Braves Do Big Damage To The Mets Bullpen In A 6-3 Win.
by SCrebel10 on Jun 3, 2011 10:29 PM EDT
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PrintIt took until the eighth inning, but the Braves bats finally woke up, scoring four runs off the Mets beleaguered bullpen en route to a 6-3 win.
Up until that eighth inning, lefty Jon Niese had kept the Braves in check, working in and out of trouble while pitching with a 3-1 lead.
The Braves started the scoring in the second inning, as Freddie Freeman led off the inning with a single. Alex Gonzalez followed with a one-out double that advanced Freeman to third. Joe Mather grounded to short and beat the throw to first,and it was enough to score Freeman and give the Braves a 1-0 lead.
Atlanta had a chance to put up a crooked number, but Derek Lowe's bunt wasn't close enough to the first base line, allowing Niese to get Gonzalez out at the plate. Jordan Schafer grounded out to end the inning.
The rest after the jump.
The Mets broke into the scoring column in the fourth inning with a little help from the third base umpire. Jose Reyes led off the inning by hitting a ball into the right center field gap off Derek Lowe. Schafer got the throw in to Dan Uggla, who threw a rocket to Chipper Jones at third. Replays showed that Reyes was out on the tag from Chipper but was called safe on the play.
Carlos Beltran singled to right two batters later, scoring Reyes and tying the game at 1. A walk to Jason Bay and back-to-back singles from Daniel Murphy and Angel Pagan scored Beltran and Bay, giving the Mets a 3-1 one lead.
In the top of the fifth inning, a scary play happened involving Schafer. Schafer turned to bunt a Jon Niese pitch, and the ball deflected off his bat into his face. He immediately fell to the ground in pain. Schafer left the game, and was replaced by Eric Hinske. Schafer was taken to the hospital for x-rays on the area between his lips and nose.
The Braves bats finally got going in the eighth inning, as Chipper Jones hit a towering shot into the club level of Citi Field off Niese to start the inning and cut the deficit to 3-2. Mets media on twitter said that they have never seen a ball hit to that area in the ballpark before. Typical Larry Wayne Jones in New York.
Niese got the next two outs, but was replaced by the elderly Jason Isringhausen, who struggled. He immediately walked Dan Uggla, and allowed Uggla to advance to second base by throwing a wild pitch. Reyes paid the Braves back for the missed call at third by whiffing on a grounder from Gonzalez. Uggla came around from second to score, tying the game at 3.
After a scoreless seventh inning from Scott Linebrink in the seventh inning in relief of Derek Lowe, Jonny Venters was typically dominant with a scoreless eighth.
Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez came in to pinch the ninth, and was not sharp. Eric "Big Damage" Hinske lived up to his awesome nickname yet again, and hit a one-out home run to right field, just clearing the fence. The teenage Met fan who caught the ball immediately returned to his seat and started crying. There was no word whether he thought he had reached over the wall to grab the ball or he just realized how awful it is to be a Mets fan.
The Braves weren't done scoring after Hinske's homer gave them a 4-3 lead. Martin Prado doubled, and then the Mets decided to intentionally walk Brian McCann to get to the scalding hot Freddie Freeman. Freeman continued his torrid hitting at the plate, doubling into left field, scoring Prado and McCann to give Atlanta a 6-3 lead. For the game, Freeman went 3-5 with two doubles and two rbi's.
Craig Kimbrel slammed the door in the bottom of the ninth inning, earning his 17th save on the season. That 17th save gave Kimbrel the National League rookie record for saves before the all-star break.
Derek Lowe threw six innings of decent ball, giving up seven hits and three runs while striking out one and walking one.
WP:
Jonny Venters (4-0)
LP:
Francisco Rodriguez (1-2)
Save
Craig Kimbrel (17)
Up next:
Jair Jurrjens faces Dillon Gee in game two of the series tomorrow night.
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Absolutely.
"If you go out to a bar, pick up a chick, take her home, but can't close the deal, we used to call that "Calling Dan Kolb in for relief."-Talking Head
Great comeback tonight
Hope we can get some early runs for JJ tomorrow!
1. Get well soon, Schafer
2. Chipper!
3. Hinske!
4. Freeman is gunning for ROY
5. So is Kimbrel. 17 saves is a rookie record for the first half.
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How do I feel? Like f**king sucess - Jordan Schafer
Only 10 more to go!
I think he’s got an excellent shot to pull that off if our offense can get on a roll.
by Aaron Meier on Jun 4, 2011 3:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
what's the rookie record for an entire season? anyone know?
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by TurnerTheBurner on Jun 4, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's do Check 2 on Saturday :-)
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
RBIs tonight. Good to see it involving several.
Mather
Chipper
Gonzalez (honorary mention)
Hinske
Freeman
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
I love me some Big Damage.
Although I wish he had hit his homer a few rows deeper so Ben Duronio could have caught it.
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I now twitter as @junkstats and blog about made-up stats and general baseball stuff at JunkStats.
Saw his reaction
on the replay. It was awesome.
"If you go out to a bar, pick up a chick, take her home, but can't close the deal, we used to call that "Calling Dan Kolb in for relief."-Talking Head
If that's not his Twitter avatar
in the next 24 hours, something is wrong.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jun 3, 2011 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Was he right there?
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Just a couple rows up,
he’s the guy with the Braves shirt and hat with his hands up in the air. Great reaction.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jun 3, 2011 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Sooo close haha. If you see it as it’s landing I’m waiting to catch it haha. Too bad.
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by BenDuronio on Jun 4, 2011 7:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Annnd Chipper lives up to the billing
Named his son Shea for his historic dominance over the Mets… continued that trend tonight with the tape measure bomb. Announcers said during the broadcast that no one has hit a ball that far yet in Citi Field
FanShot said X-Rays and CT Scan – and they will have word tomorrow.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
DOB says
at least a broken nose, CT results not known yet. If it’s just the broken nose, he got lucky, and he should be fine relatively soon.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jun 4, 2011 2:54 AM EDT up reply actions
just Broken nose
would be great. He could play tomorrow.
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by BravosFanatic on Jun 4, 2011 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions
he just tied it..
I pray to Jason Heyward every night
by JasonHeywardisGod on Jun 3, 2011 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Per the write up above...
That 17th save gave Kimbrel the National League rookie record for saves before the all-star break.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Folks
There is another league in Baseball and there was some guy named Jonathan Papelbon who holds the record.
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
but drum was asking about mlb rookie record
how can u say thats what he was talking about when he asked the question lol
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
but he didnt specify that it wasn't
:P
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
i clearly said
the rookie saves record.
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, I know that, but you weren’t specific as to which league. Hence, the confusion.
Twitter: @TAlmeyda
Per write up of the game on MLB.com
Braves: Kimbrel ties National League rookie record
The Braves knew rookie closer Craig Kimbrel would provide an immediate impact. Already the right-hander has established a new club record for most saves in the first half of a season, but on Wednesday he tied the National League record for most saves by a rookie before the All-Star break. Kimbrel’s 16th save tied former Dodgers closer Yhency Brazoban, who saved 16 games before the break in 2005. Jonathan Papelbon holds the Major League rookie record — he converted 26 first-half saves in 2006.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
jesus thats a lot
i guess if kimbrel gets 10 save opps over the next 30 games and converts 9 of them he will tie it :P
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
Its not totally undoable.
It was a particularly small egg...thats why I asked.
by thenightstallion on Jun 3, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
not at all
i dont think 16 save opps is out of the question
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
its not out of the question
considering our offense doesn’t lead many games by more than 3 runs
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
BUT, that says 16 and the Braves site and here say 17 saves.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
NL record is 16, (now 17) and MLB record is 26
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
Yep, that write up was a game old.
THIS is tonight’s:
Following Hinske’s homer, Freddie Freeman’s two-run double in the ninth provided a three-run cushion for Craig Kimbrel, who tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth to record his 17th save. The 23-year-old closer now holds the record for the most saves by a National League rookie before the All-Star break.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
I just want to go on record (get it)
as saying that this is the stupidest record I’ve ever heard people talk seriously about like it’s at all noteworthy. Even if you discount the stupidity of saves, you’ve got 3 modifiers on this “record”:
- NL
- Rookie
- before the All-Star Break
How many NL rookies have even been given significant save opps before the break? 5 or 6? Come on, the guy who used to hold the record was Yhency Brazoban! I love me some junk stats, but that’s not even junky, it’s just misleading.
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by Jacob Peterson on Jun 4, 2011 2:59 AM EDT up reply actions
It's baseball
We count verything… (Bull Durham, I think?)
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But...but...the folks here at TC reeeally love their junk. ;-)
Plus.. we can’t let the book go to waste.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Good thing = we're doing this without Heyward in the lineup.
If he can come back healthy and productive – it will only get better.
I am so happy for Freeman.
He seems to be seeing the ball well right now and rarely has a poor at bat.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
If Uggla just starts hitting.
As in, hitting at all, even a little bit, we’re going to be dangerous.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
No Kidding
.240/.310/.400 form this on out would make a big difference, that is not asking for much.
i would be pissed
if he ended the season with that line.
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
have you seen his numbers?
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
Have you seen the numbers on his contract!?!?!?
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
but for him to put up the line youd be pissed at
it’d mean he hit really really well since now.
are they ideal numbers? No
but would i take it after this start? Yes
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
To be clear
I meant that hitting the above slash for the rest of the season would be helpful, ending up there would be incredible.
I wasn't pissed
until we gave him that contract
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
That too, that really pissed me off, but it was inevitable after the trade.
We could have
but I think everyone knew that an extension was coming after the trade. The braves never really do deals like that in the off season, I can’t recall any.
we traded
a utility player and a reliever. we would have done fine with him for one year
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Because we gave up so much?
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jun 4, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Considering thats like 70 points from where he is now
I might throw an absolute party
It was a particularly small egg...thats why I asked.
by thenightstallion on Jun 3, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
A normal Heyward and Uggla hitting half his norms
would make this team very, very scary
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
Completely OT
but SF’s GM is a classless bum
"My everything, or nothing. My everything, or nothing. WE gonna fight, til we can't fight no more. We gonna lie down, and bleed a while. Gonna get up, and fight again." -Tashard Choice
by SouthernPanther on Jun 3, 2011 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
yea
i dont know whats going on with these MLB FO people this year
by drumzalicious on Jun 3, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He is. Logan Morrison's response to him made me like LoMo even more though.
Just a good dude and great teammate.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110603&content_id=19974184&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
yeah
i grabbed him in fantasy and actually started paying attention to him. i really really like him. seems like an absolutely spectacular teammate. would love to have him in Atlanta
"My everything, or nothing. My everything, or nothing. WE gonna fight, til we can't fight no more. We gonna lie down, and bleed a while. Gonna get up, and fight again." -Tashard Choice
by SouthernPanther on Jun 3, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s not promote team chemistry for the Marlins…I read the article and I now take the Marlins more seriously. Call me old school, but a family is developing there, and that is at least as important as payroll and something that will keep the Marlins contending well after talent level disparity makes it improbable.
Reading what people are saying/commenting in response to this doesn’t give me faith in humanity at large.
Yes, it’s absolutely an issue that i think needs addressing-the collisions at homeplate which just are not really significant in the game. Baseball is totally a non contact sport, where only violence involved anywhere involves a bat vs. a ball. It used to be “part of the game” to slide in spikes up and make the second baseman pay for turning the double play. Why does it still need to be “part of the game” to have elements of bloodsport at the plate? According to the rules, blocking a basepath is illegal, and yet it’s somehow a grand tradition to have big time athletes generating massive collisions because they’ve allowed blocking of basepaths. It’s not what baseball is about just because guys were doing it 40 years ago. Plenty of you say you don’t want to change it, but I know a TON of Braves fans who were utterly outraged by this:
Johnny Estrada was never the same after that.
That doesn’t mean anything about Cousins. He’s been coached and trained and had it ingrained with the current rulebook and interpretation. Marlins fans would hate him if he’d pansied out and tried to avoid a collision and been tagged out. As he had the play developing in front of him, he saw that the throw would beat him and he thought Posey would field it, so he made a split second decision to try and dislodge the ball from a man who was blocking most of the plate. Any fan in the league would want a player on his team to make the same move.
When Brian Sabean is attacking Cousins, he’s not just announcing that Cousins is going to be thrown at. He’s stirring up the hatred of Giants fans when an executive in his position needs to mediate, to try to cool the fires off. He can lobby for a rule change, he can cry about how he feels about losing his catcher, but he really needs to be the bigger man here and not single out a player who was just trying to win a game in extra innings without malicious intent. It says something that shortly after Sabean made that radio interview, Cousins began receiving death threats. It would be one thing if he announced that there would be a response if this was immediately after the game, and they were going to play the Marlins the following night. But he knows well that they don’t see the Marlins again until August, and it’s just giving fans a long to simmer in anger at him-all he’s doing is feeding that. It’s irresponsible for an MLB executive. The Tigers GM might as well have said he wanted someone to hit Jim Joyce with a car following his famous blown call-people were already angry about something that neither malicious nor heinous.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
So what's next?
Should we make all outfielders wear helmets and pads in case they collide with the wall or each other? Tell Nate McClouth that baseball is “totally a non-contact sport.” Or Carlos Lee, or Shane Victorino, etc etc. Obviously these cases are the result of accidental contact, but the point is that they aren’t playing ping-pong out there. Contact is going to happen, and with contact comes injury.
by Aaron Meier on Jun 4, 2011 3:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You’re being a bit obtuse, here. When outfielders run into each other, that’s absolutely NOT what is supposed to happen and guys go well out of their way to avoid it. In plays at the plate, guys are absolutely looking to plow into the catcher every single time because they have the potential benefit of nailing the guy so hard that he drops the ball and they’re rule safe. There are already measures in place to try to stop outfielders from crushing each other-namely, the practice of calling for the ball, plus guys are coached on things like how to check the wall when they’re running to make a catch.
Your slippery slope argument is fairly irrelevant and nonsensical. I’m only asking that we get rid of something that the MLB rulebook itself seems to suggest is illegal.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
I’m not making the argument that the existing rules about interference shouldn’t be enforced. I’m merely stating that if new rules are created through knee-jerk reactions every time a player gets injured, as so many people are cling for right now, the game will suffer. Injuries happen, these athletes understand that when they sign up. Even Ray Fosse agrees that a rule change in this scenario is a bad idea. “The game has been around more than 100 years, and now they’re going to start protecting catchers? I can’t see anything that can be changed. In high school, you can’t run over a catcher. But that’s high school. This is professional baseball. The idea is to score runs. If the catcher has the ball and he’s standing there, the runner has to stop? Is that the protection? I can’t believe anything can be done, and I don’t see how you could regulate something like that.”
by Aaron Meier on Jun 4, 2011 3:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And as far as the “slippery slope” argument being “irrelevant” and “nonsensical”, take a look at the NFL. To me, all of the rule changes and additional scrutiny that have been introduced to the game over the past few years have made the games all but unwatchable. You can’t regulate a sport as if it is being played in a labratory and expect it to remain entertaining or even meaningful.
I guess if you’re looking for bloodsport, where you’re happy to see someone level a hit on a defenseless receiver that breaks his leg and gives him a concussion, then yeah, the NFL would be a bit more unwatchable. Me, I’m a fan of most of the rules they’ve changed in order to protect players. The pendulum has perhaps swung too far in terms of quarterbacks, when you can’t touch a guy without getting a flag thrown, but that’s not the rules themselves as much as it is the overzealous rulings of officials.
And again, they’re regulating things that are supposed to happen-tackles. Contact. It’s a contact sport. There’s nothing in the rulebook that sanctions collisions at home plate in baseball.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
I know a TON of Braves fans who were utterly outraged by this
Was, am, always will be. That son of a bitch ran past the plate, just for the sheer malicious joy of hitting Johnny. He was never made to pay for it and that still pisses me off.
To head off anybody misinterpreting that, I wouldn’t have wanted him hit in the head but he should have been drilled, hard, in the torso or hip. Horacio Ramirez not knowing how to, or not wanting to, do that properly pretty much ended any interest I had in ever seeing him wear a Braves uniform.
Baseball makes occasional tweaks to it’s practices. The standards have changed, just in my lifetime, about how you can slide into second base. You referenced it above. Cornutt’s suggestion yesterday about how they should more strictly enforce the interference rules is a great place to start in that effort. If you bowled over a second or third baseman like this, there would be immediate consequences. Similarly, if you blocked second or third, there would be, as well.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
Count me as one of those fans as well.
I was at this game in the stands behind the plate & I basically couldn’t believe what I saw. Estrada wasn’t blocking the plate & Erstad seemed to go out of his way to bowl into him. You’re right: Johnny was never the same after this incident & that especially sucks considering how well he had been performing. If someone, as a fan, wants to see this kind of garbage, please watch football. This b.s. has no place in baseball.
Yeah, it's a shame
there was story from this year, I think, about how Estrada spent a long time battling the effects of post concussion syndrome. He was a pretty good offensive catcher, at one point, whose career was over by 31.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
without a doubt
he’s an idiot
[only built for cuban linx]
by Mighty Healthy on Jun 3, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup. This whole Posey incident has really lessened my opinion of the Giants’ fanbase and organization?
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 11:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Suprisingly, I think a lot of Giants fans don't agree with Sabean at all. Most of what
I’ve read at least, they don’t seem to think Cousins did anything wrong, and that Sabean was out of line.
i'd be embarrased if anyone in our FO said something like that
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by SouthernPanther on Jun 3, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Most Giants fans hate Sabean
and rarely agree with them. I don’t have respect for Sabean, i don’t have a problem with Giant fans
People are like at least I'm not that guy on stage. That guy on stage is like at least I'm not that guy in the looney bin. The guy in the looney bin are like at least I'm an orange
Did you read McCovey Chronicles in the days following the collision? My God, they were acting like Cousins had murdered him. 95% of then were calling for collisions like that to be outlawed. Ridiculous.
Lest we mention the death threats that Cousins has been getting…
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 11:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I saw some of them saying that the rules should be changed, but most of what I read
over there wasn’t blaming Cousins or villifying him, just the rules.
The death threats are obviously horrible, but I’m not going to condemn a whole fanbase for the actions of some crazy people.
Well, and I think it’s ridiculous for them to whine and cry over that rule.
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 11:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't agree with the rule change, but it's their right to want it.
My point was, even though they want the rule change, they actually didn’t blame Cousins at all, unlike their GM.
I see what you're saying.
And yes, the garbage that Sabean has spouted is much worse.
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 11:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It really just makes me respect all the catchers who have gotten hurt
in collisions and not once complained about the rules. The reaction to this injury is just beyond over the top.
I'd be fine with changing the rule
I don’t see what collisions like that are accomplishing, and for the time being, our best player, or nearly our best player, is also our catcher. I’m all in favor of protecting him and his career.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
Honestly, I’m still looking for where in the rules it even says that it’s legal. As near as I can tell the rules that govern the bases should apply to home plate as well, and there’s nothing official that provides any exception.
Q: If not us, who? If not now, when? A: The Batman. And "when you least expect it."
You’re right. There’s nothing except some hard-core tradition and the willful discretion of umpires who allow this to come into play. Either a catcher has the ball when he makes the tag, in which case the runner should be out regardless if he dislodges it with a collision, or the catcher is blocking the plate before he has the ball, in which case it’s interference and the runner should be awarded the base (and the run).
Begin calling the rule the way it’s written, and the collisions will stop. Guys will not just slam into each other with no upside.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
If they had their way it would be illegal to spike another player! Don’t change the game!!!
Q: If not us, who? If not now, when? A: The Batman. And "when you least expect it."
by Lennox on Jun 4, 2011 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That Chipper HR was an absolutle Moonshit
Steak, Shrimp, Liquor, and Pasta
by KINGSLYTUT on Jun 3, 2011 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
its not a typo
study your TC history.
Proud perpetrator of yelling "Money MIke" at Oracle Arena since Dunleavy's trade to the Pacers.
just sayin
it was funny to me, because it started with rick ankiel of all people
Proud perpetrator of yelling "Money MIke" at Oracle Arena since Dunleavy's trade to the Pacers.
was no one here last year?
Proud perpetrator of yelling "Money MIke" at Oracle Arena since Dunleavy's trade to the Pacers.
Well, as long as the original was a typo,
I feel justified in laughing my ass off.
Can't decide, so I'm going with both
how long was it exactly?
That’s rather a personal question, isn’t it? (apres Monty Python)
how long was it exactly? I never heard…
It hasn’t landed yet.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
Well I was certain that it wouldn’t take very long to measure. You are no biggus dickus.
Are you sure on the landing bit? I’m sure I saw a primitive primate hold aloft the chipper ball as if it was a usable human soul. And I’m sure I saw another drunk fellow fall on his ass (which I think should be some kind of domino effect bonus for the visiting team)
Yeah
That ball winding up with a guy with a Muts shirt on was a bit of a pill to swallow.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
But I think we can put the foul ball off the face in an anomaly column. Bad form perhaps but still a very unusual occurrence.
Reyes fail
It’s the Baseball equivalent of 3 free plates of King Crab legs.
The Mets fan kid kicking himself over and over after catching Ske’s homer was also hysterical.
A good night, all around.
"Part of me wants to give him this huge hug, and part of me wants to kick him in the groin because he made it look so easy." - David Ross, commenting on McCann's two homer game.
mmmm
i love crab legs so freaking much
"My everything, or nothing. My everything, or nothing. WE gonna fight, til we can't fight no more. We gonna lie down, and bleed a while. Gonna get up, and fight again." -Tashard Choice
by SouthernPanther on Jun 4, 2011 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
What;s a dillon gee?
GET TO THE CHOPPAH
I don't know about the guy(s) upstairs, but I do believe in Welsh Jesus
VICK-VICK-VICK-VICKTORIOUS
Hinske is making a solid case for offensive MVP in the first half (for the Braves, of course). Has anyone been consistently better?
As we speak, Venters is the best reliever in the game. Prove me otherwise, and I don’t want to hear about Mariano Rivera anymore (although the Rivera/Wetteland combo sort of reminds me of Venters/Kimbrel).
This game was fun
Wait - Kelly Johnson hits lefties better than righties? That just HAS to be backwards. - Bobby Cox as he looks at KJ's splits for his career
by Jareth Cutestory on Jun 4, 2011 5:29 AM EDT reply actions
good lord, someone teach these guys how to bunt.
And it's now my sig
by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT
He can bunt
its it just that the faastball ran in on the handle of the bat. What are you supposed to do from there
"Melky is a runs producer" -Dayton Moore (Royals GM)
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by BravosFanatic on Jun 4, 2011 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Sad
That Hinske has 3rd most number of HR on the team… sigh…
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Jun 4, 2011 8:32 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not too sad
He’s actually tied for 4th. Prado has 8, Heyward and Uggla both have 7, McCann and Hinske both have 6.
And I’m definitely not sad that Hinske has 6 HRs in 107 ABs.
by AtlantaBaseball on Jun 4, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
According to Hittracker.com
Chipper’s HR only went 412 feet. I’m calling BS.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jun 4, 2011 10:30 AM EDT reply actions
That seems about right.
It would have gone farther if not for the fact that it hit the seats at the apex of it’s flight because it was so high up.
AJ's mammoth homer in Philly
Was similarly shortchanged.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
Freeman
I missed the game last night, but I was looking through the replays and I saw Freeman hit a double in the 9th then go to third and get thrown out, it looked like he was almost letting himself get thrown out. Does anyone know why? My first instinct was that Freeman wanted to give Kimbrel a save opportunity.
I <3 RUNZ
He was drawing the throw
To allow the second run to score. You see guys do that a lot by proceeding to second. It happens much less frequently at third.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
No prob
Happy to assist.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
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