Braves vs. Pirates, 12 May 2008: Let's Play Two
by Charlie on May 12, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
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Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates, May 12, 2008 12:35 PM EDT
Jair Jurrjens vs. Zach Duke in the early game, Tim Hudson vs. John Van Benschoten in the nightcap. The Braves could score a lot of runs today.
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Freddy’s shoulder must really be bothering him today…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Duke with the K!
Jurrjens can really handle the bat, so don’t dismiss it.
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Argh...
The Braves are getting revenge for all of our DPs on Saturday.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dang...
Very early start.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching on Gameday
Duke to Chipper:
84mph fastball
83mph changeup
That’s just not going to work, regardless that it worked, there.
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Whew...
That inning got kinda dramatic
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why'd they pull
Teixeira?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The announcers don't know yet...
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Swinging so hard at Duke's 84mph fastball?
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gameday says
injured back.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jurrjens is letting a lot of pitches hang up. We drove a couple deep in this inning. If we can just get a little more on the ball, I think we might be able to do a little damage.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As much as I like Jurrjens
I am hoping we get to him. I’m not looking forward to Hudson v. JVB
by DITO on May 12, 2008 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Teixiera has back spasms
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Duke implosion imminent
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
1 hit & 3 errors
through 4.5 for the Buccos.
That’s not very exciting…
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
All 3 errors
looked like mental lapses, too… Not to make excuses, but I think the cold weather is making everybody sluggish
Also, 3-mile high pop-up base hit!
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bases loaded, 1 out...
Duke up to bat.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why did bautista bunt there? so bixler or duke can drive the runs in?
not often the #7 guy bunts with the pitcher staying in the game.
by johnnycuff on May 12, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jurrjens
Just nailed Bixler hard as hell in the back. Ow!
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bixler hurt?
Is that the “injury delay” on Gameday?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he's okay, though.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's good.
Injuries suck.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I take it he's fine though...
as he’s still in the game
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duke Ks
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Freddy!
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now that Freddy's back...
can we move McLouth back to lead-off?
He’s disappeared since moving down…
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jurrjens done.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jurrjens
only threw 69 pitches… Duke is walking everybody :(
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Whew... crisis averted.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dear Neil Walker...
Please start hitting.
Your friend,
Hitman Easler
by Hitman Easler on May 12, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
CGz in at 3rd.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And an error for him.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marte got out of that one.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Stupid staff meetings...
glad I came back to still see a 3-0 lead.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Black Hole!
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Going Deep!!!
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burnett in to pitch.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
and so it begins :(
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 3:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know it's not a save situation...
but why not just let Capps finish it off?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We've got another game. And if the other stiffs can't protect a 5-run lead...
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
1st & 2nd, no outs.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should have put in a different stiff
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have
anyone in particular in mind?
Or just anyone else?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yates
seems to have disappeared as of late.
Or maybe I’m just not paying close enough attention.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I just haven't paid close enough attention.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5 straight...
why were we excited about Burnett again?
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 3:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Because he was good in AAA.
And because no one else in our bullpen was very exciting.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
burnett at 91 mph
see 91 and 90 on the gun…i guess that is good (for burnett). Doesn’t fit with NH’s power arms in the bullpen approach though.
by SpacePirate on May 12, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Huge K
there.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Game!
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
six in a row?
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- HST
by cocktailsfor2 on May 12, 2008 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who will JR sit next game? Bixler? Doumit?
by Hitman Easler on May 12, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully not X-Man.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And hopefully we don't have to see
Rivas.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
is the 2nd game on FSN?
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
never mind
it isnt
jeeez
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lineups
no texiera for the braves
us:
fred
eye chart 3b
nate
bay
X
laroche
paulino
rivas =(
JVB
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and they say that
the game will start at 3:40
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In what time-zone?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's starting now, whatever time zone you're in
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Okay...
was gonna say, 3:40 MST would’ve been like 2.5 hours off.
Didn’t seem right…
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this the thread for Game 2?
And is the game still gonna start at 2:05 MST?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
how bizarre!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen* a victory, much less a shutout, as bizarre as that one. even after Laroche’s homer, the final line was 5 runs, 5 hits, and 4 errors for the Bucs. combined with Duke’s line of 6 IP, 5 H, 5 BB, and just 3 K, as well as Burnett’s “you mean I’m NOT supposed to let the other team on base?” start to the 9th inning, there’s no way I would have predicted the pirates were on the winning side.
“seen” = by watching an automatically updated box score on yahoo.com
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 3:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
An ugly win is still a win...
...but it’s also still ugly…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wow
a clean first inning for JVB
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At least
the Braves announcers can pronounce his name, unlike the morons in Washington
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mientkiewicz & Nate!
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another lead!
all we need is a shutout from JVB!!
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on X-Man...
a DP?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s not 100% healthy, and it kinda shows
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait...
what happened to him?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Double play!
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You could hear a pin drop in the stadium today.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they never learn
that these 12:35 starts dont sell. I understand the idea, but this isn’t Chicago.
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Black Hole
has got to lead the league in ground outs to the first baseman, no?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
mclouth used to do that a lot before he was good
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JVB isn't doing too shabby so far
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by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
no shutout
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tied up.
:(
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll take it so far
Up till now my friends and I referred to JVB as the “human white flag”—as in when he comes in we basically concede the game. Kind of like Ryan Vogelsong’s role a few years back
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
0 balls and 2 strikes on jvb
also known as the jason bay count
by johnnycuff on May 12, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
fun fact about JVB
both of his career MLB hits were for extra bases (a homer in 2004 and a double last year)
after popping out today his first time up, he is now 2 for 17 for a career average of .118 behind the plate.
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that homer
was his first MLB at bat ( i think)
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lineup question
Why Minky 2nd? He’s 1/2 and scored, so I’m asking more generally. For that matter, why Bautista 2nd?
by azibuck on May 12, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Minky with an error… he’s mad about his last out, too. MINKY SMASH!
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by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
aaaand missed a pop foul, too.
he’s having a bad day.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That error cost us pretty dearly, too :(
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by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's baaaaaack
JVB remembered he’s no longer in INDY
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why'd JVB
get the start today?
Just curious… is he in the rotation now?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not in rotation, but not sure why they started him…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And to end all the luck
the team has had recently?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Black Hole...
One hit would’ve tied it… and you K’d. :(
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remember what I said.....
human white flag
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 12, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
on the bright side... normalcy!
that 5th inning was a return to reality. JVB’s season ERA is now comfortably above 9, just like last year, and he once again has more BB than K in his MLB career (as a pitcher). plus, he’s on the hook for another L.
HUZZAH! all is right in the world!
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and there's the ballgame.
drive safely on your way home!
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
four runs, no outs?
Gah.
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by cocktailsfor2 on May 12, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well...
we’re in full-on nightmare mode now.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm...
Yes, let’s allow fatass Paulino try to bunt to first… BRILILANT!
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by phillybucco on May 12, 2008 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He could have beat it out if there were no infielders.
by Hitman Easler on May 12, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, some outfielders can run pretty fast.
Maybe in Paulino had a head start.
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Starting JVB was brilliant
what’s next?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
7-run inning?
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by UtesFan89 on May 12, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
all right, Nate!
great job getting your first hit of the day. now all we need is a 7-run home run from Bay, and we’re tied!
by humbucker on May 12, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game. :(
There goes the winning streak.
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