Labor Day Weekend is here but that doesn’t mean we here at NLEastChatter take a day off. Without further ado I give you the “Labor Day Edition” of the “NL East Daily Recap“.
Nelson Figueroa was a victim of the Long-ball as Home-runs by Aramis Ramirez in the 4th and Derek Lee in the 5th proved [...]
Tags: Aramis Ramirez, Atlanta Braves, Brad Lidge, Braves Baseball Blog, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Derek Lee, Florida Marlins, Hanley Ramirez, Houston Astros, Jair Jurrjens, Josh Johnson, Kaz Matsui, Labor Day, Livan Hernandez, Nelson Figueroa, New York Mets, NL East Daily Recap, NLEastChatter, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom, The Centerfield Gate Blog, The Fish Guts Blog, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Washington Nationals
Forty years ago – in August of 1969 – the New York “Miracle” Mets were on their way to one of the greatest runs in modern Major League Baseball history (and a world championship), and all because of the great play of pitchers like Tom Seaver and hitters like Cleon Jones. The Chicago Cubs helped: [...]
Tags: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Angel Pagan, Atlanta Braves, Brad Lidge, Braves Baseball Blog, Brian Stokes, Busch Stadium, Carlos Ruiz, Carlos Zambrano, Centerfield Gate blog, Chipper Jones, Chris Coghlan, Citizens Bank Park, Cleon Jones. Chicago Cubs, Fish Guts blog, Florida Marlins, Frankie Rodriguez, Fredi Gonzalez, Garrett Mock, Jair Jurrjens, Joe Blanton, Lou Gehrig, Nelson Figueroa, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Sean West, St. Louis Cardinals, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Tom Seaver, Washington Nationals
Omar Infante’s single in the ninth inning gave the Braves a walk-off 4-3 win over the Phillies. Atlanta is now five games back of division-leading Philadelphia. To read more from the winning team check out Braves Baseball Blog. To read more from the losing team check out Phillies Phandom.
David Wright suffered a concussion after being [...]
The Atlanta Braves are the only team starting a new series on Thursday night, so we will have a scaled down version just for them today, with a full version tomorrow afternoon. Enjoy!
The Atlanta Braves(53-52, 3rd in NL East 7GB, 5GB of Wildcard) had a rough week that slowed down them down considerably. In [...]
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Braves Baseball Blog, Chad Gaudin, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins, Jake Peavy, Javier Vazquez, Kenshin Kawakami, Mat Latos, New York Mets, Petco Park, San Diego Padres, Tim Stauffer, Tommy Hanson
Welcome to the first edition of NLEC’s Chatter Up! This will be a normal occurrence when two divisional teams play each other. I (or others) will ask questions of the affiliate blogs and their writers for the teams which are going against each other during that series. These questions can be in regards to the [...]
Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Alfonso Soriano, Andrew Miller, Anibal Sanchez, Atlanta Braves, Braves Baseball Blog, Burke Badenhop, Cameron Maybin, Chatter Up, Chipper Jones, Chris Volstad, Cody Ross, Colorado Rockies, Dan Uggla, Derek Lowe, Fishguts, Florida Marlins, Hanley Ramirez, Jair Jurrjens, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Johnson, Josh Willingham, Kenshin Kawakami, Larry Benfest, Matt Lindstrom, Nate McClouth, NL East Chatter, Philadelphia Phillies, Rick VandenHurk, Ricky Nolasco, Roy Halladay, Sean West, Tommy Hanson, Wild Card, Yunel Escobar
The Phillies started off the second half the same way they ended the first half: winning. The Phillies rode Jamie Moyer(9-6) through seven innings on their way to a 1-hit shutout of the second place Marlins by a 4-0 score. Moyer is now 13-2 overall against the Marlins in his career after this gem completed [...]
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Braves Baseball Blog, Centerfieldgate, Chicago Cubs, Chipper Jones, Chris Volstad, Derek Lee, fish guts, Florida Marlins, Garret Anderson, Greg norton, J.C. Romero, Jamie Moyer, Jim riggleman, John Lannan, Manny Acosta, New York Mets, Nick Johnson, Oliver Perez, Pedro Feliciano, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom, Rafael Soriano, Raul Ibanez, Rich Harden, Ryan Church, Ryan Howard, Ryan Madson, Ryan Zimmerman, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Washington Nationals, Yunel Escobar
The Phillies started this homestand on July 3rd with a terrible record at home, especially for a 1st place team in July of a season. They changed that with a 9-1 homestand which was capped by a series sweep of the Pirates this weekend. Pedro Feliz hit his 6th home run of the season and [...]
Tags: Aaron Harang, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Bobby Parnell, Brad Hawpe, Braves Baseball Blog, Brian Moehler, Brian Schneider, Cincinnati Reds, Cody Ross, Colorado Rockies, Doug Davis, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Huston Street, J.A. Happ, Jordan Zimmermann, Jose Valverde, Josh Johnson, Kaz Matsui, Luis Valdez, Manny Acta, Miguel Tejada, Mike Pelfrey, New York Mets, Pedro Feliciano, pedro feliz, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sean Green, Seth Smith, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Virgil Vasquez, Washington Nationals
The Phillies kept on truckin’ Thursday night, even after falling behind early. The Phillies rallied from an early 3-0 deficit in the finale of a four game set against the Reds to take three of four, winning this one 9-6. Jamie Moyer(8-6) went the minimum required giving up six runs for the win, while Brad [...]
Tags: Alberto Arias, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Brad Lidge, Brandon Phillips, Braves Baseball Blog, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Dan Haren, Danny Herrera, Edwin Encarnacion, Florida Marlins, Garret Atkins, Houston Astros, Huston Street, Jamie Moyer, Jayson Werth, Joel Hanrahan, John Lannan, Juan Rincon, Kiko Calero, LaTroy Hawkins, Livan Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers, Micah Owings, Mike Gonzalez, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom, Randy Wolf, Ricky Nolasco, Ross Gload, Scott Schoeneweis, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Washington Nationals
Jimmy Rollins went 2-5 with 2RBI and a run scored last night, further breaking out of his slump while helping his Phillies win versus the New York Mets 7-2. The Phillies got all their runs in the first three innings against Mets starter Livan Hernandez(5-4) who lost his third decision in a row and looked [...]
Tags: Adam Dunn, Atlanta Braves, Boone Logan, Braves Baseball Blog, Brooks Conrad, Centerfieldgate, Charlie Morton, Chase Utley, Chris Volstad, Christian Guzman, Fernando Nieve, Florida Marlins, Greg Dobbs, Hanley Ramirez, Jamie Moyer, Jesus Colome, Jimmy Rollins, Kelly Johnson, Livan Hernandez, national league east, NewYork Mets, NLEastChatter, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rafael Soriano, Real Dirty Mets Blog, Rodrigo Lopez, Ryan Church, Scott Baker, Washington Nationals
Wednesday night was another tough one for the Phillies, but it was almost a whole lot worse for them as Jair Jurrjens(6-6) of the Braves went seven innings while only giving up a single hit, in his last inning of work. He had the no hitter going into the seventh despite giving up an unearned [...]
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Braves Baseball Blog, Centerfieldgate, Chris Coghlan, Cole Hamels, Dan Meyer, Emilio Bonifacio, Florida Marlins, Greg Dobbs, Hanley Ramirez, J.A. Happ, Jair Jurrjens, Javier Vazquez, Jordan Zimmermann, Josh Johnson, Julian Tavarez, Luis Castillo, martin prado, Mike Pelfrey, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, NL East Chatter, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies Phandom Blog, Pittsburgh Pirates, Prince Fielder, Real Dirty Mets Blog, renyel pinto, Ryan Church, Sergio Escalona, Tim Redding, Washington Nationals, Yovani Gallardo
