Host of @LockedOn_Braves. Covering SEC for @CollegeBaseCNT. Listen to Locked on Braves: https://xitter.cf/t.co/gElexL7t5T
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I typically keep it all sports on here and don't get personal, but I've had so many people tell me how moved they were by my brother's funeral service that I feel the need to share in hopes that it might impact one of your lives for the better.
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MAILBAG QUESTIONS NEEDED
Submit your questions here to be answered by @ShortStopBall on this week's mailbag episode.
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Hey @MLB - wanna get more kids watching baseball?
Maybe start with the commercials.
Watching the playoffs tonight with my kids and here's the rundown:
- Megan Fox selling ED pills in a red bodysuit
- The scariest movie trailer you've ever seen
- Sydney Sweeney in zero clothes promoting betting on sports
Leagues can't figure out why kids don't watch.
You don't need a Nickelodeon game. You're not the Savannah Bananas.
Just show baseball in a way I can leave on in my house.
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Braves’ bats fizzle out in postseason. In this episode:
• Why the offense couldn’t deliver in the NLDS
• Tyler Mahle’s standout performance
• The difference-makers (and heartbreaks) of Game 4
Listen to the latest episode of Locked On Braves now!
Offseason book suggestions needed!
Since y'all killed it with the TV show suggestions, how about books? I like scifi/fantasy, religion, adventure (think Tom Clancy). I'm currently reading Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy.
Offseason TV show suggestions needed!
Before I delete this app from my phone for the next month, I need your help on some TV shows I can binge watch this offseason. I like fantasy/scifi, action. Already re-watching Andor.
I think when we take a step back and look at this season, that ending was about what this team deserved. I think they’re probably the 5th best team in baseball this year. They went toe-to-toe with the top team. It was a really good but not great team held back by the offense.
What an incredible read by Michael. Taking matters into his own hands after Ronald and Matt fail to come through again.
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Braves will try to avoid elimination with this lineup tonight! MH2 moved up to leadoff and Drake down to 5. Ronald back in RF after MRI on his knee. Murphy at catcher. No Rowdy who has good numbers against Glasnow.
Game 4.
#LetItFly
ALT Harris II, Acuña Jr., Olson, Albies, Baldwin, Yastrzemski, Dubón, Riley, Murphy. Mahle on the mound.
Andor Season 1, episode 3 is pure cinema. I forgot how great that episode was/is. The show in general is great, but that episode hits different.
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Honestly, if you gave any team in the league a 7 game series against the following pitchers, very few could win 4 games.
Luzardo
Sanchez
Wheeler
Skubal
Snell
Yamamoto
Glasnow
We are currently 3-3 in this gauntlet.
These 7 would make a lot of offenses look bad.
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
The Braves' big bats have gone silent at the worst time. In this episode:
• Stars like Acuña Jr. & Olson can’t find their clutch
• Game 3’s missed opportunities dissected
• Urgent Game 4 preview
Listen to the latest episode of Locked On Braves now!
I think this brings up a lot of interesting conversations. I've been saying you need more guys who are well-rounded, but with how hard it is to get hits, maybe the right strategy is to just swing for the fences and hope for the best. You aren't stringing hits together.
The knee being sore isn’t ideal, but also, Ronald’s numbers in the DH spot are rather pedestrian.
Most of those can be attributed to playing the most postseason games to this point, but still, when you consider they’ve faced: Luzardo, Sanchez, Nola/Wheeler, Skubal, Snell — that’s pretty impressive.
