Blinded in the night.
Bats useless to this pitching.
Blinded in the night,
The goose eggs were a hitching.
Blinded in the night.
The cold created twitching.
Madman Manfred, saved some cold patrons
Sitting near a Candlestick.
Chris Sale and Blake Snell pitched
As the bats returned to the rack.
“No Walk” Chris with 10 strikeouts on his shoulder
Dueling with Blake and his 11 and 3.
By 8 Pamplona took over the running.
And Frisco couldn’t stick the “Double Rogers.”
Blinded in the night.
Pitches were too much for every guy.
But all were, blinded in the night.
The place where the ball doesn’t fly.
Blinded in the night.
The town where so many are high.
Blinded in the night.
One team at least had to get by.
Blinded in the night.
Would either offense seem to try?
Orlando Arcia sits at second because he made an out.
Then Sean Murphy singles and Arcia gets only to third.
Then d’Arnaud hits to Yaz for an out,
And Arcia brings his butt home.
Then, the big croup of churches pitches and pitches
and Midgets fall to the ground.
The Midgets fall to the ground.
Blinded by the night.
10 innings that passed with no bats.
Blinded by the night.
The vendors just packed up the hats.
Blinded by the Night
Blinded by the night.
The wharf hiding more feral cats.
But Braves got up and somehow, made it through the night.
They made it through the night.
Bravo. Bravo!
Fantastic.
THIS is why Braves Journal is the best place on the web.
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty cliff
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5693458/2024/08/11/cubs-jed-hoyer-catcher/
Here’s an interesting nugget in this article about the Cubs’ pursuit of a catcher.
“One area they could look at is potentially blocked prospects on winning teams. The Dodgers’ Daulton Rushing and Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin are two names that could make sense. But league sources confirmed that the Dodgers were clinging to Rushing at the deadline.
Many agree that Baldwin could be even harder to pry from Atlanta. Teams that talked to the Braves this summer got the sense that they have no interest in moving him. Some speculated that there is concern about Sean Murphy’s down season, making Baldwin, who has shot up prospect rankings and is on the verge of the big leagues, indispensable. Would this open up an avenue for the Cubs to try and pry Murphy away in a buy-low move? It’s at least something they should explore.”
I can’t imagine the Braves giving up on Murphy this quickly but it’s interesting to see how the team views Baldwin.
I’ve noticed the team sending signals that they see Baldwin as potentially a big piece of their future. However, it’s also worth remembering: a) there is big upside and zero downside to them talking up one of their own prospects who’s having a great year, as it raises his trade value outside the organization while sending him positive feedback for having a great year; b) there’s hardly anyone else in the farm system who they could talk up, as Waldrep and Alvarez have already earned their cups of coffee and the rest of the system is pretty thin. So, sure, Baldwin seems like a pretty good prospect, and I’m really happy that he’s having a great year.
They’re pretty firmly committed to Murphy, in whom they’ve committed a sizable investment, and we’ve seen from the Ozuna contract how much rope they’ll give a player to return to his previous performance. Anthopoulos invested hundreds of millions of dollars in this lineup, so we’re going to have these guys to root for for most of the next decade. The only way we’re getting out from under their contracts is via a 2014-style selloff, tank, and rebuild. And that had better not happen.
It’s hard to believe a team can go from losing to the Rockies 9-8 and then beating the Giants 1-0. That’s just too weird to contemplate. Beating the Rockies 8-2 and losing to the Giants 1-0 would make a whole lot more sense.
CWS beating NYY badly makes no sense either.
You guys have taught me to say, “Baseball is weird.”