So, that’s how I spent about two hours last night. He is a good, funny broadcaster, and if you come after Jim Deshaies, I’m going to remind myself of all the reasons it’s so easy to turn on the Braves. Jim Deshaies is a treasure, a clever and silly man who fills my living room with joy on hot summer nights. I awoke with a stomach functioning mostly as designed. I am a small little boy who was so upset about the Cubs losing last night that he texted his friend that he hoped the stomach discomfort he was experiencing was food poisoning, so he could barf all day today and go to bed before tonight’s first pitch. And while Jim Deshaies is a big boy and can handle the haters and the losers, I am not a big boy. (Acuña already came to bat again, by the way, and just drove in a run.) Some? Incensed. Some? Probably didn’t care but took advantage to let out some aggression on the team they’ve been beating. If anyone in the broadcast booths on either side of the game has a history of being anti-celebration, it’s the Braves, whose color commentator Jeff Francoeur infamously fantasized about punching Willson Contreras in 2019 after Contreras took Julio Teheran deep.Īs you might know or might have guessed, the clip of Sciambi and Deshaies complaining about the celebration went around online, and some Braves fans (#NotAllBravesFans) were incensed. A complaint from Cubs fans during the series has been that the Cubs broadcast was giving the Braves’ organist too much love for his little game of choosing funny walkup songs based around players’ names or recent player news. Generally, Sciambi and Deshaies are not old fogies, and they definitely aren’t anti-Braves.

It’s open for debate, it’s one of those totally subjective things, but Sciambi and Deshaies didn’t like it and they said so.

This was the 10 th inning, not the 1 st inning. The Braves might have their postseason situation locked up, but the Cubs don’t, and while Deshaies made clear they both thought a lot of Acuña’s feat, the general sentiment was that the celebration should wait until after the game. While waiting for the game to continue, the Cubs broadcasters-Jon Sciambi and Jim Deshaies-expressed some disappointment with the Braves choosing that moment to celebrate the accomplishment. Relief pitcher Daniel Palencia stood on the mound, waited out the celebration, and then resumed trying to pitch his team into the playoffs. Unfortunately for the Cubs, this also came at a big moment in the baseball game, the score tied and Acuña representing the winning run in the 10 th inning of one of the final contests of the 2023 regular season, the Cubs fighting with the Marlins for the National League’s final Wild Card spot.

It was a huge accomplishment, and the Braves immediately celebrated, playing a highlight reel on the jumbotron while Acuña raised the base triumphantly in the air. It was a big moment in baseball history, not because no player has ever stolen 70 bases, but because no player has ever stolen even 50 while also hitting 40 home runs, and Acuña’s got 41 long balls to his name (note to self: make sure to finish this before Acuña comes up to bat again). We are all very proud of Ronald Acuña Jr. stole his 70 th base of the season, and it was very special. Every Braves run right now is a demonstration of how unlimited the human body may be. Every Cubs run right now is the last toothpaste in the tube. The Cubs are playing the Braves again, and they are losing early, needing some light tap-dancing from Mike Tauchman to score their run while the Braves scored theirs through Matt Olson smashing a ball over the fence.

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