The official NL East Thread

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Hamels is pitching well, but we've hit some balls hard right at people in the last few innings.

Oh well, 3 more outs to play. Got our big sticks coming up and we're known to pull a comeback or two. LET'S GO BOYS.

 

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1 gone, Heyward got behind on the count early and Lidge buried some sliders.

Prado up, 2 outs to go. LET'S GO.

 

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2 out. Prado pops up.


COME ON

 

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Derrek Lee strikes out.

Ballgame.

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G/G Phillies. Can't fault the kid Beachy, he pitched well. Hamels shut us down, and Lidge was filthy.

 

[Blade]

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[Blade]

What the hell!?!? I missed this?!?!

Was this you Mobb?!?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOVBaqTJW8[/ame]

 

[SethMode]

Cole's numbers the past 5 games are FILTHY. 5-0, 37 K's, 36.2 IP, and a 0.49 (!) ERA.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

What the hell!?!? I missed this?!?!

Was this you Mobb?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOVBaqTJW8

Hahahaha. I seen that guy drop down onto the field from the LF fence....here's the pic I got with my phone. LOL @ the security guard on the far right in full speed out to get him:

What a great game. Hamels once again showed the difference between last year and this year. 1st and 3rd , no outs, already 1-0 Braves, Hamels gets a K and a double play to end the inning. If that inning ends up 3-0 or 4-0, that game is completely different. I think that inning gave us big time momentum that we carried out the rest of the night.

 

[SuperKevin]

What the hell!?!? I missed this?!?!

Was this you Mobb?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOVBaqTJW8

Weak. Diaz should have gone Gaby Sanchez on his ass

 

[Blade]

Weak. Diaz should have gone Gaby Sanchez on his ass

LOL........yeah.........I do love how the Philly crowd gave Diaz an ovation. They appreciate good field work

 

[wingsfan77]

Hamels has been absolutely incredible almost the whole season and especially for the past month or so. Now it's time for Halladay and Oswalt to bring down the hammer.

 

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Prado had 2 GIDP last night, both of which absolutely killed our momentum. He was a stud for 5 months, but the last 3 weeks he's really been struggling.

I don't know if his hand is still bothering him or he just hit a wall due to getting a career high in ABs, but he's killing us right now.

I love Martin, but we need him to start hitting again.

 

[Blade]

I gave Hamels a lot of crap last season because:

1)He didn't prepare in the off-season, instead he went nuts with the pub appearances. They are fun, but he also should have been preparing. I think he learned that from Lee and Halladay.
2)His fat mouth. If you are not doing well, quit making excuses, own it and try fixing it. Philly Fans are patient as long as your humble when you are not doing well, just don't start making excuses. We will back your arrogant ass up when you are playing well out there
3)Stubborness on not developing a 3rd pitch. How many years did he really expect to dominate with 2 pitches? He even makes use of the curveball now! The cutter is bad ass though, someone was watching Pettite pitch in the WS last year.

He's been doing great with these issues this year and I am happy for him and the Phils. The guy is all-world and he just needs to be commited to working towards that to keep himself at the top of the pitcher rankings.

 

[Blade]

Prado had 2 GIDP last night, both of which absolutely killed our momentum. He was a stud for 5 months, but the last 3 weeks he's really been struggling.

I don't know if his hand is still bothering him or he just hit a wall due to getting a career high in ABs, but he's killing us right now.

I love Martin, but we need him to start hitting again.

I think its not just Prado. Honestly not a whole lot of players on the Braves have such experience as being in a September race. Most of these guys didn't even know what post-season race smelled like before this season. That's why I was worried about Chipper, he's the vet who could have brought this guys together in the clubhouse and maybe just pushed himself out on the field a little more and the guys would have followed.

We had a similar issue with the Phils in 2007, when we took on the rockies and got killed.

 

[SethMode]

I personally was a little irritated at Hamels performance/lack of preparation, but still, I could never really be mad at him because he basically won us a World Series.

As far as the fat mouth part Blade, what are you referring to? The only thing I recall Hamels saying last year was when he was in a funk in the playoffs and had said that he just wished the season were over (a comment blown TOTALLY out of proportion).

Did I miss something?

 

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I think its not just Prado. Honestly not a whole lot of players on the Braves have such experience as being in a September race. Most of these guys didn't even know what post-season race smelled like before this season. That's why I was worried about Chipper, he's the vet who could have brought this guys together in the clubhouse and maybe just pushed himself out on the field a little more and the guys would have followed.

We had a similar issue with the Phils in 2007, when we took on the rockies and got killed.

Yeah it's definitely an issue that we should've seen coming once Chip went down. I think Chipper standing up to speak at the players-only meeting last week really hammers that point home. We don't have many guys with experience playing meaningful baseball in September, so Chip is still leading this team in street clothes.

There's McCann (from 05, his rookie year), Gonzalez, Hinske, Glaus, Lee, Ankiel (if you can count him) and Melky.

Everyone else, including our 2 and 3 hole guys, are doing this for the first time.

Sadly, the 21-year old is the only one who has gotten better as the pressure has increased, everyone else is fading.

I have no idea where Eric Hinske has been either, I figure he'll get some starts this weekend with two tough RHP's going for Philly.

 

[Blade]

I personally was a little irritated at Hamels performance/lack of preparation, but still, I could never really be mad at him because he basically won us a World Series.

As far as the fat mouth part Blade, what are you referring to? The only thing I recall Hamels saying last year was when he was in a funk in the playoffs and had said that he just wished the season were over (a comment blown TOTALLY out of proportion).

Did I miss something?

Well there were a couple times during the season where he "opened up" to Philly media about his struggles and stuff he said maybe made sense in his head, but sounded like nothing but excuses and placing blame on outside factors. I don't remember specifically but there were a couple times, once in the spring and then in July last year.

I didn't mind the WS quote, I didn't blame him for that, he had a rough year, anyone would feel that way. But it did get him in to hot water, because once again when you are struggling, you don't want to give stuff like that away.

Because 1) it can be viewed as an excuse, 2) can be viewed as playing the blame game, 3) gives the opponent a mental edge.

He's young, so what do you expect but he's learning the off the field stuff.

 

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Fucking Mike Minor. How do you not know to fucking sac bunt with a runner on and no out when you're the god damned pitcher?

Then you leave a fastball belt high to Werth with runners on. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

And now our team is kicking the ball around. The wheels are officially off, folks.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

Phils are leaving wayyyy too many men on base tonight. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt us.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

....and right on cue RAAAAUUULLLL with a 2 run double with 2 outs. HUGE!