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Open Thread 5/4: Braves at Natinals Overflow

We shoulda let that Heyward guy get some more experience in AAA for a few months.

Braves and Nats are tied 2-2 in the 5th. Discuss.

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None of you are first. So don’t even try to look stupid tonight.

Love you.

♥ you too Chopper

new thread is new.

First Lieutenant Obvious...

you’ve been promoted, sir, to CAPTAIN.

ah…fresh air!

You are my new hero.

please...

i’ll let you down.

Just like everyone else. Just…just go. It’s easier that way.

painful, yes.

but you’ll get over it.

I’ve already moved on. I threw your things in the front yard.

and your cats!

When we bought them they were our cats, you bastard!

NATINALS ERROR THREAD

finally some defensive lapse

Panic helps McCann get to second. I like it.

Heap!!!

Those jerseys always make me think they say “16 hits” or “10 hits.”

Haha, I never thought of that – but it’s helping me memorize their #s

wait, you dont know them?
seriously

Most of them, the new guys I’m still learning.

okay, good. For a second I thought you didn’t know (ie Mac is 16)

Powah and MVP are coming up with a runner on 2nd. Woooo!

I know someone put before to move JHey ahead of Troy and I didn’t agree with the reason, but do you think they are going to just start walking him and we would benefit from moving someone other than Melky behind him?

I’d be afraid if he started getting pitched around alot he would go back to his anti-pendelton approach

Maybe…I still wanna keep him 6th or 7th though. He seems to hit better there.

right but even if they just swap him and glaus thats not to dramatic of a change

This intentional walk…yeah, maybe we should.

was just typing that

if it was a lefty and it was Matty D behind him it would be different but anything but Melky right now

Melky is playing really well lately.

but would you be ok with walking him and leaving it up to melky or glaus?

Glaus? Yes.

Melky? Meh.

exactly. so maybe it’s time to start thinking about swapping him and glaus

I think Glaus should move up – 4th. Heap 5th and when Yunel comes back, have Heyward 6th and Yunel 7th.

ok ok i could live with that. I thought glaus should hit 4th all year

and i’m saying only if they start noticeably pitching around him

Btw Erin Andrews clone two rows behind home plate

don't need it

she’s in my lap.

haha idk if even Heyward could force you to watch the tube then

For everyone's reference

Trying to watch the Braves, the Giants/Marlins game and PBS’ Nova at the same time is extremely confusing. I keep thinking Tim Lincecum is investigating Mt. St. Helens.

How’s Timmy doing?

Pretty darn well. 11Ks so far, 3-0 Giants, bottom of the sixth. I think he’s near 75 pitches at this point.

mmm. My fantasy team likes

I went down to watch this on my PS3...and my roommate was watching that. :-(
Just, for ease "this" = Braves, "that" = Giants

Haha! Right. Thanks for the clarification. :^)

I oughta kick him off.

It’s my MLB.TV, and it’s not his PS3 or TV. (Both are the third roommate’s)

you sir...

are beastly.

in about 30 minutes, i will depart because when LOST is on, nothing else is. not even the braves.

See you in anotha life, Brotha!

don’t i know you from somewhere?

I just LOST respect for you.

zing!

than me too….in 12 minutes I can’t watch and will only follow on here

LOOK, MISTER!

lost is only gonna be on for 4 more weeks. it’s not even on in the summer. i’ve been a braves fan for 19 years, and will be until i die. but lost is a once in a generation-type show, and hell, i like it! i’ll be around enough.

don’t be jealous of lost, justin. you’ll get enough jareth time this summer

wink

So that crap and all the hype will be done in 4 weeks? Sweet.

jeez you're hurting my feelings!
It's not that it's a bad show. It's just so crazily over-hyped.

And it’s a bad show…

we're all entitled to our own opinions,

but yours is wrong this time.

Maybe. I watch enough Soup to know that the show is pretty ridiculous though.

lol yeah...

if all you see is clips on talk soup, sure, i can get that. but in context, it’s glorious. and it’s got some serious re-watch value.

it's only over-hyped

to those who haven’t paid attention

24 is much better.

and I’ve never watched one episode of that

Then you are missing out.

i used to love 24

but is has gotten ridiculous the past couple seasons

no, it's only bad season

was 6.

7 and 8 have been good.

I didn't mind 6

i watched all of last season and it was bearable. But this season made me lose interest about midway through

bummer

that’s when it really picked up. jack is badass right now.

Yes he is. He straight up executed that bitch.

I'm sure I will finish it

I get multiple text messages every week updating me on Jack’s status. My favorite one simply read “Jack is going to wipe out all of humanity by the end of this season.”

I bet he gets killed, and the govt keeps the secret a secret.

nope

a movie is pending. he’ll die in that!

sorry, but

a 24 movie would suck

Why? It would be like watching a whole season in 2 hours.

and teh TV movie last year was pretty good.

that's true

@ justin

won’t prevent it from making several hundred million dollars

that's your opinion

Agreed – but at least the stuff is still technically possible.

I hated Dana Walsh and I am glad Jack offed her yesterday.

spoiler, bro!

some people have it DVR’ed!

Well, shit. My bad.

i mean, i watched it

but i’m just lookin out for others

I basically missed out on season 1…then my friend who loved it said the next couple seasons were shit…so i never started watching it

i LOVE 24

and you know this…man!

A bunch of the grad students in my department go to this one restaurant on Tuesdays. A bunch of the others watch 24, but there’s always someone who hasn’t seen it yet and is planning to watch Hulu or DVR. Watching everyone else strain to avoid spoilers is HIGHLY amusing.

i can't get into

watching television/movies on the internet. the only reason i can watch baseball on here is because i’m chatting with y’all

I haven’t either, but I do regularly watch DVDs on my computer if it’s just something in the bg while I work.

shit...

i wish i could watch movies while i work
.
.
.
.
.
.
teaching pre-algebra

That would be awesome. But no, I mean either homework or grading. Like I currently have to go back and give half credit on one answer to a multiple choice problem for a midterm for which I have 100 exams in 10 versions.

eff that...

just give them all that credit. unfair test.

Extra TC-related fun:

The answer involves whether or not a given poll is useless because the sample size is to small.

haha

relevance!

statistics class = win!

No...it doesn't.
I paid attention to around a seasonish.

It’s overhyped.

I’ll be ducking out for Lost as well. I need it in my veins like a junkie. I’m hooked, man.

another one...

i’m not alone!

It’s just too deep for some people I guess….

Just boring.

let's see...

kick ass action: check

time travel: check

subtle, but effective humor: check

asks meaningful questions through storytelling: check

how is any of this boring?

Time travel – boring

umm...flux capacitor

and 1.21 gigawatts ring any bells?

you CAN’T say that was boring!

how about a phone book and socrates johnson? come on!

But those weren’t serious shows…

you should try and give credit

to the showrunners for coming up with a completely different mechanism for time travel that hasn’t been used on television, and maybe film, if memory serves.

I’ve never watched the show. I’ll just watch the last episode so I know how it ends. I’m sure that will make perfect sense.

/sarcasm

?

For sure. It’s a reference to how deep the show is. No one could possibly watch the finale and understand the whole thing.

Both he and Mt. St. Helens

like to smoke.

On a scale of 1-10

with 7 being the best I give this two thumbs up.

Oh man...

I just lost my house, my car, and my dog betting against Jefferson.

movin on up………

To the East Side.

Glaus foul almost drilled the lady eating pizza

You don’t know that she didn’t deserve it.

Troy Glaus is the most unlucky mofo I’ve ever seen.

FIGHT!

hockey and baseball don’t mix

Like vodka and beer.

Two out magic from Heyward please

nope…Melky, blah

Thank you kind sir for this thread. Now i can continue pwning Beard.

Hmm...

haha

More pictures and gifs to get rid of me quicker!

and clicking the subject line

doesn’t expedite things?

i came into that last thread at 777 comments, so at that point, anything i click on, i get this long pause, and then 50 new comments, and the page skips down or up and what i was clicking on is now off the page, so i have to find it again. its damn frustrating.

I don't think you can pitch to him here
they don't either

IBB to Heyward.

that was shitty.

IBB!!!>!>!>!>

Is this his first one?

first of many

Only if we don’t have another good hitter behind him in the future

Pujols has Holliday

he still gets IBBed all the time

You big female cat.

His first IBB! They grow up so fast……

do you think it could be made to be

that hitting the Esc key would “cancel” a comment? i can navigate all over the page with the keyboard, but if i choose to bite my tongue, i have to grab the stupid mouse!

IBB #1

of many in the career of J-Hey.

a truly monumental occasion

Home Run scores BMac from 2nd

I honestly don’t understand how Melky hits any HRs with his swing

you hit enough line drives

a few will go over the fence

I’m not even seeing a consistent line drive swing. Really hope he starts putting some better swings on the ball.

Line drives

are his game… He hasn’t shown it much, but that’s why he hasn’t been very successful yet.

RF of Fenway should answer this question.

oh, and yankee stadium also

also scores Heyward thrice. Twice because he’s Heyward and once because of being IBBd

Heyward getting the Bonds treatment. We need someone behind him to make...

teams think twice about that.

without the juice

hope you aren’t offended, Letter

Not at all. I’m not a BLB fan.

although

he’s a surefire HOFer without the juice, IMO. and probably woulda hit over 500 HR

too bad that wasn't good enough for him
I have to wonder

Qas it because they didn’t want to pitch to Heyward, or that they’d rather just pitch to Melky?

a combination of both

woud YOU pitch to Heyward?

No, he might hurt me.

If I want my life back, no

this game is taking forever.

Indeed. I thought it would be nearly over by the time my softball game starts tonight.

Melky = LVP for tonight so far

It's true

But he’s been much better lately, not counting tonight.

8 lob, not good
KK should be happy for this offensive outburst
BC now he'll need it
Crap.

Chip made that sound like a pop-up on the infield. Should’ve known it was going out.

Schafer tonight:

1-3, K, BB, RBI

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

Can we have a lineup of 9 Heywards?

you think he can clone himself?

He does have a younger brother...

nope. We don’t want to win by rule of forced forfeit due to mangasms, do we?

i’ll take a few wins however we can get them

Here they come…

still plenty of game to play

Amazing how any mistake we make - opposing teams take advantage.

just got in. Could I please get a summary of the game?

Glaus sac fly, Heyward HR

Glaus also robbed of another RBI on a ridiculous diving catch in RF

Livan Hernandez has thrown 246 pitches.

Nats bullpen:

quiet.

good pen or bad for Nats? (future ref)

bad pen

that is pitching well at the moment

wow bummer for Linceum, gave up a 3-run HR to Hanley, he was having an amazing game

fuuuuuck

YER TELLIN’ ME

I’m torn about Hanley’s HR. Obviously, I wish the best for the Giants…but Hanley’s on my fantasy team. WHY IS LIFE SO HARD?

Well done, sir. /salute

Kawakami sucks, trade him
/sarcasm, by the way

KK has a forkball??

KK

has just about everything.

I don’t doubt that, but just never new

So, RIP Ernie Harwell... :-(

If meds goes today does he still start saturday?

We might do a

Medlen/Venters 1-2 punch for the “Starter”

Mets 4 Reds 2 ugh

Wow. Heyward continues to hit bombers. Just wish everyone else start to hit them.

Some runs would be lovely right about now.

What does the “s” at the end of run mean? Is that, like, multiple?

it means

one run or more

sarcasm fail

More than one run at a time? Computers can do anything these days

That means that someone batting shortly before Heyward walked.

Forkball FTW

64mph curve, FTW

Chip, they’re not the Washingtons. They’re the Nationals. That’s why we have team names.

Let's go Atlantas! CLAP, CLAP, CLAPCLAPCLAP

Is this ump’s K zone as bad as MLB’s gametracker suggests?

KK looks like he could go seven or eight innings

KK looks like he’s about to be out of the game

I’d give him one more.

You, sir, are no Bobby Cox. Not sure if that’s a good thing, though.

90% of the time, it is a good thing. I think this is one of those 10%s though.

He only thrown 80 pitches?

79 pitches and he’s out

Why the hell does Livan get 3 extra inches off the plate but KK continues to get squeezed?

where is EricGreggWasPaidOff when you need him

Bobby looks ridiculous without a hat

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think that.

Brooksy sighting!

I remember back in the day when being a brook really meant something…
oh, look at me babbling again.

How is your stream working this evening?

Nice AB from Brooks so far…

he pinch hit for KK?

yes

why are these posters still arguing about KK being in the game in the thread?

Let’s take advantage of a free base.

Come on Nate…little base knock here

did we just think the same thought? FML

F YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Wait, I think he’s talking to me.

calm that shit down!

=)

I typed that wrong. I meant that you were talking to me. Now it just makes no sense. Fiddlesticks.

I wasn’t going to say anything, ha.

z

Hit and run maybe

caught ya!

attempting to tab through comments while in the subject line!

aww man u caught me

Only 124 pitches? What a weak performance for Livan

123 pitches in 5 1/3 innings…not exactly economical

And I bet people are going to bitch about how KK didn’t last until the 6th inning tonight…

well, he didn’t.

I know…but it wasn’t because he pitched poorly or that he got shelled.

Eh KK looked like he was getting ready to combust.

Was that before or after he retired 9 of 11 batters?

Bye Bye Livan

Phillies up 1-0 in 8th against Cards.

Too bad Madson isn’t there to close

we can only hope Lidge gets the call

And that he just punted a credenza.

Consolation prize: Lidge v. Pujols

lol

the ball is still climbing.

Sorry for the pic, but I HAD to

The face of a man who knows he’s not going out for ice cream after the game.

I have to leave in 45 minutes for a softball game…this game better speed up!

my first one got rained out last night. i was not happy.

You’re still here? I better start posting some gifs

i’m lurking mostly.

Wow…he was out by a mile.

wish i could see
Looked terrible on first go

But I think the tag was of the phantom variety

I’m not sure.

Either way, he was dead meat.

After replay you’re right. Good call.

wow. I thought Conrad was dead

how did he do that

I can live with a “phantom tag”

Nighttime darkens, heightens each sensation...
We need a Prado double

Is McLouth now #23 because Schafer is back in the ststem?

#24

Look at his uniform, I might be wrong, but it was 23 I’m pretty sure

diaz is 23

I thought Diaz is 23.

Matt Diaz would be upset.

good point

Schafer took #2 after Kelly left.

Rob Dibble is the most biased announcer I’ve ever heard.

with a name like "dibble"

he must be objective.

i don’t know exactly what i’m saying.

Welcome to my world.

mitch williams but not an announcer

What about the Yankees' lady announcer

who practically dissolved into a pool of goo when Clemens re-signed midseason?

Susan Waldman? She doesn’t do anything but the out of town scoreboard but that’s because Sterling thinks he runs a one man show

Yeah

She is pretty awful. One of the radio stations down here in ft lauderdale has all of their games on. Every time I hear her I want to puke

yankee games in FLA? wow

yankee games in FLA? wow

Yeah on an AM station. EVERY damn game. And she does more than that on the radio at least. Shes awful

He is retarded. Did you hear him talking about Uggla’s attitude and how that is the reason that the Marlins have not won any championships???

WHAT???

Desmond is good.

i'm out.

destiny calls. hate me all you want! go braves!

Good to see Bret Michaels can go back to banging stupid skanks again soon.

9 LOB thru 6

that makes me a sad panda.

Story of the year thus far...get plenty of guys on base, just no timely hits w/ RISP.

The 2B ump’s name is Bill Miller – one of my television heroes.

Dunn, you son of a bitch…

My fantasy team approves.

Fuuuuuuck.

Eric .... really?
Crap...1st inning is coming back to haunt us.

At least all 3 HRs have been of the 1-run type.

I don’t know if giving up 3 single HRs could be called a “bright side” – but it’s less dim for sure.

LOOGY FAIL

That made this game less awesome
Okay

I have work to do.. talk to everyone later

Shoulda kept KK in.

Hindsight's 20-20, eh

I said it before – during Conrad’s AB.

Especially with Hindsight LASIK!

Bobby’s had his starters on incredilby short leashes the past few days. Of course, Huddy was cramping, but Lowe got yanked pretty early Sunday, like 90 something pitches.

Yeah. Maybe saving them for later in the year? IDK.

I’m kinda rooting for the day halladays arm falls off in september….manual left him in to go 9 in a 10-0 blowout

This is very much not like our pitching staff

But it is like the Natinals offense.

Not really. They’ve only homered 16 times all year and they already have 3 tonight.

But they have Dunn, Willingham, Zimmerman, etc.

It’s just 2 runs, but we really need to stop faffing around and get some hits with men on base.

Joe razzing the Natinals for the scoreboard FAIL

Lol @ the Braves announcers making fun of the Nat’s non-working scoreboard.

Highest BA against the Nats with at least 100 PAs…

are we supposed to guess?

Damn

these Nationals are always a pain in the ass. lol

Who’s up to bat for us?

Chipper Mac and Glausosaur.

It’s imperative to get something going so we don’t have to claw back in the 9th.

That’s a start!

Ok 2 runs in 3 innings…we can do this

How is the Nats BP?
Clippard and Capps

have been a great tandem so far…but theyre over their head right now

Same as it was the last two times someone asked, haha

Alright Chip!! Nice start

Chipper singles

Slumpbuster for Chipper tonight

Offical

Bring Derek Lowe In To Pitch The 7th post. we need some runs. he only threw 80something pitches the other day

ummmm lol

you know its genius

How lovely! Chipper with another hit!

for those who have Lincecum in their fantasy team
he can win if Uribe hits
he hits a double so those who have Lincecum he can finish with the win
Heap looked bad

It’s the lack of beard.

Time for trhese...

WTF kinda swing was that?

Glaus

we need a homer!!!

Yeah…now that I think about it, that would work!

Oh dear ugly Heap. What are you doing?

I think Heap’s slump is my fault. I’ve been picking him P2C for days hoping he’ll turn it around and he still keeps on not clicking.

Stupid question time

P2C means what, again?

pick to click

And that does what?

points in NAHWAL if they do good.

It’s from a daily (or game-ly?) contest on TC called NAHWAL. One of the parts is to pick who you think will do well this game.

It’s this game we do for every game. After a few weeks points are awarded and the winner gets his choice of prizes that interestingly enough get “lost in the mail” once Gondeee sends them.

Ah, okay! Thanks for the answers, everyone.

quit it!

Yeah, it’s the P2C jinx. Melky’s failing tonight cause of me

Nick Drake on an AT&T commercial? Interesting.

LOL Yadier Molina just tied the game….nice to see he’s killing more than just us now

phillies tied

that is good

and Brad Lidge is in

Let’s go Glausosaur!

Is there a pitching change or something?

burnett out, clippard in

Yes. There was. 1-1 to Glaus now.

HIGH fly ball

a guy walks into a bar, ouch.

Damn it Chip. Please stop over exaggerating

Sounds like he’s trying to

Cue Chip orgasm

Does he realize he only impresses himself?

Can you whip up some kind of graphic that expresses how often he oversells each play? “CHIP DIGS THE LOOOOOONNNNNGGG—wait. Caught.”

Haha, I don’t want to see any “Chip graphic” that often on the threads.

Plus, I like my avatar too much to “chip it” in any way. LOL

I know, right? I think I’d be banned for making such a thing.

Chip making me think Glaus bombed on again…

Man

I hate Chip. He makes every flyball seem like it’s gone. lol

Agh damnit! Juuust missed that.

Ok JHey! Tie this game again

Have they said how far Dunn’s blast went?

Lincoln Memorial

Heyward with a hit…come on, Melky!

Heyward singles! Come on MELKY

Heyward singles

2-for-2 with 2 walks. Neat.

That’ll boost the ol OBP.

lol… neat x1000

“We are the same height…that is neat”

Infield hit for Heyward

it says it went to the RF on gamecast?!?!

it may have -
 I’m doing 3 things and trying to make sure and title the images
forgive the error

It was a weak ground ball hit in just the right spot to squeek through Dunn and the 2B.

I think it did, but it didn't go all the way out into right field.
On a positive...

ST louis tied it up and is tied w/ philly now

We are hitting the crap out of the Nats…and losing.

can't wait for the melky sucks posts tomorrow if he screws this up

Or before (see posts below…)

That was a wicked pitch that Melky just hacked at.

Really Melky?

here comes a melky out

:(

lol Ryan Madson kicked a chair and broke his toe?? haha

What up

Saw that Heyward is a badass.

How is Chipper looking. Did he figure things out?

Meh. He has 2 hits, but I’m not sure if he looked good on them.

bummer

thought the day off might help

Solid single into CF. Bloop double down the LF line.

What is with their radar gun? Not even close

MelkMan fails

I am not sure that was a strike…

gameday has a ball outside

not even just outside, not really that close but seems thats how its been all day

I think he painted it, either too close to look at with 2 strikes.

Stare at a fastball right down the middle why don’t ya?

At worst, it was over the outside corner. I thought it was off the plate.

Either way, it was definitely not over the middle.

It was close enough where he needed to be protecting the plate with 2 strikes

The plate – yes. The other batter’s box? Not so much.

I’m quickly losing my patience with Melky.

Stay true, my brother.

Stay thirsty, my friends?

Beard is NOT the Most Interesting Man in the World.

I read

an article somewhere today about how bad Vazquez has been doing and all the comments were Yankee fans wanting to trade him back to us for Melky. lol

i’m fading fast.

2 more LOB...can't to win doing that

Melky Cabrera is teh suck. Let’s let MattyD get some swings in. I know he was bad in April, but still.

You act as if Melky has not been one of our hottest hitters lately…

that wasn't a strike.....

that was most definitely outside… gameday and fox sports locator

i really hope schafer crushes the minors

Melky with 7 LOB

Melky, swing the damn bat.

poop.

He

called the shit poop. lol

this is braaavesss countryyyyy

At least they burned Clippard a little earlier than they planned to…

why is it our best hitter is heyward yet we dont protect him with anyone. instead we protect chipper who hits .200

All part of Bobby’s master plan to leave after the Braves finish 37-125.

do we play the ’Stros 26 more times?

Nope. But we do play the Pirates 6 times, and the Astros 20.

Really? How does that happen?

Hackers broke into the MLB Schedultron 3000 and tweaked it a little.

Lemme go ahead and get this in before Gene does

OMG OMG NO IMAGES OR GIFS IN THE THREAD
Ha...Melky has stranded 7...amazing.

At least the heart of the order is getting on?

in his defense, that last K wasn’t a strike…

Disagree

Disagree with your disagree. Gameday agrees with my disagreement of your disagreement.

agree on this disagree

Gameday actually had it on the edge, it was touching the box.

Which means it is a ball.

You guys are hopeless forget it.

Touching the white line on game-day is a ball. I am watching the game, and it was a ball outside.

God forbid someone disagree with you, the most important person agreed with me and called it a strike.

This started on a funny comment that justin wrote. I don’t think he was starting a fight. You just didn’t take it that way. I hardly think they care if someone else thinks it was or wasn’t a strike.

if he’s not going to call that pitch for KK, then he shouldn’t call it now. Consistency, my friend.

You can’t triplestamp a doublestamp!

you got a better vantage point than gameday/fox pitch locator/my television?

I’m watching the game, it was on the outside corner.

sigh why can't the braves hit...

i want game #4 win in a row.

We are hitting the shit out of the ball…just not scoring.

Not enough stealing of home.

I wish we would hold runners better.
Mets and Reds

Reds tie it up in the bottom of the 8th. 4-4.

5-2 come on braves.
Venters' profile pic

looks like KJ….

I have to go now.

Here’s hoping that I am the bad luck and we come back!

uggh….maybe i should have been studying

great route Melky.

Walks Kill ...... US.

Almost every time.

oh well, those who have Lincecum on their team, he didn't win, Uggla hit a 3-run HR off Romo to give the Marlins the lead

Go Fugly Uggla!!

/weeps openly

/awkward shoulder pat

Thanks, man. I’m good. Tomorrow’s another day.

/immediately struck and killed by bus
Yeah. I found this out while fetching my dinner.

A pair of 3-run homers is as frustrating as what the Nats are doing, it seems.

Leo Nunez 4 L
next inning

So I bet we get a lead off hit, fly out, hit/walk, then 2 outs leading to another zero run inning with 2 left on.

About time to figure out what video game to play after this disaster.

MW2?

it’s been a while since I dusted that one off

Killing things usually helps me vent aggression lol

I usually vacuum the living room, but whatever works for you.

Gears is what I normally use to vent. Something about shoving a rusty chainsawgun into someone’s unsuspecting chest that gets me…hmm…perhaps I’ve said to much.

What are your options?

Halo Reach beta was fun last night. I need to finish Assassin’s Creed 2. But NHL 10 is a blast too.

Hmm…

I haven’t had a chance to see the Reach beta. It looks cool. How far are you through Assassin’s Creed?

Beta definitely was cool, only I played the same map like 6 games in a row.

I wanna say I’m like 2/3 of the way done with AC2.

Its a fun game. There is a ridiculous cameo (history wise) at the end of the game. You’ll honestly laugh when you see it.

Yeah, I enjoy it.

Our BP pitchers are not as sharp as they were in the beginning, Ugh

Well, the success they had at first would be hard to maintain. You can’t have a bullpen ERA of 0.00.

Nats tonight, per Chip...

3 chances with RISP tonight – they have 2 hits.
Plus their 3 HRs.

It’s like night and day with these two lineups tonight

How id Ty Clippard unhittable now? He looked like crap with the Yanks.

Someone explain to Chip what a line drive is.

Since not only this season, but the next 10 seasons

are now over with, I may as well grab a little snack before bedtime.

See ya in 2020, don’t forget your hoverboard

Hopefully we’ll have Powah. Cause hoverboards don’t work without it.

Just keep them away from water.

Meet me at the Cafe 80s for lunch.

Shall we have the HOSTAGE SPECIAL?!

I think I’ll try the Gorbachev Goulash Rambo.

I am having creole chicken, Spanish rice, and collard greens.

It also is only dinner time here, not snacktime.

Well, it just looks like we're gonna have to win the next 2 to take the series.

Hanson can start that tomorrow.

Well the volatile Matt Capps hasn't blow a save yet this year...

…theres always a first time for everything.

Wow, Rowand just tied the SF game with a HR off Leo Nunez

Wait, what?

I hate the Giants & want them to suffer!

They’re siphoning our offense.

That MUST be the answer.

and those who follow the NBA

Magic lead the Hawks 83-44

Is that a typo?!?!
My Twitter indicates no

Holy crap. Did the Hawks bother to show up?

Mets just won

Stupid Nats fans want a balk call with no runners on

Chavez? Might as well run up the white flag Bobby
If we don't win tonight - it's 3-11 on the road so far this year.

This stat needs help – it’s on life support.

QUICK! GET THE CRASH KIT
Haha
OH GOD, WE'RE LOSING HER
NOT ON MY WATCH, WE'RE NOT
We are totally going to hit a 2-run and a solo in the 9th again, right?
if that happens I will streak, in all of my neighborhood
Err...I meant "a pair of 2-run dingers"

We need all hands on deck in the 9th inning.

we've got the meaty, productive

part of our lineup due… I’ve seen grander leads turn to dust with 1 out in the 9th..

wont matter if its 2-6 or 7

you’ve got an odd way of saying things just retarded enough its difficult to respond to them

We need to pop a Capp in the Nats asses.

Am I naive to ask for a vidro here?
you tell me

Obviously so.

Glaus…a little hustle please?

Geez. Me thinks the coffin has been nailed shut

wouldn't have mattered - Glaus was too late regardless
well this was a fun night

I’m not even drunk yet…

saving up for after my two finals tomorrow…cinco de mayo plus my best friends bday

Nice, enjoy that.

I have a midterm tomorrow…from 6-8 pm.So much for Cinco De Mayo.

8-?

t

that had a lot more ???

I also lead discussion sections at 8am Thursday mornings.

Glaus fucked us on that one.

Capps wont come in i bet

Ha, I can’t believe he actually looked 2B…what the fuck was he thinking.

was the infield playing in?

Don’t believe so.

It has to happen at least once a game: lolbraves

Someone needs to make that into a photoshop.

so did you guys see another phillies fan ran onto the field tonight?

I hope he got tased too.

haha nope...

ran out at the start of the 9th with philly up 1-0. hamels must have got rattled cause they gave up a run.

phillie just won

ruiz hr

If we lose we tie BAL for worst road record. And they have won 7 games all year.

incorrect.

Which part?

Orioles are ready to lose so they’ll be 3-12, ha

Got it.

Geez, man. Lighten up. It’s a loss in early May.

Last 2 innings, leadoff walk by us gave them a run.

I hate it when stats like this are true.

Grand slam to tie the game?

Heyward's slams count double

Works for me

We need a blern.

Damit - everybody rally whatever they got.

Every time I see this, I think it’s a tent with astroturf out front.

…me too actually…

HaHa, it’s actually my Braves cap – I “rallied” it and took a photo.

Adding a nut for reinforcement.

Luck or Fate

that Heyward represents the go-ahead run..?

This guy has a 11/8 BB/K count. We need to make him throw pitches.

The former U.S. Attorney General plays for the Nats now?

I’m rocking the mohawk rally cap on one side of my head.

We are the most unlucky Braves team I’ve seen in 10 years. We’ve absolutely smashed balls this season and they’re always right at someone.

That one in the 3rd comes to mind. Fucking flying RF.

Chipper with a walk.

so Prado made an out, no longer GS opportunity for Heyward which= a L
whoops I did it bad!

I’ll take game tying.

he can tie it up…

ummm try your math again….

that's why I said above: I did it bad
chip finally said something I agree with

We’re tired of the “silver linings” with this team

The silver lining of this game = nobody died.

harwell….

Well, there went that.

first on....

I can imagine, just based on that last two-shot on Hanson and Hudson, that Huddy staring me down would be some intimidating shit.

Hudson’s the nicest guy in the world.

Those are always the guys you have to watch.

BMac swung at ball 4.

Just screamed that to hubby.

he made up for it

And he also just drove in a run. Relax man, your blood pressure must be through the roof.

Can I borrow your time machine? I didn’t know he was going to drive in a run.

No, you can’t with that attitude.

Alright, production from the middle of the lineup!

In play, run(s)!!

Heap keeping hope alive...

What would you do if Heyward ties this game?

Buy a Klondike Bar

Same thing I do everytime Heyward does something silly

try and take over the world?

I win

no way…mine definitely posted first

This is correct.

Try to take over the world?

holy shit, you both said the same thing

We have good taste in cartoons.

Hope they score again to take the lead

Run around the house spraying my beer everywhere.

Not go into a spiraling braves induced depression.

Is Capps coming in?

yes

is it a save opportunity if the “lead” is shortened?

Yes, as long as the winning run is in the on deck circle I believe

or is it tying run?

 I think it’s winning run on deck because you can have a 4 run lead and come in with the bases loaded and get a save.

Thought it was winning, but not sure.

I’m not sure either

Tying run on base, at bat, on deck.

I like this ATT commercial. This is the best song in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Capps blows first save of the year!

“Lets go Capps” is freakin weak compared
to the epic “Lets go Hey-ward.”

Is Glaus trying to rip the cover off of the ball?

braaaaavessss countrryyyyyyyy

Heyward left on deck…yeah, this will be mentioned in the Recap. That’ll be up later tonight.

What a shitty game.

Later TC.

Glaus vidro to end it. I can’t say it surprises me.

well we have tomorrow to not be put to shame

See everyone tomorrow night.

Alright, time to win these next two.

Oh well, maybe the Nats will be over-confident tomorrow and we'll show 'em.

We can take the series if we win the next 2.

I like it in my world – don’t burst my bubble.

Glaus could use a rest, just like Heyward did, after the rest he is batting a lot

dude he ripped it everytime….if you want to blame someone blame melky

both, they both can use some rest, maybe tomorrow or sometime

Until tomorrow, all. I’m off to watch the Giants break my heart all over again.

Ugh. Just one game. Its just one game. Its just one game.

Maybe we should start an adoption program...

for all the poor, abandoned baserunners

I read that as “abortion program” and thought you were in favor of getting rid of Melky.

God another DP? CRAP

On the bright side. Looks like Chipper & B-Mac had a solid games.

Yup, Glaus hasn’t been having any solid games lately.

If Derek Jeter was up he would have hit a 7-run homer.

Man

It really would have brightened my day to see the magical rainbow llamasaurus

I wake up every morning thinking the same thing

I really think

that thing makes my whole day

melky and Nate

bring up cleven, or blanco. they cant do any worse than the guys we have in now

Noway can the Nats sweep us so we will win the next 2.

See y'all tomorrow night.

.

We should...

Swap KK for Medlen…why not?

Are you shitting me?

They just said Jason HOWARD on ESPN. Fuck you guys.

not the first time

That’s what you get for watching ESPN. I haven’t watched ESPN in a non-live sporting event capacity in a very long time.

Glaussy

Pounded the ball tonight like I pounded Trebeck’s mother. Foiled again!

yaaaaiishh

i can’t clear the fence.

ouch.. wow!!

reply to this: what happened to home runs? jason heyward is the only capable one.

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