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Open Thread and NAHWAL: Braves at Reds (8/21)

 Today's Starting Pitchers

 Jo-Jo Reyes
Braves
vs.
 Bobby Livingston
Reds
0-1 W-L 3-3
8.72 ERA 4.70
7 SO 23
15 BB 8
7 HR 7
vs.
Reds
-- vs.
Braves

Game Time: 7:10 on

Now that's how you treat the Reds, boys. I was worried about Huddy at first, but he didn't look terrible, just not '07 Huddy-esque (or '03 Huddy-esque, since we're invoking him, lately). He does have some advice for Tex (Mark? I still hate "Tex," but none of the other nicknames I've tried have stuck), who homered twice again last night:

"Maybe we should spit in his food everyday and make him throw up."

The plot thickens! But who spit in his food in the first place? Andruw is too spaced out to be very vindictive - Thor, maybe? Was it the song, Thor? The network actually has a commercial involving the song now, and they had me wondering for a moment last night if it was an inside job made to look like a fan creation, but then I remembered the "Thorman stinks and Julio is old" line, so probably not. Plus, when most of the network created commercials look like this, I really shouldn't even be giving them that much credit.

Now for Jo-Jo, just to mix things up, I guess. Last time he was up, did anyone else notice that he wore glasses in the dugout but not on the mound? Could be that he prefers contacts when he's pitching, but we might have a Rick Vaughn-type situation on our hands, here - Heap, get on it!

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. 40,000
  2. Jo-Jo
  3. Jo-Jo goes quality.

by torchy on Aug 21, 2007 11:49 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks

  1.  34,321
  2. Chipper
  3. Chipper gets a hr as part of a multi hit game

by dbimberg on Aug 21, 2007 11:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
  1.  32,330
  2.  Chipper
  3.  Chipper hits for the cycle
Chipper Jones for President!!!!

by jobrave on Aug 21, 2007 12:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks
  1. 31,145
  2. Escobar
  3. Braves win 7-4

by RehabReject on Aug 21, 2007 12:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the teixeira song
They're going to be appearing on the Braves Live pregame show on sportsouth. I wonder what they're going to do about that 'Scott Thorman stinks' part. Thor might burst into the room and unleash some 'roid rage on those kids.

by RehabReject on Aug 21, 2007 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Picks
1.30,00
2.Tex
3. Tex and Chip homer
http://blabberinbraves.blogspot.com/

by Chipper on Aug 21, 2007 1:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

pickz
  1. 34,319
  2. McCann's the man
  3. Reyes actually pitches well & leads the Bravos to a 2nd win over the Reds. That Reds sweep in ATL was embarrassing.

by rawleigh on Aug 21, 2007 1:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
  1. 37,582
  2. McCann
  3. McCann & Tex homer

by 755aaron on Aug 21, 2007 1:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nickname
I call him "Let's go Mark T!"  It's kind of long, but it's all in how you say it.

by maggiesue on Aug 21, 2007 1:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks
  1. 27,395
  2. Diaz
  3. Jo-Jo gives a quality start

by woodywoodsaver on Aug 21, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
  1. 21,000
  2. Escobar
  3. KJ has a multi-hitter

by brndn on Aug 21, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
No picks for me, I've missed the last 2 games and we've won.

by musicman on Aug 21, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks.
  1. 35,201
  2. Heap
  3. Jo-Jo goes at least five innings and gets the win.

by mccannfan on Aug 21, 2007 3:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
  1.  27,124
  2.  Heap
  3.  At least 16 runs combined tonight in a veritable "pitchers duel".  Oh, and the Bravos win, of course.

by supesk6 on Aug 21, 2007 3:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
1) 30,234
2)Francouer
3) Reyes gets first ML win

by SidBreamStash on Aug 21, 2007 4:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Piques
  1.  27.233
  2.  Andruw hits a dinger
  3.  Jo-Jo finds Mo-Jo and and does that VooDoo that He Doo so well...7 innings, victory.

by Chin Music on Aug 21, 2007 6:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks
  1. 22,242
  2. Larry
  3. First win for JoJo

by whunt13 on Aug 21, 2007 6:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

picks
  1. 24,000
  2. Chipper
  3. Braves score at least 7 runs tonight

by jess7 on Aug 21, 2007 7:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Picks
  1. 20,000
  2. Chipper
  3. Braves hit back to back HR's

by Stook on Aug 21, 2007 7:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me, or...
does Jo Jo Reyes = Yusmeiro Petit?  No better than a AAAA player who can dominate AAA but can't get it over the plate without giving up bombs in the majors.

Everytime I see a starter besides Smoltz or Hudson walk out there I keep expecting someone to yell "DEAD MAN WALKING!"  With James missing 3 starts, he'll probably only have about 4-5 more before the season ends.  That means we have 3 solid weeks of Jo Jo, Carlyle, and Cormier.  This was not a fun game to watch, and I hope against hope that it won't continue, but I'm not putting a dime on that bet.

by Something Profound on Aug 21, 2007 11:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How much longer...
...do they keep giving JoJo the ball?  It's like Mark Redman all over again.

by Smoltzs Beard on Aug 22, 2007 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NAHWAL Results
Attendance was 21,039, and with a guess of 21,000, brndn gets the point.

Picks to click were Heap and Escobar. Points go to supesk6, mccannfan, brndn, 755aaron, rawleigh, and RehabReject.

AAB points go to jess7.

by Velcro Vernacular on Aug 24, 2007 11:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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