how terrible can a person be with RISP?  Throw him a breaking ball w/RISP and he looks like a lost puppy out there, flailing away.
4.  I can tell right now that Thorman is going to be a terrible bench player.  I don't think much more needs to be said about this one.  I suppose his only value is that he's LH.  But no options, right?

1. Agreed
   
2. It's not a matter of fact he should be pitching the 8th inning, he should. But not at the moment, everyone and their mother knows he's been over worked - He needs a DL stint. Call up Devine. Two weeks rest should do Raffy some good.
   
3. Agreed.
   
4. It's not like we really have another choice.
   
5. I still can't believe that we tried to sell Diaz to a Japanese team in the off season.
   
6. I have to give props to Villarreal for getting his first hit, when we really kinda needed. To bad nothing came of it.

Mind you my kinda paraphrasing.

Something has to be done with the rotation, but it's not like we've got a lot of options.