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I cant believe that Pena was the one who drew the shortest straw and he’s going on the DL. Why couldnt Miller have been the one…
Its a remake of “Out of The Past” with
Jeff Bridges = Robert Mitchum
Rachael Ward = Jane Greer
James Woods = Kirk Douglas
James Woods hires ex-football player Jeff Bridges to find his girlfriend in Mexico.
I always like to think of every Jeff Bridges movie as either a prequel or a sequel to “The Big Lebowski.” So like, “Against all Odds” is a prequel, then the Dude moves to LA and becomes a freeloader, and the he becomes an arms dealer in “Ironman.”
Just checking in on Boyer’s arm. It fall off last night?
Plus, in the 7th, I was thinking how cool it would be to have SD give us some Grybos, and boom! We get 3 of them.
a PH core of Norton, Pena, Gotay, Infante, and Blanco/Diaz would be very solid
anybody watching CNN? Hezbollah has declared war on Lebanon, and CNN reporters are live in Beirut embedded with Lebanese forces.
Wild stuff..
I thought the Lebanese government declared war on Hezbollah.
My thinking was that the Lebanese government ruled that the Hezbollah telecommunications system or somesuch was illegal, tried to shut it down, and this is Hezbollah’s retaliation.
Fredo is starting for them today? Man, things are bleak in Padreland. Good day for Diaz to get going.
I guess he’s got a shiny ERA, but it looks like they are 0-7 in games that he’s appeared in.
over/under on Frenchy hitting into DP’s is 2
Not surprising but it’s been awhile, a Corky Miller sighting! And hey look, the new guy finally showed up! Lineups:
SDP
Giles
Crabbe
Gonzalez
Kouz
Hairston
Greene
Huber
Morton
Ledezma
ATL
Infante
Yesco
Chip
Tex
Francouer
Diaz
Kotsay
Corky
Jo-Jo
That Padre lineup is positively craptacular.
anyone surprised with us having 6 straight RH hitters, if Pena was playing it would be 7. I really hope Tex gets started RH today
Ya know, even with Miller instead of Pena, we still have a pretty good bench.
Amazing what losing a Prado and 3rd catcher will do for your bench.
Evidence that if you want you son to be a major leaguer you should teach him to squat, today’s starting catchers who have been collecting major league paychecks all season:
Corky Miller, 1-9
Colt Morton, 0-12
I’m not sure how many of you have seen this, but somebody (Jon Heyman to be exact) put odds on where Tex will be next year:
These odds seem about right. I think maybe our odds are slightly higher, but the order of teams most likely to get him is about right. I will say that I will be really pissed if he goes to the Mets, though.
Nick,
We should all get used to it. The two Gotham teams have aging, regressing, defensively awful 1Bs—and both teams aren’t afraid to spend.
And Tex is like the perfect Boras client. “I love Atlanta, I’ve got family in Baltimore, I’ve got family in New York…”
Barf.
And an E-3 to open the game. Attaboy Tex.
And I gotta believe Tex will play for the Calgary Stampeders before he’d sign with the Orioles.
*sigh*
Oh, JoJo…
I’m not saying it’s not likely, ububba. I’m just saying it would not make me happy. I do think, though, that if the Yankees want him, which they almost certainly will, that will reduce the likelihood that he will go to the Mets considerably, because there’s no way that the Yankees are gonna let the Mets outbid them for a guy they really want, and there’s no way that anybody other than a lifelong Mets fan (assuming those actually exist) would take a lesser deal to play with the Mets over the Yankees.
Common, fly ball to Frenchy!
Defense not helping Reyes at all this inning.
Yikes. Surely that has to be an error, right? Right???
Speaking of the Orioles, look at what former Oriole Sidney Ponson is doing in Texas this year:
Sidney Ponson’s 2008 Stats
Yeah, I’ll say it. Andruw would have had that, and it most certainly wouldn’t have gotten by him.
You have really got to be kidding me!!! Apparently errors don’t exist anymore.
Is Boyer up yet?
Unless it were the one per year that he lollygagged.
Nice!
Real nice by Infante there. You wonder if KJ makes that play.
I’m liking me some Infante
Could it be? A competent backup middle infielder?
regarding that “double” in Kotsay’s direction… I think the official scorer at Turner Field is being WAY too nice to the home team what with all the Pradoed balls and all
Nope…give him a double.
Speaking of Yunel, that is.
These are major leaguers folks. Enjoy the show. It’s tough to get one into the dugout these days.
The Mets “outbid” the Yankees for Carlos Beltran, but I was never convinced that the Yanks wanted to pony up for him.
The Mets have money. They have their own network now. They’re drawing well. If Boras turns it into a bidding war between the Mets & Yanks, it’s hard to get in the way of that.
Of course, the Mets as they are currently constituted may not resemble the Mets that open their new stadium next year, manager included.
@36
If anything that should’ve been a single and an error
They did rule it a single and an error, Rehab.
First pitch popup? Yup, that’s a Frenchy.
oh, I was talking about the Kotsay “double”.
Skip’s at it again:
“What an awful throw by Giles. He threw an ‘infield fly’ into the cut-off man.”
So is it your opinion, ububba, that if he doesn’t go to either the Mets or Yankees, he’ll stay with us?
skip sounds extra rough today. it will be a sad day for the franchise when skip passes.
Nick,
My opinion is and always has been that, unless ownership does a dramatic & unforseen about-face, he is gone after this year, gone to New York.
I don’t believe we have any chance of signing him, so I don’t spend much time worrying about it. He’s g-o-n-e.
In life & sports, I’ve found that if you don’t get your hopes up too far, you’ll rarely be disappointed.
Hey another first pitch out. That’s 3 out of 4. It’s ok, it’s not like Fredo has control issues.
It would be surprising if we ponied up the dough for Teix. The worst-case here is, of course, if he ends up with the Mets.
My hope is that we go out and get some starting pitching and try to get Todd Helton or something to play 1B.
Or maybe trade for Matt LaPorta. That would be awesome.
Frank Wren: another starter, please.
Thanks,
Braves fans
What happened to Reyes??
That’s a quick hook.
Uh, another starter out. That’s just what we need.
Following online – what happened to Reyes?
@52: Blister.
Wiggity what? What happened to Mojo?
The good news is Boyer can be our long reliever today.
blister, just our luck. Hope Carlyle and Bennett are good today and our offense can take a pitch or two.
Did Ledezma throw 96-97 last year also? I dont remember him throwing that hard
I’m pretty sure he threw that hard, just nowhere near the strike zone most of the time.
Best at bat of the day goes to Buddy. It’s going to be a long game.
What’s happened to Chipper?
Back to back outs. I can’t believe it.
Man I wish it weren’t Frenchy up right here. If he swings at the first pitch he should be benched. The guy walked the bases loaded.
Dear God I hate Francoeur.
And he K’s. What a shock.
baaaaaaaah
Wow, didn’t see that coming.
Buddy Carlyle had a better at bat that inning than Francoeur.
How fortunate are we that Francouer rejected that contract offer? Maybe we can keep him around to model the stuff in the merch. catalog.
The worst thing about Frenchy’s last AB was that it was entirely predictable.
#69 really, really fortunate.
He’ll still get overpaid thru arb because of his RBI numbers and overrated defense.
Nice throw, Abe.
At least Corky is contributing something here.
Nice throw, Corky.
Corky!
Watching Ledezma go through our lineup is getting old….
I know it’s the JV out there, with no Kelly or McCann, but it’s sad that Buddy Carlyle’s been more successful at the plate than anyone other than Tex and Yunel.
Didn’t Carlisle go to Bama? WOOOOOOOEEEEE
ROLL EAGLE!
Even with those two out of the lineup, I could not have foreseen that Fredo would be holding us to 1 run through 4 (and counting) innings. He was so, so terrible in his brief stint with us.
Hey, a two-base Prado!
I live in GA, but isn’t it roll tide not roll eagle?
Also, remember how Tex was supposed to be good at defense? At this rate, he won’t be any better defensively than the New York 1B he’ll be signed to replace.
Carlyle did NOT go to Alabama.
Let’s not break the bank for Tex…just my opinion.
Who Pradoed it, Mac, Teix or Francoeur?
Hip to the head at full speed, ouch.
Don’t forget, this means Campillo gets to lead off the inning.
Escobar throws hard. Maybe he could give us an inning or two. Who wants to bet this game goes extra innings?
Wow, Carlyle’s hurt, too? Wow. What sort of injury? Wow.
What happened this time?
For those of us “watching” on gameday, what just happened?
2 pitchers in one day and we still got half the game to go.
Carlyle looked like someone in the EPL…our pitchers are dropping lies flies…
Carlyle fielded a dribbler and as he came up, his head hit the runner. He got the out, but was woozy and barely walked off the field.
Sorry Bama fans. I was thinking of that other scrub that we had last year. They start to blend together.
It’s the Bad Campillo today. Perfect.
Game over.
does this mean, ????, Stockman may get called up again
Ah, hell. It hurts to watch these guys outscore us.
Lance Cormier
No Stockman must be kept under wraps no matter what. They’d sooner call up Buddy Hernandez.
I believe we will score at least 5 runs this game. Unfortunately, I do not believe we will hold them at 4.
Ture enough–but at least we have a fighting chance to make it another one run loss…
Well Cy Ledezma is out, so maybe we’ll score some runs.
I would honestly be surprised if we scored another run.
Shawn Estes? He’s still in the league?
Naturally, he’ll no-hit us.
He was just called up today, I believe.
OUr season:
Win five in a row.
Lose four in a row.
That is still winning a lot of games though.
Chipper looks bored today.
This game feels like one of those Sunday afternoon games where the Braves can look and play dead….
yes it does Stephen. I think in general, day games, especially at home, are awful for us.
They did take away Acosta’s save last night.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-braves-nosave&prov=ap&type=lgns
the guys are just making sure we dont get too far ahead of .500
Can’t win EVERY game. Still a long ways to go in this one.
Buddy Carlyle has a “strain to the left side of his neck.”
Everybody knows that daygamesafternightgames don’t count in the standings. That’s why everybody fields there bench players in those games.
At least someone will have a legitimate injury when they go on the DL to make room for Chuck.
Francoeur has lost it. Give him a day or two off. He looks lost.
Frenchy just keeps getting better….
if gameday is right, Frenchy just struck out swinging on a ball that should’ve probably hit him
If you can’t beat the Padres “B” lineup plus Ledezma and a guy who hasn’t pitched in two years, there’s problems, 5 wins in a row or not.
It wasn’t that bad–but he had no business swinging either.
..and let’s rally in a hurry. Rain’s moving in probably within the next hour or two..
Francoeur has lost it. Give him a day or two off. He looks lost.
Yeah, but he’s got that incredibly important games played streak going.
Rally? Corky Miller is batting.
How do you get “Clay” Meredith from Cla?
I hate that name.
You know what’s weird? Mark Kotsay has hit in 9 straight games and is sort of looking like a useful player.
I… like you, Mark Kotsay.
There, I said it. I can’t take it back.
Much like Andruw Jones did, if I remember correctly. Just don’t get why we don’t ever sit the Golden Boy.
If Corky homers here, I’ll never say a negative thing about him again.
This headline is for Stu.
Surprisingly alert play in a boring game – both runners move up!
AAR,
You can’t like Kotsay! A nine game hitting streak is over rated, look at his OOPRSTUVW rating: .99425. That is not going to cut it!
And Corky works a walk… time for Blakemoor!
AAR, I heard that.
cmon Norton, good AB here
Cry Havoc! and let slip the Blakemoors of War!
Thanks, Mac.
Can Norton do it again?
Nice!
Greg Norton is verging on Francisco Cabrera-folk hero status at this point.
Smitty, his OOPRSTUVW rating is deceptive because he has a surprisingly good PZQ%.
Hell yeah, Blakemoor!
YES!
I think I’m a Greg Norton fan.
Something I learned today: I like Greg Norton.
wow, what a great hit. he went the other wa against Cla
I’m on the Greg Norton bandwagon and I will drive it if asked.
Norton! Its nice to have a pinch hitter…
Wow, not looking like such a bad acquisition after all!
@144, awesome.
I would like to complain, however, about Abe not getting to third base there, because of the aforementioned inability-to-score-from-second-on-a-single situation.
Norton is a good pickup so far.
his PZQ% is REALLY good!
Best trade ever!
right…
that mispla at second comes back to haunt them. what do you sa, Kelly. get a hit off Cla
Noooooooo !!!!… one run game.. we’re doomed
Well we get 2. Now we have a chance!
Norty
Mac always sees the rain clouds on a sunny day.
C’mon boys, 2 more runs & we can rid ourselves of Phil Collins—best motivation I can muster at the moment, I’m afraid.
Why wasn’t Kelly starting the game today, anyway?
Lefty on the hill, getting newly…abled…Infante some ABs.
Bobby loves to get ABs for newly called up players.
Why couldn’t Greene have done that last inning?
I love to get RBI opportunities for Chipper. Time to wake up, Chip — your average is below .420!
Let’s do some damage now before Francoeur comes to bat.
#163–You got that right…
Hey, it’s Heath Bell! He and Ring can have a reunion of the “Willie Randolph Hates Me Club”.
I hate it when guys don’t tag there – if Yunel tags, he still scores if the ball isn’t caught.
And one day soon Willie Randolph & Art Howe can have a reunion of the “Met Fans Hate Me Club.”
Damn! He just missed it!
So, we’re going to the eighth still down by one.
let’s go Frenchy!!!
could Yunel have tagged on that play? the ball was caught at the wall and he’s still on 2nd? he could’ve scored if the ball wasnt caught anyways
Let’s pinch-hit McCann for Francoeur and bring Blanco in…
Tex, useless.
Frenchy can save himself.
I’m calling infield pop up
I don’t know why he didn’t tag.
Oh, come on, people, nobody would throw at Francoeur. You throw at the good hitters.
Come on wild pitch!
So, we owe Heath Bell a Christmas card.
hahaha, way to take one for the team!
@166
Escobar played it right. There is more value in being scoring if the ball drops than there is in assuring yourself of getting to 3rd base.
Go Francouer! Get that OBP up son!
Way to take one for the team, Frenchy.
I bet Frenchy gets thrown out stealing.
Who called it?!!
Smitty!
YES!!!
Go Smitty!
#180 – if he tags, Tex’s grounder probably scores him
Thanks, guys.
That looked like something we’d do.
At the risk of being NEGATIVE, Francoeur should have gotten to third there.
HA HA HA HA! I love it!
what ????
The Padres are trying their hardest to keep out winning streak alive…
I’d say that run was a gift (and it kinda was), but in fairness, we did have two hard-hit balls to the OF go for outs.
So I guess it evens out. 🙂
we need to win this one by one run real bad
Can someone please tell me how our official scorer got the job? A wild pitch? Seriously? The guy throws a good sinker, his bread-and-butter pitch, and the catcher just whiffs at it and doesn’t get a passed ball? Yikes. Maybe he’s just really bad at figuring out which runs are earned and which are not so he tries not to rule anything that will force him to half to deal with it.
Wait a minute… the Padres lost the lead because they’re tired, Joe? It was their backup catcher who made the big mistake.
@ 187
It’s a percentage thing. If you play to tag 100% of the time you’ll score fewer runs than you will if you go half way 100% of the time. A run in the bag is more valuable than an increased potential to score a run on another subsequent event.
The official scorer — last night, anyway — is Jack Williamson, a veteran sportswriter and a good one.
MSAE: In that situation, though, he goes halfway, and when the outfielder stops he needs to go back and tag. Either it’s a homer, and it doesn’t matter what he does, or it’s a double off the wall, and he’ll score anyway, or it’s an out, and he’ll get to third.
wow, what a slide.
Okay, I really don’t like going to the ‘pen here. Tie game in the 8th and all of your long guys already used? This has serious potential to end poorly….
Regardless of how that play was scored, Smitty is still a genius.
Agreed. It’s Jim Edmonds, for crying out loud. Bennett can get him and stay in the game for a while…
Look, this is not 2000. You don’t need to bring in the LOOGY to get Edmonds.
Ok. It’s hard to know exactly what is going on listening to the radio. From my persective, it’s better to coach the players to play it the same way all the time which will result in more runs over the long term than to count on them to make the right decision in the heat of the moment.
Well, it worked.
Ring, our LOOGY King.
Skip commented on the broadcast last night that he thinks it’s a rule for the Braves to use at least 5 pitchers every game. They’re exceeding their quota today.
He’s got Giles leading off the ninth, though. And Gonzalez in there somewhere, too. Maybe he’ll leave Ring in.
@200
It could have also been an error in which case he most likely would not have scored if he had gone back to tag. 🙂
Well, for one thing the pitcher’s spot is due up third.
It was a high, arcing fly ball to the track. Those are very, very rarely dropped.
Also, Jeff Bennett has pitched very well this year. I don’t like the way that Bobby keeps using one pitcher after another in these games. We’ve had 120 pitching changes in 33 games so far — that means that we’ve averaged 3.6 relievers a game.
That’s not sustainable.
So, yeah, Skip’s basically right. We’re averaging 4.6 pitchers a game.
And, if my math is correct, 1.2 Blaine Boyer appearances per game.
Ring out. Bobby…nevermind.
Ohman’s coming in.
Leaving Acosta, Boyer, and you-know-who.
It’s…Gotay(m)!
After he worked that walk, do the Braves really want to let Gotay go?
Yes, that’s what you want to do. Bunt for a hit with two out and a runner on first. Sheesh.
Geez, Kelly. At least ACT like you’re trying.
I wonder if he gets mad they say he is “Crabby”
Crab walk back to the dugout!
And now Acosta’s in. If we don’t score soon, he’ll go three innings again, to my utter dismay.
Seven pitchers spent already, and this game could easily go to extra innings.
Mac,
In the post game wrap I want credit for the wild pitch- run scored. Let’s call it an RBI for Smitty! ha ha ha
Good thing we are going to get a righty righty matchup!
If another lefty comes up, Bobby will bring Kotsay in to pitch.
Good thing we are going to get a righty righty matchup!
Maybe, but a good thing we’re getting Ohman out.
If we don’t win in the inning, I’m going to have to go out, and the recap may be late. If the game doesn’t go 15, which it probably won’t, since Resop is lurking.
Here is the recap’s last paragraph.
So in the ninth of a 4-4 game eith one out, Larry Wayne Jones, who was hittles to this point, hit a massive walk-off jack and all the ladies cried “CHIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPEEEERRRR!!!
Yunel is awesome.
Esco!
Likely poised for either another one-run loss or an end to the Phil Collins curse.
the Phill Collins curse is 5-0!
Chipper is awesome.
Oh, hey, Thatcher’s the pitcher. This is the same guy we pounded last night.
Time for a Tex DP
Ok, Frenchy…be the hero.
haha IBB for Frenchy
Okay, Jeffrey. This is not difficult. They are going to bring the infield in. What you need to do is hit the ball hard. It almost doesn’t matter where. If it’s a fly ball, Escobar will score. If it’s a ground ball, it will probably find a hole. Capische?
Well Frenchy…
Let’s go, Braves!
Or Diaz.
Okay, 2nd and 3rd, one out…
Phil Collins knows how close he is to being extinguished.
perfect time to lose my satellite….$%&@!
OMG, they’re walking Francoeur.
Boy, I’d sure pitch to Frenchy. Just don’t throw a strike.
? I see why they’ve only won 12 games.
#246 – no wonder they’ve lost 16 of their last 20 – cmon Diaz
Walk Francoeur?
For some reason, that seems remarkably stupid.
I’d bring Hoffman in to face Diaz
They walked him to pitch to another righthander, too.
I’m surprised Frenchy didn’t swing at that last one
Just hit it in the air!
Anything at all but a sharp grounder at someone…..
YES YES YES
DING DONG PHIL IS DEAD!
Diaz!
Braves win!
Finally!
yay!
And Bobby’s off the hook.
Money
Whee! I love you, Matt! I love you, everyone in the world!
A sweep and we actually won a one run game, nice!
SWEET!
Also, 1-9! w00t!
Diaz!
Great guy to keep around-clutch hitter AND he hustles!
Thanks, Mr. Black.
Way to go, Mr. Diaz.
Bye-bye, Mr. Collins.
BRAVES WIN !! BRAVES WIN !!
and Acosta racks up another save!
I’ll see you in hell, Phil Collins.
251: Smitty, was jsut coming over to write the same thing. Why in the world would they leave Thatcher out there with the game on the line against a guy who’s hitting lefties .452 this year, .342 for his career?
Come on, Diamondbacks!
I say cmon Pirates
Alright, this team needed a comeback win, especially a ONE RUN win.
Unfortunately, Skip just said, “Time soars, Bulova flies.” Other than that, though, happiness.
Acosta with the win, MSAE.
And no Boyer
@270
Oh no, not again.
I’m adopting a new personal save rule. Anytime a player pitches in the ninth inning regardless of score it’s a save!
The curse is o-over.
You were with me all the while…
WTF?! ESPN must be screwed up right now cause according to the GameTracker we just won a one run game in the 9th inning . . .
I’m starting to miss Phil Connors already.
Huh? Phil COLLINS? Ummm….Nope, don’t miss him a’tall.
OK, we’re still due 8 more one-run wins. But I’ll take it.
Wow, did the Pads ever give that one to us.
@3, that’s awesome. I agree completely.
…
While I was working, um, WE COULDN’T SCORE ANY RUNS OFF FREDO???
Phil Conners? I thought that was you!
It’s Ned… Ryerson!
Personal save rule? I like it.
Kinda like when the Lakers scored and Magic was in the building he got an assist.
Needlenose Ned?
Bing!
Recap is up.
Oh, we scratched out an unearned run. yea
Nice sweep. Six and counting.
No, Wryn, No.