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Lucky Salty and Hapless Langerhans

Well, if that doesn’t lend credence to my theory that Salty does voodoo on our catchers, I don’t know what will. Heap and Pena are injured in the same game, and then Salty comes up on his birthday? There was some chicken blood involved, I’ll bet.

I love how the AP photographer got Depressed Heap in the background there. No one does depressed like Heap. Did anyone else see his interview on the pre-game show? It was dark, man.

Salty looked quite smart at the plate, and I was impressed when he threw Werth out at second. I hope we’ll be able to trade him for some young pitching this season, though it will be kind of sad to see him doing well for another team. But if we could pull off some kind of Scott Kazmir-esque steal of a trade (my favorite trade of all time — eat it, Mets fans!), he’ll have done his part for us.

Pretty funny when he tried to be That Guy by hitting one out in his first at-bat. Close, but not quite — sorry pal, we’ve already got a Frenchy.

I thought it was funny that Salty was wearing Langerhans’ old number, until I heard that Langy was traded again, this time to the Nationals — ouch! Maybe that was another aspect of Salty’s voodoo curse, who knows. Rookie hot shot stole your number and you’re headed for the worst team in baseball — sounds like a country song.

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14 responses to “Lucky Salty and Hapless Langerhans”

  1. RehabReject Avatar
    RehabReject

    Yeah, Heap seemed kinda out of it in the pre-game interview. Maybe he’s a bit worried about Salty coming in and taking over. Heap must be constantly checking his food to see if Salty slipped him some ground-up psychedelic shrooms or something.

    All in all, this is great news. I’ve heard it over and over again: “The best problem you can have is have too many good players”. This is a kind of exhibition for Salty. Hey MLB teams! Anyone need a young stud at catcher? We’re listening to your offers.

    .. but then again, how sick would it be to have Salty catching on Heap’s days off? You couldn’t even feel the hole in the lineup compared to when Pena is in the lineup.

    1. Jenny Avatar
      Jenny

      Heap must be constantly checking his food to see if Salty slipped him some ground-up psychedelic shrooms or something.

      Orr had better be taste-testing that shit for him.

  2. Leah Avatar
    Leah

    Ah, yes. They try to make it look like Mac is worried about the rookie Salty. He was in the dugout laughing and stuff, so he isn’t totally depressed. But yes, that was a dark interview before the game. You could tell he wasn’t too happy about sitting the game out. It was awww-worthy that Chipper felt compelled to play with a sore quad muscle because Mac wasn’t playing. What a guy.

    Really Salty didn’t impress me that much. Sure, he threw the guy out stealing, but Mac could have done that, too. He kept looking like Mac behind the plate and I even think he was wearing some of the extra 16 leg gear that Mac has. Of course, I could be wrong. I think what grossed me out more than anything about Salty though is that he married a woman that is a gym teacher from his high school that is 14 years older than he is. They made it worse by showing her every time Salty was mentioned. It was like it was all about Salty last night even over Willie who was the player of the game.

    But Salty is so much the oppostie of Mac though. Mac doesn’t play cockily. He may act cocky sometimes as Chipper has said, but he never shows that on the field. I just didn’t like the fact that Salty was playing Mac’s position. Especially when the AJC had just done an article on Salty and Salty conveniently mentioned that he knew he wasn’t going anywhere unless someone was injured. Hmm…I say we trade him before he sidelines Mac for the entire season.

    1. Jenny Avatar
      Jenny

      he married a woman that is a gym teacher from his high school that is 14 years older than he is.

      Ha!! I had the TV muted, so I missed that. When they showed her I thought it was his mom.

      That actually makes me like him more, though.

      And hell yeah, Willie was a superstar! Finally a platoon I can get behind.

      1. Leah Avatar
        Leah

        They didn’t mention that on the TV, some of the people on Braves journal mentioned it and there was an AJC article about it, too.

        I think Willie is getting the better end of the deal since Matty’s bat seems to have fizzed for a while. I still want to know why Bobby won’t play Matty everyday in LF. His bat would heat up if he did. Same with Thorman. But Bobby will always remain Bobby and that is something no one can comprehend at times.

      2. Leah Avatar
        Leah

        That highlight reel from last nights game has Depressed Mac on it from the dugout watching the game. I can’t find the words, lol. He looks good depressed even, but it makes you want give him a hug.

        1. Jenny Avatar
          Jenny

          Oh, Heap, haha. Now he’s just doing it on purpose.

          Did Frenchy look like absolute hell last night, or was it just me? He looked like he hadn’t slept in a few days.

          1. Leah Avatar
            Leah

            He feels left out now. We’ll make him feel wanted. ;)

            Now that you mention it, he did and he was all scruffy, too. He seemed a bit off his game, which is so not like Frenchy. He struggled at the plate, but he seemed a big sluggish when running, too. I hope nothing has happened and he is good and rested for tomorrow night’s game.

            Did you see the Braves Live segment with them commenting on the nap or no nap before the game? Scooter says he can’t have a nap cause he has to be wound up and would rather it be 110 degrees than 70. No wonder he’s such an assest to this team, he’s one dedicated dude. And of course, the Heapster said he takes naps when he can since sleeping is his favorite hobby. Who knew? lol. It was funny because some of them got into it, like Scooter and Matty, lol.

          2. Jenny Avatar
            Jenny

            I caught the very tail end of the Nap Report, just saw the Chuckie part. My Tivo is supposed to record Braves Live, but I don’t think it got that one for some reason . . .

  3. RehabReject Avatar
    RehabReject

    “You just have to laugh. I’ve never seen anything like that,” Langerhans said, “but I enjoyed my time here. I enjoyed meeting a lot of these guys, a good group of guys. I guess I have to pack everything up again for the second time in a week.”

    …….

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      RehabReject

      That time was cut short when the A’s got an opportunity to snag Snelling, a former Mariners prospect whom Oakland general Billy Beane has been after for some time. A’s assistant GM David Forst said that the Nationals have been similarly enamored with Langerhans, but that the Braves were reluctant to trade him to a National League East foe.

      enamored??

      1. Jenny Avatar
        Jenny

        Yeah, I don’t get it, either.

        I do think he has a better chance of making a comeback as a National League player than he did with trying to figure out a new league’s pitchers on top of all the problems he already has.

  4. Dreamscape Avatar
    Dreamscape

    Ya know, I am glad Langerhans is back in the NL East and hopefully, he can do some good things, including against the Braves. Going to stay a fanboy of his even when he bats .025.

    Salty looked pretty good. His batting eye was solid and it looks like the scouting report was breaking balls low and fastball high and away. Didn’t seem to bother him.

    1. Jenny Avatar
      Jenny

      He looked very calm, which surprised me after reading that he had been so obsessed with getting to the majors that it ruined his 2006 season. I guess he’s matured a lot.

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