GDT 8/21/13: Braves (Wood) @ Mets (Niese) 1:10 PM - Dark Wood Rising

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Originally Posted by Teheran_49

I was just thinking how bad this line up is. I really hate seeing Janish out there. Yes he has a great glove but he is worse than Rey Ordonez with the bat.

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Its still way better than the team we're playing.

I hope Wood pitches a gem, I have a feeling we'll need it today.

With Shawn Marcum gone, are there any Mets starters than we can hit?

The Mets are just too good.

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Originally Posted by stpeteirish

With Shawn Marcum gone, are there any Mets starters than we can hit?

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When did we hit Marcum? As I recall we were the only team that couldn't touch him this year. Maybe we did okay one game against him, but he seemed to own us otherwise.

OK, I just checked. We did score 5 against him last game. But he pitched a gem against us the game before in a Mets 4-2 win.

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Originally Posted by thethe

Johnson has not hit the ball hard in a while. THe regression is happening. Hopefully it won't be too much of one.

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No way man. He is the best hitter of all time! He has skillz

That was a strike! Ump is squeezing Wood, but Laird's framing abilities don't help. He is awful, makes even good pitches look worse more times than not.

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Originally Posted by sturg33

No way man. He is the best hitter of all time! He has skillz

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Carew-squared.

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Originally Posted by Braves1976

That was a strike! Ump is squeezing Wood, but Laird's framing abilities don't help. He is awful, makes even good pitches look worse more times than not.

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Laird is an awful catcher.

Yeah, it sucks for Wood that he has to pitch to Laird. There's a very good chance Gattis or McCann get at least one of those pitches called a strike.

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Originally Posted by thethe

Laird is an awful catcher.

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When we go from Mac to Laird the difference is night and day. When you're use to one of the best in Mac, that makes Laird's bad framing look even worse too. Plus for all the crap Gattis gets, he is actually good at framing pitches. He's not a big drop off from Mac like Laird.

I also would argue that this partly explains Laird's poor win-loss record catching. We'd gone a long time without a win in Laird starts till this past Sunday. I've noted in a lot those losses timely close calls going against our pitchers. These are calls Mac and Gattis gets but Laird rarely does.

Dammit Bossman.

*sigh* BJ strikes out again.

Lol. Pitiful

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Originally Posted by thethe

Laird is an awful catcher.

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How does he survive all these years in the big leagues, always seems to get signed by someone as a free agent. His bat?

:facepalm:

We're getting no-hit today:eusa_dance:

Is there a worse lower half of the lineup in baseball than what we have with BJ, Janish, and the pitcher?

Paging Quilvio Veras.

Its just brutal to watch BJ everyday right now. Guy needs to show something or I wouldn't put him on the postseason roster.