Astros-Braves NLDS thread

[Valadius]

Looking at the box score, I see some things I can't say I remember ever seeing:

E. Bruntlett ss-cf-ss-cf
R. Clemens ph-p
J. Vizcaino ss-1b-ss
B. Ausmus c-1b-c

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

"Snicker" cute "Kiner-ism" by the National ESPN Radio play by play guy, just called Jason Lane, "Nathan" Lane

[Guest Edgy DC]

I believe Houston backup catcher Raul Chavez is making his big-league debut at first.

[Valadius]

Our longest postseason game in history record has fallen. Top 17.

[Valadius]

Brian McCann: 1-8, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 10 LOB.

Edit: Plus 4 K's.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow. Top of seventeen.

Houston has it's playoff epics from 1980 and 1986. Maybe this is the year they pull it out.

On the other hand. Go whoever is opposing Clemens! Yeah! Brian Jordan! Double!

[Valadius]

Brian Jordan batting. Only Estrada remains on the bench.

[Theoldmole]

And look at the stands. No one's left the park.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Well its official, we now have the very FIRST double header in the history of postseason baseball!

[Valadius]

I live in a co-ed dorm. Down the hall, there's a room of two girls. One is a Braves fan, and the other is an Astros fan. I just paid them a visit. They're hysterical. My roommate is making them go get dinner now to calm them down.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

5 guys left in the Braves pen (that includes Smoltz and Sosa)

2 guys left for the Stros Oswalt and Pettitte

Estrada the only position guy left

[Valadius]

The Braves have left THIRTY-FIVE men on base. They have had SEVENTY-EIGHT plate appearances.

[duan]

game over; on dinger by Chris Burke off Joey Devine.

Crazy Shit going on in Minute Maid.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

WOW!

[metsmarathon]

yippee!

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Its should be reserved for Mets IGT of course, so I'll just say

Chris Burke
Ka-Boom

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Congratulations to Switch Hitter!

[metsmarathon]

and i was just gonna turn the game on to watch it...

[Theoldmole]

How about the kid?

I'm happy for Annie. And for those Houston fans who stayed there for 19 innings, rooting.

[Guest KC]

I'm happy for Annie as well ... go 'stros!!!

[Valadius]

One person does not a team make.

Just because Roger Clemens pitches for the Astros, doesn't mean any one of us here should root against them. He's one of 25 people. But the Braves are the Braves. I hate the Braves. Thank God the Astros won. I was rooting for them, and I'm happy.

Chicago-Houston Dream Series still on the table...

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

To quote Steve Phillips, last year on Mike And Mike In The Morning on ESPN Radio, mocking the exagerated way Mike Golic screams the name of a team he likes in their "Predictions Sure To Go Wrong" segment when picking one of last years NLCS games:


ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSS
!!!!!!!!!!!

[soupcan]

I'm hoping for the Pale Hose -v- the Red Birds.

I like old-time matchups in the Series when my team's not involved.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Valadius wrote: Chicago-Houston Dream Series still on the table...

Why is that a dream series?

[Guest SI Metman]

The two longest games in postseason history had the same final score: 7-6.

[Valadius]

Team that hasn't won it in 88 years vs. team that's never won it in its 44-year history.

Either way, a fan base will rid itself of its suffering.

[seawolf17]

Valadius wrote: I live in a co-ed dorm. Down the hall, there's a room of two girls. One is a Braves fan, and the other is an Astros fan. I just paid them a visit. They're hysterical. My roommate is making them go get dinner now to calm them down.

(I miss college.)

edited to remove... um... questionable material...

[Valadius]

It looks like they're not talking after tonight.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Were they friends before this or are they fellow Frosh girls?

[Frayed Knot]

Holy shit what a fuckin' blast that was!!

I was half rooting for Atlanta there by the end just because I wanted to
see the two squads have to do it all over again tomorrow (I can be a
cruel bastard at times).


By my counting, Garner used:
- 3 catchers: Ausmus, Chavez, then Ausmus again
- 5 1Bs: Lamb, Berkman, Vizcaino, Ausmus & Chavez
- 5 SSs: Everett, Bruntlett, Viz, Bruntlett again, then Viz again
Not to mention the 8? different pitchers and I lost track of the OF
machinations a long time ago.
Clemens didn't just relieve and win, but he PH first.

At one point he pinch-ran for Berkman when he was the potential
winning run and winds up not scoring the run AND being without his
big bat for about 9 innings ...
then that PR is the guy who hits the game-winning HR.