Just One Of Those Days As Marlins Demolish Braves, 7-1
by Jacob Peterson on Aug 27, 2010 10:12 PM EDT
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PrintDid the Braves dig up a Native American burial ground on their way out of Chicago? Maybe Bobby Cox inherited the Cubs' curse when Lou Piniella retired? OK, so it's probably just garden-variety ineptitude, not some sort of mystical curse. At any rate, not much has gone right since the Braves left Chicago.
Tommy Hanson gave up 4 home runs (all solo shots, but still... not very good). The Braves' offense made Chris Volstad look like Josh Johnson for the first 7 innings. And just to make things a bit more embarrassing, the Braves' defense looked worse than my nephew's little league team at times. It was pretty much a thorough domination by the Marlins. To add wetness to injury, it even rained in the 9th inning.
The game got off to a rip-roaring start as the first two batters against Hanson--Cameron Maybin and Logan Morrison--smoked home runs to put the Braves in a hole before they even batted. The Marlins added two more in the second, one more in the third, and two more in the sixth (when Dan Uggla and Gaby Sanchez went back-to-back). All the damage was against Hanson. Just to forestall the worriers, I'm sure he's fine. He's bounced back from his other bad outings in good fashion. My only cause for concern would be if his velocity goes down significantly, which it hasn't to this point (I don't have the numbers for tonight's start, though).
The Braves got their only run on a solo homer by Jason Heyward in the 8th, which at least gave the lovely fans at Turner Field something to cheer about for a few minutes. Billy Wagner pitched the 9th for Atlanta, securing a strikeout to pass John Franco Jesse Orosco for the all-time strikeout lead among left-handed relievers, which is an arcane but still kind of cool stat.
The other bright side in all of this is that Tim Hudson shaved his beard, so we at least have a good shot at a win tomorrow. I honestly can't wait for that game to start; I'm sick of feeling like my team can't do anything right. If I wanted to feel that way, I'd have become a Mets fan.
Stat of the Game
From the fourth inning on Wednesday through the seventh inning tonight, the Braves were outscored 18-0 by the Rockies and Marlins. That's--how should I put this?--unfortunate.
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This means the Phillies will lose tonight! WOOO!
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 27, 2010 10:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
It´s not John Franco, it´s Jesse Orosco
John Franco hold the lefty saves record
Whoops.
Thanks for pointing that out!
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
by Jacob Peterson on Aug 28, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Come back and get it done tomorrow...
GO BRAVES!
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
Better snap out of it quick – let’s go boys.
by CharlotteChop on Aug 27, 2010 10:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
In the last 15 innings, ONE run. That can’t happen.
Go get ‘em tomorrow and break this funk! I’m having llamasaurus withdrawal!!!!
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
Hopefully if we break out of it...
We don’t do what we did last time we broke out of an offensive drought
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
c´mon Braves
I almost forget how does feel when we win.
Like I said in the OT
My fault. I’m sorry. If I knew the team (especially Hanson) would be this offended that I wasn’t able to make it out tonight, I would have made a bigger effort to go.
Hopefully we can right the ship tomorrow. I want a six game winning streak the rest of this homestand (I’ll hopefully be going Wednesday).
Well we better start doing something we cant keep relying on the phills to loose SHIT IM PISSED!
by cali viking on Aug 27, 2010 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…… Hanson rocked
The PuertoRican Kid
by Kobe:The Legend on Aug 27, 2010 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
How’s Freddie doin’ tonight?
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 27, 2010 10:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
6 for 5, 7 HR
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
by TonyAlmeyda on Aug 27, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Only 7 homers! C’mon now…
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 27, 2010 10:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He did have eight, but the umps robbed him.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
by TonyAlmeyda on Aug 27, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
die in a fire, stupid umps
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 27, 2010 11:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, on the bright side… ummmm…huh, yeah, I got nothing.
Well, my 6 year old had his first practice tonight for his fall baseball league. Looks like he’ll be playing SS(because he can actually make the throws) or 1B(because he can catch) and batting 3rd. Sorry, that’s the best I can come up with.
"I should have followed Rhyno's advice..." Mr. Sanchez 06/18/2010
This isn't hard... on the bright side...
WE’RE STILL IN FIRST
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
I was happy I checked in again to see Heyward's homer and Wagner get the record.
I hope the offense shows up tomorrow.
At least make it respectable.
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
JHey went downtown
DLee hit a ball really hard. Martinez looked good.
Wags ended up throwing that ball into the stands a few pitches later, didn’t he?
"We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at."
you know
for all the crap he has gotten Martinez has been pretty great for us out of the pen.
by drumzalicious on Aug 27, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
New Rule:
Rick Ankiel doesn’t get to play anymore. I’m so fucking sick of him swinging at every pitch.
"Based on stereotypes that are totally untrue and I do not agree with, you would maybe-not be a very good driver..."
"Oh man am I a woman?!"
+1
And flailing around in the outfield, too.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
by Jacob Peterson on Aug 28, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Heyward has been on absolute fire the past aix games, raising his OPS from .797 to .849 in that short span…a featbhard to do when you’ve already are at over 400 plate appearances for the year.
I hope Heyward keeps the hot bat the rest of the way and reclaims the lead in the NL rookie of year race.
by Twicefriedrice on Aug 28, 2010 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe
a swap with Prado in the lineup is in order?
by drumzalicious on Aug 28, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Bud Black's 'pen
Ain’t getting the job done.
" I'm sick of feeling like my team can't do anything right. If I wanted to feel that way, I'd have become a Mets fan." - pacgnosis
I still don’t think the Padres are that good.
"Based on stereotypes that are totally untrue and I do not agree with, you would maybe-not be a very good driver..."
"Oh man am I a woman?!"
by Scott Coleman on Aug 28, 2010 12:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If they win their division & have the best record in the league, then they are good. If not the rest of the league must be pretty bad too.
They just smash on the weak teams and don’t do much against the good ones.
"Based on stereotypes that are totally untrue and I do not agree with, you would maybe-not be a very good driver..."
"Oh man am I a woman?!"
by Scott Coleman on Aug 28, 2010 2:47 AM EDT up reply actions
In all honesty
I have my doubts about them. Having experienced ‘91, I usually sort of resent people assuming a young team can’t come out of nowhere (I tried to tell people to stop confidently predicting doom for the ‘08 Rays), but that Padres team seems a little like they may be blowing a big bubble that will burst sometime later. Maybe not until October, but I think it’s going to pop.
" I'm sick of feeling like my team can't do anything right. If I wanted to feel that way, I'd have become a Mets fan." - pacgnosis
I watch them quite a bit
since they’re on in primetime since I’m on the West Coast, and I’m never really impressed. It always seems like their bullpen picks up a lot of their good stats in the blowout wins and losses. Their starting pitching is good, but there’s no way guys like Garland and LeBlanc can maintain this over the next few seasons, if not the final month and post season.
The offense is stacked full of no-names, and quite a few of them are over-performing. Gonzalez is an animal, but if you shut him down, they’re dead. We shut AGon down in Atlanta, and we were an out away from a pretty impressive sweep.
"Based on stereotypes that are totally untrue and I do not agree with, you would maybe-not be a very good driver..."
"Oh man am I a woman?!"
by Scott Coleman on Aug 28, 2010 5:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Just wondering
Now, would KK be better than a depressed Hanson?…Big Red is looking like his bubble is a little deflated….Bobby Cox needs to have some “personal me” time with his sophmore player?
I still believe that Prado needs to return to 2nd……Infante again missed a ball hit right at him…the TV guys said it was a bad hop…hmmmm, I have seen Prado catch those…on the other hand at 3rd Prado missed a few in Colorado but he has just started there for a few games…..Help Obi One Konobe (Bobby C) you are our only hope!
it just felt right and the chance to go to the postseason is hard to pass up. I’ve always respected their orginization… and Bobby…I’m excited. I’m looking forward to it...Derrek Lee (at press conference sayiing he had been traded to the Braves)
The curse continues.
The Phillies cannot win because we didn’t.
What a maroon
I can’t begin to imagine what an ulcer fest having that asshole as your closer must be like. I hope I never have to.
" I'm sick of feeling like my team can't do anything right. If I wanted to feel that way, I'd have become a Mets fan." - pacgnosis
OMG!
This is seriously getting weird…..a balk to tie the game?!?!?!
"A good friend of mine used to say, This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while." - Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
this season, one team won by a balk walkoff
i dont remember what team, i think dodgers
I've seen the Braves lose a game, and win one
On walkoff balks that consisted of the pitcher dropping the damn thing.
Naturally, Rocker was the guy who lost a game for us that way.
" I'm sick of feeling like my team can't do anything right. If I wanted to feel that way, I'd have become a Mets fan." - pacgnosis
holy hell
i did not expect that…i was sitting there on gameday just praying headley didn’t mess up…he did, but lidge messed up first…
by forgotten_glory on Aug 28, 2010 12:54 AM EDT reply actions
That’s one of those balks where the umpires are standing there thinking “Holy Crap! Did he just do that?”
to add to the weirdness...
the balk was only able to tie the game due to lidge hitting ludwick with the pitch
by forgotten_glory on Aug 28, 2010 12:57 AM EDT reply actions
why did he walk howard?
gah….chances r he will strike out if u pitch to him
by forgotten_glory on Aug 28, 2010 1:00 AM EDT reply actions
padres coming up again
let’s go padres!
by forgotten_glory on Aug 28, 2010 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
LET'S GO PADRES!
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It makes me laugh, or at least chuckle, any time I see it
That moment will remain one of my fondest memories of this year regardless of what else happens. I wish we could track down that sole, stalwart fan and give him a Talking Chop interview because he’s become a local celebrity. I can still remember exactly when he started and the exact point where I was like “Okay, how long is this one going to continue chanting by himself?”
This game was probably my fault
Braves have only lost 18 home games, but I’ve been to four games and they’ve lost three of those. They were also losing April 20th when I was at the game, but I left after the 8th inning, flustered at the complete lack of offense. They went on to score 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth and walk off in the tenth on a Nate McLouth homer. The Braves have essentially failed every time I’ve been at the ballpark this year
I’ll refrain from buying anymore tickets this year.
damn
so much for the padres bullpen being the best…
by forgotten_glory on Aug 28, 2010 1:38 AM EDT reply actions
Not to mention Torrealba looking like a kid who just had his Christmas presents taken away after the safe call. He didn’t put the glove on J-Roll, but boy he wanted the ump to think he did. I thought he was gonna cry.
Not a good way to start the series - lose to Volstad and score only 1 run.
Now we face Nolasco and Johnson next. Not looking good.
Bah. Phillies won. Two-game lead now, but still 34 games left.
Oh well. I’m not pushing the panic button yet, but the offense looked terrible against Cy Volstad. That better change now.
Blanton / Garland in the Phillies game. Go Friars.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
Our meltown in Colorado after the 3rd inning, I thought was mainly because we can't hit lefities.
Last night, we had a righty and were back at home.
I’m running out of excuses.
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
I thought the Braves being such a veteran laden team would easily snap out of it last night coming home with an off day. Maybe Hanson isn’t there yet to pick up the team in a pressure situation, but it doesn’t matter when the squads only going to give you one run. The Phils bounce back from their mind-boggling sweep and pull a tough one out, and now come out of this momentum-less week with the edge. The Braves have two very tough pitchers to face this weekend, but had better pull their head out of their ass fast or will find themselves in second place before they can blink twice. And for Gods sakes, even though I didn’t see the game, there are more comments in the recap about the poor defense. This is what’s going to end up being the demise of this team. I’m trying to stay optimistic, but the poor nature of this home loss is deflating. Lets Go Braves – pull your head out!
I hope breaking the 2.5 game curse was not a break in the wrong way! Lets get mad now Bravo’s and rip the fish!
by UpstateNyBravesFan on Aug 28, 2010 10:00 AM EDT reply actions
Is Hinske's WS luck the only reason he's still here?
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
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Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Aug 28, 2010 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
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