Hey, beats some dead chick on Publix White, and that went for 28 Gs.
nyb
on July 26, 2005 at 4:21 pm
We need to show something in this series. Not because it’s the Nats, but because you can feel the Mets and Phils gaining confidence the longer Atlanta remains stuck in neutral. Either of those teams has the talent to put together a 22-10 type stretch, we need to get things going on this end.
At least we missed Patterson, he’s been lights out.
David Remy
on July 26, 2005 at 4:23 pm
I understand that Moshe Dayan’s eyepatch and Jennifer Anniston’s teenage love letters are also up for auction.
Today would be a really good day for Estrada to just serve the suspension. Call up Pena (or activate Eddie), then DL Estrada before calling up a pitcher for Saturday.
csg
on July 26, 2005 at 5:16 pm
they shoudl have let Estrada serve his suspension beginning last Sunday. He wasnt feeling well and knowing that Monday was an off day and today Smoltz is pitching. After tomorrow his suspension would be over with and he would have had 4 days off to get his back better.
Hopefully Perez is healthy enough to come off he DL. Pena has put up decent numbers in AAA, but looked terrible while he was up..
They’re apparently finally talking about this, but no word on it yet. It’s getting ridiculous how much time he’s missed while appealing a pretty reasonable suspension.
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 5:22 pm
It’s really getting to the point of anger. Let the organization and/or the union take up the umpire issue. I think I’ve said this before… I’m sympathetic to the general beef he has, but there is not one thing out of line with the suspension he received. Take it and get on with your life, Johnny. Geez.
awb
on July 26, 2005 at 5:31 pm
Patterson has been good this year but part of that is the cavern in dc.
Turns out the fences were further out than marked.
Patterson’s splits:
SPLIT ERA W L Sv SvO G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO BAA
Home 1.86 4 0 0 0 12 12 77.1 55 16 16 1 26 72 .198
Away 4.19 0 2 0 0 6 6 34.1 34 16 16 6 10 35 .262
He’s only made a third of his starts on the road where he gives up more hits and hrs.
Could be a sign of the apocolypse. There’s a bid for The Toast. Mac, did you bid on this?:)
nyb
on July 26, 2005 at 5:39 pm
Patterson has been good this year but part of that is the cavern in dc.
It’s funny how that’s worked for them. RFK hasn’t hurt their offense much, 198 road runs vs 190 home runs despite not batting in the ninth a lot of the time. (Of course both those numbers stink) But their pitching is 3.03 home ERA vs 4.70 road ERA.
For whatever reason, they seem well designed for that park.
I don’t even have an EBay account, or whatever they call them.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 5:53 pm
I think we will need Hampton for October. I am not to confident on a Smoltz, Hudson, Thompson(???), Home Run rotation. This all makes tonight’s game a little bigger for us.
Finally broke down and got the extra innings package, I couldn’t handle missing another big game. One question, where do they get the feed from the game from? Turner?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 6:39 pm
Wow. The Nats radio announcers are beyond annoying.
How close was Marcus to coming up with that ball?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 6:39 pm
Not that it matters now! HA!
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 6:47 pm
Ron Gant is a color man for a weeknight game? Ouch.
ermoore
on July 26, 2005 at 6:50 pm
Crap! Somebody help me! I’m in the DC area (Arlington), but I can’t find the game on tv. I don’t understand what’s happening! The Braves have their own friggin’ network, the Nationals live here, and it’s an important game between divisional rivals!! Why isn’t it on tv?!!
Is it on a channel that I’m skipping over? Can I just not find it?
Bob
on July 26, 2005 at 6:52 pm
Mac,
You have to get an E-bay account. I just picked up a Mccann signed photo on there.
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 6:52 pm
It’s not on. We talked about this earlier. Stupid DC area. Gotta get mlb.tv to watch the Braves here.
Bob
on July 26, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Anybody have any info on Josh Burris? Starting Lf on Myrtle Beach rated the top LF in the minors(according to Choptalk). Could he be a platoon with KJ in a year or two??
What I like to think Chipper said just then: “Catch that, Defense-Boy!”
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 6:57 pm
Nice shift, Nats.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 6:57 pm
ermoore, it’s not on TV unless you have satellite. Go to 104.1 FM or 1050 AM.
Fouling out on 3-0? Kill me now.
Nice hit, Chipper! Let’s take advantage.
*Exit Captain Obvious*
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 6:58 pm
I was thinking the same thing, Mac.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 7:02 pm
I jinxed us. Sorry, guys.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 7:05 pm
I’ve figured out why the announcing is so bad. I will leave it at that.
Damn bloops.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 7:06 pm
Random thought: We are so lucky to have Pete calling Braves games.
Nats need to stop hitting the ball.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 7:08 pm
Another random thought: We are so unlucky to have these crappy spoken word ads on Turner South.
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 7:10 pm
My favorite Ron Gant line of the year was when he asked (paraphrasing here) “How would someone react if that happened to them while they were at work trying to write a business essay?” I think it was back during the Sheffield incident with the fan, but it doesn’t matter. It totally floored me. I’ve been asked to do a lot of things at work, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word “essay”.
I know this isn’t fair because the guy’s never had an office job, but it still makes me laugh.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 7:11 pm
I know I had to stay late at the office this evening working on book reports.
I had to take a 100-question true and false test last week.
With Chipper still gimpy, we need Marcus to heat up. Jenny, you want to badger him?
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 7:31 pm
I had to write a 50 question matching, multiple choice and true/false test. But even that didn’t feel as much like high school as when they had to alert everyone that, while there was no strict dress code, women shouldn’t dress in such a way that exposed the navel or the far northern reaches of the thighs. One of the perks of working in the same building as the customer service call center ended that day… and I left the company shortly after.
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Oh, a ballgame 🙂 Eric Gregg isn’t in the southeast is he?
Wryn
on July 26, 2005 at 7:36 pm
Matt Clement seriously injured after being hit in the head with a line drive off the bat of Carl Crawford – no video until postgame, according to MLB guidelines.
As we return to the Natspos batting, I’d just like to say that I no longer know what constitutes a swing. I used to, but now it seems as random as balks.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Thefirst two were no swings, the last one was.
This is going to be our inning. Giles is going to do something, he is SO due!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Ok, here we go!
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 7:57 pm
The future of baseball stadiums: Amusement Parks with a game going on sometimes in the middle.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 7:58 pm
Kelly Johnsonhas 49 strikeouts?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Sorry, guys, I went to read a book. It was bad, so I’m back and ready to badger. Who did you want? Marcus? Okay, here goes:
Jeez, why can’t this shrimp stop swinging at every pitch, work some counts, and actually make solid contact once in a while? This has been going on too long. Bench him. Yeesh, Marcus! I guess everybody who said you were a “good hitter” was WRONG!
There.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:00 pm
I think we should trade Giles. He is the weak spot in the order. Wilson and or Orr could fill in just fine.
Bobby has to shake up the batting order. If nothing else, flip Chipper and Marcus. Getting Orr a start might not be a bad idea either. Marcus has looked awful since his “flu”, which I am starting to suspect was actually mono.
Rob Cope
on July 26, 2005 at 8:05 pm
That’s an interesting concept kc. Could a team of eight Andruw Joneses be a competitive team? I can see maybe him struggling at catcher, but we’d probably have the best defensive outfield ever and really, I’m sure he could take a few groundballs in the infield without totally killing the team.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:06 pm
I heard Andruw can play a great shortstop.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Former Brave update: Eli Marrero left the O’s game with heat exhaustion. It’s 100 degrees up here, no joke. I can’t believe DC is hotter than Atlanta, but it’s happened. They put a thermometer in the OPACY outfield and it went to 130F.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:07 pm
We have to score this inning or we are done.
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:07 pm
If I have eight Andruws on my team, I will only have two outfielders and five infielders.
John, OTOH, looks great. I think that the only ball actually hit hard off him was the line double play in the first. Sometimes the balls just fall wrong.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:09 pm
If Marcus had mono, he’d be a lot sicker, I think. I’ve had friends with that and they were in bed for weeks. That said, somebody should look at him. He has looked awful, both at the plate and physically, for a week or two now.
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Be patient Smitty, be patient…
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I bet if Hernandez walked Andruw and Chipper to start the inning, we still couldn’t score!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:10 pm
I would not take you up on that one.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:11 pm
I had mono once and I was in bed for three weeks. I wish Giles would get mono and maybe then Kelly Johnson would drink some of his kool-aid
That is not a strike. Well, it’s a rulebook strike, but it’s not in the real strike zone.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Did you know that if you leave mono untreated your spleen can explode?
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:12 pm
SHIT!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Yes!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Oh, this is great. I just read the official O’s game report (sorry for the OT) and it says Eli Marrero “left due to an injured head.” What the heck does THAT mean? I love GameDay.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:14 pm
ADAM!
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:15 pm
I hate Livan, but that curveball striking out Andruw was a great pitch. Chipper is taking some good swing tonight, looking a lot better than the last series.
Great job LaRoche!
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 8:15 pm
For some reason, I’m much more optimistic with a rookie from AA up there than a vet who hit .300 last year.
I don’t think Julio would lead off against Livan. It will probably be Orr.
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:20 pm
Jenny, both Chipper’s and McCann’s drives were caught at the wall…
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:20 pm
Can we put one leading off and use the other to PH for Johnson or Giles?
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:20 pm
We should tell who ever hits for Smoltz there are two outs.
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 8:21 pm
McCann looks great up there.
Say what you will, I like Livan. It’s not his fault Eric Gregg is retarded. I wish we had him.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 8:21 pm
KJ hits a homerun. I can sense it.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:21 pm
Does anyone else think Nick Johnson is funny-looking? I can’t place it, but he makes me think of someone involved with a circus.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:22 pm
Nice!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Either way we get Andruw up to hit in the ninth with no one on in front of him.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Somebody explain, please. I don’t get the DP. Help!
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Great DP.
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:24 pm
4-6-3 double play.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:24 pm
STANTON IS IN THE PEN!
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Good call, Mac. Orr it is.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Then how was Smoltz involved? Gameday says it went from Smoltz to Marcus to Raffy to LaRoche. And the ball is located in shallow center. Huh?
David Remy
on July 26, 2005 at 8:25 pm
It went 1-4-63. The ball hit off of Smoltz’s glove and bounced over to second, etc.
As predicted, Orr leads off the eigth.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Should have sent a man,an old man!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Oh, okay.
TAKE PITCHES, DAMMIT!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Furcal needs to hit this one out!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:26 pm
steal two bases
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:27 pm
Or at least one. We have to score NOW. Chad Cordero doesn’t give up runs.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:27 pm
wow, no Stanton
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 8:27 pm
Furcal’s steal attempt prevented the DP. Awesome.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:27 pm
It is time for Giles to pop up to right, we need an error!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:28 pm
Wow, Giles took a strike.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:28 pm
But now there are 2 outs. And KJ is probably forever averse to swinging at the first pitch. Oh, well.
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 8:28 pm
How did Kelly get on? My internet hiccuped and when the video came back, he was on.
Gant: “That was the 100th pitch thrown by Hernandez.” LOL. I don’t think that’s gonna mean much.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:29 pm
He’s out, not on.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:29 pm
I HATE GILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:30 pm
SFKLHDF*DF(_P$
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:31 pm
Giles and KJ should be hitting 2-3 in AA!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:32 pm
Marcus, please get your sorry ass ejected for the good of the team. This is awful. He needs to sit. WTF is going on with this guy?
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:32 pm
We have to get a hitter. A corner outfielder, KJ is not a big league hitter and isn’t going to be. I am through with Giles too.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:33 pm
I’m not through with him. Not at all. I think he needs to sit for a few days. He’s a good player in a slump, but he’s hurting us right now. If he’s sick, why is he playing?
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 8:34 pm
Talk about overreacting. They’re slumping. It happens. KJ will be a fantastic major leaguer, and Giles will revert back to form soon.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:35 pm
How am I overreacting to say Giles needs to put his butt on the pine for 2 or 3 days? This has been going on for over a week now.
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:35 pm
sigh! Let’s regroup here. Andrew, Chipper, LaRoche. We should get one run from these guys, even with Cordero comming out.
I’m not worried about KJ, actually. It’s the veteran who worries me, because he looks hapless out there right now, not hitting the ball with any authority. I was joking about mono, but he’s not right, which suggests sickness or injury.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:36 pm
Positivity. I’m on board. For 30 minutes. Then I get to revert back to my usual “badger” identity 🙂
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:38 pm
Clement got hit so hard, he went into shock!
Smitty
on July 26, 2005 at 8:38 pm
Good play all around there. Lets go Andruw, save our asses again!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:41 pm
Refresh my memory: how good was Javy at blocking pitches in the dirt when he was here?
adam dunn disease: being too selective at the plate; betemit’s blunder had me worked up there for a sec….
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 8:46 pm
Why was Betemit stealing? He’s not very fast.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:47 pm
Oops. My fault. Sorry, guys. Backseat managing. Was that a botched hit and run?
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Great inning. Chipper is looking better and better. It’s Andruw’s fault for not hitting four homeruns tonight. Adam drove in both runs, now we just need to fix KJ and Marcus.
Here’s the Clement story. Well, Don and Pete say he’s okay. We’ll see. If it’s really just a concussion he got off easy.
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 8:56 pm
It is the designated closer position tied and at home like this. Use him now and hope your team scores soon!
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 8:56 pm
was that a strike? not that i’m complaining……
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 8:57 pm
God, that’s scary. I hope Clement didn’t fracture his skull. Sounds like he might have.
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 8:58 pm
Why didn’t Cox double-switch for Reitsma? May need him for more than 1 inning, and with him batting 9th, he’s going to be pulled for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of this inning. Is there anyone left on the bench?
Can I ask why Don Sutton can’t get Brian McCann’s name right? Its not just tonight, last time he announces with McCann catching, he kept calling him “Kelly McCann.”
Irks me.
Yay Stanton, he still sucks right?
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 8:59 pm
who’s warming up to replace reitsma?
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:01 pm
Whoa, what the heck is Cox thinking?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:01 pm
Kelly McCann? Ha!
This just in: Apparently the Braves have acquired BRIAN Giles? At least according to the stupid Nats announcers who have been mixing them up all game.
Brian might be hitting, though.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 9:01 pm
McCann is infinitely better than Estrada in every aspect of the game.
David Remy
on July 26, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Estrada catches the next inning if the Braves don’t put it away in the tenth.
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Walk Furcal!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:03 pm
This is a huge gamble. And I don’t like it. Not with the Offensive Offense Duo coming up.
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:03 pm
Powell is warming. Why the heck would you use your best right-handed PH to bunt? I don’t get that at all. Use a pitcher, Bobby!
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:03 pm
Would a double steal be stupid here? With KJ and Marcus coming up?
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 9:04 pm
bobby’s obviously not a sabrhead….
giles breaks out of his slump….now
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 9:04 pm
KJ walks here.
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 9:04 pm
or kj breaks out, damn i’m becoming don sutton
JoeyT
on July 26, 2005 at 9:04 pm
I keep believing in Kelly, and he keeps letting me down.
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Jenny, yes, with a lefty up, the catcher would have a good shot at 3rd.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm
He popped out to shallow left. He broke out of the infield, I guess.
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm
damnit kj, NOW giles breaks out!! 🙂
kc
on July 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Kelly Kelly Kelly…
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm
McCann is also on 2nd and he’s not so fast.
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:06 pm
Ayala will pitch to Giles. How’s he been doing tonight?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:06 pm
This is not working. Giles isn’t going to get anything here.
Jinx. Please.
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:06 pm
Kyle, no, Francoeur ran for McCann.
Jason
on July 26, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Anybody think he should have pinch run Orr and pinch hit for johnson with francouer? Shouldn’t have wasted him pinch running
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Damn it. Stupid internet keeps flaking out and making me miss everything.
David Remy
on July 26, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Kyle, Francouer is on second.
jayp
on July 26, 2005 at 9:07 pm
is luis ayala related to former seattle reliver bobby ayala?
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:08 pm
Great, he was swinging while calling for time? That’s smart, KJ.
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:08 pm
Have there been pitches or is Gameday frozen?
jenny
on July 26, 2005 at 9:08 pm
Never mind. STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH! ARRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Astros & Phillies tied at 1 in the bottom of the 9th, maybe some free baseball there too. And Florida already lost. Mets losing in the 4th.
Kyle S
on July 26, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Sorry I was so slow, had to find the box score on retrosheet 🙂
John in Austin
on July 26, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Nope, Lamb led off bottom of the 9th with walk-off shot. Woohoo!
fjensen
on July 26, 2005 at 9:18 pm
Good Managing…No Kolb. Has Francoeur always played in winning games?
Jason
on July 26, 2005 at 9:19 pm
Thanks John. I missed him using Orr. That’s what I get for questioning Bobby…a win that will eat away at the Nats…good game
creynolds
on July 26, 2005 at 9:20 pm
Nobody will ever write a poem, or a song, or even a half-way decent story about a walk-off walk. But, really, it’s a thing of beauty. Something about all that built up tension never really being broken.
Use code “Journal” for a 5% discount.
Hey, beats some dead chick on Publix White, and that went for 28 Gs.
We need to show something in this series. Not because it’s the Nats, but because you can feel the Mets and Phils gaining confidence the longer Atlanta remains stuck in neutral. Either of those teams has the talent to put together a 22-10 type stretch, we need to get things going on this end.
At least we missed Patterson, he’s been lights out.
I understand that Moshe Dayan’s eyepatch and Jennifer Anniston’s teenage love letters are also up for auction.
eeek, Hampton back on DL:
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/sports/braves/0705/27hampton.html
Today would be a really good day for Estrada to just serve the suspension. Call up Pena (or activate Eddie), then DL Estrada before calling up a pitcher for Saturday.
they shoudl have let Estrada serve his suspension beginning last Sunday. He wasnt feeling well and knowing that Monday was an off day and today Smoltz is pitching. After tomorrow his suspension would be over with and he would have had 4 days off to get his back better.
Hopefully Perez is healthy enough to come off he DL. Pena has put up decent numbers in AAA, but looked terrible while he was up..
They’re apparently finally talking about this, but no word on it yet. It’s getting ridiculous how much time he’s missed while appealing a pretty reasonable suspension.
It’s really getting to the point of anger. Let the organization and/or the union take up the umpire issue. I think I’ve said this before… I’m sympathetic to the general beef he has, but there is not one thing out of line with the suspension he received. Take it and get on with your life, Johnny. Geez.
Patterson has been good this year but part of that is the cavern in dc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072102417.html
Turns out the fences were further out than marked.
Patterson’s splits:
SPLIT ERA W L Sv SvO G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO BAA
Home 1.86 4 0 0 0 12 12 77.1 55 16 16 1 26 72 .198
Away 4.19 0 2 0 0 6 6 34.1 34 16 16 6 10 35 .262
He’s only made a third of his starts on the road where he gives up more hits and hrs.
Could be a sign of the apocolypse. There’s a bid for The Toast. Mac, did you bid on this?:)
Patterson has been good this year but part of that is the cavern in dc.
It’s funny how that’s worked for them. RFK hasn’t hurt their offense much, 198 road runs vs 190 home runs despite not batting in the ninth a lot of the time. (Of course both those numbers stink) But their pitching is 3.03 home ERA vs 4.70 road ERA.
For whatever reason, they seem well designed for that park.
I don’t even have an EBay account, or whatever they call them.
I think we will need Hampton for October. I am not to confident on a Smoltz, Hudson, Thompson(???), Home Run rotation. This all makes tonight’s game a little bigger for us.
Finally broke down and got the extra innings package, I couldn’t handle missing another big game. One question, where do they get the feed from the game from? Turner?
Wow. The Nats radio announcers are beyond annoying.
How close was Marcus to coming up with that ball?
Not that it matters now! HA!
Ron Gant is a color man for a weeknight game? Ouch.
Crap! Somebody help me! I’m in the DC area (Arlington), but I can’t find the game on tv. I don’t understand what’s happening! The Braves have their own friggin’ network, the Nationals live here, and it’s an important game between divisional rivals!! Why isn’t it on tv?!!
Is it on a channel that I’m skipping over? Can I just not find it?
Mac,
You have to get an E-bay account. I just picked up a Mccann signed photo on there.
It’s not on. We talked about this earlier. Stupid DC area. Gotta get mlb.tv to watch the Braves here.
Anybody have any info on Josh Burris? Starting Lf on Myrtle Beach rated the top LF in the minors(according to Choptalk). Could he be a platoon with KJ in a year or two??
What I like to think Chipper said just then: “Catch that, Defense-Boy!”
Nice shift, Nats.
ermoore, it’s not on TV unless you have satellite. Go to 104.1 FM or 1050 AM.
Fouling out on 3-0? Kill me now.
Nice hit, Chipper! Let’s take advantage.
*Exit Captain Obvious*
I was thinking the same thing, Mac.
I jinxed us. Sorry, guys.
I’ve figured out why the announcing is so bad. I will leave it at that.
Damn bloops.
Random thought: We are so lucky to have Pete calling Braves games.
Nats need to stop hitting the ball.
Another random thought: We are so unlucky to have these crappy spoken word ads on Turner South.
My favorite Ron Gant line of the year was when he asked (paraphrasing here) “How would someone react if that happened to them while they were at work trying to write a business essay?” I think it was back during the Sheffield incident with the fan, but it doesn’t matter. It totally floored me. I’ve been asked to do a lot of things at work, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word “essay”.
I know this isn’t fair because the guy’s never had an office job, but it still makes me laugh.
I know I had to stay late at the office this evening working on book reports.
Or at least that’s what I told my wife.
I had to take a 100-question true and false test last week.
With Chipper still gimpy, we need Marcus to heat up. Jenny, you want to badger him?
I had to write a 50 question matching, multiple choice and true/false test. But even that didn’t feel as much like high school as when they had to alert everyone that, while there was no strict dress code, women shouldn’t dress in such a way that exposed the navel or the far northern reaches of the thighs. One of the perks of working in the same building as the customer service call center ended that day… and I left the company shortly after.
Oh, a ballgame 🙂 Eric Gregg isn’t in the southeast is he?
Matt Clement seriously injured after being hit in the head with a line drive off the bat of Carl Crawford – no video until postgame, according to MLB guidelines.
Via the Futon Critic: The Real Gilligan’s Island has been cancelled.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2117345
Full story of what Don is reading.
McCann needs to play at least 3 out of 5, if not 4 out of five, even when Estrada comes back.
Anybody feel like Smoltz’s AB will be the changing point in the game?
As we return to the Natspos batting, I’d just like to say that I no longer know what constitutes a swing. I used to, but now it seems as random as balks.
Thefirst two were no swings, the last one was.
This is going to be our inning. Giles is going to do something, he is SO due!
Ok, here we go!
The future of baseball stadiums: Amusement Parks with a game going on sometimes in the middle.
Kelly Johnsonhas 49 strikeouts?
Sorry, guys, I went to read a book. It was bad, so I’m back and ready to badger. Who did you want? Marcus? Okay, here goes:
Jeez, why can’t this shrimp stop swinging at every pitch, work some counts, and actually make solid contact once in a while? This has been going on too long. Bench him. Yeesh, Marcus! I guess everybody who said you were a “good hitter” was WRONG!
There.
I think we should trade Giles. He is the weak spot in the order. Wilson and or Orr could fill in just fine.
That was one of the worst half-innings I have ever seen.
Pitch 1-Swinging Strike
Pitch 2-In play, out(s) recorded.
The prosecution rests.
This division isn’t looking like such a lock anymore. Funny that even the Marlins have a better record than the Padres.
We should just let Andrew hit lead off. No one is getting on base in front of him anyways. He could get more at bats then.
What we need right now is eight Andruw Jones and ten John Smoltz.
Hit him 3rd and bench Giles. I’m serious. Just for a game or two.
Of course, no matter what we say, Marcus will be hitting third for the rest of the season.
12 Smoltz, Bobby would still use Kolb
Bobby has to shake up the batting order. If nothing else, flip Chipper and Marcus. Getting Orr a start might not be a bad idea either. Marcus has looked awful since his “flu”, which I am starting to suspect was actually mono.
That’s an interesting concept kc. Could a team of eight Andruw Joneses be a competitive team? I can see maybe him struggling at catcher, but we’d probably have the best defensive outfield ever and really, I’m sure he could take a few groundballs in the infield without totally killing the team.
I heard Andruw can play a great shortstop.
Former Brave update: Eli Marrero left the O’s game with heat exhaustion. It’s 100 degrees up here, no joke. I can’t believe DC is hotter than Atlanta, but it’s happened. They put a thermometer in the OPACY outfield and it went to 130F.
We have to score this inning or we are done.
If I have eight Andruws on my team, I will only have two outfielders and five infielders.
John, OTOH, looks great. I think that the only ball actually hit hard off him was the line double play in the first. Sometimes the balls just fall wrong.
If Marcus had mono, he’d be a lot sicker, I think. I’ve had friends with that and they were in bed for weeks. That said, somebody should look at him. He has looked awful, both at the plate and physically, for a week or two now.
Be patient Smitty, be patient…
I bet if Hernandez walked Andruw and Chipper to start the inning, we still couldn’t score!
I would not take you up on that one.
I had mono once and I was in bed for three weeks. I wish Giles would get mono and maybe then Kelly Johnson would drink some of his kool-aid
That is not a strike. Well, it’s a rulebook strike, but it’s not in the real strike zone.
Did you know that if you leave mono untreated your spleen can explode?
SHIT!
Yes!
Oh, this is great. I just read the official O’s game report (sorry for the OT) and it says Eli Marrero “left due to an injured head.” What the heck does THAT mean? I love GameDay.
ADAM!
I hate Livan, but that curveball striking out Andruw was a great pitch. Chipper is taking some good swing tonight, looking a lot better than the last series.
Great job LaRoche!
For some reason, I’m much more optimistic with a rookie from AA up there than a vet who hit .300 last year.
You have got to be kidding me.
Ha. Almost.
I don’t know why, Joey.
We should have had four that inning, if we can get him for one more inning, maybe Julio can knock one out
Bloody hell, that was too much excitement to get one run.
Damn, we are taking very good swing this inning!
Did Guillen jump over the wall or something? The red dot is in the seats. I’m guessing I just missed a Web Gem.
We get Julio, Furcal, and Kelly next inning. If Livan is still in there we have a chance.
I don’t think Julio would lead off against Livan. It will probably be Orr.
Jenny, both Chipper’s and McCann’s drives were caught at the wall…
Can we put one leading off and use the other to PH for Johnson or Giles?
We should tell who ever hits for Smoltz there are two outs.
McCann looks great up there.
Say what you will, I like Livan. It’s not his fault Eric Gregg is retarded. I wish we had him.
KJ hits a homerun. I can sense it.
Does anyone else think Nick Johnson is funny-looking? I can’t place it, but he makes me think of someone involved with a circus.
Nice!
Either way we get Andruw up to hit in the ninth with no one on in front of him.
Somebody explain, please. I don’t get the DP. Help!
Great DP.
4-6-3 double play.
STANTON IS IN THE PEN!
Good call, Mac. Orr it is.
Then how was Smoltz involved? Gameday says it went from Smoltz to Marcus to Raffy to LaRoche. And the ball is located in shallow center. Huh?
It went 1-4-63. The ball hit off of Smoltz’s glove and bounced over to second, etc.
As predicted, Orr leads off the eigth.
Should have sent a man,an old man!
Oh, okay.
TAKE PITCHES, DAMMIT!
Furcal needs to hit this one out!
steal two bases
Or at least one. We have to score NOW. Chad Cordero doesn’t give up runs.
wow, no Stanton
Furcal’s steal attempt prevented the DP. Awesome.
It is time for Giles to pop up to right, we need an error!
Wow, Giles took a strike.
But now there are 2 outs. And KJ is probably forever averse to swinging at the first pitch. Oh, well.
How did Kelly get on? My internet hiccuped and when the video came back, he was on.
Gant: “That was the 100th pitch thrown by Hernandez.” LOL. I don’t think that’s gonna mean much.
He’s out, not on.
I HATE GILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SFKLHDF*DF(_P$
Giles and KJ should be hitting 2-3 in AA!
Marcus, please get your sorry ass ejected for the good of the team. This is awful. He needs to sit. WTF is going on with this guy?
We have to get a hitter. A corner outfielder, KJ is not a big league hitter and isn’t going to be. I am through with Giles too.
I’m not through with him. Not at all. I think he needs to sit for a few days. He’s a good player in a slump, but he’s hurting us right now. If he’s sick, why is he playing?
Talk about overreacting. They’re slumping. It happens. KJ will be a fantastic major leaguer, and Giles will revert back to form soon.
How am I overreacting to say Giles needs to put his butt on the pine for 2 or 3 days? This has been going on for over a week now.
sigh! Let’s regroup here. Andrew, Chipper, LaRoche. We should get one run from these guys, even with Cordero comming out.
I’m not worried about KJ, actually. It’s the veteran who worries me, because he looks hapless out there right now, not hitting the ball with any authority. I was joking about mono, but he’s not right, which suggests sickness or injury.
Positivity. I’m on board. For 30 minutes. Then I get to revert back to my usual “badger” identity 🙂
Clement got hit so hard, he went into shock!
Good play all around there. Lets go Andruw, save our asses again!
Refresh my memory: how good was Javy at blocking pitches in the dirt when he was here?
Do you ask Chipper to bunt?
I’m not one for one-run strategies, but play for the tie.
andruuuuuuuuuuuuw!
Can I keep acting smug at Andruw’s good play, or have I reached my quota yet?
Play for the tie and hope that Cordero can only last two innings at most.
Help yourself, Kyle.
That was better than a bunt.
Hell this is nerve-wracking.. C’mon Adam!
There, that’s better.
Awesome.
tie game!
YES!
Ok, still nerve wracking… C’mon Ryan!
am i wrong, but does kj have adam dunn disease? (minus dunn’s power)
damnit betemit!!!
Send Betemit to 2B. I don’t want a DP!
That all happened so fast…
adam dunn disease: being too selective at the plate; betemit’s blunder had me worked up there for a sec….
Why was Betemit stealing? He’s not very fast.
Oops. My fault. Sorry, guys. Backseat managing. Was that a botched hit and run?
Great inning. Chipper is looking better and better. It’s Andruw’s fault for not hitting four homeruns tonight. Adam drove in both runs, now we just need to fix KJ and Marcus.
I disagree with using Reitsma here. He should have been saved for the Guillen/Johnson combo.
I’m in Burbank with no Braves…
How close was the play at second with Betemit CS?
come on reitsma…..
Malone, it was about as close as Burbank is to receiving Turner South.
but if not reitsma., then who mac? guzman is stinking up the joint…
Is the move to Reitsma designed to get rid of Cordero after 1 inning?
Sit down, Frank.
“On field delay?”
frank, my tivo says he’s out…. simmer down
…or maybe not. damn that’s close….
Kolb could probably get Guzman. Heck, Bernero would probably get him.
You called it, Jeff.
any status on clement?
I don’t have a TV, but does Baerga still look like a bowling pin with a mustache?
that was a high change-out, we got lucky there folks…..
out=up, me no can type…
Close, but not cigar for Carlos. Take a seat.
Here’s the Clement story. Well, Don and Pete say he’s okay. We’ll see. If it’s really just a concussion he got off easy.
It is the designated closer position tied and at home like this. Use him now and hope your team scores soon!
was that a strike? not that i’m complaining……
God, that’s scary. I hope Clement didn’t fracture his skull. Sounds like he might have.
Why didn’t Cox double-switch for Reitsma? May need him for more than 1 inning, and with him batting 9th, he’s going to be pulled for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of this inning. Is there anyone left on the bench?
If we don’t score here, then Kolb is going to pitch to Guillen and Johnson. The chances of them getting back-to-back doubles are high.
Can I ask why Don Sutton can’t get Brian McCann’s name right? Its not just tonight, last time he announces with McCann catching, he kept calling him “Kelly McCann.”
Irks me.
Yay Stanton, he still sucks right?
who’s warming up to replace reitsma?
Whoa, what the heck is Cox thinking?
Kelly McCann? Ha!
This just in: Apparently the Braves have acquired BRIAN Giles? At least according to the stupid Nats announcers who have been mixing them up all game.
Brian might be hitting, though.
McCann is infinitely better than Estrada in every aspect of the game.
Estrada catches the next inning if the Braves don’t put it away in the tenth.
Walk Furcal!
This is a huge gamble. And I don’t like it. Not with the Offensive Offense Duo coming up.
Powell is warming. Why the heck would you use your best right-handed PH to bunt? I don’t get that at all. Use a pitcher, Bobby!
Would a double steal be stupid here? With KJ and Marcus coming up?
bobby’s obviously not a sabrhead….
giles breaks out of his slump….now
KJ walks here.
or kj breaks out, damn i’m becoming don sutton
I keep believing in Kelly, and he keeps letting me down.
Jenny, yes, with a lefty up, the catcher would have a good shot at 3rd.
He popped out to shallow left. He broke out of the infield, I guess.
damnit kj, NOW giles breaks out!! 🙂
Kelly Kelly Kelly…
McCann is also on 2nd and he’s not so fast.
Ayala will pitch to Giles. How’s he been doing tonight?
This is not working. Giles isn’t going to get anything here.
Jinx. Please.
Kyle, no, Francoeur ran for McCann.
Anybody think he should have pinch run Orr and pinch hit for johnson with francouer? Shouldn’t have wasted him pinch running
Damn it. Stupid internet keeps flaking out and making me miss everything.
Kyle, Francouer is on second.
is luis ayala related to former seattle reliver bobby ayala?
Great, he was swinging while calling for time? That’s smart, KJ.
Have there been pitches or is Gameday frozen?
Never mind. STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH! ARRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Andruw, now is your time.
That was the best thing that could have happened. He’s okay?
ANDRUW
ANDRUW!
a walk will work andruw…..
Jason, from looking at the box score, he already used Orr. Franco was the last position player (except Estrada, who can’t bat evidently).
He should have used a pitcher to bunt Jeffie over to 2nd (or used a pitcher to run for McCann).
Yea, Giles got hit – come on Andruw!
Andruw walks home the winning run.
Walk off walk.
Bases loaded and Andruw at the plate. Be still my beating heart!
Jenny: it just hit his Jersey.
3-0! yes! don’t swing druw…
Grand-slam walkoff, how about it??
AWESOME!!!!!!!
YES! druw walks braves win!
Ho-hum, just another walk-off walk.
That was better than a game winning home run.
of course it’s andruw’s fault he didn’t hit a grand slam….
Or, a walk walkoff. Woohoo, Braves win!
Wow, that looked like a strike to me. Oh well 🙂
Has Andruw ever walked in a run before?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! A 4-pitch walk! What a great reliever! A HBP and a 4-pitch walk! I love Luis Ayala!
And the Orioles won. Finally. I’m flying.
Didn’t Andruw walk in a run against the Mets in ’99?
Good call, Joey, back there. 🙂
And it all started with McCann . . .
..and sosa tied frank on the all time home run list. i bet he’s pissed tonight.
MVP
Jeff, you don’t remember?! Kenny Rogers will never forget. I love the walk-off walk.
david, yes andruw did walk in a run in the nlcs….. i remember that.
Good replay. Clearly outside. Good call.
Druw walked in the 1999 NLCS game winning run against the Gambler
Thank you, buddy. It all comes back to me now.
Jeff, you’re joking, right?
Or do you not remember this game?
Astros & Phillies tied at 1 in the bottom of the 9th, maybe some free baseball there too. And Florida already lost. Mets losing in the 4th.
Sorry I was so slow, had to find the box score on retrosheet 🙂
Nope, Lamb led off bottom of the 9th with walk-off shot. Woohoo!
Good Managing…No Kolb. Has Francoeur always played in winning games?
Thanks John. I missed him using Orr. That’s what I get for questioning Bobby…a win that will eat away at the Nats…good game
Nobody will ever write a poem, or a song, or even a half-way decent story about a walk-off walk. But, really, it’s a thing of beauty. Something about all that built up tension never really being broken.
Frank Robinson is a cry baby!
So, is 230+ a record for comments?
We had 265 on Saturday.
Boyohboyohboy! THis one has got to hurt the Natspos. All those 1-run wins are starting to even out for them.