Francisco Cabrera killed the Pittsburgh Pirates
Posted by Rob Boudreau Categories: Athletes, MLB
With a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series, the Pirates were on the brink of eliminating the Atlanta Braves and heading off to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in the World Series. The Braves had managed to score a run and load the bases while giving up two of their remaining three outs when Braves manager Bobby Cox sent his final bench player to the plate; Francisco Cabrera. Bucs pitcher Stan Belinda threw a 2-1 pitch to Cabrera, who singled into left, scoring David Justice and Sid Bream, winning the game and the series for the Braves. It was the eleventh at-bat for Cabrera of the season, and undoubtedly the greatest of his career. The Pittsburgh Pirates were not only expelled from the playoffs, they were basically eliminated from baseball altogether.
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Chipper gets 2,000
Posted by Brendon Lindsey Categories: Athletes, Kudos, MLB
Today against the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones got his 2,000th career hit with a single against Fausto Carmona in the second inning. With three more doubles, Chipper will join Eddie Murray and Chili Davis as the only switch-hitters with 2,000 hits, 400 doubles, and 350 home runs. With 369 career homers heading into today’s game, Chipper trails Dale Murphy by only 2 dingers.
On September 14, 1993 Chipper got his first hit in the MLB; on August 18, 2000 Chipper reached the 1,000 milestone. His jump from 1,000 to 2,000 was slightly faster than from 1-1,000, so maybe Chipper isn’t slowing down, after all.
So far this season, Jones is batting .316 (.015 above his career average) with 12 HR and 27 RBIs.
Langerhans Traded Again
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, Trades
Ryan Langerhans has been traded for the second time this week. The Washington Nationals and the Oakland Athletics have swapped outfielders, sending Chris Snelling to the A’s and Langerhans to the Nats. Two days earlier Langerhans had been traded to the Athletics from the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later.
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Tulowitzki Turns Triple Play In Victory
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, News
Rookie shortstop Troy Tulowitzki turned the 13th unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball history on Sunday. The Colorado Rockies would go on to win the game in extra innings 9-7 over the Atlanta Braves, because of a walk-off home run by Matt Holliday. Brad Hawpe also homered for Colorado in the victory.
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Is Oliver Perez Back? Ask The Braves…
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Kudos, MLB, News
Picking up where he left off in the 2006 playoffs, Oliver Perez started off his 2007 season shutting down the Atlanta Braves. Of course, 11 runs of support from the Mets offense doesn’t hurt. Perez went seven strong innings, giving up five hits, zero walks, and striking out six. He also didn’t do too badly at the dish, scoring two runs with a base hit.
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