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Braves At Giants 10/7 Open Thread #3

Braves are down one thanks to a crappy call on a stolen base and a questionable intentional walk to a free swinger. Braves need some runz thread!

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What do the braves have to do to score?

slip the Giants a Mickey?

You ever see Ocean's 11?

Yeah, it would be a lot like that, but more difficult.

RUNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Family Guy is the stupidest show I've ever seen.

How annoying is that shit?

it used to be funny, but now…meh

Apparently you haven’t seen The Cleveland Show or American Dad.

Those shows are just turrible.

What you did there.
 
(i saw it)

Seriously?

I don’t know anybody (other than you, apparently) who doesn’t like it.

...

Really? Please tell me my sarcasm sensor isn’t working.

Yes, really.

It’s well voiced and written.

Huh. Guess we just talk to different people. Pretty much everyone I know thinks it has devolved into fart-joke drivel, I tend to agree.

Ever see the south park parody? They NAIL the formula that FG uses, there’s pretty much no going back after that.

I guess I haven't watched new ones lately?

I can stick to old ones on netflix and laugh my ass off.

The pre-cancellation episodes were good

I’ll give you that. When Stewie went from being evil to just being of questionable sexual orientation it all went down hill.

I found that amusing.

But maybe that’s because I’m a straight kid in theatre..

this season has been week

but it’s still the funniest show i’ve ever seen

Arrested Development

also Party Down

never seen southpark? or eastbound and down? or arrested development?

south park is way too over the top and tries too hard to out raunch itself…Arrested Development is good, but I haven’t seen enough of it to say…

A lot of AD are inside jokes within the whole show. You have to watch it in order to get a lot of it.

This

Also watch Eastbound and Down… its pretty amazing

i've heard a lot about it

but i don’t get HBO. Or showtime. whichever it’s on…

dude, you are missing out on the lolz

Seriously? It’s fallen off but it was great at first.

South Park is still funny, and the Simpsons are getting funny again after being pretty bad for a while

I don’t believe you about The Simpsons….

Those commercials are certainly annoying. The show is occassionally funny.

You are insane.

That show makes me laugh everyt time.

awful just awful
Word

Ever since it came back after the cancellation it has sucked hard. After South Park skewered it it just became impossible to watch.

runs with a z means we are serious!!!!!!1

Lots of game to go… try and stay positive guys. We were screwed there, without a doubt. Still lots of game to go.

GO BRAVES!!!

Could have gotten out of it with good defense
...which we do not have.

Therefore, irrelevant.

Okay. Only down 1.
 
We can do this!

This lineup is just aweful right now

It’s not the 8th inning yet.

True.

I think they’ve got a couple runs in them, though. I really don’t feel a shutout tonight.

RUNSRUNSRUNSRUNS

that last thread went well

New thread = runs for the Braves

and a whole lotta nothin for the giants!

Lowe

at 73 pitches.. could be his last inning

More Painful to watch: Team score runs can't close games or team that can't score runs?
The former

Knowing you SHOULD have won hurts so much more

I'll settle for a hit batsman!!!
Troy couldn't do any worse than Brooksy, imo

now that he’s rested and healed

At second?

Are you kidding?

No 3rd
Oh.

I guess that might work.

even if he cant get to the balls

at least he doesnt make the error… It is a wash

You might be surprised.

He literally can not move usually
Here, take a peek at this

Great photo here: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/458871/Photo0063.jpg

Clearly out.

I know. But let it die. Let’s get a run and not have to deal with that

Fuck us. I hate MLB. There needs to be replay

No, there needs to be competent umps. The hyper-shit umpiring from last postseason has clearly carried over.

In terms of a major league play, that wasnt that close

I’m wondering whether the rainbow llamasaurus would get the bats working.

There are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many comments to erad.
At least

Rick Ankiel plays good Defense

Heyward has a 50/50 shot at that, maybe, if McLouth is out there.

Nate would end up in half again

Ankiel with a nice grab
precisely why nate isn't playing

Also, because he’s not any better at the plate than Ankiel is.

And he’s a midge.

Rick said i suck at hitting but i can shag fly balls well!

So can Roy Oswalt

Hey Bravos fans

I’ve been gone for so long, but I’m back hoping for the best for our boys.

Welcome back

Hope you brought some runs with you.

phew

almost a Philly hit

It's time to kick out the Kotsay's Wife pic

maybe that will change our hitting woes.

phew conrad

made a play

YAY CONRAD!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit!!

Brooks? Was that you, or did Prado just take your uni?

Way to go Brooksie!!
Give Brooksy a round of applause for that
This team has to score dammit

Lowe is pitching a great game here, true ace material

all these groundball is too stressful to watch

specially when they hit to 2nd or 3rd

That was a disturbing segment

Raise your hand if you care about Huff wearing any color of thong.

I agree with the announcers...

Just be thankful the Giants don’t wear see-through pants.

Good inning for lowe!
The new OT did it

Now we’re gonna put a crooked number up!

Ewwwww

Who just pictured Huff in a thong

Ok, I think Lowe stays in.
I should say, I'm agnostic on whether that's the right call.

Getting to Heyward with fewer than 2 outs could be key. But the way he pitched that inning, I don’t think Bobby’s gonna pull him now.

Lowe made quick work of the Giants there....
Lowe's been great tonight

He’d appreciate some runz here.

Hey TBS, I really don't care about Huff's thong...really don't care
Well, that was a great inning by Lowe
Conrad back to back plays

Someone get me a lottery ticket… going to let it ride

brooksy with 2 assists!

it seems Giants strategy is hit everything to 3rd and 2nd
That's actually a solid strategy
Scoooooooooooooooooooooooore!!!!!

Please

Good inning

for Lowe

Tim Lincecum approves of the two plays by Conrad.

snape gif clapping Pictures, Images and Photos

brilliant.

Guinness

that's how it started..

had to shift to the jameson after the 4th inning though.

AHHAHAHAHA!

Yes.

brooksy with some nice glove

what?

Lowe has been fantastic tonight.

man, lowe has been fantastic thus far.

big ups to derek for kicking major ass for well over a month now.

ACE!

i guess i'm taking my red thong off now
Can we legally pinch hit Chipper?
it was just a dream....!!!!!!
No

but who cares. We’ll deal with the rules later.

I feel like some runs.
need toilet paper....?

so apparently Aubrey Huff wears a red thong around the clubhouse. thanks, tbs.

The things you miss while listening to radio.
You know what this means, right?

Moylan is going to go get a red thong and start wearing it….

That'd be an improvement

Moylan usually goes commando. Especially in the weight room, apparently.

Yeck. Thanks for that, Chipper.

I feel good about this game so far!

I often wonder

How there are so many posts? Who is actually watching the game? ahahahaha

Game’s on my TV behind me.

nope

I get it relayed to me in smoke signals

LOL...

It doesn’t get that distracting. ;)

All together now!

RUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZ

Tough to get to our good hitters with 2 outs

Just makes it hard to put together a decent inning.

That blimp needs to go the way of the Hindenburg.

man, it is practically impossible to watch the game and keep up with all these comments at the same time!!! Dang

having said that,

keep it up – I’m enjoying the entertainment!

Spend more time in the OT’s. You’ll get the hang of it.

Lowe, Infante, Heyward

I’m feeling 12 pittches.

if we squeeked out a run or two i could handle that

Lowe has seen 4 now….he’s doing well.

5….but, that’s all.

lets go offense
Can we put Glaus at 3rd?

If Pablo Sandoval can play there Troy had to be able to

Sandoval

could run circles around Glaus to be fair

Kung-Fu Panda is fairly nimble for such a big guy.

Is that like being the fastest amputee?

Something like that….

lucky for us, we only need straight lines
he could...

but he’d fall before completing one circle

I so want to post that gif…but the threads are already slow.

C'mon, Lowe, help your own cause.
Time for some magic

boys.

Only 65 pitches for Lincecum…

20 in the 1st…so sad.

Way to show patience guys

:roll eyes:

I thought Lowe was taking and he swings at a high fb

LOL

Dlowe is ready to hit!

Even Lowe is swinging for the fences.

it would had been 3-0
C'mon, dude

You’re gonna rag on Lowe for his hitting? We don’t pay him for that.

Come on DLowe

Take care of business yourself………

Or not

Swings at balls 3 and 4

son of a bitch.

Auto-Single

please

69 pitches for Lincecum

35 after 2nd inning

pathetic!

At least hes not throwing a no hitter

Woah, he just said Infante correctly!

can we fucking stop swinging at balls that are in the dirt
?

Nope

None of the guys figured out to be patient

I have a sad
Infante has a large posterior.

All that orange makes it look like deer season here in Minnesota.

Well...Heyward might see 4 pitches?

or balls that are at our eyes

LET"S GO HEYWARD

Not to take anything away from Timmy

Obviously, he’s filthy. But how much does it help when you’re facing the Braves’ bottom of the order? It helps a lot.

Holy shit, Dick Stockton...that is not an interesting fact about this game...

I don’t care that they’re wearing the same uniforms

Shut the Fuck up. Posey isn’t better

and here comes the changeup
J-Hey's goin yard

You heard it here first.

its been awhile

posey's better? really...?
Shut them up with a HR please
its been a while sine infante's been autosingle
hope the crowd pisses him off

and he hits one into the cove

Posey's better?

At what, exactly? Not baseball, surely.

maybe the chop?

he did go to FSU

at sliding into second base.....
They're saying "Posey better"
Be Patient!!!!!!!!!
Step into that Heyward!
Did they just start the "Posey's better" chant?

Stay classy, San Fran.

You hit Jason Heyward...

ILL KICK YOUR ASS!

What’s the single game strikeout record for the postseason?

Probably something by Prior (or maybe wood) before his arm fell off

17 by Bob Gibson, in case anyone was wondering.

Man, Bob Gibson was a pimp.

Was just about to say this

You beat me to it by seconds.

Posey’s better? Ya kidding me? YE SHALL FEAR THE WRATH OF JASON HEYWARD.

“same design on the uniform that the had 60 years ago”

well, except for that weird all blue period we had in the 70s and 80s.

yeah that was pretty bad…damn 80’s

And 60 years ago it didn't say Atlanta

yea, this has been fun so far

We're still right there.

I still feel like this lineup (well, like 3 or 4 guys in this lineup) have a couple runs in them tonight.

what game are you watching?

RALLY CAPS, GENTLEMEN!

apparently the one you're not...

baseball plays 9 innings, not 7. there’s time…

maybe they’ll bring in Danys Baez……

LET’S GO LOWE!

Jesus

we better just start taking pitches… Lincecum going to throw a CG shutout

If I were Bochy, I would do it

Bochy will pull him after the 8th and go with Wilson for the 9th.

Ugh. Stop killing me. Get hits Braves

well look, Lincecum dominating, what a surprise.

76 pitches for Lincecum, so far

so sad

FUCK!

The braves need to get their shit together

Fuck

I miss our lineup with Chipper and Martin.

get over it...

2009 is long gone

where is

Glausosaur when we need someone to save the day

I'd take Chipper playing on 1 leg right about now

no hits since omar led off with a double….neat

A couple of deep fly balls though.

and a walk

YAY

at least

that prevented another no hitter…..

SIGH

That’s like weird Alien hand-head guy.

You guys friends?

More like casual drinknig acquaintances.

We’ll have to hang.

nightmares in 3, 2…..

reminds me of The Hills Have Eyes.

Well again

Apparently we play against “Cy Young” every night lately. Cause that’s what it looks like watching this team try to hit.

You remember the team scored 8 runs on Sunday, right?

who was pitching for the Phils again..
Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt
Irrelevant.

He said “Apparently we play against ‘Cy Young’ every night lately.”
 
Then we just scored 8 runs off him on Sunday.

Hamels, Oswalt, Lidge, Madson, Montero just to name a few.

A fluke evidently
This year

We haven’t hit hardly any lefty’s much less Hammels…and we didn’t score any against him sunday. We have historically hit Oswalt somewhat….so what are you trying to say??

Like Melky’s homer during that untelevised game in Pittsburgh, it never happened.

...against the back end of Philly's 40-man?
This is so annoying.

It’s like we’ve never seen this guy pitch before.

We need to score some points on defense....oops wrong sport
When I go on Sunday

I’m gonna chant “Heyward’s better!” when posey comes up to bat.

Don’t sink to their level

aw, you’re ruining my fun

THIS ISN’T OVER!!

Who is this guy, Vance Worley?!
How many posts so far?

In all the threads combined.

1 is the answer… 1 hit

If we lose because of a missed call that will be more saddening than just getting beat.

Well

At least it will be a missed call, bad defense, and a crappy decision all mixed together.

12 pitches in that last inning!

Does anybody agree that Troy Glaus should be at 3rd and Infante at 2nd? Gotta get some offense

Glaus has bad knees

I’m more worried about umps not handing the other team runners and extra outs.

I think it is worth a shot

It can’t make the d much worse

Posey DID NOT steal second....
He didn't steal 2nd

He was out dammit

What the fuck was that?
well fuck

good try Rick

terrible fucking defense

that should have been no more than a double

should’ve been an out

compounded his mistake…sweet

Really!

Buster Posey can lick my sack!

I hope Posey didn’t just win the ROTY there.

they already voted, I think.

I think voting is finished already

They say that, but i never believe it.

Oof

Stand up triple for the catcher. Not the best way to start the inning.

Oh snap crackle pop

Lolbraves

Can we get someone that can play center field and not look like a complete tool? Will Gregor Blanco come back?

Shit. The announcers just creamed themselves.

Nice D, Ankiel.

First bad pitch of the night

Wow we really came to play tonight.

Lucky that one didn't go out

he hung that like no other.

Royals fans said he takes bad routes to balls sometimes.

He’s been hanging with melky too much

He should have been out going for 3
that would of been a hard catch
Yes

But he needs to at least pick the ball up and hold him at 2nd

Rasmus catches that next year
Chances we get Rasmus

somewhere between 0% and 0%

GET OUT OF THIS!

RIck failed to catch that, but the pitch was horrible.

that was a tough play but ankiel shoulda made the play there.

our defense is really, really bad…

seriously?

most CFs play that off the wall

i disagree.

it’s pretty well noted that ankiel isn’t a very good CFer. He takes a better route on the ball there and he could make the play.

maybe i’m too used to watching andruw in his prime for about a decade.

These announcers can blow me

STFU.

THIS

A thousand times this.

Seriously. Has every single sidebar been about the Giants? I’m pretty sure they have.

I think they'd rather blow Posey
we aren't going anywhere

this defense is atrocious all around
just fucking annoying

capitalizing on mistake pitches…novel concept

looks like the D really stepped up their game tonight huh?
Seriously

I was hoping that guys would kind of crack down and find some hidden reserves of focus tonight.

Guess it’s just been Lowe on that front.

NOW it's time for the IBB
STFD

and Venters warming…

Lowe is still looking pretty good we should hold Johnny off til the 7th

Of tomorrow’s game….

Stfd
horrible route to ball ankiel.

with that kind of closing speed, keep it in front of you. you ass.

Lincecum looks like Cher sitting in the dugout.

LOL

+1 for making me laugh

just got home

jeez i miss Gregor. Rick is terrible

Lowe is pitching a helluva a game

damn shame no run support. The Kawakami treatment.

I can understand not catching it, but you have to be able to pick it up after
Absolutely, that should not have been a triple.
Defense is killing us this year.
Come on lowe

Uribe will chase I promise

that was ruled double and error

and now we have the same quantity of baserunners than errors

that is Braves baseball
just wait

we will win it in the ninth

Or, as we call it in Braves country, September.

two errors, one hit….can’t win post season baseball that way

At least we have more hits than the opposing pitcher

More than the Reds can say.

OUTS OUTS OUTS

Venters up in the pen

I don't believe you.
I don't believe it, either.

If Venters is in the pen, then who the hell has been pitching all night?

I don't believe you

He’s on the mound so he can’t be in the pen.

why not walk him and go for 2 now

Venters warming up already...

poor guy.

I didn’t read TC after Sundays game…but I was pissed when I saw Venters warming up and coming in after what seemed like 50 pitches the night before

for gods sake.

its ERRORS. not ERAS.

THIS

Piss me right off

wouldnt bother us if score was reversed.

but its not. so im off my rocker too.

TBS idiot makes a good point...a walk wouldn't be so bad with Panda next
so did i when i said "NOW'S the time for the IBB"
My bad...too many comments

Time for a pickoff play. Right in his ribs.

So, I could go for a DLW right about now…

How big would a K be here...cmon Derek!!!

A walk isn’t the worst thing here

Please not venters, the guy is way outta gas

Fucking Vidro time!!!

Vidro time.

DAMMIT, BOBBY! LEAVE LOWE IN!!!

Bobby with the hook
here comes Venters

VENTERS GETS THE CALL

Way to fucking go DLowe

you pitched a hell of a game.

Yes he did

Absolutely deserved to be winning

+1

he actually made me wish we could keep him next year for a second.

yes sir.

great job by lowe.

that

Now – I’m officially worried.

I have faith in Johnny

It's now an Official Game

Venters is coming in.

Lowe did a great job tonight..if only we had some offense..

Lowe deserved a better fate

Venters!
 
Anyone want to lay odds that he’s thrown bullpen sessions each of the last 3 days?

OMG!!!!! Why Bobby?

Lowe was pitching a gem.

Oh hell.....Venters coming in scares me
Damn Shame Y'all!

D. Lowe pitched great tonight!

Jonny"No Arm"Venters

coming in

Bobby gong to blow up his arm like Avery
Funny how Bobby never gets the Dusty treatment. He's no friend to young arms either
He kills dime-a-dozen relievers, not once-in-a-lifetime starters.
Avery? As if that's better. They aren't dime a dozen. Killing a young arm is bad no matter what excuse you make.
One in 25 years?

And yes, they are. See Moylan, Peter and Hammond, Darren.

1 pitch and double play coming up, no need to worry

You sir are a steely-eyed missile man.

you called it
Got to use Venters here

Pablo better against RHP

If the baseball players on my tv started yelling at me about advocados….I’d scream and run away.

But what if you actually were using them at the time?

id tell them to quit fooling themselves, no body eats that crap.

Also, what are they going to do? Come out of my TV and beat me up?

Too bad DLowe won’t be eligible for the win when Raw Dog hits a GS in the top of the 9th.

Can’t lie…I’m not real confident right here. Johnny hasn’t exactly been stellar lately.

Very few first batter outs lately.

Thankfully he bucked the trend!

Venters has had three days to rest

He should be all right here, guys.

didnt you hear

Bobby had Venters throw 50 pitches everyday to keep him fresh

What? He wasn’t pitching instructional league games in Florida?

Yes, let's pull our groundball pitcher when we need the DP

Why take out a ground ball pitcher who has been beasting all night in favor of a K reliever with 1 out and runners on the corners?

I don’t get this one, Bobby.

Lefty/lefty match up
I don't get it, either. I'm terrified....
I agree!

With that said, here comes the GIDP!

Apparently, THAT’s why!

Bobby, you fucking GENIUS!!!

I said it before you.

One question:

Why Kid Rock?

they thought this was nascar?

Kid Rock has not put out anything resembling it in YEARS.

That shot of Lowe and McCann on the mound

It looked like Derek was looking at his feet. Wasn’t he the one with blister issues on his feet?

This will either go really well or really poorly. There is no middle ground.

ahem...
Sandoval had a pretty solid last week of the season, but the rest of his September was horrid. The Panda also hit into a league-worst 26 double plays, so he should see a steady diet of sinkers for the entire series.
Braves Strategy to get a win

SP with 27 consecutive K and no passball

Time to buckle down.

DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Lowe actually looks kinda pissed

he was taken out

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice call Bobby.
ONE PITCH VIDRO!!!

BOBBY IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIDRO

ALRIGHT RUNS PLEASE

HELL YES VENTERS
VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

NICE DP on 1 pitch!!

Apparently BC has been managing longer than I have...

JONNY FUCKING VENTERS

WOOOOOO!!!!

Venters says “Eat that, Fatass!”

one fucking pitch!
Momentum shift
Now fucking score dammit
Great Job Vulture
LETS GET SOME OF THOSE RUNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Now let's get some runs in.
Ok...I'm an idiot

b/c it worked out. Thanks Jonny.

Fuck Yes Venters

Lowe pitched a hell of a game.

sweet.
Our time to score. Remember who you’re playing for, boys.

thank you pujols!

these giants are no phillies, we can handle this

Thank you Jonny! (and the infield defense)

Never doubt the Cox

Or Cocks, in Bobby’s case.

Robert Penises.

A master of his craft.

BBBBOOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYY

is a mastermind

So who's

a mastermike?

Jason Heyward

He was doubting himself just to throw us off

Lowe gets my up most respect he has been doing a hell of a job. Too bad he doesn’t get the win he got screwed earlier

He could still get it – if we score in the next inning. Scorer’s discretion, right?

Can we start a "Venters is better" chant to counter the "Posey is better" chant

Buster Posey’s birth name is “Gerald Dempsey Posey III.” That is all.

lol

yeah, Heyward’s better.

Now we get 2 innings out of Venters?

I'll only permit 1.2

1.2 to be technical

He can finish the game if he keeps up his 2 outs per pitch pace.

Let’s do this boys!!!!

SWEEEEEEETTTTTTTT DIIIIIIIICK
...

is this what you usually say when things go well?

Always, I found a golf ball on the course on day that had that monogrammed on it and then birdied the next hole, been using it ever since.

Sweet Dick? weird

Very weird...what do you say when things go bad? Bitter vagina?
Runzrunzrunzrunzrunz

Awesome! Now let’s score some danged runs!!

it´s seven inning

c´mon Braves get some runs

In Play, Run(s)

Please?

Or shit, I’d even take an In Play, No Out..

HOLY SHEET ITS THE SEVENTH?

game goes quick

when you have 1 hit

RUNZZZZZZ TIME

Comment count?

Our offense needs some cialis

good call. they need to be ready at a moments notice

Do we have these announcers the whole series???

Not if you listen to the radio

The dulcet tones of Jim Powell...

yes….meanwhile Joe Simpson was doing the Reds/Philly series

RUNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

can someone smell a momentum shift?

do you smell that smell?
this has been the typical Braves game so far, time for the offense to really wake up now
Dear Bobby,

You are the man! I’m sorry for doubting you!

Love,
J

so

is Venters gonna turn into PeMo?

Lowe 9 GO and 1 FO

with this defense it isnt good

DO IT FOR BOBBY, FELLAS!

ONE SWING TO TIE!

Hey, at least WE haven't left a man on 3rd with 0 outs tonight :-)
too bad

we did not get a runner to third all night

We would be sadder if we had and didn’t score.
This way, we can poke fun at them.

we havent had a man on 3rd during all the night
Come on DLee

you and Heap have to step it up now.

R
U
N
Z

P
L
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Lee was pumped on the dp

Let’s see it translate to his bat

16 straight balls, please.
They owe us at least that much.
baserunners please
I'm so excited

I just got my tix for Sunday!

WE NEED RUNS NOW!!!
Thats NOT a strike.

pretty sure lincecum has had a bigger zone…but I may be biased

Early on he did but Lowe got a few calls too.

Lincecum’s had a bigger zone, Posey’s leg is a foot longer than it appears, and Jason Heyward wears Posey PJs.

At least, according to the umps and TBS announcers.

lil rip here d lee

and here comes the change-up… in the dirt…..

and a swiiing and a miss
Lee making him work

come on

STEP INTO IT DAMN IT!
Lincecum's control seems to be pretty off tonight, he's all over the place

And we’re swinging at all of them

Patience right here, please

83rd pitch fouled back by Lee.

I have enjoyed the

TBS pitch trax at least

missed a hanger…

Dont swing at junk please
wonder why they didn't show the zone cam on that strike 1
Lee now has the longest AB of the night for the Braves....
lets not swing on a pitch in the dirt this time?

mother….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many ball four strikeouts is that?

At least three.

At least 4…..2 of them by Lee.

Fuck Lee. Come on Heap

/Jaw hits the floor at that swing.

forget runs! i want to see one hit to see if this lineup is still alive!

At least that was a strike………

how many of Tiny Tims strikeouts have been on balls out of the strikezone?
Almost all of them...just horrible plate discipline by our guys tonight.

what in sam hill was that…

this team looks like losers

We should have 10 walks tonight

There ya go Heap!
PUDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good lord.

Runs, please. This ain’t april, this is the PLAYOFFS

I was typing that before the double.

hey all

i show up and mac hits a double..guess i should stay..

2nd and 3rd nobody out.....
A HIT HOLY SHIT

if he walks its 2nd and 3rd and maybe even a run in

BMAC double!!

NOW GET HIS ASS HOME!!!!

finally another man on base
Nice rip Mac!!!

We’re gonna need a triple to score him though.

Who own da Freak?
 
Owwwwwnzuh! Owwwwnzuh!

Come on Alex. Bring him in. Please.

Double for Mac

and it wasnt lead off… too bad he was the last hitter in our lineup

Is drive him in NOW

wooooooooooooooooooo

And now the announcers get silent

poor guys.

they seem disapointed

These guys are a joke

even Mac can turn a double at AT&T.

The announcers seem disappointed with the result of that play

If only we had someone batting behind Mac that could do something.

of course there is no one on base

look!!, it’s a miracle!! look him stranted at 2nd

The announcers sounded down

When McCann hit that double. haha

Runs?

can we have some now? ….maybe?

You got this Alex!
SeaBass...for the love of god

In play, run(s) please.

McCann’s better.

Truth. This man speaks it.

Buster Posey wears Brian McCann pajamas.
For the Love of Pujols,

Gonzo Base hit please!

I miss the days when I was confident in any batter we had up there. Now I pretty much only feel really good when one of our top four is up.

Agree

Even in August it was only our top 5 or 6, and it dwindled from there.

Snitker? Aggressive?
 
No!

He did just get burned sending Mac.

I almost spit out my drink when I heard that

Stop swinging for the fucking fences

GAH. Gonfailez taking his customary terrible hacks.

wow. alex gonz is awful
Ok now lets actually get a clutch hit here for a change. Is that too much to ask for ?
is Lincecum pitching a invisible ball?

why isnt he making contact?

sea bass just looks terrible up there.

Jeez

How many foul tips have we had on this guy tonight?

UGH, swing at balls in the dirt, swing at balls at our ears…

Can we please get Mac to 3rd

forget 3rd lets get him home!

swing in the dirt!!!!!

That was the best pitch he’s had all night…. but has whiffed a lot more.

right down the middle pitch fail
HR scores Heap from 2nd
I'd be okay with that
head down and drive it gonzo
time to make em sit in their seats

Phew out of play

Jesus Alex

just bunt him over

HIT HIT HIT HIT

Wonder what Hinske was saying to Huff there?

Hittable pitch there.

all we need is a single not right at somebody

Any single will do now.

JESUS ALEX!!!!

FUCKING STOP IT!

I'll take it.

Sadly, this.

I mean, it was better than a K, but that thing was 8 inches outside. Alex is just Francoeur with a different uni number.

As good as a bunt!

Well, I guess that's progress.

Yup.
 
So glad the Braves got rid of Yunel.

sarcasm? say, no

No sarcasm.

thank you

I’m sorry. I lied. That was total sarcasm.
 
I’m not a fan of Gonzalez.

He made them sad in the clubhouse.

Sigh...at least he advanced the runner.

It is interesting to listen to the difference in the inflection of the announcers voice on Posey’s double and McCann’s.

Interesting, but certainly not surprising.

All right Caveman

Time to drive in a run.

How does Gonzalez

even swing at that..? he could not even reach it lunging across the batters box

the guy just has terrible plate discipline. anybody with a career OBP as low as his clearly doesn’t recognize balls and strikes very well.

But he hits DINGERZ!

CMON MATTYD!!

come through for us!!

i will take that, now heap scores for sure on a hit

Yeah, I'm feeling this way too

Just a single. Please.

KIMBREL UP IN THE PEN

At least a single scores Mac now
How bout a gosh darn hit?

PLEASE?!?!?!?!

dick stockton is out of his element.

lets go braves
So....
I like it. When I thought about it this morning, I just had a good feeling about Matty Diaz. Not sure why, but I just wanted him in the lineup.

- me

I had a REALLY bad feeling when I saw that. Thanks a lot,

yea, didn’t have the same feeling….but our options are shit, shittier, and shittiest

OK Caveman – do business here.

Kimbrel Up

Seems odd given that venters only threw one pitch

No.

Venters going out for a second inning is almost always disastrous.

The man did his job well

crucial double play ball

this is where lincecum comes "untied".....
Nope

Becuase we have ZERO patience

c’mon matty

FVCK Diaz

1 pitch again

This offense...

Man i tell ya…

GOOD LORD INNING OVER!

Fuck. Diaz knew it

nice fucking AB

1st pitch fail.

DAMNIT Diaz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow Diaz

nice patience

91 pitches for Timmy...questionable to pitch the 8th, right?
no

he will be back out there

Methinks he stays in

does it matter

there BP is also strong!

pencil him for the 9th as well
I dont think they would let a young kid like Lincecum pitch more than 100 pitches.

Why?

It’s not like he’s played several years already and won 2 Cy Youngs or anything…

This is only his 3rd or 4th year. He's a baby.
If we keep swinging at at these shitty pitches he'll stay
yay!!!!!

more crap…..!!!!!

DAMN IT DIAZ
Caveman, I don't want to cuss at you........
Way to swing at a ball n your eyes
fucking first pitch

NO patience. At all. Damn.

...this hurts

like getting punched in the junk repeatedly.

Punched by your own hand

FUCK!!!!!!! bullshit offense and defense, we ain’t going nowhere

WHAT IS A REAL LFER

I HAVENT SEEN ONE IN A BRAVES UNIFORM IN YEARS

See also Gant, Ron
another first pitch pop out to center for diaz

didnt he do the same thing his last at bat?

what ive seen thsi past month

no line drive hits

very good point

Solid contact in general seems pretty rare these days :/

Diaz has been trash all year.

LOL irony
Hey, at least WE haven’t left a man on 3rd with 0 outs tonight :-)
My avatar says it for me…
“Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.” ~ Mae West
by NCChopper on Oct 7, 2010 8:23 PM MST

not 0 outs, but still…

Somehow I KNEW that would be posted again. ;-)

And, we had 2 outs, so pfffft.

91 pitches through 7. He ain’t gonna get tired at this rate.

But he is due up 4th...we'll see

At least we get the rest of the black holes out of the way in the 8th.

Matty has got good contact on the ball tonight alot more than we can say for most of the guys
Diaz has seen 6 pitches so far

4 pitches K, 1 pitch FO, 1 pitch FO

jeez

thats bad we need some Melky and his clubhouse presence and he is also a true Yankee

Tough/impossible to win a pitching duel when you waste extra base hits with 0 and 1 out...
dick stockton has such a huge boner for the giants

To be honest, he is a West Coast guy. Does a lot of Pac 10 football.

that AB brings the total things I like about FSU back down to 0
We need a CONSECHITZ thread!

Make it happen!

what is that.....?

consecutive hits.

sometime our offense isnt very familiar with.

ummm....

conse… hitz…. im not following you…..

' '/

Now i don’t follow.

Bobby should have pinch hit hinske there

There is always the eighth

There is no team approach to hitting

Takes the entire team to run an ace out of the game

Tim Lincecum is not throwing dominanting stuff right?

or is it just me.

You are right. The braves suck at hitting.
we've handed him his K's
A team with patience would have scored runs with BB

He is all over the place – effectively wild. Like the Jimenez 6 walk no-no.

No

We’ve made many many pitches recently look dominant

Losing 1-0 in a game where that run was based on a bad call is bullshit
Gotta get over that

if omar makes a play that a major leaguer should make it doesn’t matter

Irrelavant

If a major league umpire makes an easy call it doesn’t matter.

I don’t see how its irrelevant when the run scored on that play and not a blown call at home plate.

The blown call at 2B would have been the 3rd out – the same guy that ended up scoring.

Infante catches the ball, throw to first inning over, damage not done.

Correct call at 2b made, Pando never IBB’d, likely grounds out/Ks. Inning over, no damage.

ok, you know umps suck, so, ump makes a mistake, Infante NEEDS to catch that routine ball, and out of the inning.

yes he does

But it still shouldn’t cost us a run

not sure how you can defend a bad call yet guess what a hitter would've done...

It’s Pablo Sandoval – what else would he have done?

I agree, I didn't like the IBB from jump

but it shouldn’t have mattered because Posey WAS out.

Both plays are relevant

And both plays that should have been made weren’t.

the play was real close, Conrad was out of position and wasn’t the best of throws by McCann. The ump was in a tough angle to see.

The play was not close, and wtf does it matter if conrad was out of position or if McCann’s throw was off? Conrad was in good enough position to make the tag on the throw from mccann that was good enough to beat Posey to 2b.

look at the ump on the replay it was a tough angle, if Conrad was in position, that is in front of the bag it would’ve been an easy obvious out. it does matter.

I don’t care where the ump was. He was out. He was tagged by a glove which contained a ball before any part of his body touched the bag. That is the text-book definition of being out.

The ump said he was safe. That is the textbook definition of a bad call.

Where conrad was has absolutely nothing to do with it?
yes it fucking does, the ball gets to him faster.

An out is an out is an out. It doesn’t matter if it’s by 10 feet or 1 foot.

It would have mattered

If he didn’t get him in time, but he clearly did…blown call

wow their only run was because of an error, thanks Infante

No it wAs because of a blown call
bullshit

Conrad got late, he was out of position and wasn’t the best of throws for McCann, close call.

They showed the replay from OVER 9000 angles…..he was OUT.

At the Major League level, that was not close

Infante should’ve caught that ball easily

this team is making Lincecum´s pitches look like invisible balls

LET"S GO EOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait still Venters?

EOF isn’t even on the roster

This is going to end up badly. :(

Yeah, EOF isn’t on the roster

EOF not on the roster

I FINALLY got off work. Ugh, at least it’s only 1 to nothing?

Should be 0-0. 2nd base ump cost us that run.

Infante for the error

Prado and Chip for gettin hurt?

That’s never fun to hear.

well

we now have 2 hits

Should be 0-0

bad call at 2nd and we shoulda never walked Sandofat.

and infante shouldve had that
Why is TBS not mentioned the BS call at 2B?

Because they have a boner for the Giants

And specifically,

Buster Posey

I could back this theory.

Cuz they have a stiffy for Posey. They ahve to act like that was a legit swipe.

WE AREN'T THE PHILLIES BRAH

Because they didn’t think it was BS.

National broadcasts tend not to harp on bad umpiring, unless it’s particularly egregious.

That was egregious. It’s about to cost us a game in a very short series.

I was talking like, Jim Joyce egregious.

At least that play was closer

And he’s a stand up gentleman, won’t hear anything after this game.

because of Infante not catching the ball

He shouldn’t have to. They got an extra out and turned it into a run, but that extra out wasn’t our fault this time.

They watched it 5 times

And were talking about posey the whole time

I'm out.

Aunt has had a wreck, being lifeflighted to Vanderbilt, plz pray.

Holy crap

I’m sorry man, hopefully everything turns out okay.

Oh man

Hope she’s OK man.

Yike!

Godspeed.

sorry to hear.

I’ll keep your family in my thoughts.

:(
I’m sorry man, god bless

geez.. god bless her

Hope things go alright. My thoughts with you.

shit man

good luck

Definitely in my prayers!

Will do. Hope she’s OK

wow

Good luck man.

She’s got my prayers.

oh shit :(

Riley 2.0?

that’s what I thought

Win it for musicman’s aunt!

Oh man, hope everything goes okay.

Prayers be with you

Definitely praying for you and your family.

My prayers are with your family.

Good Luck. I hope she is okay.

pot head still in there
Lincecum smokes pot ?
Holy crap

Venters 2 innings

He only threw one pitch the inning before.

I’m kind of sick of seeing the phrase “Year of the pitcher.”

Especially when it really isn’t.

Not in the grand scheme of things, but compared to recent years it kinda was.

It is the year of the 1-0 game though :(
but ERA is down

E! R! A!

hit him in the elbow
Great.

So this was a dominating performance by Lincecum, but our one run is some stupid bullshit. Hit him in the fucking face.

hit lincecum in the face cause the ump blew a call?

i don’t follow

timmy seems like a pretty solid dude.

dammit

It was because of Infante not getting that ball.

clearly

but the inning plays out very different with 2 outs and no one on base.

...who might start another game in this series.

you’ve lost it, bro.

you don’t aim for people’s heads just to gain a competitive advantage.

that’s some bush league shit, right there.

if there's one thing that really gives me hope

it’s that the gints are every bit as bad offensively as we are.

Yeah, but...

Their pitching is just as good if not better.

Crap, another inning of Timmy
Oh well
Do we have anyone that can touch 100 on the gun?
no but 96 with sink is good

Kimbrel I think has hit triple digits.

kimbrel and wagner are pretty close

Yes,

Wags and Kimbrel have both hit 100 this year

Nice Venters

1 more buddy.

This is so frustrating

We’ve played right with them, but all you’re going to hear about is lincecum and posey

game aint over yet
Cant believe ENFANEE made that ERRA!
That last strike was off the plate

Sign of an expanded zone?

Good god, Dick Stockton cannot pronounce words
I think I hate him. He makes so many pronounciation erras.
Hahaha

Rec’d

good effing lord. THIS.

its his damn job…

Last half inning

Bobby should have run for Heap. Had AGon squeeze or Pinch Runner steal third so Matty’s fly ball equalizes us.

Um no. We need McCann’s bat.

IT'S ERROR NOT ERRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!

I’m glad that is bothering someone else. Era = a span of time, Error = a screw up. Sheesh.

Wow.....Venters is back
Venters on three days' rest

I like.

Yay! That’s the Venters we know and love!

DISAPPEARING FAST BALL

I feel like

we have this, “NEED RUNZ THREAD” wayy too often haha

LOL

3 days of rest for Venters = sit the fuck down

wow.

venters just bitchslapped their 8-9-1

Well, when you put it like that….. :(

Good — their 2-3-4 haven’t seen him yet. Presents for another game.

nice inning Venters

Farnsworth to pitch the 8th!

Man this team is great at pitching but can't hit or play defense worth shit
Venters is

a beast…simply put

....

for Venters.

Now get some runs

Venters should be good to pitch atleast 2 innings every game of the postseason!
only 2 innings

surely he can go 4

Six outs to get a run

Don’t remind us

We can do this

I’ve got confidence in the boys.

I only have confidence in a few players
I predict at least 2 strike outs

A couple popups and a choppah

3 really….we wont touch a ball of their closer. Dude throws 98-99….we’ve proved we cant hit that

Bobby Cox is right

I deserve an honest plumber!

Bobby needs to get thrown out

not just a monkey with a wrench.

We need a points thread

WIN THIS FOR MUSICMAN AUNT
for MUSICMAN's aunt

let’s go. win this for her!

for those of you who don’t know, my dog was bitten by a rattle snake in May and nearly died. He’s thankfully alive and well now, and just has some dead skin tissue around the bite.

On that day, we came back and beat the Rockies on a Jason Heyward game-winning hit.

Let’s do this for musicman’s aunt.

sounds good to me! for Musicman's Aunt!
Time to post the RALLY RILEY

But we’re on the road, we can’t walk off…

8th Inning - Big time Zagnut Runz Time

I've come for the gangbang and the runs

I hate that my mom refuses to use the AC because “its October”

Well, it is 53 degrees outside. Isnt that too chilly for the AC ?
80 here today
It was 82 here this afternoon, but now a comfortable 53.
Paging Ben Affleck..

someone needs to paddle this punk’s ass

This is so reminiscent of so many Braves teams of the past in the playoffs. We lost or won so many games by a 1-0, 2-1,or 3-2 score.
Yep, but we actually had good hitters who did crap then
Top of the Braveth
CONRAD ITS UR TIME

EITHER NOW OR NEVER

Tomorrow would work too

C'mon Boys, let's do this thang!
Conrad

cant lay off the high stuff

I see a wasted at bat here
Conrad...just sit down

we need someone to help us win the game.

just went back and looked at that play at 2nd with the steal by the Giants

he was out, barely, umpire was screened on the play and really was positioned horrible to make the call

Brooks looks good at the plate tonight
you should see him on the field......
Looks can be deceiving
someone remind him is after 7th,,,,,
Too high (pun not intended but accepted)
Shawshank this is your time....

Seriously. He’s done the same thing almost every at bat. Please quit swinging at shit at your eyes on the first pitch!

HINSKE WITH A BAT!

It's the 8th inning Rawdawg!

You know what that means

I'm ready to see if glaus can play 3rd

Raw dog just ain’t showing much in an everyday roll

5 outs to go

stop. or you have a temporary ban

Jesus

stop trying to hit homers

Let Heyward do what he wants

What we’ve done all night.

It is annoying

But it’s not like we are gonna string a bunch of hits together

Weeee a pop up
Conrad isn't even close
Interesting.

Finally a mention.

another popup, pathetic.

hey....they are showing the bad call!

Whoa, now that I see that call….TERRIBLE!

THANK GOD!
They finally acknowledged the fail call.

About fucking time they brought up the missed call
Wow they finally showed
Shocking... they mentioned the bad call
WHAT?!?!?!?!

they second guessed the ump!

THANKS YOU ANNOUNCERS
MAN, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THEM?
Ankiel swings hard
Wow, they are talkng about the out at 2nd
WOW

a little late

WOW

they finally got back up

how do you defend the ump for being in a horrible spot for the tag

I know

Umpiring/refereeing is 80% positioning, 20% judgement…

here comes

RicKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

so since he couldnt see the tag its not a bad call?
wow look at that

TBS showed the play was a bad call

So now TBS is bailing the umps out

because he had shitty positioning.

And who’s fault is that?

It was probably Buster Posey's strategic slide that got the ump out of position.

Exactly. The ’’best’’ umpires are supposed to be doing these games. You’d think they’d know where to position themselves on a play at 2nd.

Melky’s

It took you clowns 4 innings to notice that?

Jesus Christ

“The angle he had prevented him from seeing the tag and the bag”. Why the fuck is baseball against replay? Just get the damn calls right. I don’t care how much longer it makes the game.

It would add like 2 minutes
LOL @ them finally acknowledging the missed call

Sup folks?

Oh, the umpire couldn't see the tag?...well, in that case, we'll let that one slide
AHHHHHH

WHY ARE WE SO LATE ON HIS 91-93MPH FASTBALL!!!!! WE KEEP SWINGING UNDER AND OVER!!! I’m really frustrated by the strikeouts, not so much the lack of hits.

This. He isn't even throwing hard. The Braves have the slowest bats
Jesus at least make him work

Lincecum is going to go 9

Conrad and Ankiel had no chance….

Nice ABs tonight, Ankiel....
So who's pinch hitting?

Ankkkkiel strikes out? That’s unpossible!

just about every K he's thrown tonight has been on a junk pitch
Rick...just go sit in the fucking clubhouse.

You’re a joke.

Can we get a DH for Ankiel?

That was a great pitch to hit, Rick. Except for the part where it was a ball

Does Rick ever try slapping it the other way?
Rick Ankiel:

Not a major league hitter.

that is true

for half our team

Come on Hinske!
Come on ski
LET'S GO HINSKE!!!

LET"S GO HINKSE!!!

We are making Lincecum look like Halladay tonight. I know Lincecum is good, but his ERA is close to 3.50 this year. Certainly not unhittable.
We are swinging at a crap load of balls
Totally undisciplined. I'm very disappointed in the Braves offense. It is way too streaky.
He has won the last two Cy Young Awards

He’s kinda good. Just sayin’…

Yes, but he was not his normal self this year.
But, has gotten his groove back (just like Stella) this past month or so

2010 Tim Lincecum is not 2008/2009 Tim Lincecum.

He has been effectively wild tonight.

yes

he’s been largely unimpressive

They’re just not making him throw strikes. His fastball doesn’t even have a lot of movement – but it’s literally all over the map.

i will say nothing bad about raw dog cause he’s saved our asses a ton this season, but he is completely overmatched out there.

ankiel, however, may be battling it out with dan kolb for my least favorite braves ever.

lets not

bring up Dan Kolb

We need to pinch hit for the 5-9 hitters
someone get Rick

some HGH or put him in the BP

EVERYONE DOESN"T HAVE TO SWING AT EVERYTHING!

they dont swing at the ones in the strike zone tho
Blast it!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Mr. World Series.

In Hinske We Trust.

Lets go Hinske!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh oh...

another changeup coming….

EVERYONE SWING YOUR NAPKINS!
I wanna punch dick stockton in his old face
this is just ridiculous

So of the 12 strikeouts how many have actually been strikes? I’m guessing not many.

Well, maybe Bochy will bring in Wilson for the ninth, since we aren’t having any luck with Lincecum.

Umps 1 Braves 0

thanks Bud Selig, we know you want Yankees/Philies again anyway

There's a lot of players we need to get rid of after this season is over. We have so many horrible hitters.
yet they made the playoffs for the first time in 5 years
they made the playoffs in the summer

then the b-team was barely able to hold on when ppl got hurt

Tim Lincecum

just raped our offense all game long.

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