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Open Thread 5/18: Mets at Braves #2

2-run HR from Glaus in the 3rd.

Solo HRs from Ike Davis and Francine in the 5th.

Tie game 2-2.

VAMANOS LOS BRAVOS!

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Seriously why did people cheer FYF?

Still a local kid

Hometown Hero!

Why oh why did we get rid of him?!?!? BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Dashingly handsome?

RUNZ THREAD?

Can has runz?

A new thread

65% of the time, it works every time.

Who the hell was Pagan going to throw out there? haha. Loser.

LOBs coming back to haunt us

Bring the POWAH

is anyone elses mlb.tv feed

not working?

Mine hasn’t had any problems all night. Of course now I’ve gone and jinxed it.

Mine’s not, but I’m watching the Rangers/Angels game. I wonder if the source feed has something to do with it.

I meant, mine’s not having problems. All clear.

Glausosaur was trying to injure David Wright....

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVES COUNTRY

Troy

almost sterilized David Wright on that one.

nice inning
Chip and Glaus had good swings

just no results.

lol still a nice inning

Shamelessly stolen from Amazin' Avenue

I would enjoy this more if Frenchy was moved back and a little bit down

Have I never posted this one?

Photobucket

Hmmm. Do want. Don’t want. I’m torn.

I love that he’s wearing a cast

Looks awfully thin.

I guess it’s the flatness of the photo, ’cause it really surprised me how large his frame is in person.

hehehe, I was looking … nevermind

lolz, you’re so…Mae!

I been wondering who this “Mae” is you speak of. LOL

Arodys Vizcaino update:

8IP 3H 0ER 5K/0BB

Holy crap

looks like he’s itching to join JT in MB

this is the only reason why the Vazquez trade helped
Mike Dunn

looks like he’s going to be good, too. Also, we saved like $7M

ohh yes my bad, forgot about Dunn

Evan Turner is gonna look sweet in a sixer uniform

Don’t you guys already have Jrue Holiday?

evan turner plays the 2…and can actually shoot the ball…I’m all for dumping Iggy this offseason

Thought he would play the point, but that’s one dynamic backcourt

he’s 6’7"

Hey the Hawks tried Joe Johnson at point guard for a while. It did not work.

Shoot first guys tend not to work….hence A.I. never working out when he ran the point

you guys might get John Wall. Why would the Wiz need another PG when they have Arenas?

holiday actually played the point well at the end of last year

BITE ME.
so since you're an NBA guy...

you think the TWolves would take Wes Johnson with the #4 pick, thus leaving Cousins or Favors for the Kings at #5?

From what I just read in Chad Fords live chat they are probably looking at Greg Monroe or a trade

Kings?

yea…someone asked about the kings

I’d be ok with him…I’d prefer Favors or Cousins tho.

Now someone else has Favors going 3….Wolves taking Johnson…and then you could get Cousins at 5

 "Highlight of lottery: a mortified John Wall gets interviewed with a “Gilbert got rid of his guns, right?” look on his face. " Bill Simmons

the kings that is

How did we get the first out in 6th?

reyes ground out

Reyes grounded out to Troy

Just noticed that Vizcaino had an awesome start today for Rome!

Joe’s laughing because it keeps him from sobbing.

speakin of frenchy….is ryan church still playin

He's on the Pirates.

Medlen better than 2:1 K/B ratio.

Nice quick inning for Medlen there.

Way to go K-Meds

Meds is doing great tonight.

FRISK MEGGLAUN BOBBLEHEAD DAY

Tryst Maryland

Brick Tamland
Haha!

I justed rented that movie yesterday because of all the references in the recently

Good job finally getting with the times.
I've seen it a few times

I just wanted to see it AGAIN

Also, since "justed" isn't a word

I blame that on the Bacardi

Now let's get Meds

some more runs!

Medlen makes about 7.4 mil less than Kawakami…and he’s way better!

He makes about 14.6mil less than Lowe….

Only b/c

he hasn’t been a free agent. On the open market, I guarantee Meds would get more than $8M

What's Meds' pitch count?
74
Hmm

Isn’t that better than Johan’s

OT: I want to go on the next VORTEX project.
How the fuck are the red sox and yankees just in the bottom of the 2nd
Hope Joe West isn't watching

American League game.

They’re only on their 49th mound conference, so this game is speeding right along.

Too many Chick-fil-As to choose from on the way to the airport. Gotta get that figured out before leaving the park.

Because they go sooo slow and they’re a disgrace to baseball.

/Rain Delays

ONE PITCH OUTS

ARE SO GREAT

Even better....

Two in a row!

2 PITCHES

2 OUTS
WOOO

Way to be patient guys.

Wow

good job working the count, boys.

Jesus christ, Santana will definitely go 7 now.

Nah, Melkey’s up

You were saying…?

Well at least Melky saw some pitches there.
I think from now on I'm going to call him

“WellAtLeastMelky”

More than 1, at least….

Argh i hate the mutts.
When Johan does get taken out, BRING IN MANNY FREAKIN ACOSTA! Manuel is an idiot, so he’ll probably do that

Acosta shut us down last time

which should mean we’ll hit 3 HRs off him this time

Exactly!
And they’ll all be by Roy.
(if you know who Roy is.)

brandon roy plays baseball?

That was a shitty inning. At least Melky worked the count.

I genuinely

hate melky

Don't

We all?

yea, i dont hate him either… maybe we’re weird though— we didn’t throw troy or chipper or esco or nate under the bus yet either

Melky’s hits are now going backwards.

Can’t possibly understand the logic of starting Melky over Hinske. I understand there’s a lefty on the mound, but Santana statistically does worse against lefties than righties. And Hinske is redhot, Melky is the absolute worst.

+ a pound of donuts.

The logic is easy to understand – it’s Bobby Cox’s logic, and Bobby Cox always goes with lefty/righty match ups. That’s just how he is.

6

I know wright has been striking out alot this year, but has he been walking his normal amount?

even more than usual actually

It’s nice to see this when I get off the bus and jump back into the gamethread.

We should trade Melky for Wright….Omar is dumb enough to do it!

But where would we play Infante then?!?!?!!

if there wasn’t a rule that you couldn’t put him right in front of the hitter, that would be the best spot for spiderman/omar

Ummmm.....

Why would we want David Wright?

Because he’s not Melky?

That's not a reason

Can’t we take Ike Davis instead?

I’ll get in trouble for agreeing with this, but yes.

No

we will take Henry Blanco so he can retire a Brave.

wright isn’t bad.. kind of a douche though

Damn, it looks like

either Kris Medlen is awesome or David Wright is terrible. Or both.

Both.

Definitely both….

Wright has caught the very contagious failcoeuritis

That’s what he gets for hanging out with Jeff all the time.

Well, they are BFFs now, right?

I think Medlen might be at the end of his rope here.

This will be his last inning for sure.

If he can get through 7…that’s still pretty awesome

Who would complain about that?

Why is Moylan the one who’s up? Hasn’t he pitched in like 47 straight games?

200 straight….going back to last season.

How are we gonna blow out his arm and get that insurance money

if don’t pitch him everyday?

Meds has done great! Let’s get a DP for him here!

I think Stern rigged it....

ugh…thats crap

Wow…nice hit Gaylord!

Fun Fact:

A “gaylord” is a measure of volume, usually used for boxes of books. So a bookstore might order “6 gaylords” of the latest bestseller.

Nice to meet you Cliff Claven.
 
LOL.

A-hahahahahahaha!

I have a horrible feeling about Moylan tonight….

Oh man

bad luck for Meds right there. Let’s hope Dave can get us out of this inning

We'll never forget you, Brick.
Meds' night ends....

If Moylan lets those inherited runners score, I’m going to murder him.

You’ve just made us all accomplices. That’s strike 3 for me, dude.

Problem with replying:
in the reply box it shows old comments that i posted and the post button says “posting”. I have to click “cancel” really fast before it posts it…anyone else having this problem?

Nice outing Meds! Hope you get a round of clappage.

Had to go offf for a min. and was listening on the radio

Jeff Torborg and Jim Powell were wondering what Francoeur had done to deserve the boos he was getting after he hit his HR.

wait, what?

Also: Jeff Torborg? What the hell is he still doing with a job even somewhat related to baseball?

you sure thats not Lemke?

of course not

The guy above said Torborg, I was just going on what he said.

Time for Lost….guys gotta keep me update

Peter Moylan...

the Scott Proctor of the Braves.

C'mon Peter.....go with Dave for the Vidro...
He did it!

Go PeMo and Dave!

Now that’s the Jeffy we all know and loathe

Thata baby PeMo!!!!!

Thanks Peter!

Yay! No killing Peter today.

DP and Frenchy is not happy bout it

Haha, suck it Failcoeur!

Andruw stole his 7th base today & got a CS for the 1st time. I’m more shocked about that than his homers.

way to go moylan

you knew francoeur was due for the dp

Too bad Meds won’t get the W. Great work.

Indeed

Bravo, Crips Melman!

Ah yes. David Letterman’s old henchman.

lol

good old Larry Bud

Let's get some run(s)!

Anyone else think that PeMo sounds like a very stupid name for a 7 year old’s Pug?

Whatever happens, Santana’s record will either be 1-5 or 1-6 against the Braves since coming to the Mets with an ERA of around 2.20. How crazy is that?

Meds to Heap: “Aw, come on. You never let me try your glasses on.”

1 pitch, 1 out.
UGHHHHH

3 of the last 4 batters

I don’t get it.

It’s almost like they want to keep Santana in the game as long as possible.

That's two nights in a row

that Joe has said “Cartridge World: Why Pay More to Paint?”

Pretty sure that should be PRINT, Joe.

…another 1st pitch out. What in the world happened to this teams patience today?

At this pace, Santana will go the full 9.

OMAR >>>> CHIPPER

the proof is in the pudding

12 in a row?…. damn guys.

OMAR!!!
im going to kick you.

Did Smoltz do the joke already?

yeah, something about a snake.

Snakes? Why'd it have to be snakes?

not very good tonight.

watching this game and lost

is tough

Watch the game. Lost can wait.

Santana looks like he smells something stinky.

That would be

our plate discipline the past few innings

For as bad as the offense has been today, at least they’re not being shut down by Zack Duke with Roy Halladay on the mound.

Dang you Prado.

Get Santana out of the freaking game!

When's the Mets' pitcher's spot due up?

Getting tired of saying “well that was a shitty inning.”

Be quiet then

/gets glass of ice ready

/starts crying coke
i didnt have tea today but i had coke so deal wif it

’Sall right by me.

what?

Inside joke...

sorry, it rolls right off my fingers.

Its fine. Bravos are very frustrating

8th Inning
  1. = BB
  2. = 1B (1st & 3rd)
  3. = RAWR!!!!! (Braves – 5, Mutts – 2)

i like where this is going

WTF Mate

22 = BB
10 = 1B
25 = RAWR

Apparently you cant

type the number sign and a number without it converting to just 1.; 2.; 3.

Yeah. That's one of the more annoying SBN "features"

You get Oracle points if it goes down anything remotely close to that…..

Can those be transferred to a NAHWAL account?
blanco's MLB picture

was taken while he was on the pot

I'm not sure which definition of "pot" you're using.

But I like it either way.

Saito: working on 4 straight Ks versus the Mets.

Blanco looks like he’s the least athletic person to ever play the game. I know he’s not overweight like a lot of guys, but he doesn’t look the least bit athletic.

John Kruk would like a word.

Right after Pablo Sandoval.

Imagine being behind this line at the buffet.

I’d never get to the meatloaf.

Nobody mentioned Mo Vaughn yet

When do we play the dissastros again?

Early August, as I recall

Dang

Can’t wait that long for a W

Yeah

We’ve lost 1 straight. We suck.

That’s the spirit!

Haha

I honestly thought Jerryball would have Cora hit instead of Bay.

I was thinking Matthews….

So if Jason Bay were a Brave

and had only 1 HR, who would people be screaming to replace him? Clevlen or Mitch Jones?

Either....
Fixed

Eithier

Was about to say,

“for a sec i thought that said Eithier”

Who’s warming up for the Mets?

Hopefully a cracked out Doc Gooden
Hopefully Acosta
In other news,

Takashi Saito is awesome.

Remember how we all thought Wren was insane for signing a 40 year old closer/setup man?

I didn't

was a touch concerned, but I figured he’d be pretty good. Instead, he’s been awesome.

Thanks for the (unintended) cue to use this pic

Isn't he like 38-40 years old?

He looks much younger there!

I would just like to say...

I’m sorry for bashing you when we signed you, Takashi. You’ve been phenomenal.

3 mil for a setup man isn't a great idea

but it has worked out well so far.

Sure beats

3 years, $15M for Brandon Lyon

LOLOLOLOL

But all the stros need was a proven closer to put them over the top!!!11
He's not even their closer
Sure he is

they just never have a lead in the ninth.

Compared to Lowe's contract

it’s great!

Ike Davis is the best hitter the Mets have

Kinda like J-Hey and us. Rookie but possibly the best hitter in the game

Somebody needs to make a twitter page:

Takashi’s elbow cartilage

Heart of the order – Bring us home!

Can Eric Hinske pinch hit?

heyward ftw

right here

Jose Feliciano…….didn’t he sing “Feliz Navidad?”
 
What’s he doing pitching in MLB?

he's blind! he can't pitch!

/fans take cover as pitches sail wildly into the stands

watch out peanut guy!!!
This umpire is a fucking douchebag.
yeah definitely

really enjoys that 3rd strike call.

But he’s an INTENSE douchebag

Let's try this...

Jason Heyward does not strike out. He merely lulls pitchers into a false sense of security.

"Last night, Feliciano pretty much pitched around Chipper to get to McCann"

Someone save that quote for the game recap thread, please?

does glaus have another one in him?

or chipper could hit one out

i'll take a BB

or they both could….

I vote for this since

Larry is my P2C

im not feeling good about this one

braves please change my feeling!

I think we're going to see

the unintentional intentional walk here. He doesn’t want to face Glaus right now.

I think you’re right

OK

so maybe not. Maybe Troy will hit it out.

Somebody needs to give this guy cholera.

Or at least glauscoma.

I like.
 
“Feliciano put into glauscoma……prognosis guarded.”

Come on Troy!!!!

Lets go T-roy!

Glaus is pissed he's missing Lost

are we tihs bad.. or the mets are this good…??

Since the game is tied,

shouldn’t both teams be either good or bad?

if we don't score here - who comes on?

Wags still i bet.

Why not think outside the box: Saito for another inning

90% sure

bobby will go with wags

Oh I know that

but really, I’d rather use Saito more while he’s hot

I would be fine with that

but I want a Lefty vs. Ike

Is Glaus our new

Andres Galarraga?

Nobody is as awesome as the Big Cat

umm.. whst was that…??

Get yo ass back on that mound!

where did our “hot offense” go

Well

the Mets can actually pitch pretty well. Or the 2 guys we’ve faced in this series can, anyway.

FUTG

DFA his sloth-like ass

did anyone notice that Chipper leads the NL in walks? and second in the MLB
and probably the worst slug

for a number 3 hitter :(

Sure wish he hit 2nd.

I noticed.

It couldn’t possibly be because he’s a feared hitter and he’s being pitched around….

Is that really 15 consecutive outs?

if on base percentage is so important why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?!

Some Grade-A quality shit from our lineup tonight.

Two tough lefties so far
hopefully mac ends it

because i don’t have much faith in the bottom of our order tonight

McLouth has the potential for another walk-off….

Feliz Navidad
I want to wish you a slow painful death
I want to wish you a slow painful death
I want to wish you a slow painful death
From the bottom of my heart

Now tell us how you really feel

Hope Wagner brings the fire—I remember he’s had trouble pitching in non-save situations in the past.

last time in this spot

he gave up a run but we won anyway

like against the dbacks the other night
stay in the box ya moron

100 mph on that last one

The TV gun is fast

it had Feliciano at 100 too.

Probably a borrowed gun from the GHP.

wtf is castillo doing

bailing out every pitch

he's "Yuneling"

Isn’t that the good but overrated beer all my Mid-Atlantic/New England friends talk about?

SHIT!

nice try esco

Wow

that was amazing how close that was on the replay. Nice try, Yunel

Even I knew he was out and I’m just listening to the game on the radio.

Well that sucked.

this is looking bad
well that sucks

Well this doesn’t look good.

Hi guys. I have been at the Verizon store for this entire game – I am now part of the Droid family!

welcome to the family

which one did you get?

The one with the full keyboard. I like keyboards.

moto droid

i have that one and love it

Do you have the mlb at bat app?

nope

it’s 15 bucks and i am cheap =x

lol. I am leaving this weekend for Combat Skills Training – where I won’t have internet access on a daily basis. $14 will be well worth it to me.

What branch J?

USAF

Above All!

US Army, 1999-2006
Service Connected Disabled Vet

Was stationed at Ft Carson next to the USAFA for 3 years, then West Point for 3, where I made a few trips back to the AFA

Blech. I hate the AFA…lol

Thanks for what you did though!

So you are enlisted?

Nope.

Ahhh

ROTC….

Coming from experience, I’d rather have a commander from OCS or ROTC then the Academy(ies)

Coming from experience, I’d rather have fellow officer friends from the same places.

AFA grads pretty much suck and are semi-retarded.

As are the

USMA West Point grads

If I had to choose one word to describe them, it’s “Entitled”

Good word choice.

In any event

Enjoy your training, and take good care of your airmen and women…

Thanks for your work

I try to take care of them, but budget constraints make that difficult at times.

Once I leave CST, I’ll be in Afghanistan, so my peeps here at home station are on their own for a while. lol

Stay safe, come home!

If you don’t, who will poke me when I get out of line?

Smoltz’ Beard, mvhs…others…lol

They also seem to lack social skills.

i have the DROID

:)

You’ll be in the Verizon store a lot more often in the upcoming days.

lol – better than being at the T-Mobile kiosk in our local mall.

You had T-Mobile? Oh you poor thing.

yeah. I don’t like to talk about it – which is a good thing, because I couldn’t ever talk on the phone since it dropped almost every call made in my house. Outdoors, it was fine, but inside a building, it blew chunks.

Get your money’s worth, Bobby

That's our Bobby!

No play for the road grey!

Shitsonofabitch

Bobby gets tossed and I’m not there.

This looks promising

Bobby gets ejected.....

Maybe that’ll get the team fired up?

Need some big-time strikeouts now.

why did Cox went to argue?
yes yes.. why?

no video/audio..

He was thrown out while still in the dugout

Then he went out and told the kid to remove the head from the 4th point of contact…

The 1B Ump had been talking trash earlier…

A win would be a great birthday present!!

So, Cox getting ejected is going to motivate the guys?

Bobby! That’s what I like to see!

4-2 mets….

Snfff... Snifff

Is that the musk of a troll I smell?

is what I really wish the 00 Series had been!

Wright is batting .462 against lefties….

NEED A K!

come on wags!!!!

Sigh....

Mets have runner on third with 1 out……odds of them failing like the Braves likely would in this situation?

with Wright up?

I’m going to say 80%

Wags could have gotten him at 3rd I think.

Oreo: The white stuff.

Why is he pitching to a guy who’s hitting .462 against lefties with 1st base open and one out with a lefty on deck?

Because he can do that.

Because he has 387 saves?

STFD WRIGHT!!! HELL YES!!

Sit the fuck down, David!

That was veruh, veruh nice.

…I guess that’s why.

Why did Bobby get ejected

Arguing the GMJ bunt attempt wild pitch.

Now get Ike

and we’ll go walkoff

Wright, that was turrbbl.
Oh Cleveland...
I was thinking Charles Barkley, but that works too.

I caught it.

Im glad u did

and thanks for the +1. I’m at 5 over par now.

Arent they

interchangable?

+1 for the CB reference.

I Blame Justin for Bobby ejection

And his erect… nevermind…

Bobby getting ejected is going to ignite this team.

I've always felt

that if you need the manager to get thrown out to motivate you to win, then you don’t have enough heart…

On the flip side, if you do need that, Bobby is the manager you want, eh?

Joe Girardi ignighted the yanks last season – against us.

And I could easily argue

That many of the Yankees dont have much heart

I really hope that you don’t believe in the “heart” and “grit” intangibles..

Mostly, I just disbelieve in the supposed effect they have on the game.

Truth.

Like Joe Morgan said earlier today: The Phillies are the best team in the NL because they are so gritty and scrappy. I call Bullshit. They are the best team because they have Raul Ibanez, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino and Jason Werth.

Yeah.

Actually, I’m not 100% sure on grit. I believe that there’s some nebulous thing which could be called “heart,” but it’s not that related to winning.

I think some people who are not as gifted as others have to try harder to keep their jobs.

This

Maybe that can be mis-read as “heart” or “scrapiness” at times

I believe

That a professional athlete paid millions of dollars shouldn’t need their manager to be thrown out of a game to try their hardest to win…

Call it what you choose, but if you don’t have that desire to win every time, you don’t belong…

i.e. FUGA…

Agreed, except some guys need motivation. Nobody is perfect.

Hells Bells. Ouch.

right in the balls….

OUCH! I hope mac is OK

Oh damn. That’s gotta hurt:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhh.
Where did that hit B-Mac?

Under the protective device.

Right in the love biscuits

In the…you know, with the genitals and all.

ouchie....

scrunches up a little at that

i iknow how that feels…

Really?

Getting a 97 MPH foul tip off the nuts?

He is a troll...

Probably gets kicked in the nuts often

Oh, no! Poor Mac. It’s just not his day.

Oh geez. Poor guy

youch
a K will make him feel better
What just happened? Firefox is being uncooperative.
mac hit in the nuts with a foul tip

BMac took a foul ball in the nuts.

a rare changeup from Wags
Mac is leading off in the 9th.....I hope that just pisses him off enough to hit a HR, but not enough to screw with his swing.
"Not a whole lot Jim Lovell can do there for BMac..."

Hand him a bullet and a handgun.

When I heard that, my mind jumped immediately to the commander of Apollo 13.

Great movie.

It is. And if you’ve never seen it, I’d also recommend the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. It takes the production values of Apollo 13 and applies them to the whole Apollo program. It’s glorious stuff.

I don’t have HBO :-(

It’s on DVD. The series originally ran in 1998. But the DVD set is usually pretty easy to track down and very affordable.

Or, you can come to my place and we can watch together.

…wait. Why am I hitting on you?

Oh, yeah. ‘Cause you’re awesome.

You just made my night with that post alone. I can only image what you are capable of in person.

Why don’t we find out? Heh heh heh.

Okay, seriously. I’m done being creepy.

Yeah.....creepy.....
In other news

you could help her shop for clothes

(I don’t mean this in a bad way at all, just being honest)

I’m not even sure how to respond to this.

I"m not even sure what it means.

If it’s a gay joke, it’s a reply fail…

And..I was just about to say I could bring my DVDs of the STNGeneration with me.
LOL – now who’s creepy?

Actually, TNG is the one iteration I liked to watch. I say bring it on.

come on Heyward, at least give Mac something

Poor Mac. Nothing worse than taking a ball to the junk.

Billy making him move fast there was just – mean.

Mac looking like crouching is the last thing he wants to do right now…

Ike Davis is pissing me off....

mo fo!!!!

sucks to troll when you lose, eh?

Have we OGT’d him?

Billy WAGS Mother Fucker!
WAGS!!!!

way to work out of it

Here comes the walk-off HR.....
+1

For comedic purposes, I’m saying it’ll be Melky.

That would be awesome.

SEEEE YAAAAA IKE!

That’s exactly friggin’ right!

Heat 1 & 2 - Hell Yeah!

Slider got him.

WAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here comes the walkoff by Melky!!!!

walk off HR mac… revenge of the blue balls

Blue?

They’ve gotta be a deep shade of purple, if not black, after that….

Uggghhh. Please don’t say that. /crosses legs

Even if you ice them after the game?

Even if

you place them in the freezer for a couple of hours

SMALL BALL! SMALL BALL!
Mac, uh, disagrees.

don’t make fun of B-Mac!

Not if it involves bunting…

C'mon Braves

end this game, so I can finally open up Red Dead

Beast Mode:

[ON] off

I PROCLAIM RUNZ!

That just became my favorite kid.

Awesome does not begin to describe it.
 
This is truly epic.

I <3 this kid...

And I hate kids

How are pain meds not considering PED’s? I took a 15mg Oxycodone last week and had the energy to go 8-8 with 5 HR and 14 RBI in my league softball match. I was hitting .278 going into this game…..

winning time

Phillies lose to Pirates and Zach Duke 2-1

Halladay sucks

Tyler Clippard for Cy Young

Hit by Heap

Pinch runner? Good call

HAHAHA! Mac limping into first

LET'S GOOOO!!!

Beautiful swing, Mac! Now go rest your balls!

Pinch running for the slow catcher with the testicle trauma......smart move
Now bring him home!
That K-rod coming in?

If it is, I hope it’s the wild and ineffective K-Rod.

Mejia is what they said on TV

no, Jenrry Mejia

Hinske better pinch-hit for Melky….

melky is goint to hit the walkoff!!!
I want what you are drinking :)
Melky might be left in to bunt

not that I’d agree with that

Clevlen in to pinch run.
Crowd chanting and chopping like maniacs.

So, what’s going on?

Depends on how much you’d like to know about Brian’s reproductive organs.

Mac got hit in the baby-makers during the top of the inning, responded with a leadoff single in the bottom of the 9th. Now Clevlen is in to PR and the mets make the call to the pen.

Sounds fun.

We'z about to kick some Mets ass

20 yr old rookie pitcher in

i thought they were sending mejia to the minors to start again?

Yeah, I read that today as well…

umm…. are you guys thinking what im thinking…???

don't bunt because he looks horrible at it?

braves walk off, we know

Who’s that clip clopping over my bridge?

Esco bunting....still must not be fully healthy

Why is Yunel bunting?!?!?! He can’t bunt AT ALL.

Bah! I don’t even know what to say about this one.

Okay, a 3-1 count.

Turn him loose now!

I’m hoping he psyching the pitcher out and he’s gonna swing.

He was practicing a lot before BP on Sunday with Hubby and Chino.

Come on Yunel - be the hero!
At least he's not totally sucking at it...he is getting the bat back in time

Why the hell do we constantly give away outs???

TAKE THE WALK, YUNEL!!!
walk walk walk

c’mon

i think a walk would be better

No. Green. Light.

take off the bunt!
NOW PUT THE BUNT BACK ON!!!!!!!
Now take it off....slowly
Now put it back on and you shake it all about.
Um...take the bunt off now (insert bench coach's name here)

i dont wanna say it… but im t hinking about it….

WALK!!!! GOOOOO ESCOBAR!!!

That’ll do! Thank you Yunel for not getting the bunt down!

3-1 count and we try to bunt again??? WTF?

Ok, thank you Mr. Pitcher!
Meija darn near threw himself into the ground...lol

that’s what i’m talking about!

Melky BUNT time!!!

Best in the league, baby.

does that mean melky is bunting/?

Melky Mouse is here to save the day!

And Melky is going to bunt too… Though this makes a bit more sense b/c it’d set up the walk-off sac fly

And also

Melky is way better at bunting than at hitting

MELKY WALKOFF!!!!!!!

Melky bunt, Hinske for Nate?

nate would bat

hinske would pinch hit for pitcher if he failed

Come on. Need us some fresh Melk tonight.

And none of that two-percent stuff, either.

Better 2 percent than Vitamin LOB.

This one is in the bag!

I hope :)

Hinske for Nate? No, let Nate hit and if he can’t get the run in…..then Hinske

Now we could accept a good bunt…

walk off bunt

+ error

make that

“swinging bunt + error”

close enough

hahahahaha

+ all internets for you!!!

gd melky

do something right

Gotta score here, just gotta :)

Oh boy.

Oh, c’mon melky. Get it down already.

Catch the ball with the bat Melky!

Great…2 strikes…

jesus christ......he's as useless as a player can be

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Not good. Get it down and keep it fair.

BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN!

LOL

Awesome

Fuck yeah Melky!!!!!!

BRAVES WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
I told ya!!
see I wasn't drinking anything!!
Yeah you were,

remember you shared it with me :)

HELLLL YAHHAHHH!!
thank you daviddddd
I vote David Wright for Game MVP!!
lolz

between the choking K and the error, I’d agree.

I like this guy

much better then the one that visited last night…

I like this one better.

lol. This pic always makes me laugh.

AWESOME!

LMMFAO! U GO MELKY HAHA

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! YESSSSS!!!!!

A B-more chop for the win...outstanding

Holy crap in an apple.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

He threw that a little bit to the Wright!

HAHAHAH!!! Who called the walk-off error???

i called the walkoff but not error
MELKY WALKOFF REACHED ON ERROR! LLAMASAURUS APPROVES OF DAVID WRIGHT SUCK

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

David Wright might as well have rode out onto the field tonight mounted atop Rainbow Llamasaurus – he was our lucky 10th player.

TOLD YA!!!! MELKY WALKFOFF!!!!!

WTG Melky and Mets ineptitude!

Go suck on a big fat one, Jose Reyes.

BRAVES WIN

BRAVES WIN

someone please explain in great detail what the hell just happened!!

in play (runs) ?!

Melky fails at getting a bunt down, but Wright fails more at throwing runners out at first

wild throw??

worse than wild

slow chopper to wright, off balance throw arrived at the same time melky did to 1B, whoever was covering first had no chance to make a play since melky was in the way

Wright throwing error on swinging bunt scores Clevlen.

Clevlen then says: “That throw was turrbbbll”

Melky, swinging with 2 strikes, chopper to a charging Wright who throws it into the RF foul territory. Clevlen scores from 2B for the win!

Billy Wags

earned another win!

1) Mets throw ball away on chopper with no one out and runners on 1st and 2nd…
2) Runner on second scores
3) Braves PWN the Mutts on POWAH and “heart” thanks to Bobby’s ejection

Wagner

is no Villareal.

Villareal

is no Clippard

Damn you!

I was going to use that one!

Lunging weak swing at down and away pitch, boucing ball off plate, Wright charges throws off balance, IB can’t come up with tailing throw with runner coming at him, ball goes down right field line, runner scores from 2B

THE MELK MAN DELIVERS!!!!!!!!!!
Best thing Melky has done all year.

Being hit by Wright!

HOLY SHIT MELKY CLUTCH GAME WINNER

HE HIT THE BALL LESS THAN 60 FEET.

Love those dugout camera shots!!

God I love beating the Mutts.

It does brighten one’s day.

It makes it that much better that their golden boy David Wright cost them

+a quadrillion

Thanks for the birthday win!!

BRING ON THE REDLEGS!

Red Dead Redemption time

in more ways than one

Awesome win, fellows. Now let’s sweep the Reds!

That'll be tough, however not tougher than R.A. Dickey pitching decent against the Nats tomorrow!
no love for me? I called the melky walkoff since the beginning of the inning :D

you are the oracle!

Winners!

Losers always whine about doing their best. Winners get to go home and FOCK the prom queen! Nice job Melky!

The poster with the Sean Connery quote for a handle quotes Sean Connery. I approve

Can't wait for the Bravesjournal recap
My celebratory picture debut:

And Rand Paul’s political career comes to an end before it ever starts.

Isn’t he winning?

I meant that the guy in the photo looks vaguely like Paul. The real Rand Paul won tonight’s GOP primary in Kentucky.

Yeah, I got ya. I was asking if Paul won though. I thought he had, but I wasn’t sure.

how did you get into my family photos?

The best part of this? We’re out of the cellar, and the Mets are back in it!

Man, I had a stormtrooper .gif I wanted to share and lost it…

So we’ve won 11 games at home, and 4 of them were walkoffs. Man, are the Braves overdramatic or what?

weelll, the yankees were like this last year (melky with like 6 walkoffs or tying rbis) and they won the WS! so we can do it this year
what is wrong with wright

guy sucks

Gold glove third baseman right there

no i mean batting

The League figured him out.

Ike Whatshisname should have made the play.

I TOLD YOU GUYS MELKY WAS CLUTCH

A weak swing, a 55 foot bouncer, a bad throw by 3B and worse non-catch by 1B.
How clutch!

….its a running joke my defense of melky

Ok, THIS is the one I have been searching for:

This picture has so much randomness… i’m speechless

It’s positively Rockwellian.

Does that kid have chest hair?

Hey guys, Droid question here: What folder do I dump music files into from my computer to the phone? Do I have to create a music folder on the SD card?

iPhone > Droid

Anyways…yes, I believe you insert the card into your computer and then simply drag the files into the SD card link. I don’t think you need a folder. Or at least I didn’t when I had the Blackjack 2.

Can the iPhone take videos? I don’t think so…

:)

I am just doing trial and error right now. I know on my BB, the files had to go into a certain folder.

Blackberry

/thread

I just changed from the BB. I am still going to keep it for a PDA though.

Which kind did you have? The touch screen one Verizon had sucked ass

Nah, I had the Curve 8320.

Gotcha. I upgraded that to the Bold. I’ve dropped it 250 times and still looks perfect

haha just wait another 2 months til the new iPhones come out!!!

Actually, I could care less. In the end, we’re just the guys putting more money into the CEO’s pockets.

Hmm…are you on a laptop? If you are, I’d imagine you could just take it into the Verizon store. If not, I’d just keep trying stuff.

Ok, so it was just a drag and drop with the original folder…nice.

The music interface on here is pretty sweet too. I am loving the Droid so far!

…now to get that MLB At Bat app…

The iPhone’s stock is dropping fast. I read a very favorable comparison of the HTC Incredible against the iPhone. Basically, that the HTC Incredible was better in about 6 out of 8 categories. And it’s an Android based phone, too.

the iPhone hasn’t gotten an upgrade in a year and a half. I don’t get why they’d compare a mid-2008 phone to a early-2010 phone. That’d be like comparing the Braves from 2 seasons ago.

Apple is a fad…mark my words.

At least, iphones are…and mac books and ipads.

yeah, the iPad won’t last.

like I said, i don’t really care. but i just think it’s silly to proclaim a phone made a month ago to be better than a phone made a year and a half ago.

If Apple made a new iPhone in late 2011, I’d bet money that it’s a better phone than the Incredible.

The iPhone gets fairly regular upgrades – they’re just minor. Apple still makes a big deal out of them, though. That’s really all they ever do – take the product “as is” and make one change to it….suddenly it’s a “revolutionary” new product and everyone has to rush out to buy it.

The Incredible is the latest version of the Droid. They can’t keep them in stock. If I were to have bought one today, it would not have shipped until the 8th of June.

Hello! After leaving the thread in the 8th to drink a milkshake, i come back to say….
THAT ROCKED
weirdest braves walk off I’ve ever seen. Except for when the bases were loaded and the pitcher BALKED IN THE WINNING RUN. dang that was awesome. It was back in 2008. Anyone remember that.
Also, who knew that Melky would be the hero?

That is all.

Yes, run balked in is/was awesome….great memory.

Do we draw Mike Leake in the Cincy series?

i think so. check the preview from Pac tomorrow.

Yup. Leake vs. Hanson… that’ll be good.

Where'd that troll saying Mets - 4 Braves - 2 go?

And the Melky haters…
I have to admit i was a Melky hater.
But i hate Wrong more, and i approve of the Stink

I wouldn't exactly say he did anything amazing...

He hit a weak chopper than Wright threw away…

I need more from him before I cross his name off the shitlist…

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