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Today's Wounded; Today's Call-Ups

The damage from last night's 17-inning affair was plenty. Infielder Omar Infante reaggravated his strained groin early in Sunday's contest (after recently straining my groin I can tell you what a pain it is - I used to make fun of players with strained groins, not anymore). Jeff Bennett injured his right shoulder in Saturday's game and Manny Acosta strained his hamstring trying to leg out a bunt in the wee innings of yesterday's marathon.

The Braves recalled Jeff Francoeur from double-A Mississippi, of course I was puzzled by that earlier... still am. The team also recalled infielder Brent Lillibridge and called up for the first time as a Brave, RHP Vladimir Nunez, who last pitched in the majors in 2004 with Colorado. Don't look for Nunez to be anything too spectacular, he's one of those barely marginal major league players.

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Welcome Back, Frenchy

This pic is Courtesy of the Launching Pad and in honor of Francoeur’s inexplicable return to Atlanta.

JB @ The Launching Pad

Idea

Can we ask Texas for Salty and Neftali Feliz back? They can keep Andrus and Harrison. Sounds fair to me.

Here's one for you...

I just found out – and it’s unconfirmed (ie, I’m telling you that I heard from someone who heard….) that Jonathan Schuerholz will be a shortstops coach for Rome, Danville, and the GCL Braves. That’s all I know for now. BIG news, eh?

Big News

I wish my dad was JS.

If he were my dad.....

I’d be pitching a little snit fit that I wasn’t the, you know, manager of Rome or something! I wonder if such is not too far down the road for Junior. Was he a good fielder? I honestly don’t know – anybody know? Often the best coaches weren’t the best players, so maybe this will be good…?...

i do know he was a wretched hitter

Open-Thread?

Is this it? gondeeeeeeeee, you are slacking, bro.

I've optioned Gondee to AA Mississippi

to work on his consistency.

Screw it

This is the open thread now.

You know what I look forward to doing?

Changing the channel from the Red Sox channel to watch some good old fashioned BRAVES baseball.

Jeff Locke is at it again tonight in Rome....

He went 7 innings, 3 hits, no runs, 6 strikeouts.

Heyward was 2-4 with 2 RBIs (43) and another stolen base (14) and is at .340

Also, Erik Cordier

is now in Rome

Whoo-hoo!

Just thought I’d help out.

'preciate it!

I am honestly wasting time until the game starts. It’s killing me!
I love the feel of a late night, west coast game, but I’m usually asleep by the 5th inning. I hate that.

I love west coast games.

I say I’ll sleep at a reasonable time, but then I stay up watching it all.

I'm killing time

By making the CURACAO KID PART II photo.

Better get that bad boy finished.

Was this supposed to be the open-thread.

It is now.

Don’t worry about the image. It will be ready for Jair’s pitching day.

Editing photos, too...

But boring stuff like a cousin’s 80th birthday party/family reunion from Saturday. Finally finished the ones from the game on the 4th, but nothing really that funny/exciting. I’m usually up ‘til 2 am anyway…

Being on central time helps...but I'll be up late.

I know this is stupid, but it always trips me out that its still light outside there, and not here.

Y'know

They seem boring now, but it’s always interesting to go back to old photos sometimes. Even family photos.

I don’t sleep much either. Not wise, but I manage.

sleep?

who needs it. 5-6 hours a night is more-than plenty.

Amen

wait – you have a Y chromosome?!

and an X...

LOL, good point. I’m just used to the Y winning over the X when it comes to hours of needed sleep!

? I think my genetics are fuzzy.

Don’t you have two Xs? Or are you talking about your experience with XYs?

pffth

Tell that to my roommate. I’m the late-sleeper/early-riser in this house, and she sleeps in like the dead on weekends.

True...

got a personal project going to scan my grandparents’ old photos while they can still tell me about them (they’re 88 & 89). Got some of them inside the Egyptian Ballroom in the Fox in ‘43 when Papa was stationed at Fort Mac and some of downtown Atl – they lived on 15th st.
Cool stuff, love old photos.

That's awesome.

My cousin and I did that for my grandma a few years ago too. She is still living and we get her to tell us stories of the good ol’ days every chance we can.

HOLY F*CK

Did the Brewers give anything for C.C.?

lost all my bookmarks

anyone got the link for that streaming video site?

It's uncanny

How much Kuroda’s delivery is a carbon copy of Daisuke Matsuzaka’s.

Ugh

I had to sit through that Dodger Stadium traffic last month.

Always surreal

Looking at away parks and knowing that I’ve been there now.

You are now entering...
Lizzie

How is your mother doing?

Awww

So kind for asking…she’s on pain killers and they finally started working late last night so she’s better (muscle pain all over the body). She had blood work done today but won’t know anything for a couple of days. She thought it was really sweet and funny that ya’ll were asking about her!

OMFG

Russell MARTIN!

Cool your jets

Late-night laundry always means one thing…

sorry, sorry...

OMFP!

MLB.TV isn’t working, so i’m out tonight.

baseball radio or myp2p?
If you leave,

roy will leave you out of more simpsons storyboards!

The opportunity was golden for that

And inspiration doesn’t hit too often.

Yo, royhobbs

It’s another beautiful night on the left coast:

http://www.truebluela.com/2008/6/3/545367/dodger-stadium-visitor-s-p

Haha

It doesn’t surprise me that that link is still on the mainpage. They don’t update often, and they don’t have nearly the active userbase as we are.

It's a great post

So…where’s francois, anyway = i though he was joining us tonite?

see below.
Kuroda is Cy Young for tonight...

some sleep-hitting first time thru the order so far

some free-swinging.
Jeff to join the team around 9 pm west coast time
9 PM?

Ya know you gain 3 hours flying west – did he have to take a mule train from jackson to memphis?

I know, I wondered.

Maybe he had to take a bus? Further embarrassment?

Francoeur

Is the Delta Boy. Meaning he probably got delayed in Salt Lake City.

He actually got delayed in Chicago - layover or whatever
Strange

They’re not a Delta-hub. Why the hell would a flight go from MS-CHI?

No idea, but here's the quote from the AJC

“Jeff Francoeur flew to rejoin the Braves Monday evening, relieved and happy. After three days of a minor- league stint in AA Mississippi, he was also ready to play.

‘Even though it’s only been three days, I feel like a new guy,” Francoeur told the Journal-Constitution by phone during a layover in Chicago. “I was hoping to get there before the game. But now I’m just excited to be there and be with the guys. The only thing is, I have no clothes.’”

So if he gets to the stadium, he will be naked.

REV

With the 12-to-6!

Poor Andruw

He’s heard nothing but boos for the last two years.

And his stance looks quite different

I guess, what else is new…

Cobra Hips?
Andruw

still smiling!

I like

Him taking the long way back, get to say hi to some old friends.

the gold club west is still open

- maybe they’re getting together for the vip tour after the game

Looks like he's trimmed down some too
Man I can't stand Nomar
I dislike his hyperactive

Pre-bat ritual.

Speaking of pre-bat rituals

What the hell is Escobar drawing in the ground there each time

I think just symbols or sayings

not always the same…

cuban curses, maybe?
to Jobu?
maybe to the gods who hate umpires?
Whatever

I hope he acts too cuban tonight, too.

i love it when he acts to cuban,

can we start calling Kelly Lucy now?

please ignore poor grammar and syntax
Oh I saw a highway marquee yesterday

that said, “Have a safe holiday, one fatality is to many!”

Welcome to Alabama.

Back in DC...

After Sept. 11th, I saw a sign leaving the city.

“God bless America

MON-FRI”

So I guess the weekends are screwed.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…

Get a picture!

If you pass it again, get a shot of it and post it here….I try to get stuff like that to use in my classroom. I know you can find them all over the internet, but I like to either get the shots myself or from people I know (or whatever you call this….)

I wish

This was in 2001… the sign is long gone. Believe you me, if I had my digital camera, I would’ve snapped that pronto, even if it meant U-turning into opposite traffic.

Well...

I actually meant the one in Alabama…..

I regretted not having my camera.

If I get a chance, I’ll drive past and see tomorrow.

i like to think soriano has the market cornered on Jobu
I saw him

Draw three A’s in the sand once. Before he went on record to say it was just doodling. Thinking maybe it was his hot wife’s initials or something.

are we gonna switch?

game thread up

guess not?
Mmmm

don’t know; I’ll just follow the crowd tonight.

I fear

That the jig is slowly coming to an end for Campillo. The lack of even mediocre velocity seems to bite him more often than naught now, more.

Jamie Moyer would like to have a word with you

Campillo will be fine as long as the HRs and walks are down. Seems like he’s walking more recently though and he did his best Chuck James impression the other night.

Moyer's slightly different

He goes from 75 down to 64. He gets even slower, than the range that Campillo hangs around. So when Moyer does crank it to 83, it has more meaning.

I make a lot of comparisons to Villarreal to Campillo- there was a honeymoon period where Oscar was excellent, but then the scouts began to pick and figure, and Oscar stopped being effective. Based on what I’ve seen the last few starts, I fear that it’s happening to Campillo.

Pujols

Okay, I admit. The reason I’m staying up is because the SS cameramen LOVE to pan the cameras on hot women in between commercials.

You got me.

Nomar

With the sissy arm. Even I could get it to the 1B without a bounce… with my left arm.

Kuroda

is pwning us.

is kuroda really this good?
isn't every mediocre pitcher we face good?
Kuroda?

I thought we were facing Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Kuroda

Breathes through his eyelids.

anyone heard anything about our asian pitcher down in the minors?
Jung Sung-Ki

Had some sick numbers in AA-Mississippi last year.

braves hitters

are driving me cup…

That's what I remember

But I can’t recall seeing anything about him this year

Uh oh

Hide the kleenex, jug’s favorite player is at-bat.

He was SAFE!
Oh, in case anyone was wondering...

I got my Phiten necklace in a few weeks ago and have been wearing it pretty regularly. Aside from being a fashionable way to rep the ATL, I’ve not noticed any improvements in my pitching or hitting.

how is your chi?
no noticeable changes.

how are your bowel movements?

do you mean consistency or how consistent?
Just being silly. I don't want to know.
you guys....

are making me giggle…

oh...

well just email if you get curious.

where did you get it?

the necklaces are running joke between me and my friends. one of them’s got a birthday coming up

So, am I a joke?

Don’t answer that.

http://www.titaniumoutfitters.com/

more like a jug
you think the braves players who wear those

wear the braves version?

Yes

I see them on their necks.

Yunel...

the right shoulder is JJUUUSSTTT fine

Predicting an infield hit for Mac next inning
WTF?!

MULLETHAWK?

chip tells me one hit through four

but that hit was a walk

Chip

doing the radio tonight?

yes.

i’m not too fond of him

between him and ray goff i wont set foot in a zaxbys
Hideo Nomo's comeback

Sure is looking good.

any more on him?

He was DFA’d by the Royals in April.

Are you sure? Isn't he who's pitching against us now?
No, this is Dice-K.
Welp

So many of you know where I dump my images, so no sense in hiding it. But since it’s a limited audience now, and I’ll post it immediately after gondeee opens tomorrow’s thread, may as well give ya’ll a sneak peek.

no gril on BC
He is more stern in this film.

+400,000

Niiiiiiiiiiiice...

very, very!

computers sure are neat, huh
Not my best work

But it’s not like i’m getting paid or anything to goof-off…

i left you a message in one thread

i’ve got tons of braves stuff in eps format if you’re interested

well not tons, but some
and i wasn't dissing it.

i really do think computers are neat

Oh, my bad

i’ve pretty much got all Braves assets in vector form already.

If you didn’t know about it:
http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/logos/index.jsp

MLB Pressbox, where you can get vector logos for pretty much everything baseball-team related.

shoot

i’d been making em myself and can barely use illustrator

here are some good ones too.

maybe not that great, but some throw-backs

http://www.sportslogos.net/index.php

I like that site

But they’re not vector (blow-up-able), so I have little use for them, unless I still want to put in some work.

GO JOE

going on about the All-Star game… love it. He’s grizzled.

I REALLY hate Nomar.
seconded
umm...

he is a yellow jacket? Not helpful?

athens georgia

born and raised. yellow jackets?

He could catch up on that change....arrgh
So much for keeping the walks and HRs down
That was a 12-6 that was going about 30 MPH at the belt.
Chip...

just really pisses me off when he gets soooo freakin’ excited when the other team scores. Grf.

I avoid Chip Caray commentary

Like it’s the plague. Or at least a smog-alert of Orange.

I would too, but...

that would mean abandoning the thread. Just…can’t….seem…to…break…the…habit…=D

Wow

Tough decision. I’d hate to know of anyone suffering through Chip Caray commentary, but I’d hate to not have you present in our snarky thread. :3

switching to pete for the play-by-play now

yes, my ears have stopped bleeding

Got vin scully on EI

Kinda hard to beat that

he's gotta keep his impartiality

that way he gets the nationwide gigs to bore fans all over the us

OK...

switching from HD…and Vin Scully-isms…to good ol’ Simpson and Sciambi

Woah crazy play.
But another run scored.

:(

I'd give a kidney

For Chan Ho Park instead. Chipper eats his lunch like nobody else’s.

how come it seems

like everyone around here has kidneys to burn

I'm going to try and jinx it

NO-HITTER NO-HITTER NO-HITTER

wait.

PERFECT?

i dont think we can jinx it

unless we want the no hitter to happen

HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME

HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME
HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME
HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME
HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME
HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME
HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME

CAN HE DO IT?

CAN HE PITCH A PERFECTO?!

F*CK

Perfect through 6???

I swurr to pujols this guy better not pitch a perfecto
I will have to go on the Braves/TC/baseball DL for 15 days if so.

I am liable to have a melt-down.

i do not care if we lose

i do not want the braves to get perfecto’d AGAIN.

maybe kuroda is hurt?
A combined no-no is still unacceptable.
what if

Francoeur gets there, dresses, and breaks up the perfecto and the Braves rally to win in the 9th, and hold on to win it.

I'd say

Crank the Natural soundtrack.

As fast as this game is going

Jeff will never make it.

Thank you boog

Way to jinx it.

The hats are the navy blue alternates, right?

they look black.

Bunt

To break the no-no. Maybe Russell Martin will jaw with Brian McCann about breaking up history, and they’ll fight. And jug will lose his shit.

No question.

Russell Martin wins with 1 punch.

...against the whole team.

NO!

I thought he beat it out.

Good try though.

7 batters away.
Well

Maybe if the Braves stopped swinging on the first fucking pitches, they could at least tire him out and do the logical thing.

why the f*ck would we do that?
anyone else listening to pete

doing his muddy water’s impersenation?

stupid chip
+1

not too happy with Pete either…getting just as damn excited as chip at our misfortune.

this is a disgrace.
If this really happens

I’m disabling the crying baby picture.

I hope

gondeee will disable fanposting for no less than 2 weeks.

Sadly

I think that’s called for.

check out ESPN's front page.
Screw ESPN

They get a hard on the size of the sears tower whenever bad shit happens to the Braves.

We look like we arrived at 5 something AM EST

and are playing at 11 40 something (following a marathon).....at least at the plate

You know

How I ask how far we can sink?

If we get perfecto’d, I think we’ve officially hit bottom.

Hey...

I’ve been watching the game and guess what?

HIROKI KURODA IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME AGAINST THE BRAVES!!!!

In case you were not aware of it.

Jorge'

Pitching is heart out in this situation

Did Andruw change his stance this year?

gosh dangit

Nomah again.

The Braves through 7.

What do we need to do to get back into favor with Pujols?

Pray? Sacrifice a live chicken? Give him cigars? Rum? I’ll do it all, just to be safe.

BRB, going for live chicken.

Rum? Chickens? Cigars?

Actually…that sounds pretty good.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOO
THANK PUJOLS
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I <3 TEX
THANK YOU MISTER MARK

This warrants some celebration:

Increasin that trade value….

that is so life-like...
You know that McCann bobblehead?

It’s supposedly one of 10,000. Yours might be 1/1…

I need to

email you about that. I will tomorrow.

Taken on the 4th

Teix bats

It's like...

A carbon copy!

c'mon HEAP!
give this man

An effing contract.

Its kinda sad

That everyone is this excited about one hit…..

FU

Saving face is all we’ve got tonight.

sorry dude

emotions, and all that stuff.

Thought he got a hold of that one.
(Pujols) I hate chip caray
+ (damn I foget the code for infininty) )(@*$#)@*%481057205732857&)$)&@(*%_@*%
hold alt, press 2,3,6 on Numeric pad.

+∞

t/y

A pleasure

to assist with making sarcastic quips.

I couldn't find that today....

had to use the cut and paste…

I cant watch anymore
3 away from another L

and a shut-out L at that.

/sigh.

But at least we didn't get perfecto'd.

I’ll take solace in that. Kuroda was the best Japanese pitcher ever tonight.

Is it too late

For Francoeur to show up and hit a pinch-hit go-ahead grand slam?

no

but we have to get 3 guys on base first.

Remember that game last April, where Huddy was an inning away from a shutout, and then the Marlins scored 4 runs in the 9th?
Not specifically

but I feel like that has happened more than once.

It also happened to Huddy

In San Francisco, when Wickman devoured a win away from a Huddy shutout, but Renteria bailed them out in the 11th.

steel-trap
Ugh...Big Boy.
I meant your memory.
I remember a lot of things.
I think Velcro's post after that game

Was my favorite of hers, ever.

I need to go back and re-read those. She’s really good.

hasn't she been missing for a while?
No sign all season.
i blame *he who shall not be named*
we used to email some...

...I will try to raise her….

Welp

Lets see what you got, meat.

it's never too late

this is baseball

Anyone else have trouble with MLB.TV tonight?

took me a while to find you guys.

NAHWAL

why dont we just do it anyway, bigjoe’s ready to be the chief, and screw the prizes.

Ready for FYF

PYF not getting it done.

Are you kidding me?
Urge to kill Chip

Strong

You type faster than me
That was Tony

nevermind, who cares

FIRE SALE!!!!!
At least we got a hit
The loss sucks

But you guys have no idea how relieved I am that we didn’t get perfecto’d.

I may still need to go on the DL.
Treatment may help....

it’s only 9:17 PST

this is pathetic

i like the FIRE SALE idea

Thank you! Call Frank Wren! 404-614-1362….leave a message!

Who is getting sold?

And anybody we bring in will just succumb to the suck.

Keep Yunel, Huddy, Jurrjens, Chipper, B-Mac. Thats it.

Are you serious?
I don't know about some of your reserves

But same time tomorrow?

I still enjoy late games.

You know it.

I’ll be there. Unless I get sent back to AA for a rehab assignment.

life good in california, lads
Interview with kuroda through his translator

weird beyond human comprehension….

for the 7-8-9 innings

Photobucket

thats nasty

omg i didnt think you had it in you

poor mice. poor bravos.
well that one wins
I could one-up that...

but it would be lewd.

It’s basically a mouse humping a dead mouse caught in a mouse-trap.

procreation fail.
a double
for the only hit
Alright.

Tonight does deserve it. I’m really not as mad as some of you guys are, but…

Um

Ew, and not quite relevant (?) I dunno…my sense of humor’s rather quirky too. Sorry if I offended anyone!
It was more about the symbolism, you see…(yeah, that’s the ticket)

Ha ha, no you didn’t – I see your post below!! LOL, guess I don’t have to worry about offending anyone!

Whoops, guess it's above, now!
Talking Chop

Offending its users since 2007. And then there are the users.

Velcro's post about Wickman sucking, Renteria ruling

A Complex Metaphor

Classic

Sweet

Thanks for the quick link

Here that?

That’s the sound of me jumping on the fire sale bandwagon.

Last question

Crybabies tomorrow morning – over/under…

three?

OVER

I say 5

Over

Just numerous (dammit), sigh…

You know something

I’m actually smiling right now. The relief of not being perfecto’d twice in the decade is that great.

We’ll be better tomorrow, I promise. We’ll score a run, I promise.
If we don’t, I’ll take the bigjoe route – the second round will be on me, come TC day.

that's weak.

If we lose again, I’ve got 2nd round.











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Weak?

We gotta score runs before we even have a chance at winning.

See ya'll tomorrow.

Losses don’t sting so much when there are others to commiserate with.

adios, muchacho

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