TWiB Notes -- Aug 29 thru Sep 4

[Frayed Knot]

Braves hosting Rox. Down by one in bottom 8 but threatening. 2nd & 3rd, 2 out

STRIKE THREE and they're heading for the 9th

[Frayed Knot]

Daniel Bard in to close for the Rox. 4-3 lead



Swanson K's on three pitches

Harris goes 6-3 on the first pitch he sees



(Charles Nelson) Riley for the block

[Frayed Knot]

And Riley K'zzzz!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Wed 8/31:



Braves leading 3-0 thru 7-1/2

[Frayed Knot]

A 2-out 2R HR cuts the Braves lead to 3-2 in the 9th

Funny how the Braves and Didgers effectively swapped top line closers and neither [Kimbrel, Jansen] has been all that good.

[Frayed Knot]

Braves win 3-2



Funny how the Braves and Dodgers effectively just switched closers this winter [Jansen and Kimbrel] and neither has been particularly good.

[Frayed Knot]

Braves up 3-0 in the 6th

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Braves up 3-0 in the 6th

That was the final score. Starter Spencer Strider struck out 16 batters , an all-time Braves record.

When you consider the great pitchers they have had over the years, that's something.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Those 16 K's came in 8 innings

[Benjamin Grimm]

Braves beat the Marlins in the bottom of the 9th, so the Mets' division lead narrows to two games.

[Edgy MD]

I Played a Strat-o-Matic game with the Braves in which Phil Niekro struck out 15.



Of course, they were 15 1978 Brewers. And I left him in to throw 12 innings.



And also, it wasn't actually real.

[MFS62]

According to WFAN, The Braves trolled the Mets today.

They played Narco on the PA system after they learned that the Mets had lost.

https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/mets/braves-troll-mets-again-by-playing-narco-after-loss?fbclid=IwAR0GkNd54a2RXoYHOJGDVQn3PP-2InM_-2lCHGpjIzkOi8BrPXzhZZTOUy0https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/mets/braves-troll-mets-again-by-playing-narco-after-loss?fbclid=IwAR0GkNd54a2RXoYHOJGDVQn3PP-2InM_-2lCHGpjIzkOi8BrPXzhZZTOUy0



Fuck those smug bas**rds.

It was something Chipper and John Rocker would have done.

Fuck them.

If that isn't bulletin board material in the Mets clubhouse, it should be.

Oh, in case I forgot to mention it,

FUCK THEM!

General Sherman didn't do enough.



Strongly worded post to follow.

Later

[kcmets]

Decaf!



All I get is wristwatch ads and some CBSSports windows. I probably

have fifty-seven unwanted cookies clicking on that.



No idea what Narco is, nor care.



Sweep the Pirates!



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

[Willets Point]

‘Narco' is just the name of Edwin Diaz's entrance music. The one with the trumpets.

[Frayed Knot]

It's also used by one of the Braves hitters as walk-up music, I believe prior to Edwin adopting it.

Why anyone would get exorcised over the Braves playing it escapes me.

[MFS62]

I had to vent in frustration over the Mets not being to shake those guys.

I felt a lot better when I got it off my chest.

Later