(05-18-2017 01:44 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Side note to JMU baseball, but related to the diamond for those who might be interested...

...the Braves and Blue Jays finish their 4-game series tonight in ATL. Braves won 2 in Toronto Mon-Tue and then won last night at home. Braves have been hit by TOR pitchers 7 times this week. The terrible news for Braves fans (like myself) is that Freddie Freeman was beaned in the hand last night and just found out he will be out 8 weeks due to broken bone(s).

They almost went at it twice last night. An unnamed "Braves veteran" on the team told a reporter today that there would be a fight tonight. Forget the homophobic slur stuff by Blue Jays' Pillar. This could get nasty tonight if either pitcher comes inside. Pretty sure the umps will be on high-alert. Just a heads up for any who like watching multi-millionaires go at it (potentially).

Maybe that's what the Dukes need. A good old-fashioned bench-clearing brawl.

:>)

I hope Joey Bats gets plunked (not injured of course, no one wishes that) but he's been so arrogant with his bat flips - and Pillar + Bautista last night mouthing off and showboating for no good reason on top of the Braves frustrations losing Freeman (the only bright light for us Braves fans aside from Enciarte perhaps), being hit 7 times in a series that they are actually going to win (!), will cause someone to get thrown at and the benches to clear. Who knows, maybe that will spark the Braves to a first place finish in the NL East (dreaming)!