Goat of the Game Results

April 5th - Michael Bourn
April 7th - Jair Jurrjens
April 8th - Mike Minor
April 9th - Juan Francisco
April 10th - Freddie Freeman
April 11th - Michael Bourn
April 13th - Eric Oflaherty
April 14th - Freddie Freeman
April 15th - Chad Durbin
April 16th - Tommy Hanson
April 17th - Dan Uggla
April 18th - Jair Jurrjens
April 19th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 20th - Tyler Pasternicky
April 21st - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 22nd - Randall Delgado
April 23rd - Jair Jurrjens
April 24th - Dan Uggla
April 25th - Michael Bourn
April 27th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME (unless Prado is serious)
April 28th - ???

Freddie.

Delgado

Freddie or the make pretend 3rd baseman

Goat of the Game Results

April 5th - Michael Bourn
April 7th - Jair Jurrjens
April 8th - Mike Minor
April 9th - Juan Francisco
April 10th - Freddie Freeman
April 11th - Michael Bourn
April 13th - Eric Oflaherty
April 14th - Freddie Freeman
April 15th - Chad Durbin
April 16th - Tommy Hanson
April 17th - Dan Uggla
April 18th - Jair Jurrjens
April 19th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 20th - Tyler Pasternicky
April 21st - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 22nd - Randall Delgado
April 23rd - Jair Jurrjens
April 24th - Dan Uggla
April 25th - Michael Bourn
April 27th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME (unless Prado is serious)
April 28th - Freddie Freeman
April 29th - ???

Chipper Jones

Goat of the Game Results

April 5th - Michael Bourn
April 7th - Jair Jurrjens
April 8th - Mike Minor
April 9th - Juan Francisco
April 10th - Freddie Freeman
April 11th - Michael Bourn
April 13th - Eric Oflaherty
April 14th - Freddie Freeman
April 15th - Chad Durbin
April 16th - Tommy Hanson
April 17th - Dan Uggla
April 18th - Jair Jurrjens
April 19th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 20th - Tyler Pasternicky
April 21st - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 22nd - Randall Delgado
April 23rd - Jair Jurrjens
April 24th - Dan Uggla
April 25th - Michael Bourn
April 27th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME (unless Prado is serious)
April 28th - Freddie Freeman
April 29th - Chipper Jones
April 30th - ???

ALSO WILL BE STARTING VOTES FOR PITCHING AND HITTING GOATS OF THE MONTH TODAY.

04/30: NO GOAT

Pitching Goat for the Month: JJ
Hitting Goat for the Month: FF?

Wasn't Freeman tied for the league lead in RBIs at one point this month?

He was..., but I narrowed down my selection according to how many times the player received the honor.

But if you look at the POTG thread - he dominated that for about a week.

My GOat of the month votes are:-

Pitcher - JJ
Hitter - B-Mac

You're probably right.. B-mac deserves the goat more. I mean he hardly did anything all month.

Brian has been both incredibly unlucky and hampered by the shift. Just missed a HR last night that stopped at the wall.

His Babip is now at .213 (career is .298). But he is striking out 5% less than his career average right now (at 9%, career is 14%). He may rebound soon enough and have a crazy month like last year.

He hit .304/.371/.554 in May last year with 4 HRs and 11 doubles, 11/13 BB/K.

I'm picking him tonight as having at least 1 hit. Hopefully it's a deciding factor vs Hamels. Hasn't had a hit in 3 games or a HR in 7 games (double in 9 games).

He's incredibly due for some offense.

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Edited 5/1/2012 1:03 pm ET by atlsportsfan2

Doesn't mean he wasn't the goat of the month ;)

Of course. Just posting for those who think it might be him more than his luck or the shift.

But that also doesn't mean he shouldn't bunt once or twice if the shift is applied. He shouldn't be so stubborn about that. If Hinske can do it, certainly Mac can too.

I would love for Brian to take Eric Hinske's approach to the shift every now and again.

Goat of the Game Results

April 5th - Michael Bourn
April 7th - Jair Jurrjens
April 8th - Mike Minor
April 9th - Juan Francisco
April 10th - Freddie Freeman
April 11th - Michael Bourn
April 13th - Eric Oflaherty
April 14th - Freddie Freeman
April 15th - Chad Durbin
April 16th - Tommy Hanson
April 17th - Dan Uggla
April 18th - Jair Jurrjens
April 19th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 20th - Tyler Pasternicky
April 21st - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 22nd - Randall Delgado
April 23rd - Jair Jurrjens
April 24th - Dan Uggla
April 25th - Michael Bourn
April 27th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME
April 28th - Freddie Freeman
April 29th - Chipper Jones
April 30th - NO GOAT OF THE GAME

REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR PITCHING AND HITTING GOATS OF THE MONTH

Amazing how there was no goat for a 9-3 loss. I should have voted for Durbin. I guess more people would have voted for Minor had he not racked up the strikeouts. Looks like a lot of regulars avoided the board for the loss like I did.

<Maybe they all sucked equally.

Maybe.