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Open Thread and NAHWAL: Braves at Reds (8/20)

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 Today's Starting Pitchers

 Tim Hudson
Braves		 vs.
 Phil Dumatrait
Reds
14-5 W-L 0-1
3.02 ERA 10.32
106 SO 7
39 BB 9
5 HR 0
vs.
Reds		 -- vs.
Braves

Game Time: 7:10 on

That was a nice ending to a disappointing homestand, and a good way to leave town on getaway day: Smoltzie is now the all-time strikeout leader for the Braves, Tex homered twice, and apparently Wicky only wanted to set the stage for a game-tying grand slam in the ninth, not actually give one up. Phew!

Now the guys get to enjoy four days in fun-filled Cincinnati! The way Skip reliably bitches about the lack of nightlife there kind of makes you wonder what he gets up to in the other cities.

If you do nothing else today, read this article about Heap and his brother. They totally screw up his nickname (heaps o'fries? eh?), but otherwise it is amazing.

Don't forget to get your picks in before the game for Nok-A-Homa-Win-A-Lotta (click here to learn how to play and to view the leaderboard); the three categories are (1) Attendance, (2) Pick to Click, and (3) Above and Beyond Pick.

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Picks
  1. 36,000
  2. Chip
  3. Huddy goes through at least 6, striking out at least 5
http://blabberinbraves.blogspot.com/

by Chipper on Aug 20, 2007 11:19 AM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1. 40,000
  2. Huddy
  3. The pen is perfect.
Burning Brave

by torchy on Aug 20, 2007 11:29 AM EDT   0 recs

Is your Computer still dead
for you to do your blog?
http://blabberinbraves.blogspot.com/

by Chipper on Aug 20, 2007 11:32 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yea
i can use the work computer but i doubt i'll have time to really write anything there. Good news is that I have a replacement on the way.
Burning Brave

by torchy on Aug 23, 2007 12:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

picks

  1. 32,394
  2. huddy
  3. Francoeur goes deep

by dbimberg on Aug 20, 2007 11:32 AM EDT   0 recs

picks
  1. 33,069
  2. Chipper
  3. Chipper and Andruw both homer.
bravescorner.blogspot.com

by nickfeely8 on Aug 20, 2007 11:54 AM EDT   0 recs

picks.
  1. 37,293
  2. Huddy
  3. Heap homers.

by mccannfan on Aug 20, 2007 11:56 AM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1. 38,923
  2. Huddy
  3. Braves put up double digit runs

by 755aaron on Aug 20, 2007 12:52 PM EDT   0 recs

bla
  1. 30,001
  2. Andruw .. dunno why
  3. Andruw gets 4 hits. Wow! He is so awesome

by RehabReject on Aug 20, 2007 1:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1. 23,000
  2. Hudson
  3. Braves score at least 10 runs

by brndn on Aug 20, 2007 3:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1.  27,959
  2.  Heap
  3.  Huddy holds the Reds scoreless and gets the W

by supesk6 on Aug 20, 2007 3:55 PM EDT   0 recs

picks
  1. 28,953
  2. Frenchy
  3. Huddy gets a quality start

by woodywoodsaver on Aug 20, 2007 4:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Mine
  1.  25,249
  2.  Frenchy
  3.  Hudson's ERA lowers to 2.94

by secondbass on Aug 20, 2007 5:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1. 26,666
  2. Chipper
  3. Braves hit two homers.

by Euruproktos on Aug 20, 2007 5:16 PM EDT   0 recs

picks.
  1.  30,000
  2.  Hud
  3.  4 runs off Reds 'pen.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 20, 2007 6:05 PM EDT   0 recs

For the sake of sanity, Gondee...
...4 runs or more.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 20, 2007 6:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Picks
  1.  24,000
  2.  Hudson
  3.  Tex hits another HR and drives in at least 3.

by Stook on Aug 20, 2007 6:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Picks
  1. 27,443
  2. Hudson
  3. Chipper and Francoeur combine for at least 4 hits

by SidBreamStash on Aug 20, 2007 6:35 PM EDT   0 recs

picks
  1. 22,222
  2. Huddy
  3. Huddy records more groundouts than Reds hits and walks combined

by jess7 on Aug 20, 2007 6:40 PM EDT   0 recs

picks
  1. 23,456
  2. Huddy
  3. Francoeur has a multi hit game

by whunt13 on Aug 20, 2007 7:05 PM EDT   0 recs

I like...
...slam for McCann.  I could see that coming.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 20, 2007 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

I felt the same way!
I knew that was going to happen, I swear.

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 20, 2007 10:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You must have ESP
N!
http://blabberinbraves.blogspot.com/

by Chipper on Aug 21, 2007 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"it's like I have ESPN or something!"
I searched for a demonstrative Meal Girls clip on YouTube, to no avail.

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 21, 2007 4:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Question...
...anything wrong with Hudson?  I know that he didn't look like himself at the start of the game, but I went away from my computer for a while and noticed he left after 6.  High pitch counts?  Injury?  What's the deal?  Would have been nice to give the bullpen another day off.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 20, 2007 9:54 PM EDT   0 recs

NAHWAL Results
The attendance was 24,477, so with a guess of 24,000, Stook gets the point.

The picks to click were Heap, Tex, Matty and Frenchy. Points go to secondbass, woodywoodsaver, and supesk6.

AAB points go to whunt13, SidBreamStash, Stook, brndn, 755aaron, and mccannfan.

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 21, 2007 4:13 PM EDT   0 recs

Another day
no points
http://blabberinbraves.blogspot.com/

by Chipper on Aug 21, 2007 5:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

/confused.
Reds starter leaves after 2nd inning...Braves score 3 runs in the 4th and 3 runs in the 8th...VV?

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 22, 2007 9:10 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was trying to be a hard ass
Since they scored more than 4 runs . . . I was looking at your pick as exactly 4 . . . but ahhh, I'll give you the point. ;)

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 22, 2007 9:52 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha...
...I can't catch a break even when Gondee isn't running the show.  I amended my post!  C'mon!

But I would give that point up in a heartbeat if we had won that game.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 22, 2007 11:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh man
How did I not notice that you amended that until just now?! I think I skim over everything but the 1-2-3 lists when I do the totals.

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 22, 2007 12:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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