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Open Thread 5/15: DBacks at Braves #2

Runs thread.

VAMANOS LOS BRAVOS!

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If you’re going to be a douche, don’t bother posting in here.

Can I be a douche about things NOT Braves-related?

Can I be a douche but not post like one?

we’ll still know

I'm going to ignore your back-handed insult, gypsy.

i will now look on your wares, gypsy

Haha, God where is this chick. I’m losing my buzz.

thank god new thread!!!
tommy hanson's going yard here

i can FEEL it

that would be sick

...aaaaaand look who's up to bat...

…..and look whos gonna make up for their mistake…lets go!!!!

New thread = RUNZ and WINZ.

my nate 3 run hr honeymoon is wearing off already

and then he does that…son of a bitch

need. runs.

BOTTOM FIFTH. 0-5. Ugh.

Nate is batting… can he see pitches?

He can see doubles, apparently.

Yes. Apparently so.

oh suck

ter-rib-le

There we go Nate!!

Fuck yeah Nate

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

He saw that ball well enough

way to swing the bat Nate

I still don’t like you this game, Nate.

Double by Nate

chances of a successfuly sac. bunt??

this should be interesting to say the least…

Alright

that doesn’t come close to making up for the bases-loaded K and facepalm defense, but it’s a start.

We need...

to get to the bullpen!

Lopez

only at 62 pitches…

Great bunt from Tommy

Nice job Tommy!! Let’s get this run in

Beauty Bunt!

Can’t wait to see the Cyborg Hanson comment about Nate’s botched play

It makes lolbraves more fun, and more tolerable!

That was

the best bunt Tommy has ever laid down. Bar none.

that was

like the only bunt Tommy has ever laid down. ever.

lol…gotta love Big Red

I have a good feeling here. We usually start hitting right about the time my MLB.tv takes a crap and it just did.

Nate

trying to make up for that stupid play in the OF.

This guy on the radio sounds a lot like Uecker. Keeps throwing me.
 
Also, WTG Nate!

we need this run

Come on Prado – we need a lift here.

But not like THAT – damn.

He lifted that ball allright

Tommeh, whats wrong wit u?

*prado. Not tommy.

Dammit Odarp. wtf

Time for Heyward to pick up Prado.

damn

pop ups suck

well this seems like a regression for this offense
And infante wants to kill esco

I think this thread is going to need some Riley before the night is through.
 
Worked like a charm last night.

Come on Jason, pick up your teammate.

would be good

Marteeen didn’t do it that time

JHey goes deep...

that’d be nice

I’m good with that.

Dang. He missed his pitch.

Let’s go Heyward!!!!

2-0...

kill this shit Jason!

Most popular name for Atlanta-area babies in 2011:
 
Jason

That's probably true.

The name Tom/Thomas/Tommy will not be very popular anymore if Hanson keep this up.

bluh

we fail with RISP

Leadoff double...

nothing.

Me.

Prediction fail.

Weak sauce, boys. Weak sauce.

Awww Jay Hey.

this is braaaaaaaaaaaaaveeeeeeeeeeessssssss countryyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I thought we were supposed to win this game

Wasn’t Lopez supposed to be easier to hit than Kennedy?
What the hell is happening here?

we didn’t hit Kennedy either

Apparently this team has taken a vow of offensive silence before the 6th inning.

Things can still turn around, but this just looks like one of those games that isn’t going our way.

damn dang durn

wow the whole 5 inning hurt like hell.

damn

can’t we take some pitches?

67 pitches

Lopez is rolling through our lineup

getting schooled by old ass Rodrigo f-n Lopez! unreal

Bad thing if we lose tonight

Haren pitches tomorrow. It’ll be tough to take the series.

I still like our chances with Hudson.

All right... new inning... new 'tude.

We still have time to turn this around.
That last inning was bullshit!
objectively

we really seem to struggle against shitty pitchers…

We also struggle against some non-shitty pitchers (Jimenez, Halladay). It’s more the inconsistent offense…

been like that for years it seems

braves=hawks

playing down to other team’s level check
scoring droughts check

It really is true

They always have it seems…

we can’t give up anymore runs

Two words

Arizona bullpen. They stink.
And yes, bullpen is one word

Nice throw Chip.

We have been hitting the ball well, only right at people.

It's starting to sound like...

A tip you cap kinda night…

jesus chipper
So it's cliche. Sue me.

Just a small town girl
Livin’ in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin’ anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin’ anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlights, people
Livin’ just to find emotion
Hidin’, somewhere in the night

Workin’ hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin’ anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlights, people
Livin’ just to find emotion
Hidin’, somewhere in the night

[Instrumental Interlude]

Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to the feelin’
Streetlights, people
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on
Streetlights, people

Classic. Love that song.

no one likes 50 Cent

get out of here with his music

Bahahaha.

You sir, win Facetious Post of the Week Award.

don’t bring him up…

yuck

shitty throw by chip….good play by Glausy

Gum me...

You like women with dentures? I’m too young for that.

what happened to Hanson? 5 runs? bad game for him I guess

Atrocious defense and bad luck.

ohh, lot of errors?

McLouth forgot how to catch a fly ball and was not charged an error.

McLouth lost a ball in the sky that went for a RBI triple. Conor Jackson almost got hit on the hand with a fastball but blooped it into CF. KJ hit a RBI-double on the RF line, etc.

You know, the usual.

Hanson is better than this. Our defense is crap.

Last inning was an aberration.

you should talk to Nate about Hanson’s game.

I didn't watch the game so I didn't know it was because of Nate's fault
Not his fault.......

the inning should have never gotten to that point anyway.

8 ks is hanson’s career high, he’ll beat it tonight.

11 is

Oh well then my sister is an idiot. She told me its 8.

i thought

he had two 10-K games already

season high

So, random question of the thread: what do you think is the most poorly-designed/functioning rule in baseball?

Jason Heyward can only hit 1 time per every 9 batters.

the rule of threes

+ a dozen donuts.
Balk

No definitive guidelines to implement fairly.

Dare I pull out

 a TWSS?

Umpires are used.

Strike zone allowed various interpretation from team to team and inning to inning.

Strikeout Zone. (It’s not consistent)

That whoever scores the most runs wins.

runs. dammit.
runs.runs.runs.

Let’s get a couple runs here and get Tommy out there for one more inning

hey mlb.tv....

go fuck yourself!

Let's get it started. You know what to do...

RUNS! RUNS! RUNS!!!!!!!

RUNS! RUNS! RUNS!!!!!!!

The Coors Lite freeze cam play...

…. brought to you by the Geico banner in LF.

SIXTH INNING - TIME TO RAKE.

Well, time to go chill with the wife and dog. Pound the bullpen Bravos!

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS (i added an extra two runs)

RUNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Thats a lot of runs!

runs.runs.runs.

we should start scoring before the 5th

My blood pressure would appreciate it.

that’s allowed?

What up everybody? We just need to get to their bullpen. Has jerryclore graced us with his presence tonight?

I expect him shortly.

rodrigo fucking lopez
SNUR SNUR SNUR SNUR SNUR SNUR

maybe that’ll work

powah of the SNUR!

When i saw that, i thought of the smurfs.

oh amn it!

hit! uck!

I’m honestly just getting bored now

Runs runs runs runs runs!!

Kebert Xela!!

Singles don’t help you score runs Troy

well…with 2 outs its tough

another sharp linedrive

Photobucket

what the hell outfit is he wearing?

It’s that pic of the British soccer kid.

gotcha…guess I always see him whenever someone has photoshopped a different jersey on him

Glaus is raking now. No more hate for him I see.

thats the way things work

I haven’t seen Glaus hate since April. He’s having a fantastic May

hINske we trust!

Braves Offense

Making low-rotation starters look like Aces

the braves

have an offense?

sorry i’m just really really really really really really really pissed

Terry Pendeltonn needs a phone book to stand on.

We need conrad

THATA BABY HINSKEEEEEE!

Great hitting but slow ass dudes on the base. Fail.

RISP w/ 2 out...

this should be interesting

don't waste more base runners

please! Cmon Esco!

loving Eric Hinske

...thats our everyday LFer!!
Come on Esky

time for you to tear shit up.

Come on Yunel…this is a little important

or just botch it right away…whatever


But forgive me if I’m not excited yet…. 2 outs and we’ve left 3 at 3rd base tonight already.

ohh nice to see Esco playing

H-O H-O-M H-O-M-E-R-U-N! HOMERUN! clapclap Esco!

I WANT OMAR BACK!!!
like for real, for real for real
esco continuing where he left off
1 fucking pitch? Really?

Get Imhotep back in there!

well my hopes were killed pretty quick

That’s great. Swing at the first pitch.

damn

you can hustle esco…it’s allowed…he didn’t make it halfway down the line

I think you underestimate how slow Esco really is

plus that was a lazer throw

I think you underestimate how slow lazy Esco really is

even Glausy woulda made it further than that
Infane would have seen more than 1 pitch dammit.
Esco

did see 10 pitches his first time up. Too bad he didn’t do that here.

Which was nice. But, with a man on 3rd and you’re losing – you should have a bit more patience in case of a wild pitch.

IMO of course.

another weak ass groundball

That was a killer...couldn't afford to miss with RISP there.
Dissapointment

I’m feeling it

 anguish and deep depression

dagger?
nahhh close though

no sword please

I'll take "Swords" for 200, please, Alex.

You have a penis mightier? You’re sitting on a goldmine man!

Hey Zona 3B, all that speed and fancy way to throw out Esco was unnecessary. He was not going to leg it out.

Well guys and gals, it might not be our night tonight

Not saying it’s over, but we haven’t caught a break all night.

Didn't catch a break until late last night either.

that’s true…but the DBacks weren’t getting all the lucky breaks either.

Eh.

As long as the DBacks bullpen exists, this game isn’t over.

Remember when Conrad was hitting so well and then they brought back KJ and he continued to fial

Round two… ESCO

How long will Bobby give Esco to get his sh!t together before we see Infante again? I’m figuring at least a week or two.

They better find a way to get Infante in the lineup.

He is way too hot right now to be on the bench.

can infante play in the OF?

He’s played CF in the past.

He played some CF last year, no great, not terrible

I say he’s as good as Nate

better arm, worse range…but of course, he can actually hit right now so that helps

Correct me if I am wrong, but has Nate ever had a defensive assist as a Brave...

99% of the time he doesn’t make a throw and the couple of times he has, it’s been weak and way off target.

Seems like he nearly runs the ball in as often as he throws it

not one that I recall off the top of my head

has a .297 career batting average
so maybe three weeks

season high

9th K for Tommy

...and

another K….if i saw Tommy had this many K’s i would not assume we would be down 5-0

I know its his first game back…but i’d love to see esco hit a line drive some time this year

i'd just like to see him get back to hitting with RISP...

he went from being so good last season to so shitty so far this season…we’ll see though

That one shitty inning killed us

Hanson just passed 100 pitches. I don’t think he will be back next inning.

If we come back and win it i’ll buy everyone in here ice cream.

mint chocolate chip please

Hopefully it won’t melt before it gets here to North Carolina

I’ll send you melted ice cream in a bottle.

do you deliver to IA?

Dang it, i got a lot of ice cream to buy if we come back.

10

Season High and counting….

11...11...11...11...11...

10 K’s and an L…wow

Who wants some scotch!!!!?!?!?! i feel so much better about drinking by myself now!

I’m feelin’ no pain

lol…..niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!

i’m about to break out the whiskey

see nahwal post….i called the k’s!

And Hanson is done for the night.

At least

he gave the bullpen a break.

Even though Hanson gave up 4 ER, he’s still awesome.

those 4 ER are not accurate. One should have been an Error.

Please work tonight Rally Cap.

is that a lady bug?

Yeah, it worked early for Chip & Joe last night.

Oops.. Smoltz and Joe.

correction. Smoltz and Joe.

is this the rallly ladybug?

missed something somewhere

a fucking rally lady bug?!

we are family 80's pirates rally

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH. Stretch time.

hanson has had some horrible luck this year

the cubs game, the rain-shortened game, and now this game.

Runs. Now. Please.
Melky Sighting...my night is complete
I just got on here

Worked last night with the rally maybe it will work tonight

Quick - everyone turn your shirts inside out.

Maybe it will work!

Done…wearing it backwards too

I did the bra too – for added support.

That a boy Nate!
Leadoff Double!

Hmm…these doubles are nice, but they’d be better WITH THE FUCKING BASES LOADED

Or last inning with 2 in scoring position.

I was speaking strictly about Nate

FLA is leading the Mets, Philly won, Nats lost.

Yeah... a ***** rally Ladybug!

mclouth

on the rise?!!!!

Still no runs made up nate…so you are negative to me tonight

Here we go....
FUCK YOU CHIP
Melky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U Tease!

Best swing Melky’s had all season.

Gunna Blow My Head Off

Chip. You suck.

Chip shut up!!
I wish Joe would throw Chip out of the booth.

Literally.

Bring back Boog! Steal him from ESPN.

Hammered to the warning track.

I hate turner field... also chip

Maybe they will IBB LOBster again.

I hate Chip Carey. (I know I probably spelled it wrong but I don’t care)

"Thats out in NY"
in the third deck
CHIP!!

Shut the FUCK up!!!

Why not Infante instead of Melky?

Nate is hitting .200 in May w/ some XBH’s. It’s a start.

well yeah this is pretty much not our night
Run

RBI Prado

We scored a run?

Is that bad?

Prado with a

Heyward… no runners on

wtf is heyhira

heyhyra? stephen drew?

Hahira is in south Georgia.

what a play
but a R U N !!!

we really lack team speed as well

jesus he didnt even make it a close play

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Swing From Heyward

Just blew my hat off…

We…..scored?

Yes 1 run

I must be dreaming

Pigs...fly?
single or sac fly?

Grounder to short.

Heyward trying to tie the game by himself

great game tonight for the kid

Lopez is narrowing in on 100 pitches.

they might let him get to 200 before they work the pen again…good lord they’re bad

Yeah,

I was thinking the same thing.

Lopez 7 innings – I didn’t think this was supposed to happen.

I’m thinking another comeback win, maybe I’m delusional, but I can see it happening

Lopez – 96 pitches through seven.

Heyward slow roller to 2nd.

Never thought I would type that.

He’s catching Melkitis.

damn
5-1 deficit going into the 8th inning
is it over?

its the zona bullpen

was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

and it ai’t over now
who’s with me?!
let’s go!!

only the third time

heywards gone 0-4

meh

he’s human

seemed like he was trying to pull everything all night

He’ll homer if he gets another at bat! I feel it!!

Anyone else

surprised that they called up Clevlan?

I would have thought Blanco or Young

Showcasing trade bait?

I’m surprised

Bobby may be remembering how he raked during Spring.

Wanted a RH bat

Clevlan is probably the best of the AAA outfield imo.
I don't want to see Blanco.

Damn…surprised at Haren’s ERA so far this year

Wow Kimbrel is wild.

I've noticed

that we seem to always get some player thats going through a funk going. This series it seems to be Upton

K zone says both of those pitches were in the zone. WTF?

pretty good pitch right there

this ain't over 'till the braves say it's over

how bout some strikes…or this is gonna be tough (er)

And the 3rd one was right down the middle.

Gameday

has them pretty high. Im guessing since he is a rookie he didnt get the call

Honestly, the 3rd pitch he threw was in the center box in the strike zone on Gamecast.

...

and kimbrel shows us why he isnt our closer yet

Hinske..

Grand Salami to tie it next inning

kind of wouldnt mind him going back down till he throws strikes more often

only problem is

he was the best reliever in our system and we needed to replace JJ

I know its out of necessity…but hes not ready yet

Disagree

He’s still learning sure, but he’ll be better by finishing his learning here in my opinion. AAA he’s got

Thats total BS
Why is Joe calling Clevlan "Cleveland"?
he is calling him a failure?

Hit runner on first? Never seen that before.

Ouch!

Ha, I was going to type that but couldn’t remember how to spell it. I’m not even drunk right now!

Chip is so much worse than Boog…it’s just…I can’t even explain it.

Boog was the man. Dude was great.

this is a good inning

Gosh teams seem to run on us at will.

hit the baserunner on the pick off. ya’ll see that?

Why does everyone hate Chip!?!

Because his announcing is bad and he should feel bad.

Can you hear?

AND THE WELL HIT BALL IS GOING GOING GOING……and he catches it 20 feet in front of the warning track.

Gamecast is broken. Look at that "ball."

Yep. RIght down the middle for Ball 1.

Kimbrel with

your dedication to the icons amaze me

NCChopper, you are so awesome with graphics.

Thanks :-) I try. I can’t post about pop culture much, so it’s my little contribution.

damn I would be nervous to face Kimbrel. He is all over the place.

lolheyward

dancing around out there

that wasn't a slip up..

that was a dance move

is special k a good nickname….lol

think someone else has it…can’t recall who though

Not really

I wouldn’t want to be nicknamed after a cereal.

Your new name is Fruit Loops.

Thanks….

Kimbrell settling down...
just got in... wtf happened to us?

javy vazquez syndrome…hanson was lights out, but had one bad inning (defense and some lucky breaks for the D-backs). offense has been getting on base but then hitting it right at someone.

If we actually come back, i have to buy ice cream for EVERYONE on TC.

how about

somethign that will last.. its hott

Cheeseburgers?

Bacon? What ever you wish.

i’ll pass….doesn’t go with scotch:)

I'm lactose intolerant...

Milk-free ice cream?

That will work :)

Is walmart open 24 hours?

wheres holty panthers fan for some unintentional comedy

anyone else think

that because of Kimbrels light usage since his promotion that he might not be as sharp? when in AAA he was pitching almost 4 times a week. Since he has been here he pitched 2 games in philly on the 7th and 8th and nothing since then

pretty much…same thing is happening to that prospect for the mets

indeed

of course it’s even worse for that kid, since he should be starting in AAA…gotta love that brain trust over there

My dad just noticed that his arm slot isnt the same every pitch

well i mean

if you havent thrown in a week then everything will kinda be out of whack. last time i checked RP dont throw BP sessions to often

I’m not blaming him…just noticed it

Is it part of a Pitcher’s Oath that they have to do that stupid fake-to-third, turn-to-first move whenever runniners are on 1st and 3rd?

when else are you gonna go it?

when runners are on 1st and 2nd??

‘Never’ would be okay with me.

DANG YOU DEFENSE

tonight

not our night, luck-wise.

WALKS KILL

Us. They hardly seem to hurt the other team much.

Thats what happened to us...

God hates us

no he hates Cleveland.

and i hate the Cleveland Show

Yeah, he’s 0-4 i think…

Squealing Chip

Pleas shut up.

I’m not so confident we can escape this game with a win.

If he walks Snyder…

if kimbrel walks this guy

he’s out

apparently not
ok

not when jesse chavez is the alternative

Did Kimbrel eat some fried chicken or dip his hands in butter before he came out tonight...lordy lordy

you don’t follow the minor league recaps do you

look how greasy he is…his forearms

lol i thought that was a comment on his wildness…not the actual moisture on his arms…my bad

Facepalm…..

I think Infante should have played tonight.

Why break up the chemistry of the team that was winning?

But then again, hindsight and being disappointed about our performance may have something to do with that opinion.

well

hmm tough decision there. The thing is Escobar is our starting SS and he is capable of playing to the level that Infante did in his absence. now if he doesnt do that over a couple of weeks then by all means bring Infante back in

You really think it would have made a difference? Or that infante would do better than Escobar?

I actually do. I think with a guy on 3rd he would have been more patient than 1 pitch.

I just think Infante has proven over the last several games he can help us win – but I completely understand if Yunel is healthy Bobby would put him back in.

Well his wOBA (.337) is only slighty better than league average and that’s with an unsustaniable .368 BABIP.

I like Infante and he did a good job filling in, but Yunel is the superior player.

I know over the long haul, likely so. I was speaking more about the team makeup that has won these last streak of games….not as the set lineup.

I agree.

Omar has been way too hot to pull out of the lineup. With the way the offense was struggling, I just can’t imagine how you can sit a guy who was one of the key’s getting things rolling.

kimbrel is really wild

Ump will not give Kimbrel anything close now.

Don’t think anyone is getting ice cream tonight.

time for some RUNSSSSSSSSSSS
Kimbrel finally ends the inning.

wow…(scratching my head)

the bad thing

is now Kimbrel wont pitch another 10 days because of that outing

Usually,

after a bad outing Bobby trots them out the next night to build back up their confidence.

see

Logan, Boone LHP 2009

See

Peter Moylan last week :)

eh

Bobby treats relievers that are new to him like dirt. You have to be darn near perfect to get regular outings.

He ran Bennett out there till the team got rid of him

poor Bennett…that guy got dropped into the worst situations continuously

PMo is one of Bobby’s main guys though.

I’m tired.

take a nap

then fire ze missiles

lets go middle of the lineup

RUNS!!!!

Why are the Pirates wearing Braves uniforms?

Chip Walk.

McCann Single

Glaus Walk

Hinske Double

Escobar Ground out

McLouth K

Infante Double

welp

im wrong already lol

runs.
many runs.
now.

Yeap thats about right
WHAT THE HECK

HOW WAS THAT A STRIKE???

Just not our night tonight

3-5 innings kill us

fuck you, MLB.TV

looks like MLB.tv is fucking up again…not bad

Lopez, 4th, 5th & 7th innings - Merry Christmas from us.

Less than 10 pitches each.

Correction, not the 7th – they flashed that graphic so quick I misread.

fisted

Did he say it?

verb. to hit the baseball off the handle of the bat.

Don't think we get to the BP tonight.

Watching the KC-WSox game. The Royals are up 4-1.

Lemme guess...

…Betancourt has 3 hits?

Im not sure…just started watchin

Hahaha

2 line drives right at people.

. . . .

i wonder what our BAIP is for this game

Mercy - Lopez last CG was 2004

Please promise me he will NOT do that tonight.

wish I could
in the 9th

Hinske HR
Esco BB
McLouth 2B
Infante BB
Prado K
Heyward grand slam

tie game 6-6

is that a bold prediction?

lol

Escobar Walk?

Mclouth 3 doubles in one night?

You are a genius….

I would exchange, Esco with a K and Prado with a BB
I would love

to have whatever your drinking/smoking/or taking in pill form

*you’re

*thanks

Also mean you are – I believe

awww fuck

okay, all that happens and then Chipper hits an inside the park HR

braves down by 1

If I were the ‘Zona manager, I’d send him back out even if he had 160 pitches.

Yeah,

after last night, I would also.

good thing we got to their bullpen early

BTW….Kreese must be busy with that easy/fat/drunk chick

was thinking the same thing

At least somebody is gettin’ some action tonight.

i’m letting the wheels fall off all in one night…no kids….braves are losing…cheetos….scotch….pizza hut pzones…..i don’t know if this is how the cool people do it but this is how i do it!

id so be down to chillw ith you

appreciate that! all my buds are married so i’m trying to learn how to do this single dude thing!

Once the honeymoon wears off

they will be wishing they were you!

Are those p’zones good? I want to try one.

the pzones are flippin great!

Which one is the best? Are there different kinds?

Hmm…thanks MLB.tv, I didn’t want to watch the bottom of the 8th

2nd time in two nights

i want a refund

Chavez deals 13th K for our pitchers tonight (same as last night)

Bobby waving the white flag with Chavez in

Miss you KJ.

Fuck you KJ.

He forgot to hit it “warning track power” that time.

13k’s in one night and getting killed…ouch

Welcome back Kelly

How come Chip gets it right for the other team?

KJ homers

Where’s Justin?

WELP...good for him but..

I’m done..laterz

did i miss hearing him give the “fisted” call tonight?

Why don't we have guys like him on our team...

I don’t know. Maybe because we have 17 wins and the Dbacks have 14?

Well, we do...

Been seeing a lot of streakiness this year. He’d fit right in.

head to head matchup

Prado gets round 1
KJ gets round 2

Way to go.....

Kelly

Welcome back, 1980’s Braves.

i'll take that

just means in a year or so we will be on a 14 year division run

could so see that

with our arms coming up.

Yeah, if we play the ‘10s like the 80s, we’ll play the 20s like the 90s.

we can only hope

Awesome, wish he did it in a losing effort, but I’m kind of glad to see him stick it to us too

White sox game, Andruw is battin!

if we tie it

Justin Upton could hit for a cycle lol

Tired of the negative

Outta here, we can still win the sreies tomorrow, have a good night

Good Night!
ladies and gentlemen

jesse f********* chavez

Way to show what u can do Chavez

Chavez pitching BP now.
Jess Chavez is garbage

I can’t defend this guy, plus he’s never really been one of ours

I can think of a whole bunch of guys in the Gwinnett bullpen I would much rather see than this career criminal-looking scrub

if we score 6 in the bottom of the 9th

i’m gonna be pissed

we wont

our team has a tendency to swing at the 1st pitch when down by more than 3 in the 9th inning to go home

So am i, i'll have to buy everyone ice cream.
wow

looks like our BP decided to mimic the Diamondbacks pen

Has Chip said "fisted" so far tonight?

I need to know for my NAHWAL pick.

I don’t believe so.

yeah i recorded it here
control F (fisted)

was just wondering that.

Don't worry

he will in the bottom of the 9th

Trade

Yall think we could get Soriano back from the Rays for Chavez? That would be nice.

hahahahahahahaha

I’d take a broken maple bat back if they would just take Chavez

2 packs of Bubbaloos
or sunflower seeds

Chavez can’t have much more time on the big league squad after this.

who comes up in his place?

Mike Dunn, Corey Gearrin, Mariano Gomez, hell bring up Van Pope, just get rid of Chavez

hmmm Gearrin . . . interesting

he’s still got some control issues, but he’s a filthy sidearm-er. Plus he’s a really nice guy

I’m starting to feel about him the way Acosta always made me feel. Sick and pissed off, all at the same time

Night everybody

have a good one.

Andruw gets a sac fly. Hit the ball well, though.

DBACKS BULLPEN UP

MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK…… GUYS???/

If we were to, that entire pen deserves to be cut

y’all take it easy! time to call it a night!

They Are Stil My Braves

You don’t win every night. Instead of this Chavez silliness, they should have let the kid stay in. He was just getting settled.

HAHAHAHAHHAHA
Okay, that's the strategy...

…. make them think they have a lead so large that even THAT bullpen can’t blow it.

5 2-out runs this inning?

Dammit Bobby - enough already.
No

Make Chavez get out of the inning.

no use wasting someone else….bobby knew the game was over when he put him in

Yeah unfortunately I knew the logic – I just didn’t want it to be true. LOL

Hahira

Hey, I’m just 16 miles from Hahira. Have to tip the hat to the hometown boy

haha thats how u spell it
I thought we traded Acosta to the Mets
+ 1 pound of bacon

Everyone is leaving….

Chavez

pitched horrible in ST. I could not believe he made the team.

this is fucked
wow

Chavez. I had so much hope for you.

Tomorrow

Good looks tomorrow though.

What are you drinking tonight? :)
Hudson

Nothing? I just have a feeling Hudson will pitch well tomorrow and get a lot of ground ball outs.

I hope so :)
STFD Chavez, just kidding :)
how many pitches will Braves batters see this inning

over/under 7

AZ would beat up on our Latino pitcher

racsits

watch

we’re going to score 4+ runs here

94 Miles An Hour

Well, Chavez throws them fast, he just seems to pitch them right to the bats

fast with no movement doesn’t cut it in the Bigs

Make chavez bat :)
lets just win tomorrow and win the series

I miss Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz, and heck even Avery. And Wohlers too. And Justice. And Murphy. Heck i miss all the old braves.

Rocker too?

:)

I knew someone was going to say that!

He was part of the 90s braves. So yes.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH...

…. and we need more runs than that Inning number to even tie it up.

Are you serious?

I haven’t been watching…whats the score?
/braces self

Finally

The game plan is working, we’re finally into the DIamondback Bullpen

want to know why we are losing

TEAM RISP: 0-9

key AB in the game

nate with the bases loaded

it was all downhill from there

they should have let lopez finish this

How about another run - for self respect if nothing else.

1 run vs Lopez is embarrassing.

im not surprised

we get shut out by guys like Moyer and Livan.

ATLANTA BRAVES SCOUTING REPORT

throw as soft as you can. period.

This ump’s zone is a joke.

Hello, Ozzie?? Yeah, this is Frank…. Frank Wren…. Atlanta???
I just was curious about whether Andruw might be available.

(pause)

Well, I really didn’t think that kind of language was appropriate… you haven’t even heard my off—… Hello? Hello?

ozzie is the sox's GM?

Nah – but I figured it would be funnier that way!

I was about to ask the same thing

impressive WTP

I think some - may like my graphic for the end.
Good,

something to look forward to.

so, let’s see it

That was a fun time
Yeah

Misery loves company!

for real though…before last year….I don’t finish watching this game….but since I found this place I’ll usually watch all nine no matter what

Yep,

I love TC, not to be confused with TP:)

ballgame.

see you folks tomorrow

If we win I will go skydiving

Well, that game could have gone better.

that’s like saying your trip on the Titanic was “a little rough”

Sorry, just trying to downplay the suckiness considering we’ve been playing some decent baseball lately. I’ll report in tomorrow with the required amount of pessimism.

I look forward to it

Over With?

Do we stop now or do we make fun of Chuck during post-game show?

At least Kreese (or whatever his name is)

is having fun tonight!

It's KC, and check the recap. I had a great time :)

More tears…
Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I have a new slump buster. I’m not going to comment on tonight’s game recap. Not sure if it will work, but who’s with me?

I will refrain from reading it.
That works
hmmm

too bad we don’t have a stormcloud black&white llamasaurus for these occasions.

We can STILL win this Series tomorrow.

I am confident we will.
.

Yeah

We can do this.

On the bright side…wait there is no bright side.

Was British Columbia Bob around tonight? cause this game was right up his alley

he made a couple comments in the thread tonight drawing the ire of many

sorry I missed it…NOT!

Who's that?

A troll?

poster named Nova Scotia Steve. He’s been getting abused regularly the last few days, but its mostly been deserved

i feel like they are alter egos

This outcome angers me. I demand it be changed.

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