Braves Win on Bloop Single Scoring Runner from 1st

No, this headline won't make any sense until we explain it and you see it.

The Atlanta Braves who seem to have the number of the much-hyped Washington Nationals, won a bizarre, attempted replay and error filled game Friday night on a walk-off bloop single by Justin Upton.

Why is this noteworthy?

Upton's 120 foot pop-fly dropped to the ground in front of National's rightfielder Bryce Harper. Meanwhile, Braves pinch runner Jordan Schaffer was off and running on contact because there were 2 outs, managed to score...all the way from 1st. The Braves win in 10 innings, 7-6.

In the grand scheme of things, the win wasn't that big a deal, but seeing someone score from first on a short hit like that is always impressive.

Your highlights from MLB.com:

ICYMI: Walkoff Weekend: Baseball Game-Winning Fun on Friday

Say what you will about baseball being boring, slow, dull or whatever, but nothing gets the heart of a baseball and good sports fan racing more than a walk-off hit.

And Friday night, there were some good ones.

Justin Upton of the Atlanta Braves with perhaps the most dramatic, a 10th inning line drive, that cleared the fence and set of chaos in the A-T-L:


Jose Lobaton of the Tampa Bay Rays with the 9th inning triple breaking a 4-4 tie with Toronto:



And Jonathan Lucroy of the Milwaukee Brewers with the 2-strike, 2-out, 2-run game-winning HR off the supposedly unhittable Aroldis Chapman of the Cincinnati Reds:

All Upton, All The Time

((ht: mlb.com))

Haha!

We make no secret (okay, I don't make any secret) of our extreme, long standing fan-ship of the Atlanta Braves.

That's why we (me) are happy to let you take a look at a promotional video brothers Justin and B.J Upton, along with a supporting cast of Braves including Hank Aaron, made during Spring Training.

It's funny: (thanks for allowing the embed MLB.com))



We might note the Braves are off to a 2-0 start this season. Justin already has 2-home runs, B.J is struggling a bit.

Carry on!