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Braves - Mets Series Preview Video

I participated in a series preview webcast with the guys from MetsBlog and SNY.tv. They edited me a bit at the end, there was one more question about the bullpen, but I guess they were running long. Either that or I was getting really verbose, which I have the tendency to do. Check out the show below:

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That host just makes me laugh, and i have no idea why.

He seems pretty corny.

The whole “I’ll turn 90 degrees as the camera changes” is just soo incredibly corny and overplayed…you could tell he was trying not to laug

i dont think that interview was supposed to make me laugh

but that host cracks me up. you can see his eyes rolling across the cue cards. what a douche haha

lmao. Always wear a tie, chief. Otherwise, they're all gonna laugh at you.
I took a media production class my sophomore year

And had to do an interview on campus TV while reading off of cue cards and note cards and I didn’t even look that newby.

Man...

Something about that guy just makes me want to smack him in the face!

I know what it is....

…he’s from New York!

Either that or I was getting really verbose

You have to speak in small words for New York fans. Most of them don’t have a 4th grade education, otherwise they wouldn’t be New York fans.

The deep, sultry tones of your voice get me all hot and bothered

No homo

Derrek Lowe did make the Thillies look thilly in Thillie.

Nice jerb.

First question to the Jays guy: “are you drunk right now?”
hahaha

Just listened to the entire thing closely

The fountain of awesome????

hahahaha

So is this the Open Thread for the game? Gondee must have gone to the Rite-Aid closing in Athens and got Listerine for 75% off.

Fuck Rite Aid.

i gotta hear this story.

2 years ago, I got fired for writing a blog that said I wanted to physically assault shoplifters.

hippies.

And this month, I will be quitting my current job…to work for my former boss for less money than I’ve made at both places! Awesome

Mine runs out at the end of July. I have nothing lined up, except going back to farm work.

I got ridiculously stressed today and nearly quit on the spot…yeah

Somewhat surprising lineup (not Chipper being out)

1. KJ, 2B
2. Escobar, SS
3. Prado, 3B
4. McCann, C
5. Diaz, LF
6. Kotchman, 1B
7. Francoeur, RF
8. Schafer, CF
9. Lowe, RHP

Delgado isn’t playing

Do my eyes deceive me or is FUGA out of the lineup as well.

i’m just in shock that Infante isn’ t in there somewhere. He must have lost The Tape.

one pitch, one out

Sweet, game on ESPN. What team is Santana pitching against I wonder?

ESPN will be using a new piece of technology they developed,where they computer-impose a Red Sox jersey on the Braves.

Yunel working the count…

Steve Phillips… ugh. tWWL is just blowing Santana hard right now.

ESPN is blacked out in my hood. I get the lovely SNY announcers

Probably just as bad.

Might be worse. I’ve already muted it and am listening to gameday audio

Infield hit! Woo!

I can’t believe Escobar is being more patient at bat than Kelly.
And a base hit to show for it!

Thank God for peachtree. I hate thse espn schmucks.

Yeah, I’m very thankful for PTV here.
Chip and Joe have already had a “didn’t realize the mic was on” conversation LOL.

Gotta love em

Make that 2 hits… ESPN was going on and on about Johan with a no-no….

Haha I know, with FUGA out was almost a sure-shot

Whats up everybody

Just livin’ man.

I hear that, work is winding down. I cant wait to leave

Ricky Vaughn to the plate.

GOOD GOD, ITS TIM HUDSON!!!

y’all ever check out chickipedia.com?

No, but I def will now

nope. Good stuff?

Yeah, it is pretty cool

Hm, intersting…

have you seen it? it is pretty cool

I have not. I’m more a fan of IAFD, but whatever

hahaha. i’ve seen that one.

That place is like…my Bible

Too bad they have Jimmy Fallon’s cheesy grin on the front page

hahahaha, true

Dangit – at least Heap made him throw some pitches.

C’mon Matty!

Damn that change-up.

Matty, stop looking lost at the plate….

On a side note, I’ll take a 20+ pitch inning.

HEY! RUNS! GOOD HUSTLE ALL AROUND!

Suck it MUTS

woot! woot!

Delgado would have had that. Great day for him to sit.

You know, Santana still has a shot at a 3 hitter. Lots of pitchers have done this in their career, but this would probably be the best if he maintains it.

This

umpire has a really small strike zone…

Surprise

They call that an unearned run

they gave Diaz a hit.

Error on Wright allowing Escobar to score

oh, gotya on the throw

or was it on Tatis?

The announcers said Wright

ESPN bitching about the fact it was a hit…

We needed that early run.
Mentally more than anything with Chip out.

good inning so far

run that pitch count up

It was NOT an error on Wright

Do espn announcers get a bonus or raise

every time they say something good about the mets or santana? i mean seriously, you can just take Johan’s pants off if you like him so much.

they have to

obvisously. phillips and hershiser were pretty much in tears after esco scored

BULLSHIT

And Kotch called that too. See the ump get in Kotch’s mug after…

this ump needs to be consistent. that was a ball to BMAC

Koch won’t get a ball called again tonight after that.
Gotta love the fire though.

i love that…he’s quickly becoming one of my favorite braves

Damn, that was a good pitch. Gotta give credit.

TERRIBLE CALL

Still, it was too close to take and there was no way for Kotch to do anything with it.

Anyone else think that FYF and Prado should be Switched in that lineup?

I think Kotch & Diaz should be switched

no...

much much much better depth with Frenchy htting 6th. plus, he’s hit like .125 in his career in the 3 hole

One way or another, this reminds me of the bad times of last year with Nitram batting 3rd.

You all see this?

I agree with the assesment at the end of the article…although it is kinda funny

Yeah, me too.

Wow that REALLY carried

i like the 28 pitches seen in the first inning

yeah especially after dumbass KJ was out after one pitch.

Wow, Lowe gettin squeezed.

WTF… Strike on Kotch, ball on Castillo?

Fuckin A, thanks Beltran

bigjoe, you really a muts fan or are you kidding?

bigjoe loves the muts!

Nah, I was legitimately thanking him

But, I’ll take a one pitch Vidro

Nice DP!
And only 9 pitches!!!

Let’s follow that last effort up

Yeah! 8 more times!

o man my extra innings peachtree feed isnt in HD

On PTV, I’d give anything just to be able to see the actual play when it happens.
Whenever the ball is put in play, the feed freezes. I always have to see it in the replay.

yeah, I just switched over to my non HD PTV channel!!

Oh, Frenchy…

fyf...he's gonna have a rough day

Logan too…

Good working the count this first at bat.

Oh HELL yes…they reduced mlb.tv down to under $100 for premium for the rest of the year. That might just make it worth it to me to get.

Did they lower it because it doesn’t work very well?

Haha, a good question. I might just find out.

I guarantee you that at the beginning of June, its down to $80…you’re not saving anything, you’re just paying one month less because that month is gone already

Hmmm…how much was it to begin with?

I think it was 120 bulk…I’m doing just 20 bucks a month

SNY

Anybody live in NY and forced to listen to Hernandez??

fortunately not…

i usually do

i live in Arizona and almost always get the Muts feed on MLB extra innings when they play the braves. kinda like listening to Steve Phillips and Harold Reynolds argue. its always bad and neither know what theyre talking about

This just in...Johan is GOOD
At least it took him 8 pitches to K

Twice as many as frenchy…

+1
He saw 7 more pitches than Kelly and at least 5 more than Frenchy.
Easier to accept a K if they take 8 pitches.

HAHAHAHAHA DEREK LOOOOOOOOOOOOOWE SON

They were booing Lowe

How dare a free agent not sign with a New York team?!?!?

It’s their fault. To Minaya, Oliver Perez > Lowe

They werent angry until they realized they resigned a 40 million dollar starter reliever instead

I wish baseball had a salary cap of some sort.

They need a salary floor also

yep

If you can’t reach it, you’re AAA.

Spending $$$$ doesn’t always = championships.

“YEah chipper’s happy he doesnt have to face Santana tonight” – Steve Phillips

STFU steve. Chip is one of the greatest switch hitters of all time and one of the best pure hitters as well. He isnt scared of Santana. Just because he beat your teams ass throughout the 1990s doesnt mean you should degrade him.

Francoeur and Schafoeur back to back, pitchers are going to be salivating over the chance to boost their strikeout totals.

Frenchy has only K’d 14 times this season

Yes, but he’s reverted his hitting style over the last few games.

Yep, swinging at that high pitch again.

That K by Wright is more pathetic than Schafer’s.

Yup. He looked silly

Wright looked foolish.

Logan 43 K’s, next closest Brave Ross with 18.

insert comma between Brave and Ross

That’s a crazy disparity. Good thing Logan walks as well.

Doesn’t he lead the team?
I still wish he was leading off.

Yes, he leads the team with 22 BB. Next closest Brave is Chipper with 19

I’m liking this start so far!

Lowe is looking frisky

I am feeling pretty good. Maybe Lowe will develop into a perennial Met-Killer like Chipper.

I’m sure there is some extra motivation for him facing a team that didn’t think he was worth what the Braves gave him.

Good point. It would be saweet for him to come away with a win here tonight.

More like LOLis Castillo!

wokka wokka

Fucking Mets apoligists…“This is just bad luck for Johan”

What a dick

did they say it was bad luck for McCann?

Anybody else think that only getting 5-6 tiny pieces of chicken in a can of Campbell’s Chunky Chicken Soup is unacceptable??

That’s pretty generous for Campbells

I’m gonna write my congressperson, I am outraged at the lack of chicken!!!

You were robbed almost as bad as Heap just now.

I would, and i know soup.

Its Chunky. You’re supposed to get a ton of shit in it

The bastards tricked me!

Isn’t Tatis the guy that hit 2 grand slams in an inning?

Tatis raked last year

Sac bunt, brilliant.

That’s what a #3 hitter is supposed to do. Come on.

Tatis does his best work on his knees.

Damn. Leave a man at 3rd….again. UGH

Its ok.

D-Lowe has all the runs he’ll need tonight.

mlb schedule pretty light today

Cool stat on PTV,

Lowe & Santana tied for most wins since 2002 at 110 each.
Tonight’s winner will end up as #3 on that list.

Did they say who was #1? Oswalt?

Halladay

with 119, Oswalt 116.

Dang, I was close.

Halladay is a machine. And underappreciated.

if one of them is credited with the win at all.

Oh hell no...

Kris Medlen tonight: 6.2 innings, 0 ER, 2 hits, 6 K’s.

That’s it, I am making my girlfriend call me “Medlen” in bed.

That kid is flat nasty. I dont think we can justify putting him in the pen

 I wish our farm wasn’t so weak. It sucks we depleted it in the Tex trade.

Hope that’s sarcasm…cause we still have a consensus top 5 farm system even after that trade

You have not had the pleasure of reading Furman Bisher, my friend.

Oh, that old crusty dick who wrote for the AJC?

The same. He wrote an article stating something to the effect that mvandonsel was mocking.

it was a joke; however, lots of people wrote this exact same thing during the off-season

Gotcha! I didn’t think you were that silly :-)

I get to see Medlen on Saturday, assuming the rotation goes the way I’m assuming it does. Awwwwwwwesome

Esobadass.

Fire that gun, Esco!

Great inning for Lowe again.

No hitter against the Muts and Santana……Heck yeah!

So its…technically a salad.

Where’s the lettuce?

i love eating Taco Bell by the pool.

Ha ha. Had that convo with someone yesterday.

i would like to see the inventors of the Geico “Who’ s watching” and the AT&T Rollover commercials square off in a Death MAtch, and have no winner.

THEY’RE EXACTLY THE SAME!

no bat slam?

Casey. Oh, Casey

Cue the angled waist graphic!

“Manny Acosta had a good inning today” I have never heard those words put together in that way.

Frenchy is falling across the plate again.

Hey he didn’t K!

holy contact!

it’ll be good for his confidence to only get 3 K’s.

Alright everybody, I’m gonna make like a fetus and head out. Later! GO BRAVES~

Make like a tree and get the hell out of here.

back to the future anyone?

i gotcha. see mine?

That makes about as much sense as a screen door on a battleship.

I just have to keep reminding myself that this trio in the ESPN booth is much better than the Sunday Night crew.

Tough call

I am not sure if I am happy that I get this broadcast in HD on ESPN (Extra innings package only does SD), or if it is not worth it to listen to this broadcast crew.

Heap took the glasses off…dun dun dun

mac takes off the glasses

o snap, no glasses. When they notice, cue the SBs.

How long will they bitch about how little run support Santana gets?

nice vidrooooooo

VIDRO. Well done D!

D-Lowe, you wizard

If Johan was pitching as well as Lowe was tonight

The knob shlobbing from this crew would be unbearable.

They’re already practically giving him head in the booth

I'm a Prado fan.

There, I said it.

espn showed his stat…mans got a .940 ops

Swagga’s back?

There goes the no no

Wright

was a little late there

The creepy goatee does Beltran no favors

He has ‘free candy’ painted on the side of his van when he leaves the park.

WHEW ATJ.

never doubted him for a second

I guess the speed of the hit fooled me, but i was thinking David Wright was reeeeally slow for a minute there.

Man, Lowe is just cruising tonight.

Open Thread

The open thread was sent to oblivion…. I don’t know where it went… weird?

We’re making do with this one. :-)

Only an hour late.

This wouldn’t have happened if someone acted on an e-mail sent out last week.

yep, this works out just fine

There’s one below the score box on the main page that some folks are knocking around in. I’ve had some family issues via phone so I’m bouncing in and out of the threads/posts…

I went to see Wolverine… pretty awesome.

Really? I heard very ho-hum things about it.

Yeah, it was ok.

Seen star trek? I loved it

I saw that today myself, going to see Star Trek later this week

Another thought on Steve Phillips...

Almost no one in america was as bad at their job as Steve Phillips was, and he is rewarded with a high paying broadcasting gig from ESPN.

If I was as consistently terrible at my profession as him, I am pretty sure I would never be allowed to do it anywhere else. God bless america.

That being said, I do like seeing him now and then because it makes me smile in the same way as Chipper’s kid “Shea” does.

“Is 15 mil for Lowe better than 12 mil for Oliver Perez?”

Does the pope wear a funny hat?

Are they seriously debating if Lowe was a better signing than Oliver Perez?

How else can they suck some Met cock tonight?

Talk about how beautiful Citi Field is?

Schafer just doing his part to donate to cancer research tonight!

Why can’t they lay off that pitch at their ears?

i used to be a sucker for the high fastball too

but then again i also split time for my high school team

KElly strinking out is just “bad hitting”?

Why havent we heard that about the Muts at all?

5 hits > 1 hit

Escobar…I like

Nice Yunel….steal please?

I like how Phillips isn’t busting out the Mexican pronunciation of Martin

For all the things Santana does well…he has no pick off move whatsoever.

I really wish Esco would steal here

Well, he’ll be running now….

to be fair there usually aren’t many people on base

haha, so true

Is anyone else done with interleague? I’m over it.

I think its something that shouldn’t have all this “WOW INTERLEAGUE PLAY” hype nonsense behind it

its ok.

i’m going to the game when to Yankees come to Turner, i’m pretty excited about it. I do think this “rivalry” with the Red Sox is retarded.

We always seem to play the Yankees and Sox. Everybody else seems to play the suck teams of the year.

that’s re-tah-ded

Swung at ball 4

Chicka chicka....

A couple more decent AB’s and we shouldn’t have to see Johan in the 7th.

What’s the logo on the side of the Mets caps?

Citi Field Logo

Gotcha. thanks for the answer

I’m really pleased to see (for the most part) a lot more patience by our guys at bat tonight.

ME TOO

Especially against such a great pitcher. He only has 1-2 more innings in him. 82 already through 5

Why aren’t you guys in the game thread?

there wasnt one when the game started and we all sort of just stayed

Probably because the game thread is somewhat hidden

Where is it?

Lowe is spinning a gem (knock on wood)

Knock something please.
We only have 1 run.

nice job back to back hits now

I don’t think this ump understands that where the ball crosses the plate determines whether it is a strike or not

i dont think any umpire does…nor is any ball over the belt a strike

Agh, just missed it there…lets get 2 heer

Interesting factoid: Tonight when Randy Johnson (6’10") faces Daniel Cabrera (6’9") is the tallest combined Starting Pitcher height ever

Wow. That is pretty cool

What a fucking fluke that was.

to be fair, our run wasn’t exactly fluke-free

Knuckle down D Lowe

Lets get out of this one

Play normal depth guys, this is a catcher

They really don’t deserve that run

Santana has some kind of bat speed there

Logan should take notes

We never should have left that guy on 3rd before.

we need to make him work this inning

lol and then he calls that

That is NOT a strike dammit.

But he (Heap) has to swing if it’s gonna be called one every time.

Does this guy even have a strike zone?

In short, no.

He is terrible

I don’t think Mac is comfortable with the glasses, at least not yet

Now they’re talking about ping pong and beachballs.

MATTYD continues to kill Johan

Matty Diaz strikes!

Lets get one of those Kothman dobles

wow 3-1 strike to ball ratio

I have no idea when this ump is gonna bull the trigger on strikes

pull*

Speaking of, a bull might actually be more consistant calling strikes

There’s been no consistency whatsoever.

They're doing the wave

Skip would not be pleased

Power fiiiinggerrsss.

He hit him!

TOSS SANTANA!!!

Damn, I would have a hard time making a call on that one.

Das ist nicht so gut

We definately dont need Kotchman hand problems right now

Damn, our players are getting hit a lot.
What was it, 2 or 3x yesterday?

That was the right call there

96 pitches...

Lets get a run here, grind out another 10 pitches and get into their bullpen

Jeff Francoeur promptly throws that idea out the window

Oh no, Frenchy and Schafer up

Goddamnit Frenchy

Good job, French.

way to make him work frenchy

Francouer sucks again, it’s official.

ops starting to dip below .700

Come on Frenchy – PATIENCE PLEASE.

Damn, I couldn’t even type that (above) before he’s out.

No uppercut… that should have been a rope.

This is an example of why Jordan Schafer leads the team in walks

2-0

come on kid

Watch, he’s gonna spit the hook here and we’ll fail again.

Fucking christ.

he has terrible swings ahead in the count

We have an anemic offense

Well shit.

WTF… patience.

whats that?

“Patience doesn’t matter” – Jeff Francoeur

they don’t put it on the scoreboard

I sense MOMENTUM SHIFT....

Gooood catch

Those line drives right at you are tricky, and he’s played them great.

Logan

like the kid. But is he saving us more runs on defense than he is costing us on offense?

no way….he’s left 40 guys in scoring position

His failures are magnified because so many others are not coming through consistently with RISP as well.

We could absorb his rookie growing pains more if he were the only one struggling.

According to Fangraphs, we have a 48% chance of winning

tie game always 52-48 to home team

it will go back to 50-50 if we get this out, i just think it’s fun to watch throughout the game

that’s better than zero, I guess

Do we bat Lowe here?

I think we have to.

No question, yes we do

especially if santanas still out there…odds are the pinch hitter wont get on anyway

Bennett needs work.

Whew, good inning

Good job Lowe. Yes, I’d let him bat this inning.
But he would have a short leash next time up.

Slowed down that momentum shift

+1
I was concerned.

This has to be it for Johan. Lets send him out with a loss

Lowe has more patience than Frenchy.
Damn.

made him throw six

He saw 6 pitches. Plus his other at bats were good too.

Oh well, got him to throw lots of pitches

Lowe did his part to make him work.

He has a hit and has made him throw 11 pitches in the other 2 at bats

Is that because TP isn’t coaching his at bats?

JESUS CHRIST

Shut the hell up. we get it. Johan is good.

107 pitches

Longview, I am happy we are at least putting some mileage on him tonight. Its a long season.

Good job Kelly

Nice Kelly. STEAL PLEASE

Yeah Kelly! Can Yunel reach for the fourth time tonight…

Johan’s done

johan gets the hook!

These announcers have no desire to give Lowe credit for keeping the Mets off the board while they’re praising Johan

Oh shit, Kim is on 24 tonight! Time to open Gamecast…

Love it! Now we MUST score here.
Lowe deserves more support dammit!

Lets hit them here and give Santana the loss!

lowe has gotten almost 6 runs a game….just saying

I was speaking about tonight’s 1… he deserves more for holding down the Mutts so far.

You figure Phillips would hate the Mets, but no.

Who the hell is Bobby Parnell?

Hit and run here

YEAH YUNEL!!

YOUNELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

PLEEEEEEASE BRING THESE RUNS IN

kelly not a good read…shold have been on third

+1, then a long fly ball scores a run.

I’m sorry, 7 Hits in 6.1 with 107 pitches is not a “GREAT” outing.

Real strong outing. But not phenominal

3 of them were infield hits…and none hit too hard

Exactly. They are making out like a world beater outing. He got lucky to get out of a few jams.

Come on Odarp

Fucking Prado

Come on, don’t swing at balls

z

“are you saying santana has a bad rhythm for offense?”

He sounded like someone questioned his manhood

That ball was in his eyeballs

If we can win this game – it will be great to set the tone for the series.

Win against them with 7 in a row, and in their place and against their ace.

+100

Not as “wishful thinking” as it sounded when I typed it earlier. :-)

Did you just give yourself 100 points?

HaHa, sort of a cyper-pat on the back to make myself not feel so silly for having the initial hopeful thought.

Martin with a few choice words caught on ESPN

Alright B-Mac, put those glasses to work

Lets. Go. Mac.

It’s time to meet the seats, Mac.

Can gondeee edit the title of this thread, so folks will know we’re here?

he should have just got the damn lasik

YEA!!! NICE!

i’ll take it

Well, were getting lucky here.

I’ll take it…christ, this is getting unnerving

OMG – did LUCK go OUR way for once????

That’s Feliciano’s fault for not picking that up

Giggle giggle

Must have been worried about B Mac’s wheels

The Braves are getting brakes tonight its about time.

work the damn count here

McCann’ sblazing speed forced that error.

Time for the bases loaded walk

It’d be Putz time if I was at the helm

Ball fucking 3 right there.

YEA MATTY!!!!!!!!!

MATTHEW FUCKING DIAZ, YOU ARE THE MAN

FUCK YEAAA!!!!!

woooooooooooooooooooooooo
MATTY D!!!!!!

YEAH KID!!

Andersuck who?

Good baserunning by Esco. KOTCH!!!!!!

I love beating these assholes

SOOO TRUE!!!!

FUCK THE METS!

tomahawk chop song as I wave my arm in the air……

Woohoo!!!!

BIRD CALL!!!!

Now this is some baseball here!

Matty D is on Lefties.

Kotch Rocket as well

Matty doesn’t so much hit the ball, just clubs it into submission.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I’m speechless!

I like that Franky wren went and got that guy Kotchman last year

Bad managing there, and a bad play by Reyes

Wait for it wait for it…

FUCK YOUHAN!

Damn straight.

B-E-A-UTIFUL

Yay Feliciano

could steve phillips be any dumber?

PEDRO FELICIANWHO!?

Met's schadenfraude...

There is absolutely NOTHING better.

I love that Captain Morgan commercial

M-E-T-S suck suck suck!

3u is starting to come around

Too Bad Chipper isn’t playing. So he could own another Mets Stadium.

Maybe this one’s for Matty and Yunel

Picks to click are pretty cut & dry right now

Matty, Yunel, DLowe?

Matty, easy

Yep, assuming Lowe doesn’t implode

serves me right pick O’Flaherty

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Your new and improved New York Mets bullpen!!

Awww, not Putz or DickRod.

Frenchy… come on…

shea needs a little brother C
iti Jones

~Go Bravos~

Bump. The. Mets. Bump the Mets. Come on out and BUMP the Mutts.

I can't believe Wright made an error

i mean, he’s like, the best defensive third baseman in the majors

I know, the media is going to crush him!

the best at sucking his own dick

Just got home in time for the 7th, great inning!

i have 0 confidence in the these two hitters

Who are the muts pitching tues and wed

Jurrjens, then JoJo

Oh, my bad. Mutts.

Thats the braves

i’ll take 2 of 3

Pelfrey and Niese. I’m salivating

This could turn out to be a hell of a road trip guys

A sweep here should put us in first.

Pelfrey is 4-0 with an ERA of 5.46. LOL

I brought my dog in the room to watch the game before this inning for good luck. You’re welcome.

PUT IN OLIVER PEREZ!

Even Francoeur is getting a hit!

how does ones on base go below .300…..that is terrible…nice hit though

c’mon Jordan. Hitting is contagious

Oh jeez Jordan, he’s like a fucking tee ball tee

At least he hit it that time.

37k in 35 at bats

That’s damn hard to do.

schafer still 0'fer risp

He will come around

hopefully in October

I love all you guys. I really do.

And I love Jane Sams’ fat ass, for the Cochran firm.

when i typed in schafer...and right clicked...the first suggested word is....cockchafer

Wow, it does say that. What the fuck is a cockchafer?

kinda like blue balls i think

The cockchafer (colloquially called may bug, billy witch, or spang beetle, particularly in East Anglia) is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae.

Sounds like some fancy personal grooming device.

Hmm… how is Wright going to score 4 runs on his own?

Exactly my thoughts

Damn it… settle down Lowe.

he should go away now...

 OH NO. Moylan up in the pen

Don’t let them score, damnit.

I hope D Lowe isn’t cold from sitting

What’s his pitch count?

Nice play all thumbs

That’s fine, no more runs in this inning, then Soriano/Gonzo time.

I want Gonzo/Soriano

It ain't no thang

Now we have a save opp for my boy Money Mike

3 runs lead just means a save opportunity

Strikes Lowe, you have a 3 run lead

God, they’ve been apologizing for the Mets since 7:15

Why is Phillips questioning keeping feliciano in? Kotch was behind, so you go to a righty FUGA comes in, plus kotch… makes no sense.

Phillips is a douche

He is a groupie who cares what he says

I know. I love every employer that has fired me.

Easy does it, he’ll get out of it

Here comes bobby

o christ moylan

Leave Lowe in dammit

He’s been getting hit hard this inning …

Probably the right call

Here comes Petey!

Oh gosh…. I don’t know if I can look.

Who is up next for the Muts?

Omar Santos, you know him… because I don’t

omar is a douche

Does that make 3 Omars in the house?

Minaya, Infante, Santos?

Get em Pete!

Please don’t blow it Bullpen!

95 pitches for Lowe.
Is that too soon to pull him?

When a guy is getting hit hard, it’s time to pull him.

Ok Pete. All we need is one. Please.

PICK UP DEE PHONE MOYLAN

GOOD JOB MOYLAN!

Whew. Breathes HUGE sigh of relief.

Jack is fucking MAIMING Tony.

Rake with a knock

HAHAHA WHAT A GREAT PLAY!

Look what happens

speed = good

I love small ball

PERFECT HIT AND RUN

Wish I could have seen it, even the damn replay froze.

Did bobby just do a hit and run wtf

stunned disbelief…

Yeah, hit and run with Rake…. 1st and 3rd. I likey

Good job! Norton & Kelly!!!

Speaking of Norton – did y’all see that article on the Braves site about him and his parents?
Heartbreaking story.

Yeah that was sad:(

Holy shit that was awesome.

Love the team that came out to play tonight!

Can we get just one long ball?

i love the announcers making a big deal of his avg. risp….when its dropped 100 points the past week

Have Kelly swipe 2nd

i want to see his bat flipped to the dugout

Let's ADD ON!

Damn good play by Wright

Damn, Martin laced that

They gonna give us credit for that run?

we dont have an ER tonight do we

i do not think so.

wins a win i guess

Weve been fucked by unearned runs so much…im not complaining

But we have 13 hits

I’d pitch Bennett here

I’m not that brave.
I’d rather go with what we know and secure this first win.

Does Mike Pelfrey only have 6 strikeouts this year?!?

SOAR-EE-AH-NO

We really do need to start stealing some bases

This douchewad is still bitching about how “bad” our offense is

glad I'm on ptv

I got SNY on extra innings

Phillips… questioning their offense…. we havent had a healthy roster you fuck.

He took up for us opening night.

He was killing them opening night too.

There is a reason that douchewad got fired….

I don’t like Soriano here, he looks like he is just going through the motions here

He always looks like hes going through the motions. Just effortless.

“alex cora is a winning piece on a winning team”

REALLY?!

Funny shit this steve phillips is a dick rider we are winning 6-2 and all he can say is negative stuff!!

Time for a ground ball for the DP.

good luck with reyes

Careful here – he’d love nothing better than to ding one to make up for that error.

Soriano says no

HAHAHAHAHAH

good camera work

Thats just NASTY

See ya late Jose

Sit down Jose!

No way Jose

Groove it, hes not swinging.

Those last two pitchers were awfully borderline

pitches* wow I suck tonight

Good make up for the 2-0 pitch

JO-K, JO-K JO-K JO-K, JO-K, JO-K

lets see something Nasty

I’ve never liked Castillo

Zip one in there at 95, let him try to hit it

94 mph CHEESE

Oh god, thats nasty

Niiiiiice pitch. Sit down!

Excellent comeback

High heater just nasty sit down ho

Remember those hot as shit Pirates that took 2 outta 3 from us?

Yeah, they’re in last, 7 and a half out

votto is raking this year

I don’t like falling behind Beltran

Sori is pissed at himself

soriano even with 2 ks not as sharp today

Ball 4...

Nope, that was a strike

Even Beltran can’t lay off the high pitch.

Love the high heat, can’t lay off it

Love that Matty Glide there!

Can it be possible that Gonzo AND Soriano will be unavailable tommorrow?

That’s why I wanted Bennett or Carlyle

Maybe, I think Bobby should’ve gone to Bennett with a 4 run lead for that reason

But Bennett scares the hell outta me.

Maybe we can get some more runs and someone else can pitch the 9th.

We rested O’Flaherty (sp?) tonight.

For anyone who cares the Hawks just got bitched slapped again and lost the series.

no shame in losing to lebron

Losing to Lebron no but getting beat by double digits four times in a row yes!!

that being said, youre talking to a bobcats (hah!) fan

MAC WITH THA WHEELS!

Nice job Heap

WhooHoo HEAP with a double!

rumblin, bumblin, stumblin

Make it 8-2 Matty!

I hope Bobby can stick to a strict platoon with Anderson and Diaz, because it makes us so much better

couldn’t agree more

I love PTV, but just once I’d love to see a play real time.

We’re interrupting their conversation with a ball game.

Just me or does K-Rod look like hes added a few LBs

It’s not just you

I guess hes going with the wicky look.

That happens when you from LA food to NY food.

Good pt, being from CT, yeah the food is richer, plus tons of late night places.

and Kotch just keeps on hitting. Guys a machine

I’d put him in the 3 spot

While Chipper is out, that is

I would too, in fact

I know he is slow but what about the two hole

When Chip is back, definitely, then maybe have Yunel leading off, Kelly is better down in the order

this Krotchman guy continues to impress

I’m beginning to really like Kotch!

wow what a terrible throw

We can rest Gonzo tonight

Now I’d feel safe to bring in Bennett.

HAHA Nice throw Beltran!

“one of the most talented guys in baseball”

The catcher is telling him to throw a fastball down the middle

GREAT PLAYERS NEVER MAKE MISTAKES

This guy is an idiot how do these people get jobs in this economy

HE’S STILL FUCKING GOING ON ABOUT IT!

And naturally, he’s talking about Red Sox players the whole time.

the lack of credit given to the braves this game is absurd

It’s disgusting

its tWWL, they have to suck NY Teams cocks…

That was the worst throw ever… of all-time… well maybe not, but Beltran is god according to the announcers

If he can’t get around on this fastball, we have serious problems

Yea, these guys are just fucking wasting oxygen. I miss Joe and Boog.

Mac

Not that anyone cares but my brother gave me a McCann jersey for my Birthday! I love it!!!

im rocking mine on wednesday in NY

Color?

The Sunday Red !
I have a Blue one.

I have a blank red and I love it

Yeah! Can’t wait to wear mine to a game!!

Me too.

I also have a 1935 Boston Braves Cooperstown Ruth jersey i stole off Ebay for $60.

Thats dope

“Stole” is the key word!
Wish I could find a deal like that!

What the fuck is a “edge”?

Keep em coming baby

It’s impossible to have too many runs against the Muts.

Dammit Schafer, how can we score that run from third when you walk?

Let’s put up a 10 spot

All this edge business… shut the hell up

16 hits! AND ITS ALL BECAUSE THE METS ARE MAKING TOO MANY MISTAKES!!!

their bullpen is throwing it right into our bats

Head for those exits, bitches!

So, this game if we win will get us back to .500?

Game and a half out!

Let’s not count our chickens before they hatch

If we get our shit together, we could leave NY with the lead?

Depends on how the other teams in the division do, but we could definitely overtake the Mets

If we can get some wins above .500, man would it be great. I’d vote a 10 on the next Confidence Meter.

I’m liking this new and improved mets bullpen

I’m going to watch the rest on espn. For giggles.

Make sure to take your blood pressure meds first

I did. In the form of margaritas.

Steve "Edge" Phillips

this is getting ridiculous lol

I changed it over and that was the first thing I heard.

orel….he had no freaking chance to throw him out…calm down

LOL GIDP STFU

Instead of talking about how we won, they’re talking about why they lost.

I dig it when we win with style, when my blood pressure isn’t through the roof

“Jimmy Rollins plays strikes out a fuckton with that "edge""

j. roll showing his edge off this year so far

my sentiment exactly

Too bad he’s swinging an edge and not a bat.

I don’t think they realise we now have more earned runs than the Mets

Lets get the K here

We may be responsible for ending the Muts 7-game winning streak.

Saweeet.

I wanna sweep!!!

Love this feeling!

Throw him a meatball Buddy

meatball beanball

OK

Back to my homers on PTV

ALBERT PUJOLS DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES

I think we’ve found a new gimmick

sentient beings are incapable of making mistakes

according to espn

the all star celebrity softball teams would have beat the mets today

dude, Will Ferrell would make Johan look silly

You’d think the Braves were one by their logic

Someone remind me how much Steve Phillips teams won when he was GM, with his philosophy of playing WINNERS

“this game is so much different from football”
Thanks, I appreciate this observation"

maybe they mean soccer

Are they on the Mets payroll? They’re so worried about how to fix the Mets.

Don’t hit the panic button Bobby

Buddy is falling apart

BUDDY CARLYLE IS MAKING MISTAKES. HE IS NOT A WINNER

he needs open wounds

ugh. just finish this

Come ON! Don’t make the bullpen warm another pitcher.

Bennett time?

Haha

Chip just did a great impersonation of Skip.

i feel like this happens all the time

why did we take Gonzo out? i missed that

We didn’t put him in

thats why i missed it... wow i'm retarded sorry BRAVES WIN!! YES!!

Someone tell moral Orel to stfu.

Remember our 10 run LOSS we suffered?

We have 2 outs for goodness sake.

Throw something nasty Buddy,,,

braves win! braves win!

Finally.

THE BRAVES DID NOT MAKE MISTAKES, AS SUCH, THEY ARE WINNERS

Thank you Buddy. Finally!

Hallelujah!!!

Too much DRAMA.

Huge Win!!!

Braves Win Braves Win! and we beat their best how much better can this get? AND we did it with out Chipper
I've said it before, I'll say it again.

I. Hate. The. Mets.

I swear he just said “we need to fix some problems to to turn this around”

I think you’re right.

Let's go for 2 tomorrow night!!!

 Nite all. :-)

.500!! 2-5 without Chipper!!

bubb rubb Pictures, Images and Photos

5-1 on the road trip so far. That is great, especially against in-division teams

and against the phils and the melts

They’re making Wright look Knoblauch-like

Wow, the are giving Santana the Loss. Kinda sucks

Tastes so good....make you wanna smack yo mama!!!

It’s starting to click, baby.

FUCK THE METS!

FUCK THE METS!
FUCK THE METS!
FUCK THE METS!
FUCK THE METS!
FUCK THE METS!
FUCK THE METS!

"when you cant see the ball as a hitter, it is pretty hard to hit it"

Classic.

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