ESPN.com – MLB – Box Score – Nationals at Braves
This season is officially depressing.
Miserable Braves Loss Type 1.2(b): “Braves Take Early Lead, Offense Shuts Down While Horrible, Horrible Bullpen Blows It, Offense Wakes Up But Too Late.”
The Braves batted around in the second and scored four runs, taking a 4-1 lead. Marcus was back in the lineup and had the big blow, a bases-clearing double. Chuck James wasn’t particularly sharp, but gave them five innings of two-run baseball.
The bullpen sucked big-time, though Devil Ray got through the sixth unscathed. Paronto allowed three straight singles in the seventh and didn’t get anyone out. (Marcus made a great play to get the middle single but couldn’t get the ball out of his glove in time.) McBride came in and got his man to hit a hard grounder to Marcus, who cut down the runner at third at the plate. But then Bobby brought Kali in and he gave up a three-run homer. Franklin gave up a run in the eighth to make it 7-4.
This was really bad because Langerhans hit a two-run pinch-hit homer in the ninth. Giles and Renteria reached with the tying and go-ahead runs, but Chipper struck out and Andruw popped up.
Guess I’ll take the first post…
Screw it, second sucks!
Tyler “Yikes” Yates deserves an honorary doghouse for all his great work at blowing games.
1988 Update:
Los Angeles Dodgers 94-67 (–)
Cincinnati Reds 87-74 (7.0 GB)
San Diego Padres 83-78 (11 GB)
San Francisco Giants 83-79 (11.5 GB)
Houston Astros 82-80 (12.5 GB)
Atlanta Braves 54-106 (39.5)
Today’s Game:
Chicago Cubs 001 130 100 – 6 WP: Schiraldi (8-8)
Atlanta Braves 000 010 000 – 1 LP: Jimenez (1-5)
Another miserable loss for the 1988 team despite a payroll of $12,634,667, the third highest in their division.
Well, geez, one would think this was a response to foolish optimism from another poster.
And you’d be right, of course. Dan, do I owe everyone an apology for writing checks these yutzes couldn’t cash?
And Deion Branch is seeking a trade, so my fantasy football team is going down the tubes, too.
Reporting live from the Anderson Independent-Mail sports desk, via internship, it’s me! 😀 Caught the game on Gamecast while waiting for pages to proof, not fun results of course.
@3
Yikes, Dan. Leave the 1988 Braves alone. No sense in beating a dead horse. I once printed out all the damn boxscores and play-by-plays from that. How about we talk about the weird game that year with the Cards that the Braves won? That’s positive. 😀
Tyler Yates deserves a perpetual place in the doghouse, next to Torborg’s dog house.
CHAD JACKSON IS GONNA BE CATCHIN HIM SOME BALLS THIS YEAR!
Thank you Deion Branch, you greedy and arrogant WR who thinks he can TO it to pay dirt.
Mississippi’s game is great right now… I mean it’s very interesting…
we’re going to the bottom of the 14th and the bullpen is shot so Jon Williams (a coach/pen catcher who was activated to catch if needed since Salty is gone) has pitched two innings and then in the 13th we switched him and he caught and Serrano went from catching to pitching
1993 Pony League update:
Dodgers 9-1
Cardinals 8-2
Yankees 3-6
Astros 3-6
Braves 1-9
Today’s Game
Astros 21 WP: Butters
Braves 0 LP: Eric Cartman
Mercy rule after 1 hour first inning, 10 errors in inning.
Lil’ 4 Seam’s pants fell down while he was tring to field a grounder, he responded by crying and then pulling up his pants only to piss them a little while later.
Ummmmmm… ok. o.o
Radio Update:
Tonight was the first game for my high school. After consecutive 1-9 seasons, we grab a former Troy (State) head coach and dominate our first opponent 38-0. Five touchdown calls made my day .. welcome to the broadcast booth, eh?
http://photos-267.facebook.com/ip006/v42/47/23/7005249/n7005249_31824267_3390.jpg
Have a picture.
Too bad my high school team still sucks! I think we might have improved though! …anyway we were 0-9 last year
we lost tonight…34-7 it’s probably an accomplishment that we SCORED!
The Les Miles look. Nice.
Miranda’s high school football team is???
The “suck” label applies to many teams.
haha… I just thought of something… we’re Braves
“Lil’ 4 Seam’s pants fell down while he was tring to field a grounder, he responded by crying and then pulling up his pants only to piss them a little while later.”
For some reason I don’t think this is a joke.
Braves….a name that is slowly becoming the universal symbol for failure.
haha… well as a Lady Brave ….I have a record of 28-4 in fastpitch softball… I’m proud of that
(3 of the losses from the 4-time state champions)
Okay Dan, the first part is a joke, the second part not a joke.
6-7 years old, I drank 3 bottles of gatorade. Little bladder. 1 hour first inning didn’t want to leave the field despite immense urinary pressure(thats right, I’m a gamer). I just let it go….
Mark Schlereth used to do this all the time…
Are the Braves going to try and get Mike Hampton an inning this year?
Miranda can pitch! Tyler Yates can’t! JS should sign you up for middle relief.
That’s right! I can pitch!!! I should join the team!
They should call me up!!
Why? What good will it do?
If Hampton’s not fully healthy let him ride pine.
“6-7 years old”
Ahh. For some reason I thought pony league was older, around 12 or something. My mistake.
Miranda, when you get called up, please remember not to get to close to THE WICKERMAN’s mouth. Bad things happen. Bad things.
So bad, Bruce Willis will have to come to save you. DIE HARD style, on a freaky island.
If Hampton pitches, the Braves lose the insurance. So he won’t pitch.
I figure they’d want to see how healthy Hampton is going into the offseason, plus try him out in something other than a lousy spring training game.
I know I’ve said this before, but I really really want the Mets to go out in the first round. I’m so sick of their fans thinking they’re a lock of the world series and the playoff games before those are just a formality. Imagine a sweep. All the hype, all the talk, all the wins, for just three extra games. Ouch.
Newsday headline: Randolph admits Mets the best
“If Hampton pitches, the Braves lose the insurance. So he won’t pitch.”
And that answers my question. Thanks Mac.
I’m going to post the game thread now. It’s the only thing I have that can cheer me up tonight.
I’ll remember that advice!
I’m was being sarcastic and kidding with post #9.
None of the stuff never happened.
Of course people could probably figure that out by noticing Butters and Eric Cartman’s names appearing on there. The first time I ever saw South Park I was kind of young and immature(understatement). I thought it was the greatest thing ever. I was stupid. But the character Butters and Cartman remind of soem of the people I knew.
Escpecially Cartman. Fat kid with ADHD, mean, and really obnoxious.
he was the 1b on my first DY Baseball team. his name was Michael Piper.
Piper,
If you ever read this, I should have smacked you with that baseball bat I took out of your hands.
Congrats Wryn! You look pretty stoked in that picture.
Miranda, I wish they would let let some softballers throw in the majors. I guess the rules don’t allow the pitching motion, but still, it would be waaaay cool. I would love to see Jennie Finch in the majors.
Go Raiders !!!!