Nats 6, Braves 4 (11 innings)
Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 03, 2009 – ESPN
What a sad state of affairs. I guess I have to recap it. Jair Jurrjens had another fine outing despite the lack of stakes, going eight innings and allowing two runs on five hits and three walks; he struck out nine. He left with the game tied, because the offense didn’t come to play against yet another pitcher with an ERA over 5. The Braves’ only runs in regulation came on a two-run single by McCann in the sixth.
Soriano pitched the ninth, and got his 100th and 101st strikeouts of the year, which should help him make more money this offseason. Call the Cubs, Rafael. Moylan came in to pitch the tenth, and didn’t have it, allowing a hit and a walk, and then a two-out, two-run double that seemingly ended the game. But LaRoche a soft single to lead off the bottom of the inning, and KJ followed with a pinch-hit double to score him. (I don’t know why he risked it, to be honest, but don’t really care.) It looked like KJ would be stranded, but Norton, of all people, had a pinch-hit single to tie the game with two out.
Bobby had seen enough and wanted to go home, so he brought in Acosta, who gave up a two-run homer to basically lose the game. Not that it matters.
My God, Tennessee’s uniforms have gotten even uglier.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 pmCan we just waive Acosta or give him to the Mets or something? Geez, he is just terrible.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 pmYa know Mac , this is personal since you seem to have made such a personal effort to track my IP and then post it online.
People like yourself are what’s wrong with America. You have ZERO respect for those opinions which are in direct disagreement with your own.
And no, I don’t live in Fargo ( I can’t stand big cities). I’m actually about 155 miles away and on the opposite side of the Red River. but who cares, right?
p.s. I live a stones throw from the Canadian/American international border.
Ain’t Bobby Cox the greatest living legend in ML baseball? The man deserves to be enshrined in Cooperstown right now before he has the chance to screw up one more season before retiring.
About 2010. I’ll call it one whole year in advance. Playoffs (probably wild card) and a quick exit out of the post season, followed by the relief of Bobby retiring.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:34 pmFargo is a big city?
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 pmPeople like yourself are what’s wrong with America. You have ZERO respect for those opinions which are in direct disagreement with your own
Strong words from someone who just yesterday said that he was “righter” than everyone else, who was wrong.
By the way, Mac never actually posted who your IP was, he just posted what region you were from.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm…and of course, Norton delivers when nobody cares…
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pmAn old man who just can’t get over the past…
I feel like I’ve read this same commentary a thousand times.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:02 pm“I can’t stand big cities”
Or logic.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm@7 I have decided it’s not worth my time to read any Furman Bisher articles.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pmI’m surprised he didn’t say that the Francoeur trade cost us.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:30 pmsdp – I just read the link. I don’t know why I did that. I think that Coach is really Furman Bisher. Inane blather. I just can’t believe that they pay that guy to write that shit.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:31 pmMac according to Wiki the Fargo metro area is over 100,000 people!
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 pmYeah, and the metropolitan population of Savannah is 334,353.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 pm7, the moment I hear of the trade of Wainwright, Marquis and Ray King, I felt the distinct urge to vomit. As for the Teixeira trade, only a WS championship could have justified it. Both trades came up far short of that same goal.
And 8, logic dictates the way I interpret the game of baseball. So understand this, the two most fundamentally sound baseball teams in the big leagues are the Angels and Twins. I’m biased but Mike Scioscia is my favorite manager. Gardy (Ron Gardenhire) is a close second followed by Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre, Terry Francona, Charlie Manuel, Joe Maddon and Jim Leyland in no particular order.
Cox wouldn’t even make my top ten, for obvious reasons.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 pmCoach,
So… why exactly do you follow the Braves?
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 pmBorn and raised in Georgia, been a Braves fan all my life. Not even Bobby Cox can chase me away.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 pmI hope Sciambi’s leaving doesn’t mean the return of Jeff Torborg…
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:57 pmNah, Torborg does color. Boog’s a PBP guy.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pmCaray–Jordan 2010
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:01 pmJoe Simpson-Brian Jordan
Joe Simpson-Ron Gant
Joe Simpson-Jeff Torborg
Joe Simpson-Bob Rathbun
Joe Simpson-Chip Caray
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 pmLet’s just say that it would be best to stay outside the family on this one.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:09 pmcoach…go away. stop hijacking threads with your drivel. noone cares about your carousel opinion.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 pmWhy no Diaz for the past 3 games? Is he in the dog house for the baserunning error against the Marlins? I doubt it–that’s not Cox’s style, but it seems odd that he hasn’t played for the past 3 games.
My apologies for asking about something that may have been in the threads for the last 3 games but I’ve missed most of the games and threads.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 pmJohnathan Crompton is really bad.
23 — no word
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 pm@23
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 pmdiaz plays with his heart on his sleeve so i’m guessing he’s pretty devastated that he cost the game. i’m guessing it’s a personal decision from diaz, not cox.
@24 & @25–thanks
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pmDiaz is hurt and out for the season. Apparently, he’s been playing with a hand infection caused by a splinter from a broken bat. He just discovered it the other day. He’s been playing in pain for a month but thought it was a jammed thumb.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pmGene Chizik looks like Tom Glavine.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 pmSo Boog leaves us for the evil network. I saw it coming.
We probably won’t see the dedicated crew we saw with Skip and Pete and the bunch for a while.
I hate ESPN…not really for stealin Boog…but I hate them.
i wonder what Bobby says he needs to Frank Wren in his last year.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm#7, I especially like the bit where he says calling up Hanson on the same day we released Glavine was luck. It was kind of planned when we did that that Hanson would be a lot better, him being the best pitcher in the minors and AFL last year.
Also, the Teixeira trade didn’t come close to costing us this year. Harrison, Andrus and Saltalamacchia wouldn’t start here and Feliz (the only real loss from the deal) would have provided minimal benefit.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 pmJonathan Crompton is the Jeff Francoeur of quarterbacks.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 pmMan – Furman Bisher = Harrumph. That was as crappy an assertion based, fact free screed as a Coach post.
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 pmMac’s Top Ten:
1. Alabama
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Va Tech
6. Boise
7. LSU
8. TCU
9. Ohio State
10. Cincinnati
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/10/rangers_gold_glovers_still_wan.html
This is amazing. Andruw has declined to a point which he himself is admitting he can’t play centerfield anymore. That’s so sad. I guess his body is finally giving up on him. Andruw will forever be one of my favorite players!
October 4th, 2009 at 2:21 am@27 Amazing Diaz….
October 4th, 2009 at 2:32 amhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/10/03/red.sox.epstein/index.html
I wonder what Jerry and Frenchy think when they read this article…
…and to Bobby: Stop the sac bunt non-sense!!!
October 4th, 2009 at 2:47 am#34–I wonder if the Braves would consider Andruw as an LF/1B player….
October 4th, 2009 at 6:06 amCan’t wait for that Vandy v. UK scorefest. Oy.
October 4th, 2009 at 6:45 amPosnanski is the anti Furman Bisher!
I remember reading a Bill James Baseball Abstract once where James wondered how many runs a team with 8 .400 OBP players in the starting line up would score.
@37 – NO.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:55 am