Talking Chop

said the piggy all the way home.....

I read that as “muffin runs”, and now I really want muffins.

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Solid late night snack right there...

and to poop?

this game....

This game

is Flava Flav?

looking ugly.....?

i’m trying to convince myself that we are going to comeback

saipol - October 7, 2010 reply

We will!

wow, fast game

just barely pass the 2 hour of the game

6 hits total will do that.

consider how this series was previewed

I am not shocked in the least

I live on a big hill.

I don’t need flood insurance.

I can’t believe one play is the difference in this game. I was kinda fooling myself thinking the offense would appear in this game.

1-0 feels like 10-0

Umm...

Espn.com says Lincecum has 120 strikeouts on the home page. It certainly feels like it.

haha good find

ConradsComrades - October 7, 2010 reply

I thought you were joking until i saw it. it def. feels like 120.

lets hope we find our swing tomorrow….I bet Chipper and Prado are sick to their stomachs watching this crap.

yall we still got this

we’ve had MUCH MUCH crazier comebacks than 1-0 this is nothing plus we got Oman, Jason and Derek coming up, just wait and watch what their about about to do

*Omar

I’m with ya man

jbeachbum24 - October 7, 2010 reply

I just can’t comprehend this…it should so bad be an incredible 0-0 game, who knows how far we’ll go game. I want to quit bitchin’ about it, I really do. I still believe we can make up for it, but damn the Freak is nasty…

jbeachbum24 - October 7, 2010 reply

If we seriously lose this fucking game 1-0

I won’t be able to sleep.

I was just thinking that same thing....

jdmarine - October 7, 2010 reply

this

I noted I'd cry.

The g/f said she does enough for the both of us.

This whole series will be low scoring.

me too. Only team in the world that will make me feel that sick to my stomach. Ugh.

Shoudln't feel this way already...

But a one-run loss bodes well for our chances tomorrow?

Tomorrow is another chance to get shut out.

Ivan the Great - October 7, 2010 reply

or worse

If it was 6-5 or something ok

But not getting shut out

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Good grief, I can't keep up with this thread tonight.

seriously...

forgotten_glory - October 7, 2010 reply

Chipper for PH 2010

MOYLAN!!!

I'm going to need something stronger than beer

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

You're not on that yet?

tomorrow night I’ll be out…I don’t see that night ending well if this keeps up

here's hoping for last AB win number 26

1 down

Shut em down Moylan

god dammit

stockton can even screw up sanchez.

I didn't know it was possible

im glad its getting to you too.

you mean sanCHEZZ

can we please

get another OF this season im sick of Rick Nate Melky

I hope none of them are on the team next year if thats possible

Nate will be on the team

but Rick and Melky wont

thats fine if nates the fourth or fifth OF somehow

Rick and Melky won’t be. 70/30 chance McLouth is still here.

Suggestions????

WERTH

No rosterbating on the Playoffs OT

The cops will get ya

cut them all lose, bring up to AAA players and try to sign someone. It’d be cheaper and literally could not be any worse.

Free Matt Young?

maybe we can trade for

Gregor Blanco

We should trade Ankiel for him.

even the Royals

arent stupid enough to do that lol Gregor is actually useful

I’ve heard about this Heyward kid…..

he is great

but LF and CF are black holes now

Well, if we lose tonight then obviously tomorrow night is a must win game. Lose 2 games in SF and the series is pretty much over.

this game aint over yet man

no need to talk like a ESPN reporter now haha

Except we flat don't score for tommy

Tomorrow we’ll probably have negative runs

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

not really.

lose 2 in SF and 1 in ATL and the series is over.

Lincecum pitching the 9th it appears

yeah

no brainer

agreed, stick with the guy who's dominating us.

Dunn

really…

Bobby Cox Bullpen Management™.

Ivan the Great - October 7, 2010 reply

call now get an extra, FREE.

If we lose 1-0 tonight, I’m only going to work for 6 hours tomorrow.

And maybe slap around a few patients.

moylan throws to one batter? huh?

let’s hope this doesn’t go to extras?

Bobby, just Pete pitch there...no need to overmanage here

*let

Timmy going for the CGS....we really need Infante to lead off with another double

no

we need a leadoff homer….

and then a few more back to back homers

So I can yell at the tv some more?

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

no lead off doubles

anything but that

ConradsComrades - October 7, 2010 reply

I got warned for being so negative. Yikes.

Hey, we faced a great great pitcher tonight. No matter what happens, we can win tomorrow.

jbeachbum24 - October 7, 2010 reply

we can win tonight

StapleGun - October 7, 2010 reply

correction we are GOING to win tonight

And we should have done better since the guy wasn't on.

Yes we faced a great pitcher tonight, but our pitcher has been better as of late. I think Lowe was NL Pitcher of the Month for September right ?

We face another tomorrow though

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

I just hate starting off a series with a loss. It sets the tone for the series.

We have top up in the 9th, right?

I like our chances – until we get to the 5th spot.

Infante, Heyward, Lee and then Heap…i guess we have a shot.

as long as we score

before Alex gonzalez comes up

One or more need to get on for Mac

Omar – auto-single
Heyward – double.
Lee – sac fly.
Mac – RBI Single. 2-1 lead.

I'll have what your

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

having.

He’ll have what his having? That still can’t be right…

You'll have what his what?

Ssorry…. Ize almost

finished

alex gonzalez – the out machine.

I feel that way everytime through our lineup, not just in the 9th

We need to take some pitches here.

Thankfully the guys coming up do that.

We've needed that all night

And haven’t done it

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

the thought of another bullshit call deciding a game against the giants is nauseating...

anyone remember that non batter’s interference call when the winning run stole second in April? I do. And so does my pitching wedge…

I am just curious

Why was your pitching wedge involved?

I was chipping in the living room to relieve some game-stress...

but remember the severe outside edge that was called for us against the tigers?

I feel sad

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Im more angry then sad

Ump blew a call, then Infante blew the grounder

that is the only reason they are winning

and because we cant hit crap.....

we were still involved in one reason.

HOLY CRAP LINCECUM HAS A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT!!!

I guess Bobby did not read the scouting report

Huff hits lefties better than righties

bobby didn’t know his own player KJ hit lefties better (i think)

Someone tell me why Moylan only faced one batter...?!?!?

If Dunn comes in and sucks, I ll be pissed.

because huff is arguably their most dangerous hitter and we wanted the lefty matchup..

forgotten_glory - October 7, 2010 reply

I think I'd rather face a tired Lincecum in the ninth than a fresh Wilson

I'm sure he's gonna be warming up

Id rather face a deranged wood chipper than Wilson

Agreed

Now that the top of the order has seen him a few times tonight

Lincecum can still throw to the dirt and strike out

Against us? tonight?

yes

What scares me is that Lincecum isn't even the Giants best pitcher THIS year.

Be nice to see some htting by the braves tonight.

Ugh....Bobby...unnecessary move

Conrad knocked it down, at least....

No chance of a double.

at least he worked his ass off to get there

Vidro please

OH GOOD LORD CONRAD

Who stole your Clutcherade?

easy...

that was a good play.

very difficult play to make.

It doesn't apply to his glove

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

WTF

why did we bring in Dunn? Kimbrel better be coming in.

He is.

Not sure why we took Moylan out

im confused as well

we just wasted him.

Conrad is killing me!

jdmarine - October 7, 2010 reply

That was not a poor play on his part.

Dude doesn’t have a lot of range. He did a good job just getting there.

Yea that is still a tough play for prado or infante

They may have made it, wouldn’t have been easy though

Kimbrel in

Bobby being Bobby

Worst part of this game.....

Braves pitching will be overshadowed by Tim Lincecum performance.

I'm done with cinrad

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

it wasn’t his fault, even the best fielding 2b couldn’t make that play.

I think the 5 errors in 5 games as well as the uselessness at the plate have more to do with it

FYF

I think someone needs a slap in the face for old times sake!

Crispy - October 7, 2010 reply

haha now when we go to extras we have one less pitcher….nice

I do NOT want to tip my cap to that little hussy.

So come on guys – GET SOME RUNS please.

Hussy? Lmao!

Well that was good bp management....

WTF will we do if we score a run in the ninth.

Is Moylan a ROOGY now?

why not have another rookie pitcher for a 1 pitch double play?

“Off the glove of Conrad”
Again?

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Prado doesn't even get to that ball.

Blowing through pitchers like he knows we are going to score 2 runs in the 9th

we are

Great call brining Dunn in and now we are brining in Kimbrel....

WTF is the plan if we tie the game in the 9th and this goes to exrtas?? Is KK hiding somewhere and prepared to do some long relief??

Prolly Martinez...SMH

We won't tie

Don’t worry

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Beachy and Martinez?

KK

doesnt exist to Bobby

Beachy?

David Ross

…Just because I want to see it happen.

Ankiel?

Couldn’t hurt too much…

Rick ankiel, emergency pitcher!!

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

meh

we have beachy and martinez if the game goes into extras…so i’m okay with all these aggressive bullpen moves

forgotten_glory - October 7, 2010 reply

Im not going to say Conrad should have caught that

but with him contributing nothing with his bat or glove why not play Diory at 2B? Neither one will hit but at least Diory will catch the ball

bobby is just trying to cool off linceum in the dugout

the old man is playing jedi mind tricks i tell ya!!!!

ConradsComrades - October 7, 2010 reply

bobby is a goof ball.

ridiculous.

This feels sorta like a tee ball game where we are trying to let as many kids pitch as possible

Seems like it

He's trying to score runs with pitches

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Kimbrel

going the rest of the way haha

we got 1-3 up. Only one of them with a hit tonight, right?

yup

and that was the 1st batter of the game lol

Infante

Infante doubled, J-Hey walked, Lee turned two walks into strikeouts with his Chicago goat-curse voodoo magic.

Infante has one and J hey has a walk

Yes. McCann has the other hit.

Yep a wasted double when lincecum couldn't throw a stirike

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Heyward home run for the win

Calling it now

But, Heyward has also been on base tonight, and Lee has had some really good ABs.

Lee has turned two walks into strikeouts. I think that invalidates any claim he has to “good ABs” just because he ran the count full first.

He had a bad last pitch in those ABs, but he had some good cuts too.

Bobby wanted to extend the game a little more

Get the sponsors some commercials

Gotta say...this ump has been pretty solid all night behind the plate.

very true.

As solid as a meteor

True. It's the 2nd base ump that I hate

At least one of them was

Plus with us swinging at garbage it helped him

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Truth

But when you don’t get screwed by the one behind the plate, apparently you get screwed by the one at second.

agreed.

Easy when we swing at stuff in the dirt for strike 3

but i do agree

Huff going to steal 2nd

standing on 1st

IF we lose

it’s because of:
Infante
Ump
Offense

more like Offense, Infante, Ump

The Pitcher should be allowed to give up one run and not lose the game

More like:

Offense, Ump, Infante

I'm reorder

offense
ump
infante

No. It’s because of the Defense and the lack of patience…and the ump.

Infante= Defense, patience= offense

I was thinking more of Brooks than Omar, but Omar too.

it's not in order

Look at it this way guys...the Braves are due to start hitting soon

judging by our home/away splits, i still say we just need to take one in SF

Ice the freak

Cool him off so we can get someone on and get a rally going!

Crispy - October 7, 2010 reply

lmao

if 98 down and away is a good pitch to hit…

haha

Thought the exact same thing

HEAP!!!

so

who is gonna pitch for the Giants next? some soft tossing lefty

Nice

Bob Mackie - October 7, 2010 reply

oh look. a call.

"good pitch to hit"

Come’on Dick — 98 mph on the lower outside corner!!

I can’t believe he didn’t Bonds’ that into the bay.

In his defense

I don’t think he watches much baseball

hey we threw someone out!

OUT!

king of games - October 7, 2010 reply

finally good call

Lemme guess, he was safe??

Finally get to see Krimbal pitch. YAY!

Sure about that one?

CAUGHT STEALING!

LOL...

Like now’s the time for it.

Out this time…

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

out last time too

Well, at least we got that call.

STFD

GT Braves - October 7, 2010 reply

oh conrad....

That was a closer play than Posey’s.

much closer

Yeah he gets that one

It was the same viewing angle but he saw that

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Ump still in a shity position!

TCfromDubVee - October 7, 2010 reply

Ha - Huff may have been safe!

looked

like he was safe in the replay

Haha

Huff was safe that time.. make up call?

I don’t think he knows yet that he blew the other one

i bet the thong slowed him up a bit.

Out! (Stockton would have been hyperventilating if it were the Giants)

WHERE WAS THAT CALL A FEW INNINGS AGO?

/still mad

Tonley - October 7, 2010 reply

KIM-BREL’S BET-TER

Nice. You beat me to it by a second or two.

GMTA

STFD

Po-sey's bett-er! Po-sey's bett-er!

STFU and STFD, bitch.

Ha Ha!

Nasty Kimbrel

Very nice

STFD Buster

Kimbrel's Better :)

STFD!!!

NOW LETS GET SOME DAMN RUNS!!!!

NOW!!!

Good job B-Mac!

here we come time for the famous comebacks

Kimbrel's better

a hooter's baby - October 7, 2010 reply

Here we go boys! (and girls)

We´ve watched tonight the next year bullpen

kimbrel needs to close next season.

LET’S GO RUNZ!

C'mon Karma

Don’t let me down this time!

Bronn - October 7, 2010 reply

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ!!!!!

I smell a victory for the Braves

I just smell ball sweat. But that’s my problem.

Scoooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeee

Eereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Kimbrel

officially gets ahead of anyone else but Wagner in our pen

At least we have the right guys coming up so we can put up a fight in the 9th.

sleezer1788 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

RUNZZZZZZ

Jhey homer with infante on

JasonHeywardisGod - October 7, 2010 reply

heyward will do something

Jason is gonna show why he should be the rookie of the year in this inning

I think Buster Posey wins ROY.

I don’t

Not that individual awards matter all that much.

J Hey ROY

And MVP in year 3.

Crispy - October 7, 2010 reply

Next year. And World Series MVP this year.

No way

The volume of work just isn’t comparable. Heyward had six more weeks in the big leagues.

And he was injured for a few weeks

OBP

That Kimbrel guy is kinda good....

has anybody heard of him?

/sarcasm

RUNNNNZZZZ RUN RUN RUNNNY RUNNNZ!!!

WeStillHaveBobby - October 7, 2010 reply

I’m feeling good about this inning…..let’s get some runs!!!!

Last AB win #26

LET’S GO!!!

RUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZNOA

Dear 6lb 8oz blonde baby Jesus, please allow the Atlanta Braves to score 2 runs...

in the top of the 9th inning to come from behind to beat the San Francisco Giants.

blonde hair and blue eyes, right? lol

haha yes...

Apparently i started to type blonde hair blue eyes and changed my mind, but for got to erase blonde.

As good as I've seen our combined starter and bp in the same game all year

WisdomVendor - October 7, 2010 reply

and the run isn't on our pitcher

Can't hurt...

WAHHH I miss Chipper

man

do i miss DLW

Do these announcers know what just happened? I’m pretty sure they don’t think it’s possible for Posey to strike out.

sleezer1788 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

This is where a legend can be born.

Jason Heyward has that chance right now.

You mean lke poseys legend after stealing that base

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Our next three outs could define this season.

Let’s make the best of it.

oVecKid - October 7, 2010 reply

Beating by an ump

FCKU MLB

Note to braves

Don’t swing at his junk pitches a mile off the plate for once tonight

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

It's games like this...

That are gonna give me a ulcer, drinking problem, or both.

I just want at least 1 win and SF and we can end the series in ATL

in SF

I’d prefer a braves series win. IDK about you…

oVecKid - October 7, 2010 reply

I do too...

Oops. Read that wrong. Carry on.

oVecKid - October 7, 2010 reply

I dont know what to expect anymore

and I dont want to think about it

saipol - October 7, 2010 reply

lets go offense

Bob Mackie - October 7, 2010 reply

WE WANT RUNS!!!!

AND WE WANT THEM NOW!

Time to break out the rally caps, rally puppies, whatever ya got.

Bronn - October 7, 2010 reply

Puppy FTW

Rally dog

Fail...dang

Cmon Braves!

Time to quiet that SF crowd

JC29 - October 7, 2010 reply

OT;

Anybody in ATL consider letting my girlfriend and I stay with them after the game Sunday night? Just thought I’d ask…

TITS OR GTFO

letting him off cheap

When me and my family go to night games we stay in a hotel room over night cuz of the atlanta traffic.

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

poor college kid, spent my money on tix

WeStillHaveBobby - October 7, 2010 reply

RALLY TIME

MBL1 - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

Alright last chance

Lets do this!

the cow - October 7, 2010 reply

I'm trying to stay calm....

because we are going to win this game!!!!

It's my B-Day, as a loyal fan for 25+ years, they owe this win to me :)

WisdomVendor - October 7, 2010 reply

happy birthday

saipol - October 7, 2010 reply

Top of the Order

Conrad > Paul Nauert (2B Ump)

Same number of errors tonight

Can’t ask for anything more. Pitching has given this team a chance to win it.

Time for the pros to be pros.

anyone got a feed?

atdhe.net

thanks!

Rally Cap on!

R
U
N
Z

nuftjedi - October 7, 2010 via mobile reply

come on Infante

patience

Dear Atlanta Braves...

Timmy is throwing the ball wildly all over the place. Please do not swing at garbage that is up around your eyes or in the dirt. ~ Your adoring fan base

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Auto single engage

if they dont swing were gold.....!!!!!

but the dont listen…..

they*

Rally Hat

Hobnail_Boot - October 7, 2010 reply

CMON OMAR!!!

BE PATIENT!!!

Dammit, Omar.

We look at fastballs and swing at sliders?

king of games - October 7, 2010 reply

Just all night long.

NCChopper - October 8, 2010 reply

we swing at the worst shit

Blah

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

2 more outs :(

Why don’t you take any longer to run to first, Omar?

GoBravesNY - October 8, 2010 reply

crap….. solid contact….

Jason walk, McCann HR.

DO IT NOW

Okay Jason

You have to do this yourself.

bah, I hate my friend

he bought a Bobby Cox shirt when he is a Marlins fan, what a dumbass

the marlins have fans?

LETS GO JHEY!!!

ugh

hmm

solid hit… just right at them

Infante your goal over the winter… get fast!

dhumpkm - October 8, 2010 reply

C’mon, first base ump. No make up call to at least give us a chance to undo your crew’s fuckup?

they already made it up

on the Huff call last inning

Of course.

we would hit the ball right at him.

I really don't think I can stomach watching anymore of this.....

Heyward HR?

YES PLEASE

Time for the on-the-road walkoff here.

Put one in the water Jason

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Put one in Japan, Jason

WeStillHaveBobby - October 8, 2010 reply

C’mon Jason

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

BASE HITS!!!

Let’s get a rally going!!! COME ON!!!!

Come on Jason!

have we caught up with one fastball all night?

no

Hobnail_Boot - October 8, 2010 reply

Omar – first AB.

carpengui - October 8, 2010 reply

Bullshit!

that looked outside

BS

king of games - October 8, 2010 reply

Jason is our only patient hitter

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

NOT A STRIKE

2-2

crap...

another day to rest for their bullpen……

NOT a strike... god dammit

SuperNewb - October 8, 2010 reply

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

That ball was like 6 inches off the plate

8 inches outside

fuck

Wow

that was not a strike

Not a strike.

That was a ball lmao!!!

NOT a strike dammit

NCChopper - October 8, 2010 reply

FUCK YOU UMP YOU SOB!, outside!!!! FUCK YOU

Need a mistake pitch, hard if the K zone is expanded

crime_dog - October 8, 2010 reply

3-2

My stomach is in KNOTS

I HATE THIS

he would have walked by now

DONT SWING!!!!!!

the cow - October 8, 2010 reply

::POSITIVE ENERGY::

last complete game shutout was halladays no-no...

Talk about eons.

They meant

for the Giants.

HOLY EFFFING CRAP...That was low and outside!!! BS!!!

They said “pitched in San Francisco”.

Damn’t! Reply fail….stupid posts scrolling too fast.

im honeslty

surprised Jason didnt swing at that pitch

but he

swings at that crap

Just get on

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Gosh, Lincecum is all over the place…what could have been.

Why do we swing at junk?

WTF was that

joshant - October 8, 2010 reply

Why Jason

Why?

no way…. game over folks….

God DAMNIT!!!!

Lincecum started to walk off. Fucker.

man, he's nasty tonight

Hobnail_Boot - October 8, 2010 reply

we're nasty

he hasn’t touched the plate

....and we're swinging at it

he’s nasty

Hobnail_Boot - October 8, 2010 reply

or lack of disipline...

you see it your way, i see it mine…

That was in the dirt Jason. DAMNIT

GoBravesNY - October 8, 2010 reply

jesus

balls in the dirt

WeStillHaveBobby - October 8, 2010 reply

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you kidding me?

This is pathetic.

Terrible swing there.

oh man…..

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

go this offense sucks

I really can't believe they're still swinging at that

s.r.j - October 8, 2010 reply

LET’S GO BMAC!!!

Why are the braves hitters doing this crap

Wow…just wow. Why???

Goodnight Y'all! Thats all I can handle! We'll get 'em next game!

We're gift-wrapping this one for him.

NCChopper - October 8, 2010 reply

Have we been swinging freely a good bit tonight?

Gage23 - October 8, 2010 reply

What the fuck guys

How csn you keep swinging at that same shit

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

...........................................................huh.

Are you fucking kidding me?

We would have 8 walks if we would have taken every single full count pitch tonight.

terrible terrible terrible

bravesfan1047 - October 8, 2010 reply

Heyward, WHAT THE FUCK YOU SWING AT!!! posey is just fucking better goddamn it!!!!

3-2 strikeouts on balls in the dirt?

crime_dog - October 8, 2010 reply

"outside corner" my ass

Yep, that ball the ump called a strike was way outside the strike zone

Remind me why we brought you in Derrick...

PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?

That sure isnt it.

fuck you jason…why do we turn to complete retards at the plate when we get a full count….he hasnt given in with a fucking fastball all night…..12 of 13 weren’t strikes

So the first pitch is a ball

FACEPALM x Fifty billion Heyward

that crap was in the dirt in front of the plate. How in the hell did he swing at that BS.

Peaking at 91mph

carpengui - October 8, 2010 reply

Well fuck

Lee that was a hanger

Why isn’t BMAC hitting? WAHHH

strikeout here…. game over

Just swng

Who cares

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Why do I put myself through this pain?

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

ballgame

this offense does not deserve to be in the postseason

Can't say I disagree

But this isn’t the offense that got us to the postseason either.

I agree

WeStillHaveBobby - October 8, 2010 reply

what fucking pisses me off is that ESPN will talk about the Freak like he’s the greatest ever now..

cause he's sooooo bad

Yeah you're right...

He totally sucks…

SuperNewb - October 8, 2010 reply

14!!!! Ks

Two Cy Young Awards, I say he is the 2nd best in the MLB right after Halladay.

He didn't pitch like a Cy young winner tonight

We just made him look like one

agree

THIS

kauf67 - October 8, 2010 reply

dude pitched pretty damn well tonight and is still one the best 5 pitchers in baseball.

i don’t really get all the hate for lincecum…

thenightstallion - October 8, 2010 reply

time for “feel good” porn….

lmao.

it may be an angry jerk tonight

SHart!

Bronn - October 8, 2010 reply

Seems this will fall a run short of my prediction of Giants 1 Braves 0

Even though I’m loyal, I’m a realist

meant giants 2 braves 0

so, yo don’t post all night, and then come in and say this?

I watched the game "all night" and that was literally one of my predictions, I don't care if you believe it or not

My point is, why come back and say that? You haven’t participated in the thread all night, but come back at the end of the game to gloat that you predicted the braves would get shut out.

gloat? no, simply a sadly realistic observation,

And that observation came from the way the braves have played teh last 15 or so games. I’m a fan to the core, but we barely even deserved to be in the playoffs, if you want to hate someone, hate all the players that swung at the 20 plus balls thrown that were no where near the strike zone in the first 4 innings.

I don’t hate anyone.

And yes, you are gloating. And, this team scored 8 runs in their last games, so that reasoning is BS on your part.

then again, we did run down a run between 3rd and home early on, so I was closer than I thought

Pwned

Well... Shit.

Well that was promising

it was a good year

Yeah that happended

Just win tomorrow. That is all

GoBravesNY - October 8, 2010 reply

Why does the WHOLE team swing at pitches in the dirt CONSTANTLY?!

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

DITTO,,, said much teh same earlier, not to mention all the fastball strikes that split the plate and there was NO swing

and then...

Lee looks at a cockshot right down the middle…ballgame. Gnite guys and gals.

we just fuckin lost because an ump blew a fuckin call...outstanding.

dont blame the ump, we had 5 innings to get that run back

AND WE DID SHIT!!!

I’d rather go to extras than lose because of a goddamn ump.

agreed

and Infante didn’t get the ground ball.

It doesn't matter

Situation would have been completely different. Nothing excuses our offense still

Well this game will be discussed because of the need for MLB to get replay

Unbelievable.

What a fucking joke.

What pisses me off is that ump

dhumpkm - October 8, 2010 reply

FVCK U UMP

joshant - October 8, 2010 reply

Son of a bitch

FUCKING SECOND BASE UMP

Umpires lead the series one game to the Giants’ and Braves’ 0.

i would love to be negative here but i won't

TCfromDubVee - October 8, 2010 reply

And Lee looks at a beautiful pitch for strike 3.

Fantastic.

Lowe, you deserved so much better than this.

Lee was just turrible tonight :(

………and Ankiel :(

Pretty much everyone but Heap and Omar

Lovely

2 hit shutout with a bullshit run thanks to the umps. I’m convinced MLB hates the Braves.

Enjoy it Giants.

That’s all you’ll be getting.

+1

sob

the cow - October 8, 2010 reply

sorry Bobby, this team sucks ass, FUCK THIS MOTHERFUCKING TEAM!!! GOD HOW THEY SUCK SO MUCH???

settle down, tiger.

can't man, so frustrated

it was a miserable game, but we’re missing two of our best offensive players and got the shaft on a shitty call by the ump that swung an inning.

it’s still just one game and we’ve got a puncher’s chance if we can scratch out some runs here and there.

gotta just hope for the best at this point even if our lineup is pretty pathetic right now.

at least the pitching was fantastic.

Haha, I’ll have to save this for later.

Gage23 - October 8, 2010 reply

good night

TCfromDubVee - October 8, 2010 reply

OVER/UNDER Braves run this series

1.5

under

Seriously?

where do you see the runs coming from?

Cain tommorrow

Infante, Heyward, Lee, McCann.

Where do you see the Giant’s runs coming from? They have Hanson tomorrow.

They have more than us

Torres, Sanchez, Huff, Posey, Burrell

I see 1 name on that list that worries me.

yes, and at what point this season did the braves perform well facing the wall as opposed to having their backs against it?

over

2

What a pathetic performance by this team

absolutely pathetic

Tomorrow bitches

a hooter's baby - October 8, 2010 reply

Well that sure was a quick game. Less than 2 1/2 hours i believe.

Started at around 9:37….it’s about midnight now

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Well our innings all took 30 seconds

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

No it wasn't brilliant pitching

It was pathetic hitting

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Or both

A tiny little bit

But mostly bad hitting, id go 80/20

Meh.

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Its ashame that this game came down to a bad call at second

deewill23 - October 8, 2010 reply

agreed

and hanson might not make tomorrows start.

Yes he will.

He’s fine.

MichaelProcton - October 8, 2010 reply

for sure?

At least we get to hear on Mike and Mike how a bad call ruined a game

In the end, the Braves didn’t know where the strikezone was

crime_dog - October 8, 2010 reply

they could have used a map

They wouldn't have read it

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

calling it

Giants 3 – Braves 0

Won’t happen.

hope they prove me wrong and make me look like a fool

Shut up. Seriously

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

See you next year then

dont let the tomahawk hit you in the ass on the way out

+1

see ya

What a fucking joke.

Whatever.

so Tommy

has to throw a No no tomm just to have a chance to win

Then he'd need and RBI single as well

Single???

Nobody will be on to drive in…….

kauf67 - October 8, 2010 reply

I realized that after I posted it...

timmy just ate our souls.

no, we somehow ate ourselves.

I'm so ready to put this season behind us and look toward 2011.

Dude, we’re down 1-0 in the division series. We have at least two more games.

Ivan the Great - October 8, 2010 reply

I wish I had any confidence in this team but I don't.

as I said to the other guy

dont let the tomahawk hit you in the ass on the way out

lol so glad we waited since sunday

We'll get 'em tomorrow

OH NOZ WE CAN'T BEAT TEH CARDINALZ WE ARE DOOOOOMED!!!!

SuperNewb - October 8, 2010 reply

Glad Tommy

has been getting all that run support lately

I just wanted for us to split in SF

… and end the series in ATL.

deewill23 - October 8, 2010 reply

We will beat them tomorrow

Go Braves!

deewill23 - October 8, 2010 reply

Hey guys...

we do have at least two more games.

i know

it just sucks the way we lost.

a blown call at 2B and some BS called strikes.

Welp. That Sucked.

Just need a split in SF

this was fugly, just gotta scrap a win out 2morrow somehow…

JC29 - October 8, 2010 reply

The Braves did not hit or field well tonight.

It’s one game and it’s over. Let’s keep some measure of reality and let’s get after Cain tomorrow night.

This team can still do this. They’ve amazed us time and again all year long.

holy shit

love who drove the bandwagon in here? a 1-0 loss and we’re suddenly out of it? gimme a break…

Perhaps

we should not share the stat of % of teams who win Division Series when winning game 1

AlabamaTitans2009 - October 8, 2010 reply

Did you see how bad our hitters looked?

I think not

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

What a shitty day for baseball. Tim did not have great stuff. So much fail for the Braves NOffense.

FitzFan - October 8, 2010 reply

Tim Lincecum

just raped our offense all game long….very depressing. Maybe we can win the next one.

i wasted my thursday night for that

thanks braves

JasonHeywardisGod - October 8, 2010 reply

split the series tommorow, we've got a chance

if not, well, it’ll be tough

ConradsComrades - October 8, 2010 reply

Holy hell...

Timmy just pitched 9 scoreless innings and is chatting it up like he just left the pot store….

Welp...3523 comments+

plus whatever we have in this thread. Someone keep track for me.

Have a good night everyone.

~4136

as of right now

It's ok

We’ll get ’em tomorrow. Seems like this team often follows up complete offensive ineptitude with a solid performance and vice versa.

If that umpire wasn’t so stupid, the game might still be going on.

MBL1 - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Go Braves!

Get them tomorrow!

dhumpkm - October 8, 2010 reply

Welp

It’s get more drunk time! Good night folks. i’ll see you tomorrow. I’ll be supporting our boys and I’m going to the game on Sunday so it should be awesome.

This game started out so promising.

OT: TBS needs to take a cue from MLBN’s postseason ad campaign. The Kid Rock song blows, but that Breaking Benjamin song on MLBN gets my adrenaline pumping.

The Kid Rock ~~song~~ blows
FTFY

Haha well that’s true too. Whoever decided he should be commissioned for the postseason theme song needs to be dropped off the roof.

One comment

Derek Lowe deserved better than that.

Yes, I said it.

Goodnight.

Lowe

SUCKS I REMEMBER WHEN HE COULD PITCH LIKE CRAP AND GET LIKE 8 RUNS OF SUPPORT I WANT THAT DEREK LOWE

I had a horrible feeling after we stranded Infante after the leadoff double...

thats the kind of opportunity you cant waste on the road against an elite pitcher. We had a shot right there to jump on Tim and we blew it.

Exactly

He was all over the place and we let him settle in

nuftjedi - October 8, 2010 via mobile reply

Why we didn't bunt there???

blows my mind

bobby doesnt bunt

we know this

RufRider - October 8, 2010 reply

why didnt he just hit his patented GB to second base?

I'm looking forward

to next year and a new manager willing to bunt with man on 2nd no outs.

BravesFTW - October 8, 2010 reply

So angry

I need something to calm me down.

tomahawklove - October 8, 2010 reply

I gotta live with this shit all night???

14 K’s 12 of them were pitches swung at out of the zone

then Dlee see’s a perfect on the corner fast ball that he could crush it to RF and he looks at it like a fucking dummie

I waited 4 days for this shit…and missed IASIP and the League for this shit?!

Infante and Brooks blow on Defense, and Infante/Ump are real reasons we lost this game

shit Defense plus Pathetic Offense= Boring/loss of a game

sorry just had to get all that off my chest because the dog has no idea what I’m talking about

Tommorow is indeed a must win game vs. Cain, although I’m not quite sure we will be able to touch him either

Losing Prado’s Defense is obviously a much bigger problem than expected

I see your complaint with missing Sunny...

but don’t get to worked up over The League, it is marginally funny one or two times a season…you aren’t missing much.

Clemson Caniac - October 8, 2010 reply

IMO

This season of Sunny has been awful(I’m just hoping we’ll see vintage IASIP sometime soon) so the League has been funnier this season so far IMO

this is true

Last weeks episode was hilarious

The first 2 were subpar, and The League was actually better.

Frank is way better than Charlie now too

DeVito is absolutly hilarious in that show!

Agreed

Seeing as they filmed the whole season in a month to work around DeVito’s schedule, they know he’s important

dvr?

I forgot to...

I set my shit up like a week in advance just in case something comes up.

I saw a stat during the Rays game about productive outs how the rays and rangers were 1 and 2 in the league….I wonder where we rank, our situational hitting is god awful considering we have little to no power

Night everyone

I know everyone is frustrated but remember one thing

There are 30 teams in the MLB and only 8 make it to the playoffs. Despite the injuries, the bad defense and the bad offense, we are still one of the best 8 teams this season

WE all know that if we had our full team like 6 of the other teams do (minus the Twins cuz they do not have Morneau), things would be different, but those IFs dont count now

We can still win game two and take home field advantage.

Goodnight all.

And remember, its just a game.

Prayers and thoughts with Musicman and his family.

what happened to his family????

His aunt was in a car accident and had to be airlifted to the hospital.

Gage23 - October 8, 2010 reply

His aunt had a car wreck and was air lifted to Vandy.

:(

14 K’s 12 of them were pitches swung at ~~out of the zone~~ the dirt

FTFY

reply fail to KINGSLYTUT

I'm encouraged, actually.

We proved we can shut down the Giants’ lineup. If we can seriously keep them that quiet with Lowe, we can do it with Hanson and Hudson too. And the offense doesn’t need to be great behind that kind of pitching, just ok.

Lowe has been better than Hanson and Lowe

in case you were under a rock all of September

Hanson and Hudson have been pretty damn good too though

And?

Don’t fall prey to recentism and small sample sizes. Hanson and Hudson are excellent pitchers, better than Lowe, and there’s no reason they can’t get the same results Lowe did tonight.

It doesn't get any easier tommorow

Vs. Cain

Realistically, I think it does.

Lincecum, when he’s on (which he was), is probably Top 3 in baseball. That’s not Cain, not quite.

He wasn't really THAT on

He didn't have to do much against the bottom half

But he made some excellent pitches to make our better hitters look foolish. Don’t judge them just based on their awkward swings; it’s Lincecum’s lights-out stuff which induces them.

I'm not saying he was terrible

But he DID have some control issues we took no advantage of.

That's fair.

He missed high a lot. And all the ridiculous flailing from the bottom of the order kind of masked that. But when he needed his out pitch, he had it going, and I can’t really see the Giants getting a BETTER pitching performance this series. Just very unlikely.

Yea I agree

Granted he only need a an out pitch 2 or 3 times haha.

Cain had a better season

You're big on results and lately, huh?

Lincecum remains the better pitcher. I will go on record right now: Cain is not going to shut us out tomorrow night. We’re not a great offensive club right now, but we’ve got more than 0 runs in us.

Cain was better this year

FitzFan - October 8, 2010 reply

More importantly

Who’s playing 2BUmp?

Can't get much worse than the one tonight

Ray Charles

Thats unfair to Ray

I think he’d have got that call right

I don't know

We haven’t seen Stevie Wonder yet, he may see some action there tomorrow night.

yea

but Cain has probably the worst luck in MLB

Kenshin

Kawakami disagrees.

Hanson

Tommy disagrees as well

no

he has worst luck then KK. Cain is really good just doesnt get the WINZ KK is just a pretty average pitcher

although i dont think he has ever lost a game because the OF collided lol

Who also doesn’t get wins. In fact, gets losses because he has to pitch damn near flawlessly.

lol yea

KK deserves better but Cain has i think the worst run support in MLB so thats good for us

We all knew the braves we're running on fumes

Tim just reminded us of this fact. So many strike outs on shit pitches way out of the zone

RufRider - October 8, 2010 reply

Heyward used to be more patient

He shoulda walked every AB tonight

I have a feeling

Hanson will throw an epic game tomorrow. 17Ks sounds good to me.

27!!

Won't really matter if we swing the bat like we did tonight.

Hopefully Hanson’s eye/face are ok after getting drilled with the ball earlier today.

We'll be okay. They'll make adjustments tonight and be ready tomorrow.

If we won tonight and lost tomorrow, everyone would feel great about going into ATL with a split. We still have that chance. Let’s get ’em!

more like

the will be ready to win game 4

what adjustments? not swing at shit in the dirt?

precisely.

i’m not even kidding.

I love the Braves.

But as currently constituted with they will be lucky to win this series and don’t have nearly enough offense to move on.

let's not forget that the Giants are +1 on us

In the long run I’m saying. i don’t think the Giants can win next series either.

i'm an optimist, i know it...

but baseball is as temperamental as anything. We don’t have to outscore Philly in this series, just SF. And right now they’ve only managed to score one more run than we have, which even still was fluke-ish. And as I said before, if someone said we were gonna split in SF, I’m sure everyone in here would have been happy with that. We still have that opportunity…

exactly

adjustments and this team do no belong in the same sentence

I will be glad to see someone other than Pendleton giving batting tips next year

DCP916 - October 8, 2010 reply

Can someone cue up the "Not this shit again!" jpg?

Seriously. This was a top 5 offense in the league this year.

What more do you want?

Yunel instead of Gonzo, for starters.

Ok, agreed.

But tonight, I am staying upbeat. Our pitching was lights out; I think we’ll bring at least the medium-sized bats tomorrow.

I don’t want to blame TP. There is just simply not enough quality major league hitters in this lineup right now.

Exactly.

Rick

Melky

I would've liked more than two hits

DCP916 - October 8, 2010 reply

Hear hear!

And I’ll be glad to see someone other than Pendleton out there breaking Chipper’s leg and tearing Prado’s muscles out of his chest!

Oh wait! This was actually a very solid offensive club that got bit by the injury bug and is now having to start replacement-level dudes. Not the coaching staff’s fault; not even the medical staff’s fault, in these two specific cases.

MLBN: “Tim Lincecum has cobra-like reflexes.”

Is that what the kids are calling The Munchies these days?

Another MLBN gem: “Questionable call at 2B, but it’s a stolen base nevertheless.”

No, it was a blown call at second. Not a stolen base.

In fact, I’m almost positive that’s the definition of NOT a stolen base.

The Damn TBS guy just tried to say he was safe!

Cal was like, “he was out by a mile!”

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/458871/Photo0063.jpg

eat shit, tbs guy

and I thank you Sir!

At least Cal is still classy. Good to see he’s not catching the same boneheadedness that seems to be going around with the rest of the broadcasting crew.

this is kind of off topic

but fuck 5 games series

i will never understand why MLB allows this to happen

MLB needs replay

i hate it slows the game down argument wtf it takes me 20 second to rewind my DVR

not to be negative but please dont play rick ill strike out every time ankiel but I have a feeling we will come back big on friday !!!

cali viking - October 8, 2010 reply

I don't want to see Brooks...in the playoffs again

Other than a PH…the guy proved he is one of the worst defenders in the playoffs/MLB

Yea i have to agree with that and hes not hitting shit either!!!!

cali viking - October 8, 2010 reply

I know I said I was leaving earlier but I gotta calm down before bed, otherwise I won't stop thinkin bout this shyt!

Positives to remember:

Derek Lowe pitched with brass balls tonight. Yes, the Giants aren’t exactly the Phillies, but Lowe pitched a gem. Did not get helped by the ump, or the defense.

Bats will not look that bad the rest of this series. I guaranfuckingtee it.

AGREED!!!

cali viking - October 8, 2010 reply

Message to Bobby:

Great gameplan…Tommorow vs. Matt Cain get some Gorilla Glue, and glue the players bats to their shoulders so they dont swing at low/shitty curveballs/sliders/changeups etc..

my fear is exactly the opposite...

that they come out tomorrow not staring at everything. That can be equally frustrating…

the braves are weird

they either take strikes or swing at crap in the dirt. When we play good its a pretty good medium

It's just frustrating to see another of our pitchers

Ptich way to well to lose another game…

Lowe

got KK’d or Hanson’d

lets all hope

RicKKKKKKK AnKKKKKKKKiel doesnt start anymore

Jeez, I know it didn't cost a run

And it was a tough play, but could he have played that ball any worse? I won’t even begin to talk about him at the plate

Tomorrow’s lineup:
1. Omar 2B
2. Heyward RF
3. McCann C
4. Lee 1B
5. Tim Hudson CF
6. Diaz LF
7. Clubhouse Attendant SS
8. Indoor Batting Cage Pitching Machine 3B

maybe Chino

or Terry can get a few grounders

lol

BravesFTW - October 8, 2010 reply

rec'd

Good night all. Remember, this is not a one and done series OR a one and done team. They've still got some fight...

GO BRAVES!!