GDT 9/9/13: Braves (Medlen) @ Marlins (Alvarez) 7:10 PM

[NYCBrave]

Braves:

1. Jordan Schafer (L) CF
2. Justin Upton (R) RF
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Evan Gattis (R) LF
5. Brian McCann (L) C
6. Chris Johnson (R) 3B
7. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
8. Elliot Johnson (S) 2B
9. Kris Medlen (S) P

Marlins:


1. Chris Coghlan (L) RF
2. Donovan Solano (R) 2B
3. Christian Yelich (L) LF
4. Justin Ruggiano (R) CF
5. Placido Polanco (R) 3B
6. Logan Morrison (L) 1B
7. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS
8. Jeff Mathis (R) C
9. Henderson Alvarez (R) P

[Dalyn]

Switch Gattis and Johnson and EJ and Medlen. Other than that, not bad!

[buck7580]

No BJ. No Uggs.

[The Chosen One]

Please Heyward come back soon. It's just too painful without you in the lineup.

[Deester11]

Please Heyward come back soon. It's just too painful without you in the lineup.
Yes.....This!!

[nsacpi]

Is Stanton injured?

[stpeteirish]

Is Stanton injured?

Yes, sprained foot

[BlackwaterPark]

Heyward not in the lineup is fine...Uggs/Johnson black hole is what hurts

[thethe]

I'd really like to not see Uggla anymore.

[stpeteirish]

Bet we have less K's than usual tonight, I'll set the over/under at 6.

[Julio3000]

Heyward not in the lineup is fine...

Doing game prep with Chip Caray today?

[buck7580]

Sounds like Heyward may make it back before the postseason. Tom Hart just said he will go to the instructional league as soon as it starts.

[Julio3000]

Heyward to take BP with the team on Friday, resuming "normal baseball activities," per Tom Hart.

Normal baseball hating activities, I'll bet.

[zitothebrave]

Is Stanton injured?

Funny that Stanton doesn't seemingly have the injured rep that Heyward does, I know Stanton came up later than Heyward but that doesn't cover the 200 PA advantage Jason has.

[Julio3000]

Jeez, Tron barreled the **** out of that one. Foul, sadly.

[tvsportscaster]

Good see to the Braves offense off to another rousing start. Man are they ever dreadful right now.

[nsacpi]

Another ho hum play by Simba

[thethe]

Failure

[bravesnumberone]

At least Gattis is heating up at the right time.

[Dalyn]

:tchop:

[pfiggy]

Excellent reverse jinx Sportscaster.......wtg men.

[nsacpi]

Good see to the Braves offense off to another rousing start. Man are they ever dreadful right now.

I knew your comment would help get em going.

Save some of that for the playoffs.

[bravesnumberone]

Really need to score a bunch here. Would be nice to have one godd***ed easy win every now and then.

[nsacpi]

That's a lot of speed on the basepaths and at the plate.

[nsacpi]

Speed of the Gattis

And a lil BABIP magic

[Dalyn]

Love it. :tchop:

[Julio3000]

BABlooP

[thethe]

Speed of the Gattis

Bears are actually underrated runners.

[nsacpi]

Bears are actually underrated runners.

Yeah. Don't assume you can outrun one.

[thethe]

Please no more Uggla.

[nsacpi]

EJ

[Dalyn]

:tchop::tchop:

An avalanche of runs.

[thethe]

:tchop::tchop:

An avalanche of runs.

We should thank TV.

[bravesnumberone]

That's awful Medlen.

[Julio3000]

:tchop::tchop:

An avalanche of runs.

Coupla Johnsons right in the middle of it.

[nsacpi]

We should thank TV.

He's the Man of the Match so far

[tvsportscaster]

He's the Man of the Match so far

Your welcome

[Dalyn]

We should thank TV.


Sure.

"Thank you, TV."

[Dalyn]

Your welcome

Did you find it? WHERE IS MY WELCOME???

[tvsportscaster]

Did you find it? WHERE IS MY WELCOME???

You guys are all welcome. Anything to help.

[Dalyn]

Nice running. Would like to see what Upton could do with a bit less weight.

[Julio3000]

They've only got one Hand.

We've got two Johnsons.

[thethe]

Thought Gattis would put some damage on the lefthander.

[Yogi44]

Joe Simpson can say some idiotic things at times. Just talked about how the Reds were having a letdown at Cubs after sweeping the Cards this weekend. Problem is the Reds played the Dodgers. The Cards played the Pirates.

[Julio3000]

Well, Hand worked the Johnsons cautiously, but with great aplomb.

[nsacpi]

It'll be interesting to see how Medlen and Minor do in the playoffs. They don't have the big rep, but they're in pretty good form. Teheran too will be interesting to watch.

[stpeteirish]

It'll be interesting to see how Medlen and Minor do in the playoffs. They don't have the big rep, but they're in pretty good form. Teheran too will be interesting to watch.

But its the fourth starter who we ain't got.

[BlackwaterPark]

Why has the activity of this board slowed down so much lately?

[Gary82]

Why has the activity of this board slowed down so much lately?

College is my excuse. I think it's just....not a lot to get too excited about. We're cruising to the divisional crown. Things will pick up late Sept early Oct.

[bravesnumberone]

Good grief.

[Yogi44]

Why has the activity of this board slowed down so much lately?

My guess is football. Why I don't know? Baseball is a much better sport.

[bravesnumberone]

And now we've got the tying run coming up to the plate. Game should have easily been in hand.

[nsacpi]

Well done Luis Avilan

[CyYoung31]

College is my excuse. I think it's just....not a lot to get too excited about. We're cruising to the divisional crown. Things will pick up late Sept early Oct.

This. The only thing of importance right now is getting the best record. But, let's face it, that doesn't make for a lot of drama.

[BlackwaterPark]

I am taking the GRE in the next few weeks in hopes of starting my masters program in the spring. I have been a slacker for too many years and need to get this next degree started

[stpeteirish]

Ayala just doesn't impress me with his stuff. When he gets people out they are mostly getting themselves out. Hard to understand how he gets the 8th inning. Walden and Downs must still be hurt.

[nsacpi]

Luis & Luis have done their jobs tonight

[stpeteirish]

Well done Luis Avilan

Filthy tonight. And then there's Ayala who's lobbing donuts up there.

[The Chosen One]

Why has the activity of this board slowed down so much lately?

Different sports are emerging, back to school for some.

gilesfan can't watch the Braves when he's got the Nats and Redskins to watch as well.

[zitothebrave]

Different sports are emerging, back to school for some.

gilesfan can't watch the Braves when he's got the Nats and Redskins to watch as well.

SAV is a horrible admin.

[bravesnumberone]

Magic number at 8. Maybe we can win a road series and be in position to clinch this weekend at home.

[Dalyn]

Nice victory. Good to see Kimbrel again.

[NinersSBChamps]

An offensive explosion with no BJ in the lineup. Even though Jordan didn't do anything the team scored more than they usually do with BJ in the lineup.

[TURBO]

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[stpeteirish]

An offensive explosion with no BJ in the lineup. Even though Jordan didn't do anything the team scored more than they usually do with BJ in the lineup.

Strange game tho,offensively. Only 5 hits, all in one inning. Pitching was great, but it is the Marlins.

[zitothebrave]

So only the Nationals have a shot at the division now.

[zitothebrave]

Magic number at 8. Maybe we can win a road series and be in position to clinch this weekend at home.

Would rock. I'd love this division wrapped up early so we can hear the Nats fans cry.

[Gary82]

I am taking the GRE in the next few weeks in hopes of starting my masters program in the spring. I have been a slacker for too many years and need to get this next degree started

Godspeed. I took that bastard of a test before. I hated studying for it.

[Dalyn]

An offensive explosion with no BJ in the lineup. Even though Jordan didn't do anything the team scored more than they usually do with BJ in the lineup.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/correlation.png

[zitothebrave]

An offensive explosion with no BJ in the lineup. Even though Jordan didn't do anything the team scored more than they usually do with BJ in the lineup.

We scored 5 runs 2 days ago

[NinersSBChamps]

We scored 5 runs 2 days ago

Oh and we lost that game. We won this game.

[The Chosen One]

Oh and we lost that game. We won this game.

So offensive outbursts only count as a good thing when we win?

[zitothebrave]

Oh and we lost that game. We won this game.

So Schafer caused our pitching to be better?

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/357/026/2ff.gif

[NinersSBChamps]

So Schafer caused our pitching to be better?

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/357/026/2ff.gif

Indirectly. I don't think anyone on the team likes BJ save for his brother. He is a whiny baby and is awful at hitting.

[bravesnumberone]

Indirectly. I don't think anyone on the team likes BJ save for his brother. He is a whiny baby and is awful at hitting.

You mean to tell me the Johnsons don't like BJ???

[yeezus]

Indirectly. I don't think anyone on the team likes BJ save for his brother. He is a whiny baby and is awful at hitting.

Nothing like completely assuming that a team isn't trying as hard because they all dislike a certain player and let it effect the way they play, all with one game of evidence.
For this, I applaud you.

[The Chosen One]

Indirectly. I don't think anyone on the team likes BJ save for his brother. He is a whiny baby and is awful at hitting.

...

Really hard to deduce this based on watching games on TV.

These guys are on the road together for 3 months out of the year.

[yeezus]

You mean to tell me the Johnsons don't like BJ???

I happen to know for a fact that the Braves' absolute best writer happens to loath him, but reportedly doesn't know exactly why.

[The Chosen One]

I happen to know for a fact that the Braves' absolute best writer happens to loath him, but reportedly doesn't know exactly why.

Shanks loves him because he shows he loves baseball by dropping f-bombs whenever he K's.

That's makeup you can't teach.

[yeezus]

Shanks loves him because he shows he loves baseball by dropping f-bombs whenever he K's.

That's makeup you can't teach.

Yeah I don't know what it is either.

[zitothebrave]

Indirectly. I don't think anyone on the team likes BJ save for his brother. He is a whiny baby and is awful at hitting.

Ah so wood gave up more runs because BJ was in CF. Lollerskates.

[bravesnumberone]

Ah so wood gave up more runs because BJ was in CF. Lollerskates.

So really all we have to do in the postseason is when the Braves are at bat, put BJ behind the CF fence, and the other team will give up more runs. This is what we've been missing in October.