Talking Chop

No shutout thread.

I’m a realist.

Are you?

That’s asking a lot from this team right now

We can DO it, if we only will.

Give NCChopper reason to put up some graphics thread?

Just start putting them up for Philly.

Ummm No.

Feel that? A smooch on your cheek.

Melky flails out on his swing so often…

You know what screw it

I don’t think the no-hitter was necessary for TP to get the axe. I’m calling Monday morning

As much as I think that would be unjust

It’s going to happen soon if the team doesn’t start hitting consistently.

I agree

what if bobby doesn’t want it to happen?

I think even Bobby will hit a point where he wants to win some GD games too

if wren wants to fire TP

bobby will probably say no. just sayin’

Bobby doesn't have say-so there.

It’s Wren’s call.

You honestly think Bobby wouldn’t carry some degree of weight in decisions about his coaching staff?

J-Freak - May 7, 2010 reply

I didn't say "no weight"

I said it wasn’t his call. And it isn’t. Wren is Bobby’s boss. Frank might ask Bobby’s opinion, but Bobby can’t stop him from doing anything.

I just don’t see Wren showing someone the door, though, if Bobby says no. It may not technically be his call, but for all intents and purposes I think it basically is at this point.

J-Freak - May 7, 2010 reply

I kind of agree

But we are getting to the point where some change is going to be mandatory. Just because it’s Bobby’s last season doesn’t meant the organization should run any differently

I don't think so at all

Wren is a GM. He makes tough calls. Just look at the Glavine thing. I’m sure Bobby didn’t say “dump Glavine”, but Wren did it.

That’ll be fun. Cause when the team finally starts to hit all the people on here will attribute it to TP being fired, when in reality it’s just that these hitters finally started breaking out of their slumps.

Yeah

but I could deal with that as long as we’re actually hitting.

Not me. I hold grudges.

The saddest thing is

The success rate of the sacrificial lamb. Like in all sports, someone gets fired, and suddenly there are results. Now sometimes it’s maybe just, but I have to scratch my head a lot of the time.

Like the Rockies last year.

There may be some merit to making that decision though – like the Rockies firing their manager.

Well there's a difference

The manager actually matters somewhat, especially if the team has quit on him (which they obviously had for Hurdle). The hitting coach just doesn’t really matter. Firing him almost certainly won’t improve things.

Maybe it will jolt some of these guys though. I mean, Chipper, Glaus and Heyward are doing their things, but Matty, Melky, Nate and others are clearly in need of a shot to the arm – figuratively.

Watch

An interim manager will walk in, say “eh fuck it, just hit the god damn ball” and suddenly light bulbs pop and the next day every hitter gets a hit

no trolls allowed thread?

Jareth Cutestory - May 7, 2010 reply

lol

i understand that esco, bmac, and jhey aren't playing

but shouldnt we still be concerned that we have all of 1 hit against JAMIE MOYER through 5 1/3

SouthernPanther - May 7, 2010 reply

Concerned, yes.

Panicking and insulting the team? No.

Some of these scrubs honestly deserve the insults. And I’m looking right at Melky when I say that

So much

for the “no troll” thread.

Seriously? You know he is a regular, right?

Well, clearly I didn't

I didn’t recognize his name. I apologize.

I think this is my third season at TC, I’m on and off for game threads alot though

Yeah

maybe that’s why I didn’t recognize you, though really that’s no excuse b/c I read the other threads too.

I’ve been on Melky’s shit since since we acquired him though. I’m in the “he’s just not good” camp:)

He's useful

he’s just playing badly right now. He’s been way better than Diaz, but you’re not bailing on Matty, are you?

As I said in a post the other day, my problem with Melky is really the way Bobby is using him. If he was being used like a real 4th outfielder, I wouldn’t hate him. Getting 1 start a week, filling in for an injury, coming in as a defensive replacement, he would be ok.

But he’s getting run out everyday, because he’s the 9th highest paid player on the team, and the 4th highest paid position player. That money should be going to somebody who can at least hit his own weight.

He's getting run out there everyday

because he’s been better than Diaz. That’s the reason. If Diaz and McLouth were hitting, Melky would be more of a 4th OF in all likelihood.

They both have been really sucky. If Milky has been better, it’s by a hair. But how can you blame Bobby when all 3 have been crap fro the most part.

Look at OBP

Melky has walked WAY more than Matt. That is why he’s been better. Other than that, they’re about the same. Also, I think Melky has been less brutal defensively.

didn’t you learn anything from Frenchy? OBP isn’t important

Diaz and McLouth are losing ABs to Melky, have been from the beginning of the season, because of Melky’s salary. That hurts the team. Had Bobby gone with a solid 3 man outfield with just a 4th outfielder being used like I said above, I’m pretty sure Diaz and McLouth would be hitting much better. But Melky and his 3 million get to play everyday. The 3 million we couldn’t afford to give, oh say…Kelly Johnson, who is making the decision to non-tender him look pretty fucking stupid right about now. I said in a post right after we got stuck with Melky that if he got the 120 starts people were predicting that we would be no better than 3rd in the NL East, and right now it looks like I might have given Atlanta too much credit. Melky is horrible as a starter, and always will be. total waste of money Atlanta can’t afford to throw away.

He was decent last year as a starter.

And he’s making the least of all our OFs. So your argument makes no sense.

The only outfielder we have making more than Melky is McLouth.

Diaz is at 2.5 mil, Heyward makes the minimum. Check Cot’s for the numbers. Melky is our 4th highest paid position player behind Chipper, McCann and McLouth. My arguement makes plenty of sense if you spend the 20 seconds to do the research

I don’t get it. What does Milky’s salary have to do with it? Isn’t Nate making more than him? Matty’s barely making less than him. Milky has walked more, but they’ve all been pretty brutal & all have had their fair chance.

I don’t get it. What does Milky’s salary have to do with it? Isn’t Nate making more than him? Matty making about the same? Milky has walked more, but they’ve all been pretty brutal & all have had their fair chance.

Because hitting a baseball is all about timing and adjustments. McLouth can’t make them if he’s been a starter his whole career and now loses 3 starts a week to Melky.

and his avatar is awesome

Jareth Cutestory - May 7, 2010 reply

Melky is making me miss the old FYF

Here’s the thing. Panicking might be a bit much, but there should be alarms going off. It’s not April anymore, we’re approaching the middle of May. And this isn’t just a slump, it’s been this way all season. And if we get swept, which is a real possibility, we will be 8 games behind. That’s a lot to come back from. A whole hell of a lot

8 games in May is approx 2 games per month. Not an overwhelming deficit.

8 games in early September? More difficult.

8 games anytime is a lot

I’m really beginning to hate McLouth

Hicks batting!

yeah, that was about what I expected would happen

I was hoping though…

he had gotten hot in AAA, I was hoping against the corpse of Moyer he might get a hit, but tonight, I didn’t really expect it:)

B HICKS!!!!

SouthernPanther - May 7, 2010 reply

Wow

Hicks’ batting stance on TV looks a lot like Infante’s

looks pretty similar in person too

I've alawys sat on the base lines

And never really got a straightaway view

Standing at the exit of the clubhouse with some other people waiting on autographs, the only view I got was of the back of his head as he made a bee-line to the bus.

he’s a jerk about signing stuff from what I’ve seen, and I think CB said something similar about him

Yeah. He did. Remember Thurston? What a tool.

justincredubil02 - May 8, 2010 reply

Eh…not quite as good as Heyward’s first AB

LOLOffense

alright fellas

gonna grab some dinner…here’s to getting another hit before the nights over!

peace

SouthernPanther - May 7, 2010 reply

I don’t know what would be worse, watching the Braves get owned by Jamie Moyer or watching an Eddie Grant concert.

You guys enjoy....

This crap is too depressing to watch.

letsgobravos - May 7, 2010 reply

my head hurts. bye.

Jareth Cutestory - May 7, 2010 reply

1 XBH

In the last 18 innings… this is just sad. I would gripe about Lowe’s performance but when we’re hitting this terribly it doesn’t seem to matter. 7 runs is like 20 right now.

7 2 runs is like 20 right now.

FTFY

J-Freak - May 7, 2010 reply

yeah

meh.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Hey

pacgnosis is back/here!

Also: LOLowe

Hey

You noticed? I’m so… something. Flattered and/or creeped out.

Bright spot!

why venters? I want to see Kimbrel!

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Gotta save him

for the eighth

patience young patowan. maybe the 9th?

Which means we’ll be either be tied or ahead! I’m down for this

And there’s at least two more innings where you can see him

Oustanding play by Omar. Highlight of the night so far.

gas

96MPH

Ok guys, I am out. I hope this thing turns around!

Time to eat, drink and be merry.

Night Justin.

Yeah, I'm out too. This is painful.

Is the fact I'm still here mean...

1. pathetic
2. loyal
3. other (elaborate)

3

Awesome (for the rest of us)

trying to figure that out myself

I’m at work waiting for the show to start. I’ve got nothing better to do.

You are a fan of baseball as well as a fan of the Braves?

Ivan the Great - May 7, 2010 reply

Anyone who really likes baseball

Will sit through the worst schellackings ever and then come back the next day for more.

this

Well, it was such a long winter without baseball – it’s gonna take a LOT more than this to make me stay away.
Besides, I’d rather listen to Joe in the booth in a loss than Joe Morgan in a win any day.

My mom locked the bilco doors

How many of us are left? like 10?

two

(counting)

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Can we do something about the NAWHAL posts

maybe just one a week.

They’re breathing up all the good air in the Fanpost section.

could always fanshot them and promote to front page

I know

I was riveted by the Chris Davis discussion

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

LOL

rediclous fanposts are what fuels Talkingchop

I’ve got to call “bullshit” on that statement. Gondeee, CBWilk, RoyHobbs, Pacgnosys, MVHSbball and Yudemei fuel Talking Chop. Do you have any clue how lucky we are to have their insights on one site? From MLB to the Minors and everything in between, those guys do a pretty damn good job keeping us informed and entertained.

bighop - May 7, 2010 reply

+1mil

haha

the ridiculous fanposts are just a bonus.

It's normally not much of a problem

It’s just that we haven’t been getting a lot of good fanposts lately b/c the team has been stinky. You could always try writing a post or two. Just make sure you say something new or interesting.

I was gonna write one up after the game, but I’ll probably just get super drunk instead.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

I wrote a post!

it was pretty good imo. You should check it out. Linky here.

Oh that one,

yeah I remember that. I am kind of sick of talking about lineups though.

That good air will be filled with stale beer fart after this ass-kicking

Playing the Phillies just makes this so much worse. Their fans are so freakin obnoxious

And living in the area, with all my friends and family Phillies fans. Ack!

do you live near here? I do, its unbearable now that they are good

Yeah, Northampton, which is near Allentwon

I’m in South Jersey….especially when espn radio goes to local from 3-7

especially bad

solid inning for Venters

on the XBHs comment from a few minutes ago..

we are currently 28th with a grand total of 66. The leader is Toronto with 131.

jjhova12 - May 7, 2010 reply

Good God I can’t even imagine that many

Can't compare NL to AL there

because of the DH. What’s our rank in the NL? I’m assuming 14/16?

yea, i just looked at the whole league..

let me check

jjhova12 - May 7, 2010 reply

we are 15th

Dbacks lead the way with 112

jjhova12 - May 7, 2010 reply

They play in a bandbox though

adjusted that’s probably only like 90 or 95.

not in my wildest dreams

did i see melky, mclouth AND diaz struggling so mightily to start off. (guess you can throw glaus, chipper, and yunel in there as well…)

and Mac and Prado lately, too

venters!

Venters didn’t give ’em any more.
This is a good thing.

I LOVE MINI SODA!

WOW, I picked a terrible day to post by first comment on this blog.

Bitchfest 1000 lol

welcome

at least the OT is nice and roomy

Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue

+1

I just want to tell you good luck….we’re all counting all you.

Lloyd Bridges, master of comedy. RIP.

Ah, silver lining!

On the plus side…. OREO PUDDING! YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Question/Poll

After this debacle, what pitching matchup should I take in?
David Price vs. Gio Gonzalez, or Felix Hernandez vs. Jered Weaver

Price v. Gonzalez

latter

I would go King Felix…that guy’s a beast

Whatever one

has King Felix is the one I’d pick. Plus, Weaver will pitch well b/c the Mariners’ offense is terrible

Alrighty

Crew’s all here. Going to go drink and look at art.

Keep your heads up everyone, it is still, just a game. We’ll have a 2-game win streak again one of these days, and it will be glorious.

Also, flag the really trollish stuff and we’ll try to check on things

Drink and Art?

Interesting combo

Ummm theres a masterpiece going on right now on tv

Drinking and looking at art?

Two things that just don’t seem to go together.

Unless art = naked women

done and done

da fuck, omar........

At least we aren’t being no-hit.

When was Moyer’s last complete game?

May 7th, 2010

ha, that’s what I was thinking

This is his longest outing this year.

July 2007

but that was a 7-inning game

So it doesn’t really count. Last real one was in 2006 (twice)

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

2006

When was Moyer’s last CG?

moyer facing the minimum through 7..... FUCK

Anyone see Will Ferrell last night for Houston’s AAA team?

Can he hit? Can we trade Heyward, McCann, Glaus, and Hanson for him?

Looks like ANY pitcher could dominate the Braves right now. :(

Kimbrel!

Kimbrel…let’s do this

97

can’t locate it yet

Oh man. I wish I could get the game!

I am GREEN with envy right now.

pumping nothing but gas so far

Kimbrel Major League Debut!

All the people who bailed on this game are missing Kimbrel’s debut. Sad.

I'll watch the replay. But I'm trying to push college ball right now.

AllSaintsDay - May 7, 2010 reply

Man if only he knew where it was going. His stuff is filthy

Moyer’s going to be pissed he missed Matlock tonight.

+327

I figured he was more of a Murder, She Wrote

Golden Girls FTW

Perry Mason
Perry Mason
He always gets his man
But he’s too fat to chase ’em

Nerves, big time

He's always had command issues

If he's going to have nerves

now would be the time.

I say put him in in game 5 of the NLDS.

lol

Joey Devine agrees

kind of reminds me of medlens first start…looked jittery

Ross will have to be focused!

Perfect time to get his debut nervousness out of the way.

Agreed.

Rude welcome to the big leagues

Not watching now what happened HR?

Gapper

Back from dinner in time for Kimbrel! nice

damn you jo jo and your presence

Nice comeback Craig

Fucking gas

First K!

SEE YA

Kimbrel's FIRST strikeout!

We’re gonna need to get him a gimmick soon…He needs a more spiced up graphic

it has to work itself out naturally

I think we found it below, Just make it smaller and PS an A on his head.

It’s my fallback graphic – I don’t know him yet. Suggestions?

No idea… lol

Look at the South Park pic below.

Oh gosh, about to ruin my reputation – I am South Park clueless.

Yeah, there might not be alot of people who watch SP so it might not work

first WP

WOW

Major history alert: No 47-year-old pitcher has ever thrown a CG shutout. But Jamie Moyer has a one-hitter thru 7 against the Braves. (via Stark’s twitter)

We seem to be making alot of bad history early on this year

Satchel Paige got screwed

who has the pleasure of writing the recap tonight?

same person who wrote the preview

Whoever first posts a picture of vomit.

Oh please don’t.

That would be me.

Should be a short one. “Braves couldn’t hit Moyer, Phillies could hit Lowe. Craig Kimbrel. The End.”

sounds about right.

braves couldn’t hit moyer (again). Phillies could hit Lowe (again). Craig Kimbrel. The end

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

LOLowe sucks

Moyer shutsout Gwinnett
Kimbrel, Hicks

Yeah, put it in Haiku form.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Craig

haha

nice

2 Ks!

That's 2 for Kimbrel!!

This kid is the only silver lining from today.

just wait

until heyward hits a pinch-hit, 8-run, walkoff home run

Only Jason Heyward could hit a walk-off on the road

add that to the heywardism list

lol

He hit it from Atlanta, over the wall in Philadelphia. Technically he was the home team.

I like.

Great inning Craig!!

great inning kimbrel

Solid first inning Craig

That was fun

Worked around the 2B and WP quite nicely. No walks!

Big key for him NO WALKS!!!

Very nice inning…his stuff is very impressive.

Excellent Debut for Kimbrel!

The Thread sounds awesome…..

Way to go Craigy!

Jose Rodriguez - May 7, 2010 reply

and here come the texts rolling in….sweet…fucking moyer

My phones been blowing up since that 3-run homer by Werth. I’ve turned mine off

Kimbrel and Heyward, now officially, the most exciting braves players

Cracker! - May 7, 2010 reply

Could you imagine if those two made a kid together?

Cracker! - May 7, 2010 reply

Hanson’s not bad

Thanks to talking chop, I actually know who these kids are. At least I didn’t have to ask anyone who this Jason Heyward everyone speaks of

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

You’re…..welcome?

actually, it was pacgonsis’ charts and graphs that got me hooked on this blog
:)

Hey, awesome!

Glad to be of service.

+1

Hell of a debut from a great kid. I said it when he got the call, I hope I never see him a Gwinnett uniform again

Both him and Venters.

Venters is an awesome guy too, very easy to talk to. I was really happy to see him get the call this year

Rod Barajas

has 8 HRs! Good god. What is going on there?

P..............E....................Ds

Seeing a lot of fastballs.

No other explanation.

Barajas.= Nate, mac, chip, glaus, Melky…8 hrs

+ Diaz, Yunel, Ross

+all pitchers, conrad,

Points to Chip for making fun of Ron Santo

Took a deep breath

and I’m back. CK’s fastball has got some movement on it!

Going out on a limb here...

We will NOT be shut out tonight.

I'm intrigued

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Carefull

that’s more of twig than a limb

Ok everyone who’s side are you on…
Braden or A-Rod?

the not A-Rod side. so Braden

I couldn’t care less about either dude, but ARod seems like the douche there.

Interesting...

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

A-Rod

braden

I’m surprised how many people are on Braden’s side…

he’s in the right, he just acted like a asshole about it

Braden

SINGLES POWAH!

Powah!

Glaus = all the offense tonight

FUCK TROY SUCKS HE CANT EVEN HIT HRS

at least he can make it to first base though

dhumpkm - May 7, 2010 reply

Yeah, but second base is where it’s at.

yeah…that’s kind of my point. sarcasm font didn’t work, sorry

GLAUS GAME MVP

for the braves

Troy 2nd hit tonight

glaus ftw

time for the coemback

Matty D tried to kill Moyer there

would that have given him p2c?

We need a clean up hitter not another Blanco minus the speed

take that, moyer

They need to change the H column to the T column.

Damn our luck - even the BATS hate us.

Moyer shattering bats with a curveball

In his defense, that pitch probably wouldn’t have gotten pulled over for speeding on the interstate.

It’d be in the right hand lane for sure

With the blinker on.

Thanks for the giggle – I needed one.

My pleasure

Time for one of DRoss’ patented down by 10 home runs

Did Diaz swing at the first pitch?

no

no

ross will go deep

close enough

Close only counts in grenades and horseshoes.

how does a whole team go cold at the same time?

was just wondering that

if hitting is contagious like they say then i guess not hitting is just as contagious

Voodoo curse.

I blame Cher.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

What happens if you look at a mirror

and say Melkyman 3 times?

he will homer

You hit weak ground balls for the rest of your life.

you go 0-4

That one picture

First rainout in Minnesota since Sept. 20, 1980.

That’s a long time.

Yeah..Almost like they were playing with a roof over their head or something

I was waiting to count the snowoust b4 the season started.

And another for out 3?

Ignore – reply fail.

Wow WTF Melky chase that 3-1 pitch

Cost us the game

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

haha

Presumably

he was trying to get a hit. Don’t get mad at him b/c it didn’t work. Not like it matters today anyway

And another for out 3?

everyone of his swings looks like shit

this

anyone have some pictures

to cheer us up?

Drive in a runner?

lol

that helps

lol

he looks so sad in that pic

haha, these are great

THIS always make me smile :-)

Works for me...

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

Someone photoshop this

I would think getting stung in the eye would be fairly painful.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

make it say

From the chilling imagination of Frank Wren

and

The scariest platoon outfielder since “Ryan Langerhanns”

Ryan langerhans batted like .059 for two months before we did anything about it it seemed

One of the best defensive outfielders around though

This is worse than getting no hit by ubaldo

new low for the season

No it isn’t.

ubaldo is fucking lights otu this year….this is jamie moyer

I could tip my hat to Ubaldo… not sure I can today.

i throw harder than moyer

A no hitter against you sucks balls. Nobody is going to be talking about this on Baseball Tonight in a month.

yeah...

we are minus yunel, heyward, and mac at least infante and ross have shown they are capable. our OF right now is team mendoza

lol its still jamie moyer….this shouldn’t happen

yeah

i’m not excusing it, but the way we have struggled lately it is hard to be surprised

Why the f*ck are they still defending Lowe? How is 7 runs NOT a bad start?

Headline from Braves.com: “Lowe has uncharacteristic start in Philadelphia”

Yeah he usually gives up 5…

i wish bobby would consider moving lowe to the bullpen carlos zambrano style, but know that would never happen

not a bad idea

have venters start

I'm in favor of this

He might get his bearings there and come back to the rotation better than before. Or be a good ’pen guy who comes on to get grounders.

So…………..how’s everyone? Locking up scissors?

pretty much

and shoelaces and belts

just when I thought my night couldn’t get any worse

+1

I'll be glad when we can STOP writing the record books in the opposing team's favor.

I’m an optimist, but I reeeeally need the Braves to help make it easier.
.

jamie moyer

is superman right now

Moyer’s had better ABs than everyone on our team except Glaus

+1

So sad and so true

Did Freeman not play against Strasburg today?

no, he didn’t, which really pissed me off

odds on a comeback?

what occurrences have a greater chance of happening than the braves tying this in the 9th?

if I’m reading fangraphs right its 0%

yowza

so chance of aliens landing in CF > our chances of winning

The national debt is paid off

not looking good

How’s the attendance at CBP tonight? I wonder if the Flyers game is having any effect on the turnout for the Phillies.

It's a sell out I know that...

Stupid Phillies announcers won’t shutup about it

its sold out…but it seemed like there were seats

they sell out pretty much every game no matter what

everyone loves a winner, until it gets old.

it got old in atlanta, for sure

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

I, for one, am excited about Medlen starting tomarrow

and hopefully staying in the rotation over LOLowe

I won’t be home, but I’ll record it just because it’s Medlen’s start.

Counting tonight - 29 games - we've scored 2 or fewer runs 13 times

I'm a little surprised it's not more

solid inning for Chavez

Pen has been great tonight

All young guys with promise, too. I like it.

Absolutely!

so do we have less runs through 29 games than last year? I’m too lazy to researcy

or dumb to spell research

Just checking in...

Sounds like Kimbrel was filthy. I’m mad I missed it live but I’ll check the DVR later.

sweet drop in

He was pretty sweet.

Don’t worry, you’ll see more of him in the future.

The only thing worth talking about in the recap

Glaus had another two hits.

Glaus = our offense right now

Which is not too encouraging.

people still keep talking shit about him too

gave up a leadoff hit to Werth, was pretty wild to start, but settled down with 2 K’s and a groundout. Hit 97 regularly

that’s sexy.

He was

nice rip nate

my god

It's embarrassing that Jamie Moyer is trotting out for the 9th

for a CG SO. Dear God.

I’ll have to agree with this.

heyward is PHing, right?

no

nope

Why?

no point in doing so. risk injury for nothing

that would be awesome to get hurt in a 7-0 loss.

mailed this one in

as we reach another low

I would not want to be in that lockeroom after the game

I hope Bobby tears them all a new one

Not his style…

I would hope so, but I don’t see it happening

i want a TP vs. the team fight.

Actually Joe, I fully expected something like this to happen.

green

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

EL

OH

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

EL

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

We can laugh at this

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7866287&c_id=pit

why?

they won that game

Because it is funny?

So, 5 runs in 6 innings isn't a good start for Moyer

but 7 runs in 5 innings isn’t bad for Lowe? Nice call Chip

This x everything

Chip is a buffoon!

Have a nice night everyone.

Good luck with the recap. It’s certainly a ton easier writing after a win than an emberassing loss.

Well so much for having the matchups in our favor

Time for a nice tall glass of whiskey.

I’m gonna have about 8 in a few hours. Not too sure if i’ll wake up for the 1:05 start tomorrow

i was gonna say its 4 but then I realized I’m an idiot and time zones exist

Dangit. I was thinking I could hit a 10 am PDT start.

AllSaintsDay - May 7, 2010 reply

You waited this long?

105 pitch complete game shutout by Moyer

Beyond embarrassing.

/still crying in the corner

I’ll second that. Sounds like he did with ease too. The old buzzard probably didn’t even break a sweat.

Yeah, in 2 nights we’ve made Scott Olsen and Moyer look like Cy Young and Warren Spahn.

I’m tired of paing pennence. I want my winning streaks NOW.

yeah, i was trying to stay as positive as possible, but that’s slowly fading away…

i’m leaning to the dark side, its getting tough.

another year with an outfield that’s a black hole of suck is really wearing on me. Heyward better come back soon

and it sounds like the groin isn’t getting better.

With this offense, if Heyward isn’t playing along with BMac and Esco, it’ll be hard to even watch the games. I used to be so excited for Braves games and would even think “Yesss…only 3 more hours until the game!!!” and now, with the lineup we’ve had the last few nights, it’s like “Oh, Braves are on now. Guess I’ll watch.”

Fuck.

I’ve been watching a lot of the D-Backs this year, especially since we’ve been so bad

same. they’re a fun team. always enjoy watching the Angels too. they play the game the right way

not so much that, but more

“Yes, I can’t wait til the braves start!” and then we start, and suck, and I am holding a pencil to my eyes so I don’t have to watch our production anymore…

I could never be an announcer

I’d be pissed all the time and could never be objective

At least, I should get lucky tonight…this one is over early.

lol, awesome

fantastic. i’m inspired.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - May 7, 2010 reply

ZERO WALKS

wow

The Prophets are not with us.

So the last 4 LHP we’ve faced (Moyer, Olsen, Wandy, Garcia)… and the only one we could muster anything against was Wandy?

wow, nothing is going positive for us, we get no hi, almost no hit by Olsen and a 47 year old threw a CG shotout against us

Just when i think the offense has sunk as low as possible, it gets worse!

better go find a triple, cuz even that doesn’t cover this shit

SSS!

That's all for me.....

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we should've got Marlon Byrd