April 26 Gamethread: Braves (Hudson) at Mets (Maine) -- Lillibridge Debuts!

[jones2510]

lets go kelly

[McCarroll21]

Way to get into scoring position Greg! Get him in Kelly!

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon KJ drive him in!

[McCarroll21]

Let's go Kelly! This is what you dream of as a kid...

[McCarroll21]

Let's go Kelly! This is what you dream of as a kid...
Poopyhead!

[SamtheBravesFan]

Let's go Kelly! This is what you dream of as a kid...

Striking out with a guy on second and two out is what you dream of as a kid? :confused:

[DRbravesfan29]

BLah!!!!!!!!!!!!...i hope we do something in the 8th or the 9th...*sigh* 1-run game

[ATlinVA]

No worries, leadoff HR by Teixy next inning.

[DRbravesfan29]

*sigh* Cmon Campillo.....

[jones2510]

lets go campillo

[ATlinVA]

Campillo looks fantastic thus far

[McCarroll21]

One more Jorge... just one more.

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon Camp!! One more!!

[Nasadega]

I'm back! I see the Braves scored a run! Prado driving in Frenchy
What did Teix do exactly?
Cmon Campillo, end the inning so I can watch the Braves tie it!

[vnodnarb]

The bullpen has been very good today and over the last couple weeks.

[DRbravesfan29]

Nice Campillo!!!!! K!

[Nasadega]

I'm back! I see the Braves scored a run! Prado driving in Frenchy
What did Teix do exactly?
Cmon Campillo, end the inning so I can watch the Braves tie it!
Thanks Jorge

[jones2510]

:clap:

[GrandMasterB]

Nice! Campillo striking out the side. Time for us to score now with the middle of the order up.

[DRbravesfan29]

What did Teix do exactly?
Cmon Campillo, end the inning so I can watch the Braves tie it!

A gold glove play,web gem...whatever you want to call it...JUST an INCREDIBLE play diving to his right and then getting force at home

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon Tex Cmon...lets get this run!! Cmon

[McCarroll21]

Let's go offense!

[DRbravesfan29]

Meh...Lets go McCann..Cmon do something!!!!!!!!!

[McCarroll21]

Let's go Mac!

[jones2510]

lets go brian

[DRbravesfan29]

Nice Mac!!!!!!!! Nice! Cmon Frenchy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GrandMasterB]

Steal second, Mac! Show off those wheels some more. :D

[ATlinVA]

A gold glove play,web gem...whatever you want to call it...JUST an INCREDIBLE play diving to his right and then getting force at home
Not a force, a tag right in time. Great play.

[DRbravesfan29]

Esco Pinch Running!!

[McCarroll21]

w00t! Let's go Jeff. Do it like last time. :)

[McCarroll21]

Esco Pinch Running!!
LOL! How slow is our bench to have Escobar pinch run? He's got good instincts but horrible speed.

Give me Jair running. :)

[jones2510]

lets go jeff

[Nasadega]

Cohen and co should learn to pronounce Francoeur's name.

[McCarroll21]

Way to go Andruw...

[GrandMasterB]

Hmm... the pinch running didn't seem to help much.

[DRbravesfan29]

Ugh...its up to the 9th...Prado..Lillibridge and Diaz..Meh!!

[jones2510]

ugh

[McCarroll21]

Now we've wasted one of our best hitters. They talked earlier like he could be available to pinch hit but not field.

[josephw000]

I think we ground into quite a few double plays, enough so I bet were one of the tops in the league....

[jonsmoltz]

W.T.F.
...
"good play, you know his hand is hurting - throw it over there a few more times"

What the heck is wrong with the mets announcing team?

[McCarroll21]

Ugh...its up to the 9th...Prado..Lillibridge and Diaz..Meh!!
One of those two get one and I'll take Diaz vs. Wagner with the game on the line.

[DRbravesfan29]

One of those two get one and I'll take Diaz vs. Wagner with the game on the line.

Prado HAS to get on...Lillibridge aint going nowhere and then Diaz..

[Nasadega]

One of those two get one and I'll take Diaz vs. Wagner with the game on the line.
It's time to reminder that Wagner is supposed to suck and not have a 0 hit/era line!

[josephw000]

Well if Campillo can get us back to the dugout with just down 1 run I'll take our chances in the 9th, as long as go down swinging I'' be happy, we really played bad today, Huddy was ugh-ly....

[McCarroll21]

Prado HAS to get on...Lillibridge aint going nowhere and then Diaz..
I'm saying Lillibridge does something. Prado may get on, but I'm thinking Lillibridge comes through against the lefty.

Gotta get there first though. Let's go Jorge!

[DRbravesfan29]

Well if Campillo can get us back to the dugout with just down 1 run I'll take our chances in the 9th, as long as go down swinging I'' be happy, we really played bad today, Huddy was ugh-ly....

PLUS Chipper and Esco out!!

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon Campillo!!! Finish the inning!!

[jonsmoltz]

Considering we don't have Chipper OR Esco in the lineup today AND huddy having a bad outing I'm still happy with where we're at right now.

Anyone else think we'll see chipper in the 9th? I think if we get prado on he'll take lilli's spot.

[McCarroll21]

Let's go baby! Time for the role players to come through in their roles.

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon Prado...!!! Lets go!!!! GEt something down the line and get to 2B!! Cmon

[jonsmoltz]

Cmon Prado - get this started~!

[GrandMasterB]

Rally baby time!

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[ATlinVA]

Prado with warning track power

[jonsmoltz]

dangit... so close

[DRbravesfan29]

Cmon Brent...do something!!

[Nasadega]

Mfer :mad: I almost jumped out of my chair

[McCarroll21]

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Let's go Lil'Bridge!

[jones2510]

lets go brent get a hit

[josephw000]

Lilli was dead set on a FB first pitch....

[DRbravesfan29]

Meh..the Brent Special...Lets go Diaz...last chance!!

[nittanylionfan3]

C'mon Diaz!!!!
Do it!

[josephw000]

Lilli is reminding me of B Jones when he first came up.

[jones2510]

lets go matt

[Nasadega]

DIAZ!

[McCarroll21]

Let's go Matty!

[DRbravesfan29]

Blah...i guess you cant win them all!! Lets Win the Series tomorrow with Smoltzie on the mound!!!!

[jonsmoltz]

Cmon MATT!

[nittanylionfan3]

Nuts

[McCarroll21]

Poop. We'll go for the series tomorrow behind Smoltz.

[Nasadega]

This sucks, but considering we had a AAA lineup, it could be worse.

[jonsmoltz]

Crap. Oh well - cya all tomorrow.

[josephw000]

So the muts were just able to beat a battered Braves squad? No Esco no C Jones....We didint deserve this one anyways, we played poor. Gotta get em tomorrow. But I doubt Chipper and Esco are back even tomorrow.....and Lilli has gotta figure out how to hit a baseball in the next 12 hours....

[McCarroll21]

Maybe with a night of sleep Lillibridge will come off and make up for his debut. Sucks that his poor debut had to come in the same game that Chipper had to miss and Huddy was ineffective.

[Chop33]

not the best debut for Lilli :(

[nittanylionfan3]

Haha, yeah. Bad debut, but he's got tomorrow.

[McCarroll21]

Lilli has gotta figure out how to hit a baseball in the next 12 hours....He'll get some sleep. That may help. Plus, he won't be as nervous or whatever jitters a player has to have on his debut.

You have to remember that he played last night at Richmond, was told after the game he was coming up and went from Norfolk to New York during the night.

[DRbravesfan29]

Huddy didnt have his A game..:(...i hope he brings it for his next start.

[nittanylionfan3]

Yep, first day jitters. Hopefully he bounces back tomorrow.

[McCarroll21]

Blah! Guess I've got one good and one bad recap to write tonight... I was hoping I'd be able to write two good ones.

[DRbravesfan29]

IF chipper plays tomorrow...put prado in SS..nuff said...:D

[McCarroll21]

Lillibridge was already starting at shortstop today when Chipper was expected to play. Enough said?

[GrandMasterB]

Remember how Kelly Johnson started out 1-for-30 when he first came up? He seems to have turned out alright. Gotta give Lillibridge more than one game before deciding he can't do anything.

[vnodnarb]

0-8 in 1 run games....ouch.

[nittanylionfan3]

Yeah, thats the most worrying stat for me. We've lost 13 straight dating back to last season as well.

[McCarroll21]

One run games don't bother me so much. The reason is that a lot of them are the result of our offense making a 2 or 3 run deficit a 1 run deficit.

Like today, we were down 2 runs but the offense got one of them back. Why would the fact we got the game back within a run make anyone less worried than if we wouldn't have scored anymore and lost 4-2.

One run games that concern me are games that say at 1 run all the way through or are tied and the bullpen coughs up the game by giving up a run. Turning a two run loss into a one run loss doesn't bother me at all.

[nittanylionfan3]

One run games don't bother me so much. The reason is that a lot of them are the result of our offense making a 2 or 3 run deficit a 1 run deficit.

Like today, we were down 2 runs but the offense got one of them back. Why would the fact we got the game back within a run make anyone less worried than if we wouldn't have scored anymore and lost 4-2.

One run games that concern me are games that say at 1 run all the way through or are tied and the bullpen coughs up the game by giving up a run. Turning a two run loss into a one run loss doesn't bother me at all.

Yeah. Good point. I was kind of thinking the same thing. I was happy to see that it wasn't from a blown lead or anything. Blown leads are bad, coming back, but not making it the whole way is okay

[josephw000]

I like giving Lilli another shot tomorrow if Chipper is in there. He looks like he's 14, but let him get some shut eye and have at it one more night. See what happens. Patience is a virtue.

[dogmanx23]

so i see we lost :( to bad... but it was all in 1 inning i see... and Lillibride debuted.. oh well tomorrow is another day GO BRAVES!

[Chop33]

has there been any word on chipper's status?

[McCarroll21]

has there been any word on chipper's status?
Back spasms are as day-to-day as you can get. He could wake up fine in the morning or his back could stay knotted up for a few weeks. You never know...

[jonsmoltz]

Back spasms are as day-to-day as you can get. He could wake up fine in the morning or his back could stay knotted up for a few weeks. You never know...

Been dealing with back issues myself - doc gave me a interesting piece of info the other day.

90% of back pain goes away within 3 weeks
5% goes away within 3 months
5% has continued back pain past 3 months, those are the hard ones to diagnose.

I happen to fall into the last 5% - here's hoping that chipper is in the first 90% :D

[colebert]

Mark Redman is getting absolutely destroyed by the Dodgers. 10 run inning including a grand slam. Even Andruw has an RBI (walked with the bases loaded.)

[McCarroll21]

It's because they gave him a lead too early. You have to keep it 0-0 for Redman and he'll pitch decent. You give him a lead and he's destined to give up and then some.

[MPH]

It's because they gave him a lead too early. You have to keep it 0-0 for Redman and he'll pitch decent. You give him a lead and he's destined to give up and then some.
No, I think it's because he's not very good at baseball. :rolleyes:

[colebert]

ZOMG. That ump took that pitch right in the grill!

(Dodgers Rockies)


OUCH. He is out cold.

Completely jacked up

[McCarroll21]

No, I think it's because he's not very good at baseball. :rolleyes:
Well, that too. I just remember a lot of times he got a lead last year and then went out and Redman'd it.

[colebert]

Now there's an ambulance out there. Wow.

[MPH]

Well, that too. I just remember a lot of times he got a lead last year and then went out and Redman'd it.
LOL, you're right about that - guess we need to add the verb "redman" back to our gamethread lexicon! :nod:

[gobravez]

Moylan is probably out for the year, Soriano is having arm problems, Infante is hurt, Yunel is hurt, Hampton is Hampton, Glavine has been hurt, Kotsay's back has been hurting a little, Chipper is hurting, Smoltz shoulder isn't %100 percent, Hudson's velocity hasn't been the same, KJ's knee has been hurt, and frenchy's ankle is hurting him.

Kinda scary when you think about how many injuries we have already had.

[DRbravesfan29]

Moylan is probably out for the year, Soriano is having arm problems, Infante is hurt, Yunel is hurt, Hampton is Hampton, Glavine has been hurt, Kotsay's back has been hurting a little, Chipper is hurting, Smoltz shoulder isn't %100 percent, Hudson's velocity hasn't been the same, KJ's knee has been hurt, and frenchy's ankle is hurting him.

Kinda scary when you think about how many injuries we have already had.

Yeah..it wasnt his back....it was his left trapezius muscle....weird thing is the same one as Smoltz...its behind the neck and goes down with the shoulder...anyone could say the muscle is located in the back...... but its really a more shoulder/neck thing.