GDT #31: 5/5/14 Cardinals vs Braves 7:10 PM

The real barometer of the team will be seen tonight. Based on the number of Harang jokes will tell us all we need to know.
 
Mad Dog Murph said:
First time starting a game thread....figured I could shake things up a little and get a new streak started. If I am breaking the traditions feel free to delete

Atlanta Lineup



1. Heyward RF

2. J Upton LF

3. Freeman 1B

4. Gattis C

5. BUpton CF

6. Johnson 3B

7. Simmons SS

8. Harang P

9. Pena 2B

Cardinals Linuep

1. Carpenter 3b

2. Molina C

3. Holliday LF

4. Adams 1B

5. Craig RF

6. Peralta SS

7. Bourjos CF

8. Ellis 2B

9. Miller RHP
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Drink when any of our 3-4-5 hitters K.

Drink when Gattis swings at a pitch outside the zone.

Two drinks when Tron swings at the first pitch.

Two drinks when a brave makes an out with RISP.

Two drinks when Jason hits into a 4-3.

Two drinks when Chip makes a play on words.

Two drinks if Chip refers to Harang's height or girth.

Finish your drink if Joe Simpson talks about somebody keeping their hands inside the baseball.

Finish your drink when the Braves fail to get a bunt down.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Since the team has been so depressing recently anyone else up for a drinking game tonight. Drink when a brave k's, for every run the cards score, and whenenver the opposing pitcher gets on base.
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I'm game......already on my way for a few of these.....

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Julio3000 said:
Drink when any of our 3-4-5 hitters K.

Drink when Gattis swings at a pitch outside the zone.

Two drinks when Tron swings at the first pitch.

Two drinks when a brave makes an out with RISP.

Two drinks when Jason hits into a 4-3.

Two drinks when Chip makes a play on words.

Two drinks if Chip refers to Harang's height or girth.

Finish your drink if Joe Simpson talks about somebody keeping their hands inside the baseball.

Finish your drink when the Braves fail to get a bunt down.
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This will be a short game thread...we will all be passed out by the 3rd inning
 
Chug an entire beer when the Braves hit a lead off double, followed by a K, then a fly out to advance the runner to 3B, then a grounder to the right side for the 3rd out...thus scoring zero runs due to terrible sequencing, and ushering in calls for playing small ball.
 
I'm going to play my own private drinking game based around pleas for a team that can manufacture runs and hit with RISP.
 
nsacpi said:
I think only a professional psychoanalyst could understand this. Fredi has to go through these contortions to somehow limit the psychological impact on Uggla. I always found it curious he wouldn't hit Uggla 8th. So now he his leaving him out of the lineup, but batting his replacement ninth. Maybe it does make Uggla feel better. But to me it just seems weird. Pendleton for manager.
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Actually, according to "The Book", it is worth about 2 runs per season to have your pitcher batting 8th because the 9th place hitter will be getting on for the top of the lineup. Now that JUp is hitting 2nd, the current lineup is pretty much optimized (Freddie should be hitting 4th with BJ hitting 3rd though - the order of importance of out avoidance is #1, #4, #2, #5, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9).

Since Pena and Pastor are leadoff-type hitters, but not actually good enough to hit leadoff, batting them 9th in front of Heyward/JUp/Freeman is a good idea. Additionally, the pitcher will likely be PH for by his 3rd or 4th AB, so the poor hitting pitchers won't really be taking many ABs away from position/bench players over the course of the season. Each lineup position is worth about 17 additional ABs per year, and since the pitcher will be PH for approximately 25% of the time, the offense is only giving the pitcher an extra ~12-13 ABs per season.

Here is a pretty good explanation:

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/3/17/795946/optimizing-your-lineup-by
 
Read somewerelast week Freddie was toying with BJ in the 9 spot.
Didnt they do this once or twice with Schafers 1st go round?
 
any drinking game that involves Braves K's will get you drunk. Unless you have 10 drinks so regularly that 10 doesn't make you drunk.
 
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