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re: 2019 Atlanta Braves season long in-game thread
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:53 am to Huge Richard
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:53 am to Huge Richard
so in real time, I was of the opinion that Newcomb needed to be taken out immediately after giving up the HR, HBP, and incredibly hard hit single down the 3B line. I thought he clearly didn't have it and I said as much during the game thread on the MSB.
Then he appeared to settle down after the failed sac bunt and the lineout to RF. He got 3 straight nasty curves over for strikes and looked more comfortable. I'm not sure why Snit decided to then take him out.
All that said, Newk deserves as much of the blame if not more than Minter. The hit that he gave up to surrender the lead was pretty weakly hit, and Markakis was playing so deep that he had no chance of getting it.
Oh well, 2 of 3 is fine.
Then he appeared to settle down after the failed sac bunt and the lineout to RF. He got 3 straight nasty curves over for strikes and looked more comfortable. I'm not sure why Snit decided to then take him out.
All that said, Newk deserves as much of the blame if not more than Minter. The hit that he gave up to surrender the lead was pretty weakly hit, and Markakis was playing so deep that he had no chance of getting it.
Oh well, 2 of 3 is fine.
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Posted on 7/1/19 at 10:08 am to VinegarStrokes
Just checked out the standings (Braves are 50-35 and up 5.5 on the Phillies and 7 on the Nationals) and noticed a couple of things.
1- Braves have the best road record by far in the NL at 26-18. The home record of 24-17 isn't bad but the Braves performance on the road in the first half is what has separated them in the division. The Phillies are 17-23 on the road. Ouch.
2- The Dodgers are an unbelievable 34-9 at home.
They are a decent 23-20 on the road but that home record is just insane. Haven't looked closely enough to see if their SOS at home has been much easier than their SOS on the road, but regardless they have been an absolute juggernaut at Chavez Ravine. I guess we saw that first hand when we got swept and outscored 23-7 out there early in the season.
Finally if you want to compare to last year after 85 games, the Braves are 1 game up on last years pace (they were 49-36 after 85 last year). And in the actual division standings last year after their 85th game they were 1.5 games up on the Phillies.
1- Braves have the best road record by far in the NL at 26-18. The home record of 24-17 isn't bad but the Braves performance on the road in the first half is what has separated them in the division. The Phillies are 17-23 on the road. Ouch.
2- The Dodgers are an unbelievable 34-9 at home.
They are a decent 23-20 on the road but that home record is just insane. Haven't looked closely enough to see if their SOS at home has been much easier than their SOS on the road, but regardless they have been an absolute juggernaut at Chavez Ravine. I guess we saw that first hand when we got swept and outscored 23-7 out there early in the season. Finally if you want to compare to last year after 85 games, the Braves are 1 game up on last years pace (they were 49-36 after 85 last year). And in the actual division standings last year after their 85th game they were 1.5 games up on the Phillies.
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