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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Veteran Sheets to get Sunday start for Braves

INSERT BEN SHEETS/KKK sheets joke here…

The Atlanta Braves plan to start veteran right-hander Ben Sheets in Sunday’s series finale against the New York Mets.
It will be the first big-league start for Sheets since July 19, 2010.

Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 10, 2012 at 05:00 PM | 24 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:18 PM (#4178949)

Get on the Hot Topics bar.

2. Tom Nawrocki Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:23 PM (#4178955)

I thought he was on the A's.

3. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:26 PM (#4178959)

This will not end well.

4. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:31 PM (#4178964)

A's cut him. Braves picked him up two weeks ago. Two starts in the minors and now he's on the big club for the second half.

5. Tom Nawrocki Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:35 PM (#4178969)

This will not end well.

This isn't even likely to start well.

6. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:50 PM (#4178977)

This isn't even likely to start well.

On the upside, all he really has to do is pitch better than Mike Minor has.

7. Johnny Sycophant-Laden Fora Posted: July 10, 2012 at 06:50 PM (#4178980)

This will not end well.

This isn't even likely to start well.

who re-makes the majors first, Sheets or Prior???

8. Lassus Posted: July 10, 2012 at 07:07 PM (#4178999)

I blame Tony LaRussa for the fact that Sheets isn't starting the All-Star game.

9. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP Posted: July 10, 2012 at 07:21 PM (#4179008)

On the upside, all he really has to do is pitch better than Mike Minor has.

That's a lofty expectation.

who re-makes the majors first, Sheets or Prior???

Is Prior ready to comeback on Friday or Saturday?

10. AJM Posted: July 10, 2012 at 07:40 PM (#4179024)

This isn't even likely to start well.

It's against the Mets. I'm sure he'll pitch a 2 hit shutout.

11. CFBF Hates Hyphens Posted: July 10, 2012 at 07:49 PM (#4179038)

Bizarrely, the Braves are apparently leaning toward bumping Randall Delgado out of the rotation for Sheets (per organizational mouthpiece Mark Bowman). Delgado's putting up a standard issue sub-par rookie season while Minor's getting his head kicked in and is on pace to give up 671 home runs. It it an options thing?

12. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle Posted: July 10, 2012 at 08:20 PM (#4179107)

More likely a LHP/RHP thing, and a "we can't pawn his ass off to Milwaukee if we demote him" thing.

13. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: July 10, 2012 at 08:56 PM (#4179242)

Is Prior ready to comeback on Friday or Saturday?

Well, he's K'd 21 in 9.1 innings in AAA (which is insane), but he's also walked 10 (which is also insane). So...probably not?

I really hope he stays healthy enough to pitch even a little bit this season. That would be amazing.

14. Delino DeShields & Yarnell Posted: July 10, 2012 at 10:23 PM (#4179556)

Harvs always had the funniest predictions on what malady would strike Ben Sheets next. Hope he chimes in.

15. Robert in Manhattan Beach Posted: July 10, 2012 at 11:32 PM (#4179785)

When Leo was around this would have had a chance. Now it will just result in a stack of medical bills.

16. Joey B. has ignited his October #Natitude Posted: July 11, 2012 at 10:07 AM (#4179958)

Oh, no, not the great Ben Sheets!! Sheer abject terror has been struck into the hearts of Nationals fans everywhere with this awful news.

17. Brian White Posted: July 15, 2012 at 05:30 PM (#4183301)

It's against the Mets. I'm sure he'll pitch a 2 hit shutout.

I don't know if this was serious, or if it was Mets fan self-loathing, but it was a pretty reasonable prediction.

18. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: July 15, 2012 at 06:31 PM (#4183335)

Sheets DID pitch a 2-hit shutout today, albeit the 6-inning kind.

19. Harveys Wallbangers

Posted: July 15, 2012 at 06:47 PM (#4183340)

glad for bennie

good egg

relish the moment since he is about to be struck by a wayward piano a la wile e coyote

20. bunyon Posted: July 15, 2012 at 07:39 PM (#4183362)

My favorite Road Runner bit is one in which the coyote unleashes a bag full of little flying sticks of dynamite. Predictably, that fails to bring down the road runner. However, for the rest of the bit, just as the coyote's plan was about to come off, for real, one of those sticks of dynamite would land on the coyote and blow up.

So, I predict that Sheets will go into the 9th with a lead in the last game of the season, with a Braves win clinching the second wild card spot. In that inning, a little flying stick of dynamite labeled, "Brewers", will land on his arm and explode.

21. spike Posted: July 15, 2012 at 07:46 PM (#4183365)

that's cool - they'll bring in Kimbrel. I like your scenario.

22. BDC

Posted: July 15, 2012 at 09:24 PM (#4183414)

Good for Ben Sheets! Now maybe this will inspire Justin Thompson to finally get that start for the Rangers.

23. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: July 15, 2012 at 10:28 PM (#4183442)

Was he wearing a Saints helmet in the locker room after the game?

24. rb's team is hopeful for the new year! Posted: July 15, 2012 at 10:55 PM (#4183457)

I hope minor and delgado were watching this game and paying attention today.

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