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Open Thread 5/10: Braves at Brewers #2

RUNZ THR...

Oh heck, I'd take a hit.

Braves and Brewers are tied 0-0 going into the 5th.

Go Braves.

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New thread = runs

Doug Davis will walk in 8

it has begun!

THIRD!!!

Life....

u fail at it :P

tommy

please, please, dont screw up this bunt

Hey a walk is just as good as a hit for the Bravos.

Ohhh yeah leadoff walk!

Here comes the DP bunt
Chance Tommy lays down the bunt successfully?

10%? 20%?

60% of the time, it works every time.

its got pieces of panther in it...

….so you know its real

or....

it’s got piece or real panther in it, so you know it’s good…

What happened to JJ?

sorry didnt read anything

hurt his leg bad... prbly out for 6 weeks
His hamstring asplode

Looks like a few more weeks on the DL.

That's why Nate is better than Diaz right now...

even though he’s hitting like shit he can still take walks. Diaz doesn’t know what the fuck a walk is.

Exactly.

Also why Melky is better than Matt now

I think Matty walked once….

Remember two weeks ago when he Diaz drew a walk on 5 pitches?

I almost fell out of my chair.

that view

made the Diaz catch look even better

HERE WE GO!!! ZAGNUT THREAD!!!

TOMMY BUNTED SUCCESSFULLY!! CALL THE PRESS!!

Tommy actually got a bunt down!

RISP?

NO WAYYYYYYY

RISP

omp

Not only that, but on a successful bunt too.

omp?
Oh my poodle?

Pujols

/facepalm

of course…

Been saying it long before practically everyone in here

I went to take a piss after Nate walked and now he’s on second with 1 out…what happened?

He astrally projected himself to second.

EDGAR CAYCE WAS RIGHT!

You get a gold star for mentioning astral projections.

That's a neat trick

Why he ain’t AP’d hisself home yet?!?!?

Steal and a sac fly, and we’ve got the no-hit win!

Every freaking game feels like we are helping the other team get a no hitter.

I wouldn't complain

If the Braves win 1-0, getting no-hit but the run unearned for the victory

theres a reason it feels that way

cause we getting no hit through five every game

Every pitcher in baseball has the potential to no hit our lineup.

It’s that bad. I bet opposing pitchers get really pissed when they play us and their turn in the rotation doesn’t come up.

HITS HITS HITS!

Up to Prado here

Prado is back baby

at least we can say 1.000 in RISP today

You would think by luck we would get a hit off this guy at least once in 20+ tries…

So if you throw 66mph and take 1 minute between each – you can throw like….200 or so before you get tired?

Come on Marteeeny Weeeny!

RUN!!!!

BRAVES LEAD! BRAVES LEAD! BRAVES LEAD!

HJ KFHSDEIJKF NSDJKF JNJFKSNGJKNGJDFSNJSDNHJLDMF KLMSDFKLGMDFM ;LSD,MNK

I hope your pants are still clean...

what pants?

haha, nice beard

You may want to call Stanley Steemer, in that case…

prayyyyyydooooo

SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY!!!!

Bout fucking time!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
HIT~! RUN! OMG YAAAA

hold it thans

BYEBYE NOHITTER AND SHUTOUT
i cant believe that just happened!

WE’RE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was planned ALL ALONG

Hanson plunks Braun who now can’t throwwwwwwwww

Can’t throw at all…

I knew there was a plan!

too bad he drilled him in his left arm

Why ya gotta break balls?

thanks alot you fucking debbie downer!!!!!

your’e a buzz kill.

bpk22840 = Buzz P. Killington, from Mc Gaheysville, VA

haha

how long did it take you to look that one up?

Wasn’t paying attention. Too busy thinking of shitty former Braves to make new screen names from

Time well spent.

DanKolb’sBabyMamma

Dan Kolb... holy fuck.

I think that calls for me to dig out an old pic…

Jeff Treadway?

KenRayTheRoswellRocket

COME ON CHIPPA!

Finally!!!!!

I bet you’ve been sitting on that one a while.

For some reason, it seems like forever.

Told you to be patient we would turn it on :)

One hit does not a season salvage
Sure doesn't hurt, though

Damn you are negative man lol

I’m actually not. You’ll notice I was elated at Matt’s catch, Prado’s hit, etc., but to say that that one hit just turned everything around is way ridiculous.

He wasn't serious.

One win at a time

I elated at Matt’s crotch, too.

Pelican

I love how even the word is immediately self-explanatory now.

me too, it's really a pretty awesome phenomena

cant wait for someone to misuse it… oh man it’ll be carnage

TWSS?

Nah. Too obvious.

THIS GAME IS OVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Braun face planted himself on that throw

He pulled a Melky, in other words.

We flipping scored!

McLouth astrally projected himself home.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

A run. Hanson will be right back. He just crapped his pants.

What does that "1" nexxt to ATL in the scorebox

stand for?

1 hit batter

Hanson nailed Braun earlier

how's the brewers bullpen?

If they can throw the ball in the direction of the plate, it doesn’t really matter against our lineup …

Chipper with only 8 RBI, but hitting near .300 with RISP…

What are these runs everyone is speaking of?

*run

don’t get ahead of yourself

That's more like it Chipper

What was Martin doing getting a hit. Ridiculous.

He’s lost his damn mind, I tell ya… The vet set him straight. That’s how it’s done.

Why are these guys not sitting on the curve…?

Funny

its funny how we on every open thread… we are hoping we dont get no hit… not even a win

got to crawl before you can walk
It's been that kind of year

I don’t have 20 seconds…what’s Davis at pitch count wise?

does it matter

he throws like 76mph

Gawd I hate Chip
Its like learning to love a retarded person... you just come to accept they are special.
STFD

hanson’s 5th K

Kinko's Restroom
Trevor Huffman?

Get it together Chip. Not like he’s a well-known future HOF or anything…

I'm kind of surprised here...

the Brewers fans over on brewcrewball are kinda douchy. I expected more from them.

Go on…

they act like the Brewers are god’s gift to the world or something.

I think they get it from Braun.

He seems like he cops a ’tude.

he’s the anti-Heyward

Brewers are. The Brewers are not.

Midwesterners are supposed to be nice folks.

That does surprise me a bit, too

I’ve always found Wisconsinites to be very nice.

I'd be douchy too...

if my team was losing to the Bravos.

Tommy Hanson is pretty good.

Who?

Some dude who hit Braun…

RABBLE RABBLE
Back to the pile!
MIND BLEACH PLEASE

Bad mental image…

That guy we’re supposed to release. You know, that asshat that gave up 4 runs last time. These folks are quick to jump on his bandwagon tonight…

5 Ks for Tommy (so far)

Hanson kinda dumped the curveball it seems

going mostly fastball slider

and he throws a curveball 2 seconds later

well

he hasn’t needed it. he’ll pull it out if he ever gets in trouble.

People have been saying for a while that he needs to hold back some pitches for later in the game.

Big Red

says f*ck you! #5

Ricky Bobby is not a thinker. Ricky Bobby is a driver

5th K for Red!

The Brewers are reminding me of McLouth and Melky with all these punchouts looking.

Strikes PLZ, Thomas.

HOLY FUCK DID THAT JUST HAPPEN

No. Wake the hell up, you have a carpet to clean.

Okay i take back the horrible D comment
That's how it's done.

Oh yes! Nice play Mac!

He sure didn’t throw that one into CF!

The glasses!

I did call this in the game thread either yesterday or Saturday….I forget which day. I said his depth perception has probably been off.

Ah!

He can now see 2B.

Vidro!

nice one by Mac

ZOMG

throw by brain that doesn’t end up in CF?

he was blind before!
this is braaaavesss countryyyyy
land of my birth

HOLY SHIT THE BRAVES NEVER GET THAT LUCKY

FUCK YES

MCCANN CAN SEE!

No he just threw it hoping someone would catch it.

Beyond lovely

Awesome play Mccann!!!

Very nice DP...good work BMac and Prado

YOU’RE FUCKING OUT!

-Kenny Powers

Hahaha! When’s season 2 dropping?!

No idea. But I just got Season 1 on Netflix, and I love it!

hey...

that pic looks familiar….

they just started filming it in late april in Puerto Rico which is supposed to be Mexico

That show is great. “I have the arm that throws it fast as fuck.”

2-6-3... my favorite.
59 pitches through 9

i wanna see tommy go for the CG shutout

59 through 9?

that WOULD be impressive!

haha shit

i meant 5

Maybe

we start playing average defense?

Hey guys! How’s it going so far?

I have to pee

Thanks for sharing, Scott.

Thank you for sharing.

Too many Dr. Peppers?

Fine.

You get my cheeze whiz, boy?

Broke up their no hitter = great success

Habs force a game 7.

holy shit, really?

think they’ve got a shot?

Not much but with Halak you never know.

Game 7...

Anybody’s got a shot.

with Halak and their trap game you never know

Haha Mac looks like a dork with those glasses. :)

YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW

Sporting the wild thing horn rims

i'll take the whole team looking like dorks

as long as we can get some offense

Don’t worry Troy…you’ll get another at 85mph pitch right down the middle

Reyes gets tossed showing the ump his O face.

Did anyone else get the feeling that Kenny Powers is based on John Rocker?

kinda Roger Clemens
Closest thing I could find to the opposite of Benny Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF1iZH1F40s

I use that music for getting in the zone...
strange swing

by Glaus

TROY FUCKING GLAUS!!!!!!!!
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
GLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUSY

p2c!

SHOW 'EM WHO'S GLAUS
wow....really?
thats awesome
POWAH!!!

HAHAHAHAHA

TROY!!!!

we should add Kotsay’s wife to this. (joking)

GLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT ONE WASN'T A SINGLE!!!!

WOO! I guess that means that Justin bought that shirt, right?

Not a chance.

Did RoyHobbs ever get back to you on that? I’m still waiting to pay him via PayPal.

You guys are bigger losers than me

GLAUUUUUUUUS!

STFU, Mr. Sanchez!!!

WHO CALLED IT!?!

Singles Powah!

WHAAAAT was that??

What happens when the ball goes over the fence like that? Is it a do over? Do we have to pay for a new baseball?

Pay for a new baseball….lol

We need to DFA that joker.

Troy likes the 4 spot.

and mthteres the revenge?
WHAT UP BITCHES

Photobucket

LOL

This one is fantastic, I forgot about it.

His eyes and grin creep me out on that pic.

He’s like…“Imma eat yo kidney out now…”

I guess thats the payback...too bad mac didnt feel it

GLAUSOSAUR

That is all

Yeah but he can't take a walk
That 80 MPH cheese really hurt Mac.

Mac and cheese?

Good call
Definitely +1 worthy...
Don't be hittin' our HEAP!
Mac pegged

this could get interesting

Davis, you dirty rotten…

I hope they pay for that obviously intentional HBP....
Seriously

I saw that one coming so far away.

oh noe

a 79 mph revenfe plunking….

holy crap Doug Davis I’m going to kill you.

I’m with you. /rolls up sleeves

Let’s do dis!!

Hit Mccann all day

With 33mph pitches

Lame

Davis retaliating is NOTHING like Hanson beaning. That’s like comparing a sledgehammer to one of these:

Brawl

time

I like it

when the bullpens clear, I think Moylan could knock someone out

Aussies are good at brawling.

But they can’t spell “beer” for nothin’.

HAHAHAHAHAHA +100

Just step into the box, Davis…..

HEY GUYS! OT: I got a new job today AND an ant just crawled in my keyboard

Wait….did something happen noteworthy?

How did I miss this?!

Congrats on the ant!

Seriously LOL in real life.

Haha, glad I could be of service :-)

It’s a really cool serving job too, I wait a minute holy shit Prado just hit a granny baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Melky homers here...

we’re gonna need one 3 new threads

A bigger boat?
no worries

but he did double

might need the new thread anyways
what about a 2B?
if Melky homers

my wife is gonna need a new laptop.

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s losing. If there are two things I hate, it’s losing and getting cancer.

if the guys behind him were hitting….i wouldnt mind a bunt

Heap out :(
SNITKER IS A FUCKING ASSHOLE

FIRE SNITKER!!!

LOL, come on….no outs Mac running…thats terrible

WTF

was mac running for

Heap going for a jog. :-\

I think that's his top speed.

Unfortunately.

This is the vehicle’s top speed

I could get out and run faster than this!

I could get out and run faster than this!

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU SEND HIM…jesus christ Snitker is a fucking moron this year

That was dumb

Mac is not very fast.

I was thinking the same thing. Absolutely horrible.

jesus christ Snitker is a fucking moron this year

FTFY. Remember his epic FUBAR with Matty against the Marlins last year?

Not off the top of my head, but I’ll take your word on it

Why did he send Heap? I knew he was going to get out when he touched 3rd base.

Why did we send Heap?

Snitker blows.

Melky with a hit.

Fucking fire Snitker already.
I know we need runs

But that was hilarious waving Mac.

did you catch the Molina running home slow mo on ESPN? Heap reminded me of it.

it was like watching Baywatch slowmo run

I was weak watching it.

Fire Snitker.

After that decision,

I agree.

I am intrigued by this.

Nitram ran through his stop sign yesterday and scored without a throw too.

Yes, I loved that.

prisoner of the moment i see

If by “moment” you mean all season, then yes.

Base coaches don’t slump – they make bad decisions.

Smart play by the Melk Man moving up. And he gets a 3B for the effort.

Thanks idiot scorekeepers.

honestly on the replay

Was a really good throw by Weeks

still, no reason to wave the catcher home with 0 outs.

agreed

I am just trying to be nice

stop it! pessimism or bust!

Oh lordy

Watching Heap make that turn, all I could say is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Was it in horrible, horrible slow motion for you too?

What did Snitker do guys?

Sent heap around third on a Melky double. He was out by about three steps.

Sent Mac with the ball just behind 1B in Week’s hands.

Why the heck was Mac going home? Snitker, I’m going to kill you along with davis.

that was awesome and depressing all at the same time

Ahhh I wish they weren’t defending snitker

With 0 outs - that wasn't the wisest thing I've seen.

Never make the 1st or 3rd out at 3rd base, but can’t the same be said for home?

Or like 1st or 2nd?

Matt Diaz, IBB. Clever.

How many times have we been thrown out at the plate just this week?!?!
Why on earth would you wave BMac home...

With nobody out that was completely retarded. BMac had no prayer unless they made a terrible throw. Not scoring that run better not come back to bite us.

It wasn't a bad risk. It had to be a perfect relay to get him and it was

Is Melky really on 3rd?

aaah

missed squeeeze

I thought it was a good idea
def was

i love the decision, but nate needs too just get it down

Wow almost

just missed it

Listen guys...

Insult him all you want, but if you were Snitker and thought we could get a THIRD… count it THIRD run in this game… you would have been shitting your pants and sending him too. :)

Not with 0 outs and Mac running. I certainly would not have sent him.

We got it anyway

despite him.

Not when Mac looked like he was about to fall over dead from running when he got to 3rd.

Maybe guys,

but not this gal :)

Ahhhh fuck! That was perfect.

WTF

Braves executing a squeeze???

Bobby have too many High Lifes today?

He’s developed a bipolar disorder, feels like.

First Melky batting third, now a squeeze.

SQUEEZE ATTEMPT!!!

I love it!!!

i honestly cant remember the last time i saw Bobby call for a squeeze

95 World Series.
lol

uhhh i hope that was a joke

That it was...

I just fondly remember that play from so many viewings of the 95 World Series video.

Yah

That was cool.

ERRRROR 4

once mooooore

Okay, let’s, you know, do something with this.

well

we got that third run. whew.

E4

nice luck on our side today

Atta boy Rickie!

Nice, Nice Nice....but it should be 3-0 with the bases loaded and no one out.

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ

aw yeah!

very lucky but i’ll take it

ok guys

who greased rickie weeks’ glove?

Error gives us a gift.

Runs!!! Plural at that

Lastings Milledge is not an infielder

Weeks is playing defense like he’s on our team.

Can we say Glaus HR woke up the bats?

waaaaaaaaaaaaat

safe?

No way

he was safe

Hmm…I dunno about that play

Yup…safe by a mile.

After the two jacks in the 9th inning yesterday that should have been homers...we were certainly due for some luck.

u were saying?

“Either play in… or don’t.”- Joe Simpson.

“Folks, they don’t call him the best color man in the league for nothing…”- Harry Doyle

"Fly ball. Caught."
diaz was safe
Chip:

“Perfect bunt by Hanson… he throws to third… He’s out.”

"No argument from Brian Snitker"

I don’t think he knew the play was going on.

Some of these coaches need to explode

It would be inspiring to the boys to see some boiling over

they need to call up ol buddy with the rosin grenade

That would be epic.
Fucking bullshit call....
Man

he was safe easily

So I think the Braves body-snatched the Phillies this game:

Cleanup hitter hit a homer
Strikeout looking
Defensive fail on easy plays

Brewers, not Phillies. Blargh.

that is what the Phillies do to us

Except its more like

check swing double
walk
error on easy double play
homer

wow... he was SAFE..
Diaz had an insane look in his eye staring down the ump.
Can you blame him?

Not a damn thing has gone his way this year. I’d be on the verge of murder too.

lol... I can't blame him at all. He probably can't remember that last time he saw 3B.

I retract my earlier good wishes for Kottaras’ birthday. I hope his cake gets dropped on the floor.

That will come back to haunt us

Another “perfect bunt” called by Chip that ends with the lead runner thrown out.

That was a fine bunt. Diaz was safe.

and these guys go to school....and get paid to do this shit

they don’t screw that up with 2 umps in little league

new umps this year

there’s some thread about it

no excuse when everyone watching plainly saw it and we aren’t two feet away

they get paid a lot too

its really quite depressing

Honestly

When will these calls turn our way!

Jesus what kind of call was that???????

and why on earth did Snitker not jump his shit for missing that call??

Better question...

Why the hell is Bobby not arguing ANYTHING anymore?

My damn stream quit working. Anyone have a working one?

And Snitker doesn’t even argue???

Snit is shit!

I like

Seriously,

I have never been impressed with him :(

No bacon for you Diaz.
Bacon for Glaus though..

This inning isnt over...

keep adding on!

3-0

greenlight plz

Hanson will only get the complete game if its not a save situation i bet
I dunno

59 pitches through 6 is pretty economical.

Errr, through 5.
no...

Bobby might elect to save Tommy cause we have the off day Thursday and they’ll probably skip Medlen’s next start

On pace

to need 106 pitches, have we let him go triple digits ever?

okay okay ....

Now we can fire Snitker for not arguing

Just all around bad decision making this entire season.

Stream, anyone? Mine quit working.
no reason to watch

bases are loaded you know the result

Omar walks

Oh indeed!

ehhh same result….bases loaded

but with 2 outs instead of 1

And that would’ve been an RWI.

yes, I am an idiot

Should be 0 outs this inning and 2 more runs.

I guess I was thinking if he went to first and got the out

bases juiced for prado

Bases juiced for Odarp!

Typical Braves game

3 hits, 6 walks.

Not so typical: 3 runs!

Prado needs to rip a damned 3 RBI double here and break this game open
psh

prado’s obviously going to hit a slammy. who put you in the prediction business?

Dude...

No words…

Justin

I believe I read somewhere that Kenny Powers is based on John Rocker. I love the show and think it’s one of the funniest shows on TV. He’s so over the top it’s funny as hell. “Yeah I was in rehab…I hurt my nose” lol

I love it. I watched the first 3 episodes last night and have the next DVD in the mail.

Yeah

you’ll love the next 3. They are all equally funny as hell. They are having a season 2 on HBO but no word on when it starts.

Snitker for LVP in a (hopefully) winning effort

I guess that call at third was payback

for the luck we got on Weeks dropping the ball. We can’t have too much good luck in one inning without paying for it somewhere

We paid for plenty with the wind knocking down both balls in the 9th yesterday.

That ought to even us up for the season.

If prado gets a hit i’ll be so happy. Not only do the braves get more runs, but so does my fantasy team

I'm

glad to see us scoring some runs this game.

Gotta go pick up my roomie from work. Y’all hold ’em scoreless, K?

will do *knock on wood*

That’s why I get paid the big bucks

if parra walks prado

he’ll face chipper. chipper is 5 for 6 with a triple and 2 HR’s against parra.

Come on Marteeeny Weeeny!

GET OUT GET OUT!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

WHAT TEAM IS THIS

PRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SICK NASTY!!!!!!!!
prayyyyyyyyydoooooooooooooooooooo
OOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

OMG GRAND SLAM!

GRANNNND SL:AM

o lord what does that mean???YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

GRAND FUCKING SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YESssssssssssss

Marteeeeeen!!!

huh

what do you call that?

GHARBUGFEKLGFAT!!!!!!

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

No hitter to 7 run lead! FUCK YEAH PRADO
Did that just happen? AM I DREAMING!?
MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON

First grand slam since I was like, 12!

Grand Motherfuckin Slam bitches!!

Board asplosion!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THAT TOOK SOOOOO LONG! WHO CALLED IT!?!?!

atl192485 called it. He also called Glaus’ HR earlier. FUCKING ORACLE!

a little credit where credit is due?
Sorry.

You may have said it, too. But, you are not the true Oracle in this thread.

i'm 2 for 2 in calling shots today. am i done for the day?

You are TC’s Oracle now. You must watch every inning of every game. Keep up the good work.

No fucking way. I’m forming the Committee to Elect atl192485 President.

You get MVP honors for this game

Remind mvhsbball to do this.

I already named him Game Thread MVP after calling Glaus’ HR. He gets MVP of the week for this.

save some for tomorrow!

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!

ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to your for real this time 2010 Atlanta Braves!!!

YES

This is much more like it.

Looks like the guys playing in ST, Yes!

Save the runs for tomorrow fellas.

We’ve lost cabin pressure

We have arrived!!
LMAO

this thread went crazy after that hit.

FIRST FUCKING GS IN 1 AND A HALF YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife’s laptop is all acovered in goo.

And Chipper hurt himself running it out.

I don't even mind

at this point

SUCK ON THAT!!!!!!
Chip

most infield hits on the team

So was it good for y’all?

Unbelievable
Old man getting in on the action now... (as he llimps to 1st)

we've........ batted around?
wtf is a...

“grand slaaam”?

A breakfast at IHOP.

I believe you mean Denny's

Meh, go in to IHOP and order one, I’ll bet they’ll give you some pancakes.

How about another HR Troy...
It will be forever known....

as the greatest call of the season

If Troy homers again, I’ll probably cry.

/embraces Dallas Braden’s grandmother

Wow…it must really suck to be a Brewers fan right now…

I miss being able to pity other teams’ fans.

Fans have pitied us after

Mets, Phils, Nats, Cards series. Let’s ensure it doesn’t happen this time!

seriously. That was embarrassing in my humble opinion.

It's genuinely a nice gesture

But personally, I just didn’t really want to see it.

yeah but nobody wants pity unless it’s sex.

Depends on whether you’re giving or getting it.

giving or getting we are winners in the end right?

If it’s good – no pity would be needed.

I preferred it when the Rockies fans were calling us rednecks

You know

I kinda agree. Because it made it better when we took the series. Competition is what makes sport so great.

NO FUCKING WAY! THE CURSE IS LIFTED! BOW BEFORE PRADO out of respect to Heyward.

THE CURSE IS NO MORE!

Chipper is gone
Yeap Chip, thats about right
I sold Prado way short....

I was feeling the 3 RBI double. Way to swing the bat Martin.

Yes, shame on you. Calling for a measly 3 RBI double….you see what Prado thought of that? Did you see!?

Chipper pulled the groin

ugh

well that settles the TH debate

His night is probably done, lets go over-worked bullpen!

How do you figure?

giganterous lead, long offensive innning, we guard that arm with our lives, as we should. of course the smart thing would be to let him go at least 7 if he can cruise bc the bullpens been used to death recently but it wont be a 100 pitch night complete like we discussed before the rally

after 59 pitches?

And Snitker breathes a sigh of relief...

Chipper died again

CHIPPER has dysentery. Would you like to rest?

CHIPPER has died.

Dysentery would actually explain a fair bit.

where

is the south park yummy tears pic when we need it?

First grand slam

And first CG, I can feel it

Man

that would be awesome if Tommy goes the distance.

Tommy already has a CG

it was just a 5-inning job.

WHY DID YOU REMIND ME?

It feels good to be on top for a change.

TWSS

It’s what we all said.

So you’re usually a bottom? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

"No, of course not. I have many gay friends. My father's gay."

Guys, there should still be 0 outs in this inning…

This. Two outs from stupidity.

Wow.

You’re right. Unless you count that the error should’ve been an out.

True…forgot about Mr. Weeks’ generous donation.

Someone needs to tell this team that walks don't drive in runzz.
Wow...the Brewers pitchers are garbage
Not really Chip

Mac did not score

Manny Parra is not so good.

Fun fact about Parra— he went to JC with perfect game pitcher Dallas Braden. Everyone was there to scout Parra and nobody cared about Braden. Funny.

No

whats funny is everyone on baseball tonight hyping up Braden now, when before that game his record was like 17-23 as a starter…haha

Before that game, he was a really good starter…

Dallas Braden is a another young stud in a long line of young studs produced by the A’s.

And if you are using his record to suggest that he sucks, I hope, for your sake, that you are being sarcastic.

No

Don’t put words in my mouth. I never even used the word suck in any form. I was just saying that noone would have claimed he was a perfect game pitcher before hand, and now they are all jumping in saying that they werent surprised it happened.

A perfect game isn’t skill in all reality, its luck. Same as a no-hitter. So I dont think this reflects on his skill at all. He only had 6 K’s

So you’re saying that strikeouts are skill, but getting outs by pitching to contact is all luck? Greg Maddux would like to have a word with you.

K's are more of a controlled element

than balls hit sharply and fielded by infielders. Hanson has more K’s than Braden yesterday and he doesnt have a perfect game. It’s all about getting lucky.

I disagree.

Did you ever watch Greg Maddux pitch?

Maddux was amazing because he never walked anyone and never gave up Home Runs

not because he could magically make batters hit the ball where ever he wanted.

Again, I disagree.

Did you ever watch Greg Maddux pitch?

Sorry, didn’t look at who I was replying, too. Point still stands, though.

His lowest season BABIP

was .253. So even in his prime 1 in 4 balls in play was a hit.

Thats what I was gonna say, beat me to it.

He was a pitcher that had stuff that could gets K’s(evident by his 10th all time standing), but he mostly let his fielders earn their check.

in two hours
Yes..

I’m a lifelong Braves fan.

Ok, you didn’t say he sucked. But you can’t seriously say that ANYONE in baseball is a “perfect game” pitcher. That is just stupid.

No but if you asked the analysts

to list the pitchers on every team they thought had the stuff to pitch a perfect game, or even a no hitter, Braden wouldnt have been on those lists.

And those lists would be shit. I don’t care who you put on them. There have only been 19 guys pitch pefect games – 19!!!

Predicting who will throw one is impossible.

Again

I never said “predict the next perfect game pitchers” I said make a list of the pitchers with the stuff that best allows it to happen.

You must stop making it a habit to put words in people’s mouths, makes your point less valid in my opinion.

Ok, fine then. A list of pitchers “with the stuff” to pitch a perfect game would be a shit list.

Better?

Much

But it still doesnt change the fact he wouldnt be on it.

That’s the point. He wouldn’t be on it, but he evidently “has the stuff” to do it – whatever that means.

He had luck on his side is what it means.

Basically, my point was saying I dont think he’s close to a top pitcher in baseball, but he had a perfect game.

He is a very good SP.

I won't argue

with that as a possibility.

How unlikely was this performance? Dallas Braden, over the course of his career, had allowed 6.9 hits per 27 batters, 2.0 walks per 27 batters, and 0.2 reached on errors per 27 batters. Overall, that’s 9.1 runners allowed per 27 batters – his numbers for this season alone are similar. According to a basic binomial distribution, the odds of Braden allowing no runners in 27 batters, as he did on Sunday, are .00001517, or 0.001517%. Braden’s perfect game wasn’t quite one-in-a-million. It was more like 15.2 in a million.

source

Wouldn’t that be true of any SP?

Damn it Justin

Revel in these runs, stop picking arguments

And its too bad that the GS killed the rally.
We really coulda had something.

/cut to Frenchy, watching on TV

“I tried to warn ’em. Now look. Killed the rally.”

“Sir, are you going to buy the TV or not? We have to close pretty soon.”

This.

i lol’d.

That's an instant classic

HOLY FREAKING CRAP

We scored!!??!
Mccann will go deep I call it….

Prado Grand Slam

what else can we ask for

I just realized...

TOMMY IS GONNA GET A WIN!!

My fantasy team finally gets some help!

this this this. Much needed

Prado’s GS helped me out a lot fantasy wise.

dont jinx it just yet!

they have a greeat lineup

not shocking. If you were to say KK, that would be something.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOD inning!

That was one of the best innings EVAR.

I refuse to call Prado "Sparky"
Beverly D'Angelo sure likes the nickname...

+159

Clark W. Griswooollddd JUNIOR!

Yeah, I dunno where that came from.

7 runs on five hits

what is this?

For all the trolls that said we suck,

I say suck this:(

IT is just one game

give it time

No it's not!

Mark my word :)

You go girlfriend! :-)

Nice inning. I’m going to leave again. See everyone later

You get to leave, safely assuming the Braves have this game won. Have a good evening!

Quality stuff from brewcrewball.com
Heyward isn’t playing, Jones isn’t good anymore, McCann can’t see, and Prado just isn’t good

Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on May 10, 2010 6:24 PM MST up reply actions

Disrespect Nitram, you get f*cked up.

Hahahaahaha

Yeah, Prado sucks so hard he just vacuumed up your chances of winning the game.

Also

I love how the one guy on our team hitting .300 is the one who isn’t that good.

What a fucking asshole.

Karma’s a bitch.

Well that was a decent inning, apart from SnitkerFAIL parts 1 & 2

A distant memory…until part 3

Chip, since when is Prado known as Sparky? Seriously, what?

This dope just grates. From Nitram to Sparky….WTF!

Im obviously not good at calling stuff….
Who was the guy that called Troy’s hr and Martin’s hr? KEEP CALLING STUFF!
also, 5 RBI for Marteeeen

i have vowed to only use my oracle powers for good. wrong predictions dilute my power. i hope you understand.

FML!!! I forgot to set my fantasy lineups for today, and Tommy is on my bench…

…in 2 different leagues…

FML

i made the same mistake for david price’s gem the other day…

/bratwurst somehow manages to run over Bengie Molina
oh

I thought that was Bengie Molina running

I love me some Vin Scully..

I live in SoCal til I was 9.

His voice IS baseball to me

Guys, did matty make a good play in the field today?

ehh…inning ending catch at the wall, but didn’t exactly sprint back to get it

Polish Sausage:

You have encountered a Randal Simon! Fight, Run, or Item??

lol

we’ve gotten some good OG computer-game references tonight.

Sausage race!!! I’d go to the game just to see that!

Anybody else hesitant to jump on Chip's the bleeding is over bandwagon?
me... but it is some life

Not really. We scored more earlier in the year

I’d be hesitant to jump on the bandwagon if Chip said grass is green.

Yes

7 runs off two terrible pitchers does not mean our offense has been resurrected. I will be a believer when/if we hit and score runs consistently for a couple of weeks

green
right

You guys can’t seriously think our offense is suddenly fixed based on one game. I am very glad we are playing well tonight, but 1 game means very little.

I’ll bet you don’t cuddle either.
It really is OK to just enjoy our first GS in forever and the lead on the road for a change.

I enjoyed the GS very much...

but I am not going to be delusional and declare our offense fixed based on this offensive outburst.

You mean, when our guys – who are usually good hitters – are actually hitting, you think that is the abberation and not the norm, when in fact, NOT hitting is the exception?

+1

Glad somebody said this.

It’s no guarantee that the offense is fixed, but it’s not unreasonable at all to think so.

Oh come on...

The offense sucks for 2 months and then we have one solid game. It is completely unreasonable to declare the offense fixed after this game. You guys are being absurd.

We’re not 2 months into the season yet….

These players

have been good for anywhere from 1 to a crapton of years. And bad for 5 weeks (not 2 months). Which one should I put more weight in?

The offense was pretty good in teh first week or two, and then it started to suck – but that is called a slump, not a normal expected outcome. The normal expected outcome, based on their career averages, says that this team that we see tonight, is what we should expect to see on a day-in, day-out basis.

If you think our team’s expected production is to be no-hit, then I suggest you change your screename.

I never said I expect us to be no hit every night...

I just said our offense has been horrible of late and I am not prepared to declare it fixed based on 1 good inning like the rest of you guys are apparently.

 Some of you guys sunshine pump so hard it really is unbelievable. It was the same stuff after we swept Houston. You guys were all ready to declare that the team was amazing again and would immediately go on an epic an epic tear.

We haven’t been swept since then…

Could’ve won the Philly series….

And the natinals series, ftm.

Losing 4/6 = tearing it up.

After we swept Houston, I pointed out that they suck and that it was premature to declare the that the ship was righted. I was shouted down by this same crown who are involved in this discussion.

Nobody said that we'd never lose another game,

or series. Don’t act like your pessimism is vindicated every time we go on a bad stretch. Did you expect us to win the Philly series, given the injuries and such?

Of course not...

I didn’t expect us to win because we have been playing poorly for a long time. When we swept the shitty astros, I said I was not ready to declare the team back on track and I got the same response that I am getting in this thread right now. When we are winning, any talk of this not being an incredible team is met with extreme hatred. Fun times.

I am not prepared to declare it fixed based on 1 good inning like the rest of you guys are apparently.

Celebrating a good night on BOTH sides of the game is all we’re doing. No declarations or buying of World Series tickets being planned.

I’d think you’d relax a bit from busting the balls of all the sunshine pumpers around here to enjoy it a little bit too.

But that would mean stop being a dick for an hour or so. Is it possible?

Apparently you can't read...

Several people have said that this means the team has turned a corner on offense and that we can now expect to see this type of production every game. I am not making this crap up so I suggest you go re read all of the posts if you don’t believe me.

Will they score 7 every game? No

But will they threaten to be no-hit every game for the rest of the year? Of course not.

When did I say we would threaten to be no hit every game?

My ONLY point was that it is premature to conclude the offense is now good based on this game. You guys are unbelievable.

I didn't put words in your mouth,

you put them in ours.

I’m not concluding that the offense is good based on this game. I’m concluding that it’s good based on many player-seasons worth of evidence. This game is just an example of the type of game we are capable of putting up fairly regularly.

What’s so offensive about that concept?

Go back and read ppl's posts...

I replied to guy(s) who said the team “turned a corner” tonight. I don’t think you can determine that on one good inning. If you disagree with me, great, you are entitled to your opinion.

If we keep hitting like this for a few games then I will be ready to jump on the bandwaggon. Will you guys save me a seat or kick me in the face when I try to get on because I don’t declare the team ready to win the world series every time we win a game?

At the rate you’re going, you’re likely to be kicked in the face. Seats on the Winner’s Bandwagon are reserved for the sunshine pumpers.

Haha right

I forgot, you aren’t allowed to be a braves fan unless you think we are going to win every game forever. Gondee needs to be kicked in the face also because he agrees with me that this team has serious problems and is in need of a shake up.

I think this conversation is more for a recap of the game. IF people in the recap say we’re suddenly now a contender for the WSeries and all things are well again in Braves Country – then state your case and converse.

But this is simply folks enjoying the night – the game – the win – the amazing performance by Tommy.

No matter how BFF you and gondeee may be – at this point, me thinks you’re just trying to push buttons and state declarations were made whether they were or not – just to get an argument.

Again...

I didn’t start this argument. Someone else asked who was hesitant to think this win meant we stopped the bleeding. Several people responded and said yes, this meant we “turned the corner etc.” I disagreed. Chaos ensued.

I would be fine discussing it in the game recap, but if people don’t want to discuss big picture stuff, then they shouldn’t bring it up during the game thread.

Maybe YOU could take a reading lesson too.

Read Pag’s comment.

You said we turned a corner tonight...

based on one inning. I bet you didn’t expect us to lose to the nats and phils after sweeping the astros either?

This team has issues right now. Serious issues that can not be declared resolved after 7 runs against two crap pitchers. If you don’t believe me, go ask gondee.

I am officially impressed

These are actually good players

So when they play well, I expect them to continue. And when they play poorly, I expect them to improve. That is perfectly logical.

Now, now. You know logic has no place around here!

Sorry

I keep forgetting that.

Nobody declared it fixed, but quit throwing water on a good time, Chopper’s right, it’s our 1st GS in nearly 2 yrs, quit bitching

I didn't bring this up. Someone else asked the question...

I just responded and then defended my position. I can enjoy tonight without declaring that we have turned a corner and now have a good offense again like some others have stated.

No. I think this is the proverbial corner. Guys are swinging the bat well, just getting unlucky – until tonight.

STFD MILLEDGE!

Back to Pittsburgh with you!
Weeks is not happy, but he just got cut up AGAIN
Big Red

says f*ck you! #6

(and that was a strike. no doubt about it.)

I like to think of Jesus in like one of those tuxedo t-shirts

It says I wanna be formal, but I'm also here to party
I love gum.

I think I’ll have me a piece, too.

i’m starting to want some gum…

I don’t chew big red.

big red chews u!!!

*In Soviet Russia, yes

then f*ck you!!!!!!!!

6 k for Tommy in 6 innings. Dallas Braden pitched a complete, perfect game, and had 6 k.

I’ve been watching over at my friend’s house tonight… but I had to come on here and say that Chip’s jokes tonight have been especially horrible… worse than normal.

Also I see the thread completely exploded with the GS!

what Chip has bad jokes

Are you not “Latose” Intolerant

not sure how the e got on there

Latos

Come on Tommy…we want a complete game!!!

complete game shutout
Kawakami is probably pissed right now

it’s better than taking a nap somewhere during the game.

Judas Priest, Cerano. Apparently that guy on 2nd is rally chewing.
is it legal..??

are the braves allowed to score thisd many runs.. in an inning…???!!!!!

The Department of Justice is looking into it. There appears to be no precedent.

Sit this cocky little SOB down, Tommy

Careful here

Braun desperately wants to go yard here

plunk him

(open base)

Hit him again Tommy.

First base is open…

I miss Skip and pete….:(

If anyone in the TC league is wondering, I have Prado and Hanson both on my bench tonight…

nice to know our series ended yesterday.

drop all non-braves

add all braves, then bench them ALL

lol FAIL

Sorry bro

nice

Did you start Kelly Johnson

Haha, I had KJ and traded him to scstrato
I picked up KJ early on and he's been great for me.

I have him in my ESPN league – got him out of the F/A pool after the first week when I dropped the SS from Wash.

Haha, and the knife is twisted a little bit further.

The Braves on my team are Mac, Huddy and Heyward.

question

who are in their place?

Aaron Hill – who is 0-3.

Hanson just happened to be the guy on the bench tonight – I have tons of SP that I just rotate depending on who is starting. I just forgot to set my lineup today.

I hate it when I forget to start somebody.

Heyward > Braun

typically i would prefer you wouldn't put things like this up BEFORE his at bat is over
He believes in Big Red and rightfully so.
Why do our guys have weak groin muscles it seems?
Was wondering the same thing...
They have hot wife's/ girlfriends :)

Hanging out with Tiger too much?

This is the first time in a while a Braves pitcher is pitching with no worries of being precise to get the win.

and he's still lights out!

NASTY TOMMY!!!

BIG RED

SAYS F*CK YOU!!! #7

And now the matador will dance with the blind shoemaker

7 and counting...

I don’t chew big red.

Neither to batters.

PELICAN

I love that dang bird.

Prince Fielder has got to have a 50 inch waist

Odds on if he looks like Mo Vaughn in 5 years?
oh yeah

I’m a 38 and he’s way bigger than me

The bigger the waist the smaller the

nvm….. :)

It’s hard for things to grow in the shade. ;-)

crazies part is that he is supposedly a Vegetarian.

so basically

he eats jungles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Vegetarian pizza….lots of it!

Won’t someone please think of the dying rain forests?!

Haha

Almost spit out my drink

Chocolate is a vegetable …

Purple is a fruit.

Mmmmmmmm …. purple.

I just realized Tommy Hanson is good at pitching.

Understatement of the century…

He threw a freakin no no in Gwinnett last year…

Mississippi, two years ago

Does it matter where? He still threw a no no.

Actually I would say so

But I’m reveling in this game, so I’ll drop it

I just realized Pam Anderson had large knockers

tig ole bitties?

I just realized America is a democracy

Barely….not really the best example.

A republic, she is.

I just realized Prince Fielder is FAT

I just realized it’s McLouth and not McClouth.

Seriously?

I was joking. We had this talk yday during the game thread.

Obtw, just realized it’s Jason Heyward and not Jesus.

Lies...

Don’t let him hear you say that.

well you were misinformed

MC Clouth in da house!

lol

I think Fielder is shaped like Gimli

lol

Where’s Legolas?

Braun

The pretty one

he's not blond though

Neither is Orlando Bloom

Craig Counsell FTW?

WHERE WAZ THAT?!

Damn…close pitch

That was a strike.

If Prince is 268 then I’m the Pope

Hey Your Eminence

how tall is he????

put em up put em up
I think I figured it out

Fielder is that guy that plays the moon in the Jimmy Dean commercials.

Damn, Tommy is possessed tonight. That CB was fierce

8 - ain't it GREAT!

hanson up to 81 pitches. hope he goes for the CGSHO but 8 innings is more realistic

BIG RED

SAYS F*CK YOU! #8

Are you prepared to walk away from these pearls of delight?

…. I’m starting to run out. And that’s a good thing

haha you’ve been on it all night long

beautiful/nasty

He SHOULD have gotten Prince rung up on that first CB waist high. But he didnt. He threw the EXACT same pitch a bit inside and down. NAAASTY. Amazing.

Chip says "DERP DERP DERP"

No one notices anything different.

Isn’t that what he normally says…? I’m confused.

Fuck me sideways!
 
I just realized I get FS Wisconsin!

Tommy Hanson is awesome!!!
Can he hit?

ack. nice rip Melky

Wow

good range by Inglett

Damn... Melky taking it the other way again.
thats the only way he has gotten any hits this year
You may be correct.
Diaz

with the fisted, the night is complete

I can’t wait until the Braves face off against Fister. Gonna be a great day

fisted to fister…. fister fists it to first.

We could hear gems like, “FISTED TO FISTER!”

FISTED BY DIAZ
Come on

McClooth

I be lovin’ your signature.

Cmon McLouth

In case anyone cares...

I’m no longer in last place in the TC Fantasy League.

Don’t worry, there’s till time

I like your comment today.

But you’re in 4th, at least!

Haha, I know right? So ridiculous.

i know...

can we just end the season now? I wanna feel good about myself going into 2011

Once Ellsbury comes back, look out league!

Got ’em

Haha, I know.

Once ARod kicks it on and Lester straightens it out I think you’ll be fine.

he's bad ...

Any ideas on what to do with him if this keeps up?

Who votes that Hinske starts in left tomorrow
Mclouth still collapsing that back leg

Instead of leveling his swing he is upper cutting like a right hander

Dave Bush

sucks that is all

bah

hawks are toast

I miss the days when it was Mookie, Smith, Mutombo and Laettner

whats wrong

Josh Smith disappears too much and acts like he is Kobe with the jump shots

me too

That was the only time I cared about the Hawks. How can you not root for a dude named Mookie? Also, Steve Smith had a sweet stroke.

oh yeah

For next year the OKC bandwagon is still looking for members

Durantula

Laettner can die in a fire.
Actually

I miss the NBA pre-1998 strike.

Jordan was the King. Yeah I miss those days as well.

Durant!

will own the NBA soon

LeBron James disagrees

and this is shocking how? Team had no interior defense. Besides, Hawks won’t be good until they can find a time machine and pick Chris Paul over Marvin Williams.

well

Chris Paul’s knees are already a major problem

really? I still think he can still play some serious ball.

he missed like the entire season

Ever watch him after a game is over, he is icing both of them

still I rather have him than Marvin. Dude adds little to the Hawks.

Vidro time…

RALLY THE RYAN BRAUN THAT DOESN'T PLAY BASEBALL

OOOOOOH TOMMY HANSON CHANGEUP!

Wow, coulda sworn we were gonna get a fisted on that Edmonds swing.

Thumbing is less extreme

Diaz

galloped in

better than gliding

LOL

glide Garret glide!!!

he

flip-flopped out there

Last inning for hanson

He is tiring, not getting on top of his fastball

Does anyone know where Edward Salcedo is?

I think he’ll be playing with Danville this season.

Okay thanks. I've been looking for him on the minor league rosters so I thought that might be it.

I was hoping they would put him in Rome so i could check out some of his games.

He's inside that damn stuffed bear!

I knew they’d try to trick us!

behind the black guy in the orange shirt?

Salcedo

is hiding inside the port-o-potty on the right.

damn

cant find him

this is why I like the Game Threads. Never know what’s going to happen.

Good catch melky!
Good catch by Melky...
He's having a good game

double (ruled a triple), another line drive, walk, nice play in the field

I am very glad to see it. Hustle is a good thing.

Melky is best when the team he is on is winning
The team wins more

when Melky is good.

The team wins more when Melky doesn’t start.

I'm almost completely sure

that that is not the case. Especially since if Melky doesn’t play, Diaz is definitely playing. And Diaz has been worse.

Team Record in Melky’s starts: 8-18.

Team record in games where Melky doesn’t Start: 5-0.

what the hell

green

Is that really true?

If so, wow.

Yes, in fairness one of those games he didn’t start was the Hewyard injury game, where Melky came in in the 2nd inning.

No way that keeps up (obviously)

Pretty fluky stat. As bad as Melky has been, he’s not THAT bad.

i'm glad the thread is nice and relaxed with a 7-run lead

instead of RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

I advise you to not scroll up to where the message tree gets thin then

Definitely a sign – isn’t it. LOL

Success drives the trolls away – for the most part…

Big Red with a bat!
Makes me happy.

Hopefully he can be economical and get that CG.

Hanson staying in

probably a mistake, he was tiring last inning

Have to agree with you on this one.

I agree too. He is killing my fantasy team right now

Time for Hanson to go yard.

Good idea, save it for another start.

NO DVR! I do NOT want to change to Family Guy!

That’s twice now

fangraphs moved us up to 100%

I’m sure there’s a 0.001% chance for the Brewers to come back and win this one.

if we lost tonight

i’d just put “fuck” in like size 30 font in the recap and go cry in my closet for the next 3 weeks

I'm gonna hold you to that

But, Riley would really need to go out before then.

agh…okay okay i’ll let him out

so in three weeks you’d come out of the closet?

no i’d move to under my bed after that

Bwahahahaha

Good one.

Nice hustle from Prado even at the end of a blowout!

Nice to see some smiles on the faces in the dugout.

I would just like to point out the proximity between my Rally Chew and the actual Rally

Oracle be damned!

This is true

It's fool proof, and only grows in strength when multiple people do it.

My little brother was in on it back home. RC’s know no distance

Ok guys, I am out.

Good OT, everyone! See you next time.

Have a good one, man.

ok now we can talk shit about KJ, KK, Glaus, etc. (joking)

I will strike thee down if you say anything about KK or Glaus.

Oh my god Chip...

Sparky Prado.

If you say Sparky Prado one more time Chip I swear to Heyward...
Do you think Joe ever pulls Chip aside during the half innings...

and says “Look… your dad was cool and all… but really, it’s time to STFU.”

I really hope so. But if he does, Chip sure doesn't listen

I want Chip to make a TC membership.

I met him once at Turner Field

he is a big douche in real life too

Everyone, get ready to meet iwanttohaveheywardsbabies.

?

hmm

lol…go check comment like 700 of the 2000 tonight.

A reference to a conversation earlier about newbies and their propensity to insert a superlative about Heyward in their user names.

this
Hey Jude

Don’t make it bad…ya see…ya see what I did there

He may be THISCLOSE to doing just that.

Good grab

by Glaus

any news on how far the glaus and prado bombs are?

OOOOOOH ANOTHER CHANGE UP!

i bet Hanson is thinking “Eff it why not”

might as well throw it now

over 100 pitches….Kimbrel in the 9th?

dunno about kimbrel

but this is probably tommy’s last inning.

we’re gonna have to invent a new graphic for this kind of win

call it "the precedent"

And it has to include Hanson being sworn in as president with Prado looking on.

and J-Hey approving from the clouds

Or…“Road Rage” ;-)

3 down...

Hanson ends his night, after pitching a gem.

I think most teams wish

that all of their starters went 5 or 8

Please Bobby

CGSHO
CGSHO
CGSHO

let's do this.

it worked with HITS HITS HITS!!!! the other night

Hanson’s pitch count?

109

that sucks. No CG shutout. Bummer.

109 or 110 something like that

Natinals

fucking piss me off. They dont bring in Capps in a save situation.

what happened?

Batista with a save instead of Caps

They let Batista get the save instead of Capps, who is my RP in my money league.

CGSHO CGSHO CGSHO!!!!!

Do you all realize... we did this without #22 at the plate!

I miss seeing him there, but it’s a good thing we could manage this kind of offense without him.

We also scored 7

in Tommy’s last start.

which was the game J-Hey got hurt in
Phils tied the Rockies

4-4 6th

Ruiz HR

what? no complete game?

oh shit

natinals alone in 2nd place in the NL East
it’s the end of the world…….

Why not let Tommy pitch a complete game?
pitch count

also, no reason to

109 pitches is why…

Oh

didn’t realize it’d gotten that high

If brooks gets a hit….we may be on to something

VARGAS!

bizarro Newman is pitching

I’m busting a gut over here.

haha! i got you twice now!

love it

WTF

Kyle Davies was allowed to get a CG against the Mets with like a 7-1 score back in 2006.

Turned out great for him.
Ouch

Logic says he’s done, but damn it, I would love to see a CGSHO.

Patience, grasshopper

He or Huddy will get one soon enough.

cmon brooks, get a hit
If only baseball had a 3 man rotation...

we would be set. Hanson, Hudson, and JJ (Medlen to fill in for him now).

just need a miracle

and get into the playoffs

Conrad with a walk

did not strikeout

glassy again!
GLAUS GLAUS'D ONE!!
Hey guys!

Did I miss anything?

nothing major

just some thing when the bases are loaded and the ball travels past the wall into the fans

between the foul polls

base hit for Glaus

the big man is creeping up his avg

Who wants more runs?

I DO!

Unflavored for me!

Who wants a mustache ride?

Who wouldn’t?

?

Supertroopers, anyone?

I hate to admit this but I’ve never seen the movie.

you are really close to being suspended

NEED A MOD OVER HERE!!!!!!!

It's ok.

Super Troopers is a horrible movie. That’s right. I said it’s a HORRIBLE movie.

Kindly leave

We are no longer BFF's
If JHey is back in the lineup tomorrow, and Chipper sits out.

Anyone think it would be a perfect situation to try the kid out in the 3rd spot?

no

too much pressure. i say keep him 6, mayb glaus at 3

why not? Hitting in the 3 hole for one game is not going to wreck his life or something.

that's what i'm saying, and you're not unseating Chipper by doing it. Just spot starting him there

the only problem i see is if he dominates at that spot, he might go Dirk Diggler and get all big head. (jokin)

would it really be pressure though?

I mean, he would just be hitting there temporarily…and he’s taken everything else in stride. Why not try it?

mmmmmh

i see the logic…but coming back from an injury, being young, and troy gettin hot i really want to see him at 3 :)

Troy not done..

The Mighty Mighty Glaustones. Keeper?

nice, +1

He’s never had to knock on wood, but he knows someone who has, which makes him wonder if he should, makes him wonder if he never had to knock on wood…

I see a Melky RBI

Mac needs a hit here.

oh bmac

i grant you permission to launch one.

If this works, I swear I will get you elected to something.

Way to hedge your bet

Right.

The Oracle made no prediction. The Oracle only granted permission.

hah

2 for 3 ain’t bad. that’s batting .667

Wow

that guy is wasted

Yep he is

I wish he would shut up!

Guys, guys

SportSouth made their choice when they hired Chip. We all just have to live with it.

I never understood why ppl listen to Braves games when it’s on FSN.

How long did it take for Mccann plus glasses to start hitting last time?

It was pretty quickly yeah?

Melky 3-run HR time

Phillies up 5-4

Victorino scored on a wild pitch .

I see a Melky RBI!!!
$10 that Diaz swings at the first pitch.
Had my fingers crossed.
Diaz going to double to right here

going to fist it to the wall

Glaus

Hitting .262 on pace for 96 RBIs, id take that

So this is what it takes... gotta bet against Matt for him to take pitches.

TP should do this with him before at bats when it’s appropriate, peoples opinion of his work turn around instantly

There ya go Matt!

that is the matty d we all know and love

Matt Diaz

got a hit! Hallelujah!

MATTHEW BACON DIAZ, LADIES AND GENTS
Caveman gettin' his too!

Happy they are taking the drunk out

sick of hearing him!

“Come on, Mr. Perdue. Don’t make us use the taser.”

OMFG DFA DIAZ HE NEEDS TO GO NOW

melky too

C'mon Nasty, get in on the party!
My audio just cut out.

And I couldn’t be happier!

Nothing against you Joe, don't get the wrong idea. It's that other asshole.
sounds like

they changed audio feeds or something

use freebaseballradio.com

or if ur in atl, listen to the radio. i do it basically everygame now, enjoy it much more

Holy shit...

How do I know which one to choose? There’s like 50.

if

ur in the atlanta section, i just start at the top of the list and keep going down until one is satisfactory. usually one of the first 5 are good tho

I'm in NJ lol.
haha i meant

http://www.freebaseballradio.com/AtlantaMay.html like atown part of the website ;). my bad, unclear words

who stands on deck?

If I remember correctly, it’s typically the first mate.

booooooooooooooooooo

Ah, come on. It’s a good night. :^)

haha just givin you a hard time

so given TH is from oklahoma i guess we were gonna hit for him

I'm pretty sure

There’sa fight or something going on somewhere. Look at the guy in the front row shooting something in the distance.

Maybe it’s Jody Gerut’s dad

I actually met

Jody Gerut’s father-in-law at PETCO. Loud as hell, screaming for Gerut when he was on the Padres.

Nate definetly opening up

He is trying to upper cut like a right hander

Where are all the trolls and negative nancies tonight? They must’ve gotten lost on their way home.

this team blows!

This kind of game is no fun for them
I can do some more buzzkilling if you'd like
I'd appreciate it if you didn't; this wine ain't free ya know!
RAWR!

BRAVES SUCK ZOMG FIRE TP DFA MELKY AND DIAZ TRADE HANSON AND HEYWARD FOR PROSPECTS THE SEASON IS OVER!!!!11

lets hope this offense outbursts

stays :)

We all miss them...

there will be no LOLs tonight..

That's okay, because someone else will be here tonight...

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS!

the Offense still worries the hell out of me. And what is up with this Glaus fella hitting singles. He is supposed to be “POWAH” but all I see is singles. UGH!

/sarcasm

If Escobar keeps this up

we need to get rid of him.

Seriously

he hasn’t had a hit in what, 2 weeks?

His boneheaded plays

are killing us.

let him go. We could use the prospects. Can we get Justin Smoak?

/still sarcasm kinda

Scroll UP, it’s here.

No CG for Tommy. Chavez in.

bullshit, Hanson not in
Did we need him to go 9?

No.

I can tell you were watching Lakers instead of paying attention to the OT.

you got that right

Jesse Chavez… now we’re going to lose.

the shutout, anyway

Poor Braun.

NOT!

Good effort Nate...

did you really need to scurry with the Prince running though?

prince fielder

that lucky SOB

Two flairs for Purple Rain
No thank you.
Sigh...

Damn’t Chavez.

faaaaaaaaaaaaackj

chavez

Way to go Chavez
well

there goes the shutout

';;],.($&*(&$*()@ SERIOUSLY?
Good job Chavez
Jesse Chavez

thanks

Thata baby Chavez.

No shutout…

At least it’s Chavez’s ERA and not Hanson’s…?

what is Hanson’s ERA now anyway?

absolute zero

2.30

Wow…that’s sick.

any other year he would be up for the CY, damn you Halladay, Ublado, and Lincy.

The season is still young. At least one of those three is likely to get injured. Another one will probably hit a rough patch. Tommy just needs to stay consistent, and he’ll be a contender for Cy Young.

Tim? Likely to get injured?

/faints

I was thinking more along the lines of Ubaldo….throwing 120-130 pitches in games isn’t good for the arm.

he has a rubber arm. He does that quite often.

That only makes it worse.

I’m just teasin’. Being the resident Giants fan, I had make a little rabble about it.

That's how you're supposed to pitch with an 8-run lead

Throw it hard, challenge them to hit it out. You don’t want to mess around and walk people. Of course, you’re not supposed to lose the challenge.

Yeah, it's frustrating as hell. And it's annoying that the momentum has shifted a bit for game 2 tomorrow.

But it’s really not that big a deal.

Why oh why Bobby?
that was blasted

Not the word I used, but all right.

shitfuckpisshelldamn

Well, that certainly sums it up
Now thats a buzzkill

sort of

and i was just about to praise chavez
He actually looks good...

apart from that one tiny blemish.

I’m not crazy about his hair.

Nu Uh

DID YOU SEE THAT HOMER HE JUST GAVE UP USE YOU EYES DAMN IT DFA NOW RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

nice changeup

Edmonds looked bad there

This is an acostaesque outing for Chavez….2 k’s….2 run homer

i can't wait for tomorrow when j-hey's back in the lineup

hopefully he is back in the lineup.

yahoo lets keep this goin

Winning is fun. We should try and do more of it. :-)

This is a beautiful sight.

o

sry nc. did not mean too steal any of ur thunder. i posted the image i did today above last year…decided to do it again. haha :)

Fixed ;)

Winning is fun. We should try and MUST do more of it. :-)

Bring out the Rainbow Llamasaurus!
BEER AND CHEESE ARE RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS'S TWO FOOD GROUPS

....i'm still speechless

A fucking Rainbow Llamasaurus…so random

HUZZAH! Cue the graphics!

Game over

Braves Win

It's been a good day.
You know

the only difference today was that I laid out of work sick today…

hmm any connection?

You go to work tomorrow and we'll kill ya.

I can tell from here – you have a fever. You should stay home for the next 2 days.

Soooo....

same time tomorrow fellas?

Sounds like a plan.

yep, see yall then. I don't start the new job for a week, so I'll be helping out

with the flood relief effort here in Nashville.

Best of luck with that. I hope the city springs back stronger than ever.

Me too, have you seen some of the pictures? Thankfully it didn't affect us but

alot of people have been devastated by it.

I work in journalism, so I’ve been keeping up with it as best I can. It’s a terrible scene.

Hmmm, you are a writer then huh? Me too..me tooooooo……… :-)

Radio, though I’ve done work in print.

Ah, well. I'm just purely a writer. Hence the shiny new serving job! haha

get the stormtrooper in here

Braves win!

Today was a good day – Ice Cube

My first day posting and it's a win!

Keep it up Braves!

Thanks for coming!

Let’s keep it up.

sounds like you are stuck

until we lose

Hang around,

it’s fun!

Get your ass back in here tomorrow

We'll all be watching for you tomorrow...

if you don’t come we’ll all be pissed.

How long do hamstring injuries keep u out normally when theres a “pop” involved?

I think “pop” = 4+ weeks.

If thats the case… welcome to the rotation Medlin

who's Medlin?

yay! I got my Medlen quota for the day!

Medallion is a good pitcher.

Wrong Spelled Braves Team

Chris Medlin
Jason Hayward
Jordan Shaffcer
Tommy Henson
Troy Glas

Nate McClouth

is a big one you missed

just gonna say the same

ugh. Fail on my part.

too long :(

it varies from person to person but those things are serious. I say 4-6 weeks if you are lucky.

Alright good night everyone

sign of good things to come

Peace fellas.

Huddy FTW tomorrow.

Good-night everybody.

Tomorrow – another game – another win!

Past bedtime, all. A very pleasant good night.

Wait, aren't you on the west coast?

Nope. Alabama, baby.

Oh. Where did the Giants come from?

I chose them nearly at random last spring. One of the best decisions of my life.

Leaving for good now just wanted to share my new siggy.

Too much? :-P

I say keep it.

Pretty sweet night. Nice job Bravos.

See everyone tomorrow. 8:05EST first pitch.

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