ConstableRabbit

Fans booing on inside pitches where the batter overreacts and it wasnt even close.

I agreed with you.

It's a big enough deal that Brenly is more than justified in criticizing Soriano. Not big enough to carry on all week. And as a side note, it was big enough to get Atlanta to throw at his head, I mentioned this earlier, but Dave said he thought it was because Soriano stole second with a huge lead, not because of the hustle thing. I think that's a better explanation.

Anyone want to see a forearm shiver in game 2? I mean, Renteria isn't with the team anymore, but it would be nice to see Fontenot get back at someone :D

Bueno threw at Soriano and got ejected. He didn't hit him thankfully.

Well Jody, there was your pitch thrown at Soriano. Although Dave thinks it's for stealing 2nd, which I tend to agree with.

Ok, so I didn't get "Good ole' country hard ball" but Dave did just let out a "Oooh boy, get ur red hots". Lol a part of me really loves it

Would you be upset if Lou decided to rest Jim's legs for game 2 with a 6 run lead?

He did rip into him when he threw off of his back and almost cost us the game vs SF(?)

Not condoning it, but I don't think it would happen to that extent in a close game.

??? Thinking about putting him on the DL

Shark + Otto = Me hearing a lot of "GOOOOOOOD ole' country hard ball"

This is dumb if he could have gotten through six with less than four runs allowed I would be happy at this point. Seems like an early hook to me. What's dumber is that Cotts is most likely not going to face another batter.

Honestly these Braves announcers don't seem enthused by anything, when they called the Edmonds home run (I just saw the highlight) they pretty much approached it like a foul ball until it went over the wall. That's how they've always been with opposing teams, Skip included.

That way they'd get one whole shirt between them, eh? I know this has probably been asked before, but can someone fill me in on the Edmonds half shirt joke? He used to wear half shirts during warmups. Fun fact: I remember seeing a video of Sammy running in spring training wearing one.

Wow Dave Otto discussing how fielding pct isn't everything "Frankly, if you get to more balls, you're going to make more errors" That was refreshing.

Outfielders don't break stride when they dive for a ball. I guess "break stride" wasn't what I'm looking for. The time it takes for the act of moving from vertical to horizontal to touch the base with your outstretched hand takes more time than lunging forward during a normal sprint to touch the base with your foot, even if being outstretched makes you 7 feet horizontally, lunging forward you can also get a lot of horizontal distance. It's not the same but lunging to touch with your foot is faster than diving to touch with your hand. That's my argument.

Gamecast making it look like J-Marq is getting squeezed

not a chance. Theriot with an f-bomb after striking out. You can hear every conversation in the stadium right now - unfortunately that includes the horrible Atlanta announcers. Just judging from reading lips, it seems like Theriot drops a lot of F-bombs. I blame all of the Lil' Wayne he listens to.

pass. He's Gary Gaetti 2008 I too have had those feelings. However, it's not that similar to the Gaetti situation in that Gaetti was never good and was playing out of his mind. While I didn't expect this performance from Edmonds, he's a borderline hall of famer who has put together a good season. I'm not advocating resigning him, but there are some conditions under which I would like to see him back I think "Borderline HOF'er" is pushing it, but he's had a very good career. 110+ WARP3, 132 OPS+ from a CF... I'd say it's borderline.

pass. He's Gary Gaetti 2008 Disagree, I don't recall Gaetti playing this well in '98. While I think it's foolish to get too caught up in what Edmonds is doing...it's not completely out of the question to think about bringing him back. 154 OPS+ in 128 AB for us in 98 I don't think he's Gaetti either but the guy put up some numbers.

pass. He's Gary Gaetti 2008 I too have had those feelings. However, it's not that similar to the Gaetti situation in that Gaetti was never good and was playing out of his mind. While I didn't expect this performance from Edmonds, he's a borderline hall of famer who has put together a good season. I'm not advocating resigning him, but there are some conditions under which I would like to see him back

Let's not get carried away. I wouldn't be opposed, as long as the money is right. I agree. It would mean we would have to move Pie though... I wonder what his projections/performance will be

I'm thrilled to say I was so very wrong about him when we signed him. Me too. And MAN was I against it!

I agree. You....AGREE with me? Stop the presses. But seriously: I was also thinking about runners. The reason they push their chests out is because in a race, you need to break a plane (one that happens to be about equal to the height of your chest), not reach down and touch something. They are trying to go as fast as possible, by running through the finish line, while at the same time putting the part of their body that needs to be furthest out, furthest out. When a baserunner is heading toward first base, they should also run through the base, putting the part of their body that needs to be furthest out, furthest out. In a race, it's your chest, but in baseball, it's your foot. The reason they push their chests out is because they want to get the body ahead of the feet. Any part of your body crossing the plane wins the race. In baseball, it doesn't matter whether it's your foot, hand, or pinky finger, so long as something touches the base. Friction is less relevant at first, because ideally the way you would dive is so that at the instant you hit the ground, your hand touches the bag. The friction should all occur as you slide past the bag. I'm not advocating that a 6ft player dive 9ft before the bag and let momentum get him the rest of the way. I'm advocating that with your arm outstretched, above your head, if you're 7ft from foot to fingertips, that you dive as close to precisely that distance as possible. When you run out of the batters box, if you stay on your feet the whole way, your feet have to run 90ft. I presume no argument there. If you dive at first base, your feet only had to travel 83 ft (presuming the 7ft foot to fingertip measurement). The rest of that distance is covered by the height of the person and outstretched arms. This distance can actually be a little greater if your dive allows you travel a foot or two before touching the ground. Running 83ft is going to be faster than running 90ft. I really wish Mythbusters had done this experiment right. Right, but what about the time it takes from your hand to go from waist-high to the ground in order to touch the base? The break in stride you have to make in order to start your dive? Your foot is already down there and if you lunge on the last step you get the added boost as well (whether or not that's "running" 90 ft is up to interpretation) as the benefit of not breaking stride and slowing down. You're running 83 ft when you dive, but your body has to transition to the ground. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.