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Old June 13th, 2008, 09:49 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Bobble stays with the hot hand of Reyes. C'mon, Jojo. Make us proud.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 09:53 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Reyes uses only nine pitches to put the Angels down in the 8th. I hope Bobble leaves him in to at least try for the complete game. He seems strong, yet.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:00 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Here we go to the Angels' ninth. We're up by three. Reyes is out and Bennett is in. Our odds are about 50-50 for a win.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:02 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Bennett gives up a lead off single. The odds go down to 40%.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:05 PM   #35 (permalink)
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One out. I'm keeping the odds at 40%.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:06 PM   #36 (permalink)
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jojo is not Glavine - shoulda left him in, but happy he gets the win. US too! night all.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:08 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Three outs. I'm raising our odds to win to 80%! Excellent job by Reyes tonight. Had the Angels baffled after the third inning. A well deserved road win. Night all.
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:08 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:13 PM   #39 (permalink)
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There should really be a rule against these weekend west coast trips. Just murders my bar time...
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Old June 13th, 2008, 10:58 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Chipper Jones from 6/13/07 to 6/12/08:

153 games, 684 plate appearance, 219 hits, 40 doubles, 32 homers, 116 ribbies, 119 runs, 97 walks, 73 strikeouts, and a triple slash of .391/.477/.645.
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Old June 14th, 2008, 09:24 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Nice to see a road W for a change. Been rubbin my rabbit's foot so much lately during Bravos games, there's no hair left on it! Good spiel Snow.

Gonna catch the Sunday game at the BIG A (Fathers day present from daughters: train ticket & seat + plenty o beer $$) Going with a couple of buds. Big advantage for kids: It gets me the hell out of their hair since school just ended.
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Old June 14th, 2008, 10:07 AM   #42 (permalink)
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It wasn't an original gameplan, Anderson said.

"It's that typical Braves pitching - keep the ball down, stay on the corners," Anderson said. "That's what he did on me all night. He pitched off his fastball.

"I didn't pose any threat to him tonight but I tried to keep it simple, not get too big. He's nothing special but he kept the ball down, kept it on the corners, pitched off his fastball - typical Braves pitching. But if I saw him again, I'd like my chances."

The way Jon Garland had been pitching lately, the Angels had to like their chances against a Chipper-less Braves lineup ....

"Nothing," Garland said when asked what had changed from his seven-start roll. "I could probably go out there and throw those same pitches in the same counts again and not give up those hits. They had a lot of seeing-eyes and infield hits."

The Angels' final chance to spark their offense was short-circuited in the ninth inning. Izturis led off with a single and was running on a full-count pitch to Kendrick. Kendrick took the pitch and was called out on strikes.

Thinking the pitch was ball four, Izturis pulled up short of second base and was walking when he was thrown out by Braves
catcher Brian McCann.


Angels can't deliver KO against Braves - LA Daily News

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Maybe Izturis needs to stop thinking and just run out the pitch. There are no assumptions in baseball. And, are you telling me that the LAA haven't won a few games with a bloop here and a hop there?

Now, before someone (Snow) chimes in to tell me it's all true - I know, I know, I know - just trying to linger in the Winnnnnn!!

btw - I can't use color in my replies anymore - anyone else having that problem?
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Its called baseball LA LA landers & that's why it keeps our attention! Its NEVER truly boring!
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