Shelby’s mother says Shelby is good, too good to play for these chumps.
Everybody knows that Shelby is trying, too bad the offense’s a dump.
Shelby’s mother says “Shelby should be happy,
So why can’t he leave this bad team?”
And Gonzalez says “tip your hat more” for the next 3 seasons,
Please Mrs. Miller, let Shelby play with us.
He is almost all we have.
Please Mrs. Miller, just need to tell him
Thank you.
Michael Conforto got Shelby one time, and one more run was all Shelby gave.
Three days against the Phillies gave Shelby hope, but this offense is shame.
Shelby’s mother says “cut all 3 Johns and take Cox with you as well.
And Gonzalez says “tip your hat more” for the next 3 seasons.
Please Mrs. Miller, let Shelby play for us.
We’ll only keep him awhile.
Please Mrs. Miller, we don’t want to say “Goodbye.”
Andrew McKirahan let two more runs in,
This bullpen is still quite a mess.
A. J. Pierzinski threw somebody out.
How is it that he’s now our best?
Braves can still catch the Phillies,
particularly if they play more like this.
And Gonzalez says “tip your hat more” for the next 3 seasons.
Please Mrs. Miller, we do like Shelby.
We understand why you are sad.
Please Mrs. Miller, we just want to be less bad.
Did you wear an eye patch when you composed this? Good job!
Stumped over here.
I wish I spoke music.
I wish the Braves were less bad.
Did I mention finding a winning lotto ticket?
I can reiterate the joys of having a Play Index subscription at Baseball Reference. For instance, if it occurs to you to wonder whether Shelby Miller was having the best 5-or-fewer win season by a starting pitcher in MLB history, you can hop on over to the Play Index and input Wins (less than or equal to 5), WAR (greater than or equal to 3 {to shorten the list of results}), and click on Qualified for ERA Title (to eliminate Mariano Rivera), and voila!
http://tinyurl.com/phgwbjh
Oh my, I can’t remember the last time I heard that song! Great job!
Drinks on Coop tonight.
Mike Hampton
paid so much for so little, married Jean Shrampton
he threw from the left
that is if he threw at all, it was predominantly theft.
Mike Hampton
paid so much for so little, married Jean Shrampton
she too was small
on honeymoon she kept breaking down as we recall.
I now have Shelby’s Mom to the tune of Stacey’s Mom running through my head.
A little before noon. It looks like a lot of people got this one.
Sylvia’s Mother popularized by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
The following should be a link.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=sylvia%27s+mother+lyrics+meaning&form=PRUSEN&mkt=en-us&refig=adabdb94ca3e4bf9b4ba135504bf9ea0&qs=HS&pq=syl&sc=8-3&sp=1&cvid=adabdb94ca3e4bf9b4ba135504bf9ea0
http://tomahawktake.com/2015/09/22/atlanta-braves-mike-foltynewicz-gives-update-to-fans-on-his-condition/
The Braves will go to great lengths to mask an innings limit.
@10, “and so The Johns say to God ‘that’s way too much, what’ll you give me for a rib?'”
@10: Something tells me this wasn’t planned as part of the rebuild…
http://m.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/braves-explore-spring-training-near-st-peterburg/nnkns/
Here we go again…
As a faithful resident of St. Pete, needless to say, this is both great news, and a potential dangerous blow to my productivity in the month of March. We could have the Jays, Phillies, Braves, and Yankees all in the Tampa Bay area (and many others within an hour of driving). Sign. Me. Up. I only got to one game this past season during Spring Training based on the way the dates fell.
New nickname for Folty: Adam.
“The Braves have trained in Lake Buena Vista since 1988.”
No they haven’t.
Has anyone read if Forty is one of these thoracic outlet guys who have the extra rib up near the collar bone?
As I understood it, a) the clots are the acute “symptom” of the “disease” of thoracic outlet syndrome. And b) thoracic outlet can be the result of repetitive stress injury, or can be caused by, or is just more likely to occur in guys who have, an extra rib around the collar bone.
I ask because he had a portion of his first rib removed.
@17 – Guessing it’s just a typo. They left West Palm for Disney in 1998.
The braves train in a lake? No wonder they can’t hit, pitch or catch. Next year they should train on a field.
That’ll do, Ollie
I’m going to demand my money back from MLB.tv. I tried to select the Braves game to watch, but they’re showing me some game full of home runs. Pathetic service.
Why do we save the long balls for one of the hardest parks to hit a homer in?
@23 Two words: Plausible deniability.
Olivera’s wouldn’t have gone out if the fences were where they used to be.
Nice to see our Trojan warrior put a big hurt on a baseball, though.
Not that I don’t mind reducing the Nats chances of making the playoffs, but can’t Fredi bring in Vizcaino for a multiple-inning save here? Marksberry isn’t instilling a lot of confidence right now….
Why does Markberry still appear in big league games? No one else… really?
If the Braves hold on to win this one, they will be 6-7 since September 9th. Baby steps.
Three outs from the hot wings of triumph!
Had any combination of Uribe, Garcia, and/or KJ gotten a total of 600 ABs, that platoon would have produced 28-29 home runs. Moral of the story: Chris Johnson, Pedro Ciraico, and the trading of KJ and Uribe are all things that suck.
Freeman, had he gotten 600 ABs, would have hit 24 home runs.
Basically, if you take Terdoslavich, Ciriaco, Eury Perez, Bethancourt, and Callaspo out of the equation (which will be the case in 2016), the offense is largely… average. Progress!
We’re actually 7-8 since Sep 6. With 5 of those wins against the Phillies. But as you said, progress!
Think we might just avoid the 100 loss season, that we seemed hell bent on achieving.
(In case you haven’t noticed, I’m just shotgunning talking points.)
Now that the season is close to being over, Jason Heyward’s season line is .288/.341/.435, which is crazy close to his career line of .267/.341/.430. This year, he has 12 HR, a 22/3 SB/CS, and Gold Glove caliber defense.
Is this guy going to be one of the top 3 or 4 FAs this offseason?
Please check your e-mail, Alex.
@24
Actually, I think the yellow line used to be at the top of the padding and below the railing, so that would’ve been a home run in the old configuration. And even if not, it would’ve been one of the only parks where that ball wouldn’t have been a home run.
Also, Joe Simpson just mentioned during the postgame show that this is the first time we’ve won a game someplace other than Atlanta or Philadelphia since July 26. That’s…um, not good. Like, I know how bad we are and that’s still a shocking stat.
Recapped.