GDT: July 10th, 2013 - Braves @ Marlins - Chris hitting 5th - Pastor SS

[Mrs. Meta]

Also gonorrhea.

Clap on, clap off!

[The Chosen One]

I have doubts if Fredi even loves baseball.

+1 Rep & +1 Thanks

[The Chosen One]

Who called the bunt?

Fredi or Laird... or both?... or Fredi went up to bat while Laird was on the bench...?

[The Chosen One]

I will say kudos to all of you. I haven't had this much fun in gamethreads since the days of SVOD Vinny Castilla. The board would erupt whenever the Vinster would hit a homerun. I've had more fun in a losing gamethread today, than the last few years on Scout combined.

[BRule]

SVOD.....those were the days.

[Julio3000]

Btw: from the Attic Greek for "gonad-flow" — which I believe was actually Valentine's nickname when he managed in Japan.

They told him it meant "respected elder."

[stpeteirish]

I will say kudos to all of you. I haven't had this much fun in gamethreads since the days of SVOD Vinny Castilla. The board would erupt whenever the Vinster would hit a homerun. I've had more fun in a losing gamethread today, than the last few years on Scout combined.

wow, and here I was thinking that Frenchy was the original SVOD

[jpx7]

They told him it meant "respected elder."

Who are we to say it doesn't?

[jpx7]

SVOD Vinny Castilla

Props to MFII for that sobriquet.

[The Chosen One]

Props to MFII for that sobriquet.

Sent a message to mf2 on Facebook. He should be joining us shortly

[Runnin]

CJ needs more plate appearances. He'd be 2nd only to Molina if he qualified. The way he's hitting he deserves a shot at it. He's having a career year at the plate anyway.

[AUTiger7222]

You take the higher percentage of getting another at-bat. Laird is not it.

I understand that. Say you used McCann instead of Laird and McCann reaches, who do you bat next in the pitcher's spot? Reed Johnson and Paul Janish are the only 2 guys let on the bench. Reed would have to be the pinch-hitter. We know he's not getting a homerun. We can only hope he gets a hit to keep the train moving. Then you're left with the next hitter being Rev. What are the chances of Rev getting a hit to keep the train moving and giving Heyward a chance to do some real damage? So I didn't necessarily have an issue with Fredi not hitting McCann in place of Laird. It was a different situation than that other game that he didn't hit McCann for Laird when McCann would have had the chance to change the outcome of the game with 1 swing.

[Dalyn]

I understand that. Say you used McCann instead of Laird and McCann reaches, who do you bat next in the pitcher's spot? Reed Johnson and Paul Janish are the only 2 guys let on the bench. Reed would have to be the pinch-hitter. We know he's not getting a homerun. We can only hope he gets a hit to keep the train moving. Then you're left with the next hitter being Rev. What are the chances of Rev getting a hit to keep the train moving and giving Heyward a chance to do some real damage? So I didn't necessarily have an issue with Fredi not hitting McCann in place of Laird. It was a different situation than that other game that he didn't hit McCann for Laird when McCann would have had the chance to change the outcome of the game with 1 swing.

Hit Reed for Laird and McCann next. Either way works. The important thing is replacing Laird.

[AUTiger7222]

Hit Reed for Laird and McCann next. Either way works. The important thing is replacing Laird.

I personally have more faith in Laird getting on base than I Reed Johnson. Laird has really surprised me with the bat.

[NinersSBChamps]

Reed Johnson has been a pretty solid pinch hitter. It's not flashy, but we do have some pretty quality bench players and even better when Gattis comes back. I'd put our bench down as one of the best in the league.

[50PoundHead]

Again Bourn only got a good cheap deal because he didn't sign until February because his asking price was outrageous. The Braves would have paid him what the Indians did but they couldn't wait until February to know one way or the other.

I agree on Bourn. My problem is that Upton's asking price was equally outrageous and we bit.

[AUTiger7222]

I agree on Bourn. My problem is that Upton's asking price was equally outrageous and we bit.

According to the reports I heard the Braves badly overpaid on BJ because they thought the Nationals and Phillies were really going hard after him.