So anyway, I’m going into the hospital Thursday morning for a procedure. It shouldn’t be anything serious but it will keep me incommunicado or drugged for the next several days. I’ll recap tonight, then Stu has tomorrow night and Cary will handle Friday and Saturday. Needless to say, be nice, I’ll try to check in Friday but will be loopy.
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God bless, Mac. Hurry back.
Mac, best of luck…
Good luck Mac. Are you leaving anyone with the keys?
Mac, you’re in all of our thoughts. Hope all goes well.
Good luck Mac.
Be well, Mac.
Hoping all goes well, Mac.
Stu and Cary should be able to take care of anything that comes up here.
Polanco leading Chipper. Seriously. Placido Polanco is in line to start an All-Star game for the first time at 35 years old without particularly awesome numbers.
And Posey is still leading McCann with Molina really, REALLY close behind. This one shouldn’t be close, but Molina is right there.
Oh, and vote for whomever you want for the All-Star team as long as you want to vote for Brian McCann.
Posey was out.
Unless the site is hacked by renegade Vanderbilt Commodores, in which case Cary will be on his own.
No Uggla:
Schafer, Prado, Chipper, McCann, Hinske, Gonzalez, Freeman, Conrad (2B), Minor
Heyward has an oddly high vote total for a second year player putting up mediocre numbers.
Mediocre?
You guys are just lucky I’m not responsible for recapping a Minor start.
“Mike Minor was incredible, as always. Other stuff happened, too.”
Good to see Uggla getting a day off. I wish you a swift recovery, Mac, take it nice and easy.
C: Buster Posey (785,314)
1B: Albert Pujols (988,784)
2B: Brandon Phillips (837,778)
3B: Placido Polanco (724,724)
SS: Troy Tulowitzki (975,777)
OF: Ryan Braun (971,809)
OF: Lance Berkman (872,434)
OF: Matt Holliday (927,778)
Who stands out there? Polanco. He isn’t even having a particularly good year. If you look at something like OPS+, Polanco, an annual empty .300, is at 110 while Chipper, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, is at 109. Chipper needs to be in that spot. I could even live with Wright in that spot, but Polanco? There is no definition of “star” that fits Polanco.
Rule of NL All-Stars: if there is no obvious pick, the Cardinal will probably get it.
Ububba, as sorry as I am for your loss (I am old enough to remember how much it sucks losing a franchise) I am sooo jacked that big league hockey is back in the Peg. It will certainly make the NFL strike easier to take.
Mac, good luck, God bless and get back soon.
cheers, kp
hopefully Schafer has another good game
Best Wishes Mac.
Uggla could stand a week off.
Good luck Mac- best wishes
@20, yeah cuz if there’s one guy who can carry a team….
c’mon dude, enough already.
he’s done a pretty damn good job lately and is getting no credit for it
Don’t feed it.
Also, best wishes to Mac.
He’s gotten plenty of credit for it.
good luck Mac.
Good luck, Mac.
Take care of yourself, Mac.
I gotta say, I’m really looking forward to your loopy check-in, Mac.
Luck, Mac.
Stu, you’ve been driving the Schafer bandwagon solo for awhile. If he somehow has the same triple slash line in ten days when Louth is ready to come off the DL, what should they do?
our prayers are with you, Mac.
@30…i have a feeling Mac’s loopy check-in will be more worthwhile than the stalker’s posts.
“Posey was out.”
Posey is out.
Platoon McLouth and Uggla, with Martin shifting between left and second. Or just plant something felonious on Uggla, then void his contract and permanently shift Prado to second and Nate to left.
Here’s to ya, Mac, and here’s to a speedy recovery.
#19
kruger,
I’m actually a hardcore New Jersey Devils fan. It’s the only NYC-area pro team that I’ve genuinely embraced. And I fell for them before the Thrashers came into being, so…
But looking at it from the outside, it sucks for the real Thrashers fans and, yes, they do exist. I’ve actually hung out with them when the fan club would take its annual NYC trip for Devils/Rangers/Islanders games—great buncha people.
(And speaking of the Islanders, they’re probably not long for Nassau County either; in August, the county will have a referendum related to the team’s future & I can’t see it passing.)
BTW, I definitely agree with you on the part about Winnipeg. Canada should have more NHL teams, not less. Good for them.
I can’t begrudge the Manitobans too much — they love hockey much more than I do. But right now I’d rather take them downipeg.
heh.
/edit – and BTW, regarding an earlier question, I’ve always wanted to name this one, but never could think of anything good enough. Brought her out of retirement today for a little jazz trio I am working with.
http://tinyurl.com/49-gibson
How about Lurleen?
how am i a stalker
That is far more autobiographical than I would care to admit.
Good luck, Mac.
Best of luck, Mac.
In that case, how about Barnwell, in memoriam to Gil Scott-Heron (and apropos of Fukushima Daiichi)?
Be well, Mac.
I tend to think I follow baseball pretty closely, but I really gave no idea who most of the guys are on the Padres roster. What is a Blake Tekotte?
Nice turn by Chipper and Brooks
Schafer was robbed! That would have been a homer in his little league park, where he put up the only numbers that should count
Ump has a very small zone tonight
@47 – For the win.
I’m hoping he bunts for a single later so ES can spontaneously combust.
Brian is raking right now.
Oh, Chipper, please don’t be hurt already.
Chipper acted like his quad was bothering him there.
Chipper may have just pulled a groin and his knees are shot.
Uggla may enter this game pretty quickly
Chipper made the hurt grimace.
Damn it, Eric. Striking out with runners on second and third… I’ve seen this movie before.
Good luck, Mac. Hope it’s all much ado about nothing.
Although that loopiness you’ll be feeling this weekend will probably improve the Brave-watching experience.
I’m not saying I’ll take money to block Emma when I have Ultimate Power tomorrow, but I’m also not saying I won’t…
Eric is 3 for his last 23, 6 k’s
@56, 10,000 quatloos on the newcomer!
PayPal?
Great job by Minor to get out of that jam. It’s a shame our offense is so depleted that we’re overexposing Hinske.
Good job by Mike getting out of that
Anybody know when Heyward is eligible to come off the DL and how likely it is he will play as soon as he is eligible?
How many players do the Allstar managers select? It would be nice to see Prado get a selection.
@59, Come on, be nice. At least have the decency to mail a check.
Emma, its likely he wont be ready when the 15 day DL is up on the 6th or 7th
Damn…. well hopefully when he does come back he’s healthy enough to be the Heyward that we expect
Put me down for a zillion simoleans.
Gartrell just hit the batters eye at Gwinnett… apparently making a positive impression on the front office
Minor is hitting 94 tonight.
Minor’s control isn’t good today…. at all
Horrible at bat by Jordan
Swinging 3-0?
I like Chipper swinging there
Who has the most extra innings base hits since 1980. No longer active, Chipper is 2nd.
Barry Bonds? Ken Griffey Jr?
Uggla didn’t agree with Fredi’s decision to sit him today. Can’t say I disagree with him. Even a struggling Uggla is better than Conrad at his “best”
Good luck Mac.
Freddie!!!
nicely done Freddie
What will it take to get Conrad kicked off this team?
Hope it all goes smooth Mac.
Getting out of my hammock just long enough to wish Mac well and say I am very thankful to Mac as Blogitect and all others who contribute their knowledgeable opinions. I have learned so much more about baseball by reading this blog (and just this blog after seeing other pretenders)over the last 3 years. I don’t contribute much, partly because I am still learning and partly because of beer and sunsets. Go Braves! Go, Mac!
Minor hasn’t impressed me at all tonight.
Well, giving up eight hits in five innings to the Padres is impressive in its way.
btw, Chipper is hurting
Schafer has been horrible tonight
Game ended once Minor gave up the second run. Braves just don’t do three runs. They’re way too cool to score three runs.
Emma,
Folk Hero Conrad > Schafer and Struggla.
Latos is pretty good
There are certain times where AAG just needs to stay in the dugout. That was definitely one of those times.
I’m excited for yet another extra innings affair. This team has become so hard to watch, that I’ve been using this game to kill time while I wait for the NBA Finals to start.
Get the hook. It should have been gotten after the sixth.
Fredi’s going to be cheesed, Minor made him get up.
How do you walk someone as crappy as Eric Patterson? Also, why is it in Fredi’s mind that Diory Hernandez should be our number one Pinch Hit option
Oof, ballgame.
Don’t think Nate would have gotten that one.
Hinske has a terrible arm.
Don’t know that Gearrin has it tonight.
Watching these offenses is tough.
Watching “THIS” offenses is tough.
There fixed it for you.
Glad to see Fredi go get him. I guess he got to a stopping point in Angry Birds.
@ 81 – I don’t know you, but I like your style.
That would have been a homer in a silo, the only true stat that should be measured on Schafer
A third run! Shame to waste it on this game. We might need to score three runs again soon.
It’s been a truly pathetic game for Schafer… let’s hope it’s just a fluke
Probably reality
OMG! I come home and turn on the game and see three runs on the scoreboard, what’s with this offensive explosion!!??
Aaaaaagony. So predictable.
LISP needs to get some more innings.
Schafer is so clutch at getting on base.
8 hits and 5 walks = 3 runs
truly pathetic…
Chipper is such a pro.
No, NOW it’s pathetic because we got the usual number of runs- one fewer than what we need.
Weren’t the Padres supposed to suck?
The Padres DO suck, we just suck worse.
Good job from Chipper, Bmac, and Freeman. The rest are garbage.
Recapped. Fredi delenda est.
horrible game… fortunately if the marlins lose we’re still just 1.5 back in WC
@100 Thanks
@106 Too true