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Game Thread 7/9: Atlanta Braves

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Atlanta @ Los Angeles


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Atlanta Braves @ Los Angeles Dodgers

07/09/08 7:10 PM PDT

Atlanta Braves Los Angeles Dodgers
Gregor Blanco - LF Matt Kemp - RF
Yunel Escobar - SS Andre Ethier - LF
Chipper Jones - 3B Nomar Garciaparra - SS
Mark Teixeira - 1B James Loney - 1B
Brian McCann - C Russell Martin - C
Jeff Francoeur - RF Andruw Jones - CF
Kelly Johnson - 2B Blake DeWitt - 3B
Mark Kotsay - CF Luis Maza - 2B
Tim Hudson - P Derek Lowe - P


 

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DeWitt killed Andy LaRoche

there is no other explanation.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Everytime DeWitt gets a hit, I cringe because I know that means Torre has an excuse to keep him in the lineup another week.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That makes two of us

Managers can be so dumb sometimes.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

DeWitt probably bought himself another month with his hot streak of two games.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s getting to the point where I’m going to hate DeWitt through no fault of his own, but solely because Torre won’t start playing LaRoche because of him.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Did anyone see the new Plaschke article where he says that “Dewitt is a ballplayer”? It’s up on FJM right now.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

AKA DeWitt is [white].

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m actually amazed i didn’t get stabbed at the game last night. The main topic of conversation I had was how much DeWitt and Nomar suck.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How upset was everybody?

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not very, but I had a pretty good amount of tequila at that point so it might have been hard to notice.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Good start for Lowe

2GO 1SO.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:17 PM PDT   0 recs

Good second inning too

only 7 pitches and another 2 GO.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Perfect through 3.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

11 pitches that inning

not bad, Hudson made him work, heh.

5-1 GO to FO very good.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2 more ground outs.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maza has the same stance as Furcal. I got confused for a second.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:42 PM PDT   0 recs

I’m sure the constant Maza ground outs help you differentiate the two.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They help. I wonder if Lowe would be happier with Maza, Kent, or Andy behind him.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

DeWitt 2 pitch ground out

AWESOME.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 7:44 PM PDT   0 recs

This Pirates argument on the other thread below is going to be neverending.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:48 PM PDT   0 recs

Dear God. I never thought saying “the Pirates are a hopeless team” would be a contreversial statement.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I can’t really help but respond, but this isn’t an isolate case. It seems that a lot of Pirates fans on the Pirates blog have deluded themselves into thinking that a) Jack Wilson is really good at baseball and b) the Pirates should not trade him.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I did buy into their argument that trading him does leave them with a SS hole worse than LAs. (At least Nomar is still a respectable hitter for an SS.)

by El Lay Dave on Jul 9, 2008 7:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree but by the time they can actually contend they can draft and develop one. If the Pirates are trying to contend before 2012, then fire Huntington.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Jack Wilson is a little underrated but he’s at best decent. These people realize that they aren’t making the playoffs this year, they’re hopeless defensively and at best mediocre at everything else, right? And that they have no farm system to speak of?

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wouldn't include Nady with Wilson in a trade for Kemp

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Ha. I need a drink.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 7:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes. I also enjoyed that. Maybe they don’t want to give up Nady because they can pretend he’s really, really good and it helps them forget that they got ripped off by the Mets.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 7:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I can’t judge a blog based on it’s commenters because Charlie is one of the best here, but, wow they’re delusional. They want to keep a team together that’s 11.5 back

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn’t mean to criticize the blog. I merely meant wanted you to look at the comments so you could see that a lot of Pirates’ fans think like this, and honestly, I’m not sure why.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sadly, this is the best team they’ve had in like 15 years. I can see why they might be excited about it.

Still who the hell thinks “let’s hold on to our mediocre guys” is a valid strategy.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Mariners front office

:(

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ex-front office at least.

I mean, would they get excited if they went out and signed Pedro Feliz this offseason?

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Given the Sabathia and Harden trades and the package received for them, we probably shouldn’t need to give up much to get Jack Wilson, especially if we pay 100% of his salary, so I’m confused on why these fans want so much for their mediocre players. McDonald, Kemp, or Kershaw? Really?

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Exactly. The A’s basically got two bench players and set back Gaudin’s service time by three years for Harden. One of the five best pitchers in baseball was worth a guy who’s maybe as valuable as Andy.

Jack Wilson is worth, at best, Jonathan Meloan, and the Pirates would be fools not to do it.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe you can throw in Lucas May or something like that.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

More like Derek uhhhh….doesn’t blow.

Nothing positive ryhmes with Lowe.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:00 PM PDT   0 recs

Glow?

Yeah I got nothing. Still I’ve been saying that he’s been unlucky most of the year, this seems like his luck turning the other direction finally.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Andruw Jones is worth all this money because listening to the crowd boo everytime he makes an out has become entertaining.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:07 PM PDT   0 recs

I was unironically cheering Andruw last night which probably didn’t make me any friends either.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Best Andruw Jones moment of the year for me

was the game against Houston where Backe was pitching. I was at that game, and he got booed to hell and back until the inning he came up with runners on and clubbed a long just foul ball. The crowd started roaring and believing he could hit something hard.

He ended up getting on thanks to an error of a blooper to LF.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We’ve played five innings in an hour.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:09 PM PDT   0 recs

At what point do we stop talking about how good Lowe is pitching?

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

After this inning I think.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Or when Torre inexplicably puts in Beimel to blow the game

Or Cory Wade.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Derek Lowe is under appreciated. Last thing I’m gonna say.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Does Maza have a uni-brow?

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:19 PM PDT   0 recs

So hmm

yesterday’s game seems really weird considering the day before and today.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:19 PM PDT   0 recs

I guess after seeing the no hitter I was due for a really terrible one.

I did get to see a guy try to break dance to Stronger before security beat his ass. That was pretty entertaining.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maza is not nearly respected enough to pull that off. Who’s he think he is, Chipper Jones?

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:22 PM PDT   0 recs

I learned today that the press doesn’t like Kemp because he likes that hip hop music. I don’t think people realize that even the whitest college kids will bump Kayne at all times.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:24 PM PDT   0 recs

One of my more entertaining recent memories is seeing a bunch of privileged white kids get really into Immortal Technique.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Followed by some rail thin kid with a jewfro try to throw him off the stage.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I just wish someone would come out and say that Plaschke doesn’t like Kemp because he’s black. Then Plaschke would be so scared that everyone would think he was a racist, that he’d start talking about how great Kemp really is.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I endorse this

actually I’d rather just have Plaschke fired.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kemp!

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Kemp!

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How bad is the electricity crisis? This is the 2nd commercial on LA radio that I’ve heard about it.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:28 PM PDT   0 recs

Not that bad, it just happens every summer.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hope they show a commercial of Schwarzenegger leading a team of commandos to the generators while saying “Get to the generators! Watch out, they’re firing at us! Get down! Get down! Get to the choppa!”

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

There's a crisis?

first I’ve heard of it.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I keep on hearing crisis commercials on MLB radio.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dammit.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:29 PM PDT   0 recs

It’s always the worst player on the team that breaks them up.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If Gregor Blanco were named Reggie Willits he’d be the most beloved man in baseball. Look at that scrappy .270/.380/.330 line.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is having a slug lower than your OBP the very definition of scrappy?

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nothing scrappier, but, you know, he’s not white.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I forgot that being white is a necessary condition of being scrappy.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I dunno

Angels fans tell me Chone Figgins broke the color barrier on scrappiness.

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by bluemax on Jul 9, 2008 8:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Chone Figgins Exemption.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought Figgy just got Figgy with it.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We can’t stop the force that is Gregor Blanco.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:31 PM PDT   0 recs

Nice almost error, DeWitt.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:31 PM PDT   0 recs

That was a little scary.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:33 PM PDT   0 recs

Defensive replacement Angel Berroa. I honestly don’t know if this is a good idea.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:36 PM PDT   0 recs

Wouldn’t it just be more fitting to call him the ‘Replacement’? Zing!

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You’re on fire.

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by Andrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Neyer Chat

I remember when Neyer first broke the ESPN chat record, and somebody asked him this:

Matt (Kansas City): If you were running a team, and your only two choices to play shortstop were Angel Berroa and Neifi Perez, who would you pick? Mike Sweeney?

SportsNation Rob Neyer: Oh, Perez. Easily. At least he can actually play the position. Berroa might be the worst player in the majors, as he doesn’t do anything well. Just an absolute disaster.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 9, 2008 8:39 PM PDT   0 recs