GDT: 07/19/2014 Phillies @ Braves

[CyYoung31]

Pitching Matchup: Hamels vs. Harang

Lineup:

1. ** CF
2. Simbad SS
3. Freeman 1B
4. Unremarkable Player LF
5. Heytsbaseball RF
6. Lord GIDP 3B
7. Not Dan Uggla 2B
8. Not a Good Defensive C
9. The BoomerHarang P

[GovClintonTyree]

Pitching Matchup: Hamels vs. Harang

Lineup:

1. ** CF
2. Simbad SS
3. Freeman 1B
4. Unremarkable Player LF
5. Heytsbaseball RF
6. Lord GIDP 3B
7. Not Dan Uggla 2B
8. Not a Good Defensive C
9. The BoomerHarang P

This is good work.

[Nerfherders]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

[GovClintonTyree]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

[GovClintonTyree]

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

Freddie "The Real Deal" Freeman.

[Tapate50]

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

Good old fashion racism.

[CyYoung31]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

No one seems to be clever enough to think of a nickname for him. And he's been so consistently good and white that no one has been able to really irrationally complain about him, thus not netting him a nickname.

[Tapate50]

No one seems to be clever enough to think of a nickname for him. And he's been so consistently good and white that no one has been able to really irrationally complain about him, thus not netting him a nickname.

I got a buddy that calls him Beavis. Just because he looks like a Beavis to him.

[stpeteirish]

is ** a nickname?

[MadduxFanII]

Honestly, Freddie's boring. Really good, of course, but good in that steady, professional, unspectacular way. By the end of the year he's going to be between .290-.300, between 20 and 25 home runs and around 100 RBI as a good-but-not-great defensive first baseman. He doesn't run fast, he doesn't hit massive home runs. He just hits his line drives to left-center. That's not a recipe for a good nickname.

Besides, "Freddie" is one of those first names that's mildly goofy enough that a nickname isn't necessary.

[MadduxFanII]

Nothing says, "We've given up" quite as well as "leadoff hitter Grady Sizemore" in the year 2014.

[stpeteirish]

BJ is 0-14 lifetime vs Hamels.

[Tapate50]

So far it seems like our pitchers like to bounce them up to CB. I swear I've seen a ton of balls in the dirt to him

[CyYoung31]

is ** a nickname?

Technically, no. It's just censorship.

[AerchAngel]

Technically, no. It's just censorship.

Talk to Sav about that filter.

[MadduxFanII]

This game has all the signs of one of Harang's six-inning, 112-pitch, three-strikeout, three-walk, seven-hit, two-run Russ Ortiz special starts.

[CyYoung31]

Talk to Sav about that filter.

There is no filter on his name. That was intentional.

[Garmel]

This game has all the signs of one of Harang's six-inning, 112-pitch, three-strikeout, three-walk, seven-hit, two-run Russ Ortiz special starts.

Yeah, his starts aren't pretty but he gets the job done.

[Tapate50]

There the hbp that makes us lose Jhey for two months...

[Jay212033]

It's pouring here in Lithonia! I wonder how long before it reaches the stadium.

[Lville21]

Grady Sizemore would win the batting title if he played 162 games vs. Atlanta.

[Runnin]

Hoowang with nerves of steel.

[Garmel]

Harang does it again somehow.

[CyYoung31]

Really making Hamels work.

[USMA76]

Don't look now but our lineup is getting "pantsed" by Cole Hamels.

[Julio3000]

We could use a hit, eventually, if that's not too much to ask.

[tvsportscaster]

I'm afraid to say this, but Cole Hamels has no-hit type stuff tonight, scoring a run might be a tough task indeed.

[stpeteirish]

Harang Just can't seem to get by without baserunners.

[Runnin]

I'm afraid to say this, but Cole Hamels has no-hit type stuff tonight.
CJ will find a hole this inning.

[TURBO]

CJ will find a hole this inning.
In his bat?

[USMA76]

CJ will find a hole this inning.

No but TLS will.

[Runnin]

I meant to say TLS.

[stpeteirish]

Lets get one more inning out of Harang and then hit for him, if that matters.

[MadduxFanII]

Credit to the home plate umpire for calling strike three despite a pretty poor job by Bethancourt of catching that ball. You don't see a lot of strikes called when catchers swipe at them that way.

[TURBO]

This better be his last inning, but the guy has been huge for us again. He make pitch all season.

[Lville21]

Wow. This should definitely be Harang's last inning.

[jason27nc]

Lets get one more inning out of Harang and then hit for him, if that matters.

Good call.

[USMA76]

This better be his last inning, but the guy has been huge for us again. He make pitch all season.

Harang has been huge for us all year.

[Lville21]

Sorry, DBrown -- this isn't the joke that is Citizens Bank Park.

[TURBO]

The Pastor is back.

[Julio3000]

Work a walk, Beej.

[GovClintonTyree]

...and that's why we needed to fire Uggla.

[USMA76]

The Pastor is back.

There goes a promising start to the inning.

[stpeteirish]

BJ vs good pitching is still an automatic out, same as before. We need to move Heywrd to CF and Justin to RF and find a LF option that is better than BJ, shouldn't be hard.

[stpeteirish]

at this rate we'll be into the Phillie bullpen by the 10th.

[USMA76]

at this rate we'll be into the Phillie bullpen by the 10th.

10th of August?

[Lville21]

3-3 with a walk and a solid game last night -- and this guy was let go by last place Boston.

[buck75]

BJ almost hustled for Sizemore's hit

[USMA76]

Not liking our chances now.

[MadduxFanII]

Is it just me, or have our catchers (all of them) done a poor job this year of holding onto foul tips on strike three? Bethancourt couldn't wrangle a two-strike tip from Rollins a pitch or two before Jimmy's home run (admittedly, it would have been an excellent play).

[MadduxFanII]

Nice debut for Shreve.

[keithlaw]

Nice debut for Shreve.

Hopefully lefties keep chasin his slider

[Tapate50]

10th of August?

Nice work

[buck75]

Timothy Miller rips it.

[stpeteirish]

Nats winning big.

[Lville21]

Utley play looming large now after JUp's double.

[nsacpi]

BABIP

[Lville21]

CHRIS JOHNSON!

[Runnin]

Not liking our chances now.
They're getting better.

[buck75]

Come on LaStella!!

[USMA76]

They're getting better.

Would be tied if not for a great/lucky defensive play by Utley to start the inning.

Still have some work to do.

[drewdat]

The ground next to second was out by a mile. Nice tag, Chase.

[drewdat]

Foul tip?

[AerchAngel]

3 and 2 and swing at something in the dirt?

[MadduxFanII]

Tommy got way , way too jumpy in that AB.

[USMA76]

Tommy got way , way too jumpy in that AB.

+1

[Runnin]

http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brando_screaming_stella_gif.gif

[stpeteirish]

Tommy got way , way too jumpy in that AB.

yep. looked like a rookie there.

[USMA76]

Defensive shift cost us a baserunner there.

[TURBO]

Kid is getting unlucky

[MadduxFanII]

Shreve got pretty well boned that inning.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Liked what I saw out of Shreve. Bad luck for him this inning, though.

[Lville21]

Base hit? That should've been made regardless of short hop or not.

[TURBO]

Well done Varvaro

[nsacpi]

Good job Varvaro.

[AerchAngel]

Nice job Varvaro!!!

[Lville21]

Great job, Varvaro.

[drewdat]

Splendid job, Varvaro?

[Julio3000]

Efficaciously accomplished, Anthony.

[USMA76]

That'll look like a line drive in the box score, BJ. Now we need to take advantage of it.

[CrimsonCowboy]

How in the heck did B.J. get caught stealing on that?

[USMA76]

Our second caught stealing of the game @#$%

[buck75]

How in the heck did B.J. get caught stealing on that?

I have the same question. Looked like he just stopped short of the bag somehow.

[Coredor]

Sliding has gotten BJ on several stolen bases. I remember one not long ago when he went into a popup slide and kind of stuck. Then there was another one where he came off the bag. He's had several stolen bases it looked like he had where he ended up out.

[nsacpi]

Well done David Carpenter.

[jason27nc]

Good inning by Carpenter. Now lets get this thing cranked up in the bottom of the 9th!!!! Lets Go Braves!!!!!!!:tchop:

[jpack1]

BJ is such an ego maniac that he pop up slides every time he steals to look cool and it slows him down getting tho the base. Almost all his CS are a result of a bad pop up slide that comes up short of the bag. It's really stupid.

[buck75]

Tough loss

[CrimsonCowboy]

I hate first pitch swinging

[jason27nc]

BJ is such an ego maniac that he pop up slides every time he steals to look cool and it slows him down getting tho the base. Almost all his CS are a result of a bad pop up slide that comes up short of the bag. It's really stupid.

The good thing about him getting out is I don't have to watch his lazy ass on the basses anymore that inning.

[jsebe10]

Cole was spectacular. Nothing much more they can do with that.

[Tapate50]

Cole was spectacular. Nothing much more they can do with that.

Yep. Dare I say he deserves a tip o the cap?!?

[UNCBlue012]

Didn't see the game but Colel looked like he dominated. I also see that Simmons gave up a homer to Rollins. I can't wait until he's gone. He's been a great player but he always seems to kill us!

[Julio3000]

No one seems to be clever enough to think of a nickname for him. And he's been so consistently good and white that no one has been able to really irrationally complain about him, thus not netting him a nickname.

I missed this yesterday, but bravo.