Braves @ Snakes: Game 4
by gondeee on Aug 10, 2008 3:00 PM EDT
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Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, Aug 10, 2008 4:10 PM EDT
So, a, hows about a sweep today? I think it was Joe Simpson who said it last night, but the team we've seen in this series is the team we were supposed to have this year -- good solid starting pitching, timely hitting which can score runs throughout the lineup, and a solid bullpen that doesn't blow many leads. It's a whole lot more fun to watch this team than the one we've been watching for the past few weeks.
By the way, Jeff Francoeur is making himself irrelavant to the Braves success (if not a hinderance to the Braves success). He needs to figure it out or risk playing himself off the team.
Current Series
4 game series vs Diamondbacks @ Chase Field
| Thu 08/07 | WP: Charlie Morton (3 - 5) SV: Mike Gonzalez LP: Yusmeiro Petit (1 - 3) |
6 - 4 win |
| Fri 08/08 | WP: Jorge Campillo (7 - 4) SV: Jeff Bennett LP: Doug Davis (4 - 7) |
11 - 6 win |
| Sat 08/09 | WP: Jair Jurrjens (11 - 7) LP: Dan Haren (12 - 6) |
11 - 4 win |
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Atlanta Braves Sunday, Aug 10, 2008, 4:10 PM EDT Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 100.
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Went to a bar in Athens last night, and some girls for Dos Equis were there passing out questionaires for us to fill out. Apparently there’s a contest to be the intern of the Most Interesting Man in the World. Free beer was involved in the prize.
by 10-4 on Aug 10, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lineups. i say: FUCK
Blanco, LF
Escobar, SS
Jones, 3B
McCann, C
Kotchman, 1B
Infante, 2B
Kotsay, CF
Francoeur, RF
Hampton, P
Drew, SS
Ojeda, 2B
Jackson, LF
Reynolds, 3B
Young, CF
D’Antona, 1B
Snyder, C
Burke, RF
Webb, P
their lineup looks weak tonight, but kelly on the bench AGAIN pisses me off. why not bench francoeur again, its not like he’s gonna have a game worth a shit today
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Totally agree
Kelly deserves to be out there, but his power has been very limited lately.
But Frency shouldn’t be playing.
by Sparhawk on Aug 10, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
More Kelly
I expect to see plenty more of this from Jeffy tonight. Why, yes, those are fastballs a foot above the strike zone he’s swinging at.
by VictorW on Aug 10, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats a horror show.
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
whats chippers look like? i tried to find something on THT and fangraphs, but came up empty
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
notice the difference?
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love those commercials
Have yet to try Dos Equis, but I’ve been wanting too.
Not much of a beer drinker though.
by Sparhawk on Aug 10, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
btw, livan hernandez allowed 9 runs in 2.2 in his rockies debut today.
good thing we didn’t sign him
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
home or away?
wouldn’t surprise me if it was a home game though.
by Sparhawk on Aug 10, 2008 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
home. but still. against the padres.
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
also, matt harrison allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in 5 against the orioles. THE TRADE THAT KILLED THE FRANCHISE!!!!!!!!
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
francoeur is 5 for his last 34 with 9 Ks and no XBH
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
at least we made webb throw pitches…
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it appears BAD HAMPTON has shown up today
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOT the kind of 2 we needed hampton…
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hopefully Hampton brought his bat…we need it
by OntheGo on Aug 10, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why do you start Frenchy against Webb (righty on righty)...and leave KJ on the bench?
by OntheGo on Aug 10, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that pitch was nearly in the dirt
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Teheran
At the Danville Braves game today, Julio Teheran has been pulled after 2 1/3 innings, 3 runs, 5 hits, 2 strikeouts, and a hit batsman. The hit batter was #1 draft pick Tim Beckham haha.
by jjcollins on Aug 10, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yikes…something’s gotta be bothering him, thats 2 pretty bad starts in a row
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The pitching coach came sprinting out of the dugout after he threw an off speed pitch to start off the 2nd inning. That seemed odd to me.
by jjcollins on Aug 10, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
alright top of the order, lets get some magic going
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
matt harrison is 4-2 with an ERA over 7. WINS MEAN NOTHING!
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
mark grace is rambling about how chris young is the diamondbacks best outfielder, because he plays CF. i’m so confused
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
another productive jeff francoeur at bat.
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
who wants to pitch in to sponsor francoeur’s BR page when it expires in 3 months?
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gamecast showed the whiffer low and inside…not the tough visual to create
by OntheGo on Aug 10, 2008 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
apparently school starts in arizona tomorrow…thats CRAZY
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
school starts on Wednesday here in central FL
by OntheGo on Aug 10, 2008 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that announcer TOTALLY called that
wow…. he was due i guess
by traphicg on Aug 10, 2008 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
goodbye.
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
School starts tomorrow here in Fayette County. Just south of Atlanta.
by scottyboy10 on Aug 10, 2008 6:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
THOMAS J HANSON
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB…10 K
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by bigjoe on Aug 10, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not crying...
...just saying, Francoeur with bases loaded:
.130/.130/.174 in 23 PAs
Not including today’s GDP, which will give him 5 on the year. Keep in mind he only has 3 hits…
I’m getting tired of hoping he’ll come around. I like him as a guy and he has the tools to be a great player, but this season he’s abysmal. No reason he should have played today. Bobby needs to put the best 8 position players he has every day, and Jeff isn’t one of them right now. Don’t get me wrong, Francoeur isn’t the reason we lost today, I’m not blaming him. I just am sick of seeing him killing rallies before they get started.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 11, 2008 1:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i wonder how much francoeur kills morale…like, we get a few hits, we have a nice rally going…and francoeur steps in and promptly fucks it up. that really must send guys to another level of anger
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by bigjoe on Aug 11, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to OPS and among OF that have the PAs to qualify…there are only two OF in the entire league that are worse than him.
Wily Taveras
Michael Bourn
I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.
by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 11, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least those guys
steal bases when they do reach.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 11, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
arizona acquires ADAM DUNN for “prospect” dallas buck and 2 PTBNL.
they’d better not resign him. also, great job at passing him up on waivers frank wren.
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by bigjoe on Aug 11, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well that sucks…
I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.
by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 11, 2008 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, we didn’t need him this year, so Wren’s passing on him doesn’t bother me. Next year, though, is a different story.
by VegasAces on Aug 11, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, why would we give up prospects for him this year?
Isn’t he a FA next season?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 11, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to give us a leg up on signing him to a deal, and to avoid giving up draft picks by re-signing him? i’d rather give up 2 or 3 fringe prospects as opposed to a 2nd round draft pick.
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by bigjoe on Aug 11, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see. He’s probably NY Met next year anyway.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 11, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he’s not latin
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by bigjoe on Aug 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Dunn?
I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.
by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 12, 2008 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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