Open Thread and NAHWAL: Pirates at Braves (4/3)
Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves, Apr 3, 2008 7:10 PM EDT

The new Mike Hampton doll, complete with wheelchair.
Just pull something and get it over with. I feel like the entire Braves nation is just waiting for the other shoe to drop with Hampton.

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picks
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
picks
1. 39,876
2. Hampton
3. Tex has a multi hit game
Picks
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
Picka-roos
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.
Picks
1. 27,234
2. Frenchy
3. Hampton severly injures himself before getting out fo the first
by call_me_chipper on Apr 3, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions
Picking my Nose
1. 21,578
2. Frenchy
3. Bucs go hitless till the 4th
by RandyRocks on Apr 3, 2008 11:16 AM EDT reply actions
Picks
1. 27,845
2. Matty D
3. Braves score runs in the first 3 odd numbered inning, 1-3-5
picks
1. 29,792
2. Hampton
3. QS and at least 1 RBI for Hampton
Picks
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.
Picks
1. 30,432
2. McCann
3. Hampton goes 6 giving up 3 runs with 4 K's
Held together by twine and duct tape
1) 27,715
2) Esco (or Yuni, whatever you prefer for nickname)
3) Hampton gets the W--which, let's face it, would be above and beyond anything we're figuring on.
picks
1. 23,593
2. Diaz
3. Hampton has a quality start and gets 2 hits at the plate
Picks
1. 28,760
2. Escobar
3. Hampton induces 3 GIDPs.
by Something Profound on Apr 3, 2008 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
picks
1. 33,250
2. Hampton
3. Hampton gets the win, gives up 2 runs, and gets one hit.
by deepinmetsterritory on Apr 3, 2008 1:06 PM EDT reply actions
Picks
1. 23,650
2. Frenchy
3. Hampton's left arm literally comes off at the shoulder in the 2nd.
picks
1. 31,550
2. Tex
3. Soriano saves and gives Hampton his first win since the Ice Age with 2 Ks in the 9th
Framed the Power Alley poster
and still hangs in my game room...next to a signed print of a Murphy portrait. Painted by the artist who paints the portraits all the HOF inductees hanging in Cooperstown these days. Apparently, he painted it for one of Murph's charity auctions. Had to have it, in case Murph never makes it in.
Picks
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!
Picks
1. 29,819
2. Larry Wayne Jones
3. Heap has 3 hits
Picks
1. 23,000
2. McCann
3. Hampton gets his first win since 2005
Picks
1) 29,354
2) Kotsay
3) Hampton gets hurt running the bases
I remember '95
Picks
1) 25,242
2) Chipper
3) Duke doesn't make it 5 innings.
by theangelicdoctor on Apr 3, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
Picks
1. 28,950
2. Hampton
3. Hampton retires 10+ in a row
NAHWAL
1. 22,500
2. Diaz
3. Xavier Nady hits a bomb
picks
1. 17,900
2. Frenchy
3. Prado (or whoever starts at 2nd/leads off) scores at least 2 runs
PICKS
1) 16, 200
2) Chipper
3) Cox uses 6+ relievers tonight.
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I suck at this
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.
Picks
1) 22,302
2) Kotsay
3) Hampton doesn't leave with an injury
"It is like Menudo, where guys reach a certain age and are kicked out of the band. And they go on to be Ricky Martins somewhere else." -Billy Beane
Picks
1. 25,600
2. Tex
3. Cox is due to get tossed from a game. I predict he'll be in the showers by the 6th.
Picks
1. 32,222
2. Scooter
3. We "only" use 4 relievers
its a pants party
21,200
hamstring hampton (although he wont last very long)
Braves hit 2+ homers again!
by GRABtheMIC on Apr 3, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply actions
Well that was quick.
Pedro, we don't need no stinking Pedro. Hampton is perfectly capable of hurting himself without even pitching.
Hampton scratched
Uhhh...there's a shocker. Who had "less than1" on their innings pitched projection?
Wow
Nice crowd, too - there's nothing like a 40 degree and windy night at the ol' ball yard - actually sitting hampton down seems pretty reasonable.
picks
1. 19950
2. Chipper
3. Braves has more homers than the Pirates have runs
hampton
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?
You've got to be joking....
...he's taking us for a ride and making up crap? What's next, a secret government cover up?
Add a 4th question - choose 1
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?
I forgot...
...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.
Nice one, gondeee...
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Results
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

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