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Open Thread and Noc-A-Homa-Win-A-Lotta: Braves at Dodgers (7/5)

 Today's Starting Pitchers

 T. Hudson
Braves
vs.
 B. Penny
Dodgers
8-5 W-L 10-1
3.18 ERA 2.00
73 SO 77
27 BB 30
4 HR 2
vs.
Dodgers
-- vs.
Braves

Game Time: 10:10pm on

We still have a chance to salvage a series split in L.A. tonight, and we've got Huddy on the mound. The problem is they've got Penny on the mound. Damn the lateness of the game, this would really be a good one to watch.

It looks like Smoltz might have to be disabled, as he is going to skip his next start and forego the All-Star game. The good news there is that perhaps we will get to see Jo-Jo Reyes sooner than we expected. Smoltz's turn in the rotation comes up on Saturday and so does Jo-Jo's - it's a perfect fit. I wonder if evil-Davies hears the footsteps.

Don't forget to get your picks in before the game for Nok-A-Homa-Win-A-Lotta (click here to learn how to play and to view the leaderboard); the three categories are (1) Attendance, (2) Pick to Click, and (3) Above and Beyond Pick.

0 recs  |  25 comments

Comments

Picks
  1. 41,000
  2. Huddy
  3. Andrew gets 2 hits including one off Penny!
Picks
  1. 43,123
  2. Chipper
  3. Dodgers hit into at least two double plays
Picks
1)44,329
2)Francoeur
3) Hudson goes at least 6 innings with no more then 1 earned run
let's go splitsville!
  1.  42,663
  2.  The former Auburn cleanup hitter.
  3.  McCann carries the load offensively.
picks
  1. 41,191
  2. Hudson
  3. Andruw homers
picks...
1.43,892
2.Andruw
3.Hudson goes 7 innings and allows 2 runs
picks
  1. 50,000
  2. McCann
  3. Braves win in extras
picks.
  1. 45,205
  2. Huddy
  3. Scooter gets walked twice.
picks
  1. 48,159
  2. Scootah
  3. Braves hit two home runs
picks
  1. 47,228
  2. McCann
  3. Less than 6 total runs scored in game
picks to save the series...
  1. 47,642
  2. Chipper
  3. The final score is 3-2!
pick
  1. 46, 312
  2. Chipper
  3. Hudson tosses a complete game
elpicko
1 - 45,500
2 - Escobar
3 - An angry sun god descends on Chavez Ravine, and incinerates anything and everything in Dodger Bleauch, especially that harpy Alissa Milano (DIE IN A FIRE YOU TRAMP).  That, and, Huddy goes Quality...
Picks
  1. 54,500
  2. Huddy
  3. Huddy has more k a fewer BB than Penny
Picks
  1. 51,319
  2. Huddy
  3. The requisite mention of the LA "late arriving crowd" will be made in the bottom half of the second inning.  
And Heap will throw someone out while trying to steal.  But not in the Lo-Jack Caught Stealing inning.
Picks
  1. 55,432
  2. Huddy
  3. Huddy goes 7.2 innings. 7K's
Picks
  1. 49,844
  2. Scooter
  3. We steal at least 2 bases.
Picks
  1. 49,000
  2. Hudson
  3. Hudson induces at least 10 groundball outs
Shouldn't be too hard for #3
Huddy is sitting at a 63% GB's
all right...
i don't know. thanks for the tip. i figured at least ten would be necessary for a "hudson-ish" game. but i'm not trying to get anything on the cheap, and this seems to constitute such an offense, so what the hell... let's change it to:

3. Hudson induces exactly 12 groundball outs.

Picks to split
  1. 34,854
  2. Willie
  3. The Vulture gets the win
picks
  1. 47,323
  2. Huddy
  3. Renteria has a multi hit game
Picks
  1. 49,500
  2. Hudson
  3. Feeling a pitchers dual.  That being said, Renteria drives in the winning run with a double.
Picks
  1. 46,800
  2. Hudson
  3. Soriano and Wickman pitch a scoreless 8th and 9th.
NAHWAL Results for Game 86
Attendance was 41,052, and with a guess of 41,000 torchy was the closest. I'm going to give him two points since he was the first poster of the thread and that attendance number held up (and was real close) which is a hard thing to do.

The picks to click were Chipper, Renteria, Francoeur, and Moylan, apologies to just about everyone else. Points go to Euruproktos, SidBreamStash, JerBall, and mhsiegel14.

AAB points go to Euruproktos, whunt13, and jess7.

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