Yeah Soroka just didn't have it tonight. I'm not worried at all. He's 20. These types of starts will happen.
I'm just thankful his bad night happened on a night where the Braves staked him to a big lead.
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I'm just thankful his bad night happened on a night where the Braves staked him to a big lead.
Ozzie did a good job of not trying to lift that one just then to drive in Camargo. And then in typical Albies fashion, he legs it into a double. That kid is fast as lightning.
Braves may not have some of the name recognition as the Red Sox or Yankees young stars, but they are a pretty fun team to watch regardless. I wonder how some of you guys haven't had heart attacks lol.
So @coolwaterunc your thoughts on the Nats making the move for RP Herrera from the Royals (who's really friggin good, btw)? How would you like the Braves to respond, if at all?
They got a closer, so good for them? Honestly, I don't really have any thoughts on it. If we take care of our business, then their closer won't matter. I would like for us to get some bullpen help as well, and I'm sure that's one of the things AA is going to look into. I don't have any names though since I don't know who anyone is or who is available.
They got a closer, yes, but it has the double effect of making their bullpen better because they can move Doolittle down to the 8th inning and it shrinks the game.
For bullpen arms, now that Herrera is off the table, I would like the Braves to get Raisel Iglesias from the Reds. He's their closer.
I just wanted to poast in this thread because I never have. But I also wanted you all to know that I hate this thread. I get sick of seeing it. I wish it and any stupid Atlanta Braves fans would just GFT.
It's not limited to just the Braves. There are also dumb Boston and NYY fans that post. You can also talk generally about baseball. Things like how stupid the DH is and how anyone who thinks Trout isn't the best player in the game has no clue.
This is supposed to be about full time baseball players. Not guys who play baseball once or twice a year.You can also talk about how stupid it is to have pitchers run bases and hit
Well I'm watching the Braves game on my gf's facebook at work. This is lame.
They play part time. They do something else when the baseball players take the field.
Kendrys Morales with a friggin moon shot. 2 runs is probably all Happ needs. Dude is a filthy pitcher.
Happ has gotten through 2 innings on 19 pitches. This game will be over by 2.
ETA: Totally missed Zuk homering. Damn Facebook.
ETA: Totally missed Zuk homering. Damn Facebook.
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I'm watching with the sound off and popping back in every couple minutes. They didn't show her name. Didn't think to take a screen shot.
Really weird outing for Happ so far. He's poasting some dominant strikeouts (just fanned Freddie on three high fastballs) but then every so often, a batter will come up and smash one.
She makes me feel funny haha. She's not even a girl you smash. She's a girl you date (and smash).
It's fukkin lame and against the spirit of baseball.
They only play half of the game. There isn't a good reason for a player not to play in the field. It's a garbage move that bastardizes the game.
If all you guys have as a reason is that it goes against the “purity” of the game then we will just agree to disagree.
What other reason is needed? Why are the DH and the pitcher the only two who get the luxury of not having to play in the field.
You want a real-world example: Kyle Schwarber from the Cubs. He's always been on the plump side and, since Rizzo is the mainstay at 1B, Schwarber's playing time was limited because he wasn't fit enough to play outfield every day. As a result, Schwarber worked in this past offseason to change his body and slim down so he could play ~every day in LF.
The DH in the American League is just a lazy way of fixing that problem. Can't find a spot for a hitter who is fat or can't play defense? Stick him at the DH.
It's dumb.
Flexibility. I don’t deny its creation was used to boost ticket sales, but it’s not a useless position.
Annibal was doing fine until he last inning get away from him. This kinda feels like a game we're destined to take an L in, but I'll never count out this year's team from a game.
And I'd be fine with splitting a series 1-1 where we have to travel internationally for 2 dang games, one being at noon the second day.
And I'd be fine with splitting a series 1-1 where we have to travel internationally for 2 dang games, one being at noon the second day.
What the **** does that mean? Flexibility? Surely you can do better than that.
You're probably not going to be supportive of my poasting here. Because I'm an AL guy and I don't really care to watch pitchers with a .168 batting average step to the plate. I'm also a casual Sox fan. Used to be a die hard but then two things happened: (1) the Sox won the World Series and it became less fun to root for them and (2) baseball became more boring to me. I don't really watch any MLB now until August at the earliest.
But from the little knowledge I have, Mike Trout is easily the game's best player.
If a player does need time to recuperate before playing in the field every day he can be used as a DH. If a team wants to give one of their every day fielders a day off it’s an option. If you don’t want your pitchers pulling both hamstrings while posting a .055 batting average it’s an option.
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