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[CygnusXS]

Washington to finish with 119 wins.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Seriously, I feel like we are going to find out at the end of the year that Mike Trout has a wonder bat.

 

[Windu]

the braves are going to have to go undefeated to gain a couple games on the nationals.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Nice job, D-Backs. You face a closer that's had control problems of late and you let him beat you in the 9th on 5 pitches.

 

[Macattk15]

Playing spoiler against the Angels. I love it.

Oakland won. Texas won. Rays won.

LOL ANGELS.

 

[Joey Fox]

Washington is the in-form team. Funny way to put it, haha.

The Braves have done amazing not to fall way behind these past couple weeks.

 

[cashman]

Mike Olt motherfuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[endresults]

Mother fucking Mike Trout.

Jesus christ.

For real. I fucking love this guy even though he's going to be sticking it in us for years to come.

 

[beast786]

can we officially change coke name to choke.

 

[sangreal]

can we officially change coke name to choke.

I'm sure we did that like 3 years ago

 

[Opiate]

For real. I fucking love this guy even though he's going to be sticking it in us for years to come.

Mike Trout likely saves the 2016 Angels from being the 2012 Phillies.

 

[Windu]

Washington is the in-form team. Funny way to put it, haha.

The Braves have done amazing not to fall way behind these past couple weeks.

the braves have gained only one game on the nationals the last 30 games. Tied for Major League best 22-8 in that stretch. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2012-standings.shtml

 

[Talon]

the braves have gained only one game on the nationals the last 30 games. Tied for Major League best 22-8 in that stretch. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2012-standings.shtml

Real impressive for both teams.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Braves still have 6 games to take care of business against the Nats. Three-game series in DC from 8/20-8/22 and three-game series in ATL from 9/14-9/16.

Spoiler

Nats will sweep probably

 

[beast786]

I'm sure we did that like 3 years ago

While we are at it, can we have granderson back?

 

[sf2fanatic]

Mike Trout likely saves the 2016 Angels from being the 2012 Phillies.

2016 they will have Bryce and King Felix on the team....lol


No more Wells, Hunter(Prob retired by then) So lots of money to spend..

Just would have to eat the Santana contract

 

[Mr. Enigma]

If the Nats go .500 (24-24) the rest of the way, they will finish with 95 wins. Braves would have to go 30-19 to finish one game ahead.

 

[Opiate]

2016 they will have Bryce and King Felix on the team....lol


No more Wells, Hunter(Prob retired by then) So lots of money to spend..

Just would have to eat the Santana contract

Pujols will eat almost the entirety of the savings from Hunter (He'll be making 13M more in 2016 than he is today) and will be 36 instead of 32. Wilson will be 35 and making 10M more than he is today.

 

[darkiguana]

The Oltimate warrior

 

[Windu]

If the Nats go .500 (24-24) the rest of the way, they will finish with 95 wins. Braves would have to go 30-19 to finish one game ahead.

i played this game last year, it didn't turn out too well.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Mike Trout likely saves the 2016 Angels from being the 2012 Phillies.

Mike Trout has saved the 2012 Angels from being the 2012 Phillies.

 

[jakncoke]

the braves have gained only one game on the nationals the last 30 games. Tied for Major League best 22-8 in that stretch. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2012-standings.shtml

reminds me of the pirates losing like 5 in a 20 game stretch yet losing 3 games on the Reds.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Pujols will eat almost the entirety of the savings from Hunter (He'll be making 13M more in 2016 than he is today) and will be 36 instead of 32. Wilson will be 35 and making 10M more than he is today.

2016 might be horrible for the Angels. Thats if how much they gonna pay Trout, Morales, Greinke and Trumbo. They prob end up signing alot of low end players or bringing in prospects to fill the team

 

[cashman]

2016 might be horrible for the Angels. Thats if how much they gonna pay Trout, Morales, Greinke and Trumbo. They prob end up signing alot of low end players or bringing in prospects to fill the team

They hardly have anybody decent left in that farm

 

[Ninja Scooter]

so what do you guys think about the ending to that Hawaii/Cali little league world series game? Sucks for the kids but rules are rules, no?

 

[Dominican Power]

When is Ian Desmond coming back?

 

[cashman]

so what do you guys think about the ending to that Hawaii/Cali little league world series game? Sucks for the kids but rules are rules, no?

If the other team is heads up and catches it, then I don't really have a problem with it. Never liked the LLWS and the shitty baby league rules they have in place.

 

[Dominican Power]

MLB has to have the best website out of the 4 major sports.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

When is Ian Desmond coming back?

There's a chance he might not be back. He outright tore his oblique, not just a strain or pull. Typically a strain is at least 6 weeks. Desmond will be lucky to make it back with two weeks left in the season.

 

[McNei1y]

I was watching the game on my phone when I was away from a TV. I saw Ejax gave up 4 runs in the first 3 innings. I was sort of upset. Then I checked my phone an hour later...

We score runs! This team just keeps delivering.

There's a chance he might not be back. He outright tore his oblique, not just a strain or pull. Typically a strain is at least 6 weeks. Desmond will be lucky to make it back with two weeks left in the season.

Ideally he was supposed to be back last week of August or first week of September. Mark DeRosa had the same injury earlier in the year and missed about 5-6 weeks. Desmond will most likely be back but i'll be barely before the playoffs or later/earlier.

Davey had actually set the lineup for what he wants:

Werth
Harper
Zimmerman
LaRoche
Morse
Desmond
Espinosa
Suzuki
Pitcher

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I was watching the game on my phone when I was away from a TV. I saw Ejax gave up 4 runs in the first 3 innings. I was sort of upset. Then I checked my phone an hour later...

We score runs! This team just keeps delivering.

You were given runs thanks to two D'Backs errors in the 5th.

 

[Dominican Power]

There's a chance he might not be back. He outright tore his oblique, not just a strain or pull. Typically a strain is at least 6 weeks. Desmond will be lucky to make it back with two weeks left in the season.

Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Desmond has been feeling better, and the injured oblique doesn't sting upon contact anymore. Washington is still going to be cautious with Desmond, waiting until he's fully healthy before taking him off the DL, but Johnson could hardly hide his eagerness to get the shortstop back in the lineup. "When that man's ready, I want him back," Johnson said. "Arguably, he's been the most dynamic player this year." Johnson added that Desmond would likely either lead off, or assume the sixth spot in the order, providing the Nats with another run producer behind Michael Morse and Adam LaRoche. Desmond has been making steady progress, as he began fielding ground balls and throwing Monday in Houston. But the recovery time from an oblique injury is relatively unfamiliar, with Johnson likening it to Matt Kemp's comeback from a hamstring injury earlier this year. If he comes back too soon, the Nationals would potentially risk losing him for the rest of the season

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[McNei1y]

You were given runs thanks to two D'Backs errors in the 5th.

It doesn't matter how we get runs!

 

[Dominican Power]

I won't be surprised if STL ends up with one of the wildcards.

 

[Joey Fox]

Ian Desmond also started swinging yesterday. Maybe he'll make it back in time for the Braves series.

 

[jakncoke]

If we lose to Ross Ohlendork today then it's really time start planning for missing the postseason and .500

 

[h3ro]

Derek Lowe?


Hope that Trapper Keeper is ready.

 

[Sharp]

Why do so many baseball fans think that advanced statistics don't apply to people overachieving on their own team?

Werth
Harper
Zimmerman
LaRoche
Morse
Desmond
Espinosa
Suzuki
Pitcher

Replace Suzuki with Ramos next year (I know he's been out so long that you didn't even remember him when listing key injured players) and I... uh... actually kind of like that lineup.

 

[darkside31337]

Why do so many baseball fans think that advanced statistics don't apply to people overachieving on their own team?

FIP is biased against Jeremy Hellickson.

 

[yankeeforever2]

can we officially change coke name to choke.

Guy almost single handily blew a WS game, Yanks don't miss him one bit

 

[harSon]

If we lose to Ross Ohlendork today then it's really time start planning for missing the postseason and .500

We already look like trash.

Edit: brb, I'm going to go cut myself

 

[dmag1223]

Wow, what the hell is going on in Pittsburgh?

 

[harSon]

Wow, what the hell is going on Pittsburgh?

Everything?

 

[CygnusXS]

The AAA Jays are stepping all over Hughes.

 

[sangreal]

why is Cone singing sugarhill gang lol

hotel, motel, holiday inn
say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend

 

[harSon]

Life is against us right now

 

[sangreal]

take this clown out already

 

[sangreal]

Yankees down 7-1 against the vegas baby birds

 

[vas_a_morir]

Life is against us right now

Luckily, Reds suck too right now.

I'm starting to think Life isn't against us, it just favors the Cardinals.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

thanks for showing up today Hughes, you bastard.