GDT: 07/19/2014 Phillies @ Braves

[CyYoung31]

Pitching Matchup: Hamels vs. Harang

Lineup:

1. ** CF

2. Simbad SS

3. Freeman 1B

4. Unremarkable Player LF

5. Heytsbaseball RF

6. Lord GIDP 3B

7. Not Dan Uggla 2B

8. Not a Good Defensive C

9. The BoomerHarang P

 

[GovClintonTyree]

Pitching Matchup: Hamels vs. Harang

Lineup:

1. ** CF
2. Simbad SS
3. Freeman 1B
4. Unremarkable Player LF
5. Heytsbaseball RF
6. Lord GIDP 3B
7. Not Dan Uggla 2B
8. Not a Good Defensive C
9. The BoomerHarang P

This is good work.

 

[Nerfherders]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

 

[GovClintonTyree]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

 

[GovClintonTyree]

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

Freddie "The Real Deal" Freeman.

 

[Tapate50]

Freddie doesn't need a nickname. He's the real deal.

Good old fashion racism.

 

[CyYoung31]

Why does everyone get a dumb nickname but Freeman?

No one seems to be clever enough to think of a nickname for him. And he's been so consistently good and white that no one has been able to really irrationally complain about him, thus not netting him a nickname.

 

[Tapate50]

No one seems to be clever enough to think of a nickname for him. And he's been so consistently good and white that no one has been able to really irrationally complain about him, thus not netting him a nickname.

I got a buddy that calls him Beavis. Just because he looks like a Beavis to him.

 

[stpeteirish]

is ** a nickname?

 

[MadduxFanII]

Honestly, Freddie's boring. Really good, of course, but good in that steady, professional, unspectacular way. By the end of the year he's going to be between .290-.300, between 20 and 25 home runs and around 100 RBI as a good-but-not-great defensive first baseman. He doesn't run fast, he doesn't hit massive home runs. He just hits his line drives to left-center. That's not a recipe for a good nickname.

Besides, "Freddie" is one of those first names that's mildly goofy enough that a nickname isn't necessary.

 

[MadduxFanII]

Nothing says, "We've given up" quite as well as "leadoff hitter Grady Sizemore" in the year 2014.

 

[stpeteirish]

BJ is 0-14 lifetime vs Hamels.

 

[Tapate50]

So far it seems like our pitchers like to bounce them up to CB. I swear I've seen a ton of balls in the dirt to him

 

[CyYoung31]

is ** a nickname?

Technically, no. It's just censorship.

 

[AerchAngel]

Technically, no. It's just censorship.

Talk to Sav about that filter.

 

[MadduxFanII]

This game has all the signs of one of Harang's six-inning, 112-pitch, three-strikeout, three-walk, seven-hit, two-run Russ Ortiz special starts.

 

[CyYoung31]

Talk to Sav about that filter.

There is no filter on his name. That was intentional.

 

[Garmel]

This game has all the signs of one of Harang's six-inning, 112-pitch, three-strikeout, three-walk, seven-hit, two-run Russ Ortiz special starts.

Yeah, his starts aren't pretty but he gets the job done.

 

[Tapate50]

There the hbp that makes us lose Jhey for two months...

 

[Jay212033]

It's pouring here in Lithonia! I wonder how long before it reaches the stadium.