The official NL East Thread

[NAHSTE]

The attendance for the Braves is absolutely pathetic. They don't deserve shit. Smuggins is legit though, he's around win or lose.

The attendance for Wednesday's game was embarrassing. It's partly on the Braves for scheduling a day game vs. the Nationals after school gets back in, but there were barely 20,000 there from what I could tell.

The Phillies series should be packed, but it'll be too little too late by that point if we don't get our shit straight.

With a road series with the Mets coming up, I'm kind of confident since we own the Mets, but given our road woes and the way we're currently playing I wouldn't put anything past us.

A sweep by either team wouldn't shock me.

 

[SuperKevin]

The Nationals are proud to play the spoiler for somebody's playoff hopes

 

[NAHSTE]

The Nationals are proud to play the spoiler for somebody's playoff hopes

They've done it well. Meanwhile the Marlins laid down and died vs. the Phils.

(j.k, the Phillies are just playing REALLY WELL)

 

[NAHSTE]

Just saw a crazy stat here (MLB makes their press notes available now which is awesome):

http://www.mlb.com/mlb/presspass/gamenotes.jsp?c_id=mlb

Braves have the best record in baseball from April 30 to yesterday. Even better than the Yankees which is what surprised me.

Top Records Since April 30:

1. Atlanta Braves 75-49
2. New York Yankees 74-50
3. Philadelphia Phillies 72-50
4. Minnesota Twins 73-52
5. Texas Rangers 71-51

 

[SethMode]

They've done it well. Meanwhile the Marlins laid down and died vs. the Phils.

(j.k, the Phillies are just playing REALLY WELL)

Well the Phils ARE finally hitting, but I'm remaining a little conservative about it after this past series. The Marlins have clearly shut everything down on the mound. On the other hand though, the scrubs that the Phils have never seen before seem to be the guys that 2 hit them. So I don't know what to think.

Methinks Doc is in a bit of a dead arm period, as his last 3 starts have been a little less than spectacular. He has thrown enough innings for a normal man's arm to fall off, so lets hope it's just dead arm and not a case of him petering out down the stretch.

Final thought: I can't say enough how nice it is to see Hamels back and looking like the potential ace everyone thought he was after the 2008 WS.

 

[SethMode]

Just saw a crazy stat here (MLB makes their press notes available now which is awesome):

http://www.mlb.com/mlb/presspass/gamenotes.jsp?c_id=mlb

Braves have the best record in baseball from April 30 to yesterday. Even better than the Yankees which is what surprised me.

Top Records Since April 30:

1. Atlanta Braves 75-49
2. New York Yankees 74-50
3. Philadelphia Phillies 72-50
4. Minnesota Twins 73-52
5. Texas Rangers 71-51

That's quite insane, particularly when you consider what a slump they've been in the last couple of weeks!

 

[Blade]

They've done it well. Meanwhile the Marlins laid down and died vs. the Phils.

(j.k, the Phillies are just playing REALLY WELL)

Nah.........the marlins stink. I am actually wary of the Nats, they do have some decent hitters, and they don't give up even if they make some dumb mistakes.

But back to the Braves, looks like you guys are having trouble scroungin runs, so in Citi Field its going to be mission impossible for you guys. But that can work for you too, because the mets aren't scorin much either.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

I'll be satisfied with 2 of 3 this weekend. We're not going to run the table to end the season, and we have Kendrick/Blanton going this series, so a loss is expected. Worst case is we lose 2 of 3 and the Braves sweep the Mets - who never seem to give us any help when they play the Braves. I think we'll win 2 of 3 over the Nats while the Braves sweep...putting them 2 games back for the big series starting Monday night.

 

[NAHSTE]

The only thing a Braves fan can hope for is that the Phils handling of the rotation backfires, and their shittier starters get lit up in DC while we sweep the Mets.

I'd love to see DC take 2 of 3 while we sweep, but I'll settle for making up even 1 game at this point.

 

[Pitty]

The attendance for the Braves is absolutely pathetic. They don't deserve shit. Smuggins is legit though, he's around win or lose.

Meanwhile the Phils have the highest Attendance % in the league at 103.9, and the second highest avg. number of attendees at 45,000 per game, behind the Yankees.

 

[NAHSTE]

Meanwhile the Phils have the highest Attendance % in the league at 103.9, and the second highest avg. number of attendees at 45,000 per game, behind the Yankees.

Well Atlanta does just fine playing in front of the empty seats, as we have the best record at home this year. Though something tells me the stadium will be at 103% capacity on October 1-3.

:smug:

 

[SethMode]

Well Atlanta does just fine playing in front of the empty seats, as we have the best record at home this year. Though something tells me the stadium will be at 103% capacity on October 1-3.

:smug:

And in fairness, even as a fan I recognize that the number of bandwagoners has spiked. Lots of chicks with cut up Phil's gear that know zero about baseball are filling those seats. Shit, the number of implants alone (not the boob kind) is astounding. I know at LEAST 4 Cowboy fans from Texas that rock Phillies shit all of the time. It's nice that they're selling out, but let's not forget that those seats were plenty empty even 4 years ago when they weren't making the playoffs in the last 3 games of the season.

 

[NAHSTE]

And in fairness, even as a fan I recognize that the number of bandwagoners has spiked. Lots of chicks with cut up Phil's gear that know zero about baseball are filling those seats. Shit, the number of implants alone (not the boob kind) is astounding. I know at LEAST 4 Cowboy fans from Texas that rock Phillies shit all of the time. It's nice that they're selling out, but let's not forget that those seats were plenty empty even 4 years ago when they weren't making the playoffs in the last 3 games of the season.

I was gonna point that out, but coming from a Braves fan it would've sounded like a pot shot.

Two consecutive WS appearances is sure to boost any team's attendance.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

Man do I love the girls who are on the Phils bandwagon. Tailgating has never been better and there's a lot more to see at the park besides the game. I hope the Phils keep winning for that reason alone.

 

[NAHSTE]

6-run innings make me happy. Hanson allowing 4 R in 3 IP does not. Jason Heyward hit a fucking bomb in the top half, then Lucas Duda hit his first big league homer in the bottom half. Duda's was a rocket, upper deck, but both balls were crushed.

The ball is sure flying out of Citi tonight for a game between two teams which were struggling to score runs lately.

 

[SuperKevin]

I hate Jason Marquis so much

 

[NAHSTE]

I hate Jason Marquis so much

Yeah fuck that guy.

At least the Braves won so we didn't lose any ground. Heyward hit his 18th today to give us the lead, it was an absolute bomb. He has a .500 SLG PCT and .515 OBP in September...Who the fuck is Buster Posey?

My game recap: ctrlATLdel- Braves take opener after huge inning

 

[Youk]

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/source_joe_could_join_mets_69bmqzSyyFrx60W5xKvwgN

:smug:

 

[Blade]

Looks like Kendrick came to pitch today. 6IP and only 2 ER...........WOW.

 

[NAHSTE]

Looks like Kendrick came to pitch today. 6IP and only 2 ER...........WOW.

Motherfucker...We can't catch a break lately. Oh well, we can still grab a sweep tomorrow and hopefully shave the deficit to two heading into the HUGE series.