Game Thread 7/9: Atlanta Braves
Atlanta @ Los Angeles
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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AKA DeWitt is [white].
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by Andrew on
Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Mariners front office
:(
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by bluemax on
Jul 9, 2008 8:08 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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by bluemax on
Jul 9, 2008 8:04 PM PDT
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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
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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.
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by bluemax on
Jul 9, 2008 8:09 PM PDT
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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
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After this inning I think.
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by Andrew on
Jul 9, 2008 8:14 PM PDT
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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
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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
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So hmm
yesterday’s game seems really weird considering the day before and today.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There's a crisis?
first I’ve heard of it.
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by bluemax on
Jul 9, 2008 8:43 PM PDT
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I keep on hearing crisis commercials on MLB radio.
by Tango and Cash on
Jul 9, 2008 8:44 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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Nothing scrappier, but, you know, he’s not white.
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by Andrew on
Jul 9, 2008 8:36 PM PDT
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I forgot that being white is a necessary condition of being scrappy.
by Tango and Cash on
Jul 9, 2008 8:37 PM PDT
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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
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I thought Figgy just got Figgy with it.
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by Andrew on
Jul 9, 2008 8:46 PM PDT
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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
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!
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Jul 9, 2008 8:37 PM PDT
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You’re on fire.
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by Andrew on
Jul 9, 2008 8:38 PM PDT
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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


