Natspos @ Braves Open Thread: First Game After the Break
by gondeee on Jul 18, 2008 6:14 PM EDT
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It's time to see how the Braves handle the second half. Interestingly, our second half starts with the same team that the first half started with. We lost our opening day game to the Washington Nationals by a prophetic one-run. In fact, our first five losses of the season were all by one run. As I said in a column earlier today, this trend of losing games by one run is one of the biggest things the Braves are going to have to reverse if they expect to be competative in the second half.
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I got it covered!
...as far as I know!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
LINEUPS
Natties:
W. Harris cf
P. Lo Duca lf
C. Guzman ss
A. Kearns rf
D. Young 1b
R. Belliard 2b
J. Estrada c
K. Casto 3b
T. Redding p
Bravos:
G. Blanco lf
K. Johnson 2b
C. Jones 3b
M. Teixeira 1b
B. McCann c
J. Francoeur rf
M. Kotsay cf
B. Lillibridge ss
T. Hudson p
Yunel still with that sore shoulder, I think he is day-to-day.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
is already pretty ugly...
but were you referring to the announcing or you + growler?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Hudson to the Giants ???
For Barry Zito and Randy Winn ???
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
the nats have THREE former braves in their lineup tonight. problem is, only one of them was a former starter
Estrada, Harris, and who else?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
On the bench, they have Orr and Langerhans...
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Oh!
well shit, my lineup was wrong then!!
(I also haven’t been paying close attention…cooking dinner and laundry)
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Ah, right there he was.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Well, obviously that was not an intentional plunking.
nobody, I mean nobody, would purposely put FYF on base!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
man, austin kearns. remember when people thought he was better than adam dunn?
come on SK, keep it going
Hells ya
Lilli! 2-0!!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Trade him !!!
For Barry Zito and Randy Winn ???
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Don't like where this is going.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
huddy is gonna get out of it. sure he allowed a run, but meh…bottom of the order clicked that last half
I hope so...
but it is not 100% as of yet.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
you got tix yet or just going to get at the game?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
i’m just gonna buy them at the game. braves never sell out. and DUDE. saturday is RALLY FLAG DAY! awesome.
Well I know...
I was just asking DUDE…
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
I want to go, I’m just not sure if I’ll make it. It is a good bit of driving for me.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
in addition to the one you already owe me?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
beautiful!
hit-n-run! Chipper gets nice wood on!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
c'mon
BH, HR, SAC…anything but VIDRO.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
C'mon Heap!
Make ‘em sorry for not playing you in the AS game!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
That'll do pig...that'll do nicely!
A TRIPLE!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Francoeur and Bob Horner...
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
skip said McCann, but I don't think so.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Just checked, doesn't appear Horner works.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Neither did Francoeur.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Why does Chip
always seemed concerned with how many people the Marlins draw?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I think I might have to make a beer run.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
heh...
I might splurge for a 6-pack of something decent…
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
This was the deciding factor:
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I like skip caray...
but I’ll be honest, I prefer Joe & Boog.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
sell while his stock is high!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
sah-weet!
KJ with 2 SBs, and he advances to 3rd!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
For whatever reason
we never seem to run. I don’t know why, other than we don’t really have too many absolute burners that can steal.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
johnson, blanco, escobar, and kotsay are all above average. they should all get to double digits easily.
They COULD get to double digits...
we just don’t seem to try.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
NO
A lead-off triple?
Langerhans is killing us, why did we trade him?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Surprise, surprise
Boyer up in the pen.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Uh......
wtf?
Its never easy, is it?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I can't believe
No one else has stopped in to post tonight!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
wow. Chippa!
I hope Boyer is okay…but, I bet not.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
$25 gas card?
That wouldn’t even get you out of the driveway!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
is there a question there?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Hmm...
Does your Dad drink? Mine gets extra-generous when he is drunk…
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
well then
just tell him the balance late one evening once he’s enjoyed a few cocktails…that is usually what I do when I have bad news to tell my dad.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
when he is like "WTF bigjoe?!"
you just say, don’t you remember?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
ah
well spend money when drunk…not only in getting drunk, but ebay and the internet is a bitch when you’re drunk.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Hey Frenchy...
Go back to AA! (Especially since I’ll be going to watch them take on the Barons next week!)
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
At the game...
...or like, out in the city…such as at a bar or strip club, etc?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
He strikes me as a strip-club kinda guy.
I bet he makes it rain in torrents.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Hell ya Skip!
Cussin’ TBS!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Mets lost to the Reds, BTW.
Phillies look like they will win tonight, though. However, that means that Florida loses.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Skip
Dogging us bloggers.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Anything you get from Mike Hampton is a gift.
A $15 million-dollar gift.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
c'mon
snake charmer!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Gonzo...
2 K’s, and a groundball to Chipper.
Add it to my NAHWAL total, chief.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Welp
blew that already.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
And a baserunner.
Great. Never easy.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
a bit late there buddy.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Greeeeeeeeeeeat
An ER for Gonzo.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
How was the game in-person?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Thank you Braves...
I was a baserunner away from this, which I will now post just for the record. 
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
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