Open Thread and NAHWAL: Pirates at Braves (4/3)

1. 20.765
2. Riding the Tex train
3. He may be Mr. Glass, but he can still hit -- Hampton drives in a run with a double

1. 36,238
2. Hampton
3. Escobar drives Prado in for the winning run.

1. 34,535
2. Frenchy
3. McCann gets two hits.

1. 36,450
2. Kotsay
3. Hampton pitches 5 innings, 2K's, 3BB, 3R (2 Earned)

1. 19,924
2. Hampton
3. Hampton earns his first win since late 2005

1. 18,754
2. Escobar
3. braves will score first, hampton will be good for 5.2 innings, bullpen will blow save, francoeur will hit game-breaking RBI to opposite field

1, 33,456
2. Chipper (Is it cheating to just pick him every game until he hurts some strange part of himself--spleen maybe?)
3. Hampton strikes out at the plate as many hitters as he strikes out from the mound.

1. 27,234
2. Frenchy
3. Hampton severly injures himself before getting out fo the first

1. 20,100
2. Chipper
3. Braves score 11 runs

1. 16,249
2. McCann
3. Escobar scores 3 runs

1. 23,542
2. Chipper
3. Hampton walks 4 but allows only one run

1. 31,648
2. Chipper
3. Hampton goes 7 innings, allowing 1 run and 4 hits

1. 28,926
2. 2nd Base (Either Martin or KJ, depending on who gets the nod.)
3. Hampton has an extra base hit. Probably in the 5th inning.

1. 36,987
2. Diaz
3. Soriano notches a save.

1. 19,781
2. Yunel
3. Hampton: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

1. 31,550
2. Tex
3. Soriano saves and gives Hampton his first win since the Ice Age with 2 Ks in the 9th

1. 22,417
2. Escobar
3. Hampton goes 5 strong innings giving up 2 ERs

1. 17,558
2. Big Tex gets going tonight!
3. Mike "Bubble Boy" Hampton strikes out at least 5, the Braves homer at least 3 times, and we will win by more than 3 runs again!

1. 33,333
2. Tex
3. Hampton goes 7 w/ no earned runs through 5, Soriano gets 1st save

1. 28,517
2. Tex
3. A meteor lands on Hampton, Bobby declares he's "day-to-day".

1. 18,835
2. Lar
3. Braves score double-digit runs again and win

1. 24,335
2. Chipper
3. Braves infield combines for 5 hits

1. 32,111
2. Hampton
3. Frenchy swings at the first pitch in at least 2 ABs

1) 16, 200
2) Chipper
3) Cox uses 6+ relievers tonight.

But I'm going to keep trying!

1. 15,729
2. Hampton; that is until...
3. Mr. Glass defiantly gets through the game uninjured only to slip and fall on the dugout steps after missing a high-five from Rog; which results in him going on the D....well, you know the rest.

1. 23,245
2. Escobar
3. Cox Ejected in 5th.

1) 22,302
2) Kotsay
3) Hampton doesn't leave with an injury

1. 26,002
2. Escobar
3. Braves turn two double plays

1. 20.965
2. Escobar
3. Braves score 7 again this evening!!

...Hampton isn't starting...

Uhhh...there's a shocker. Who had "less than1" on their innings pitched projection?

wow this guy is a fucking joke... scratched with a "strained pectoral muscle"?

forgive me if i think this guy has been/is taking us for a ride... i think he realized he could keep coming up with bogus health problems and still get paid his absurd salary.

over/under 10000 on actual attendance tonight?

Who will be the braves 5th starter this year?
I'll go Royce Ring.

over/under on actual attendance after 5th inning?

The pirates catcher resembles which teletubby?

...how non-existent our offense can be at times. Now that it's setting in it feels familiar...Chipper getting on base what seems like every time he steps up to the plate, and everyone else botching it.

Here's hoping we crack the bullpen soon.

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How about sharing your Mike Hampton voodoo doll with us?
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I had totally forgotten about giving points for this game (perhaps I wanted to forget the game). The attendance for the game was 19,240. With a guess of 18,835, gondeee gets the point.

The picks to click were Chipper, Diaz, and Boyer. One point each to:

Euruproktos
jug
gopherbroke
ghos
10-4
Smoltz's Beard
woodywoodsaver
Perrinbar
zest
gondeee
bACEballstud
theangelicdoctor
yondaime4
17843
ejruiz
godawgs

AAB picks, one point to:

ejreuiz