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The only reports I’ve seen claim the injury was quite minor – where did you see the head surgery part, Mac? Or do I need to tune my sarcasm detector?
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/04/harvey_updyke_treated_for_head.html
Those were the initial reports. Of course, those are often overblown.
Weird Al update: Lady Gaga has backed down and is blaming her manager.
Man, how can you mess up a financial opportunity like the Los Angeles Dodgers?
I mean, it’s hard to have a better brand. Great history, great market, as recognizable a logo as Coca-Cola …
Let me try. I can guarantee we’ll break even.
Same lineup…Heyward needs to get going and Garland is the perfect guy to help him with that.
Did anyone see that Philliebot pitch? I couldn’t help but think that pitching machines, having already been invented and capable of much greater accuracy and power, should have made such an invention unnecessary – though they do contain decidedly less silicon, which I guess makes them out of vogue.
In that vein, the Phillies suck.
It wasn’t meant to replace pitching machines, it was just part of some city wide science fair or something.
Same lineup as the last 2 nights.
Congratulations Philly, you’ve invented a podium that’s capable of dropping a baseball 15 feet in front of itself.
Nice footrace by Derek to beat Carroll to the bag.
that was odd…uggla should’ve covered 1st right?
The bad BABIP bug bit our butts again in top of the 1st.
Ballsy slider on a full count to Kemp.
The first and third pitches to Uribe both looked a whole lot like strikes. Damn.
More first inning magic for the pitching staff
Ouch! How frustrating–our first inning troubles continue….
If you need a game break and you’re as nerdy as i am, check this out…
http://the-hobbit-movie.com/2011/04/14/first-video-from-the-set-of-the-hobbit/
He was safe.
Yeah, he was safe. Throw beat him, though.
We’re into deep suck tonight, I fear. Bedtime for me. See you in the morning.
Checklist:
1. Don’t walk pitcher2. Um…
We’re going to break through garland. Don’t give up yet guys. Remember, McLouth is up next inning.
Ok, I’m done for tonight.
This sucks.
He was out by about a millimeter, but it was close enough to call him safe.
Really can’t blame Lowe. They’re hitting good pitches.
Unbelievable. If it wasn’t painful enough that the game began at 10:10 PM….
Ryan, that totally made my day.
Ballgame.
They’re hitting good pitches, but Lowe walked the pitcher. I can easily blame Lowe.
Yeah, Brian!
Ok, the game is over, but I’m glad I saw that. Great on both ends.
That wasn’t a good pitch. Theory shot down. Get him the fudge outta there.
So, I haven’t watched many other full games other than braves games, but the braves catchers have been throwing up the line a bit more and it’s been quite successful. Is this by accident or is it a new strategy?
Can someone explain why Lowe is starting on three days rest — on April 20th?
Heyward, if you could just be lukewarm instead of ice cold, that would be amazing.
Heyward needs to sit tomorrow. Oh wait, we have no one to play RF on the bench.
35 — That is a terrific question. Would have called up Minor for tonight.
I’m drinking a Michelob Ultra and it’s bloody awful. McLouth is looking good and maybe the 2nd spot in our order is cursed. Heyward is swinging at everything.
This does suck–it was only 2-0, when I went for breakfast.
#38–Or Todd Redmond….
Hey look! We’re catching up!
Bad babip bites chipper and bmac again.
One thing that sucks about Passover is that you can’t drink beer. Not even when the Braves are losing.
The good times just keep rolling….
I wish Andre Ethier was on our team! I have a 7:00 meeting in the morning. Can’t decide if I should go to bed or stay up and keep watching in the hope that the Braves will get something going and get back into this!
I’m proud of Matt Young for making it to the major leagues. Now that his dream’s been taken care of, can we trade him to Kansas City for Gregor Blanco?
Why was the Lisp only in for one inning?
Man, Jason’s scuffling.
Another Olen story…
We had a game again tonight (where we were beat 15-0 in SOFTBALL!!!). Olen, like almost every game, starts the 1st inning off with multiple errors, including 2 that would have gotten us out of the inning without the other team scoring. So, about the 7th batter comes up, a puny petite woman. She pops up weakly to Olen. He circles the ball, gets under it, and then tries to catch the pop-up with his arm “chicken-winged” out awkardly with his glove facing down. It hits off the top of his glove and rolls weakly past 3rd base, 2 runners score. He turns to me and says the excuse that’s so overly used in softball that it should be banned, “the sun was in my eyes”. It was 7:30…no sun.
I just want whoever is in the two hole to not suck. I don’t care if it’s McLouth or Heyward. It’s a shame that he cooled off right when the lineup changed. With Chipper behind him he’s actually having to hit to get on base, and it’s not happening.
Yeah–in this series Jason has started to look a bit less confident with each game…
Good god, this team is infuriating!
Keep hacking away boys. Just remember that Garland is a great pitcher.
Vin Scully said ‘it’s almost like you have a lisp when you pronounce it’ when The Lisp came into the game tonight. I’m gonna miss Vin when he’s gone.
Mcouth is what 6-10 with 3 doubles & walk batting ninth????
Well, he’s batting 8th. But yeah.
However old he actually is, Ascencio is doing a nice job tonight.
Coming into the 8th inning, Garland was at 78 pitches — exactly the same number of pitches that Derek Lowe needed to get through four innings.
lol, Braves…
What is up with Heyward? Hitting coach, unsure, inury, manager….way too talented to be struggling this bad. WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
Not good…
Ron Gant offers some of the most worthless insight.
The Good: Sitting in my favorite Irish pub in Sunnyside with a friend & my favorite bartender watching the Braves, if only on a tiny TV.
The Bad: Watching them offer up another sad offensive effort. (Wow—Heyward is in an awful slump.)
The Silver Lining: Watching the NY Rangers cough up a 3-goal 3rd period lead in a key playoff game, only to die even more horribly in double-OT. (Devils fans never root for NYR.)
The Hope: In 4 starts, Kershaw’s been bad game/good game. He’s in line for his bad game. A split would be just fine.
What’s wrong with Braves fans? Nate is freaking awesome, and Heyward freaking sucks.
Seriously, Jason needs to stay within himself. The kid just needs to relax.
What’s up with Nate?
“Yeah, we just got blitzed again, first and second inning. You saw the intensity in the at-bats in the first couple of innings, and then we fell behind 5-1 or 6-1, and there’s no telling from then on how many at-bats were wasted.”
Oh, Chipper, please just be quiet. The pitchers don’t want to give up runs in the early innings, just like Jason doesn’t want to be hitting under the Mendoza line.
@56 – Wasn’t it only three innings?
I don’t understand how we manage our roster sometimes.
Heyward is the only player who has not had a day off. Matty D would be a nice fill in for Heyward when he needs a day off vs. a LHP. Of course we let Diaz go because Wren had a hard on to give Joe Mather and George Sherrill his money.
Why is Lowe going on 3 days rest, with a blister, on April 20th? Ridiculous. Call up somebody and let them pitch.
This is not unique to Fredi. Bobby ran Heyward out there for a month and a half when it was apparent he was hurt. The braves treat their players terribly, unless you are named Chipper Jones, then you get any day off you want.
BTW, nice 1 for you last 14 Chipper. Way to pick up your teammates.
Yep, the Braves have no one that can play RF to give Heyward a day off. Anyone want Young and McLouth out there? Its like two Juan Pierre and Johnny Damon.
Kershaw going today. I expect Bmac to have the day game off. I dont see Heyward having much luck against Kershaw either. JJ had better keep them scoreless.
63 – Did he really say that? It’s good I’m not a professional athlete. If I was a pitcher, I’d slam him through the media.
As for Kershaw, he has been excellent, decent, excellent, and bad his last four starts. He also has two devastating out pitches, doesn’t surrender home runs often, and is left handed. The fact that his only chink in the armor is control doesn’t bode well for the Braves; they swing at everything.
I feel deeply annoyed at this team.
As I recall, this isn’t the first time Chipper has had something to say about the pitching, which is one small flaw on an otherwise very good public teammate persona
Well, you know, the offense did have the 1st AB. Im sure the starting staff would love a run or two also.
Recapped.