Googlebomb Game thread: Phillies at Braves, June 6
I think I want to try a Googlebomb. But right now, the only one that comes to mind is “Francoeur Sucks” and I’m already in the top ten for that. Any ideas?
Here’s the Braves’ draft today, so far (I think these are all today):
Paul Clemens RHP Lewisberg College
Brett Oberholtzer LHP Seminole CC
Kyle Farrell RHP Western NV CC
James Hoover RHP Calhoun CC
Richard Sullivan LHP Savannah Coll Art & Design (!)
Ross Francis RHP Walters St CC
Travis Adair SS Sabino HS (AZ)
William Hiller OF Blinn Coll
Billy Burns OF Walton HS (GA)
Michael Pallazzone RHP Lassiter HS (GA)
Zachary Fuesser LHP York Comp HS (SC)
Robert Brooks SS Lurleen Wallace St JC (Alabama — I once applied for a job there but I didn’t get it)
Tyler Barnett SS Eastern Kent. U
Bryan Carter 3B Texas A&M
Daniel Hodges RHP Mt. Olive Coll
Shane Moody SS UNC Charlotte
Nicholas Fuller RHP Walters State CC
Well, if we’re playing the Phillies, it must be Hall & Oates time again. This is one of their worst videos.
You mean the Braves drafted THE Nicholas Fuller? I’m excited already.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:06 pm26th Round: Calvin Culver, OF, Pierce College.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pmNick Fuller. Man, he played in my region. Dude was a beast, went to South Carolina on a scholarship. And then got caught stealing stuff, I think it was computers, and was kicked off the team.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pmAnd now someone else can take up typing these guys’ names if they want.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pmI do want to say that the Rays just drafted Luis Marchena from “Ofay Ranch High School”.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:11 pmHall & Oates…I have a good feeling about tonight. Would like to see a big effort from Huddy. Will be scoreboard watching tonight.
From previous thread…
June 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pmTony,
You mean Alvarez? Never seen him play, just read about him. Can’t avoid it up here, that’s for sure.
27th Round: Anthony Rendon/SS, Lamar HS (TX)
June 6th, 2008 at 2:28 pm28th Round: Quentin Cate/C, Cuesta College (CA)
June 6th, 2008 at 2:29 pmThanks Ububba…that’s who I meant. For his sake I hope he some good.
From earlier comment…Moyer, a lefty…so that means JFrancouer should have a HUGE game.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:30 pm29th Round: Josh Moody/LHP, Western Nevada CC
June 6th, 2008 at 2:39 pmFrancoeur this season: .756 OPS vs. left handers (.265/.322/.434) and a .719 OPS vs. right handed pitchers (.248/.298/.420).
How about Cox on the radio saying no work lately for Stockman because of all the close games? The trust isn’t there yet apparently.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:42 pmDan – I just think he doesn’t know what the kid can do yet. And I don’t think any of us do, really.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:51 pmPick 910, Chris Shehan, OF, Georgia Southern.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:52 pmI was actually shocked at how well he was doing based on his stuff alone. He has one heck of a breaking ball, but his fastball seemed aweful straight to me and in the low 90′s. He would have to have excellent control with that to be effective – I would think anyways. But I also only saw the kid once, so he may have just been off with the fastball that day.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:57 pmAll players here.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pm#940, Jason Stolz, SS from Kell HS, Zeke Spruill’s teammate. If he makes the majors and doesn’t obtain a restraining order, there is a 100% chance that Chris Berman will call him Jason “Eric” Stolz.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:10 pm940 Jason Stolz SS Kell HS (GA)
June 6th, 2008 at 3:10 pm970 Pat Lenton RHP Minnesota State
I typed in “Swung at ball four” into Google and nothing about Francoeur came up. That seems wrong.
However the phrase “one run loss” does lead right to Braves Journal. So that’s working.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pmAnyway, I’m still trying to get over the guy we drafted from the Savannnah College of Art & Design. Go Fighting Designers!
June 6th, 2008 at 3:12 pmNicholas Christiani to the Indians, Stu.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pmA SCAD student? Woah. Poor guy had better be good at baseball if he’s going to pay off his student loans.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pmHow about “Mets Failure” for a Googlebomb?
June 6th, 2008 at 3:17 pmPick Number One Thousand is…
Justin Fowler, RHP Texarkana CC
June 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pmIf the Savannah kid can’t pitch, maybe he can re-design the Braves’ website, or the clubhouse. I would imagine he has a modium of taste.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:22 pmmodicum, that is.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:22 pmAnd I’m done keeping track.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pmThe SCAD kid was too much to not search on… found this:
http://www.nomaas.org/draft/?paged=3
That means there will be at least TWO from SCAD… wild man, wild
June 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pmScads from SCAD.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:26 pmFor a college of art and design, they sure have an ugly website.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:27 pmoh oh:
http://www.scadathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=245&sport=2
They’re the Bees… which look a lot like the yellow jackets…
I almost went to SCAD for photography (then realized photographers make no money and my girlfriend wasn’t going to be there… she’s now my wife of 11+ years so I guess I made the right call)… can’t believe they have a ball team.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:28 pmhttp://www.scadathletics.com/
What, no football team?
June 6th, 2008 at 3:28 pmI like how the Bumble Bee buzzes when you scroll over it.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:30 pmyeah Mac, but the players probably actually make the site there.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:31 pmSo they’re all there on athletic scholarships?
I still think that they should be the Fighting Designers.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pmOhhh Art School Cheerleaders… now THAT has to be a thankless job. Gotta imagine a large percentage of the campus with crunchy or emo girls mocking the few who would be foolish enough to want to be cheerleaders.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pmAm I going to get in trouble if I point out that it’s surprising that they only have two male cheerleaders? I am, aren’t I?
June 6th, 2008 at 3:37 pmIt’s gotta be depressing to get an athletic scholarship to a design school.
Charles, going by what I know of the school, the students are less emo and more yuppy. This shouldn’t surprise me, seeing as there are several athletes in the design school at AU, but somehow it’s just different when the whole university is for design.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:38 pmPlease tell me there are Auburn football players in the design school. It would make my day.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:39 pmHeh. I played Little League with Billy Burns. Kid’s a great athlete.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:41 pmI’m not sure if there are currently, but Kendall Simmons, who plays for the Steelers, was a Graphic Design major.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:41 pmDoes Tech play SCAD in football?
I mean, they’re no Jax State or Gardner-Webb, but they probably have decent uniforms.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:42 pmDamn, I played with Mark Pope too. I hit third and he hit fourth for a pretty good team one year. The Braves are taking all my old teammates.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:43 pmThe guitar player in the video has a really cool 50′s copper mist Dan Electro U-1. Just thought I’d point that out.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:57 pmBethany, is your experience with SCAD in the Savannah location or the one here in midtown?
June 6th, 2008 at 4:10 pmSpike,
June 6th, 2008 at 4:16 pmGE Smith was the H&A guitar player. I’m guessing it’s him.
Hmmm, I just looked up Salty’s stats and he’s finally starting to hit a bit. In the last 10 games he’s hit 3HRs, 3 doubles, and has brought his average up from .194 to .279 and has 6 walks…
June 6th, 2008 at 4:26 pmCharles, the Atlanta location.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAhhh, I have in vague memory that the Savannah one was more artsy than this one seems… but that was a few years back.
Changing subject. We know .400 is a long shot, but how many more dings does Chipper have in him? does he have 105 more? 137 more? 105 puts him above Eddie Murray, 137 above Mickey Mantle.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm40th Round; #1210 Jesse Wierzbicki/C
one of the “names” popping up in the late rounds.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:43 pmwell, at least we can like fox for a few minutes on saturday. this should be fun to watch for those of us that enjoy a stroll down memory lane
June 6th, 2008 at 4:44 pmhttp://tinyurl.com/3eomdo
I’d like to point out for this season that Tom Glavine’s K rates are up to a servicable 5.43 per 9 innings.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:48 pmububba, what’s your email address, I can’t find it anywhere
June 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pmIt’s too bad “the children” are going to be up way past their bedtimes tonight because the Braves decided to run this game at 730 in instead of 0700.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm0700? A dawn-dusk doubleheader perhaps?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:24 pmRE: Chipper
It seemed to me from reading DOB’s blog on Chipper, that Chipper wanted to play until he was around 40. So, say 4 more years, 1-2 of which will likely be a Decline Phase. 105 more taters is possible, but I don’t see him reaching 137, as that would be about 35 a yearfor his 37, 38, 39, and 40 y.o. seasons. 105 is 26-27 a year, which seems more likely.
Of course, that assumes he hits no more this year. Say he hits 20 more, to finish with 34. He’d then need 117 to pass Mickey. That’s an averageof 29-30 a year, which is possible. I’m no stat guru, but I’d say if he need 117 more after this year, there’d be a 40-50% chance he’d get it.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:24 pmSo how many Beckhams have been drafted so far… There’s tim, and his brother… and james beckham in the first round also…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pmKotsay wouldn’t have had that.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:40 pmIs it me or does Blanco think he is hot s***?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pmAnyone having trouble with mlb.tv or mosaic right now?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pmYou suck, Jeff.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:57 pmi really think the coolest thing about this site is watching Jeff Francouer ruin Jeremys’ life.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:02 pmI don’t have a chance to watch this team play a lot, but now that I’m in Atlanta for a few days I’ve had a chance to do so… and now that I have, I want to reiterate what everyone has said about the outfield hitting. Omar Infante actually makes me angry. I mean: really, genuinely angry.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:04 pmDid Joe really say “hump up” a few innings ago?
Infante is no worse than Francoeur.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pmMLB audio is screwing up… how Huddy doing?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pmi really think the coolest thing about this site is watching Jeff Francouer ruin Jeremys’ life.
I cut myself every time he hits a weak groundball.
And it’s FRANCOEUR. Think Julio Franco and Europe.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pmDISH network doesn’t carry Peachtree or CSN (Philly channel) and now mlb.tv craps out
I need my Flailing Frenchy!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pmkeep up the good work and thx for the spelling lesson. these days, they have better utensiles than knives, you know?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:19 pmDid Chip seriously just say that Frenchy was good in two out situations?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pmFrancoeur has hit .294 with two out and runners in scoring position. Not big, but a lot better than normal.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pmbases loaded for frenchy? anyone expect success?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmSure! I expect 2 runs here!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmHow predictable was that first-pitch swing following a walk to load the bases?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmGrrrr I can’t get mosaic or mlbtv to work. first time in a while but I was looking forward to this game!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmYou suck, Francoeur.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmDarn. C’mon Frenchy, you’re making my optimism look bad!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmwhat’s the score and what’s happening plz k thnx
June 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pmfrancoeur sucks – Google Search
Whoo-hoo!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pm“Infante is no worse than Francoeur.”
Point taken. Again.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pmIt’s 1-0 and Francoeur just flew out weakly with two out and the bases loaded, because he sucks.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pmAt least it wasn’t a weak groundball.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pmthanks mac.. i needed my flailing frenchy fix
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmOpened yahoo baseball and saw the bases loaded, and got excited. Then I saw Frenchy’s dumb “country strong” idiotic face, and 2 strikes, and said to myself, “oh crap”.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmCould have been worse – he could have hit a liner up the middle that caroms off Chipper (injuring him) and winds up as an inning ender as well (force at third).
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmI see that the espn bottom line says Chipper is 2-2… nice
Frenchy = not nice
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmThe Braves have had four plate appearances by left handed hitters so far. All I’m saying is: maybe Teixeira should just bat left handed if he can’t bat right handed. I mean, just try it. It can’t be much worse than his right-handed hitting.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmoh, what I meant was that three of those four have reached base… sorry.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmStop swinging at the first pitch, Blanco!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pmActually, they have six PA by lefties. Two walks and a HBP.
Chipper has the Braves’ only two hits of the game. This is embarrassing.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pmMoyer fought in the Korean War.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pmIt’s games like these that I look at my favorite team and think ‘you know, they’re not the brightest group of guys.’ Is there coaching? Is anyone watching Chipper hit? Escobar right now is doing his best Francoeur impression.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:45 pmone more than you, eh jeremy?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:51 pmHudson’s not about to have one of his episodes, is he?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmFrenchy bunting. Heh.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmJamie Moyer’s HOF plaque in case people haven’t seen this before: http://tinyurl.com/5ykbq5
June 6th, 2008 at 8:11 pmThat was pretty damn funny about Jamie Moyer.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmBrian is getting some good cuts.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmWow did I call that or what.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmFrenchy gets bailed out again by his buddy McCann. That’s what you get Phillies announcers for declaring Russell Martin the best catcher in the NL, you think they of all people would know better.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmMcCann!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:17 pmBrian Boom!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pmKyle Davies 6 1/3 scoreless at Yankee Stadium right now, FWIW.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pmI think even Bobby is second guessing himself with that bunt.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmanother bunt the Braves execute to perfection.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmWould anyone prefer Francoeur to Infante in a key hitting situation?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmStupid play. I do not care if it works.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmWe do this bunt thing so much… why are we soooo bad at it?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmBobby managing like it’s 1985 again.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmSqueezes usually work better with a team that can actually bunt the ball, but maybe that’s just me.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmJust a terrible, terrible bunt call (as if that needed to be said). Why would you do that with the pitcher coming up next? All you have to do is hit a flyball to score the run. I don’t understand why Bobby is averse to someone swinging away.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pmgaaaaaaah should have been at least one more run.
Sick of all this bunting! Definitely seems like there is more of it at this point, this season than the previous.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmWell, Infante is not all that fast, and Blanco doesn’t hit a whole lot of deep fly balls, and Blanco has been struggling lately. I don’t have any particular problem with the play.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmWell if Infante is not all that fast and it’s bunted right at someone then he can be thrown out at the plate. Or someone could screw up the bunt and he could just get tagged out easily…oh wait…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:28 pmI hate when this happens to Huddy.
No hard hit balls but they just slip through…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pmI love Yunel.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pmWow.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmNice! KJ has become quite good at turning the double play. From what I can tell, it’s the best part of his game defensively.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmYunel es mi heroe. Mi balserito.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmYESSS what a double play!
Phew
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmThat was a really quick turn by KJ. That play was just a thing of beauty.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pmI’d rather watch a double play than a homerun ball any day of the week.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:37 pmRe: announcer combos
What would we have to do to get a Van Wieren/Sciambi combo? Statheadzzz ASSEMBLE!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:38 pmInsurance would be nice.
Philly bullpen has been good though.
Even Gordon who I think we’ve owned pretty bad recently has been decent.
Hopefully JC will be wild…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pmnice.. another failed bunt attempt
June 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pmWhy is he bunting. Even if it is a good bunt they’re going to walk Chipper. Stupid.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:42 pmteix is gonna come up big. i can feel it
June 6th, 2008 at 8:43 pmBoy Bobby couldn’t see this coming.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:43 pmWhy are the Braves playing for just one more run? Don’t they know they suck at close games?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmI hate bunting. I hate it. And now Francoeur comes up with the bases loaded again. Anyone want to venture a prediction?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmyesssss flailing frenchy time
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmNice, now Frenchy gets to keep sucking…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmPopout to second base. I’m optimistic.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmpretty wild…
ouch
June 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pm@127
I truly don’t know. I can’t remember a season in which I was more confounded by Bobby’s decison-making… and that’s saying something.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pmdp time
June 6th, 2008 at 8:47 pmRun expectancy, runner at 1st, no outs: 0.897
Run expectancy, runners at 1st and 2nd, one out: 0.914
Not that I’m suggesting Bobby knows this, but if he did suspect Chipper would be walked (and really, why wouldn’t he be?), the chances of picking up that extra run increase, albeit marginally.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pmSeanez has been wild this year and is benefiting from a low BABIP. I’m guessing Fracoeur is sitting on the first pitch.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pmthis will be sad.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmEwwww.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmSad wasn’t even the half of it.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmHard line drive, bad base running. Lame.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pmwow… now that sucks
June 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pmFull of fail on the basepaths. Sweet merciful crap.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pmWow, what on earth was that?! Seems like it’s been a while since we were Snitkered…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pmEscobar’s baserunning + Snitker’s decision-making = Out that should never happen
June 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pmWell, I won’t put that one on Jeffrey, that’s for sure.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pmI have to believe that was Escobar acting on his own. Even Snitker couldn’t have thought that was a good idea.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pmwas a good cut, 2 feet right its a double.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pmwhatever, i am officially off the frenchy bandwagon, i hung on for a while longer than most, but its done.
Yunel
June 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pmOnce he wasn’t on the bag when the ball was caught, there is no way he should have gone home. I don’t know what Snitker was screaming.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pmSnitker sucks too.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pmyunel idiota. que diablos estas haciendo
June 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pmWe wonder why we lose so many close games, why we’re a third-place team right now … what we saw in the sixth and seventh with men on third provides the answer.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pmso sick.
hope it won’t cost us.
this is a loss that would really hurt.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pmAlso, I hate my upstairs neighbors. Now they’re playing their stereo full-blast, which means that I have to turn the sound on the TV and listen to Dumb and Dumber to drown it out.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pm“INJURY DELAY”?!
i can’t watch it, so i’m using gameday… what’s happening
June 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pmPlease, Please, Lord… Let Soriano be available. Or if not, let Ohman and Boyer pitch the ninth.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pmMcCann had something in his eye. No biggie.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pmHe’s good overthere.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pmAlright, I just put that into google translate since I don’t know any Spanish. Second part came up as ‘devils who are doing’. Did that come out in the wrong order?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pmHuddy’s been great but I bring in Ring here.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:59 pmit’s probably some kind of idiom…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:59 pmOr Ohman. That’s good, too.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:59 pmdon’t worry… we’re at home, so it’s not a certain loss. But then again, maybe the fact that we’re leading by a run cancels that out
June 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pmthis team fields some lineup…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pmMike… its something like: “yunel.. as*hole, what the f*ck are you doing?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:02 pmanyone know who’s up in the pen? is Soriano available or is Acosta up?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:03 pmyunel idiot. what the hell (devil) are you doing
June 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pmI don’t like a potential Soriano/Acosta-vs.-Howard duel to lead off the ninth … shades of Pedro Cerrano on a fastball.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pmmac, thats why you should never live with adjoining walls with anyone………….i tried it once about 40 years ago, but i quit the experiment before the bloodshed began. i make lots of noise but i have no tolerance for other peoples racket.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pmi’m gonna guess ohman will pitch to howard… then boyer to burrell…. ?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pmAhhh, got ya. Yea, that makes a lot more sense.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:05 pmEveryone’s bunting!
I agree with Joe. It’s a good idea, bad execution. If he bunts it hard enough it’s automatic single.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pmDid I just see McCann bunt?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pmCan we make a motion that the Braves should not be allowed to bunt ever again until they have lessons from someone who actually has successfully bunted in his/her life?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:09 pmLooks like Soriano may not be ready for back to back days.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:10 pmWill he strikeout, pop out, or ground out? Or will they walk him to get Ohman out?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:11 pmSo basically, we could get a pitcher per batter next inning. I’m excited Dusty Baker would be jealous. I’m predicting a 42-minute top-half of the 9th.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:11 pmOh my God. Ohman hitting?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:11 pmYeah, McCann is not a proficient bunter. He has six career sacrifices, none this year. But with the Stupidshift, it’s still a good idea.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:12 pmis Ring dead or what?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:12 pmI’m fine with this, I guess. I don’t really think Norton would’ve done much, anyways.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:12 pmOhman working the count better than Francoeur …
June 6th, 2008 at 9:12 pmI would have double-switched Francoeur out for Anderson, but you know that’s not going to happen.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pmWhy the hell is ohman batting
June 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pmWhose bat do you suppose Ohman borrowed?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmBecause 1. Howard is due up first in the ninth, and 2. he is a WALKING MACHINE.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmLOL, nice
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmHere’s what we’ve learned. Will Ohman is a more patient hitter than Jeff Francoeur.
Madson should probably be cut right now.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmlawl?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmI would have bet anything I own that Ohman wasn’t going to get on base.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmC’mon Yunel, redeem yourself!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmwow
June 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pmwow……….REALLY? c’mon!!!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmWill Ohman, a force off the bench.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmThis team is like watching a coddamn little league team most nights, with the exception being little league teams can get a bunt down occasionally.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmHeh. Poor Will Ohman.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmQuoth gameday: “Will Ohman caught stealing 2nd base.” WHAT???
June 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmThe six-year-olds who run the bases after every Sunday home game do so with far more baseball savvy than the Braves.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pmit was a wild pitch, i think it bounced back to the catcher real quick and he threw out Ohman at 2nd
June 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pmI’m watching on Gameday. What just happened there?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pmI see.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pm… not a force on the basepaths though.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:18 pmWhat!?!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:18 pmChip Carey just made me throw up a little bit.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:22 pmWild pitch and Blanco advanced to third…Ohman hesitated, stutter-stepped, and then looked like a freaking idiot when the ball beat him to second by about 10 feet. He should have kept his ass at first. Now just 2 outs away, but I’m wondering if Ohman should have stayed in since he was loose and in the rhythm.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:22 pmOkay, if Ring faces Jenkins, who gets Feliz if the inning is extended?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:22 pmAdam, it’s not that unusual is it? Chip does that to many people frequently.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:24 pmActually, Ohman should have run back and tried to get into a rundown so Blanco could break for home. Maybe. He did have to stay in to pitch.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:24 pmBoyer is pitching Mac.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:24 pmStockman!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:25 pm(Chances of happening: slim to none. Probably Soriano. Unless Bobby wanted to get creative again and shift Boyer to left.)
Those pitches were awfully close in my opinion.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:26 pmBruntlett takes second on defensive indifference. Feliz singles him home. (This hasn’t actually happened; I’m just conditioned to fatalism now where one-run games are concerned.)
June 6th, 2008 at 9:27 pmWhat is this crap?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:27 pmWell, the first part happened. $#!t.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:27 pmrock back now boyer. throw it in there with that 90 mph cheese!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pmthis is… Braves baseball in a close game.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pmWho’s up in the pen?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:30 pmThis is … shortening my life span by one year a night.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:30 pmson of a $h%!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:30 pmholy crap!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 pmAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 pmF!@# ME!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 pmForget this. I’m going to drink now. Heavily.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 pmAwesome.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 pm…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmYou have got to be freaking kidding me.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmDid I just imagine that?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmThat is very frustrating.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmAm I to assume Coste hit a 3-run homer or something? (Yahoo sports is oddly silent…)
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmCan the official scorer give Kelly the blown save?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pmunbelievable…
actually, it is believable… we were up by a run.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:33 pmThat is Little League bull****
June 6th, 2008 at 9:33 pmKJ dropped a game-ending popup.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:33 pmNo, pop fly to KJ and he misses it, and a run scores
June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pmNew and creative ways to blow games.
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Braves!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pmNo win for Huddy, thats pretty freakin’ lame
June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pmas soon as I saw Kelly running back, I had a feeling that was gonna happen. It happened once to me when I was 17. For some reason, running towards the foul line on those pop-ups, you can’t get a good read.
either that or I am as bad a 2nd baseman as KJ
June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pmWow. Just… Wow.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pmI can’t even think of anything to say other than I’m going to start drinking now. Please refer to post #195. That is all.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:35 pmDammit! (But of course, if Boyer hadn’t WALKED two Phillies with two out, we wouldn’t be in this situation.)
June 6th, 2008 at 9:35 pmbetter hit a homr
June 6th, 2008 at 9:35 pmBetter hit it out, KJ; they can catch…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pmKelly will win it?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pmHow many wins has Hudson lost now as a Brave because of incompetence around him?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pmThis just means that Chipper gets to be the hero w/ the GW RBI…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:37 pmwell, that’s a start…… a$$h@l#
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmOK, so KJ made up for the error…a little bit.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmThere ya go, Kelly!
Time for Chipper to get IBBed and Tex to drive ‘em in.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmI said, hit it out, KJ! Now you have to run the bases and who knows if you can do that.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmWhatever, you still blew the game. Plus Chipper will just be walked
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmClose. Go Chipper!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pmGo Tex!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pmOK, there’s the ealk to Chipper. Now for Tex or *gulp* HIM to come through.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pmIt would be ironic if KJ comes around and scores the winning run…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pmIf Hudson wasn’t already POd at his teammates, he would be now.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pmDang – I was hoping for a single so Chipper would get to hit… Oh well – another PA for Chipper w/o lowering his average.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pm@250:
He blew the W for Hudson. The game is still in question.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:40 pmcrap… come on tex
June 6th, 2008 at 9:40 pmIf Kelly score this run, is it a Vulture?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:40 pmIs the smart move here to IBB and bring Francouer up? That would tempt me if I were an opposing manager…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pmIf the runner was at third, I’d consider the Ealk to Tex. This is a rare situation where the BA of the batter is higher than the OBP of the on-deck hitter. But they got Tex. Extras, here we come.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:42 pmGordo has thrown a few wild pitches in his day — don’t put the winning run on 3d.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:42 pmbaaaaaaaaaa
June 6th, 2008 at 9:42 pmOh great, now it’s up to Frenchy…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:42 pmOh boy.
Here we go.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pmthis is gonna be a tough one to swallow…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pmwell… game over… theres no way we can win another extrainning this season
June 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pmOk, time to hope for a freak Wrath of God type deluge where they have to call the game off (thus resetting the scores to the end of the 8th inning)…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pmI’d love for Frenchy to win it here, but with the baserunning issues plus KJ’s fart in the field … we deserve to lose.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pmKJ sucks
June 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pmC’mon a walk-off single would be just fine….
June 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pmOr McCann?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pmWalk Frenchy. I DARE you.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pmbaaaaaaaaaa!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pmi hate him.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pmFrenchy can’t even hit Tom Gordon anymore. That’s got to do wonders for his confidence.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pmDoh.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pm….
June 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pmWell. At least one of these teams cancatch a pop-up.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pmOh nvm they just would suspend in that case…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pmFrenchy Walk–bite your tongue man. He’s a hitting machine (if by hitting you mean popping out and flying out).
June 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pmThis is the kind of defeat that puts a team in a funk for the next three days. If we’re 6 1/2 back by Sunday, all of the blame goes on KJ.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pmFrancoeur sucks more than a black hole of suck.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:47 pmOh, great. Mr. High Leverage to pitch the tenth.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:47 pmat least he got the bat on the ball…………right Tex?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:47 pmWow this game is grueling! Everyone is so sweaty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet McCann has lost 40 pounds of body weight tonite! Whoever sweats most loses! Why cant we have JORGE SweatySosa tonite??
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmToo bitter.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmI was just wondering about leverage and extra innings. I guess that’s my answer.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmhey so what does ealked mean exactly? I get that it means walk, but I don’t entirely understand the context.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmKJ is the goat, no doubt, but this has been a team effort. Escobar’s baserunning, the Ohman gaff, the stranded runners (not that that’s new), Boyer’s sudden wildness with two outs and nobody on, the terrible squeeze play, etc.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmCan we put Hudson in RF on the days he’s not pitching? Didn’t he play OF in college?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pmI blame Boyer (two walks), Kelly Johnson and Francoeur.
Oh, and now Acosta. No way he doesn’t lose the game here.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:49 pmAt least it won’t be one of those long games where the whole bullpen gets wrecked.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:49 pmEalk was originally a typo by Smitty. I adopted it to mean IBB.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pmyeah, Acosta will lose it (but the others deserve something in the way of a loss share).
June 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pmHey, they bunt, steal, run bases, and catch pop-ups. No wonder their in first place.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pmI’m pretty sure I’d bring in Ring at some point here….
June 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pmSo, how will we lose this one?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pmBalls?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pmYou stupid Braves…are you going to make me choose between you and the vajayjay? Decide this game before 2330!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pmLike that.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmNow playing the role of Resop, Manny Acosta.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmI meant in our favor…do you have to take everything so literally?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmIt’s literally like this team goes out of the way to torture you.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmI just want to go to sleep and not be angry at this team ….. can I please just have that?? an angry-less night of sleep?
plz?
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmAcosta has nothing, going through a dead arm period or something? Maybe he just stinks like Frenchy.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pmI think we should credit the loss to kelly johnson
June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pmSo why let Acosta face Victorino? I don’t get it….
June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pmOh, ’cause he was a switch-hitter, duh. Brian fart.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pmEthan, they’ve been doing this for a couple of years now. It’s pay back for the salad days of the 90s (yet not nearly as bad as the 70s and the greater part of the 80s).
June 6th, 2008 at 9:54 pmI don’t believe this. We deserve to lose.. I’m going to bed.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:54 pm306 — yet he still gets run out there… despite having a 300 man bullpen.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:54 pmFree Stockman! Imprison Acosta!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 pmI blame Francoeur.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 pmsure KJ is the goat but thinking this team will win a one run game is akin to thinking Hampton will contribute
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 pmThis will be the most deflating and demoralizing loss in…how many days has it been since Acosta blew the game against the Marlins? This is a huge swing…going from what could have been 2.5 out and tied with the Fish to 4.5 out…even if they can somehow win tomorrow they are back to where they started…this is awful.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 pmThis is so gay.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:56 pmat least the Braves didn’t lie down and die. oh wait…
June 6th, 2008 at 9:56 pmSo, the most demoralizing loss in two days.
Acosta is a low-leverage pitcher. Maybe he’ll be more someday, but using him late in close games is the definition of insanity.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:56 pmToo bad McCann won’t be able to hit another 2-run homer.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:56 pmLooks like I got the Ring call right. Heh.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pmkyle davies, W in the bronx
June 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pmAt least it won’t be a one-run loss, right? This team sucks so much at times. They are so bipolar. Thank you Kelly Johnson, you f***wad.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pm“The Braves are imploding in the 10th inning”
—Pete Van Warren
That’s what they do best.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pmBut if we hold the phillies at 2, I bet McCann will hit a one run homer… (fatalism sucks).
June 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pmand mahay got the hold
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 pmIt’s hard to take this team seriously with games like this.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 pmI wouldn’t be so mad if we deserved to lose this
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 pmI blame Frenchy!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 pmThis homestand could still end up being over .500, and yet with the manner in which the losses happened, Smoltz’s season-ending surgery plus this team’s inability to even crap properly on the road looming over everything, it already feels like a turning point for the worse in this season.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmhow many innings would this one have to go for Stockman to actually pitch?
I hope he has a video game or a blackberry or something to pass his time in the pen since he gets less use than the maytag repairman
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmNo more Frenchy!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmAh Mac, ye have little faith about a double switch involving Frenchy. Three nnings too late you say ?? Nah, I didn’t think so.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmHe has certainly taken the place of Andruw on stupidest approach to hitting in the majors. I can’t bear to see him come to the plate anymore.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmI’ve seen guys get DFAed for less than what KJ pulled tonight.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 pmKJ is not the only goat. Tex, Escobar and of course Frenchy blew it too. Yunel not only had the most inane baserunning move I’ve seen in my life, he also didn’t have a hit. All this from a supposedly “smart” player.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:00 pmFrankly, i didn’t really watch the braves at the beginning of the year, thinking it would be just like the previous two years…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:01 pmWhat was the reason Soriano was unavailable tonight?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:01 pmSee how Tex used two hands there, KJ?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:01 pmCaught that popup…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:02 pmSoriano is not 100 percent yet, and they want to avoid using him on back to back nights. Remember, what Bobby tried worked, only KJ fucked up.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:02 pmSo how many games must Acosta blow, and how many scoreless innings must Stockman pitch, before their roles are reversed?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:02 pmI can’t believe I’m about ready to type something positive about Mets fans (and I’m sure I’ll regret it in the morning), but at least they would have booed this team off the field tonight. What a craptastic effort.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:03 pmYou are right, Bethany. There is plenty of blame to go around, but when someone drops a popup that I could have caught, it pisses me off to no end.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:03 pmChipper and Hudson should take some maple bats to the clubhouse.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:04 pmHas anyone actually *seen* Stockman recently? Maybe we’re dealing with a Weekend at Bernie’s situation here?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:06 pm343, I don’t believe in indiscriminate booing; e.g., I would never boo a college team. But these guys deserve — and I would say need — to hear the boos. Some of this crap would be unacceptable in Little League. This night and this performance sucked.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:06 pmGrab a beer, you’ll feel better.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:06 pmI can’t remember the last time a brave was booed at turner field…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pmMy God, Joe’s solution to everything is bunting.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pmSPEED
June 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pmOkay, it works, but is Anderson as stupid as Francoeur? He gains NOTHING from risking going to third.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pm“in play, no out” !
June 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pm349, Danny KolBB
June 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pmNice running by Anderson
June 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pmJust one hit. Come on. Don’t tease us.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pmquick Mac, insult Norton’s mom or something.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pmYou know, one of the few painful losses we haven’t had yet is where we get a game tying hit, but the batter passes one of the people on the basepaths and is called out, thus losing us the game…. Let’s try that…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pmWell, when I was at Coors Field for the Braves-Rockies series in April, I booed Chuck James after a lame attempt at bunt. That’s what living in the Northeast for two years earlier this decade will do … it bred in me the same urgent, borderline a$$-hole mentality that Yankees/Mets/Red Sox fans possess.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pmI love the sound on these home-game broadcasts — “Come on, Kelly!” as Yunel comes to bat.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:10 pmYunel, you have totally sucked tonight and should be deported back to Cuba.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:10 pmIf Yunel doesn’t get a hit I’m sending him back to Cuba.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:10 pmGoing to third worked in the end because they didn’t hold Blanco for some reason.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pmF*** everything.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pm1 run loss
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pmHaha, a one run loss!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pmi predict a walk to escobar and then a strikeout by KJ
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pmGood call. One-run loss. F*** Snitker.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pmMOTHERFUCKING FUCKING FUCK FUCK
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmI like seeing ‘In play: run(s)’…. Let’s see what happened…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmOr not.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmI got nothing.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmWe never get any breaks, it just had to be a perfect throw there.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmOnly a perfect throw gets him there. As it goes….
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmOuch.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmUgh – slow connection…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmguy on second thrown out at home?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pmHe was out. Barely.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pmeveryone take notice of what a professional baseball team looks like.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pmThe most creative one run loss ever.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pmThat was impressive.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:15 pmthat didn’t quite work out
but what a dynamic duo in anderson/blanco
while they pale in comparison to the Ace and Gary of NorFante
I’d like to see them in the corners
Go Bobby for benching Francois
June 6th, 2008 at 10:15 pmIncidentally, Victorino – Chip, who made some weirdly derisive remark earlier in the game about Philly’s outfielders’ arms, clearly didn’t know this – has an amazingly strong and accurate arm. He was out.
I’ve actually stopped enjoying watching or following baseball this season. I may take a break. For whatever the reason, this team is too painful to watch or follow.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pmGood lord, that was awful.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pmI suppose the baseball gods decided we haven’t filled our quota for 1 run losses recently.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pmWow, I actually didn’t think it would be a one-run loss after giving them two runs in the top half. That loss stings and I would make them run laps for that one with the fans still in the stands. If they are going to play like a Little League team, then I would treat them like one.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pmI’m going to take a week off after tonight. Braves suck.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:17 pmCollege Football’s right around the corner.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:18 pmI don’t think I would make a Little League team run as a punishment. Treat ‘em like a high school team, however, and he can run their asses off.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:19 pmMaybe they should start batting Francoeur in front of Chipper. You know they wouldn’t walk him to face Chipper, so he should get something to hit. Maris got great stuff to hit by batting in front of Mantle. It can’t hurt, can it? If they are going to insist on playing that black hole of offense, then maybe they need to shake things up a bit.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:20 pmThis is the point in the season when I start rooting for my favorite players, and ignoring whether or not they actually win games.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:20 pmGod I hate Francoeur. Why the hell is he batting 5th!? Why the hell is Teixeira batting 4th!? We have two great hitters in Chipper and McCann, and they rarely hit in the same inning.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:21 pmMike, I played baseball in a part of northeast Alabama that pretty much lives and breathes it. I have run laps at each level except tee-ball.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:22 pmMan, I don’t think I really had to run until high school.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:23 pmYeah, I like how much better Frenchy is against lefties than McCann. McCann only hit a 2 run bomb that should have won the game, while Frenchy is up there wailing away at balls anywhere – twice with the bases loaded. Freaking REDICULOUS!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pmRecap is up. Francoeur sucks. Acosta delenda est.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:26 pmFrancoeur needs to bat 8th – at Richmond.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:27 pmFrenchie = 0 for 5, 9 left on base. You suck salty chocolate balls. Cox, move this sucker down to the 9 spot, and give him an extra hour of bunting practice each day so he’ll know how to bunt the pitchers over to second base. Pitchers aren’t dumb enough to let you be “clutch” any more.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:28 pmThere are like 8 different reasons we lost that game. Obviously, KJ dropping the popup was one, Boyer walking two for no good reason was another, and Acosta sucking for the second consecutive time was also important.
But this loss, IMO, goes on the offense. You just HAVE to get more than 3 runs off of 10 hits + 7(!) walks. I mean, it’s you just HAVE to. Not to pile on (because it looked to me like he was turning things around the past few games), but Jeff Francoeur left NINE (9) runners on. That’s one helluvan 0-5. Nine runners left… that’s almost two per AB! How insane is that? There was an average of 1.8 runners on tonight for Jeff Francoeur! A 1-5 wins it for Atlanta almost without question.
Oh, but that’s not all! We managed to get 3 runners thrown out at home tonight! WTF?! This was readily apparent last year, but Brian Snitker is probably the worst 3B coach I’ve ever seen. If he’s a great clubhouse guy, fine, make him the bench coach or some BS like that. But PLEASE, let’s stop getting guys thrown out at home!
So please, make sure to spread the blame around for this one. Pretty much everyone but Chipper, Huddy, and I guess Ohman deserve a share. (Okay, okay. Anderson had a good night, too.)
June 6th, 2008 at 10:28 pm