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Open Thread 4/10: Braves at Giants #2

I thought our offense was supposed to be improved?

1-0 Giants, Top of the 6th.

Discuss.

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Lets go Heyward!
i meant FIST...

i’m channeling my inner Chip

New thread just in time for ....

This graphic never gets old!

I hope I get to use it a ton this year.

sweet Jesus

thank you for providing us Jayson Heyward

or is it Jason?

i’m still not clear on it.

Boom goes the Dynamite

OPPO FIELD HEYWARD!!!!!

I lied. I didn’t leave. figured I had to stay for Heyward. Looks like it paid off. See everyone later

get the hell outta here!

i kid because I love…see ya

Diaz flies out...

Does Diaz ever take the first pitch?

Heyward is still in a slump.

Let’s trade him for Milton Bradly. (Terrible joke)

That Man is strong!

Quick start another new thread

we will score more RUNZ

I bring good luck to the Atlanta Braves.

THAT WAS POWER

rally killer

That’s why they have records mention all the time for Doubles and Nobody every really cares about OBP anyway. What’s Moneyball?

3 PAs for Heyward tonight, 0 outs

Very nice.

maybe he's made some adjustments?
Heyward with the Oppo HR!

That was a chill Home Run.

I like how Infante starts every at bat

with a fake bunt

Jello shots for everyone!

you buying?

I had a party at my place last night. I have 30 or so jello shots leftover and a gallon of punch.

there's always room for jell-o

Fuck that. Let’s get some Jag going around.

hahaha if we had a shot every time DLowe pissed us off, we’d be out by the 7th inning

I got the redbull

I can’t decide which response was better.
 
A Braves drinking game? With Jag? Are you kidding me?

Jello body shots?

Jag body shots > Jello body shots
 
A lot messier too.

Body shots off y'all sounds nasty

I shaved my chest yesterday. Quit bitching.

who’s mom’s basement are we all meeting in?

hahahaha!

we don't really have basements

in the south

I have a toronado shelter in back. We could meet there, I guess.

We must live in different souths then! Every house I’ve ever lived in has had one.

you live on the gulf coast?

Never. Inland SC & GA.

there ya go...

i guess i shoulda said we don’t have basements on the gulf coast

It's actually correct.

Basements are not common in the south. The water table is too high to allow for them.

Chip Caray never played in the majors, correct?
 
So who is he to speculate to the mentality of ballplayers? Because his dad was a legend? Jesus H. Christ.

I deserve a beer after that

INFANTE....

Skied to Center. END HALF INNING.
I’m thinking no fly ball gets out tonight…. only liner rockets.

my thoughts EXACTLY
tp

terry pendleton needs to go! its one thing when a single player struggles, but when a whole line up is weak year in and year out…something needs to be done

when your OF OPSes sub 700 for the first half of the season there isn’t much coaching that can help.

are we starting this already?

Well, exactly one week ago we were all excited because the team was hitting about .350 or so and scoring at will.

Yeah

You fire the GM. He got the players

just getting in…prado 2/3 again eh?….hes killin it…

yeah i am pretty close to eating crow on him.

I miss Skip :(

that was a great imitation.

Makes me wanna put my shirt on.

Well then what exactly makes you wanna take OFF your shirt?

Ut oh, set myself up for that one didn’t i?
I meant…. put on my Skip shirt.

I saw an opening, I just had to go for it.

thats a low throw but you gotta dig that out

If Heyward keeps this up may have to name my future kids after him.

Regardless if it’s a boy or girl.

UGH

GlausE come on

Seriously?

Panda with an infield single?

He's surprisingly fast

despite the girth

Glaus is a liability.

PANDA....


generous home town scoring.

Thata baby Troy!

You defensive stud, you.

his power is making up for it

his singles power?

sarcasm detector fail

single power baby!

Come on Glaus

Gotta dig that out

Glaus just looks awful over there…

He has looked better in the other games...

But he’s clearly not comfortable over there yet. Give him time

Glaus is literally killing me….one poorly handled play at a time.

Things I'm Not Concerned About

1. Troy Glaus’ footwork with a runner on first and a lefty at the plate.

I cant wait for FF's stellar 1st base defense
Thank Heyward

for Freddie

lineup looks surprisingly empty without chip in it.

Medlen warming

Seriously?

Isn’t his arm dead from last night?

Yeah, that's what I thought too

you really suck d lowe

What was wrong with that!?

When will Freeman realistically be called up to the Show?
i don't think until they expand the rosters

September unless Glaus gets hurt and he is tearing up AAA

Barbaro Canizares NOW!!11!
Bring back Julio Franco

or Scott Thorman

Is there a Kung Fu Panda on second base?

Panda Watch. The mood is tense; I have been on some serious, serious reports but nothing quite like this. I uh… Ching… King is inside right now. I tried to get an interview with him, but they said no, you can’t do that he’s a live bear, he will literally rip your face off.

great

more walks

#5
1st and 2nd, nobody out.

Heyward and Freeman

will someday be hitting 50+ combined HRs a season for us.

Will be nice.

Frankenstine was 0-4 tonight. bummer.

Yeah, I just looked too. He’s 2 for 12 with 1 RBI so far.

40 for JHey
10 for Freddie

if he doesn’t pass any baserunners

50? Damn, I was expecting Heyward to get that many himself in a couple of years.

desperate for a vidro

Man as soon

as I got off of here Heyward hit that homer. I think I’m bad luck.

then why are you telling us?!?!
Not sure

just a fun fact. I’m leaving again so we can win. lol Go Braves!

Get the HELL OUT!

I could be wrong – but I don’t think more walks than Ks are something you strive for.

wassup with the 50 bb’s…

Now that was a good DLowe pitch.

VIDROOOOO

Nice. Now get out of it!

The Sexy Twin Killers!

Are you kidding me? DeRosa’s not bunting in a tie game in the 6th inning with 2 on?
What a dumb thing to say.

DP for D Lowe

Exactly what he needed

B-E-A-Utiful DP

Runner on third. 2 down.

If Marteeen isnt playing in

that probably isn’t a DP.

I’ve got an idea. Let’s sign a guy that can’t hit anymore to play out of position at a position where hitting is the easiest to find.

Wow, rush to judgment much?
OMFG!!!11111one!!!eleven!1

IT’S BEEN FIVE GAMES ALREADY HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO SUFFER1111

Uh oh, it's the new Hank Aaron

John freakin’ Bowker

Giants announcers are ooozing too
Nickname should be Bowser.

i love that derosa GIDP’d….makes my day…

104 pitches in 5 2/3

Geeze.

Career high walks for Lowe - six
Come on eLowe. just get thru the inning

IBB to complete the Bowker AB. Uribe up…. 1st, 3rd.

6BBs?

Lowe’s is on Ace form.

I miss Eddie Perez.

So

are we trying to make Meds arm fall off

You know how Bobby does…

God what does it feel like to get the leadoff man out?

It feels like it must have been the pitcher leading off

And Lowe throws it in the dirt…

really? cmon

Lowe…..throw him a fucking strike. Please. Do NOT walk Uribe.

Bring in the Doc Meds.

He can close the deal.

He’s gonna force Bobby to replace him this inning… really fighting it.

FUCKING TAKE HIM OUT.

Seconded.

………..and third.

Another walk to load the bases...
7 BBs

Against the Giants! How is that even possible?

this. IS.

BULLSHITE!

I'm guessing it's too early to be be worried about Lowe?

Or am I in the majority on this one?

UGH

Bring JoJo in christ trade for Acosta

Oh, let's not get ridiculous

Jo-Jo would give up the slam in a second

I fucking cant stand derek lowe

At least it's Whiteside up
I dont know if I can watch...

WHY IS HE STILL PITCHING?

Because the bullpen was run through yesterday.

Kris Medlen! clap clap clapclapclap

7 walks! extraordinary!

This is why you don't IBB the bases loaded earlier...

Makes Lowe think its a good strategy in general.

if we can get out of this nobody will see 7 bb’s….they’ll see 1 ER thru 6.

Nearly a 50/50 B/K ratio. That’s not good.

YUNEL MAKES A GREAT PLAY!!!
Esco with teh Web Gem!
Esco

Saved Lowes ASS

Glaus comes through

nice play all around

Glaus

with the dig on the throw! Great play all around there

HELL YEAH MOFOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woooooooo!

I just found my new god

escccooooooooo

just saved your lucky ass dlowe….i hate you

what a fucking play

Nice scoop Yunel.
 
Nice scoop Troy.

what is up with giants batters

sliding into first?

They think that they aren't terrible enough at hitting already

Didn’t you hear? It makes you not be out.

yeah really

I wonder why I still see major leaguers sliding into first fairly often

Cause they have grit, gumption, and moxie.

What a play esco!
D. Lowe gets out of it...

I think he’s done for the night (please, please, please, please, please).

He’s given enough Braves fans heart attacks for one game….

Glaus showing some nice D right there

7 walks, quality start, nice…

DLowe’s WHIP is over 2, yet he’s still only allowed 1 run…what a lucky little shit

I actually had him benched on my Fantasy team…thank god.

Damn. Hell of a play.

and D-Lowe escapes

Journey

nice…

+5 for the Journey reference.
 
Don’t stop believin! Hold on to that feeeliiiinnn……..

why...

do major league players slide into first? Are they that stupid?

I'm gonna have grey hair by the time im 25

just because im a Braves fan.

Well

I’m 28 and no gray yet. So there’s hope

same here

but you guys had more winning in your teen years and early 20’s

yeah, but we also had all the post-season frustration
which only amplified the stress factor

Nice play by Glaus also.

Gaints 1 Heyward 1

Thank you Yunel.

*Giants.

Ha

You pulled a San Francicso

It’s alright, they misspell on their own jerseys

Let’s score this inning… get D-Lowe that win.

9 spot due up first

probably the reason bobby left him in

I think cause the Pen is tax from yday.

Call me a hater

But I’d rather have Hampton out there at times than D-Lowe

Not me.

Hampton hasn’t been any good at all in what, 7 years?

Hampton was good when he's healthy...

which was never.

I respetfully disagree.

Hampton would have been chilling on the Bench collecting DL checks.

Closing the book on Lowe tonight...

Six innings… 7 bb, 4 hits, 1 run/earned, 4K. 112 pitches, 60 strikes.

quality start and watch us score to get tthe dlw on top of it

Definitely not a DFW

only 1 ER

ahhh my bad…it just seems like it should be so worse

At least J-Hey saved him from the JVL

What is more amazing

That the Gnats walked 7 times

Or that Lowe has made it 6 innings and only gave up one run?

Forget the J-Hey kid

Lowe is Atlanta’s savior this year

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



Pinch hitter (MELKY), then top of the order.

Damn. Damian Moss. Haven’t heard that name in a long while.
 
I thought he would become the second coming of Glav.
 
Not so much.

DLowe

must be the luckiest SOB ever. JJ Huddy or Hanson are never this lucky

What

happened to Damien Moss? Is he still in the Majors somewhere?

Hell no

He crashed out like immediately after leaving ATL. Failed a drug test too I think. Also, had some attitude problems

I thought

Moss and Horacio Ramirez were going to be great when they were pitching with the Braves.

bruce chen and odalis perez anyone?

Yep

I really liked watching Odalis pitch back in the day also.

He was on the Australian WBC team last year

MELKY... still getting lots of pitches.

Melk Man in the building!

Atta boy MelkMan! Lets capitolize!

Yeah Milky

Here comes MVP!

oh damn

McLouth, then MVP

What's Martin's middle name?

It should start with V if it doesn’t

damn it’s Manuel…too bad

I am officially changing it to "Vanuel" now

Nice work Melky

Nice 3-2 hit by Melky!

Taking bets...

Braves score this inning and hold on to give D. Lowe the win? I’m calling this now.

Did I just see Melky get a hit or am I hallucinating from putting roofies in my own beer?

Have you been hanging out with Chip?
roof....whaaaaa?

Did she switch drinks with you?

How is Melk at swiping bags?

Not good enough to warrant trying it.

Unless it’s a WP

Pretty good

Doesn’t matter, WP

Melky's

career SB/CS
 
44/14…..don’t know if that’s at the 70 percent threshold to warrant a guy running like that, but whatever.

Teheren/Weber/Oberholzer 14 ip 8 hits 0 runs or ER 3 walks and 11 Ks
Viscanio still hasnt pitched what a staff in Rome

Damn. That is fierce

Rome is gonna be sick this year. Kyle Rose, Christian Bethancourt, Mycal Jones, etc.

Melky to second

MVP MVP MVP

NATE

Sac bunt fail, 0-1.
WILD PITCH – MELKY to 2nd.

Lets see if we can get some situational hitting and produce a run or two.

Are they chanting Beat LA?

WTF? I knew San Fran was weird, but still…

Yeah... Maybe they can't read the scoreboard

Would explain the jersey snafu too

Dude it's San Fransisco

They’re all stoned out of their minds.

I have 6:15 alarm in the morning and it’s midnight….
I wish we would get the lead so I could leave feeling positive.

Coffee is going to be your best friend tomorrow.

And a LOT of it.

Do you still drink out of the Braves coffee mugs, the morning after a win?

Yep! Got ’em ready.

btw – Good memory!

6:15 AM is just wrong.

I get up at 0550 and question my life every single morning

Nate looks like he’s lost weight.

best shape of his life, probably.

walked him

I’ll take it

Nasty Nate

walks

wow, the guys giving you an out

DONT BUNT, PRADO

guaranteed he bunts

Oh Marteeen

you’re quite possibly my favorite player.

this

Non-Heyward division

I do believe that guy is a baseball player.
Love the way he plays the game.

I don’t like Prado sacrificing there.

2nd and 3rd with 1 out...

If we don’t score here, I’m murdering someone.

WHY do you let him bunt!?

he hits EVERYTHING right now

let the hottest hitter bunt

It's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do

Season 3 episode 4. Homer at Bat.

Yep, sit the man with 9 HRs in the game for a pinch hitter

“Hey Clemens, did I make the team?”
“Yes you did.”
“Wooohoo!”
“Wait…are you Ken Griffey Jr?”
“No”
“Then no. Sorry to get your hopes up.”

Prado with the great bunt

not sure why, since they’re just going to walk B-Mac

ODARP

With a perfect sac bunt.
1 out. Runners on 2nd and 3rd.

HEAP TIME… to be walked for GLAUS.

Mac is drawing an IBB

Bases loaded…

Pitch around to get to Glaus. That says something.

Oh fuck

Glaus up w/ bases loaded.

I’m gonna go watch Anchorman…

You ate the whole wheel of cheese?

Whale’s vagina.
 
It’s a known fact.

I’m gonna drink a whole bottle of jack if we GIDP

Howd you do that? Heck, I’m not even mad. Thats amazing.

Another hit to the warning track would work famously here

Troy you BETTER not fuck this up
this is why

prado needs to hit 3

And now McCann walks so Glaus hits into the DP.

He’s going to hit into a DP now just because you said that :(

Let's not kid ourselves...Troy doesn't need my help...

Although I’ll take the HBP.

This will be Troy Glaus’s 5th at-bat of the season with the bases loaded. He’s 0-4 with 0 RBI’s and 2 K’s so far this season. Not good!!

imitating Frenchy

Here we go aglaus...

Martin Prado is a baseball player apparently

Glaus

UGH im so nervous

prado is killin it but hes still the 2 hole hitter on a team struggling to score..

Do what you did last time Glaus

Please

Glaus just get a hit this time!

Just a DEEP fly ball is all we need

come on Troy.

Hate this

You bunt, take the bat out of the hands of your hottest hitter. They walk your best hitter, and you have a slow righty batting behind him.

HATE HATE the bunt there.

Yeah, that’s what I was thinkin.

Even the kid manager from "Little Big League"

Knew this was a bad move.

Glaus has something to prove right here.

Is it bad

that I want Hinske to pinch hit here.?

Not sure I like trading a Prado AB for a Glaus one.

Just hit it to the outfield.

Come on Glaus

ANYTHING but hitting into the DP

The Best HBP of the season.

so far.

both guys were in st louis last year

Hit Jersey scores the run

MAN of TROY

Bounced – ball 1. Gee, they want a grounder?

Yay

Glaus gets hit

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Alright Troy! Nice RBI there.

Glaus

Finally found a way to get a run in with the bases loaded.

GLAUS HBP!!

BRAVES TAKE THE LEAD!! D. LOWE IN LINE FOR THE WIN! <- I called this earlier….

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAY

is it just me or this the ugliest game ever
Ugliest 2-1 game maybe

I’ve seen worse overall. I’m sure every Houston game is worse

Bad fielding, lots of walks, a HBP with the bases loaded

We just need to bring in John Rocker to balk in the winning run.

Way to be fat Troy!

TROY!

Someone’s been waiting to use that one…. :)

just thought of it, actually

i’m was just hoping it would be a bit more climactic

that was a sick movie. 1,0000000x better than Clash of the Titans

i actually thought it was well-overrated
i really liked it

but maybe its just cause CotT was so shitty

Troy was decent. But yeah, probably overrated too.

I’ll tell you what movie I regret paying the cost of admission for, came out not too long before Troy-Alexander.

Awful film.

RBI for Glaus

for being a big target. I’ll take it

I hope your jersey isn’t too bruised tomorrow.

We WILL take it!

he leaned into it huh?

Troy’s best AB of the year.

5th pitcher vs. "1st" Pitcher

Turned into a duel. Only the Bravos can do that.

Yunel then JayHey up next if I’m not mistaken.
 
It’s hard to keep correcting typos the drunker you get.

esco walk, heyward GS?????????????
Maybe all our guys should put on 20 pounds

We’d probably durastically improve our chances in RBI situations.

So That's

why the Giants are so fat

Yunel will pop up and then Heyward will hit his first career grand slam

ufo Pictures, Images and Photos

X-Files

rivaled by very few in excellent television

does

anyone remember a few years back every time we got the bases loaded it was ALWAYS Frenchy coming up to hit and he hit into a DP all the time

Ugh

how could I forget?

I didn't until you mentioned it.

Thanks for bringing up painful memories.

Not being mean to you but I want to know when will we let Frenchy go?

im not trying to rag on Frenchy

it was just every single time it was bases loaded he was at bat.

7th inning pitching change for SF.

Don’t look now, but DEREK LOWE is still pitcher of record…

DLW
Only in spirit

3 ERs shy, and probably some WPA too

Bye Wellemeyer

Say Hi to your mother for me (Mark Walhberg voice)

who's coming in to pitch for san fran?

“might have broken his bat”

ESCOBAR


Toothpick remains after strike one.

Axl Rose says “we need a little patience”

LOL Chip

“Esco might’ve broken his bat there”

as a huge as bat flys across the infield

Bless his heart

Something aint right with that man

Something… heck, I’ve got a LIST

remember that episode of Friends?

Vaguely familiar – help?

Ross/Rachel each made a list of pros & cons of one another

it didn’t end well

Ahh, remember that now.

ross mentioned her big ankles

NEVER a good thing to tell a woman.
Come to think of it, it’s best to always use the word “big” with caution.

what about big...

cans?

no, i mean heart.

Well, I said “with caution”.
Some descriptions of “big” can be a good thing.

so i'll just go around

complimenting the ladies’ sweater puppets

I’m such a pig =/

Haha, sweater puppets.

I prefer fantabulous pleasure-zeppelins.

Geez, by the time you all say all those syllables – she’s asleep.
I’m old-fashioned I guess – in my house hubby still calls ’em tits.

i was trying

to keep it classy!

not really.

I usually say cans.

We were just having a conversation. There is no need to bring vulgarity.

hehe – I’ll straighten up.
However, I’m still concerned the women JC thinks has “cans” may need a new bra.

not necessarily =)
I get away with tellin my wife she has a big butt...

because she’s quite small waisted

and she's your wife.

I, on the other hand, am perennially single.

I recommend Jergens
what's that?

God’s gift to terminally single men.

a joke, and a bad one

Imagine that.
I kid. ;-)

I'm too picky,

and the well has dried up here in town.

0-2…. DO NOT GIDP

we want JAYHEY
Jesus Esco don't K
who is Jesus Esco?
Jesus (hey-seuss) Escobar,

Yunel’s younger bro

In the Padres minor league system

if you’re gonna make an out, make it a K

How’d he hit that one…. in his eyes….

trying to make the images smaller...sorry guys

height tag works. Do you know the code? Want to?

i just figured it out

i was typing “size” instead of “height”

RBI

Groundout

Phew...

that was lucky.

Yunel tried so fucking hard

escobarr!!! FC RBI

Giants D is terrible

but they r undefeated
Escobar

Jocking for those MVP votes

VIsions of DP flashed before my eyes

Esco got lucky there…

Visions of DP

sounds like a crappy indie band

or an 80s porn title

I love fat infielders
Let's go Heyward!

Aww, Bochy is scared. MAKE HIM PAY, J-HEY.

was a DP ball too.

Time to put in a right-handed power pitcher who doesn’t read scouting reports.

Juan Uribe is bad at defense.

Prediction

Heyward draws a walk, and they have to get another pitcher in to pitch to Diaz.

If Runzler faces Diaz, I’m saying there’s a bases-clearing double.

the announcers sound like someone ran over their puppy…I love it

Someone needs to make a "Chip Carey's Greatest Hits" video

it would literally be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

im already

cracking up just thinking about it

Another win for Just For Men!

REJECTED

“No play for Mr. Grey.”

No play for Mr. Gray!

HEYWARD

2-2 tonight with homer and walk.
1st and 3rd – two down.
Pitching change again.

What is Heyward Pace for HR in Season.

Is it 70 or over?

Uh, yeah

by a lot

Wait, no

math fail
65

Like 90-something

Depending on how his playing shakes out.

Yeah, he’s on a good pace.

Come on JHey

battle him kid.

JUUUST missed.

Dammit. Can somebody get me some defensive metrics for Uribe to back up what I suspect about his shitty defense?

Getting decent cuts…

FUCK YEAH JASON!
great piece of hitting
Heyward

RBI SINGLE

Heyward!!!!!!!!!!!

These giants announcers are obsessed with backspin. This is not tennis.

Not worried Anymore.

He just needed a good night sleep.

Had this in case he hit a HR, but why not now.

atomic bomb gif Pictures, Images and Photos

Is that sposed to be Mcovey cove?

Jay Hey against the LHP!

Very nice!

Two opposite field hits tonight

Huge at bat for Jason

Photobucket

Nice!

Can’t take credit…it’s from the fine BravesVision folks at the Ted (from the game on Thurs night). They’re doing some good work this season…

Suck it, Bochy. Should have pitched under the plate like you said.
Ohhh damn...MattyD vs a lefty

MATTY D vs. a Lefty.

Great AB kid

Took out a couple Gnats fans then RBI single

I am

so glad to see Heyward having a good night.

im calling it Matty

Grand Slam

even tho only 2 runners on

There are only 2 on…

Why is that man not in AAA?

I suggest we let it rest. He’s here to stay. Definitely.

But if we'd listen to justincredible,...

he should be in AAA I say!

I know, but still …

But he's knows better than Wren about this...

someone shoulda asked, he’d have told em about all the benefits of leaving him down two weeks.

"Fisted toward the Braves pen."

Jason Heyward: “Your futile attempts at pitching amuse me. I will now crush you.”

LMAO

“If he dies he dies” Ivan Drago

The most entertaining Rocky movie.

FISTED

Seriously, someone needs to tell this guy the various meanings of this word and perhaps he should pick another.

you know what you do?

you carry a recorder and record everything you say. then play it back later.

-Michael Bluth to Tobias Funke, Arrested Development

such a great show

Tobias you blowhard

even if it means i have to take a chubby,

I will SUCK IT UP!

Anybody want to take a look at Chip’s computer?

It might make me blush.

Who wants to get fisted?!
remember the fake hair metal band in GTA Vice City

Lovefist???

moylan, saito, wags?

 Who wants to get fisted?!

by mvhsbball on Apr 10, 2010 9:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

moylan, saito, wags?

by Brave Neander on Apr 10, 2010 9:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

FC groundout to short. END HALF INNING.
3 runs, 3 hits. 4-1 lead for Lowe and the Braves.

we

should start a fisted counter how many times Chip says fisted

Add to Drinking terms

Everyone would die from alchohol poisoning...

by the 2nd inning….

Not as fast

as if you had Boog saying “right there,” or some variation.

Time for Shrimp on the barbie!

BOTTOM SEVENTH. 4-1 Bravos.

Its the 7th inning MILF already?

stretch those kiegals (spelling?) there’s a lot of fisting going around

Kegels. If you own ’em, you should know how to spell ’em.

she's warming up for her fisting from chip
I'd feel better about this team if Heyward weren't struggling so much.
I know.

I think tonight is the last straw. We’ve gotta send him back down to AAA.

Question

Does Lowe squeeze out with a win if the lead holds up? Sorry if someone asked this already.

Yep he does.

Of course cause he’s Derek Lowe.

As non-dominating as he was, he only gave up 1 run. Tommy was straight nasty the other night and gave up 2. It’s a funny game

Yeah...

I just hated the seven walks. Some mad damage control, and a Braves win is always good, but man, sucks to be everyone else in the rotation.

Ya know, if the Braves can win this one, we’ve got the Iron Chef tomorrow. We can still win this series!
 
Well, not we, because none of us play for the team, but you know what I mean.

Really like our Three Man Crew Clean Up company to close down shop.

*Men (wow i am off tonight)

You had it right the first time…

That pitch from PeMo is filthy
Don't blow this for us, Gene!

MOYLAN (now protecting Heyward in the batting order)

Groundout. 1 down.

J-Hey

is his own protection

It’s Moylan, not Medlen.

Was that Dave?

Me likey.

were not on the team?! what?!

holy crap how many times does rowand has slide?
Can we credit Ws

to hitters?

So 354 they said on Heyward's homer

I thought it would be amusing if he had the longest and shortest home runs of the season so far, but it’s not the case. There’s 7 shorter home runs, as of yesterday, to date.

I can’t wait to see what the adjusted distance is normalized for park and weather. That ball was crushed into the wind.

Line drive

probably very little adjustment to make b/c of the lack of arc

I am interested to see the bat speed though

250 mp/h just guessing

Wasn't hammered like his last one

But it still had some heat on it.

IT was impressive because you can tell he didn’t get the sweet part of the bat on it-it was fought off on his hands a bit.

actually it looked like he just got that one over.

Yeah, a short HR here

isn’t that short

Derek Lowe

BRAVES MVP HE GETS WINZZZZZZZZZ

I can’t imagine how unpleasant it would be to try and hang in as a righty against Moylan with that funky delivery he has

I just remember I have Heyward in NAHWAL

Yesss!

I just remembered

that I started Heyward today in good faith. YESSSS!

Grounder to Esco…. TWO DOWN.

I don't know how you all feel about this,

but I want Pete as our closer.

No.
 
Wagner this year.
 
Kimbrel is the future.

I like Wags...

but if he had to, I’d trust Moylan

I was thinkin the same thing until i remember 2008 opener when he lost for what is like the norm now a Great Tim Hudson performance although I don’t think he was the closer.

i always found it easier to hit pitchers that threw sidearm….that was HS though..

I think Lowe has paid off the rest of the team with that salary of his….“hey guys, save your lumber for my starts, I’ll make it worth your while”

I think the guy has Lady Luck on his Fav 5 and won’t give the number out to anybody else.

Chip,

it may not be Bobby’s last game in San Fran tomorrow. This could be a potential NLDS or NLCS matchup.

giants

making the playoffs with this lineup? i dunno…

Giants

making the playoffs with this pitching? possibly….

I think Derek Lowe

is an incarnation of the god Loki. It’s the only way to explain the chaos in which he somehow thrives.

I hear they are making a Thor movie.

Thata baby PeMo!
Braves pitchers making Renteria look bad tonight.

They got Prado’s back, yo.

THE MAN

Peter Moylan Pictures, Images and Photos

He looks like

Kyle Farnsworth

like 8 tats ago

This guy:

Dinner impossible.

Grounder to the mound…. END INNING.
Great job by Moylan – kick ‘em while they’re down!

Don't look now, but

Renteria is 0 for 4. Oh well, we’ll always have Houston, right Edgar?

Pete gave up ZERO homeruns last year.

why is he not our closer?

’Cuz he was our “GET ME OUTTA THIS JAM” guy.

Because Wagner is like the 3rd best closer of all time?

I love Peter, but ‘cmon. Just sayin’.

in the twilight of his career

how about in a couple years? i just trust peter

In a couple of years it will be Craig Kimbrel.

Why is this his twilight exactly?

Because he made one bad pitch? Dude is nasty.

I trust both, but Wags has a history of dominance

well he's an older pitcher

coming off Tommy John. Believe me, I’m excited about him. It’s just Pete’s ball is so heavy.

Wasn’t it something like his righty-lefty splits weren’t delicious?

that too

Though Dave should help with that

maybe its cause he eats 8th innings for dinner…

fangraphs has our win probability at 94%

let’s not fuck this up

Our WP in the 2nd game was like 8 %

before the Prado double/Chipper HR

Wow

that was close it looked like he was out

Another error for the Giants infield!
I've never seen that happen before.
Omar not

even hustling cut him

STEAL as Melky swings to protect him

NVM

he steals 2nd all is forgiven

Every single guy in the Giants' IF

Has made a crappy play now. Bravo!

Reality is coming back to the Giants.

Tale of two defenses.

Ours is good, there’s is not.

Except for Glaus. He’s a damn butcher.

He made that one good play tonight.

bases loaded dig

i dig it

Not as good as Tex earlier today. What a ridic game.

Huff looks like stone cold steve austin after chemo...plus hair

Hit n Run works even with pitch in dirt…nice protecting Melky

SF Giants:

Pitching & Defense club without the Defense.

Would love to see Nate get a hit here.

Sandoval is a fat dude. Nobody should be crying for the Giants deciding to make this guy their third baseman.

He's got a body built for the AL

Makes for some hilarious plays.

NATE

Full count.

Full count but hitless...

Our leadoff guys have been doing that consistently

If our lead-off guy gets 2 walks per game, I’ll be okay with a .100 batting average.

Nasty Nate

Walks

“The Giants are walking everybody.” – Chip Caray
 
Translation: “I already forgot that our pitcher walked 73 people tonight.”

The Giants are doing everything but gift-wrap this game for us, I hope we have enough sense to take it.

And another/
And… Chip is stealing my analogy dammt.

Martin "Vanuel" Prado

MVP

Aaaah, I see what you did there.

Nitram Leunav Odarp.

Where was Prado prior to 2009? I mean i know he was on the team but his bat is legit now. Crazy game.

Happy to see some patience at the plate tonight.

another bad throw

wow

good job by Rent to get an out there. yeessh

ANOTHER BAD THROW!

Another DP chance wasted by the Giants…

ODARP

1-6 on a poor fielder’s choice. TWO DOWN, 1st and 3rd.

Base on Balls seems to be the order of the day

You guys remember that Heyward homer a little while ago? That was awesome.

The Giants are beating themselves.

HeHe.

This guy has a nasty two-seamer fastball.

Giants are giving this game away…

and i will gladly take it. Nothing wrong with a W.

MAC

0 and 2…WILD PITCH

Worst. Defense. Ever.

i like runs

Unless I’m in Mexico and have just met Montezuma.

LOUD NOISES!

there were horses, and men on fire,

and i stabbed a guy with a trident

Apparently

The giants were tired of all that “winning” stuff.

Not so easy

when the opponent isn’t the ’stros

I haven’t seen Chavez this year; I’d love to see him next.

FULL COUNT.. Pitcher rattled.

DP goof comes back to bite them

BMac with a rip

It’s time for Saito.

Is it?

Dude’s like 90, he worked last night and we have a four run lead. Give the ball to a kid.

Don't take the lead for granted...

He’s also pitched 2 regular season innings this year.
 
I think he can handle an inning tonight.

from short RF by Uribe
END HALF INNING.

Lowe

is one lucky SOB

Not over yet.

so far….he knows Lady Luck.

Saito 2 nights in a row...

Ugh.

So

how many runs will we need to score keep Wags from pitching?

The Astros are this year's ____________

Fill in the blank

Nets or Lions
They'll probably win a game, so not the Lions.

I’m thinking, like, 1993 Rockies?

they need berkman back fast
Nah, he can take his time

As if this team is competing for a playoff spot. The big question for them this year is “What can we get for Wandy Rodriguez?”

giants only charged with two errors??

whaaaah?

WP = not an error

Failure to turn a DP = Not an error.

Will Bobby call for Wags?

In a no save situation.

I wouldn’t, he looked a little fatigued yesterday.

Chavez!

I was actually thinking the same

Well guys i gotta head out

ill be listening on radio Wags i believe in you

I remember when 40 year old relievers were fucking ANCIENT, dude.
 
Now they were just born 5 years before me.

Lowe will probably win 20 games, and have an ERA near 5.

I called this:

28 wins and 4.61 ERA.

Russ Ortiz 2.0
Russ Ortiz used to be really good.
I wouldn't say that.

He walked way too many dudes even at his best

he pitched for us when our O was off the charts
Does that mean

Huddy Hanson and JJ will go 5-45 with sub 3 ERAs

I want Chavez cause I wanna know if he’s man-crush-able.

i doubt it

Doubt the capability for a mancrush or doubt the appearance?

Ugh, walking the leadoff man... Not good, Takashi

Damnit. Get someone up.

But they said Saito couldn't go consecutive days
not "can't"

“shouldn’t”

well he's doing it and doing it and doing it well
i remember that "song"
Ladies Love Cool James
throw a strike
that was a strike earlier tonight.

I honestly thought all three pitches were

This is starting to remind me of “Major Leagues”
 
Ball 8…..ball 12!

Not too high, too hard
Good strikeout for Saito
Nice comeback by Saito

gets Huff swingin’

Take on me

Take me on

Champloo?

no clue...

i just google imaged ‘saito’

HAHAHA

i like to look for obscure things

and see if anyone bites

It was on adult swim

That was nasty.

Saito is looking much better than I thought he would.
Yeah

he’s badass when he’s on

he looks very solid

what is bobby doing?

Saito is out there why?

The same reason that Prado bunted earlier

With McCann on deck.

So that Glaus could get a HBP?
and then a heyward rbi
Perfect set up

Brilliantly played by Bobby.

It's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do
And dumb ones...

The difference is in which percentages they use

the difference is luck...

or the players

And you took the bat out of the hands

Of both your hottest hitter and your best hitter in one deft move.

Are we winning?
Because Glaus took a shot in the jersey

I mean, practically a gift by the umpire too. We were looking at, like, even odds he GIDPs there.

Yeah I was wondering if he got hit in the belly or something…hahah

but he didn't

Are you saying Bobby knew he’d be hit by a pitch?

No, I'm saying it worked

That’s like making a bad beat in poker where you’ve got a pair of twos against trip queens, and you get running deuces on the turn and river to make your 1% victory. It was still a dumbass play, and you were lucky as well.

But you get paid, and that's what it's all about
Over a 162 game season

I’d rather be good than lucky. You only get lucky so many times.

I'll take 162 lucky wins please

and no, you can’t. that’s why it’s called luck. it happens whenever. Again, I don’t care how they won, good calls, bad calls, just win baby. You seem to be focused on the trees instead of this lovely forest.

It helps when you don't chop down all the trees.
Erm.

The mathematics of the game say that non-pitchers bunting is bad. Prado has been doing his best Chipper Jones impression so far this year, and we took the bat out of his hands.

I love the Simpsons.

that’s what you were going for right? Mr. Burns.

Griffey

Good lord, gigantism
lol

classic. The best song ever. Too bad it’s called “talking softball”

Well Mr Burns had done it, the power plant had won it

with Roger Clemens clucking all the while. Mike Scioscia’s fatal illness made us smile. While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the bar room tile.

Haha, forgot all about Boggs.
“Lord Palmersen!!”

Irony of that is

that Griffey got the giant head instead of Canseco

Clemons, Canseco, and Strawberry are a disgrace but are great in that episode.

Very true. Strawberry had some great lines especially

Ain’t got no hustle Skip.

cause he's good
Its Bobby Cox

Master of the Bullpen

How are we gonna blow out his arm

if we don’t run him out there in situations like this?

Bobby's MO is

if he’s already warmed up in the BP, might as well trot him out there.

It's ok guys.

Even if Saito can’t go tomorrow, Meds and Moylan are still options should we get to that point.. As well as EOF if necessary.

Ha ha. Barry “Unplugged” Zito up throwing right now.

worse guitarist: Zito or Bronson Arroyo?

Zito

But that’s like asking who’s a worse rapper, Mase or P-Diddy

That’s like asking who was a worse President: Dubya or James Polk?

Hahaha, actually I just read a book about the worst US Presidents. It is generally believed that Grant was the worst.

That’s because the histories don’t remember the giant robotic spider attack in Utah.

You would think that would have gotten more press

Yeah, it seems like people would remember Grant defeating this thing.

Ah, thats where you were going with this. Okay, I see.
Terrible movie btw. Only saving grace of the film: Salma. Hayak.

I actually liked it, and I’m not easy. It was a comedy, and it was funny as hell. Just ignore most of the “serious” dialogue, and it’s a great popcorn flick.

Wonder if he cried watching Hudson yesterday when he saw the different paths their careers have gone.

Yeah

he cried into his huge pile of money

Hate to admit it. Giants have some sweet socks.

Vidro please – tick tock, tick tock….

K is fine… now let’s get another out.

DeROSA

Full Count.

Defensive indifference. Good stuff.

SEAGULLZZZZZZZ
INNING OVER!

Pop-up.

Popup…. almost to no-man’s land. END INNING.

Nice inning by Saito after the walk

He’s been awesome so far

He has. So far I love our “revamped” bullpen.

Doesn’t Pac Bell or AT and T or whatever the hell they call that piece of crap stadium owe Atlanta some money for the Coca Cola bottle?

No, Coke paid them
Braves bullpen is looking awesome this year...

But, let’s reserve judgement until July. I’m sure a couple of their arms will fall off by then.

Not like the Braves don’t have some options at Gwinnett or Mississippi if that happens.

I hope Bobby gets to 162 ejections, that would be a season’s worth

He’ll make that easy.

that would be an accomplishment

If he gets 162, can we treat it like a redshirt season and keep him an extra year?

Not to rain on everyones parade

But it’s supposed to rain allll freakin day tomorrow in San Fran.

And not see Lincecum? I’m okay with that.

But we've got the Dragon Slayer up...

Oh yeah…come on rain!

Esco ain't afraid of no Tiny Tim

If you’re going
To San Francisco
Be sure to wear
Some flowers in your hair
If you’re going
To San Francisco
You’re sure to meet
Some gentle people there

Go back to Woodstock hippie.

GLAUS

Foul…Out of reach of that gal… yep, the cameras were all over that.

Giants need to sign her

She’s got a better glove than half their team

Fangraphs

Has Jason Heyward’s WPA for the game at about 30%. That’s impressive.

Yup

Chipper had over .5 in the 2nd game though. That’ll be tough to top

Groundout to short. 1 OUT.

Is it just me, or does Troy run slower than a catcher?

Not if that catcher

is Bengie Molina

He has deceptive speed...

He’s slower than he looks.

LaRoche is like that too

Quick poll:
 
Continue with my Caribbean friend the Captain, or switch over to my Canuck friend Mr. Windsor?

stick with one liquor

Dont be a sissy. Just put em both in an empty coke bottle and shake well. Enjoy.

Did not think of this.
 
You are my new hero.

Quick FYI

Heyward is batting 300 now. Still in slump?

Leads the team in HRs, too...
And RBIs, I think...
@NCChopper: I finally got Photoshop

and I’m slowly learning. Is it as powerful as everyone says it is?

It would take you a full year to learn all the tools.

well let's just say i'm a VERY fast learner

what do you think? how long to get decent with it?

I don’t know. I don’t own it.
But I’ve heard it’s pretty awesome.

ESCOBAR

Groundout to short. But you’ve heard that already.

Let's go Heyward!
Giants fans chanting

“Heyward” “Heyward”

I’m surprised they recognize someone who hasn’t gotten themselves completely under the influence of steroids.

Catch ya'll later, folks.

It’s been pleasant! GOOO BRAVES!

Heyward = Awesome
HEYWARD

Ball. Strike…ish. Ball. Ball.

Heyward has a good hitter's count here.
The OL Wait, Bait and Bash!

Swinging very confident tonight

and looking very confident

Full Count. Towering foul back to the left.

Heyward with a walk!
Walk

Heyward

5 ABs...1.000 OBP
Plus 1.000 BA
Heyward:

5 PAs, 5 times on base

That’ll do.

glad I sat him today
Not good enough.

He clearly sucks – gotta send him back to AAA.

Shoulda been in Gwinnett

Heyward kicks ass… again

BOOO

he soulda gotten hit end him to AAA

TWO WEEKS FRANK!
tim for jason's first major league SB?

I’m beginning to like Eric Hinske a lot.

Heyward gonna score!

He was FLYING around the bases…

He can fly around the bases, fun to watch.
HINSKE.

Foul. Ball outside.

Heyward motoring

Hinske

GREAT signing. Love this guy.

Heyward is a gazelle

Heyward is the cheetah

that catches and eats the gazelle

HINSKEEEE

Heyward showing some speeeed

Hinske 2B

Heyward scores from first

Eric Hinskeeeeee!

6-1 baby!

And Heyward runs like a f’ing horse.

Eric Hinske is an absolute beast

love him as our top PH

Jason Heyward...the 17-tool player
Heyward Scores via HIiske hit!

so what do you use to make your images?

A simple little free software called Photo Filtre.

I really wish our platoon was Diaz and Hinske

Not to be Cliche.

But this is the Heyward I have been reading about and not the Superman on Opening day.

Wagner better not pitch.

Bring in Chavez, PLEASE.

Acosta!
WICKMAN

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here…

Apparently he just sat down

Chavez is getting up

Yeah. Wags can sit.
 
Bring in Jesse.

YES Wags sitting down

in the BP Chavez is up

why not Jojo,...

will he ever pitch again?

Hopefully not
Balk-a-day Bob!

Coming through!

BALK. Hinske to third.

Lulz...

A Balk!

Can the Giants’ defense make anymore mistakes tonight?

no Passed Ball yet
I hope they save that one for tomorrow!
7-1 Braves, Infante with a hit!
Haha, Balk does the trick

that run doesn’t score without it

RBI single for Infante.

Selective offense we have

Who called the Offense explosion for Lowe.

It’s a damn shame.

Wasn’t looking that way at first, though.




Pitching change…

Yes!

We get to see another reliever.

Heyward now .300/.390/.649

Not too shabby.

Kid ain't ready.
send him to AAA Wren

Melky should start he is a WINNAR he was with the Yankees

Wow

Didn’t take long to get his #s back up, huh?

Magic!

And small sample sizes.

No, you got it all wrong...

Glaus and Melky are sss. Heyward should be in AAA

Speaking of which

Jeff Franceour is hitting .444/.500/.944.

It’s entirely possible he learned plate discipline after leaving his hometown. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

hater

pickin on poor jeffrey

and he already has 2 bombs
Should be in AAA...

he’s overmatched at this level and is under too much pressure up here

I’d settle for that for the year.

Holy Shit

Braves trying to reach that 10 spot I predicted.

I wish...

our other SPs could see some of this kind of offense.

Oh, they sit it...

from the bench.

See it, damn it
No

we need make Lowe look as good as possble for trade.

win prob at 99%

we can’t blow this one, right? riiiiiiight?

Who's up in the pen?

I believe that you and that 1% need to have a sit-down over what “can’t” means.

I am now about to become the first person to have a Captain Windsor Coke.

second person.

Actually, it should be third person.
 
UMDBHIK is about to become the first person to drink a drink with both Captain Morgan and Windsor combined with coke. UMDBHIK is happy that this concoction will increase his chances of becoming even more drunk than he already is. Gary Sheffield approves.

Ah, I see what you did there.
Literary perspective. Clever.
Keep drinking until you are no longer clever.

It’s been kind of fun hearing the other team’s announcers. They have been GUSHING about Heyward all game.

Glad to see they can talk about

someone other than John Bowker

making multiple sexy times with themselves in the process
Ya know...

The Giants were/are giving the game away, but at this point – I think the offense has started doing enough to possibly win it even without all the “gifts”.

I think so

since the Giants only have 1 run

It’s strong, but awesome.

Poor Huddy, Tommy and JJ

I feel bad for them.

they'll get theirs =)

trust in that

Don’t. Come the end of the year, they’ll have much better numbers than DLowe.

You've gotta be fucking kidding me....

Was that a pass ball?

No – think that was a wild pitch.

WILD PITCH – Runner to 2nd. Still 2 down.

can't wait for tomorrow

the Freak vs the DragonSlayer

The Guy From Dazed and Confused is always fun to watch and KK will be jacked & locked in

This seems like one of the few actual

“Save it for tomorrow fellows,” situations. As in, end the game, go home, and get some sleep-stop extending the damn game by getting hits.

Do I dare....

Post my “Braves WIn” mug and go to bed now?
It’s 1am and I have alarm in 5 hrs.

Plus – my game just went to a “Spotlight on McCann” WTH?

Sportsouth sucks fat, sweaty giraffe dick.

yet, i wish i had it

giraffe dick?

Makes it a bit difficult to walk around...

but the wife likes it

Im sure its difficult for her to walk as well

ROFL!!

ANOTHER WILD PITCH!!!

WP this is a joke
Crikey!

Another WP… This is crazy

Did anyone else just get spotlight?

yep

@1:00 am, the game just suddenly switched to spotlight, ugh
should be good now

at least mine is

Thanks, it is back!

MLB.tv killed for me and I had to reload it.

WPs = hits for SF lol

"The Giants have as many wild pitches as hits tonight."

My station went to McCann spotlight.

Damn...that's not even CLOSE to being Whiteside's fault.
I feel kinda bad for him
Wow

almost another WP… amazing

I kinda feel bad as a former catcher for Eli Whiteside

but not really

Minnesota is Braves Country, motherfuckers! :P

i like this a lot.

Actually, there are a LOT of Braves fans in Minnesota. Last interleague series the Metrodump was about 30 percent full of Braves fans. It was actually pretty cool. Except the whole getting swept part.

report back when the braves come to your new ball field this summer

Buffalo, NY is Braves Cuntry Country

FUll count ,,,, skied to center. END HALF INNING.

Chavez

Ḩ̡̛̗̦͉̺̥̫̝̠͎̯E̡̧̛̱͕̩̫̳̮̠̻̹͍̪̗͇̯͘ ̷̧͚̳͍̭̟͕̣̹͙̺̼̯͇̮̥̝̟͡ͅC̶̨̨̼͓͙͓͎͖͜O̼̖̙̩̘͖̪͘͢͢M̷̨̛̰͈̰̱̮̟͕̝̼̜͖̠̩̲͡E͝҉͚̗̬̟̙͔̦̰̀S̶̡̧̢̬̝͉̼̞̥̳͈͔͇̱̯̩̭̜̕!̵̗̮́̕͝ͅͅ

How did you do that?

Z̫̭͉͒͋̍̆͡͝A̵ͦ҉̣̫̜͓L͉̫ͤ̏͑̍̿́͡G̶̸̻̮̻͉͖͖̮ͨ̎̓͑̚O͔̻̱̰͓̞͓̐̏̀ͅ

But why do you look like Cesar Romero?

Because you don’t know what Cesar Chavez looks like.

+1 on the Simpsons ref

Maybe Giants caught the same flight problem as us. I mean they had to fly back from Houston.

I just said to myself, "No way they lose going into the bottom of the 9th, up by 6."

Then I remembered that game against the Phillies early last season….

ugh

do not remember that

just don't do it.

memory wipe: engage

ACK!

I just forgot everything I learned in grad school…

you don't need it.

i didn’t learn anything important.

We actually just went to

100% to win the game in win probability.

Am I the only guy waiting for the game to end so I can give Heyward 3 stars?

nope

heyward, prado, lowe for 3 stars, methinks

I'm tempted

to give Lowe the 1-star just for sheer luck

Come on Chavez

1-2-3 inning por favor

strikes please
100%

I love fangraphs, but that winning probablity is a little overconfident. lol It ain’t over yet.

Chavez can lock it up
Ah, rounding. Ain't it grand?
giants miscues today

2 errors, 4 wild pitches, 1 balk, 1 RBI hit by pitch

plus some blown DPs

and other bobbles

And don’t forget all the mental errors that cost them double plays…

c'mon, throw strikes, kid.

J̵̨̦̭͈͕̦̮͖̤̯̬̟̖͋ͮͭͤ͠Ẹ̷̵̦̮̥̯͙̠̰͚̘̙̭̲̟̤̆̿̂̋Ș͍̜̹̲̖͕̜̞̱̯̮̄͐͗́͐͐ͥ̓ͨ̓ͧͭ͐́͘͢͜ͅṢ̵̢̨͔̳͓̲͙̜̩̞̯͙̦̠ͬ̈́͑͂ͯͮ̏̇͌͊̄̉̀̆͘E̻̮̮͍̻̐͂͂̾̈ͦ̿̎͂̐̆͞ ̢ͯͨ̒ͦ̇͡͏̫̼̲̥C̴̢̡̛̹̥̫͖̳͎̰̖͈̥̝͚̖̹͚̜̼̈́ͬ̈́̀̐̇̽ͨͦ̉͗̽͂̄͒͒ͭͭ͟H̉̒͊̂ͭͤ͗҉̢̛͈̰̖͓̯̖̰̹̕Â̴͇̩͈̳̭̫̣̮͍͇̬̬̮͕̦͈̻͚ͥ̎̄̄̌̊͒͒̎ͦ͐ͪ̎ͨ̒ͩ͠V̡͚͇͈̞̻̐́ͣ͆͊͑̕͘͡E̶̴͔͉̰̥͕̩͕̱̮̳̯̗͉̪̝̳ͫ̈ͭ̀̃ͫ͒ͫ̄̽͜͢͞Z̸̨͚̞̱̝̳̰̝͓͉̺̞͓͖̝̼͎͌̎͐̐̈̾̾̂̀͝͝

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H̴̢̫̭͕̺̘̱̣͖̯͕͙̣̺̰͉͇̝̿̋͒̃̓̋̅̍͋̅̎̓͐̄̚͘͡ͅẺ̈́̐̈́ͮ̈́ͤͬͩ͗̓̌͂̑̀ͯ͒͋͗͝҉̴̘͙͎ ͛ͨ̓͛͋̒̄͗҉̴͚̰͎̝̮͔̠̞͖̲̫̫͘͜C̨̛͈͍͍͙̻̩̲͔͖̳̰̩̦̫̞̘͂̎ͧ͑̏̐ͯͪ̈͌ͧ̊̒́͂̽Aͪ̅́̄͏͇̞̣̞̰̯̤̰̜̘́N̸͕̞̣̪̪̖̩̘͉͍͔͉̳ͪ͋́͐ͤ̎͟͜Ṭ̡̨͚͎̰͔̜̩ͯͨ̍͂̃ͫ̀ͭ ̖̺̝̟̺̭͎̠̱͕ͬ̓̊̔̈́̊̃ͩ͗ͦ͂́͡Ḇ̝̜̙̠̱͇̘͙̫̱̱̖̯̓͗̑̽ͦ̉͒̈̏͡͝E͕̝̜̞̟̤̳̪͈͓̺̻̣̫̭͕͉͓ͨͭ̈́̉̆̋̐ͦ̑̽͘͢͢͡ ̧̡͓̪̞̳̺̺͍̜̺̹̞̲͚̱̩̐͛̾̑ͤͦ̄̇ͫ͘͢S͕̘̯̱̖̤̤̠̖̺͉̫͓̘̠̰͔͋͒̽̇̆ͪ́̇̏̈̈̂͘T̴̡̉͛̋ͮͩ̌ͨ̇͏̝̳̳͖̯ͅO̷͍͖͇̗̻̟̺̩̝̽̂̍͐͆ͥͦ̔́̆̿̀͜ͅP̵̢̭̘̹̘̯̝̯̥̙̟̟̲̱ͪͯ͂͊̉̇͆̋̈̈́̾͌ͭ̇̄͆ͨṔ̓̉͗̀ͥ̋ͮ̎ͩ̌͏̡̯͍̩̭̩͓͈E̙͎̫̤̥̦̞̪̰͍̥̬̝̲̜͓̍͆͋̾͡D̸ͪ̀ͪ̈̾̆̄̃͒͆̔̒͛͒̿͘͏̩̫̦̻̬̥̺̫͇͇̣̘̥̤̪̼̟̝

H̓ͦ͆ͣ̉͐͋͑͋̓͆ͮ̃̈́̊ͪͤ́͟͡͏̭͚̞̠̬̰̰̟̖͜E̴̟̬̟͌̾͛ͪ̍̂L̤͖̭͔͎̳̳̟͎̞͚̻̜̰̬̺̱͎̮̒̆̓̄͐̂̽̔̊̇̋́͟P̖̘̞̩͇̦̹̗͔͓͖ͥ̾̃̐ͨ̑̽̅̍ͭ̕͜͟ ̴̥̟̝̪̥͛̄ͭ̂̎ͦͩ͢͜͝M͌̽͐ͬ̑̐̍̓̽̽͊ͧ̆̎̾̃̆͞҉̯̖̟̼͕̙̙̬͈̦͔̱̯̭̱ͅȄ̛̩̙̜̹͈̹̠͎͚̲͗̇ͩ̎̇̍̽͗̀̾͛̂̾ͫͣͮͯ́́̀͝
H͗ͯͨͬ̂͆̔̄̚͏͖̬͇͇̮͙͘E̞̺̫͚̖̞͉͚̗̝̱̻͔ͪ̌̂ͥͭ͝’̡̐͂̋ͤ́͏̡̗̯̙̦̼̼̖̣̭̩͇͕̫̹̼̬̤̦̻Ş̸͓͈̲̯͉̺͉̣̗̣̙̰͎̳́̌̃ͪ͘ ̡͖̼̹̮̥̤̜͉ͧͥ͂̽̂ͣ̑̀̿͊̇̿͡͞Ḫ͖̩͉̲͍̹͉͙͇̝̗̞͍̈̊̈͒̃̔̈́ͮ͊̔̕͟Ě̛̫͇̰͕̳̣̳͌̎̈́͢͟R̓͑̎͐̑̋͏̵̹͓̞͔̥̖̦̼͟͞Ȩ̸̸̢̮̳̬̗̮͕ͥͧ̄̐̒ͣ̈̋̍͗̚ ̷̨͓̮̟͖͙̤͉̘̟͍͙̰̺͓͖ͦͭ̐̏͢͞ͅͅḮ̖̖͓͉̬̠̠͕̝̥̹͙̱͍͍̰͊ͨ̽͝ ̟̪̺͇͙̪̻͚̭͙̞̪̰ͬͧ̾̈́̿̇͋̇̆͆ͪͣ̕C̡̨̜̩͖̻͔ͮ̆ͮͤ́̏͊̿̎̎̂ͤ̿ͬ͋̚̕͡Ḁ̵̴̢̘͎̹̯͔̘̪̞̮̺̪̘̖͔͐̅̑̍͐̌̇͊̑͆͊ͫ́͠ͅN̶͍͎̻̖̄͗̅̉ͭ͟͜ ͙̻͇̗̾͐̋ͤ͡͡F̧̟͓̳͙̝͕̝̝͎̦̬͍̝͙̙͔̯̀́ͣ̀͋̾̓̑̉̄͛ͨͮ̂ͯ̂͝E̴̶̡̞͎̗͕̭̟̹̻̺̗̲̮ͤ͗̈́͒ͯ̿̒̈́ͭͥ̏̓̾̓́͘͜Ě̴̶̞̭̟͕̙͓̗͕̤͇̮̲̦̲̩ͣ̔͆̔ͦ͘̕͞L̵̥̬͇͓͎̬͖̫̤̖̝͈̫̯̬̲̖̓̑ͥ̅̇ͅ ̸̵͇̣̺̘̠ͮ͌̊͒ͨ̏ͦ̇̓ͫ̋̿̅̚H̢̲̯̰̗̤̗̟̲͇̼̎ͯͧ͐̈́͆͗͂̓̕İ̵̧̑ͪ́͊̌ͯͤ̈́͂ͥͩͮͣ̔͛͐̚҉͓̪̩̠̥̘̳̩͚̠͓́M̴̴̴̛̹͚̘̹̪͖͉̖̩̩̤͓̖̭̼͖͖ͩ͑͆ͯ̑̊̇ͧ̒̒ͨ͐̄̑͗͢

H̡͔̲̤̬̥̝̦̩͍͕̤̰͓̠̥̟̥̘͉̊͛͒̄͗͋͐ͧ̈́ͯͬ̾͐͑ͣ̉ͥ̚͡͠Ȅ͋ͫ̔̑̀̍̋̓̾̄ͯ͏̨̥̜̰͍̠̫̭̙̬̤̻̯̱̙͕͔̦̀̕͡L̨̨͍̻̤ͨ͛ͥ̎̈̿ͥ͗̈́̋ͯ̑̑̑͂̓̐P̶̘̻̬̖̮͔̙͈̤ͬͯ͊̂̾ͧ͆̓ ̧͕̜̟̘̭̫͓̭͇̳̘̩̺͚̹̩ͭ͌ͭͥ̉̔̎ͅẄ̸̸̡̟̫̮̟̥̥͙̥̟̼͍̙̜͚́͐̈̽ͦ̌I̧̡͇̘̱̐̊ͬ͛͂̉͊͗͟L̸̡̧̳͈̩̦̥̩̭̤̣̫̱̱̪͙͉͓̒̋̀ͫ̃ͨ̓̎Ḷ̷̢̛̭̫̮̜̻̤͎͓͓̞͎͎͋̽ͯ̏̄ͦͭ͗ͫ͐̏͂̑̊̾̚͜ ͖̩͉̜͖̈̿̊ͪ̾̎͛͋ͯͦ͑͑́̕͜N̵͉̬̱̻͙̯̙̝̄ͪͣ̓̃͡͡E̸̢͗͂̃̐̓̈͛͛͒҉̢̨͙̺̹̟͙̲̲̙̘͚ͅͅV̶͈̪̹̳̯ͣ́̈ͬͥ͗ͥ̉͌͛̌̉͂ͥ̇̎̚͟͟͞E̎̈́̀ͧ̿͊̆ͪ̀́͏̶̩͖̘̠̝͔͈̭̲̼͔̲͇͍̳̖̹̰͜R̵̋̏̎̐̒͊̽͗͗ͧ̔͏̧̲̖͍͚̗͉̱͇ͅ ̎̎̆̑ͭ̂̂ͨ̋͌̄͋ͨ̒̚͠͏̝̰̯̳̣͙̯͎͇͍̲̙̣̬C̸̲̩͈̭͓̝̱͖̼̭̹̥̄̈ͬ̾̍́͝O̖̲̱̙͈̮̫̭̽̎̆̑͒̈́͢͜͠͠M̶͙̱̮͙͕̱̙͎̣̜̹̰̺̳͈̙̞̋͒̀̌̓ͥ̚͟E̷͔̲̞̠͚̣̣̟̓̎ͩ̽ͪ̐ͫ̓̀͜

9 walks issued by Braves pitching tonight...

What’s the record?

something much more, i'm sure

And we only had 1 yday.

I’m wondering if the whole Mazzone influence would not have helped Jesse Chavez get over his “I used to pitch for the Pirates, so I must not be any good” problem.

Mazzone?

Leo Mazzone, you really don’t remember Leo?

of course i do

but he isn’t around any more

He's influencing an awful lot

from the golf course

Please tell me you’re not attempting to slam Leo.

of course not

but he has no influence now. obviously

he gave up 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning late in ST.
Im having

flashbacks of the third game of the season last year against the phillies

i'm not.

not going to happen.

Ok, I already mentioned it once.

I regret it already… :(

seriously people

stop that

Haha

It aint gonna happen but that was just the first thought ing my head

need an out

If they keep this up, I’m gonna need a drink (or two).

if this keeps up I'm gonna have to go back to drinking alcohol... god damned chavez. cmon!
LOL Chip

It’s not like Kotchman had many homers.

he kinda turned it on

right before we traded him

He's already hit one for Seattle this year.

YOU HAVE A SIX RUN LEAD. THROW SOME FLIPPING STRIKES.

Stop talking sense.

Not allowed on late night TC sessions.

Sorry.
 
Jason Heyward is the worst player in histroy! ZOMG! We need to trade for Darin Erstad and some shit.

i'm calling for one of these:

This x100

Can STILL happen….. thinking happy thoughts….

I seriously don't know how this started

Why Vidro? He didn’t GIDP at a significant rate compared to basically anyone else, ever.

need a DP otherwise renteria will hit a 6-run homer to tie it

!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY, HEY!

None of that…

crappity crapcrapcrap

I really, really like this.

That was meant for the spongebob pic

wha?

you don’t like my crap?

meh. i could take it or leave it.

Ugh. Can we please end this?
Chavez of ST, ugh
Vidro time

Let’s goooo!

Called it. :)

Good one!

Even though everyone else did lol.

sit down wags

Wagner is up in the pen.

I see what Chavez is doing. He’s trying to make it a save situation again for Wagner.

And this

is why Bobby overuses his good relievers

STFU Edgar

That’s been a strike all night.

I miss Skip and Pete Van Wieren.
 
Chip Caray is just……..an abomination.

I know we haven't won many in San Fran lately...

but that’s no reason to stretch it out.

RENTERIA

Hanging with the o-fer…

DOUBLE PLAY!!

GAME OVER!

VIDRO game over!!!
Alright, it's over!

Finally!


See y’all tomorrow afternoon!
.

bubb rubb Pictures, Images and Photos

That’s what I’m talking about

Give him to me, baby.

my favorite victory post.

TWIN KILLERS FOR THE WIN!

Would you want it any other way?

2 basic rules of pitching well

1. Get the damn ball to go 60’ 6’
2. Throw strikes

and add good defense!!

BRING OUT THE BUBB RUBB

already done!

WOO WOO!

See everyone tomorrow

Take it easy.

Jason Heyward earned his WAR +1 for the season.

Braves pitchers really beat Renteria down tonight.

Retribution for last night, I think…

That'll do pig...

Jason Heyward: “I’ve basically been fucking around making teams think I can be gotten out. Tonight was my revenge. Kiss my black ass Bruce Bochy.”

Hahahahaha

lol. That’s all i heard in that interview.

1 star player of the game

Takashi Saito?

Screw it

I’ll give it to Uribe.

Definitely Uribe.

my ballot

heyward, infante, lowe

We need a new stat to describe D. Lowe's win tonight.

He didn’t give up enough earned runs for a DLW, but he still pitched HORRIBLY and got the win. What do we record this one as?

Taking inspiration from your name

A Livan.

not sure but the @$$hole is on pace for 35 wins.

Somebody alert John Kruk.

DLPHBSWW

Derek Lowe “Pitched Horribly But Still Won” Win

Good times. Braves win. Not 19-8 like I’d predicted, but a dubya is a dubya. Amurricans.

One final thing:

Nearly 2,400 comments in the GTs tonight…and it was a 10pm start on the east coast. Keep it up!

Heyward HRs

Are worth like 500 by themselves.

I’m in it for the long haul. No worries here.

I’m flipping trashed.
 
Need to work on my liver. Not enough alcohol. Got the hiccups. Rewinded the game back to the 6th. Going to like the rest of the game.

i wonder if the TC logo

will get changed to heyward’s second homer :P

Fuck it.

It’s time to buy a Heyward jersey.

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