9/29/2013 - Braves v. Phillies - Regular Season Finale

Justin was clearly safe...

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Originally Posted by KeithLockhart

Justin was clearly safe...

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Yeah he looked safe to me. Of course the Phils' telecast doesn't show good replays. Just call it "unbelievable" by Asche.

Freddie Freeman is money.

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Originally Posted by Runnin

Freddie Freeman is money.

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Sure wasn't last night though. :Sad:

Hi ump.

WOOOT Gattis!

Gattisssss.

If only he could've done that against Papelbon.

The Gorn

That's one way to manufacture runs.

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Originally Posted by nsacpi

Kershaw is the one strong argument for avoiding the Dodgers.

With respect to your first point, neither the Pirates nor the Reds have a pitcher who towers above the rest of their rotation. The Pirates will use Liriano and he can come back in game 3. My guess is they would use Burnett in games 1 and 5. Dusty Baker has decided to start Johnny Cueto in the Wild Card game. Same situation as the Pirates. They are using a good pitcher but not one who is their undisputed ace. My guess is Homer Bailey will be the games 1 and 5 starter if they make it.

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Fair point. Something I didn't realize about Liriano was he was a lot better pre-all star break than post. Before the all star break he had a 2.00 ERA. After the break, 3.95 including 5.14 in September.

Interesting that the Reds would go with Cueto over Latos. I'd think Latos is the closest they have to an ace, especially since Cueto has only been back for 2 starts.

We needed that last night Evan.

Gerald Laird looks like the type of guy that you see on the beach with his family in a tank top and swim trunks drinking a corona.

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Originally Posted by NYCBrave

Fair point. Something I didn't realize about Liriano was he was a lot better pre-all star break than post. Before the all star break he had a 2.00 ERA. After the break, 3.95 including 5.14 in September.

Interesting that the Reds would go with Cueto over Latos. I'd think Latos is the closest they have to an ace, especially since Cueto has only been back for 2 starts.

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Apparently Latos is having some soreness in his arm.

Hopefully this will be the start of a hot streak for Gattis. He is a guy that could carry a team in a series.

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Originally Posted by nsacpi

Apparently Latos is having some soreness in his arm.

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We need a Dusty toothpick smiling picture like the one we have for Fredi just for moments like this.

:fredi:

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Originally Posted by KeithLockhart

We need a Dusty toothpick smiling picture like the one we have for Fredi just for moments like this.

:fredi:

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less talk, more action.

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Originally Posted by thethe

Hopefully this will be the start of a hot streak for Gattis. He is a guy that could carry a team in a series.

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Same could be said of Heyward, Freeman, Justin, McCann, Simmons. That's why I like our chances. If one or two of those guys gets hot, we should be fine.

Dan hasn't had to shoulder the load all year... all we've asked of him was to contribute SOMETHING.

Swish.

Well, we're hopefully gonna do our job (cannot imagine the Phillies scoring 3 on us when we have the lead like this) hopefully the Cubs can do their's and not get rolled over.