The Atlanta Braves (thread 1)

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Vercingetorix said:
The lights at Turner are tricky sometimes;
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For the life of me, there are two things about Turner Field that I don't get:
1) Why are there no lights in the outfield so that outfielders could actually see the back half of the baseball on a fly ball?

2) If they were going to leave open site lines, why is all the open air behind RF instead of LF so that instead of looking at a parking lot, you could see the Atlanta skyline from down inside the stadium?
 
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. . . and I know they designed it to be a pitcher's park, but 390 to Right Center has really cut into the power numbers of some pretty good lefthanded hitters.
 
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Here's a little Braves nostalgia from Jayson Stark's Twitter. Thought this was kind of funny . . . and amazing.

I think Bruce Chen set some kind of record last night. He started a game for 8 different teams (& pitched for 10) before 1st career shutout!
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hatvol96 said:
Bruce Chen is Exhibit 1,999,877 as to why people should force their male children to throw lefthanded.
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Definitely . . . If you're lefthanded and have any stuff at all, there will always be a job available in somebody's bullpen.
 
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So if the Braves and Padres win tomorrow, Atlanta, SD, and SF will all be tied with a 91-71 record. How will that work out in the standings of NLW and the wild card?
 
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tdtnvols2004 said:
So if the Braves and Padres win tomorrow, Atlanta, SD, and SF will all be tied with a 91-71 record. How will that work out in the standings of NLW and the wild card?
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The padres and giants will play monday for the west. The loser then plays the braves tuesday for the wild card.
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From ESPN:
SCENARIO NO. 1

Sunday: San Diego beats San Francisco; Philadelphia beats Atlanta
Records:
San Francisco 91-71 | San Diego 91-71 | Atlanta 90-72
Outcome:
San Diego is the NL West champion (wins head-to-head tiebreaker)
San Francisco is the NL wild card
Atlanta is out of the playoffs

*****

SCENARIO NO. 2

Sunday: San Francisco beats San Diego; Philadelphia beats Atlanta
Records:
San Francisco 92-70 | San Diego 90-72 | Atlanta 90-72
Outcome:
San Francisco is NL West champion
Monday -- San Diego at Atlanta for NL wild card

*****

SCENARIO NO. 3

Sunday: San Diego beats San Francisco; Atlanta beats Philadelphia
Records:
San Francisco 91-71 | San Diego 91-71 | Atlanta 91-71
Outcome:
Monday -- San Francisco at San Diego for NL West title
Tuesday -- SFO/SDG loser at Atlanta for NL wild card

*****

SCENARIO NO. 4

Sunday: San Francisco beats San Diego; Atlanta beats Philadelphia
Records:
San Francisco 92-70 | Atlanta 91-71 | San Diego 90-72
Outcome:
San Francisco is NL West champion
Atlanta is the NL wild card
San Diego is out of the playoffs
 
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Screw it. After the disaster today, I figure it can't get much worse. I just bought tickets and I'm going to Turner Field tomorrow.
 
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