#66 GDT Friday the 13th: BRAVES (Harang) vs. ANGELS (CJ Wilson), 7:40

[rico43]

Braves facing the pitcher they were dying to get in the Mark Teixeira deal.

We're breaking tradition here and maybe we can change to horsecrap luck.

ANGELS

1. Calhoun RF

2. Trout CF

3. Pujols 1B

4. Hamilton LF

5. Kendrick 2B

6. Aybar SS

7. Freese 3B

8. Conger C

9. Wilson P

BRAVES

1. Heyward RF

2. BJ Upton CF

3. Freeman 1B

4. J Upton LF

5. Gattis C

6. Johnson 3B

7. La Stella 2B

8. Simmons SS

9. Harang P

 

[The Tariff King]

Poor LaStella. Coors gave CJ more life so Fredi won't be moving TLS up anytime soon.

 

[NinersSBChamps]

It's not luck when you trot out BJ Upton and bat him second everyday.

 

[Millwood1Hitter]

I know I will get slammed for this but I'd try:

LaStella
Johnson
Heyward
Freeman
Upton
Gattis
Upton
Simmons

for a while and see what happens.

 

[Dalyn]

I can't believe I expected Freeman to get a day off.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Let's continue to hit a guy hitting .370 in the bottom third of our lineup. Fckin idiot.

 

[mossy]

Let's continue to hit a guy hitting .370 in the bottom third of our lineup. Fckin idiot.

You clearly need a hug.

 

[bravesnumberone]

You clearly need a hug.

Is a manager who knows what the hell he's doing in there?

 

[nsacpi]

Harang is gonna be absolutely huge today.

 

[50PoundHead]

Now batting . . .

 

[50PoundHead]

You clearly need a hug.

If I wanted a free hug (and more), I'd go here:

Father Mike is workin' it in the basement.

 

[tomahawkchop10]

With freddie struggling a bit, I'd love to see
1. TLS
2. Jup
3. JHey
4. Gattis
5. Freddie
6. CJ
7. BJ
8. Simmons

Oh well. I live in socal...we better win this series so I don't have to listen to fair weather angel fans talking crap.

 

[Dalyn]

With freddie struggling a bit, I'd love to see
1. TLS
2. Jup
3. JHey
4. Gattis
5. Freddie
6. CJ
7. BJ
8. Simmons

Oh well. I live in socal...we better win this series so I don't have to listen to fair weather angel fans talking crap.

That's the current ideal lineup, in my opinion.

 

[tomahawkchop10]

That's the current ideal lineup, in my opinion.

Too bad there's a 0.5% chance we'll see it.

 

[Dalyn]

Too bad there's a 0.5% chance we'll see it.

Sounds about right.

 

[50PoundHead]

With freddie struggling a bit, I'd love to see
1. TLS
2. Jup
3. JHey
4. Gattis
5. Freddie
6. CJ
7. BJ
8. Simmons

Oh well. I live in socal...we better win this series so I don't have to listen to fair weather angel fans talking crap.

It's probably quibbling, but with that 6-9 (counting the pitcher), you'd have the Three Stooges (plus Shemp) after Freeman. I don't know how much line-up construction matters in a line-up with this many holes. Maybe it calls for more possible synergy, which would validate your changes. But it would put a ton of pressure on the upper part of the line-up to never fall short when a productive opportunity arose. I'm open to anything at this point.

 

[jason27nc]

I predict we get beat 3-0 tonight.

 

[Dalyn]

I predict we get beat 3-0 tonight.

Only because Harang is pitching. Otherwise, it would be 13-3 or something like that.

 

[jsebe10]

I predict we get beat 3-0 tonight.

I'm going to say 5-0...this team just can't hit man.

 

[Dalyn]

I'm going to say 5-0...this team just can't hit man.