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| Brian McCann prepares to catch Buster Posey's poo. Because there's a hole in his pants. |
It’s difficult to approach games like this, when literally
everything that can go right in a baseball game goes right. Buster Posey is good, but you already knew that. See, I'm stuck. For the time being,
let’s ponder about how the Braves’ 7 game winning streak was stopped by this:
Or if you prefer a more candid look
A lineup that has Dan Uggla hitting seventh, was shutdown by Barry Zito. The Braves have been a middle of the pack offense for the majority of the season, but they have loads of offensive talent. Zito gave up 1 extra base hit in 7 innings. One. The rest of the hits were non-extra base hits, otherwise known as singles, or Emmanuel Burris. Braves hitters were off balance the entire night, with the exception of the Freddie Freeman double. His curveball was snapping and he located his fastball consistently. I would say we haven't seen this Zito before, but we have, multiple times, and also I don't want to lie to you because I respect your integrity.
This was the same Zito that pitched a complete game shutout in Coors field the first week of the season. It's not unreasonable to think this is who Zito is going to be at least for this season. Not this Zito, the one he was today, but the one he's been this season. He's learned a new fangled cutter this season, which probably was enough put him over that tiny hill of adequate starting pitcher. It's just one more pitch that hitters don't know, and aren't as familiar with.This means he's going to have starts where he gives up grand slams to J.D. Martinez and is normal Barry Zito. Then there's going to be starts like tonight, where a fairy god mother comes along and Barry Zito rides a horse carriage to the ball and probably plays his guitar. Which is to say, this is all anybody wants out of a 5th starter. Who is paid 126 million dollars. Crap.
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Buster Posey was a Braves fan growing up, and now Braves fans probably want to tomahawk chop his arms off. This was funny
Brooks Conrad is just hilarious!
So that happened, and tonight Posey knocked in 5 RBI's and destroyed everything Jair Jurrjens believes in. Please, don't go a day without reminding yourself that he is Buster Posey, and he plays for the San Francisco Giants, whom you've sworn allegiance to.
Posey ankle update: good
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Here's an update on Hector Sanchez's knee:
Sanchez said team doctor told him he didn't think injury was serious. Isn't in much pain, will ice it overnight and wait for result of MRI.
— Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) July 18, 2012
An injury to the backup catcher changes hardly anything. I don't think I need to go in depth about this, which caused a sonic boom on twitter, yet I feel obliged to note the obvious fact that nobody wishes injury on anyone. Sanchez has a promising future, and hopefully he'll be fine. If he's not, I'll be honest, I'll never be as excited as I would be for a potential Eli Whiteside call up. We're getting the band back together! Just sign Jonathan Sanchez, and pick up Juan Uribe when he's cut because he's worse than Adam Kennedy! What's Jose Guillen doing?
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I like winning 9-0. If the Giants score at least 9 runs more than their opponent in every game, they will have the best record in Major League History. I didn't look that up but I'm assuming it's true. So you have that to look forward to.
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