Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: HOF Day, Catching a Cheat
Jul 24, 2015; St. Louis, MO, USA; Atlanta Braves right fielder Nick Markakis (22) looks on as center fielder Cameron Maybin (25) scores on a wild pitch during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kane-USA TODAY Sports
Close, No Cigar
The Braves made the home crowd of the best team in baseball really nervous last night, but were unable to come through with the “big hit” in the 9th inning, falling to the Cardinals 4-2 in the first of 3 in St. Louis.
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On paper, it should not have been close: the Cardinals are now 62-34 with an awe-inspiring 35-12 home record while the Braves are now 45-51, 19-31 on the road. On top of that, Atlanta was playing short-handed on Friday night, having yanked two members of their starting lineup so that they could get on a plane to New York.
But it was close. And that’s a testament of the never-say-die attitude that has characterized this club since Opening Day. It hasn’t mattered who was on the field – and we all know there are more changes to come – but they still managed to scratch out two runs in the 6th and put the potential winning run at the plate in the 9th.
Starter Manny Banuelos pitched into the sixth inning last night. The big blow against him was a 2-run homer by Randal Grichuk. He wasn’t sharp – missing spots consistently – but plodded through, allowing 6 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 3 while giving up the 4 runs. The bullpen held serve, though, which gave the offense a chance, despite the crippled bats departing in the late trade.
We’ll re-rack ’em and come out fighting again tonight: 7:15 Eastern time start, with an interesting pitching matchup: Shelby Miller and Carlos Martinez.
Here’s your box:
Jul 13, 2014; Minneapolis, MN, USA; MLB former players Mike Piazza (left) talks with John Smoltz (right) during the MLB legends and celebrity softball game at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
John Smoltz‘ Hall Of Fame Day
The day has arrived. Here’s some tributes to the new Hall of Fame pitcher:
But of course, since Braves pitchers are involved, there must be golf:
Never assume there isn’t a camera around
; A Fox TV camera videotapes Tiger Woods (left) and swing coach Chris Como (right) on the driving range during practice rounds at Chambers Bay. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Female Atlanta Braves fans hand married fan a note telling him his wife is cheating after ‘seeing her sexting another man’ mid-game
Two sisters attending an Atlanta Braves game claim they helped expose that a man’s wife, who was seated in front of them, was cheating on him.
Delana and Brynn Hinson said they were at the Braves game on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers when they caught the man’s spouse allegedly sexting a man saved as ‘Nancy’ in her phone.
They took pictures and posted photos to Twitter of the seemingly adulterous text messages they claim she sent to ‘Mark Allen’, as well as the note, which have since gone viral, Uproxx reported.
Delana wrote the note to the man during the game at Turner Field that read: ‘Your wife is cheating on you. Look at the messages under Nancy! Its really a man named Mark Allen. There is pictures on my phone.’
She then continued saying if his wife deleted the messages he could contact her and she left her phone number. She ended the message saying: ‘Sorry, just thought you should know!’
[ Editor’s note: Much more on this at the link above. Probably wouldn’t normally post this, but it was a Braves fan that was being supportive of this beleagured husband. Pretty brazen of his wife, eh? Good luck to him. ]