Open Thread and NAHWAL: Please Sweep
by gondeee on Apr 20, 2008 2:39 AM EDT
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This is a real-time post. i'm still up at this hour, please do not refer to what is keeping me up. I will only say that there needs to be some sort of post-inebriated mental genie that keeps one from drinking so much.
By the way, if it seems like I've been a zombie recently, that's true, and it may be more pronounced in the near future. Work has been all-consuming and they may send me to Singapore next week, so that will be interesting / slash less-than-full-time. Kudos to Matt (that yondaime guy) who has been doing a great job with the minor league updates.
Arrrrrrggghhhh!!!! I want a sweep!!!
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I feel this sweep coming and it’s just the beginning!
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picks
1. 34,500
2. Frenchy
3. Escobar hits at least one double
NAHWAL
1. 36.380
2. Teixeira
3. Bobby uses 5 relievers.
picks.
1. 35,243
2. KJ
3. Jurrjens strikes out at least 5 and doesn’t walk anyone.
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Picks
1. 36,283
2. Chipper
3. 2 Braves have multi-hit days with one being Matty. (He better freaking play today!)
I say...
...keep picking Tex every game.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 20, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Broom.
Gondee…in the midst of your alcohol-related stuper it would be great if you went back to the game against Lowe and updated my NAHWAL points. I picked Chipper as my #2.
I myself enjoy a snifter of port at Christmas, but I can’t have some lush blog-running botching my points when Steven Segal drinks are on the line…GOD.
1. 41,999
2. Francoeur
3. 3+ runs in at least 2 innings for the Braves.
Picks
1. 37,814
2. Chipper
3. Chipper and Tex have back to back HRs
Mine!
1. 38,694
2. Escobar
3. Andruw strikes out twice, Escobar has three RBIs
Diaz
the whole series off!...killing my picks. Curious about the amount of ‘rest’ Bobby’s giving him all of the sudden. Don’t get me wrong, I think Blanco is better defensively…and is showing some promise at the plate. But Bobby saying he just wanted to rest Diaz (3 starts) because he had played every game coming into the series (15) just seems strange.
Blonde or Brunette?
Behind home plate, when leftie is up and camera zooms on the batter. Blonde in red tank top, brunette in green NICE. I love HD…
Go Braves!
meh
At least we got on the board…we’re really working the count well against Kuroda, he’s got 68 pitches through 3. No way he gets past 5. Awful AB by Francoeur to end the inning though…gets to 2-0, and takes 2 horrible swings that result in a weak grounder to short.
We are seemingly more patient today, working the count. Almost too much even, there have been some pitches that were really hittable the guys took. But, I’m not going to complain.
Jurrjens looks pretty good so far. Getting some good location & velocity.
Agreed on Frenchy. C’mon Jeff, you can do better!
haha
i was preparing a post saying something like “perfect 12 pitch inning”. yeah.
why does corky miller have a job? guy can’t hit a lick.
Well...
you’re not gonna hear Chipper and Smoltzie sniping about one another playing thru some pain this year. And I think Chipper thought he got all of that one and had to hustle it into a double…that can hurt ailing legs.
Some of you creative types...
need to put your heads together and come up with a nickname for Jair…he’s gonna be around for a while!
Bingo...
...did you not see Jurrjen’s Surgeons?
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 20, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes...
...that is where its from. Did it seem like I came up with it on my own? What gave you that impression…
I’m not very creative or original, but I’m good at stealing other people’s ideas!
Sorry...
...meant to reply to OntheGo’s comment. I stupid.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 21, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
ah
There we go Corky, in your 3 ABs, you’ve hit the ball a combined total of what, 40 feet? And allowed 2 stolen bases? WAY TO EARN THAT PAYCHECK!
Scott Proctor...
getting ready? Riiiiiiight he was squatting there!
That was a BS call by the plate umpire on that strike to Kelly.
kuroda
he’s going on fumes. i can’t believe he’s one out from a quality start. that would be the worst QS ever.
argh
if that ball goes 5 more foot, 4 runs score…because with the way andruw was loafing, no way does he get to the ball.
REALLY????
If Martin would have caught that I would have turned the game off.
You think that Corky could have caught that?
I hope so.
Simply because I am tired of hearing EVERY game that he is a slow-starter and never has a good April.
uh?
that coulda been interference on andruw during pierre’s second steal…he didn’t make an attempt to get out of the way.
Indeed...
...another good AB by Gotay though.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 20, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Escobar
Anybody know his contract status? I know they signed him in ‘05, but for how long? Just curious.
Kotsay's...
... also still pretty young (in baseball terms) at 32, so my guess is he’ll be looking for one more longer-term contract for some cash—like three years at $21 million or so. I don’t know that the Braves would buy that.
HA!
I fooled you all! I actually watched the game today and they still won!
Great stuff, I loved watching JJ carve up that lineup…especially AJ. Saw that hit by Boomstick coming a mile away, awesome stuff. It is funny, though, that when KJ botched that short-hopper I was cursing him up and down, and then comes back with a big hit late in the game and a great defensive play to his glove side to end the inning.
NAHWAL Results
Attendance for the game was 36,772. With a guess of 36,380, pett-man gets the point.
The picks to click were KJ, Tex, and Jair (apologies to Frenchy). One point each to:
pett-man
mccannfan
bigjoe
sdp
chance13ga
jug
AAB picks, one point each to:
VegasAces
bigjoe
sdp
jess7
Two points to jc25 (hey, is this thing rigged!).
Week three NAHWAL winner is...
... jc25 who miraculously got a two-point AAB pick to clinch it.
jc25 7
hbkbraves 6
morri029 6
sdp 6
chance13ga 5
mccannfan 5
VegasAces 5
welby24 4
jess7 4
pett-man 4
jack_d 3
NickATL 3
OntheGo 3
Perrinbar 3
secondbass 3
WienerDog 3
jug 3
bigjoe 3
Smoltz’s Beard 3
rearnold 2
royhobbs 2
Stook 2
traphicg 2
10-4 1
6stringbeliever 1
Bama_Ben 1
brndn 1
Chopaholic 1
dannycco 1
hippybustins 1
JDMaker1 1
Lizziebeth 1
Murphy03 1
mycr0ft 1
Rain Delay 1
supesk6 1
torchy 1
Folks, we've got a platoon.
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