Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Angels – Box Score – May 20, 2011 – ESPN.
When people in the southeast wake up tomorrow, they will be greeted by the smell of sulphur, which will have nothing to do with Hell. It will be the odor of the massive egg the Braves laid in Anaheim tonight. After two innings of scoreless baseball, Tim Hudson collapsed, allowing six runs (capped by a three-run homer) in the third and two more in the fourth before finally getting out of the game (“What kept you?”) for Cristhian Martinez. Realistically, everything after maybe the second run was just piling on, as this team could no more score three runs than Fredi Gonzalez could solve Goldbach’s conjecture. The Braves were limited to four hits, all by bench players getting spot starts — two by Eric Hinske and two by Joe Mather. They never came close to making a game of it. We could have sent Gwinnett to play this game. They could not have done worse.
It was particularly embarrassing to lose to a team wearing what were the worst baseball caps I have ever seen. And I lived through the late seventies.
Any write up mentioning Goldbach’s conjecture deserves a hand. Nice work.
Is it really anybody else’s fault but Fredi’s?
It’s been said before. We can bitch and moan about Fredi’s in game managing all we want (he deserves it), but if Heyward and Uggla continue to suck we have absolutely no shot at catching the Phillies, regardless of the manager. They are meant to be our best two hitters and neither has done anything this year. Maybe Heyward’s problems are due to his shoulder but he simply is not driving anything right now and Lord knows what’s wrong with Uggla.
That being said, I only hope that calling out Heyward will make him start to go on a tear like it did last year when Marc did it.
The top four in the braves lineup the last 2 games is 3-35. Hinske had two of those hits last night.
It has been long since time to fire Frank Wren. This roster needs to be blown up. This bunch won’t win 82 games this year.
So the Braves really havent scored in their last 18 innings…Im not counting the Upton dropped flyball.
Yeah, this is Wren’s fault. Somehow. His last name is a bird, that’s why.
I wish I hadn’t taken issue with Adam M’s comment that we have a bottom-third offense. We have a bottom-everything offense.
Adam, my bad, dude.
tonights lineup should look like this
Nate
Prado 2B
Chipper
Bmac DH
Ross
Hinske
Heyward
AAG
Freeman
That should equal at least 1 run.
I just meant bottom 3rd so far, but like everyone else I’m starting to wonder if that’s what it will be all season. Something is physically wrong with Heyward and mechanically wrong with Uggla, and quietly both Prado and McCann are having their worst MLB seasons. With a black hole at 1B, and with an idiot at the helm to boot, the Braves are in trouble now and may find themselves below .500 and staring up at multiple teams in the WC race soon. It’s no longer that early.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED.
Watch less closely, you’ll be happier.
No dead bodies littering the streets yet in sunny Florida. You guys doing okay so far?
The Family Radio website is down right now…
Was it at 6 this morning or 6 tonight? Because if I haven’t missed it then I want to be somewhere crowded tonight so I can watch everybody vanish.
I’ll probably wear a suit and an earpiece like the CIA, and then quietly walk away while everyone is panicking.
Guys, the Braves are 12-7 in May. Two weeks ago we were the ’27 Yankees.
We’ve been doing this long enough to know better than to blow things up OR print World Series tickets based on one or two weeks.
As someone once said: “It’s a long way to October.”
@12, Well it was supposed to start in New Zealand at 6:00 PM, but their 6:00 PM is long gone.
Wouldnt the rapture take place all at the same time regardless of time zones? I dont think God cares about time zones…I could be wrong.
The great earthquake that was supposed to circle the world was supposed to start in New Zealand at 6:00 local time. He’s explained (poorly) where he got the date May 21, but never quite explained where 6:00 came from.
Its sad, but this Camping guy has alot of followers. Some of these people have sold their homes and spent their entire savings because of this false prophet. They should know better, but its sad to see.
Some lady has set up an after the rapture pet care business and people are paying her $10 per pet to make sure their animals are provided for once their gone.
I think Rusty/13 has the right of it. Sometimes, in a 162-game season, you will lose 3 games in a row. Sometimes, you’ll even lose 3 games in a row to crappy teams. Yes, the offense so far is discouraging, but the blind panic going on here and over at CAC is unseemly.
Marlins put Josh Johnson on the DL with “shoulder inflammation”.
When is it officially ok to panic? 10 back at the All-Star break? Looking up at the Mets in the standings? For the record I’m going to be an early adopter and panic right now. Heyward appears to be broken. Chipper as well. Freeman’s not ready. Uggla has been abducted by aliens. The pitching has been spectacular and has needed to be just to keep us treading water. If that falters even a little then we’ve got troubles.
For what it’s worth, Chipper has been garbage lately too. Just wanted to throw another name into the fire.
The poor Samoans haven’t known what to do since they shifted to the other side of the date line.
I agree with 9. DOOOOOOOMED
I tried to back you up, Mac, but to little avail….
Can we fire Parrish yet?
It’s official: everyone on this board is a sinner.
And now back to our regularly scheduled freak out.
19 – I think a little gallows humor in time of Rapture, or even just in a moment of Braves’ suckitude, is ok. I also think it’s fair to call out the awful play of the team’s supposedly five best hitters. I mean, the Pirates, Astros, and Mets have all been considerably better on offense than the Braves, who were widely expected to be one of the three biggest run producers in the NL. How is naming that a problem–and calling out the awful hitting instructor who has the team swinging at balls at prodigious rates–“unseemly”?
According to my very unscientific poll, 95% of baseball has two everyday hitters that are ‘really’ struggling/not hitting close to their career numbers so far this year. Pick a team, you can find a couple.
Uggla’s K% rate is the lowest since his rookie year, I’ve got to believe that his luck has got to pick up at least a little bit. I’m also aware that his BB rate is also the lowest since his rookie year, so I’m not predicting greatness, but at least better than a .300 OBP by the end of the year.
Heyward is clearly not healthy. We saw last year that injured, 20 year old Heyward is not a very productive hitter, I’m not sure why people are surprised that injured 21 year old Heyward is not a very productive hitter. This year’s version has hit with more power, but the AVG/OBP are comparable.
Fangraphs WAR so far this season:
Uggla: 0.0
Infante: 0.0
Mike Dunn: 0.3
Tim Collins: 0.3
Derrek Lee : -0.1
Rick Ankiel: 0.3
Smelky: 0.7
The Farns: 0.4
Did the Baseball Rapture come 4 or 5 days early and take the good Braves team up to St. Peter’s pearly gates?
On a different subject, talk about baseball teams on a tear (of some sort or another), my Clemson Tigers just took the series from the #4 Noles this weekend (although FSU will take the division still; Clemson finishes second). I believe the Tigers have won 25 of their last 30. Not too shabby.
Why is everybody panicking? The offense looks bad only because everyone’s offense looks bad this year.
We are ninth in the NL in runs scored per game.
So, even with everybody slumping, our offense is in the middle of the pack. Combine that with our world-beating #1 in the NL ERA, and our team is awesome.
Awesome team. I really can’t see how you can say otherwise.
Pathetic lineup: 1. McLouth CF, 2. Prado 3B, 3. Jones DH, 4. McCann C, 5. Hinske LF, 6.Uggla 2B, 7. Heyward RF, 8. Freeman 1B, 9. Gonzalez SS
Oh, and our runs scored per game and our team ERA are both better than Philadelphia. Our team is loaded.
If you look at the numbers and start to panic, look at the league averages. Or look at OPS+. We are not alone.
32- I respect baseball analysis as much as anyone, but the record is what counts in the end, and ours is decidedly not awesome. And the reasons it is so much less awesome than our ERA and OPS ranks are lousy pitchers at the back of the bullpen, idiotic baserunning, and managerial Fredlotness, none of which are going to go away. It is much more likely that the Braves’ stats will sink to match their record than the reverse.
Everybody looking forward to seeing one of our best hitters bunting every time the leadoff hitter manages to get on base?
I’m looking forward to Prado snapping and Fredlot’s head rolling onto field, choking out “Good job, Martin!” before it expires.
We don’t even lead the league in sac bunts any more. Sorry to pile on. At least it still looks like we’ve got worst-stolen-base percentage locked up
New poll.
The Braves’ offense is sad. The Braves’ manager is offensive.
Can David Ross play 1B? Or RF? Or 2B? Ok, maybe not 2B. Too bad Chipper is old and fragile or else we could DH Ross.
@42, Yeah, I was looking forward to these interleague games because I thought Ross would play every game.
Who knows, maybe McLouth is Fredi’s designated bunt-buddy, and this will cure Fredi of his sickness. He never asked Heyward to bunt, so….
Heyward scratched. Sore shoulder again.
Sigh.
*UPDATED* pathetic lineup: 1. McLouth cf, 2. Prado 3b, 3. Jones dh, 4. McCann c, 5. Hinske lf, 6. Uggla 2b, 7. Freeman 1b, 8. Gonzalez ss, 9. Mather rf
I need to go and check to see if I have enough booze on hand in case Nate gets on in the first inning and Martin bunts him over.
Heyward being growing pain prone again…
Heyward shouldve been DL’d three weeks ago.
With Heyward out, DHing Chipper instead of Ross doesn’t make any sense. I can kind of see preferring Hinske to Ross with the upgrade in 3B defense, but this is silly. Let Hinske play right, Prado play left, and Ross DH. If McCann is hurt, you can still forgo the DH and use him.
Better yet, let Ross catch and McCann DH. Save those knees a bit.
SHACKLEFORD!
Woo-hoo game time.
“Woo-hoo. Extra hoo.”
More bunts, bad relievers, and swings and misses to enjoy. And just to put the cherry on the sundae, the Phillies and Marlins have already won.
Anyone up for some looting?
Braves will have an announcement on Heyward following the game. Im guessing with them announcing something it cant be good news.
ballgame
1-2 pitch and a hit batsman
0-2 pitch and a 2R HR
I won’t say “Ballgame,” I won’t, I won’t, I won’t…
#57 – I took care of it already
Sure would have been nice to have Ross behind the plate with Hanson on the mound. Esp, with the DH
@55 – Is it normal for a baseball team to announce that they are going to make an announcement?
59- I think so, if it’s something that’s come up during (or just before) a game and will already be the subject of post-game moves and questions.
But at least they didn’t announce that they’ve announced an announcement. That would be a bit much. 😉
@60
Although trying to figure that out might keep Fredi so busy that he forgets to show up for work one day and gets fired as a result.
Well, I think it’s a safe guess that Heyward will go to the DL to rest his shoulder for a couple of weeks.
Will be interesting to see which of our Triple A outfielder scrubs replaces him.
Didn’t the Braves do this with Heyward last year? This is getting old. Meanwhile, Mike Stanton is becoming a beast in Florida.
Do mine ears deceive me, or are Joe and Chip actually criticizing something about the Braves and actually discussing it?
I know the pre-season talk didn’t last long, but is Schafer an option to call up? What’s his status?
Outside of the leadoff solo HR’s from Prado/Nate, the Braves have only 1 run in the 1-5 innings of the last 7 games.
Any chance the announcement is a long-term deal? That’d be cool. 🙂
Someone will get called up, but Mather will be playing.
Just turned on the BoSox vs Cubs game (Fox game) — what a crazy inning. It’s had 8 Cubs runs so far and has had some incredibly bad defense…
65 — Schafer and Matt Young are the other outfielders on the 40 man. Young is hitting .261/.364/.315; Schafer .263/.314/.333. Since Schafer needs to play everyday, I would rather Young be called up if it’s between those 2.
68 — I think Hinske would get the majority of the time in RF when we have no DH, at least against RHPs.
Somehow, Mather is 7 for his last 13
-_-
Mather might be the hottest hitter on the team right now.
Too bad he’s Yunel on the basepaths
I want to hear what the hell Mather was doing rather than paying attention to the game.
These guys can’t be giving up on the season yet, can they?
Boy Mather is about as dumb on the bases as Fredi is in the dugout.
Hey, another caught stealing! What’s the major league record for worst stolen base percentage?
73 – yeah but he’s a horrible baserunner.
@70, they should DFA Schafer and call up Wilkin Ramirez.
The 2011 Braves are the worst baserunning team I’ve ever seen.
Wilkin Ramirez sucks too. Jose Costanza would be interesting, he has a good OBP and could pinch-run, but Matt Young does that too and he’s already on the 40 man.
Well, at least it’s a “beautiful sunset” in Anaheim. FU CHIP!
80 — I think Fangraphs has them last in the league so far. As of a few days ago.
82- I’m going to defend Chip on this one. With the Braves’ current abysmal mental state- I’m not sure if it’s stupidity or apathy, but I don’t know and I don’t care- you have to take what joy you can from the little things around you.
Happy Birthday, Bobby. You got out while the getting was good.
Something about Tommy Hanson drives me nuts. Even when he’s pitching great I can’t stand to watch him.
@84
Chip is a Cubs fan anyway.
Working that slow curve. Wow.
a leadoff double, will Fredi call for a bunt?
Here we go! I thought he had that.
And McCann bunts Chipper to third now, no doubt.
Let’s see how we can manage to screw up a leadoff double.
Fuggla.
A love how these guys work the count!
Apparently the Parrish strategy is to see a maximum of two pitches per AB.
And the offense simply peters out. Guys, you could have just forfeited if this is going to be your level of effort.
I bet Fredi is sitting there thinking, “see if BMac had bunted, Hinske wouldve driven him in.”
It feels like the Braves haven’t taken a walk since last season.
Its been 22 innings since the Braves had their last walk.
@99, yeah, that’s about as dumb as all the bunting. Almost…
DOB just said the team had an optional extra batting practice at 1:30 pm. Four players showed up – Chipper, Freeman, Conrad, and Diory.
First pitch swinging.
so pull-happy
5th inning, Fredi is yawning on camera. Nice.
Way to swing at ball 4, AAG.
Only a ghastly throw by Conger kept that from being a double play. And honestly, I thought I saw the runner consider going back to get tagged.
What a terrible offense.
I miss Bobby and TP as hitting coach.
Proctor and Sherrill warming up. Yep, there’s another cup of bile in my stomach.
I miss Andruw too, but what are you gonna do? I truly don’t understand how every hitter is underperforming, except McLouth and Gonzalez, both of whom suck anyway.
How many bases have to be stolen before they deal with the issue? I think the Angels have stolen more bases tonight than the Braves have all year.
We do have a guy with a .967OPS on our bench though!
Dont worry Tommy those 2 dont mean anything. It was over in the first.
Sherrill and Proctor up at the same time. Maybe the Rapture really did take place.
Good thing Fredi walked Abreu to set up the double play.
I’m going to sleep now, so I can skip the remaining offensive futility that is the Braves’ lineup and avoid the post-game announcement that Heyward is going to be out for a while with his shoulder issues. Man, when the Braves are going bad, they go all-out badness. Yuck.
COME ON UGGLA.
I need to invent new swear words to express my anguish over the way this team is playing offense. First freaking pitch.
And a first-pitch weak groundout. Wow, what a shock.
Im lost for words
In case anyone was curious, yes, Uggla grounded out weakly on the first pitch with men in scoring position two innings ago. It’s a pattern.
BOOSCH!
MATHER?!?!?
MATHER…
Wow. Mather really, really wants to stay in the starting lineup. Go him.
124- Well, he’s not doing much to fit in, is he? Two-pitch groundouts and popups, that’s what gets you noticed on this team!
Huh. I guess we can’t pick on Mather for a few games.
So how about this Mather guy
Mather parked one in the bone zone? I guess all the light hearted rapture jokes may have been premature.
It would be incredible if Mather comes from nowhere to be a good player. If he keeps hitting like this, Heyward’s going to come back as a center fielder.
128- Don’t be so sure. The Tribulation would be much less painful if there weren’t moments when you got your hopes up, only to see them cruelly dashed.
Mather is suppose to be able to play CF. Nate needs a platoon anyways.
Prado tried to stall him long enough. Almost did.
We have 11 hits and they have 5, yet we are down 1. Thanks Uggla…
OMG, life.
BMAC!!
Great to see some power from McCann tonight.
McCANN! Now it’s up to our ‘pen to lose it.
There’s my pimpbot!
McCann is having a great run of clutchness.
Homeruns suit Mather well. Unfortunately, If the ball is in any way available to the opposing team while Mather is on base, he can be very easily neutralized.
Hinske looked awful that at bat. Then again, it’s not surprising: he can’t hit lefties.
We are failing so hard at baseball lately. Just, like, everything, fundamentally, sucking.
That was disgusting. Apparently O’Failurety called off everyone and the easiest can of corn in the world landed foul.
Remember when we called that kind of defensive play a “Prado”?
@143 How do you figure O’Flaherty called everyone off?
I love how EOF has slowly turned from LOOGY to an awesome overall reliever. I actually don’t know when that transition happened. I think it just kind of creeped up. We have a weird situation where two of our 7-8-9 guys are lefties and Sherrill actually has some value if used appropriately (as last standing LOOGY).
Grst, I’m mostly going off what Jim and Don were saying: apparently O’Flaherty pointed to the ball, and you can see his lips moving, and then McCann basically stopped running toward the ball, while Prado was too far away to grab it.
@147 Ah, didn’t know you were on radio. On the feed they showed Prado looking like he called it, then slowing up at the last second.
The pitcher is supposed to point to the ball to let the catcher know where it is. I doubt he said anything more than “up, up, up”
Grst, I’m watching the TV feed on mlb.tv but listening to the radio guys, because I can’t stand Chip Caray. They were saying that the pitcher shouldn’t necessarily be pointing to the ball — he should be quarterbacking the play, communicating clearly who should be getting the ball. Clearly, McCann felt like he was being called off, and it wasn’t quite clear why from the visuals.
Anyway, it all worked out, because Eric is a really good pitcher, as Joey points out.
How many pitches has Uggla seen tonight? And has he hit the ball out of the infield?
Maybe Uggla should get a jersey that fits
Another tapper for Uggla, who’s clearly infuriated with himself. He just threw his helmet onto the bench multiple times in the dugout.
I give him credit for caring, but damn.
@149 Indeed he is. I’ve grown rather confident in his outings.
I’m more concerned with the way Uggla is making outs than I am with the fact that he’s making them. He’s not supposed to be hitting ground balls. There’s something clearly wrong with his swing right now, and the Braves apparently don’t have the type of batting coach to help him out of it.
Screw Chip Caray, fire him…
Was that Mather dongshot the first 3 Run HR of the season for these Braves? I can’t remember any others.
Heyward has hit a couple, I recall.
The Braves had 6 three-run homers coming into today, including two by Heyward and two by Uggla (!).
Two on and two out for Nate. Does Fredi go with the unconventional two out sac bunt?
McLouth hitting anywhere but in the 8th spot is a bad idea.
Another situation with RISP, another Little League groudnout.
Pretty sure Uggla’s last HR was a 3 runner.
Edit: What AAR said
this is going to be heartbreaking, isnt it?
163 – No, because my heart has already hardened.
Johnny Venters is stupid good.
Venters is flat out ridiculous.
If the game remains tied Venters can pitch the 9th too after that 5 pitch inning.
Did Venters just pitch an inning? Because I got up to go the bathroom and seemed to have missed it.
@168, I did, too!
I blinked and almost missed it.
Venters is so good at stabbing come backers. One of many things he does well.
Goodness, that was a stupid play by Prado. Brave, but stupid. We’re lucky we got it, I think he was out.
There is no way Prado was safe, is there?
I totally thought he was out. The guy got the ball in plenty of time, but Prado went all Matrix on tag.
Nope, clearly out
Wow. How in the world did he call Prado safe? And how much worse can the Braves get on the basepaths?
How was Prado safe there? I never saw the ball come out, and it beat him to second by a country mile.
That would have been maddening.
Totally Posey.
Yeah, he was clearly out from the replays. Terrible throw by Abreu, though — if he throws it anywhere near the bag Prado’s out by four feet.
That second base ump’s a rookie, apparently.
The problem is one set of eyes and two places to look. He can’t watch the tag and the bag at exactly the same time.
The Angels’ plan will now be to get to Uggla before a run scores.
Edit: Or just get the Braves to do what they do best.
Ugh. Great. Well, we deserved that karmically, I guess, but damn it.
Nice of Hinske to roll into the DP, making the bad call irrelevant.
The ump must have thought his right hand skimmed the bag in his peripheral vision while he was watching the tag
Leadoff walk in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th. Hmmm.
Or maybe it’ll be fine…?
Nice — apparently we’re not the only team capable of screwing up a bunt.
Alert play by McCann. Well done!
So, Venters for a third inning in the last of the 10th?
Venters with another efficient inning. The team might need him for a third.
Nice to see Dan hit a line drive single.
Esp on an off speed pitch.
Thank Goddla.
Gets his BA all the way up to .190.
That wasnt a strike and Fredi did nothing to support his 1B…
Larry Parrish philosophy = If you ever see the ball just swing.
Fredi has actually stayed out of the way tonight. No bunting and more baserunners as a result. Kudos.
Fredi’s never going to support a player for not swinging, that would be undercutting the hitting coach’s philosophy.
Sherrill is in because… well, we know why Kimbrel isn’t in, don’t we?
Oh, dear, Dale:
@dalemurphy3: “Love Mather. Saw him in spring training. Every at-bat he hit it hard. Looks like ‘Frenchy’!”
Cheryl in
Cheryl’s in. They must have called Fredlot and ordered him to lose this one right now.
Sherrill starts off against two switch hitters.
Note to Fredi: Infield pop-up drills.
And the pitcher doesn’t even hit in the AL parks.
Sherrill actually looked great that inning.
Wow, Sherrill looked good there
For those paying attention at home, George Sherrill now has a FIP below 2.
Can we get Sherrill a win?
Pradobunt!
Prado’s gonna bunt…
This is one of the rare times I’m okay with a bunt.
Oh, horsesh**. I still don’t like these bunts, as they only encourage Fredlot.
Let the record indicate I called the MVPrado bunt attempt at comment 46.
It’s true, Mather does resemble Francoeur, in that I wish he didn’t have a roster spot.
Chip thinks that Chipper whiffing while falling out of his shoes trying to pull an outside pitch is a “good cut”.
Chipper has joined Uggla, Freeman, and Heyward in the useless category.
@216
Well, that doesnt make much sense, especially right now…
Hinske picked a bad night to come back down to earth.
Fifteen hits to their five, and we’re still tied. The Braves have really taken that “Clutch hitting doesn’t exist” maxim to heart, eh?
I know he hit a three-run homer. That’ll just encourage Fredi to use him more.
Remember, I irrationally hate Mather, and nothing he can do — especially including getting picked off again — will make me like him.
How many men left on base do we have tonight? Is it less than 20?
222- Thirteen, according to the broadcast.
Thirteen, I think.
My wife and I have started putting a dollar in a jar every time the Braves bunt this season: we’ve saved 4,589 dollars.
Proctor gets 3 fly ball outs that probably total close to 900 feet in all. That’s efficient…
Chip would know about being a clown in Chicago.
Uggla really does need to grab some bench, but that would mean subjecting us to Diory Hernandez as a starter.
Prado could play second for a day, and Chipper’s supposed to be off DH duty tomorrow.
Man, would Uggla ever gets going…it will have to be one of the longest hot streaks in history. It has to be to make up for this sh@#.
I think Uggla’s issues relate to his teeny tiny shirts.
Just like Fredi and his teeny tiny brain.
MATHER!
Hahahaha, you knew that would happen.
I hate how awesome Joe Mather is!
FEAR THE MATHER
Damn, there are more Braves fans there than Angels fans.
The Angels’ broadcasters say that Mather’s is the Braves’ first four-hit game this year. That’s just sad.
Good point Bethany. We get the point Uggla…you workout, now get a regular fitting jersey.
That little 2nd baseman might be headed back to the minors after this game.
Joe Mather??
Is there really any reason to think that Mather is worse than anyone else in this lineup?
Please Kimbrel. We’ve all stayed up well past our bedtime and we deserve to have a refreshing slumber. Make it quick. Let us rest.
Welcome to the Jungle, it is Kimbrel time. Our team needs this one.
Also, i agree with the members of the community, Uggla needs to quit wearing smedium shirts all the time.
Well, Heyward is in for defense, so he must not be going on the DL. Either that, or Fredi is even dumber than we realize and doesn’t understand the retroactive rule.
I agree Ryan. Especially those of us who don’t normally get to see the Braves on TV.
Please put Heyward on the DL. This is just stupid.
Oh Fvck…
Goddamn, Kimbrel! Throw strikes!
Well, we’re screwed, because that run will score.
geez. can it not be easy just once?
Is there really any reason to think that Mather is worse than anyone else in this lineup?
Joe Mather’s minor league OBP is .332.
1 more…purdy please!
Yay!
Whew, a win!!!!!
GOOD NIGHT!!
Whew. At this point, there is only relief.
@247
yes it is. and that’s also factoring in 2 injury plagued years.
HELL YUP!
AAR, if OBP is so important…
No, I can’t do it.
11 singles, 5 doubles, 1 HR, 4 walks, and only 5 runs. Well, wins a win I guess…
If the minor leagues were so important, then why isn’t there a minor league hall of fame?
I know, I sound like a horrendous jerk to complain about Mather after he single-handedly won the game for us. So I’ll just shut up and be blissful.
He’s hot right now, and we clearly need it.
I was kind of hoping there actually was a minor league hall of fame. Alas.
I am sure he will regress back to the median of his career, but right now Mather is producing. He deserves to play.
Hinske is hitting, he deserves to play.
Nice win tonight.
Recapped.