14 Apr
0-4 game thread: April 14, Marlins at Braves
The Braves are now 4-4 in the first games of series, and 0-4 in the second games. Basically, in the second games of series, the Braves have been this:
Or even this:
This is totally unacceptable.
Not.Phil.Collins. It’s only April. What are you going to do in July??
April 14th, 2011 at 2:22 pmMac’s saving ‘Sussudio’ for July.
April 14th, 2011 at 2:32 pmPoor, poor Mets. Another excruciating loss.
Bet they’ll be glad when Troy Tulowitzki leaves town. In the first 3 games of the series, he’s: 8 for 12 with 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R & 3 BB.
And now for Game 2 of the DH.
April 14th, 2011 at 2:43 pmUntil the Braves start a good winning streak, Mac should give them the worst of American Idol.
April 14th, 2011 at 2:43 pmIs there a difference between best and worse of AI?
April 14th, 2011 at 2:46 pmOk, good point. All of American Idol. Cant tip your cap to that garbage.
April 14th, 2011 at 2:57 pmGreat story, Ububba. Thanks for sharing.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:09 pmI found something Chip and I have in common — we’ve both been sent sprawling on the softball field by ububba! In my case it was during practice for the bar league team we both played on sporadically, circa ’88 or so. I was at SS and Jim was in LF (which was not a comment on our relative skills…I was not allowed at SS during games), and there was a popup in no man’s land that we both went for but neither could reach. Two steps after the ball landed I ran into his knee and went ass-over-teakettle. The lesson, evidently, is that nobody on either team is free from danger.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:19 pm@41 (previous) – Law firm? ACL?
I smell lawsuit. If you sue someone in the same firm is it incest?
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I’m already worried about the Rockies. They clearly want our WC spot.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:20 pm#8
Not while I’m on the field, apparently.
But… God, I don’t remember that play at all. Well, it was a beer league.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:27 pmWhich also explains why it didn’t hurt….
April 14th, 2011 at 3:39 pmSpeaking for every Braves fan, I wish you’d play softball with Chip Caray again, ububba.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:47 pmububba, I’m happy to hear WUOG once fielded a decent softball team. During my years at the station, post-Caray, I was a member of quite possibly the worst intramural softball team to ever step on UGA’s fields: the WUOG Ball Breakers.
Me, my roommate and one of the sons of of former WCW and Braves postgame announcer Tony Schiavone were the only three guys who could throw the ball from 3B to 1B. Sad.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:59 pmWUOG’s basketball team was better. They had a couple ringers, including a UGA fullback who had a part-time DJ gig.
He put some bruises on me, but I did drop a hook shot over him once.
Off to The Bronx to see the Baltimore Showalters…
April 14th, 2011 at 4:32 pmTroy Tulowitzki is pretty good. That is all.
April 14th, 2011 at 5:36 pmI was confused at first by the OP. It read to me like the Braves were .500 in series openers, but a moment’s thought told me that clearly meant they’d gone 4 for 4, not had a record of 4 wins and 4 losses.
April 14th, 2011 at 5:41 pmUggla needs to start hitting
April 14th, 2011 at 6:09 pmI know it’s Hanley Ramirez, but you’ve got to go after him a bit more aggressively there, Beaches.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:17 pmNow that was just unfortunate.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:20 pmWell, this was a fun game. See everyone tomorrow!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:21 pmSo, it looks like the Braves might suck.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:22 pmPrado was loafing. That’s odd.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:24 pmYeah, I thought he played that ball pretty poorly.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:26 pmI mean, two runs were scoring. Maybe he can cut it off before it gets to the wall, but all told, I think it was a double with two in even if you’ve got Carl Crawford in LF.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:27 pm@24 maybe, but it was still very un-Prado. And as soon as I type this, Prado hustles to make it 1st and 3rd. It’s hard to stay mad at Prado.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:29 pmCome on Chipper…
April 14th, 2011 at 6:30 pmGotta give credit where it’s due: good situational hitting by Nate. He saw that hole and guided it through.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:31 pmSo, this is getting old. I hate starting every game in a hole.
Whew, ok, thank you offense!!!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:32 pmAlright alright alright!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:34 pmWell, then.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:35 pmBahahahaha. Nice!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:35 pmHello offense
April 14th, 2011 at 6:35 pmYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:36 pmOff the mat!
April 14th, 2011 at 6:36 pmSo, it looks like the Braves might dominate.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:36 pmpimpbot: activated
April 14th, 2011 at 6:37 pmUggla takes some pretty horrifying swings. It has always amazed me.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:37 pmBeachy needs a quick innning
Offense gets you back in the game and you walk the first batter, unreal…
April 14th, 2011 at 6:46 pmIt looks like Beachy might just suck. He can’t afford to walk guys.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:47 pmBeachy’s command is terrible.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:50 pmHe’s ahead 0-2 to every batter
April 14th, 2011 at 6:51 pmI said command, not control.
EDIT: frustrating first two innings. Hopefully he can settle down and give the Braves a few more frames.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:52 pm49 pitches in two innings. The Lisp went two innings last night. Could be an interesting bullpen game.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:56 pmStupid Beachy
April 14th, 2011 at 7:00 pmUgh.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:00 pmBeachy is having a terrible game.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:01 pmPitiful.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:02 pmThe world’s worst garage band is practicing outside my window. They’ve been practicing every week for about 6 months now so I know all of their crappy songs by heart. It’s making this game much harder to watch.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:06 pmCan you imagine how frustrated Brian McCann is, right now?
April 14th, 2011 at 7:07 pmSo awful.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:07 pmIs Jurrjens starting on Saturday?
April 14th, 2011 at 7:16 pmHe is
April 14th, 2011 at 7:17 pmThis game is literally stripping the joy out of me. A joy vacuum, if you will.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:27 pmThat went a LONG way!
April 14th, 2011 at 7:29 pmHey, Uggla finally did something with the bat!
April 14th, 2011 at 7:29 pmThat was a beam.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:31 pmDan Uggla: Restorer of joy.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:32 pmAlmost seems impossible.
Cliff Lee 7IP 10K only 72 pitches
April 14th, 2011 at 7:32 pmUggla has an OPS+ of 31.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:33 pmI like the aggressiveness tonight. I felt like they rolled over and died last night.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:33 pmGreat job getting Jhey to 3rd AAG. Awful AB
Wouldve been a run
April 14th, 2011 at 7:34 pmsheffield? cliff lee?
April 14th, 2011 at 7:34 pmdamn freeman killed that!
April 14th, 2011 at 7:35 pm58 – That’s just amazing.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:36 pmNate just missed one there
Unreal…just unlucky
April 14th, 2011 at 7:46 pmBah, poor luck.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:47 pmPete’s not what you’d call “nimble” out there.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:01 pmMan, that slider was making them look SILLY.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:02 pmLove the Munsters theme for Giancarlo Stanton. Him taking BP is like when Herman took BP for the Dodgers.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:06 pmAnother AB where JHEY gets nothing close to hit. AAG needs to make someone pay.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:17 pmIt would be nice if anybody at the bottom of the lineup made someone pay.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:18 pmthat wasnt close to being a strike
need to flip Freeman and AAG soon
April 14th, 2011 at 8:19 pmAhh, commmon!!!!!!
April 14th, 2011 at 8:21 pmTough break. But he had it the whole way.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:22 pmSHEEESH.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:22 pmThought Brooks had it past him.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:24 pmUgh.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:30 pmGood thing Fredi pulled the LOOGY after facing three right hangers in a row.
May have cost us the game
April 14th, 2011 at 8:32 pmEOF isnt a loogy
April 14th, 2011 at 8:33 pmIn his defense, the bullpen is shot.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:34 pmEverything will be fine. Linebrink has come into the game. We can relax now.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:34 pmHoly shit Linebrink has looked like an actual major league relief pitcher the last couple times out.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:37 pmGood damage control by Linebrink.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:37 pmI told you all. I never had any doubt
April 14th, 2011 at 8:37 pmDamn…the Braves are already 4 games behind the Phillies? W/o Utley?
April 14th, 2011 at 8:47 pmThe braves have only 3 guys with OBPs above .300 right now. We are just not fun to watch right now.
April 14th, 2011 at 8:48 pmReally struggling to remember why I was so excited about baseball season.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:02 pm“It’s only X games into the season”, etc.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:10 pmHeh. Could’ve used that a little earlier! Still, nice start.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:14 pmGaa! Freddie, you’re killin me!
April 14th, 2011 at 9:16 pmWhy are we not pinch running for Gonzo?
Never mind, wouldnt have mattered
April 14th, 2011 at 9:17 pmDamn I thought that was ballgame
April 14th, 2011 at 9:17 pmman, they sure have had their RF positioned well on Freddie tonight
April 14th, 2011 at 9:17 pmWell that was disappointing.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pmBlech.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pm2-4 on this homestand.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pmFreeman should have 3 doubles
April 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pm5-8, three straight series lost. 2-7 in the last nine.
This is starting to get worrisome.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pmfreddie’s lineup is starting to piss me off. our best hitter doesn’t get anything to hit.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:21 pmRecapped.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:31 pm