Today’s fun Mets fact: the Mets have never finished ahead of the Braves. In the years 1962-68 and 1994-present, when the two teams were in direct competition, the Braves have finished with a better record every year.
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Fox Sports is showing Thomson vs. Hernandez as the first game today. Hopefully this is true Hernandez has never won at Atlanta and Ramirez definitely is better at night. Thomson needs a good outing and Ramirez can follow tonight with the win. Maybe Bobby actually thought about how bad Ramirez has been during day games.
MLB still shows Ramirez in the early game! Who knows……
2-1 ESPN is showing Thomson 1st…that’s what I’m going w/ for now
I like the fun Mets stats!
Braves Lineup???? Cox has got something up his sleeve, hopefully Furcal can play the 2nd game
Langerhans
Giles
Jones
Jones
LaRoche
Francouer
McCann
Betemit
Ramirez (Thompson who knows..)
Does Chipper play both games? If we win the first one I bet he sits.
MLB press pass has Horacio going first …
I’d rather see Betemit lead off than Langerhans, but there you have it.
Too Bad…..Rafael Furcal is batting .444 (4-for-9) with one RBI against Loaiza in his career. Since June 25, Furcal has reached base safely by way of walk or hit in 50 of his last 57 games, batting .342 (78-for-228) in that period
I bet he doesn’t play today and Orr will play in the second game.
According to the team Web site, the Braves have acquired Todd Hollandsworth for two minor leaguers …
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050829&content_id=1189171&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
The Braves sent right-handed pitchers Angelo Burrows and Todd Blackford to the Cubs.
Creg, you’re a little late…
Yesterday’s news, Creg – Holly even batted last night as a pinch-hitter.
Is this game on TV anywhere, do they show who is warming up to start?
The day game is on Turner South. The mlb gameday thingy shows Horacio starting for ATL. And I’m willing to believe that after reading how it all works on THT not long ago.
Oops. Been out of town and pre-occupied by the hurricane. Sorry.
nobody know if directv is showing the first game of the doubleheader?
I just heard them say on the radio that ramirez is starting.
Pete just said we are calling up maybe 10 guys. He also said we are going to add quite a few with some speed. Essnix Sneed?
Ug. Horacio does not seem sharp tonight. :/
Well, I’ve advocated Snead being kicked out of the organization (after wondering why he was ever there in the first place). But since he’s still around, they ought to call him up. May as well get some use out of him… he could be a great pinch runner.
I think pete was commenting on the nationals and there lack of speed. He said that in a couple of days they are going to call up some guys and a few of them will be for speed purposes.
wow 1-0 that was quick, hopefully he can settle down!
Also just heard gas prices will be up to 3.50 nationwide by this weekend!
What will be higher by October HoHum’s ERA or gas prices?
Yep, fill up your tanks today if you haven’t already. Katrina has shut down about 10% of the nation’s refineries, and hindered production at others with the pipelines being down. The biggest US port for receiving crude oil is also affected. However, the govt is going to release some of the strategic reserve, so that helps with the port stoppage (just not the refineries).
Nice rally starting, broken bat bloop, walk, and now Andruw.
Count it!
43!
There is Chipper’s protection!
I love Andruw!!! MVP!!!
Boy, that mound visit was productive – for the Braves!
Blammo!
Smitty: you believe in protection, how do you explain Andruw? You’re telling me LaRoche is protecting him? Just wondering if your ‘theory’ can explain that.
Yay!
My favorite was the oil derrick that was blown sixty miles and wound up on Dauphin Island.
I just hope that Andruw believes in protection… and that’s all I’m gonan say about that.
Well… other than COUNT IT!
Re: Gas Prices
Here in New York, the prices went up 70-cents overnight. It’s way over $3.00 now.
Andruw…
That’s very good defense!
I’m late, but Pete was talking about the Nats’ call-ups, not the Braves.
LatHam- I have no idea why people are pitching to Andruw. There is no way in hell I would throw Andruw a fastball. If people would pitch around Andruw (which they will in October) Capt. Double Play would come up. What would you rather have Chipper on first with Andruw and one out or 1st and 2nd with LaRoche with one out (or as many outs as you want)
I do think Andruw’s season has helped Chipper out, when he has been in the order.
Smitty, I am sure that pitch from Loaiza was a mistake…
Don’t interrupt my game for the Prez, geez.
(This is a radio comment)
HR just missed giving up a homer to Marlon Byrd by about 6 inches.
I am sure it was too, but Andruw shouldn’t see anything close to a strike to hit.
KC, the pitch itself wasn’t a mistake, although the location might have been. The pitching coach had just been out there, after 6 straight balls, and you know he probably said “throw strikes”. Next pitch, fastball in the strike zone, boom.
I agree with Smitty, if I were a pitcher, there is no way I’d throw Andruw a fastball anywhere in the strike zone.
HR just doesn’t have a strikeout pitch. A double-digit pitch AB for Marlon Freaking Byrd?
Here comes the HoHumm hommer of the game….
That does it. Frank has completely lost it. He’s a danger to himself and others. A sac bunt, trailing by two runs, with a runner on second and first base empty?
Guillen is a Brave killer
Ugh, my MLB Gameday Audio (from WGST/Atlanta) has been interrupted by a post-hurricane speech by W.
Time to go to the deli & torture some Mets fans.
ububba, can you get the Nats feed for a bit until W stops talking?
Nice play Andruw!
Don’t run out just yet, ububba. The feed on 96rock has not been interrupted. I will only add that I do not live within the broadcast range of that station, yet I know this of first-hand knowledge. I’ll let you use that information however you choose 😉
Andruw just kept this from being a tie game by playing shallow, getting a good jump, and just generally being awesome.
The Braves better score more run, Ramirez is looking so hittable today…
Yeah, the Nats feed is the actual game. Funny that the Washington radio station doesn’t have the President’s address…
Let’s go Ryno!
Sacrifice is an excellent way to get yourself 1 run, and an excellent way to only get 1 run. Guess he figures they are going to rip HoRam enough that he can play for single runs until they tie it back up. Time for Atlanta to keep scoring.
Can anyone give me the 96rock link?
Kelley Johnson can’t do that!
Langerhans is making his bid for a steady job.
Frank Robinson is now managing the BRaves
Hmm, will Giles bunt after the leadoff double?
Yes, Kelly Johnson has never hit a double. It’s weird, isn’t it?
Guess he should have, better than a K.
I’m back & W has ceased spieling. Thanks for the hints.
Got an earful about Ramon Castro, though. These people are begging for some 1969 flashbacks.
Of course, I told ’em that the Mets were just doing Atlanta’s bidding by beating the Phils.
Let’s go Chipper!
Bunting in that situation up one run would be marginally less stupid than bunting down two runs, but the difference in hitter value negates that, plus Marcus normally puts the ball in play and normally hits to the off field. Okay, not this time.
Mac, KJ’s only never hit a double because he spent all that time at the top of the order. A few at-bats in the nine-spot, and we’d be calling him Giles, Jr.
Andruw up with two on … AGAIN.
And, again, he cleared the runners off the bases.
Hate wasting a leadoff double like that.
Personally, I love it. Especially with our stud ace pitcher Horatio Ramirez on the mound! Who need another run?
Ramirez sucks donkey droppings.
Quite pretending to be Glavine and throw strikes, dude!
what happened last inning? Langerhans led off w/ a double, and after that?
Meanwhile, Braves defense rules.
Go McCann!
Thanks for the free out Frank.
See, good things happen when you throw strikes!
Frank runs his team out of another inning.
Csg, Giles struck out looking, Chipper walked on 3-2 count, Andruw GIDP.
HES THOWING ALOT OF PICHES. SHULD I START WORMING UP????
Adding to the gas price discussion, my area of Maryland has gone nuts. In the low-income section of our county, prices are $3.15. In my section, they are $2.84. Nice job! Give the people of less means gas prices that are 30 cents higher than the rich people’s! This has never happened before. Our prices are ALWAYS higher. Well, no more.
didnt see the previous post..Is there a way to refresh the page to see posts faster.
Latnam: You don’t believe in protection in a batting order? I was unaware that such beliefs were impossible for baseball fans. Is this a widespread phenomenon? Seriously, I didn’t know there were people out there who think who one has around him in a batting order has no effect on the pitches he sees. Who else believes this?
Jenny, that is pretty backwards – usually cheaper gas in the low-income areas here too. Wish I had filled up my truck yesterday, prices were still under $2.50/gal here, went up today.
LaRoche showing the good eye!
I meant possible. Oops.
Dang umpires.
Another data point:
I got gas this morning for $2.87 in a fairly well to do portion of Southern California. It took $45 to fill up my gas guzzling SUV. And yes I know I’m part of the problem.
Well done Adam! A walk is basically the best case scenario for a LaRoche at bat these days.
Good call. That’s a tough one to make.
If Frank argues ANOTHER reversal of a good call, he’ll be pelted with plastic beer bottles.
Is anyone watching this? What the hell happened?
The Braves announcers made it sound like the ump didn’t make a call after the CF dropped it & La Roche got stuck.
He’s arguing for a long time. Why?
Because it worked before and won him a game against the Braves.
Is it me, or does Frank Robinson argue more thatn anyone ever? And so do his players.
If one of them had showed some hustle, this wouldn’t have happened. Too bad they didn’t toss Frank.
Wilson dropped a ball in center. One of the umps called him out, causing confusion. They conferred and got the call right.
I bet Frank has been thrown out once. He aruges every play too!
LaRoche thrown out at 2nd either bad baserunning or it should have been caught
Wasn’t LaRoche’s fault. Umpire didn’t make call fast enough. He was caught in no man’s land.
Great, another GIDP, this one from Wilson. Loaiza is certainly getting the ground balls today.
Another game of leaving people on base..got to love it.. It just took Ramirez 8 pitches to get the pitcher out.. This was Sosa’s bad inning yesterday ramirez needs to be careful!
did betemit gidp?
Ramirez sucks…
Wow, I agree with what Mac said back up there a ways, HoRam just doesn’t have a out pitch. Loaiza just fouled off 3 pitches before grounding out sharply (with HoRam at least showing some leather). And now Byrd is fouling off pitches. And then homered. Man, talk about some crappage.
Im trying to figure out how he was so effective at the start of 2004 before he got hurt, what possibly could he be doing differently?
Well, it has been quite obvious that Ramirez’s pitching arsenal is quite ordinary, and he doesn’t have that great of control, just don’t see why Bobby and Leo like Ramirez so much…
Would anyone take Ramirez in the offseason?
ice, the comment answer to your question is luck. I am sure Mac has said it many times before.
Marlon Byrd has scored three runs today in three plate appearances.
Marlon Byrd. *sigh*
I bet the Reds would.
Can you imagine Ramirez in Great American?
Actually, I can, and he’s call Eric Milton.
Smitty, imagine a rotation with Milton and Ramirez…
Yeah, they like the homer-happy types there, that’s true…
At least he finally got Guillen.
Time to head home – talk to y’all tomorrow (or perhaps much later tonight).
HoRam seems like a perfect case of sell-high, which would have been 2 years ago. What did the powers that be miss? And what could/can we realistically get for him?
He would be the new eric milton for the reds if they dump him after this year.
maybe we should relive the kold trade discussion and just substitute Horam’s name in there.
I think we all agreed we’d take a box of used jock straps for Kolb, so I think that sounds about right for Horam.
REITSMA AND RAMIREZ FOR ADAM DUNN
I can’t believe he didn’t hit for Ramirez. What does Ramirez have to do to get pulled? Give up a homer to Loaiza? Die?
Langerhans REALLY wants that starting job.
AWESOME hustle.
Hustle, baby. Love the see it (or hear it)
Kolb will almost certainly just be released, right?
Wow, a double to the second baseman. I really like Langerhans.
Please be paying attention Bobby. And when you play KJ in the second game and he goes 0-3 with a walk, make the decision.
Well, he’ll be probably non-tendered, which amounts to the same thing.
I can’t believe he didn’t hit for Ramirez. What does Ramirez have to do to get pulled? Give up a homer to Loaiza? Die?
Maybe on another day he pinch hits, but with John 2 2/3 Thomson coming up next, you want a full bullpen.
Mac,
It’s a doubleheader, remember? They’re gonna let HR go a little bit. He’s at 92 pitches.
That said, I do fear the next inning.
How ’bout another 3-run homer?
I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go to some team in a hitter’s park that hasn’t realized yet that bringing in guys that give up lots of homers isn’t a good idea. So, yes, the Reds, or maybe the Rangers. He could be really special with the Rockies, though.
Or he could go to the Mets where Peterson can “fix” him.
Right, non-tendered, not released. Sorry.
the relief of giles not striking out…
So? It’s callup day tomorrow. Davies, Brower, Devine, they’ll all be up. You can get through one day of riding the pen hard. Oh, and it would be nice to have a win in the opener with Thomson going in the nightcap, yes?
I never understood hava nagila at sporting events.
Maybe if it was the Atlanta Golems or something …
An-DRUW!
One way or another, Andruw’s gonna clear them again.
This is EXACTLY what I want Andruw to do more often!!!
…or not. But we’ll take that.
NO choice but to send Giles there, LaRoche was coming up next…
I sometimes forget how fast Giles is. Although I know people have problems with him, good call by the third base coach.
Mac, I am sure you just forgot this, but devine can’t be called up for ten days I think.
I do, too. I was watching him run last week thinking the exact same thing. He doesn’t look speedy, but he sure as hell is.
5 RBI, Andruw ?.? 3=3=3=3
kc – it’s not ten days at this point, but it can’t be tomorrow. He does have to finish out the minor league season. Which I think ends Monday.
Please only make one out Adam. Give Frankie a chance.
How can a guy get so many RBI with such a bad average with RISP? I think that moves him up to .232 in that situation.
The last Brave to win an RBI title was Murph, who did it in 1982 and 1983. Hank did it several times — once in Atlanta — Berger once, Duffy when he won the Triple Crown, of course. Some other guys way back.
Murph was also the last Brave to win a home run title, doing it in ’84 and ’85. Hank won three (two in Atlanta) and Mathews twice.
man where does andruw’s season rank in braves franchise history? at least top 10? 5?
The Natspos will probably walk Francouer and try their luck with McCann being the lefthanded hitter.
Stanton coming in to pitch: We should score plenty of runs of this guy.
How close to the HR title was Murphy in 87 (his last hurrah)? He hit a lot of dongs that year.
Without looking, I don’t think Andruw’s season is in the top 5 of Aaron’s best seasons (if you consider his hitting value only). Mathews probably has a bunch more better than this too. Those guys were really good.
LaRoche, by the way, has hit one homer and four doubles this month and is hitting .214/.290/.298 for August coming into the game. Is there an Bizarro Player of the Month Award?
Without looking, I think it was Dawson 49, Murph 44. We just got shutdown by Mike Stanton.
…but Jeff will not let Stanton to walk him…
Francouer is starting to swing at pitches in the dirt, not a good sign!
starting to…?
Is LaRoche hurt or something? Cause that would explain things.
’87 was the year Dawson won the MVP for a last place team (even though he wasn’t actually very good) because he led the league in homers and RBI. (Yes, it’s possible to not be very good and lead the league in homers and RBI, but it’s very difficult.) Murph was second in homers with 44, five behind Dawson, and was probably the second-best hitter in the league after Will Clark. But the Braves were even worse than the Cubs. He finished eleventh, right behind Howard Johnson, whose OPS was 129 points lower, and let’s not even talk about defense.
yeah matthews had 7 seasons of 900+ ops with 4 being
1.000+. meanwhile aaron had 17 seasons 0f 900+ ops and 5 over 1.000. matthews really declined at an early age while aaron just kept producing.
6 pitches. Good decision by Bobby, I guess.
you know that means theyll run him out there again next inning
If they send Stanton back out, we’ve got to rip him. At his age, cooling down then warming up cannot be his strength.
I hope not. 6 innings and 100 pitches is plenty.
As for the best year by a Brave… Gosh, it would depend on the context. The best OPS by a Brave was Duffy’s Triple Crown year, but that was a fluke over a century ago. Hornsby in 1928 is second, then Aaron 1971, Chipper 1999, Javy (!) 2003. It could be any of those, or maybe another one of Aaron’s seasons. By OPS+, it’s Hornsby, then four Aaron seasons, then Duffy, Hank again, Chipper, Tommy Holmes in 1945, then Javy. If I had to pick, I’d say Hank in 1959.
I’m racking my brain, but can’t seem to think of any everyday position player in my lifetime worse than Cristian Guzman. Rafael Belliard, in his string of starts, contributed more, didn’t he? Rey Ordonez did too, I think.
His OPS is down to .500 now. Yeesh.
One more inning for Ramirez?! Are you kidding me?!
As usual, I’m wrong. Ramirez hitting.
I can’t believe Ramirez is still in this game.
Bobby can’t keep tempting fate like this. Horatio will make him pay by giving up two homeruns.
i guess booby might not wnat to burn a hitter… with furcal and franco hurting estrada backup catcher, orr for running, i guess one of the outfielders could hit though
This is going to be scary. I can’t believe he’s going to be allowed to face Byrd again.
I know the “greatest season” discussion was referring to batting, but I think Maddux’ 1994 season was the greatest season a Brave has ever had…
5 batter domination by mike stanton
Is Bobby going to hand this game to them…get Ramirez out and put Boyer in..Lets win this game, he’s thinking ahead to next game and trying to save the bullpen and I dont like that! But then again when did I become manager, lets go Ramirez!
I’m racking my brain, but can’t seem to think of any everyday position player in my lifetime worse than Cristian Guzman. Rafael Belliard, in his string of starts, contributed more, didn’t he? Rey Ordonez did too, I think.
His OPS is down to .500 now. Yeesh.
Even Enzo Hernandez’s legendary 1971 season can;t touch a .500 OPS.
Enzo 1971: .222/.295/.250, 12 RBI in 618 PAs
yeah but i dont know if that counts as a “season” given the fact it was shortened
Mario Mendoza hit .198/.216/.249 in his most “full” season, 373 AB. Hal Lanier had some sub-.500 OPS seasons playing full time, but that was in the late sixties.
Well…I’ve second-guessed Bobby a lot…almost always been wrong…
And Bobby’s a genius.
wow another 123 fast inning for ramirez.im glad bobby’s the manager and not one of us.
But what was Mendoza’s OPS+? And what is Guzman’s? That’s what I’m interested in seeing. Also RCAA.
we were kind of lucky though.those balls were all hit hard
Well, at least byrd didnt triple, the mental damage caused by a marlon byrd cycle would likely cause instantanoues retirement for the responsible pitcher
BTW, Guzman, hitting righthanded:
.139/.187/.238, 101 AB.
Diggler, good point. I stand corrected and substitute 1995 for 1994 with the same claim.
The really important thing is his PALAAHAERCORP.
(Park Adjusted, League Adjusted, And Handedness Adjusted Expected Runs Created Over Replacement Player.)
What are the odds ramirez at least starts the 8th?
I guess seven innings allowing three runs is a very good performance. Perhaps I should not be too harsh on Ramirez…boy I like seeing Langerhans playing more often…
I hope this means we wont have to see majewski tonite after he threw 1 plus last nite
Y’know, this is about as much as we could expect from Horacio. Given the circumstances (and low expectations), this was a good outing.
But please, let’s tack on a run here.
Giles has some great at bats.
That’s the thing about Horacio, and it was the same with Russ Ortiz and Damian Moss. He’s just hard to watch, even if he gets good results. I prefer to watch a guy like John Thomson who at least is always around the strike zone.
Guzman’s VORP is -20.2 That’s astounding.
I SHULD PICH THE AITH & SETUP FARMS WORTH.
BC,
Exactly. Horacio can be brutal, like water dripping from a pipe. But Ortiz or Moss were in their own class. Those guys were Leiter-esque.
Ramirez will finish them off…complete game! Not really
Well, 3 runs over seven innings is a 3.85 ERA … against the worst offense in baseball. Let’s not go crazy.
But what was Mendoza’s OPS+? And what is Guzman’s?
Mendoza had a 25 that year, which is just unbelievable. I calculate Guzman to be around 37 right now without a park adjustment which should nudge it a little higher.
Danny, is there wireless access in the bullpen?
Reitsma against the heart of the order. Bobby’s really a thrill seeker today.
25 is quite amazing. Wow. 37 is still bad.
I think Devine will eventually be very similar to Majewski…hard fastballs and sliders with a third-quarter delivery…I guess that’s not a bad thing…
Reitsmania!
I think that the problem with Ramirez is less that he has bad control and more that lack of an out pitch. He can’t throw fastballs for strikes and get outs on them, and he doesn’t have a big breaking pitch he can get people to swing and miss on. So he nibbles. But unlike a Glavine or a Moyer, he doesn’t have great control. He has more 0-2 counts go to 3-2 than any pitcher I can recall.
A 3.85 ERA is good for Horacio, who was 4.54 coming in. Again, it’s low expectations.
Right now, I’ll be thrilled to see him get win #11. Let’s go Reits…
What year was that for Mendoza?
i dont know about reitsma on consecutive nights… although he was good last nite
Nick Johnson, walk-machine…
TIM HUSDEN SHODE ME HOW TO TIPE & BROWZ ON MY SELL FONE.
Oh, Chipper.
What year was that for Mendoza?
The 79 Mariners (67-95). Expansion in those days was much tougher.
Here we go. It would have been too easy just to bring in Boyer and win the game.
Boy, Mendoza wasn’t even last in VORP that year. He had a -16.1, compared to Bob Bailor’s -17.5.
Preston Wilson, Mr. Feast-or-Famine.
Interesting Farns move here by Bobby, but I won’t argue. We need this game.
Apparently Vinny is 5 for 12 in his career against Reits.
Awesome. Way to go McCann!
Vinny versus Reitsma: 5-12, a homer, .417/.417/.750. In case you were wondering why Bobby made the call now.
If there’s any hitter in the Nats’ lineup Bobby knows more than any, it’s Castilla. If he knows what Vinnie can’t handle, I’ll trust him.
McCann rules for the second time this game. LaRoche, too.
Great play McCann!!!
Ah, that’s the Vinny we know.
Farnsworth the Fireman. Nice.
Yay Vinny! I missed him.
Bobby is a genius…
Will someone post an update on the score of the first game and the lineup/situation for the second?
Thanks – I can’t get tv coverage.
Well done. With the lousy bullpens the Red Sox and Yankees have, I can’t believe we were able to get Farns. You would have thought those two would have been all over the Tigers to get him.
Bailor had a .585 OPS that year, by the way, he just played a lot more than Mendoza.
Bailor had one of the flukiest seasons I’ve seen, by the way. In 1977, he hit .310/.335/.403 with five homers. For his career, he hit .264/.310/.325 with nine.
That single might have been hit harder than the homer.
Bringing in a lefty here with Andurw and Francoeur coming up is an…interesting move by Frank.
Is that why he got so many at-bats? It does seem weird to have a RF with such a low OPS…
Dean, it’s 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth, one on, nobody out. Farnsworth is already in to close it out but if the Braves get some more runs maybe Bobby’ll pull him.
we’re in pace for how many wins right now?
Hey, no DP. I’ll take it.
Bobby the genius again!!! Avoiding another LaRoche double play and getting Francouer a walk!!!
That was when the game was in the grip of Speed. Not greenies, the stolen base obsession. Bailor could run, so on the rare occasions he was on base he could steal second.
Today’s bonus Mets fact: Bailor hit .266/.308/.306 for them from 1981-83, but they gave him about 850 PA anyway.
anyone wnaa give me a play by play for this inning, gamecenter is lagging
But he only stole 14 bases in 1979. So he was no Lou Brock…
While I’m looking at bad players, I decided to look up Andres Thomas. You’ll be happy to know that in his worst year his OPS was .550 and for his career it was .589. So Guzman is worse than Andres Thomas!
If Betemit gets on base here without driving in a run, does Farnsworth hit?
Well, McCann has done enough today, anyway (he struck out, for those of you without game access)
At times like this, our lack of a right handed bat off the bench becomes glaring.
Good question, Joey…I would let him hit.
Thanks Mac –
Do you know what channel the second game is on?
non-issue, I guess.
McCann’s been great defensively. He picked off those two runners, the first on a heads-up fight-your-reflexes play. He held onto at least one foul tip for a strikeout. Any time a catcher has that much influence on a game, any hits he gets are just bonuses.
at least hes only thrown 2 pitches
You’ll recall that the infamous Eckstein Game was set up when Reitsma came in in the eighth and wound up having to hit with the bases loaded… Doesn’t matter now.
Die, Tritt, Die.
If Frank were smart here, he would go with three straight pinch hitters. Something like, Wilkerson-Baerga-Schneider assuming Vidro is hurt.
Game’s on FSS. Skip said last night that he intends to booby-trap the booth for Rathbun and Paciorek when he leaves. He was probably kidding.
The next game is the standard Wednesday Night Fox Sports Net South game.
Boyer-Farnsworth is one hundred percent my 8-9 combination the rest of the year.
No question.
Always nice to see Carlos Baerga. Always good memories…
nyb, can you give us lottery numbers next?
I’m surprised Frank didn’t argue that LaRoche came off the bag. He didn’t, but I’m still surprised.
every pitcher with great stuff but somehow hasnt being able to sum that up to good years should just go the braves.
Is there any chance we keep Farns past this year?
lol that sentence was gramatically incorrect
FARNSWORTH: You don’t scare me, I played for Dusty Baker!
BYRD: Ha! I played for Larry Bowa and Frank Robinson!
Hopefully, Frank’s burned out already. We don’t want him reversing any game-winning homeruns in the night game.
nyb, can you give us lottery numbers next?
You should pity me. I’m inside Frank Robinson’s head. It’s scary in here.
Sweeeeeet.
If you hear a little voice telling him that bunts are for losers, that’s Earl Weaver. Try to drown him out.
Good win. Horacio is now one win away from the 12 he had as a rookie. Game two could be rough, but we’ve gotten to Livan in the past so I’m hopeful. I hope Bobby has the old Sparky Anderson quick hook going for Thomson in the nightcap.
Great win. And what the hell, let’s play 2!