Sports are stupid. Sports are irrational. Sports are dumb. Complain if you like, but it is truth. Sports makes no damned sense. You know as much. In that kernel of greater reasoning embedded in your frontal cortex, you know. In … Finish Reading
Author: Sam Hutcheson
Red Sox 5, Braves 1
As it turns out, the squad that was heralded as being one of the six or seven “super teams” in MLB at the beginning of the year; the squad who are paying as much buried and sunken salary for players … Finish Reading
Braves 9, Rays 5 (Nats 5, Phillies 4)
Let us consider, for a moment, the Phans.
Okay. Moving on.
I don’t have a lot of time this morning, so this will be a brief one. At this point, in the crush of a pennant chase by a young … Finish Reading
Braves 6, Pirates 1
So, it turns out, if you can trade a few nice but not all that notable spare parts for this generation’s version of Young Andy Ashby, you probably should. Kevin Gausman continues to be the absolute gank heist of the … Finish Reading
Braves 11, Marlins 6
Before we get into this “recap” thing, let’s take a moment and pour a little to ground for what happened the Mets last night, okay? I mean, there’s getting beat, and then there’s getting beat down. That thing the … Finish Reading
Jays 6, Braves 2
Baseball’s a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball…
You catch the ball…
YOU CATCH THE….!!!
Oh for chrissakes, people.
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Braves 11, Jays 4
Apparently the Blue Jays’ pitching meeting before last night’s game ended something like this:
“…and that’s how you retire Freddie Freeman.”
“But coach, what about the other six guys after him?”
“Oh. We have no plan for them. Just groove … Finish Reading
It’s Better If Cliff Gets The Off Day (a game thread)
Last thread is creeping into triple digit comment count, so here’s a new thread. Feel free to use it to continue drastically over-emoting about not getting that one reliever from Tampa Bay, or that one time we didn’t sign Mike … Finish Reading
Johan Camargo And The Very Good, Quite Superior, Actually Astounding Once You Think About It, Routine 5U-3 Double Play (Braves 8, Mets 2)
Braves hosted IWOTM’s. It was Hank Aaron Appreciation Night, which I think means we’ve cycled through yet another generation and have to remind whatever comes after Millennials that The Hammer existed. So, ya know. That happened. They also played a … Finish Reading
Braves TBD (14), Padres TBD (1)
Look. Let’s be honest. There is no way in, around, nor under hell that I’m going to stay up for a west coast night game. It’s just not going to happen. The start time of 10:10 is technically past my … Finish Reading