GDT #32: Cardinals @ Braves (May 6, 2014)

[The Tariff King]

What's it called when you've scored more runs than the other team when you are done playing? I seem to have forgotten what that phenomenon is called.

Any other team it's called winning. But since our team is managed by Fredi it's called not losing.

-Board Curmudgeons.

 

[mossy]

The contract is on Wren, makes it hard to find a replacement. No doubt.
But at this point La Stella and Pastor are better options for the simple fact that, even if they don't hit, they aren't inept defensively and fundamentally like Uggla.

Agreed. But if you are in a management position, it must simply be too hard to sit an expensive piece. I'd be elated never to see Dan again. Pastornicky is a young, hungry player, wish we could just hand him the job and see what happens.

Here we go, Uggla and Laird to AZ for Prado. That should do it.

 

[The Tariff King]

Hmmm.

Looks like Harang will be the one hung.

Minor
Wood
Teheran
Santana
Floyd

 

[bravesnumberone]

Part of me would have laughed so hard if Kimbrel had given up a run, and some of you still tried to defend Fredi's managing in the bottom of the 8th.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Agreed. But if you are in a management position, it must simply be too hard to sit an expensive piece. I'd be elated never to see Dan again. Pastornicky is a young, hungry player, wish we could just hand him the job and see what happens.

Here we go, Uggla and Laird to AZ for Prado. That should do it.

Cue all the people bitching about Prado's OPS or whatever.

 

[mossy]

Cue all the people bitching about Prado's OPS or whatever.

We're Braves fans. Bitching is what we do.

 

[50PoundHead]

Hmmm.

Looks like Harang will be the one hung.

Minor
Wood
Teheran
Santana
Floyd

It will be interesting. One option--not suggesting this--would be Wood to the bullpen seeing the uneven performance of Avilan and Thomas' coming up short.

 

[nsacpi]

Agreed. But if you are in a management position, it must simply be too hard to sit an expensive piece. I'd be elated never to see Dan again. Pastornicky is a young, hungry player, wish we could just hand him the job and see what happens.

Here we go, Uggla and Laird to AZ for Prado. That should do it.

See the Milwaukee Brewers, Rickie Weeks and Scooter Gennett.

 

[50PoundHead]

Agreed. But if you are in a management position, it must simply be too hard to sit an expensive piece. I'd be elated never to see Dan again. Pastornicky is a young, hungry player, wish we could just hand him the job and see what happens.

Here we go, Uggla and Laird to AZ for Prado. That should do it.

I can guarantee you he's not as hungry as Laird.

 

[The Tariff King]

We're Braves fans. Bitching is what we do.

Not really.

I only bitch about the posters bitching all the time on here.

Game is a game. It's amazing how emotionally over the top invested some people will go when we don't win.

 

[The Tariff King]

Brian Jordan: "David Carpenting"

 

[50PoundHead]

Brian Jordan: "David Carpenting"

At least he didn't say carpet tacks.

 

[NinersSBChamps]

Winning.

 

[tvsportscaster]

It will be interesting. One option--not suggesting this--would be Wood to the bullpen seeing the uneven performance of Avilan and Thomas' coming up short.

Yeah, I think that's what they're going to do. Coincindentally, Wood is scheduled to start again Sunday, which would be the perfect amount of time for Gavin Floyd to come back and start. That coupled with the need for a second lefty in the bullpen and wanting to limit Wood's inning makes the move logical.

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

 

[CyYoung31]

I was wondering why Floyd's delivery looked nothing like I remember, and then I realized that I was thinking of Brett Myers.

 

[Runnin]

Congrats to rico43 for getting us the win. At least our minor leaguers know how to win.

 

[Runnin]

Brian Jordan: "David Carpenting"

Or was is David Carpeting?

 

[USMA76]

I don't know how many others are in a similar situation but I live in the Cardinals broadcast footprint so I'm forced to watch their games against the Braves on their regional Fox sports network rather than Atlanta's.

On the plus side their broadcasters are knowledgable. However, I've never listened to a more smug, condescending, and arrogant group in my life. Maybe if we had their postseason success, we'd be the same way but, as it is, it's just annoying.

 

[cajunrevenge]

I looked at the standings to see how many games back we were for 4th place in the division and low and behold we are somehow in first. I could have sworn we were a lock for the #1 pick next year.