Talking Chop

Glausosaur

HEYWARD!

Hence the signature.

Heyward’s home runs are violent and awesome, like a tornado. Glaus’s home runs are majestic, like a bald eagle

Thats an interesting analogy…

UH

Pujols?

The crime dog

O god...Moylan

Bobby wants...

extra innings

jesus bobby

beating moylan to death

OMGZ

Moyland pitching 2 days in a row AfTer 2 dayz offffffoneone

lol

woops

Moylan

oh goodnes

where was that pitch?

umm

that was a strike

O dear Heyward.

What?!?!

Moylan is in

If you guys and gals don't remember

Moylan sucked at the beginning of last season as well.

As well?

As in, somehow he’s sucking this year?

This.

Worse

He had like a 5 ERA around this time last season.

Your standards for suck seem different than mine

He was awesome for three weeks, and has struggled, slightly, in two of his past three outings.

No, he's right. The first half of last year I was calling for his head.

He was God Awful.

He's not sucking this year, though

He’s not even struggling. He’s barely experiencing a bump in the road.

Oh I know

Bump in the Road? Is this a Jonny Lang song?

My point is he's just a slow starter

It’s for all the Moylan sucks people

And his point is the Moylan isn’t doing poorly this year.

Sigh..........

Evidently you can’t read either

/facepalm

I'm glad your faceplaming for me!

Not quite.

Your premise that he's a slow starter

Holds no water, because he hasn’t started slow at all this year. Nor did he in 2007, the prior season in which he was healthy.

This guy should be struck out by now

bravesforever16 - May 12, 2010 reply

And again.

Not watching on tv, but on the gamecast, it looks like two of those caught the corner.

hey guys

summary?

Kobe:The Legend - May 12, 2010 reply

winning!!!

Heyward, McCann, Glaus, Hinske RBI's D-Lowe 6 innings 2 runs

bravesforever16 - May 12, 2010 reply

1-0, 2-0, 2-2, HEYWARD, 4-2

is conrad a gold glover

man

ole Brooks can play some effing defense

brooks

pretty good @ D

STFD!

STFD

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!

OY OY OY

Oi! Oi! Oi!

K

sit down

STFD!!

nice pitch!

strikeout!

Sweet pitch

Go slide back to the dugout, Hart

That never gets old….

someone photoshop Hart’s face on that thing

i realized

we are the best photoshopping blog in the world

Photoshop is too easily attainable

Doubt it

We’ve had some very choppy quick jobs before.

Those are the best ones.

TWSS

Duh

so spontaneous, so fun

Indeed…we need more though. Is there a free alternative to photoshop online? I’ve got too many ideas going on in my head.

If paint shop pro is still around

Definitely going to check these out when I get home.

lol

Splashup looks just like photoshop 3.0. Granted now, we’er on like 12, but it should still function fine.

Never used it. I hear it’s good software.

Epic.

FineHamAbounds - May 12, 2010 reply

is that an embroidered Megaman?!

You win at life

now THAT's funny

throw the

DIRTY DAVE!!!

WTF

MEDLEN UP?? WTF?

hes getting skipped in the rotation

we have an off day

oh

thanks

with the day off tomorrow

i wouldn’t be surprised if they skipped him

His spot in the rotation is being skipped due to the off day

BigG1392 - May 12, 2010 reply

nice sig

He is being skipped

on what would be his next start

Of course, that's a poor decision in itself

It just means Lowe’s turn comes around sooner.

damn

I was hoping Johnny V would get a start

Nothin wrong with that pitch

bravesforever16 - May 12, 2010 reply

Where did the strikezone go?

2 down...

2 outs

groundout

who do we play on friday?

the dbags

arizona at home

zona

dbacks

Dbacks

KJ

KJ, LaRoche and some other people.

saito-wagner ftsweep

arizona

Lets make Wags angry

and get a few more runs!

Thatta Moylan.

I approve this Moylan outing

As do I.

It was classic bobby cox decision

“So what he screwed up yesterday? Send his ass back out there the next one.”

DogDaysofSummer - May 12, 2010 reply

It worked!

groundout

1-2-3 for moylan

Moylan with a 1-2-3

he sucks so much

He should get some tattoos

1-0 colorado

yayy

PeMo!!

Who be batting?

hinske

lets go hinkse

h IN ske WE TRUST

He’s our lucky rabbit’s foot.

so, top of the order in the bottom half

Meds for 1 hitter then EOF?

Zona has a terrible pen…

Not a great rotation either…

Seriously

Do the brewers have anyone other than Parra, Villanueva, and Stetter?

Coffey time

don’t forget about him

"cream for the coffey"

think he's ever said that to his gf/wife?

/me fail

The sprinter?

I surprised he isn’t doubled over gasping for air when he gets to the mound for Chrisssakes.

DolphinNation - May 12, 2010 reply

in the dark at work....what happened????

heyward doubled?

Chief Noc-A-Homa - May 12, 2010 reply

do you work in a mine?

heyward

rbi 2b with 2 out to drive in diaz, mac rbi 1b to drive in heyward – 1-2-3 inning moylan

nice!

Chief Noc-A-Homa - May 12, 2010 reply

HINSKE

.342 BA

.333

.393 BABIP as of yesterday.

Probably due for a little regression.

OrangeBritches - May 12, 2010 reply

Hinske has such a quick swing. I like watching him hit.

me too

Hinske is da man

DFA HINSKE!!!!!!!!!!!

AND GLAUS!!!

What exactly did Corey Hart do? He slid into first on a walk?? How did I miss this?

Missed the joke

He made two sliding catches, then slid into first on an infield single. Then we joked about him sliding everywhere…including when he walked.

lol

no, he slid into first on an infield hit

oh

hahaha

He slid to catch like 4 balls in RF. He slid into foul territory trying to catch 2 others. He slid into first. He likes to slide.

WHEE

haha

gotcha…thanks for clearing it up…I’m an idiot

hoping we get 1 on

so we can clear the P spot in case we needs Wagner for a 4 out save

Double switch in that case...

Melky for either Diaz or Hinske

DolphinNation - May 12, 2010 reply

bloop

i like bloop hits like that

bloop single

infante!

Hits are nice.

do you have a bloop hit jersey?

In the words of Hawk Harleson...

“Lil duck snort”

DolphinNation - May 12, 2010 reply

Oh wait, you said "hits"

Those are nice too.

There are not 2 Cs in my name for nothin’

Okay, you got me

I get the feeling, you’re not easily got.

conrad is pretty good

CONRAD!!!!!!!

whoooo

Brooks!!

Holy shit Brooksy!

Hellz Yeah!!

Chapel420 - May 12, 2010 reply

HR!

Ginger power!!

lmao

brooks!

homerun!

CONRAD GOES YARD!

4 THE HATERS!

woah!!!

brooksy is hitting all of the sudden…2 HRs in 2 days

um wat.

soup du jour - May 12, 2010 reply

Brooks should be batting third

Brooksy!! 2 days in a row!!!

LOL

so… conrad has the same # of HR as chipper.

LONGBALL

DAMN BROOKS! Keeping the old man out?

2 run HOMER by Brooks!

Lots of boo's at the ballpark

And, since it’s Milwaukee, presumably booze as well.

haha

+1

+a pound of bacon

Mmmm, bacon

Sparhawk - May 12, 2010 reply

rofl, wags must be PISSED

this

haha me too

I have him on my fant team… but heyward as well so its ok

epic

when we win…we fuckin win!!!! we don’t like save opportunities

Damn brooks

make me eat that crow…I’ve been hatin on you all season

Where are the haters now?

You just posted

WTF, haha

poor wagner

can’t get any saves when we lose OR when we win

Brooks Conrad: Pissing off Billy Wagner one HR at a time.

GOTTA

love it!

Maybe all Conrad needs is PT

WOW!!!

Guess what GUYS!!!

SWWWEEEEEEEP!!!!

shhhhh MVP MVP MVP

http://deadspin.com/5537225/the-phillies-are-probably-stealing-signs-so-what

Am I late with this?

yeah

phillies are just douchebags

Kobe:The Legend - May 12, 2010 reply

http://www.talkingchop.com/2010/5/12/1468899/sign-stealing

Sorry Conrad…I was kidding when I said I hoped the team left you in Milwaukee!

-45

I know how to get in touch with him

I’ll tell hiim your XBL handle, and he’ll leave you an awesome voice message.

No way it’ll beat the one I got after my first game of Gears of War 2.

It's sad when Conrad Brooks is showing more power than Chipper

but i’ll take it and then some!

Don’t look now, but Brooks has as many HR as Chipper

yay!!!

good play melky!!!

Hustle!

Melky with another rip...give him some PT

melkyyyyy

that a hit or error?

ah

error

Keep the bench players in the line up!!

Error robbed Melky of his hit.

Miluakee's bullpen is getting ass-fucked by us

we own them

No one could’ve said it better.

lol

What's Melky doing playing first base?

Remember in the Mighty Ducks 2

The fat kid was wearing the fat goalie’s jersey, and then revealed himself to hit the knuckle-puck? Yeah, that’s kind of what Melky’s doing

I was confused

I’ve seen Melky on first base so rarely, I thought he came in for defense.

Quack… quack…. quack…. quack…. quack quack quack quack QUACKQUACKQUACKQUACKQUACKQUACK GOOOOOOOOOOOOO DUCKS

Good old Kenan

What's Kel up to these days?

Isn’t Kenan the one on SNL now?

welcome to goodburger…home of the goodburger…can I take your orderrrr?

Yeah, Kenan is on SNL…I can only assume Kel is hooked on crack (and orange soda).

I'll thank you to never say "good old" and "keenan" in the same sentence.

That’s implying that you look upon him fondly. I think he is the biggest waste of comedic space next to Tyler Perry. They’re both just terrible.

I got a kick out of him as a kid, back when I was an idiot.

Me too, I saw Good Burger in theaters.

However we can learn from our mistakes…

Melky's hitting the ball now?

Here comes the 27 game winning streak.

looks like prince

ain’t fielding like a fielder

i see what you did there!

someone get the picture!!

very nice

Jason Heyward taught Yoda everything he knows

lol

awesome

Ba-da-ching!

Actually, if you saw Cecil field.

He’s fielding EXACTLY like a Fielder. But I SWYDT.

PELICAN

something good happening?

Jareth Cutestory - May 12, 2010 reply

Lots of O

I love the Brewer' bullpen....

man they are absolutely horrible

Best thing:

Arizona’s bullpen may be worse. :)

:)

this may be the start of something beautiful

7.55 ERA...

That may be the worst BP ERA in the majors

two words

blaine boyer

EPIC!

Can you imagine if a team had both Blaine Boyer AND Manny Acosta?

He's been one of their better arms.

/straightface.

Boyer pitched a perfect inning against us last year

It wasn't bad to see either

Boyer’s a good guy, just not a very strong pitcher

That really should have been a hit...

they’ve given us hits on all the other plays just like that.

strider15 - May 12, 2010 reply

Nate needs a hit here

LMAO

After the Fielder error (and on the Brewer telecast) you could hear a Brewer fan yelling, “nice catch Prince” when the pitcher threw it over to first. HAHHA

mastermike - May 12, 2010 reply

I HEARD THAT TOO… lol

MCLOUTH!!!

Yes!!!

Heyward is going to get another AB!!

he wants to go deep

deep in the bullpen’s collective asses….

damn nate

he’s such a buzzkill

not as much as Buzz Killington

lets look at etchings. this fellow is attempting to hit major league pitching, but he seems to be having a bit of trouble doesnt he? do u kno why? because he’s a Scot

haha +1

i lol'd hard

well

mclouth has still be awful

been*

umm

nice strikeout

Nate swinging at air, whiff.

mclouth

stinks =[

Nate McLouth

The only man making Pirates fans happy.

Rickie Weeks is doing pretty good for them in left

hahaha, idiots.

nicely done

If Heyward goes deep next AB i called it. I said he’d go deep his next ab in the last inning i think…im not sure but I CALLED IT

Is school out for the summer?!?

No. I don’t even go to school.

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

I’m too lazy to click.

umm

prado.. dont want to swing at 3 pitches down the middle?

Sooner the game ends

Sooner they get back to ATL.

IDK if this is unconventional

but maybe they should send nate down to AAA for a week or something just to help him get his stroke back?

i think we did that with another OF of ours

he played.. RF? what was his name again?

Think McLouth would have to clear waivers, though

And besides, that guy had been terrible for years prior.

Shitty McSucksballs

lol

I do love your sig here...

and can ever hear the line in my head. Damn Tuttle that fat bastard.

speaking of the devil

he has slumped back into mediocrity after all the atl “fans” were wondering why TP couldn’t make him hit great like he was doing in NY. lmao

green

I think his name was frencier? something like that

Kobe:The Legend - May 12, 2010 reply

i've heard this story before

and then we trade him to the mets right? RIGHT?

I think Nate is having eye trouble…

if someone would have said 5-4 on this road trip

i woulda taken it in a heartbeat. GREAT recovery if we end up winning this one

Nate McLouth's theme song...

should be theme from The Greatest American Hero

update

4-2 cubs over marlins

wow prado. what happened?

duh

we wants to go drinking

Chipper needs to sit and coach while these guys are all hitting.

And heal completely.
If he can come back in the lineup totally healthy – we’ll be a dangerous lineup.

DL Chip

When Escobar comes back!

SAITO

now there is a guy you dont see to often

yeah cuz all of his innings

are under 5 minutes

when is the last time

we swept on the road?

1957

on my MLB The Show

haha

Bring Chavez in to make it a save opportunity for Wags!

Saito is very capable of those duties

…making things interesting – that is

lol

lol

hELL YA

mastermike - May 12, 2010 reply

this is a rather strange stike zone

COL 1- PHI 0 in the 2nd

saito trying to help wags out

youre up by 4

throw strikes

shit

do not want runners on

GREAT START SAITO!

Ok, Vidro needed now.

VIDRO plz

…lets end this game cleanly

I hate guys...

who walk people

Is that Saito or Kawakami???

I can’t tell….

RACIST!!

haha

Lastings Milledge

Not a lot of Asians in Halifax?

There's enough

Dang it Saito

can someone explain the origin of the "vidro"

i know what it is used for just don’t know who started/why

Jose Vidro

yeah i know

but he had some pretty solid seasons before becoming awful

And, as far as I can tell

Never came close to being the most prone to GIDPs in the league.

From the generally unfounded reputation of Jose Vidro

I started it

Because Jose Vidro is like the king of GIDP

So in 15 years does it become the Yunel?

ba da ch!

It really will be hard to beat Jose Vidro

Having moer numbers is one thing, but . . . well, you just had to have seen a lot of Jose Vidro to really get it.

lol

youch

We could probably go ahead and make that switch

Yunel already has two seasons with more GIDPs than Vidro ever had.

lmfao

ain’t that the truth

we need to create a thread that details all of the stupid shit we say and make it required reading

the newbie handbook

I’ll add it to the list of thread ideas that I never get around to writing.

I'll ghost-write it

Just like I’m going to fabricate the Eskimo’s epic road trip one day

That’s going to be a good one.

I have him a deadline

And he failed, so instead of banning him, I think it would be more fun to make one up for him.

There’s just so much material there that it really writes itself.

It really does

I just need to start it, and then it will avalanche. Shit rolls DOWN hill.

I just envision numerous encounters in warmer climates that are completely foreign to him, ala Frozen Caveman Lawyer. Wearing snow gear on the beach, and shit like that.

Good memories at the bar...

Buddy tells us the joke, “How much does an eskimo weigh? Enough to break the ice.” Two seconds later, an attractive female with light brown skin walks by, “Hey, are you Eskimobian?”

Best part is

Eskimo is like one of the nicest, most polite guys here, and I can fabricate him into being this drug-addled combination between Tyler Durden and Patrick Bateman.

Wait, what?!

There’s an actual eskimo on here?

!Vive la Francoeur! - May 12, 2010 reply

Yeah, but dont call him one to his face. He prefers the term Inuit.

lol

Yes, he’s sensitive…

Lizziebeth - May 12, 2010 reply

Best part is

Big joe, Beard and I were plastered, and when we saw him baltimore, that’s all we yelled for like two minutes

Hahahahahahahaha!

Lizziebeth - May 12, 2010 reply

Or should I say, an Inuit?

isn’t there an index on here somewhere?

yeah, but it’s not very thorough.

and it would grow exponentially by the day

pretty much

ih he walks him

take him out

if

I kinda hope Saito gives up a run so wagner can come in and get a save to help out my fantasy team. haha

If we win – will this be our first sweep issued this year?
(wanted to say when, but didn’t want to jinx it)

We swept the Astros?

yeah

Thanks. I remember that now.

dp!

Chapel420 - May 12, 2010 reply

vidro

VIDRO!

DP!

Vidro

DP

mastermike - May 12, 2010 reply

nice!

double play!

god we are getting some timely DPs

YOU CAN DP THAT BALL

YESSSS!!!

Sorry Saito didn't know you planned it out.

Excellent.

Furcal-esque

SWWWWEEEEEEEPPPPP!!!!!

RufRider - May 12, 2010 reply

yayyy

come on heyward…

haha

McLouth made that look a little harder than it needed to be

Look at McLouth sliding out there.....like he thinks he's Corey Hart.

hahahaha

Best part

That slide was totally unneccessary

Like I said...

He thinks he’s Corey Hart.

haha

see i get the joke this time ;)

Nate with a great catch!

Hoffman???

I dont see any problem roughing up a legend.

Get him J-HEY

HALLADAY

Gave up an ER. watch out

curious as to how many GIDP the brewers have this series

seems like a TON

Not the brewers

The Braves have been EXCELLENT at inducing GIDPs this year

It’s double digits, I think.

thats ironic too

they were taking about how they GIDP less than anyone in the league

hmmm only 5

JHey goes yard right here

its happening

Don’t you just have to sit changeup with Hoffman?

prediction

deep fly out center

that Chip way overplays??

yup

Wrong:

Walk.

crap

Heyward just cant lay off the low and away offspeed stuff

prediction

walk

haha called it

me too

Nice try…

Correct

well

ill take that haha

yeeesh….lucky

haha

that was rather generous

Heyward sold that fucker too...

he was not to be denied

Anyone else think that Chip just invented the "Hoffman is no HOFer" debate on the spot?

oh yeah

I mean

Maybe he saw like one loser on a messageboard say

“Rivera iz Hall ov F4me, Hofferman R garbage!! Lolz!!!”

He probably started it

So nobody could call him out on it

pretty sure he’s drunk

sure did...

The guy JUST started getting torched about a month ago and all of a sudden he’s out of the Hall.. lol

Perhaps

I think he just likes pissing Joe off.

Heyward walks.

maybe BMac goes deep...

he needs a HR bad

i mean...if Conrad can do it

BMac can do it

Brewers Announcers Can't Believe It

Who is the pitcher of record for the Bravos?

DLowe

D. Lowe.

the ace

Derek Lowe. A win* he deserves

*Three more outs required

Longball, Brian. Longball.

Does Heyward allow the crew to not give him second base?

HEAP SUPER FOUL

prediction

mccann strikes out.. breaks glasses

Atlanta Braves Escobar, Schafer set to play at Gwinnett

Gwinnett will have Escobar on Friday and then welcome Jordan Schafer on Saturday, when the center fielder moves up from Class AA Mississippi to continue his injury rehab from September wrist surgery.

Schafer moved up from Class A Rome on Tuesday and went 2-for-5 with a double in his first game for Mississippi.

link

I wonder which Gwinnett OF gets benched when Schafer gets there

Gregor Blanco

Making him even madder that he lost his ML job to Schafer, and will then lose his AAA job to him next

1-3, BB

In todays game

that portion of the stadium is getting a lot of souvenirs...

Heyward 3rd in NL in OPS

Send Him

Groin injury a few days agoooooo

already up 4 no need to risk it

He is like Wolverine

he’ll be fine

he stole 2 since then

but we werent up 4

well he was running

SO THERE!

haha you got me

+1

2 SB since

Heyward was just faking it to seem more human

he’s already stolen one

phew

mac almost had another ugly K right there

yayy

hinske.. schafer… heyward in outfield soon? trade mclouth and melky?

Other teams: “No.”

+1

Other teams: We needed 2 bat boys with better gloves, how about a pack of big league chew for the both of them?

that works for me!

McLouth is a better player than he has shown so far this year. We’d get nothing in return to trade him now.

but diaz stays?

he’s a righty.. so by default

Trade McLouth, Melky and Diaz for prospects, and Heyward can cover the OF himself.

Back to back walks?

Back-to-back walks....

Come on Troy!!

Time to unleash the beast, Glaus

Can troy go yard in 3 games in a row??

YES

a glaus homer here would be a nice cap to the series

Heyward

should swipe 3B

ALL HE THROW IS CHANGEUPS TROY…ARRRGGGHHH

double steal

would be freakin sweeeet

why are they taking Hinske out of the game?

They took Hinske out?

yeah

plugged Saito in his spot and now chip is batting

double switched for defense, i imagine

Hinke’s been out

Took him out when they put in Saito left Melky in left

hmm….interesting…

fun fact

glaus is 1 for 7 with a TRIPLE against hoffman

Lol

Chipper to PH This could potentially be really mean.

Chipper up next

PH'ing Chipper, adding insult to injury haha

Nice AB

Chipper PH? That means no DL for him...

I don’t think the DL was a serious threat in this situation.

He probably could've played today, but with the day off tomorrow it was just a precaution

3 days off should do the trick

please

dont try to run out a groundball

Chip walks here

no doubt

Brewers Annoncers Said Bobby Cox Tipped His Cap Before the Game

Preparing for a shut-out or something????

Last game in Milwaukee of his distinguished career

I know

it was a joke!

I don’t mind the letting Hinske rake….Melky late inning D replacement setup we’ve got goin

Man I wish I was at home watching this game! So excited to know we’re picking up 3 in a row! I think they call this a streak!?!?!?!??!?!?!???!!?!?!?!?!?!?!:):)

Also, Thanks to whoever posted the cleveland radio link. Thats the only one I could get to work on the job! I believe it was NCChopper, so thanks from a fellow Tarheel!:)

Damn.....Hoffman can't seem to throw it over the plate.

CHIPPER!!!

LOL

mean bobby, mean

Yay Chippah!

Chipper!!

damn chip just ripped that shit

fuck yeah chip

Another run!

DOUBLE

Chipper gets a hit and makes it to second without injury?

Chipper!

Chipper!!

Good one

Chapel420 - May 12, 2010 reply

Hicks!

Is Chipper limping?

twitching

almost spit out my water…this one gets me every time

Double for the old man!

“chipper trotting to second”

this is an epic meltdown by a bullpen

man they suck

no the BRAVOS ARE JUST THAT GOOOOOOOOOOOD

I see Heap didn’t try to score on that one again, lol

learned his lesson yesterday

Old man isn’t done just yet

Radio feed has about a 2 minute delay, i always get nervous when i see a stream of new comments flare up

Cracker! - May 12, 2010 reply

chipper just walked up to hit on my feed

Cracker! - May 12, 2010 reply

Braves have been deadly

6-9th innings lately

Brewers’ bullpen…

LOL, Chipper hits and then immediately is taken out.

I wish I had a job like that. Wonder if I can pull that off? Come into the office for one meeting, then have someone do my work the rest of the day and I go home?

lol

Have the bats...

finally come alive for good?

Awww....no sac fly :(

wow that was a nice throw by Hart

lol

Chipper PH double, sits down. It reminds me of when Big Show teamed up with the Undertaker, and they would come to the ring together, Taker would turn the lights on while rolling his eyes back, and then go sit at the announcers table and do commentary while Big Show wrestled two guys.

you win sir

lol

alright brooksy

do you have another HR in ya?

Almost!

Chip just called Conrad “The Bambino”.

Hoffman is already at 25 pitches

hahah

Conrad just missed another one!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

CONRAD!!!

Brooksy!!!!!!!!

Good lord, Brokks.

Double!

lolbrooks

OH MY GOD CONRAD!

Nice Conrad!!

*Brooks

brooks powah?

damn brooks

he is pounding the ball…i thought that was gone too

That was great!

wow

Conrad just missed another HR!

Getting ugly now…

-C

cthabeerman - May 12, 2010 reply

Brooks Conrad has been replaced by a robot.

cyborg hanson perhaps

I’M SO SORRY BROOKS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME

You are not forgiven

You and Brooksy

me and Glaus, I’d say we should always talk shit about these guys, but then that hasn’t helped Melky or McLouth.

Give Kmbrel the 9th?

Missed a HrR by a foot.

HR

story of the series

I believe the story of the series is

HITS HITS HITS
RUNS RUNS RUNS
WINS WINS WINS

haha

that too

hoffman should retire on the spot if melky gets a hit here

LOL

haha

this

lol

no retirement...

he isnt that bad

Hoffman saved his job.

4 RBIs for Brooksy!

Can anybody believe all of this Braves offense?

I love it!

Yes!

Yes.

Seen it with my own two eyes. It’s for real!

I can’t…

Brewers bullpen ERA might be more than D-backs thanks to Los Bravos

not after the weekend

lets get 10 or more!

come on braves!

how many runs has their bullpen given up this series?

Brooks Conrad

4rbi game…

did not see that coming

We better test him for steroids

That’s not regulation dirt on his hands

i wanna see melky go yard here. no prediction, though

me too

I would say chipper needs to be nervous but he literally just did the same thing. Comes in, hits a double, sits down like a bad ass.

wow, we completely blasted the brewers this series

a taste of their own medicine… outscoring them 28-7

Holy crap.
And the game isn’t quite over yet.

Kimbrel

I wanna see him ptich the 9th

me too

or venters

+3 million

I already said that

Yes you did.. haah sorry

haha typical Melky

Yeap....thats Melky for you

Well, we’re now in position to continue our perfect record in games where Melky doesn’t start.

stared at three pitches right down the middle

Whatever

Conrad did before this game we need the rest of the team to join in. lol

AlabamaTitans2009 - May 12, 2010 reply

When it rains, it pours.

Braves will be the opposite of the 2007 Dbacks

Pythagoras’ worst nightmare. Wins are all 1-2 runs, losses are all < 7

just MELKY being MELKY

lol true that

brooks conrad OPS: .983

while hitting .250 thanks to his .625 SLG, hahaha

Melky is the suckers Savior :)

Wags is pitching the 9th, almost certainly

Only been in one game in the past week, plus there’s an off day tomorrow

KIMBREL PLZ

its all good

Wags needs the work

Exactly

Plus, he needs to reach that incentive in his contract about “finishing games.”

If he's retiring, why?

doesn’t he get more money THIS season?

Yes

The vesting option for Saito has to do with the same thing, though, but that’s how the bonuses are figured into Wags’ deal. FW thinks they’re a sure thing to be exercised, but won’t disclose how much they’re worth.

From cot's...

1 year/$7M (2010), plus 2011 option

signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/2/09
10:$6.75M, 11: $6.5M club option ($0.25M buyout)
2011 option guaranteed with 50 games finished in 2010

That’s Wagner.

Saito is…
1 year/$3.2M (2010)

signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/3/09
performance bonuses:
$0.5M based on appearances
$1.8M based on games finished

So only Wags has a vesting option. Saito is a strictly one year deal, although we can still offer him arbitration after the season.

Guess I had it backwards

I still know there’s some incentives factored into Wags’ deal, since FW was grandstanding about how much money the Braves are actually spending, since he says the incentives are almost a sure thing to be reached. And also those in Glaus’s deal.

Wags deal lists no incentives...

although I wonder, if he retires, does that mean we don’t have to pay the buyout?

Just in case

Watch him end the year 2-3 saves short of Franco. I think he’ll come back to get the job done then, especially if he’s more than capable.

Does that matter though?...

I thought it was an option that vests if he finishes so many games. If he fails to finish enough, we can still pick up the option, right? That is if he wants to play one more.

Prince Semien Fielder

jesus….heyward reach 8 of 11 times

That Heyward kid is good at baseball.

He's a professional hitter.

Plus, he glides

stop it!

where would you out chipper?

when he is back in lineup? i say 6th.. heyward 3rd

I'm sorry but I can't help rosterbating

Prado
Heyward
Chipper
Glaus
McCann
Yunel
Hinske
McLouth

Just think if Yunel goes back to his normal self and we get a glimpse of Nasty with the Pirates?!?!

switch heyward and chipper

please

+22

Not yet, young patowan.

And think of JHey stealing bases and getting in scoring position for Chipper Glaus and Mac? Dirty!

*Padawan

Thought of making that correction myself

But didn’t care to show off my nerd goggles.

Damnit. I knew that would get me.

Could’ve sworn I saw a “t” in there somewhere.

And imagine if Brian can see?

This.

lol

indeed

Sounds like a lineup to compete with the Yankees’

Can Hudson play CF?

Only if he gets to use the aluminum bat when he’s at the plate….

Or Conrad.

Makes a stab at SS sometimes

Lizziebeth - May 12, 2010 reply

NO, the spark was not the Grand Slam, the spark was Glaus bringing the POWAH

I’d still rather have chip 2nd and heyward third

Boom-baba-Boom-baba-Boom...

Prince singles.

I’ve missed most of this game due to my stupid job. I am, however, off tomorrow.

Anybody want to fire up their MLB.TV with me tomorrow at 1:00 and have our very own open thread for a rerun?

my stupid job

tried to get me to do a job halfway through the game, wasn’t happening! With Obama in office why work?

I have comments, but we aren’t supposed to get political on here, so for once I’ll just be quiet

haha

4sure

To which I can only say...

In Soviet Russia, balls hit YOU!

too nerdy I guess.

Maybe mom will come down to the basement and watch it with me

typical closer in a non save situation

our pitching is great, our hitting is great, good day

Story of the series…

And the schnasberries taste like schnasberries.

Over 2000 comments in a Wed. day game

TCers you should be proud!

I would think day games mean bigger comment counts...

what with people “working” and all.

Not in practice...

longets commercial break ever?

or is it just me?

Okay Wags, make this quick, I got no sleep last night and need a nap.

KGJ?

should've said.

Ken Griffey Jr? Is that you?

Obviously not, I’m waiting until after the game to nap.

“I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it. "

see above.

Napping, during the game…yeah.

pretty sure the game should be back on by now

It is

not on sports south in tuscaloosa it isn't

Of course the game is on.

Wagner is pitching. 1 out, 1 on….2-2 count on current hitter

Let’s go Wags!!!

Just for kicks.. Check it

Tim Hudson’s batting average .200
Nate McLouth’s batting average .167

Hudson’s slugging pct .267
McLouth’s slugging pct. 264

That’s just SAD

Melky....

average .197
slugging .235

OT for the Phillies game now on MLB?

Tied at the moment.

on MLB network?

Yes

umm

im seeing commercialssss

well there are 2 out

Are you watching Sportsouth? They’ve shown 10 straight minutes of commercials, according to my Tivo.

kidnarcolepsy - May 12, 2010 reply

2 down....

He definitely needed a tennis racket to hit that.

Livan Hernandez has a racquetball racquet

zaun k's

Cracker! - May 12, 2010 reply

Werth Next year!!

Any chance we land Werth as a FA next year?

We’d have to lose a big contract or two

he is a perfect fit if we could land him

depending on the amount/length of the contract

at 31 years old i would probably only want to give him a 3 year deal (4 max). think bay’s 66 mill for the mets.

He’s 30?!

late bloomer

We have a RF...

we need a leadoff man. Werth isn’t bad, but I’d rather not pay him what he’d get. We’ve got enough pieces going forward no need to spend big unless it is a clear need like leadoff, or a younger player that can join the rest of the core.

maybe if derek lowe "disappears" on a family vacation

Hypothetically speaking, of course.

If Chipper does retire, we’d probably have the payroll freed up for it. Especially since we’d be unlikely to renew Diaz’s contract.

I was suggesting him during the off season.

WTHell? Back from commercial after 2 outs.

hm

wonder why they stopped showing the game and kept showing commericails… now just a black screen.. ahh back on now

finally back on!

Took their sweet effing time. What was up with that?

J-Freak - May 12, 2010 reply

on yer feet

I’m not watching the game right now, I’m watching something else. The game is almost over…

I have broom graphic ready - come on Wags - end this thing!

He wants the save so he's going to give up 4 to get it lol

too bad it doesnt work that way

word

Wags is all over the place for extra work, right?

Experimenting without worrying about losing the game?

That's exactly how grandpa died.

Hehehe

Good grief Wags

I hope

just making us sweat a bit.

Yay, Sweep!

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS KNOWS EXACTLY HOW F--KIN MAGNETS WORK

SWEEP SWEEP SWEEP

YAY!!!

Rainbow Llamasaurus >>>>>>>>>>> ICP

lol

BALL GAME!

GAME OVER

Ballgame!!

We did i!

Sweeeeeeeppppppp

BRAVES WIN!!!

Just realized there were over 1000 saves by the two closers in the 9th

How sweep it is Chip? I hate you.

SWEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chip: How sweep it is!

Me: (searches for poison)

One of these days, I’m gonna climb a water tower with a rifle, and it will be all because of something stupid CHip said

He's not worth it :)

SWEEP

I need that baby at my house. :)

Careful, they are hard to stop...

and you’ll end up with a flooded house as they keep bringing buckets of water.

wow, Fantasia reference. Is there no end to our nerdiness?

OOOOH cool gifs!

Faster, Homer! Kill! Kill!

i love this

we crushed the brewers. absolutely crushed them.

Braves put in that work today!

12 hits – that’s a lot of graphic jerseys!

Yep, good job!

5-4 on road trip

happy, happy, joy, joy

should have been 6-4 pr 7-3

sddbaker - May 12, 2010 reply

I approve wholeheartedly

lets go braves

Arizona at home next! anyone want to join a drinking game for the series?

every braves hit 1st inning.. chug a beer… every braves homerun during the games..chug a beer

AWWWWWWWW YEAH

yay graphics!

Sweet

i like sweeps

As long as we are the one doing the sweeping!

I’m going to miss the OT tommorrow……

I predict much weeping over beers in Milwaukee tonight

Missed the context, but I just looked up and heard Conrad say

“Just keep beatin’ on it, beatin’ on it, and you know, try and have some fun.”

haha

TWSS, and that’s how Grandpa died too

what is TWSS?

“That’s what she said”

That’s what she said

ahhh thank you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wf2pP7T0Y

+1

Forgot about that one

I don’t believe context is necessary

lol

So that's why all of our team keeps going blind.

+1

Hehe

lmbo

Third day commenting

THIRD WIN!!! LET THE STREAK CONTINUE

You are clearly required to post in all game threads now, forever

Hubby called – he just NOW landed in Australia (took him to the airport yesterday at noon).
He’s safe, Braves WON and we’re headed back to the Ted.
Life is good.

Just landed? How did he just land? That’s weird

And boy are his arms tired

TWSS

:-)

Great!

If I'm not mistaken...

I think someone called this in the team confidence poll earlier this week.

-C

cthabeerman - May 12, 2010 reply

everybody

chug a beer! NOW!

actually..

We have beer and wine in the refrigerator here at work.

sddbaker - May 12, 2010 reply

“this team still sucks. They can’t get hits off starters and only feast on terrible bullpens”

NSS

?????

Never said that!

Rox runners on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out

Yep watching !

ouch

just saw that

I thought he was safe for a minute, but he got tagged on replay.

1 0ut

man on 3rd

Another hour of work…ugh…

Great game today! I hate my slow feed at work! Let’s carry it back home! Oh yea, I’m all for the drinking game in the thread! I don’t have my kids this week!haha