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If You Want The Braves To Win, Who Does Talking Chop Put In?

OK, so I originally had this idea earlier in the season and totally forgot about it. Then Amazin Avenue had something similar, and it reminded me to do it.

As you know, a different blogger gets each series that the Braves play. In the beginning of the year, Gondeee, Pacgnosis and myself (mvhsbball) all spent time covering the series. Then Gondeee had to head off to the big times with SBN Atlanta and BenDurino was brought on to the team. So without further adieu, here are the standings for the season between the four bloggers:

Ben: 13-9, .590%

Jacob: 23-16, .589%

Martin: 12-5, .705%

Scott: 20-19, .512%

So in other words, Gondeee brings the wins, Jacob and Ben are consistently good, and I suck. Everyone already knew that though.

This will be updated at times throughout the year. Stay tuned.

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DFA SCOTT

NOT A WINNAR

hmmm

Scott=KK. A stint in the minors might do you some good…

Hey c'mon, he's above .500!!

Glass half full

i find this very interesting actually

Gondee

Proven Winnar!

Scott must be like the KK of this bunch.

Scott better step his game up for the stretch run to the playoffs

Otherwise, he’s a candidate to be non-tendered in the offseason, and will likely get picked up by the KC Braves Royals blog

this is excellent!

So Martin is Huddy.
Ben is JJ.
Jacob is Hanson.
And Scott is Lowe?

Pretty much.

I'm not a red-head,

but I’ll take that comp any day of the week.

I’ll allow it.

I am the baldest of the group, so the Huddy comp fits.

SCOTT STINKZ TRADE HIM!

If you want a win, you should put in Hemmerling
Hemmerling for Mitchell?

Go back to Cincinnati!

aaaaaaand BANNED!
I like how this post includes just barely enough information that those of us who don't know people's first names can logic it out.

:-)

Home run Reyes. 1-1. Bot 3. Beat the phillies to a pulp, mets

may be hard to do

Yuck,

A team OPS of .600?

LOLMets

Anybody else thinking back to that “The Mets are the team to beat because they’re getting Beltran back” article? Yeah, those were good times. LOLMets

joe morgan

said statistical numbers. my head is about to explode

He haz teh bead on itz.
That Diamond Trax is awesome

never seen that before

what's diamond trax?
On ESPN

It times the runner going from 1st to 2nd on a steal, then a combination of the throw home + the throw to 2nd. Then compares the two, and it shows whether the runner was safe or not, was pretty damn accurate on Reyes steal that was a blown call

interesting...

although i can think of a few problems with it

Yeah, I don’t know how seriously they would ever use it, but it was pretty accurate on that steal. I’d be interested to see it used more often, even if it’s only for the announcers to use

well

that throw was pretty accurate, it would be off if the throw weren’t as accurate, right?

Not necessarily

Because I’m pretty sure it’s timed from when it leaves the catchers hand to when the tag is put on, so the throw wouldn’t matter as much if they base it off the tag

did’nt joe morgan say that there was a 8/10ths of a second gap between when the phillies middle infielder (forget who) caught the ball and made the tag?

Could have, didn’t hear that part, either way I still think it’s pretty cool. I’m calling for more testing to see how accurate it really is

moar joe-isms

“He gets in there before the throw, and that tells me that he’s safe.”
Oh Joe, you are so smart!

Him and John Madden must be related somehow

joe morgan = JM
john madden = JM

QED

We should use that as a torcher strategy

Put people in a room for days listening to games done only by Joe Morgan and John Madden

PERFECT!

but why not play some Justin Bieber music too?

It think we just collectively solved our terrorism issues. Someone send out the memo!

Joe & Jon are arguing over arguing

“It wasn’t like he blew the call totally”
No Joe, he half blew the call, the other half he got right, wtf

“You can’t go out there and argue the call!”
“Well then why did he go out there?”

so apparently you can now drop bunts while being two feet in front of the batter's box
MLB Umpires suck

So yes

Where do I vote Haithcock, fatazfoot, and Baseball Greastest?

now that I think about it,

it really speaks to the strength and consistency of the team that all four bloggers have winning records. This is all about winning series’, and that’s what the Braves have been doing so often this year. Sweet!!!

oh and Scott,

you’re doing a great job, but I’m sure it’s just poor run support and sloppy defense backing you up.

the KK comparisons are getting stronger then

I really need to win the last game of this Dodgers series to pass Ben. I know I won’t catch Gondeee (what a mark!), but I can at least make a run for second.

Oh, and Scott— you’ll rock it during the stretch run, I know it. Great players succeed when their team needs them most.

Lol

Watch us get swept by the Nats this week.

Mets lose

oh well.

In an alternate universe,

they won, however.
 
So there’s that.

I didn’t realize that results were dependent upon which particular brand of lazy journalism was available for the day.
 
Good to know.

I feel like my post-Braves-victory celebrations and/or block parties just got a lot easier to plan.

Haha

I like that.

If it makes you feel any better, Scott

Your recaps are perhaps my favorites to read, even if we have lost almost half the time. :)

Thanks!

This lazy journalist appreciates the kind words.

Hey Scott - but your dog is adorable.

That has to count for something. :-)

And, there should be points for Bravery – because you join us in the GTs more than the rest :-)
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