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Open Thread 4-17 part 2

Let's get a hit... please

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Let’s go Bravos!

Go Scoring Thread!

everryyyyybody hitttsssss

Come on guys, hits

RUNZZZ THREAD
YESSSSS

THIS IS SURE TO WORK!

I hope this works.
St. Louis left 16 men on base.

 Reminds me of the Braves but not tonight.

The Mets have a pretty good pen

But that is ridiculous

New thread = offense!

Let’s go Braves….

no-hitter jinx
Rally time braves!!
Once again - please please please please

thats easily the fastest I've ever seen Glaus move

Do it Glaus. c’mon buddy!

fuck you fowler
are you shittin me
That's a sign.

A no hitter is a done deal.

You must be fucking with me.

Even Jimenez

said “WOW!”

Son of a biscuit eater.

Sorry the sacrificial parrot didn’t work.

Not sure if Fowler is ever going to hit much

but damn, he can field

Props to fowler, holy shit.

If that isn't top 10 tomorrow on sportscenter

idk what the hell is

too be honest…Glaus didn’t hit that as well as I thought

If Jimenez gets a no hitter tonight....

He’d better buy Dexter Fowler a nice present. Fuckers…

Here's an idea...

Can we hit it to someone ELSE

fuck off fowler!!!!

damnit i’m sick of him

Whens the last time esco hit a damn line drive?

End this nonsense Jason.

come on Jey Hey

we’re countin on ya man

heyward will stop the NO-NO

We need to sacrifice a live chicken!!

WTF is up with the “O” lately?

What an Awful Inning!
WHAT

this ump is a fucking joke

Wants to be ump of record in a NH – obvious now.

I think the ump

is getting in the swing of the no-hitter. Lots more strikes now than earlier in the game

Fuck me sideways

Jesus Fucking Christ.. this is a joke, right?

this is actually pretty embarrassing

This has to be Jimenez’s last inning. He’s up to 106 pitches.

with a no no going

not a chance

He's going until the no-hitter is gone

or he starts walking dudes again

no way

he pitches until he gives up a hit. tracy is no joe girardi

Any good luck charms that we can do? Bring out the Rainbow Llamasaurus!!

god we suck
Yeah, 6-4 (soon to be 6-5)

is horrific

i know

i just said that out of frustration

:)

Don’t worry, be happy!

We also play the toughest schedule in the month of April of any team in baseball…so yeah.

Jimenez

shooting for that 2k10 perfect game reward.

Yesterday’s NAHWAL is scored

What happened to Raffy? We need some voodoo!

I wanna hit a wall or something

This is sooo frustrating.

put on a braves uni and hit a ball

ba da ch!

Venters retires another batter

I’m just glad tomorrow’s game is at noon. This is getting ridic. NOBODY wants to be on the wrong end of a no hitter, perfect game, or 20 K performance.

noon?

Last I checked it was 1:30

CDT for me. So it’s 12:30.

Ahhh

Okey doke. I was just worried I had missed something

Everybody start chanting

Mama-se mama-sa ma-mah coo-sah

I just went over to youtube and watched a few Braves-related clips.
 
It helps ease the frustration of not scoring. (TWSS)

SERENITY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!

haha

serenity now…madness later

Ohhh dear God, I'm not liking this.
Venters gives up his first base runner with 2 outs
helton singled

it’s his second

Bah..

I meant to type *first walk

Not sure why I typed “base runner”. Thanks.

Jose Guillen....

…went 1 for 4 today with a run; and is batting .341 on the season. Can he play first?

What's the record

for the longest a game has gone without a run scored? I think the Cards and Mets are looking to break that record

24 innings. They put up a graphic bout 10 minutes ago. I forgot who the teams were.

Apr 15, 1968. Mets beat Astros.

Venters gets the 3rd out

This kid is good. Why didn’t he start tonight? lol

agreed

he’s blowin guys away…shuttin down the rocks while KK was gettin hammered

Let’s get a fucking hit!!! I don’t even care about the loss…just want a hit.

THIS. At least if you lose, do so with some self-respect.

At least the Phillies are still losing...

But the fish might pass us back into 2nd place.

Would rather keep the Phillies within reach than worry about distancing from 3rd place…

A base knock and then he's out...

Then we kick the shit out of their pen

That's the spirit!
sooo

no fisting tonight.

I kinda miss it, not gonna lie…

not enough balls

hit in play

Diaz is the Answer

needs to be on a shirt

HEY HEY HEY UBALDO JIMENEZ IS THROWING A NO HITTER! THAT'S RIGHT, A NO HITTER!

NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER

hahaha

I think the jinx is officially screwed

pissed!!

that usually breaks it up

Maybe if you use the exact phrasing you did with LaTempa?

and one out very quickly.

this

NO HITTER is pissing me off

This is awful.

Yea Prado's hit streak will end...
jesus

he’s still throwing 98…how is he not exhausted?

He throws 115-120 Pitches

In many regular starts…he’s a work horse…and Colorado lets him go on most nights.

I’m feeling a HR hit

16th inning in St. Louis.

I really hope this NO HITTER continues
Hinske strikes out :(
A no hitter on the Braves is like a nasty Fart.

You don’t know it until it’s to late and you have a what the fuck face for a while.

what's his pitch count? like 130 for Chrisssakes?
...

jiminez is 4 outs away

Ump calling everything not swung at a strike anyway.

he wants to be a part of something special

I believe thats called wiffleball

Or

a game where Bill Hohn is calling balls and strikes

Jimenez hasn’t given up a hit yet….

Jimenez

is getting even nastier now. Crazy

This is for you, AllSaints Day.

I won’t break a cardinal rule of baseball, but Jimenez has something special going.

Something special?

You mean a NO HITTER!?

You wouldn’t understand.

Yeah, walked 6 and an ump giving him a BJ by proxy with the zone.

As I said earlier...what I said is going to end it. It did earlier today.
god

Nate sucks

wtf happened to nate

he goes from all star to dogshit since the trade

DAMN FOUL POP UP!!!

DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!

fuck me...

TWSS

this isnt the right time for that right now.

Why not? It’s not like we have anything better going on.

GOD GOD DAMN IT DAMN IT
is trying to bunt yourself on base with a no-hitter on the line

a baseball faux-pas?

yeah....remember curt schilling's bid a few years back?

Curt Schilling thinks so.

Technically...

but I’m all for it.

Yes, but it’s been done… and frankly, I don’t care.

Who gives a shit.

bad idea anyway

we don’t have any good bunters

prado will break it up and continue his streak

+2^31 – 1

Please excuse my dear aunt sally.

oh god. randy johnson’s perfect game flashback.

That was on my birthday, too.

May 17? That’s my birthday too.

this is

nowhere near that bad. Not even remotely close. That game, we couldn’t even walk.

Would it be poor form to HIT him with a pitch?

I’m in favor of it…

MIght take a while to clear the field.

COME ON NO HITTER

I have wads of cash on this NO HITTER continuing

Organist

playing “California Girls” for Chavez… interesting

I wish they all could be.
Is hitting him in bad taste?

Chavez now pitching.

$10 says this NO HITTER happens

It was happening during the 7th inning with that unbelievable diving catch. It was written then.

New thread

LOL – couldn’t hurt

yeah... no

Things actually got worse when I made this one. At least before, we were getting some walks

Chavez in

i thought he was dead. Bobby hasnt used him in so long

I blame the Esco to Tulo comparison.

The baseball Gods were clearly pissed off by that.

Esco needs to walk up to Party in the USA now. Pay homage to Tulo

OR ONE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES

just kidding

F’ing Chavez…walk him!

worst K ever

I like how

Hes looked awful in every AB except against KK…which basically made it 4-0 instead of 1-0

K?!?! I woulda been happier with a HBP in the right arm

We should have hit him right on the right elbow.

Rockies are gonna strike out the side

I don’t think Chip knows the difference between a “well hit ball” and a “lazy fly ball”

Going to bottom of the 9th....
i guess if we have to draw something positive from giving up a no hitter...

Venters looked spectacular

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say no one had Venters as the P2C.

At least

our best 3 hitters are due up: Prado, Chipper, Heap

God damnit

Chip is gonna cream his pants in the 9th if this happens. I don’t wanna hear that crap.

Imagine what Joe Simpson must feel like then

I WILL hit mute.

Everybody inhale and dont exhale until we get a hit

but

no one can hold there breaths until tomm

uh...we'd all be dead tonight

Well guys, all I want is a hit

2-3-4 for Jimenez is his pursuit for the completion of a NO HITTER
Please promise me....

Prado, Chipper and Heap will NOT let this happen.

Fuck It!

I want to see the No hitter.

think on the bright side, guys

this game will end so quickly we can watch the end of the cards-mets game!

/sarcasm

I finally found our good luck charm!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

I love how most of us from the 7th inning on went from…lets win this game…to….lets get a hit!

Alright, I’m at work and I have been watching the Mets/Cards epic. We haven’t gotten a hit tonight?

Sooo....

Ubaldo Jimenez has a NO HITTER going and I’m not sure if you guys heard he has a NO HITTER going cause it’s pretty rare to throw a NO HITTER.

wait, how many hits do we have?
Let me check...

Hmmm….box score says 0. That must mean Jimenez is throwing a NO HITTER!!

what's a NO HITTER?

NO hits makes a NO HITTER.

I'm still confused

So if the game has NO hits, it’s a NO HITTER?

in fact

the rockies have never thrown a NO HITTER…what an accomplishment

great...

let’s make history for them tonight….damnit

Braves, get a hit. I can deal with a loss.




if they can’t do it no one can!

They announce attendance?

32,600 something

They announce attendance?

Just bunt Prado.

haha

someone in the stands just said NO HITTER

hahaha

there it is…did yall here the fan??

Haha

Hey you got a no hitter!!!

HaHaHa

I forgot the Cards-Mets game was on Fox, I bet they are pissed.

Damn't Prado!!!

You threw away your hit streak…

nah...they're gonna bat around...
FUCK

come on Chip…get your old ass a hit

Crap, there goes the hit streak...no hitter is a done deal now.
work the pitch count, Chipper!

It’s time for a WHAMMY!

97 mph?!?

He reminds me of Verlander.

apparently he put in a new arm after the 7th inning

Chip making me nauseous now.

Me too. Right arm shaking.

we arent even close

we’re so far behind his fastball

damn it

old man

please Mac, please?

alright

its up to the Mac Attack

If a No hitter happens?

What does this do for the team’s morale?

Oh they'll be fine

These things happen

nothing really

Help us Mac

you are our only hope

One more out

TO A NO HITTER

I can't believe

I’m watching this happen.

last time we were not hit, we went to the playoffs?
We weren't no hit last time.

We were prefect-o’d.

c'mon... the perfect game is a subset to the no-hitter. let me feel optimistic.

imagine how mac must feel…

Well

Mac is holding up well

Overthrowing juuuust a bit.

wow, that was a nervous pitch.
he better stay nervous and hang a curveball or some shit
man

Jimenez must be nervous… that pitch only went 50 feet

Oh man

His arm must be killing him.

haha

that one hardly made it half way to the plate

HEAP


END OF GAME. Rockies win 4-0 and Jimenez gets a No-No.

Well

Congrats to Jimenez. That was damn impressive

TV is muted - Can't take Chip anymore.

wow

props to jiminez…that was a great showing

HAHAHAH

listen to all those BOOS

son of a bitch!!!
Damn

Rum Rum Rum Rum Beer Rum

jesus

congrats and all, but why against us? Stick around guys, I’ll go tell you who won NAHWAL series 1

ugh

god the offense sucked tonight and almost any night that Lowe doesnt start

WOW!

I’ve seen the Randy Johnson perfect game and now I just witness this one. Both games all the way through. What tha Fuck.

I’ve now seen a perfect game and a no-hitter in full—and neither were by the team I’ve watched pretty much every day for nine years.

we haven't even come close to throwing a no-hitter

in a loooong time

And an assist

to Dexter Fowler

VERY MUCH SO

I said this earlier….Jimenez owes Fowler a really nice present for getting him that no hitter.

shut the fuck up, chip
That was embarrassing...this offense is so hot and cold..

Hopefully we show up tomorrow and score 10.

if Derek Lowe isn't pitching (which he isn't)

don’t count on it

Haha, yeah. Its fucking uncanny how bad the offense becomes when Lowe is off the mound...

I think we should turn him into a softball pitcher and run him out there every night. Even if we give up 7 or 8 runs, the offense should be able to get the W with DLowe on the mound.

Have fun with the recap Jacob

Glad I’m not writing it.

Yeah

Man, this is fun.

Make it short and quick

No one will want to live it down again.

that’s what she said

were we literally no-hit tonight?


Runners first and second for St. Louis. One out.

Annnndddd…. St. Louis just ran out of the inning. 4-6-2 DP.
Going to the Seventeeth.

lol

at least this game only went 9

Good thing we gave the Rockies those runs....

Otherwise, Jimenez would be no-hitting us into the 17th….his pitch count would only be 210ish?

Would have been like Tony Danza in Angels in the Outfield. His pitch count was 180.

They all played like Betty White out there

shulda eatin snickers before the game...

to late now


I knew I forgot something tonight…

i was scared that tomm

we wouldnt score we arent gonna get any hits tomm. We need Lowe to start every game

Thursday’s game is looking like Lowe vs Halladay. This will be the ultimate test of the Derek Lowe Win, and we’ll see just how lucky he really is.

I want to see that happen
That coincides nicely with my call for the Braves to run Halladay's ERA up over 3.00
We will tap Halladay for a 10 spot.
I blame chip for this falure

and he should be punished. I’m thinking a tar and feathering and eternal banishment from the booth.

Post-game banter apparently gets here through MLB.tv….fun

“I’ve never called one of those before.” “Well now you have, podna.”

Get Dye on the horn

I mean, wtf? He can’t be any worse, right?

uh

Yes, he can.

Meh....you're probably right

Clone Derek Lowe!!

For once, I’m grateful for commercial.
I can’t watch any more.

i stopped watching after 4.5, thankfully

my phone is blowing up from mets and phillies fans….this is awful

Chip was cheering him on and now they are acting like KK got the no no....

this crap is ridiculous.

You know what’s bad too…we’re tied with the Natinals for 3rd place.

At least the bullpen put in another great line.
Hey!

There’s a positive. +1 to you

Fire TP

send Heyward to the minors, Cut Melky, Nate and Glaus. God im frustrated

Jay Hey to the minors? Uhhh...do not want!!!!
We're 6-5

A no-hitter only counts as one loss. We’ll be fine. Jimenez was just dealing tonight

Venters was nasty

If we win the series tomorrow, will ppl forget this ever happened?

Not likely. The sting from the perfect game still hasn’t worn off.

But when the Phillies come to Atlanta, they are harass the Braves fans about gettin’ no hits.

Well, G’night everybody. See ya after church!

Please in the recap - remind people of ...

the 6 walks, the gift by KK in his base running boob and the error at the throw to the plate to make this a little less than “perfect”.

Gosh this team is frustrating as HELL to watch sometimes.

Yeah

I’m not mentioning that. Sorry. I’m focusing on the positives (mostly for the Rockies)

How embarrassing is this for the braves?

already front page of espn.com and SI has it as BREAKING NEWS!!! fuck me…

Being no-hit

is no big deal. Nobody will remember in 2 weeks who he no-hit (except us, of course)

mother fucker, now we’re on FOX….including Chips mangasm and he was called Jim-enez (stress on the first)

From the Rockies blog

" There is no better redemption for that Talking Chop question

Than Ubaldo throwing a no-hitter and All four RBIs coming from CarGo, Jimenez and Tulowitzki"

i'm gonna go thread jackin over there...

prepare for my banishment!!

I'll go watch for giggles

Damn, that stings.

Hey

This game had very little to do with Tulo. I didn’t talk crap about Jimenez

kinda hard to....

when he’s lighting up the gun close to 100 MPH in the 9th

Yeah

The dude’s a beast. I’d never imply otherwise

Tim McCarver: “If you can jam Brian McCann, with 2 outs and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th, you know you’ve got good stuff.”

Tim McCarver is an IDIOT
"you're a real man, Deion.."
Wait,

I gave nobody a P2C.. did KK deserve one?

Venters

Agreed.

I’ll add it as a post script.. you guys have to start choosing the ’pen more often

What a waste of 3 hrs.

could be worse...

you could be a mets fan watching 17 innings of their offense

yea 17 innings

4 hits or 5

seriously

Jair Tommy Tim and KK should all change there last names to Lowe

Funny thing.

This no-inning had to happened on my brother’s wedding. -. -

LOL the grounds crew in St. Louis gets paid by the hour….they’re loving it

WOW

Felipe Lopez pitching. LaRussa has given up now

Felipe Lopez with a curve! can we sign him?

That last half inning was hilarious. A position player pitching to a relief pitcher in the 17th inning. Neither of them knew what the hell they were doing.

i missed felipe lopez pitching???

dammit!

He’s still pitching.

Nevermind. Joe Mather pitching now. felipe Lopez back to third.

It was awesome

pop out
infield hit(thrown out at second by Albert)
walk
fly out

I wonder if the mets will put francoeur to pitch

Anyone happen to know the starting pitchers for tomorrow?

JJ for Braves. Greg Smith for Rox.

we should win
Not if their last starts are any indication

Shit. I need this game to end soon. I need to make it to the liquor store before they close, but I gotta see how this ends.

Mather pitching for the Card. Kyle Lohse playing LF.

LaRussa

is giving this game up and the Mets dont wanna take it

Bet the cards are missing Ankel right about now
haha yeah he could pitch

Joe Mather’s pitching line is still better than Jojo’s

Cards strategy

walk Bay
Francoeur GIDP
????
Profit!

Bay

looks terrible

Wincoeur

up to bat

FYF

gets 8 PA to extend his hitting streak, and doesnt

Cards

i think just want to go home now.

i'm itching

for the cards to tie it in their half of the inning and on into the 20th inning

Haha, I think Pujols is coming up. He’s probably going to get his 5th INTENTIONAL walk of the night.

They better get a run though
haha

why would the Mets swing at all he couldnt throw a strike at all

K-Rod’s pitching.

FYI

Don’t go over to the Rockies blog right now. They’re having way too much fun calling Braves fans dumb for even posing the question about the 3 v. 3

wouldn’t go anyway

yeah, I’m a masochist, what can I say

what was that question?

This

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/4/17/1427681/Braves-vs-Rockies-Trio

Apparently originated in a thread here, but I must have missed it.

Ludwick Walks

Jesus up to bat

and get caught stealing

WTF

then CS...

TERRIBLE Call

Might have gotten the knee before the foot arrived.

walk to ludwick

Why pitch tp Pujols with Kyle Lohse on deck?

Cuz it's the Mets

It’s how they do things

Jesus

doubles

Pujols 2B.. wow

LETS GO CARDS!!!

if the cards

only get one this inning, holy shit, the baseball gods must love watching the cards play the muts

Okay, let’s salvage my fantasy league today: I have Molina.

Wild pitch

No RBI for you!

YESSSS!@!!!!

cute bunny+funny caption= rec’d

Im calling it.

Past ball on a curve, Pujols scores.

Come on Moklina.. be a met killer

We want 19 more innings!!!
anyone watching the celtics, there have been a fight now on espn
I was

but stopped watching when Heat looked like they had it. Kinda switching back and forth, but missed the fight.

check for the replay!
Still missed it

Guess I’ll see it on ESPN in the morning

Woohoo, I got a blown save! Best one ever

HAHAHAHA

LOLMETS

And let's play 20

K-Rod sucks.

I’m afraid to go check out Amazin Avenue. Their thread has like 4000 comments. talk about shitty moderating.

ill save you the

trouble they expected a blown save

They know nothing about the power of RUNZ threads

Pacgnosis just doesn’t have the lucky new thread touch like I do.

And the Braves are 2-1 when I’m in charge of the series… It was against the padres, but i’m just sayin.

:)

In our next vote for supreme-leader-of-thread-creation

I’ll be sure to vote for you

aww shucks

you made me blush

Now that I think of it

you know what it might be? Usually you force us onto a new thread, and tonight we had like 3-4 people clamoring for a new one, not because it was slow, but for the run support…. I dunno. I’ll keep trying to rationalize how our efforts affected a baseball game none of us was at…. lol

haha

yeah I wasn’t around much tonight. Its just my computer cant really handle the threads after 900 comments or so. just like to keep it freshh

LOL@ Los(t) mets

You bet I'm prepared!!


haha

awesome always prepared

I think the graphics are good up ’til the 24th inning.

Who's going to pitch for hte Cards now?

lol

Mather hasn’t reached his pitch count yet.

Joe Mather. Dave Duncan warming up in the bullpen

anyone dissapointed by the Droid? When I first saw the commercials i though it was some awesome horror movie, then it was a phone…

haha yea

idk what phone i should buy the Iphone or the Driod?

iPhone

it won’t have you in the store 3 times a week with a problem.

iPhone, but wait until like June when it can do multitasking

Thanks guys

the only thing im concerned is battery life

I'm always on my iPhone

and it lasts throughout the day. I always charge it at night and plug it into a car charger whenever I drive

thats

good which one do u have the new 4g one or watever they are now?

i have the most recent one…but i think theres a new one coming out this summer

Jose Pagan.. fail

Ok, I just turned the Mets/Cards game on...

Just in time to see the Cards tie it at 1 – 1 in the 19th….going to the 20th.

I claim at least partial credit for this fortuitous turn of events. DIE METS!!

The no-hitter is fading away from my brain.

I’m really not that mad. And I’d rather lose 4-0 than lose a 5-4 game in 14 innings. That was the worst.

There’s always tomorrow.
We’re facing a rookie pitcher. Let’s-a score 20 runs on him,

I would love to see this

Jair deserves a game with good run support.

Use the Lineup on Friday.

*use Friday’s lineup

Mutts getting the timing...


BOOO

mets score

Sacrifice Fly… 2-1.

Don't worry!

Cards can come back and tie it again…

Lohse

fields better then FUGA

And I’m sure he’s got a better arm than he or Damon!

Lohse is doing pretty good out there in Left!

2 down.

Molina catches 20 straight innings

Unbelievable.

He's going to need knee surgery after this game ends...

Dont worry guys, Pelfry is in

Molina has caught 20 innings.

Fuck that shit. I quit.

Molina's a horse.

wow

mets score 2 runs against position players. thats sad and funny

Haha. I’ll bet whoever is in charge of program scheduling at Fox is piiissed.

“What do you mean the game is in the 20th inning? Don’t these things normally go like 6?”

I had LA/SF today

so i’m on normal TV.

Pelfry vs. Lopez

Lopez with a career ERA of 0.00.
Pelfry has no career saves.

LOPEZ

FOR CY YOUNG

Kyle Lohse for Gold Glove.
Dude has an UZR of like +50

LOL! Rangey for a pitcher out there!

Joe Mather, however, has an ERA of 9.00.

haha

Cards get a hit

SINGLE by Ryan. Unbelievable.
Schumaker gets his NINTH AB.

Two on for the Cards!

RISP…

Schumaker

walks there is hope

Dont stop, beleeeevin

hold on to that feeling

which is exactly what she said

Ludwig...Albert lurking on deck.
IT's OVER! IT's OVER!
Too bad the Mets won :(

wow…and for all of that I get a blown save in fantasy. fuck me

Oh thank you sweet Jesus.

Good night all.

And Francoeur’s hit streak is also over.

Good.

Poor Prado lost his… :(

NOOOOOO

why god WHY!!!!!!!

Because apparently nothing can go right tonight
NOOOOOOOO

Alright, time to go have some fun and forget about that certain thing that happened tonight,

later kiddos

And that ends a Shitty day in Braves Country.

See yall in the post game comments.

damn it

that game took all my troubles away. OMG they are coming back i gotta go peace

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