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Open Thread 5/6: Braves at Nationals #2

Runz AND hitz thread for the Braves.

We need hits and runs. And then some more hits. And a few more runs too.

Go Braves and beat the Nationals!

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This offense

is pathetic

This offense only hopes that on its best day it can be labeled pathetic

Hits thread!

Good idea

Shake things up.

LET’S GOOOOOOOOO!

This will be the HIT thread.
We really need to time those better.

The run scoring base hit thread.

This is beat.

if we get no hit again im giving up on the season!!!!!!

yeah... its not like Olsen has electric stuff
So do lots of pitchers

 No excuse to be this bad

yeah, it makes it worse lol
New thread! Let's do this...

I think this is when a no hitter is not impressive.

Game over

the game wasn’t over before that hr?

FUC KFUCK FUCKF UFKCKCKC

Hahahahahahahaah

You suck at making new threads at the right time…just want you to know that.

:)

All we can do is laugh now

pfffhhhhh!!!!!!!!

I may have to cry myself to sleep tonight if we get no no’d again.
 
The sad thing? I’m not even trying to be funny.

WRONG RUNS THREAD

Adam Dunn HR thread… /cry

Still within reach...

Man I wish I was this optimistic.

I don’t care about the final score now. I just want a hit

This is me as well.

Maybe we should have signed that guy?

Someone should have thought of that last year, and we could have discussed it some.

Nah... I'd rather have Glaus. Or Garret Anderson.
-1

FUGA reference

This isn’t seriously happening again, is it?

Timmy has pitched a gem

too bad its gonna go for a L

timmy's pissed

i would be too

Now is the time on Sprockets when Kimbrel makes his ML debut and pulls an anti-Devine.

Gives up a negative grand slam? How is that possible?

WE score 4 runs somehow.

It's going to be a long one...

hahah +a million

“Goddammit Bobby take your fucking heart medicine!”
 
“Okay okay!”

Great chance for me to finally use this

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check out whoever that is in the background cracking up

2 runs should NOT be the death of any SP.

But on our team, it seems to be the mountain too high to climb.

Except if your name is Lowe.

I've learned not to expect anything,

that way I don’t get disappointed….

I usually expect at least a hit

I watched the NO NO from the Ted.

It was troubling to say the least.

I’d pull up that quote from Dodgeball…but too pissed right now

Yeah

That got it from me :)

I’m betting Matty D breaks through next hitting and smacks a hit. Payback for those shitty calls on him

I’m betting that black hole of offense swings and misses 3 straight pitches.

This game isn’t over.

we’ve still got an angry Matty D on our side!

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Head explodes

NOBODY PANIC! EVERYTHING IS FINE!

ALL IS WELL! ALL IS WELL!

Thank you. I couldn’t remember the exact line.

If Olsen makes it to the ninth with two outs, I want to see Bobby rush out and start a huge scene and get thrown out.

That was strike 3 for Olsen like 4 times

yup…that was a strike for Olsen

if I ever get the “honor” of meeting a MLB umpire, i’ll probably get arrested for doing something I shouldnt

There was a former mlb umpire who used to do my high school and college games

biggest piece of shit ever. I was getting an award one year and he was the “featured guest speaker” at the banquet, and he bragged about all the different ways he threw people out of games. Really gave me a bad impression of umpires in general. On top of that he was a huge douche during games.

British elections update

A group of people are chanting “Yes, we cahn.” It’s funnier to actually hear it.

yeah i laughed haha
nice play Omar
LOL @ SUUUNDAY hop!!!!
Great play by Omar

“Look what I found,” said Omar as he threw to first.

Good play by Infante.

Hawks up by 2

Holy crap… did the game just start or something?

36-34, mid 2nd q

That’s weak. The Kings had like 27 wins this year. Beat that.

so far...

this is worse than the last no-no. atleast last time we drew like 9 walks…

I can’t believe Chip just said money-shot

Hahaha... at least something can make me laugh in these dark times

I’m sure it was preceded by some fisting.

Long and deep

Porn Director Chip

Sometimes I think he says these things on purpose to see if he can get away with it.

The Tommy Smothers of our time.

how long ago was it when we hit a HR in like 25 straight games? I miss those days

04 right?

Sheff, Chip, Drew, Andruw…holy cow

That was 2003 when we had Drew, right?

Wasn’t it 03? I know that was the year we had one of the best offenses in history.

Huddy working hard here.

OK OFFENSE – DO SOMETHING.

That’s a command.

Dear 8 pound, 6 ounce baby Jesus, lying there in your manger…

Time for Diaz to plant one in the upper deck

Virtual Standing O for Tim.

Okay, let's play a game my fellow TCers...

everyone read this comment and then count to 3. Once you hit 3, type “HITS HITS HITS!” and post it. They did this in some thread last year and it worked and the team won too.

HITS HITS HITS!

HITS! HITS! HITS!

We’re losing 250 to 1 right now.

250 to 0**

Wash 2 runs 5 hits 0 errors
Atl 0 runs 0 hits 1 error
 
250-1

So, this guy on the Snapple commercial on mlb.tv – he was on Street Smarts. Anyone else remember that show?

yep, indeed I do

Those were some of the stupidest people that I have ever seen.

shit, tell me about it.. I havent seen it in a while

HITS HITS HITS

HITS, HITS, HITS!

HITS HITS HITS!

HITS HITS HITS!
HITS HITS HITS!
HITS HITS HITS

HITS HITS HITS

HITS HITS HITS!
Worth a shot anyway

c-c-c-combo breaker

How’d you keep bacon around without Llamasaurus eating it?

Is Heyward on the bench?

Maybe he could come in and break this shit up.

Also, HITS HITS HITS!

HITSHITSHITS

Don’t swing at that Matty!

AGAIN!!

HITS HITS HITS!"

Smoltz said this broke his no-no up... gonna give it a try.

ZAGNUT ZAGNUT ZAGNUT

If they make some Web Gem the game is over and that player will be the new DeWayne Wise.

I walk out and come to this… wow

COME ON!!

HITS HITS HITS!

OH WHAT THE HELL

Hits hits hits
 
Also, rally bacon is good. Rally nachos are better. Rally bacon nachos = teh best.

I started the game off with a Rally Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich
get tossed Matty
MATT EFFIN DIAZ

That’s three fucking times.

how many times do we need to rung up on the same pitch

It was 6 inches off the plate.

doesnt matter….if its called…its called

That’s bullshit. If the pitch hits the ground in front of the plate, and it is called a strike, it doesn’t matter?

he’s called it all night dude, I’m pissed off too…but come on

That was more inside than the others, and even still, a ball is a ball is a ball, no matter what the shitty ump says.

I’d rather our guys have good eyes than flail at bad pitches just because the ump sucks.

Where the hell is Bobby?

Ross…gotta break this shit up

THIS IS SO MUCH BULLSHIT

I called the K.

That was a ball, ouch
Funny side note:

Matty was wearing Tommy Boy’s helmet

i'm not watching

but on gameday that was inside…

D ROSS!!!! THANK GOD

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why has Cox not gotten thrown out yet?

That was so far inside!

This ump FUCKING BLOWS!

looked like a strike on the replay

No fucking way. It was a good 4-6 inches inside.

Today’s strike zone is wider than Rosie O’Donnell

ROSSSSS!

TROGDOR THE BURNINOR WILL BURN DOWN SCOTT OLSEN'S TOWN!!!
ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Fully engorged

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHA YES!!!

Is Olsen throwing a perfect game?... oh wait.. ROSS!

No he had a walk.

HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGNNNNNNNNNNUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTT

HITS HITS HITS!!!!!!!!!!

Hallelujah!

Ain’t that a beeeeautiful thing?

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

ROSS KILLS THE NO-HITTER! GOOD MAN, ROSS!!

Time to go to work now.

Mvhss... you're the man.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Thank you for lobbing Zimmerman!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

haha sweet!

I'm going to ask this again since no one answered before...

Did Zimmerman hurt his arm?

he’s been side-arming them all night…not sure

They have been 3rd grade softball lollipops. No major leaguer should throw like that healthy..

Thank God. Even though he’s not in the lineup tonight.

SS got upended like crazy.

How’s that GG Zim?

Alright kids, you know what to do...

RUNS RUNS RUNS!!!!!!

The Zimmerman Lob has failed!

let's win this damn thing

Melky with luck?!? WTF?

Baseball gods are fucking this ump for his shittiness now.

what the hell is wrong with his arm?

Who’s feeling a Heyward PH appearance?

Philosophical question: Do we now consider Ross' hit a victory?

I consider it half a victory….the chance for full victory is still on the table.

yay!!!

now pull Olsen!!!!!

that Dunn HR really hurts right now

So close

I was about to swear I’d eat a candy bar if we could pull this game out of the trash. (Haven’t eaten one in prob. 10 years)

a) why?
b) I’m holding you to that

a) don’t crave them; sugar makes me sleepy, and I don’t like chocolate
b) I said about :)
Hopefully I won’t have to go full force…

okay.. fine….
don’t care… still holding you to it

uh oh. but worth the sacrifice!

I’m going out, but when we win you need to go out and buy a Cookies and Cream bar

Don’t…like…chocolate?
I know these words individually, but when you put them together like that, I don’t understand.

I don’t much care for chocolate, but a candy bar every now and then is nice.

lol, I can really make some fast friends with leftover Halloween minis!

3 run homer for Nate

NO VIDRO NATE!
 
Get Jay Hey up with a chance to take the lead with a bomb.

please get on base nate

then let jhey save us with a grand slam

RUNS RUNS RUNS!!!

c'mon NASTY NATE!

love to see a deep fly right here

H-O-H-O-M, H-O-M-E-R-U-N. HOMERUN clap clap McLouth!

KILL KILL KILL!!
whoops got a little too excited

Olsen: God damn fucking ground crew.

I’ll take a walk too.

First time tonight he’s looked rattled…. keep up the pressure.

OH MAN…THIS IS INTENSE

Man, this is great!

single for Nate!!! BASES LOADED FOR JHEY!

Here he comes…..

Way to go Nathan!

NATE!

Dirty Jungle of Love

Too much speed on the basepaths right now.

Blargh. No RBI. :-( Let's go JHEY!

Bases juiced for PH.

HEYWARD HEYWARD HEYWARD

Nasty Nate

for the fckin win!!! Come on Heyward!!!

No Vidro! No Vidro! No Vidro!!!

You jinxed it!

Dude, this was before Heyward batted.

Get the F off me!

:)

Hahaha, I noticed that after I typed it. My bad. :)

Bases loaded!

very smart to hold up

Truth. One run doesn’t matter at this point.

LETS GO!
Let's go Jason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JHEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARRRRGGHHH

JAY HEY

Bringing in a RHP

are they smokin?

clippard I believe…has he pitched in every game?

Heyward will hit a HR with his dick, and the groin will no longer be a problem

Heward is coming up and Olsen is done. He can still get the loss though.

Oh, please, please, please, please let him take the loss....

I’d let Hudson bat here personally.

If it was anybody else hitting I’d agree… but it’s JHEY!

took a second to make

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BUT SO WORTH IT

Nice

Who was complaining about him playing early in the thread? :)

Heyward does not care about your double switch

come on heyward! be a legend!

Does Jim Riggleman know that you can make a straight substitution and not a double switch

don’t think anyone’s told him that

hindsight is 20/20 but I wish we ran for ross there

No. 1 run isn’t important right now.

one run here…and one run next inning? It’s not the ninth inning

Can’t play it like that though.

I am applauding for Olsen.

Same here

Dude pitched one hell of a game up to this point.

Hell, I could have pitched with that zone.

olsen seriously wasn't that great tonight.

the fucking plate was 6 feet wide

Inflated K numbers for sure. But he still pitched a real good game

And he took advantage of it. Timmy didn’t.

we couldn’t hit anything either

Wow, i go make a turkey burger and we got bases juiced! I must be bad luck :(

GO MAKE ANOTHER BURGER

And don’t come back until you have enough for all of us!

i’m already going… see ya guys (and gals)

Back to the kitchen with you!!!
If Jason Heyward homers here...

I’ll cream my pants. No lie.

ill cream twice as u

just saying…

I will streak and put pictures of it!

remember what happened when you said you would pee your pants?
REMEMBER!?

this would be the sweetest comeback yet

when was the last time we had a grand slam?
when Moby Dick was a minnow

Bob Horner. 1984.

bomb gif. at attention…

if heyward homers, we’ll need to make another thread

“If heyward homers, we’ll need to make another website.”
 
FTFY.

he hits a HR

and i’ll wake up the baby

clippard’s due for a bad outing

he’s just been awesome this year.

Have Heyward truck engine running…

Why wasn’t that a strike ump? It got to the plate in the air.

sick cut there

I Can’t believe how good Clippard is now.

Those last two have been perfect.

2 BIG cuts from Jason…calm down, kid. A hit works just as well right now!

JHEY base hit!!! we’re tied!!!

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used more exclamation points.

HEYWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEYWARD IS GOD!!!!

I like this new guy.

heywwwarddddddddddddddddddddd

OH YEAH YEAHEY HEAYH

That

is just as good as a homer. Let’s all CREAM!!! lol

FUCK YEA JASON HEYWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahaahahahahaah

I need new underoos now.

Yes!!

Where are the Rally Nachos?

and the legend grows!

HEYWARD HEYWARD HEYWARD

SHOT Heard around Talkin Chop!

Heyward Hit.

I think I've found true love!!!!

Great hustle by Melky!

He's 20 years old folks

Holy shitballs.

Fucking this.

Amazing player.

LETS GET ONE MORE AND GET TIMMY THE WIN!

Jason MOTHERFUCKIN Heyward!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What happend? Can i come back???
NO
damn.. ok.. leaving

eh, I guess you can come back now

I don't know...

Maybe that vidro happened BECAUSE he came back just then…

Fly ball here…please.

HEYWARD

I WANT TO HAVE UR BABIES

No win for Olsen!

He can get the loss, actually.

I know that, actually.

Not anymore, actually.

come on Omar

make sure to bring the wood with you!!!

THE MELKMAN with the great baserunning.

I think the thread just came. lol

One giant collective orgasm

time for the obligatory cigarette

Let’s get one more and put Huddy in line.

Cmon Omar!
 
U Can Doooooo eeeeeeeeet all night long!

This kid is absolutely a once in a lifetime player

not a strike.

OMG…terrible fucking call

Lincecum is the Freak

Heyward is the SuperFreak

Cocaine’s a helluva drug.

It’s a celebration, BITCHES!!!

He’s a very kinky girl?

The kind you don’t take home to Mother.

(s)He will never let your spirits down
I should feel great about us scoring and tying it up

But instead I just feel bad for Scott Olsen. He got the DP just Ryan Zimmerman fucked it up.

It’s weird watching these games while being a fan of both teams.

No, Zimmerman had to make a fantastic play just to get that ball.

Then he threw it into the outfield. I hate when the reliever comes in and lets the batters score. Great for us! But poor Scotty Olsen…

I don't feel bad for him.

We are the team in last place now….

I’m just saying that Olsen didn’t get a DP ball. He got a hard-hit ball down the line that his 3rd baseman bailed him out on.

He dug his own grave.

Heyward, I LOVE YOU

UGH…worse possible outcome for Infante…

All we needed was a fly ball…

Was it good for you?

…sigh…

I can’t feel my toes.

You two are cracking my shit up over here.

dammit. oh well. God saved us

WOW

The Infant with a rally killer

What are you talking about? He didn’t hit a HR.

nice reference there. was that fyf?

damnit omar...

GIDP was the one thing you couldnt do

Heyward’s pullin a Ruth. Getta hit then have someone else run for you.

holy fuck.

noon to 6:30 just like that

At least it's a tie game now....

We’re back in this, and there’s no more Olsen!

Hit it hard, nothing you could do

damn infante

this dang JHey Fever got me bad
Heyward..

God’s son

can our recently unstable bullpen hold them scoreless??

As long as Saito doesn’t come in.

’Cause he has had 1 bad outing?

I’d rather give someone else a shot tonight.

Chavez

Heck No :(

This kid arouses me. No homo.

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haha

how can that be no homo?

in my pants….

that’s very homo

Put in Kimbrel clap clap clapclapclap

I hope this game goes 15 innings, just so that dickwad behind the plate misses his date that he obviously wanted to get to by calling everything a strike

Eh, that tranny will be available later

I hope he takes a foul ball off the jugular.

Moylan or Saito?

kimbrel or venters

It’s okay we tied it…and we have our secret weapon now!!

pretty sure heyward’s back out of the game

HITS HITS HITS!!!

Dude, you do NOT post that while Washington is batting.
yeah, Hicks pinch run for him
that is how you play with an injury
If only he hit a grand slam and was leading.

Ive been checking espn mlb stats for over a month now waiting to see his face on the rbi spot

Heyward is currently tied in the lead in NL with 26
he was

4th in the NL in OPS coming in to today. Saw that on my lunch break today and had to change my shorts

Have we hit a sac fly this season?

I seriously can’t recall one.

glaus hit one to center to nyjer

Yeah

there have been a few

yes, at least one

It just seems like we struggle like crazy to hit them.

ha, it’s cause we do…doesn’t help when yunel is on 3B either

Dang

Tim hudson cant get the win now. Good news is that i have heyward and hes a beast

No worries...

he’s more than used to it by now.

But i had him for fantasy
Nice play Prado

another slick play for Prado

Prads… that a boy.

It would be awesome

If there were some people on this team hitting other than Prado and Heyward.

Glaus?

Nate?

Melky?

Chipper?

All have been hitting lately,

How many hits do they have in this particular game?

Seriously, they have averages below .250. They are not hitting well. Accept it.

But they have been lately…

If they can sustain it, I will be very happy.

As will the rest of us.

Why?

You say you are a Nats fan, just sayin’

I said I’m a fan of both teams. I’m a Braves fan 1st, so I want the Braves to win.

WAT? That was a strike for Olsen.

It always seems to happen when a no-no gets broken up. The losing team scores some runs and ruins the guy’s outing.

how that is not a strike

i will never understand

Quick inning, so we can get the bats back out there

Yahoo! still claiming it’s the middle of the 8th.

good news, Huddy won’t take the L

EOF

nice pitch, BUDDY!

EOF

was a great pickup last year. Off the waiver wire

GJEOF

The Icelandic version of Jeff

Eyjeffjellejökull?
see ya!

i feel a momentum shifter here

Strikes Eric, strikes…

I really think Wags needs to pitch next inning no matter what

Not this.

Let’s bring in Medlen and pretend it’s last night.

there 2,3,4 with two lefties….please tell me why I am wrong again?

Because we should save him for when we need him.

so not

like when their best hitters are up in a tie game…ok justin you are right as always

And then, if we are tied later, and they have runners on, who do you pitch?

You save your closer for the high-leverage situation. A fresh inning is not high-leverage.

Besides, we still have some lefties in the ’pen.

can you imagine if Kimbrel has to come in for the save tonight? Like if Wags, PeMo and Saito have already pitched and he was the only option. That’d be nuts.

Kimbrel needs to pitch the 9th if we are still tied. Throw him right into the fire!

like Joey Devine?

Nope. Because he will not give up a GS.

why not?

Because you can’t give up a GS when you K the 3 batters you face.

haha

Derrick Lowe could.

Uno, dos, tres!

3 outs....quick 1-2-3 inning

Alright…I got a feeling Glaus is gonna do work…

EOF… pitching like a champ this year.

Nice innings Eric.

alright

lets end it right here in the 9th

for anyone who has seen the south park episode "margaritaville"

you know the big wheel the treasury uses to decide outcomes? that’s what this ump’s decisionmaking reminds me of

U want jersey?

Side note: Haren has 7 K’s in 3 innings pitched.

Woot! Fantasy bonus!

exactly. On my team too.

Who are they playing?
+1 for my worthless Cy Young pick at the beginning of the year
Let's keep it going!

HITS HITS HITS!

Hits. Hits. Hits!!!!!!
Triple Nut (1 for each)

Well I’ve only watched the last 2 innings. They have been interesting, to say the least.

Good timing I must say.

watchout Marteen

Aghh…careful Odarp. And that was ball 2…

no more broken hands!!
wrong guy, lol.. Infante

I love how, when Martin fell down, Chino in the dugout was all, “And…?” His face betrayed absolutely no reaction.

Woah. Pitcher almost broke an ankle

If Chipper did that they would have had to cart him off.

would he have kept his dip in though?

You know it.

Swang at balls 2 AND 3 now…

he’s just trying to protect with how the zone has been…sucks

Note to Prado: Ball at your hat bill are not strikes.

It looks like my mom’s little yippee dog went out to the mound and took a leak

wow...

this guy likes it up and inside

Scott Olsen looks like Logan Schafer in his gameday pic

I thought he looked more like anime than anything else.

Hawks up by 8 at halftime

fwiw

They are playing so much better this game. It’s remarkable.

let me guess, Horford is playing longer than 10 min. right?

Horford last night 1-7.

He has 16 points tonight. Johnson also playing well. All in all a much better game for ATL.

Oh and Dwight Howard was unstoppable early on, but he and Gortat both have 3 fouls… all good signs for the Hawks.

great at bat

thus far

Damn…right off the end of the bat

Meh...

At least it was a 9 pitch AB for Prado.

Nuts…I thought that was up the middle.

Moylan and Wagner up in the pen

Tyler’s glasses were starting to fog up.

You’re due for a HR Chipper.

A lot of our team is due for a homer, haha

lets go CHIPPER :)
chip

we need a HR here

Don’t crowhop in the infield

Let’s play 20.

Super Ernie Banks.

nooo the Braves win in 9 tonight…Flash Forward is on at 7

The Office, Community, I have to watch last night’s Modern Family too.

As long as we play a whole number of innings, I'm fine with it.

You’re a clever one.

I am so smrt! S-M-R-T!

/living room burns down

Noooooooo!

That’s where the PS3 is.

Holy crap… can’t believe that wasn’t a strike.

And again...

Matty’s cussin’ (albeit glad for Chipper)

Chipper takes the walk...

Time for my prediction to come true

OUR prediction.

despite his best efforts to prove us wrong, it worked!

That may have been a 2-bagger with anyone else playing 3rd.

that works.

c’mon sloth

Did anyone else see Clippard huffing and puffing?

He looked so nervous it was ridiculous.

Come on, Troy…

Bring the POWAH!!!

be patient Glausy
ok guys

who knew heyward wasn’t starting and picked him for P2C in NAHWAL?

Come on Troy – feeeel the nut.

no DP

anything but that. just strike out, so we have 1 more at bat

Zimmerman

is throwing awesome today!

HEADS UP BASE RUNNING BY GRANDPA

this

i thought for sure he’d stop…. awesome, heads up play

LOLZIMMERMAN

good base running by Chipper

Chipper baby! Pretending it’s 1995.

Zimmerman is goddamn Santa Claus for us tonight.

Is Chipper playing 3rd for both sides tonight?

Can we please cash in on this.Please?

Wow

Zimmerman may get MVP for us tonight. lol

alright matty d

no dp and no strike out…PLEASE

Am I the only person who prefers the "really hoarse Chip" to actual Chip?

If only because his decibel level is lower.

I feel bad for Zimms. He has made two incredible stops, and then 2 horrible throws.

I have a feeling he's hurt

F that S.

Why? He is a great person and a great ballplayer.

Respek. *Snaps fingers

He’s a good player but I’m not going to feel bad because he messed up. If the ball hits a pebble sure. Not when he’s causing his own pain.

yeah the first half of that play was pretty good. he’s been struggling with his accuracy though since I’ve been watching.

Deeeeep fly ball here MattyD. Get your redemption for the shitty calls.

These are the Natinals we remember

Tap Chipper in…. Tap tap tap him in… Taaaaap him in

Give it a little tappy.
tap tap tapperoo

It’s your home…don’t you like your home?

ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME?

ANSWER ME!!!

Chipper

has his bags packed and wants to go home. Send him home Matty. lol

Zimmerman thought he was Jeter for a sec there.

pinch run for glaus

PLEASE

Diaz has gotta do it again…

Zimmerman

That’s what they get for tooting his horn too much in this game!

Suicide squeeze time

haha… nooooooo

HITS HITS HITS!!!!

Quick...

clone Heyward and get him in the on deck circle

Steal home Chipper

I did that once...

Coolest thing ever

One time I took off my skate and tried to stab someone with hit. I’m the first person who ever did that.

ha the fastest 3 minutes in sports right there…or is that a BMac triple?

Come on Matty D....be the man 2 nights in a row

please be patient Matt….for the love of heyward….

He listened to you. YOU GOT THROUGH TO HIM!!

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF RIGHT NOW

Why are they leaving this Clippard kid in?

Clippard is WILD.

Whoever hits next needs to take a few.

yeah

he isn’t even close. rossy’s a dp canidate, though

no DP, matty d.

hit the ball in the effing air

Bases juiced
Bases loaded...

Ross coming to the plate!

com on cap caveman!

God, I’m so nervous right now.

Wait, we’re still talking about the British elections, right?

bases chucked!!!
SUICIDE SQUEEZE

if we had someone fast on third I’d love to see a Suicide Squeeze. It’s may favorite play in baseball.

However, Chip is on third…

Element of surprise!

Plus Zimm can’t throw

I still can't believe I've seen the 2-out squeeze. One of the WTFy baseball moments of my life.

a walk, I’ll take it…I ONLY WISH IT HELPED US SCORE RUNS

Can we PHJH a second time?
Bases full of Braves!
Ross - time to be the HERO again!

Deeeep fly ball, walk or base hit here Rossy. I’d be down with that.

Or anything in the air to the outfield…

BE PATIENT ROSSY

So, we are no-hit for 7, and then load the bases in the 8th and 9th innings?

Gotta love the no-quit in this team.

Clever and true.

It’s allll in the hips yeah, it’s all in the hips… it’s all… sorry. Once you get me started I can’t stop.

Clippard...

we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

You eat shit for breakfast?

… ….. …… ….. looks around ….. NO!

Just hit it in the air, please.

ROSS

IF U GET US A RUN I LOVE U

I really thought, if Matty D was called out on the inside pitch again – he would have hit the ump with the bat.

And dragged him by hair back to the dugout, where he would scrawl a picture of it on the wall.

FLYBALLFLYBALL PLEASE!!!!!
Diaz drew a 5 pitch walk...now I have seen everything.

You know a guy is throwing wil when Diaz draws a 5 pitch walk.

Please hit a flyball….thats all i ask

Come on, ROSS!

Anyone remember when we had Corky Miller? Those were not good times.

-1

Hampster reference

That kid from Life Goes on who had Down’s syndrome? I remember that.

Thanks. I just threw up in my mouth…

memory blocked...

So…did Ross read this and think I missed Corky or something?

There’s 1….

WHY DID HE SWING?????

no clue…it would be 3-0

That was the first strike he’s thrown to Ross.

The Atlanta Braves:Clippard::The Atlanta Braves:Brad Lidge?

Holy shit he left Clippard in?!?!!?!?!?!1?

 LOLOLOLOLOLOL

talk about pissing away a game!

Wife: “What if he hits a grand slam? DO NOT wake up the baby.”

do it!

The baby should see the replay.

as i type that we hit into a double play

hopefully you held in the profanity.

just got up and got another beer. could be a long night.

I tuned in when I found out we were getting no hit.

So since then it’s actually been pretty pleasant. Still, it was in the palm of our hands. I feel like the Nationals have the momentum at the moment.

you missed nothing

except a whole lot of cursing at our bats and 2 innings of “not again”

The baby

would understand

Don't swing unless it's right down the middle.

Don’t swing unless it’s right down the middle.

Good swing
Come on Ross...can't let them off the hook here...huge spot.

Come on Rossy….fight him!

It's

time to be the bawse Ross!!!

Its ok….melkys up next

A pox on thee!

Ross is in Frenchy mode now.

Nah, he is about to get his 7th pitch.

I would love to see a walk. Or a productive out. Or something.

So....not the Vidro?
come on rossy

keep fightin

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

shoulda done the squeeze play
aaaahhhahahah

fuckity fuck

fucking unbelievable

actually no….pretty believable

Really? NOTHING???

terrible fucking at bat

dammit ross

FUCK ROSS...come on...
wtf

i have a terrible feeling now

Ross… I did not enjoy that. Not… one… bit.

Dear god...what an effing joke.

Worst pitching in the history of baseball and he gets bailed out by a GIDP. FUCK.

Really?

That’s the definition of great pitching.

LMAO...if you think that dude pitched well you are on crack.

He was all over the place and all but handed us a couple of runs.

Getting a GIDP is called good pitching. He got into a jam and got out of it. He was effectively wild.

But not

wildly effective.

Sarcastic or not...

the key to good pitching. I promise!

Worth a strategy thread...

in and of itself. He won the game.

why do we always GIDP

with the bases loaded?

How many double plays have we had with bases loaded this year?

It must be a pretty high number

37 PAs...4 GIDP

coming into tonight

Where was Heyward when you needed him?

Basking in his awesomeness.

after this, i will not be surprised if the nationals hit a walkoff

Bite thy tongue!

…or typing fingers.

I’ll hold him down. You bite his fingers off…

i could

punch you straight in the nuts. watch your mouth.

if the nationals win, i deserve it

Well. Not much to say about that.

y not pinch hit

mccann?

Cause McCann has been sucking lately and Ross is good.

And Ross got a hit in his last Ab.

Ross could strike out 5 more times this game

and it would be ok since he broke up the no-no

If I was an asshole I would say...

How come no McCann PH

lol…see above!

thanks :(
I posted right after you LOL.. didn't even see it.

My dog is predicting Eric Hinske drives in the winning run in the 10th.

Of course, she also predicted the Lions to win the Super Bowl. So take her prognostications with a grain of salt.

We want extras!

*clap clap clapclapclap

HAHAHA… I swear I clicked post before I saw that.

Oh god…stirkes Eric, strikes.

Before you all crucify Ross - remember...

He broke up the no-hitter earlier.
.
So, even though I want to choke him right now, I gotta appreciate that.

And scored the 1st run.

“Is NCChopper gonna have to choke a Ross?”

with both hands … now stop that.

thats 2 Rick James quotes

in a thread, achievement unlocked

dude

this ump blows…so inconsistent

This fucking team, I swear. Good or bad, you can debate. But this is the most frustrating Brave team I’ve followed in my 20 years of Braves fandom.

this team is shockingly similar to last years team, in terms of how they frustrate you. At least this time we have Heyward killing it to raise our spirits.

Really?
Without a doubt

Just a strange team, hard to explain. Too many ups and downs for me. I guess I’m fragile.

Leadoff walk. Are you shitting me?

Why EOF again???

Pull him now, Bobby!

He is. Thankfully…

He should have never started the inning. He is a LOOGY, not a middle reliever.

1 batter too late though
3 of those balls

were called strikes earlier

Time for Dave

This…or Wags. I can live with Wags coming in now that they have a runner on.

bastard

He shouldn’t have started the inniing, but now we are in trouble. bring him in.

I didn’t realize Dunn was out of the game either when i said that earlier

Also, because your best reliever should be on the mound when the game is on the line, not saved in case your team gets an extra inning lead.

I was like… he’s catching though?

Then I remembered we have an eccentric Aussie in the pen.

KIMBREL
really?
we'll see

the all caps was to signify that’s who i wanted them to put in.

YESSSS I like
but no, it's moylan.

Probably for the best.

Who's up for the Nattys?
C'mon first pitch vidro...
Ok, second pitch vidro...?
3rd for sure.
gross they just showed the replay of that walk off Zimmerman hit off of us to open the Nationals new stadium

painful

Come on Zimmy baby… keep up that good work you’ve been doing for us.

strikes are cool

zimmerman agrees
shit

ballgame

FUCK IT ALL
Fuck...

This isn’t going to end well :(

Losing games like this is why we are not going to the playoffs

No. It is May. That is why we are not going to the playoffs.

just like last year, right?

When we got swept by the Reds and natinals late in the season?

what happened?

you don't leave the bases loaded

:(

I hate everything.

I doubt they have our ineptness and wont fuck this up

I bet they will.

I say IBB Dunn here.

NM... my bad.
Man

this does not look good.

If only we could trade them a brave hitter here. It would be home to first DP.

wait......

Willie Harris…..hmmmmm

Ouch. Per Chip...

Peter inherited 4 baserunners so far, 2 have scored.
This doesn’t look promising.

Think of it this way....

at least we didn’t get no hit again

MASN announcer

Was so stoked for that hit. He was yelling “COME ON. COME ON. RUN! RUN!”.
If the Nats weren’t playing the Braves I’d love the Nationals spirit. But they are, so BBBOOOOO

They're such homers.

Yeah, it’s fucking Rob Dibble…the guy is horrendous.

i have it muted.

normally I like them. That was pretty terrible there though. A little too much. Sounded like some dude drinking on the couch with his buddies.

I don’t know who you’ve been listening to. Dibble is always like that.

That's the first time I've heard him be THAT much of a homer.

Normally I’m watching as a NATS fan though, so when I’m watching the Braves play I notice it much more as being a negative.

He’s, literally, always that bad.

A tiresome, obnoxious joke

At the very least, this damned seres is over and I don’t have to put up with their 4th rate coverage. I know a lot of people hate Chip but he’s a walk in the park compared to that bunch of no talent, screaming clowns.

You can’t say this often about a game you were no-hit for 7 innings, but we should have won

going for the force out at home...

OUTS! OUTS! OUTS!!!!!

crap if they try a squeeze

Come on

Moylan get us out of this mess!!!

Harris could have won it right there....

…let’s not hit him now.

sigh

g’night everyone

Fuck my life.

Wow...what a suck festival.

Way to go EOF. Nice job with the walkoff walk.

Why was he out there in the first place???

Bobby Cox at his best

Usually, I can understand Bobby’s thinking with the pitching moves – but not that one.

...sigh

epic fail…Bases loaded with 1 out and we GIDP….game over

GAME OVER

Leadoff walks kill

Rob Dibble.... GO KILL YOURSELF
should've hit him

just end the misery

As soon as Willie Harris was announced, we were doomed.

WE ARE WORSE THAN THE FUCKING NATIONALS!!!! UGH!!!!!!!

so frustrating

hmm

how deflating.

on of my favorite players of the last few years

with the walkoff. Ole duece duece

It’s ok. We got no-hit for 7 full innings. We managed to tie it up. I’m not that mad.

who cares man

results, results

I love this team

They can find new ways to lose

Our team is wackkkk
we had two chances and ended up with two GIDP
its becoming pretty common
JHey accounted for our only 2 runs in 1 plate appearnce

god we need him back

Jason needs to heal and FAST

Another ex-Brave kicking our ass...

Better hope we play a ton better in Philly...

otherwise we are going to be swept. We are one of the worst teams in baseball and Cox/the front office needs to do something before this season is a wash.

Oh good lord. We are not close to being one of the worst teams in baseball.

Justin

We should find stretches where great teams went 12-16. I’m sick of the negativity

LOL…yeah, cause we haven’t done that before.

Dude, it is just ridiculous.

I should have qualified that by saying we are "playing like" one of the worst teams in baseball...

What pisses me off is that this team had the potential to be an elite team this year. If I thought we were going to suck, I would not be all that disappointed that we ended up being a bad team. Some help on offense and our pitchers getting healthy/more consistent and we could be really good.

If only someone would just ban you…

You are entitled to your opinion

and I am entitled to mine. I think our team is playing really poorly and something needs to be done to turn things around. It is still early enough to where a move could have a big impact and turn things around.

What do you think our record will be in 2 months without a change of some kind?

2 games behind the Phillies. Bank it.

Ok...

I will make a note of this and I will eat a big pile of crow if we are 2 games back of the Phillies in 2 months without making a major move to bolster our lineup.

Depends on if our hitters start hitting to their potential or not

Our lineup isn’t horrible, but a lot of our lineup is playing pretty horribly at this point. Chipper, McLouth, Glaus, Diaz and the like are hitting worse than they should be. If they hit like they normally do, we’ll be fine.

All of those guys turning things around...

is a lot to ask for. If we made a move and brought in a great hitter, it would do a ton to turn things around right now IMO. With Prado and Heyward playing so well, the addition of one more big bat might be enough to jump start the offense. It’s obviously not a guarantee, but sticking with what we have now is not going to get the job done IMO.

the left fielders we have playing for us right now

really needs to get it going
at this rate they will be worse than garret anderson :(

Can you imagine if we kept Heyward in the minors to start the year? Think about that and try not to have nightmares. Night y’all

I'd love to see more of the Peter Moylan from last year.

Isn’t this his 3rd time now allowing runner score he’s inherited to lose the lead or game?

we need a rage thread

or at least i do

This team has literally zero offense without Heyward and we saw it tonight

Except the Heywardless offense scored 7 runs last night…

Always can count on you to come in and set me straight.

See you again tomorrow evening. Here’s to better luck in the Keystone State.

You know, I would have been fine with Ross breaking up the no-no but still losing 2-0 (alright, not really). The fact that it was tied by Heyward only to have our fucking offense shit the bed again makes it even worse.

see, this is my feeling as well. When you get your hope up, the fall back down is that much worse.

I'M SORRY BUT

Brian Jordan is a fucking disaster as a commentator.

Again... This team is WACKKKKKK.

Can the boys wear the home uniforms on the road please?

It's not the jersies

The astros were just that bad. If we played 2 quality teams, we’d be sitting at a 15 game losing streak. This team has some serious flaws.

runner on third, one out

and TWICE gidp

I think all those outings from last year are taking a toll on moylan this year

I'm glad we didn't get No-Hit - I really had hope until the end... but alas not to be.

I hope we can do better against the Phillies.
.

.

I feel bad for Huddy :(
Unlike a lot of people

Tim did his job tonight.

This team is powerless, slow, and hits for a low average. Not a good combo...
idk what power is

besides heyward

And old

Not across the board, but at too many key positions. Too much halfassed mediocrity.

Scott Olsen is wearing a silver elvis wig.

I take back everything I said about feeling sorry for him losing the no hitter. He should have given up 20 runs.

That'll even out

He’ll get hammered later tonight and start a fight with five state cops at a traffic stop.

Goodnight all.

I sure hope games like this are advance payment for some long winning streaks in the coming months.

Sounds good.

This SUCK! Look like Clippard pitched like booty & we let him of the hook. GRRRR

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