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04-13-2024, 10:03 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Langford walking away without getting thrown out must have required a truly extraordinary exertion of willpower.

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04-12-2024, 04:26 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I think the takeaway from all of this is that sports betting is dumb and no one should do it. Now, granted, I drink Mountain Dew and that's...

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04-11-2024, 02:06 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

It's all pretty ridiculous, yes, but I don't see any reason to believe that the US Attorney is conducting some kind of cover up for Ohtani, and I...

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04-11-2024, 07:48 AM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Can I just say, I love how many times in this story I’ve heard or read the phrase “Orange County bookie.” You hear “bookie” and you think of some...

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04-07-2024, 11:21 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

What are the odds Hernandez called that a strike entirely to punish Torres for stepping out and “showing him up?”

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04-05-2024, 02:59 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Top 5 Braves of All Time in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

The Fick discussion shook loose a faded memory of his post-Braves career, and I ran it down on Wikipedia. The 2006 Nationals had both Fick and...

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04-05-2024, 02:29 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Top 5 Braves of All Time in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Fick had a nice first half that year -- .296/.354/.482. We were kind of excited about him at the time. But boy howdy was that a rough second half of...

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04-05-2024, 12:09 AM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Top 5 Braves of All Time in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I’m not seeing Garret Anderson on any of these lists.

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04-04-2024, 03:06 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Say what you will about Copolella, but that Heyward-Miller-Swanson/Inciarte sequence was some pretty nifty business.

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04-04-2024, 10:30 AM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I have basically no hopes invested in Ynoa, but it was his first appearance since 2022. Let the guy work the rust out before obsessing over velocity.

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04-03-2024, 03:45 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Love the catcher gently restraining the hitter from doing something really bad and commiserating with him about the call.

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04-01-2024, 06:01 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread 4/1 GDT - braves vs the white Sox (and the weather) in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

It's only four games and it means nothing, but man, put the Braves' lineup next to that of the White Sox and look at the OPS for each player, and it...

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03-29-2024, 09:13 AM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Heim really needs to pick up the ball and argue later.

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03-28-2024, 02:34 PM

MadduxFanII replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Trout homered in his first at-bat. Would be cool to see have him a healthy, 150+-game vintage Trout season.

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