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Open Thread 6/1: Braves vs. Phillies #3

I love this team. I really do. 

You guys are animals. This is the thread for the final innings.

GO BRAVES!

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first?

first to get BANNED

TROLL.

I’m really more of a gnome

FUCK YOU, PAL!

no, FUCK MY FAMILY!!!! get it right, or just don’t do it.

Get it right or pay the price!

now we will share a lifetime of the fondest memories, by the lake of anawana, sat in the old pine trees (?)

camp anawana, we hold you in our hearts, and when we think about you…this think fell apart.

think anawanawana speak anawanawana live anawanawana UG!

it makes me wanna fart!

new thread = runs

Best vidro of the year, BTW.

It was pretty good, but I kinda liked the vidro where Glaus caught a line drive while standing on first base.

great range on that one

That was legit.

Phuck the Phillies

+1000
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

that my friend is a lot of zeros.

That play was just what we needed...

…to destroy any hope the Phillies had.

Their season will spiral out of control after this.
THAT...

Would be so much win.

RUNS Please - RUNS Please - RUNS Please
Letz get MOAR RUNZ
Phillies Phail killed the last thread.

Baez’s BB/K: 10/11.. Yeah, sounds good to me

thats the way Baez

he cant swing at that

Loved how

Heap just dropped his shoulder into Ruiz.

HITS HITS HITS!!!

there we go! more...

HITS HITS HITS

Yunel's lean and backpeddle...

ugh

Yunel...

so dramatic up there

Why do I feel like we need Rally Caps?

Because JHey hasn’t done much :P

hey if we win games even on nights that JHey doesnt do anything...

that makes our team even better

Esco with the seeing eye single!

Escobar

with the hit

Esco finds a hole again! (TWSS)
ESCO singles

Nice seeing eye esco!

Esco with the rolling knock
multi-hit game for yunel!

No! No bunting omar!

What a great double play!

I was like baby, baby, baby! Oh, like baby, baby baby!

baby, baby, baby, NO!
no justin beiber plz

Thankfully I’ve never heard that song. In my head I heard ODB’s voice

check the link below!

I’m going to enjoy following his drug addiction problems in the tabloids over the next few years

By the way

Heyward sucks. 0-8 this series. What a chump.

He did

get a BB and a swipe

Just amuses me

To remember that he’s left 2 balls less than 5 feet short of being home runs, and had another line-out tonight. And another hard hit ball yesterday too.

Trade him before his value really tanks!!!!!

:)

BENCH HIM. WE HAVE HINSKE ON THE BENCH!!!!!!!!!

2-0

swing da bat

don't bunt

swing the damn bat

not loving the bunt here

its the bobby way

if it helped the 3-0 count at all i do

whats the record for comments in a game?

Something over 9,000

During the 1995 World Series

haha internet was amazing back then

Can you imagine trying to load a thread of 9000 comments with a bunch of animated gifs in it on 28kbps dialup back in 1995?

10-4’s computer would explode.

Even tougher in 1990 while blogging and playing Oregon Trail.

Or, if you were a sheltered child like myself, the frontier courtroom game Oregon Trial.

Sigh. I always had to be the defense attorney. I would always die of dysentery before closing arguments.

45. We kinda beat it tonight.

I honestly think that’s the Marlins’ record.

Take the walk, Infante....
3-0

if you fucking bunt on a 3-0 count i swear to god

3-0

DEFEINITELY no bunt here

3-0

please take dont bunt

I swear the ways these guys talk, you’d think the phils were still 10 games up

they're all over the phil's dick
listening

to ESPN? unlucky you

that’s why I watching on my computer.

wish I could...my internets jsut not quiiiite up to speed.
why why why

ball 4 right there

That was going to be a ball.

mother.. what is he doing???

infante

poor bunting skills

ball four bunted foul. sweet.
So I stepped away from my computer..

But that double play was epic!!!

leave your computer

more often. whatever you’re doing away from the keyboard seems to be working

That was a fucking awful attempt.

I see no reason not to run up the score here.

Well that at bat failed

He bunted that foul on purpose so he coul swing.. Ugh.
Infante

got jammed

fuck, bobby

that’s why you don’t bunt there

WTF was that Omar?

WHAT HAPPENED INFANTE?

That’s really creepy

ball four again

That entire AB was horrendous.

well, he did take the first three balls

true, and then stabbed at ball 4

it did pretty much suck donkey balls. I’m glad to see you’re still able to keep it negative!

I do what I can. The sunshine pumping is saved for after the games.

lol I love Bobby. "Melky, Cmon kid!"
He doesn't even watch the ball into the bat... UGH.
Melky

is the new double play king

Venters coming in here?

Eh, DP.

But it was no 5-4-2.

wtfwtfwtfwtftwftfwtw
UGHHHH MELKY...

Valdez COMPLETELY missed the bag

well that promising inning turned shitty

double switch and bring in nate to play center

we've got outselves a bobby cox protege

you should see me on 2k10…my bullpen never fatigues so its moyland/saito/wags every night

i want more runs!
Venters plz vs. Utley / Howard / etc

or Wagner

good call.

I could definitely support Wagner —> Saito.

i love Venters

drooling

Venters in the 8th plox.

Saito in 9th.

awful…Yunel actually contributed too, that’s the worst part

MARTINEZ NAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXXXXPPPLOOOSSSSIIOOOONNNN

……..

hate that commercial

Dammit Melky

yup...that's about right
melky had himself a hitting streak too didn't he?

over at ESPN they talking about the braves 9 game losing streak… that was like so April….

HEY!

join the present, ESPN!!!

Should've had the MELKY CHOP...

No way you can GIDP on that chop.

-C

Next inning, I'm posting Rally Cap.
What saito?

nononononononononono

Saito in

hmm

BOBBY IS AN IDIOT LOSER!

come onnnnnn wheres Venters

why no venters here???

utley and howard up??

Now it's time for iChop
Saito?

really Bobby… really?

HE HAS NO CLUEZ ABOU TEH BULLPENZ!
Venters for the 9th?
ummmm bad call bobby

don’t get this move…definitely bring in venters

Awesome

Way to “stick to the book”. “Setup man” followed by “closer”

No Venters against Utley and Howard

Really?

Saito 8th

Wagner 9th

you know the drill

Wow. Really expected Venters here.

LOL.. Harold Renyolds was breaking down the pen.. and wasn’t spewing shit

Saito got this
unless he don throw no strike

Damn. COME ON SAITO

Ahh.. I forgot it was on ESPN tonight..

I’ll watch an inning on there to see how little love the Braves are getting compared to the Phils

They have actually been giving us some lovin'

Suprise

Did you see Nomar last night? Said we improved because we now have improved “offense, starting pitching, and bullpen.”
Quality research there

3-0

/facepalm

come on now...

can we please just get a 1-2-3 inning

Bobby…you drive me to drink…

Shoulda used Mike Dunn
Boone calling it like it is
Why can't I quit you Bobby?
Is that Aaron Boone in the booth?

I don’t like him

yes and i concur
I must say...

I’m not an ESPN hater, but the baseball commentators are TERRIBLE. But Aaron Boone has impressed.

I like what he has to say & how he was pumping up Esco, but his voice is annoying. To high pitched or something.

Omar! 1 down.

BOBBY IS TEH FAILZORS WITH TEH BULLPENZ

(Hey guys. Venters did pitch 1.1 innings yesterday)

I only wanted Venters to be used against Utley and Howard.

And its not like Venters has gotten loads of work.

Saito for the 3rd time in 4 days though…granted, it’s looking fine right now but I just don’t understand it sometimes.

just wait until tomorrow afternoon

I’m fully expecting the AAAA lineup tomorrow

Ugh...

I hope not. I want the sweep….save the AAAA lineup for the next series.

I’m probably way off, but I feel like every game that we’ve entered with a series win already secured (knock on wood) he plays the scrubs. Maybe it’s only happened twice and I’m blowing it out of proportion.

it was always a sunday and a day game…so theres a good chance…especially with the long trip coming up

Well, I think we’ve only won the first two games of a three game series 4 times….

Heyward

could use a day off…

he comes back after a day off and kills it

exactly

And also, we don’t want to overwork him and he’s 0-fer in the series

Hmmm, I bet McCann sits.

Other than that, I’m pretty sure everyone else will start.

I hope we don't need him tomorrow

Boone Loogan is sad

nicely done

sit down chase…you blow

phew.

not bad.

1 out, nice comeback by Saito there
FISTED ALERT!

Don Sutton

Nice turnaround of that 3-0 count Saito!

nice

Infante with a catch!

There we go Infante!
infante says me gots it
Howard can't score 2 runs this time....
careful with howard
Please no more over the middle like that Saito..

I got scared..

love the movement on that pitch lol
haha

i like the shift

with the shift...
F-CK you Bobby

Why didn’t you use Venters?

relax

good results from a bad process don’t make it a good process.

There’s too many people who complain about every decision Bobby makes. This is hardly a bad one, since it’s still a fairly close game and Saito is the second best pitcher in the Braves’ pen. Venters also pitched 1.1 innings yesterday.

Why is Martinez in the pen if he’s not going to get work in non-save situations? No harm in sending him out there on a short leash.

Yes, there is

with a 4-run lead, he could give up 2 or 3 quickly. That’d be too close for my comfort.

He shouldn’t be on the team, I agree. But I would not put him in here

Big game, and it’s 4 runs as opposed to 6 or 7. He wasn’t even that good for the AAA team.

I just want him out of the fucking bullpen, he causes me too much stress as you can see.

Whether or not it works out is irrevelant to the decision itself.

That being said, if you can’t trust your setup man to get out pretty much everyone then he isn’t much of a setup man.

Shift fucks with my mind.

ahhhhh the shift

Nice by Escobar

makes it look so easy lol

weak

you can’t step out during his delivery man

Werth

WE COULD LOVE YOU SO MUCH MORE!!! Strike out please.

Saito has the slider workin' tonight
that slider is sick

Wagner up…ugh…why is Martinez on the fucking roster please?

In Bobby's defense....

I wouldn’t bring Martinez in to pitch the 9th against the Phillies unless we were up by at least 8 runs.

Me either

maybe 7.

why did

the Braves pick him up anyway? He seems terrible

so you expect him to not pitch any high leverage situations at all then?

Not until he’s had a chance to prove himself in low leverage situations.

But Bobby doesn’t use him in those either!

I’m not arguing that…

I expect him

not to pitch at all, honestly

he’s our Ollie Perez. We’ll only use him if we go into extra innings

Moylan needs somebody to carry around his shit in an emasculating backpack

Well

It’s still a fairly close game. Why not just shut the door tonight? We used some of the deeper guys yesterday, like Venters and Chavez.

Anyway, Bobby’s not the guy who put Martinez on the roster, I’m assuming. Chris Resop!

I’d love to have Resop instead of Martinez.

Resop could fill the much needed long relief role.

bingo…seemed like a no-brainer to me.

Could I have neither, please. I hate Resop so much

Give the man a chance-he’s completely dominating AAA in a way he never did as a reliever.

I don’t buy it at all. Guys just don’t get better when you switch them from RP to SP. The only way he’s for real is if he’s added a pitch or something. Otherwise, it’s just smoke and mirrors.

Do some research into it then. You’re good at that.

eh

pass. I’m not wasting any time on Poser.

The component numbers are legitimate though-high K rate, decent walk rate, not an excessive amount of BABIP luck. Maybe a little lower than average HR/F rate, but it’s not extreme, either. his fastball is reportedly getting a lot of movement on it which it never did before.

Well I don't see how his FB could get more movement as a SP

Did he learn a new grip or something? If he did, there’s a chance I’m wrong and he could be something. But I am not optimistic

Werth really irks me for some reason...
maybe he's a brave next year =)

otherwise i’d go punch him in the face

We could use him, that's for sure
man

pretty close to a strike

Don’t have to throw a strike here…

But closer than that.

i felt the breeze through my tv
Cmon 0-21!
WHY ISN'T [reliever] IN THIS GAEM!!11!!!ELEVEN!!!!!!!!!!111
Werth

with a double ugh

NOOOO 1-21
wouldnt that be 1-22 now?
Where the hell was Cabrera playing on that
A fan dropped a hot dog so he was going to grab that.
Werth just hasn't been the same since he shaved.
AAH!!

I KNEW HE LOOKED DIFFERENT!

I can’t believe I didn’t notice….

Man, I still love firejoemorgan.com
what pitch is that

right down the middle?

they call that

the slump-buster pitch

The was the “outtatowner”

That could have been a lot worse.
meh

werth had to be sitting on the outside fastball

"By the time the ball approaches the plate, it's almost in the glove. "

Thank you for that insight , Aaron Boone. Did Joe Morgan teach you?

He studied on the mountaintop with The Master himself.

clean bases.. 2 outs… ill take it…..

We don't need to be fixin' Howard and Werth's slump in this game.

We still have to play them tomorrow.

no runs here plz

lets end it

Primary Day here in Alabama

I’m going to watch the late news to check the returns.

let me know the results

I am in Huntsville myself

Current returns

Governor (Dem): Ron Sparks
Governor (GOP): James and Byrne in a dead heat
Lt. Gov; (GOP): Kay Ivey
AG (Dem): James Anderson
AG (GOP): Luther Strange
Treasurer (GOP): Young Boozer

One just for you — House Dist. 5: Mo Brooks is beating Griffith, 52 to 33 percent.

Nate Silver called the Dem race for Sparks
0-2

sit em down here saito

Saito throws a lot of strikes

and I like it.

GODDAMNIT

SHUT UP ABOUT THE PHILLIES SLUMP…WE’VE HEARD

sucks for you people that have been subjected to 7 1/2 innings of bullshit
Yep. I'm sure it was talked about non-stop yesterday's game too.
Niiiiiiice pitch.
finally called a strike
nasty

what a breaker

SAITO SAYS STFD!!!
We need a translator here, stat!

Bout time we got a call over there

WOOOO

That was sick!1

All is well
STFD

finally a borderline call when it matters

nice pitch

Saito

that slider

is SO SICK

that was close to the pitch hudson didn't get!

Great pitching Saito…just hope we don’t have to use you tomorrow.

so..

Hinske
Prado
Heyward

hinske if it’s brad lidge or a righty

heyward

due up 3rd

Time for a Heyward SLAM!

please

he’s in a semi slump and needs to break out of it in a big way

(0-8 this series with a BB?? i think)

STFD

3 outs to go!

wags was definitely hoping for just the one run there

he'll still pitch the 9th though
give me venters in the 9th

who goes tomorrow for the phils..?? chipper´s grandpa….??

kyle kendrick
thought he got traded...

for Kobayashi the hot dog eating guy

Epic prank for the ages
Hinske batting
hits plz
You got your wish!

And then some….

hmm

a strike you say

I do like hearing them give hinske some love
as a former Red Sox and Yankee

they have to love him

And Wags is warming up...

would anyone here trade Teheran for Ichiro or Grady Sizemore or Franklin Gutierrez?

No

Always value pitching!

well- they're kind of past it. I would do it for RAmirez or Cabrera

Change Teheran with Delgado for Ichiro then you have a deal my friend.

i fucking hope so
haha

fielding FAILURE

Eric Hinske!!!

HAHAHAHHAHAHAA
omg almost inside the park.
The Phillies have been bad about that whole catching the ball thing tonight
wow

Hinske with a sort of triple

who wants werth?
He needs to be in the fucking lineup all the time. God dammit.
ESPN says we are going to WS

They are not as dumb as we think!

2-base error.

I love this.

Not looking so hot anymore hippie boy.

HELL YEA HINSKIE!!!!

he totally ran out of gas at the end there!!! LOL

Hinske on 3rd base!!

He's not on 3rd. Pinch runner... =_=
PR!

Hinske’s night is done after all that work

needs Oxygen
this

possibly an IV

Pinch runner on 3rd – because of Hinske’s hustle out of the batter’s box.

Hinske is awesome
how do you fuck that up?

i coulda fielded that ball

Wow!

Nice for Hinske, but what a fail by Werth.

buahahah

pinch runner on third

That is some funny shit!

was that an official triple or just a double and a error
single..

two base error

I think it's a 1B and reached 2nd and 3rd on error
1B and 2 base error
single and a two base error

Single and two base error

I'm winded just watching Hinske try to run...
Guys

Hinske is such a winnar. I told you so.

I guess I missed something.. Werth is a free agent after this year I'm asusming..

where did this rumor of possibly coming to the Braves come from?

people wishing

he wants 20mil/year no way we pay that

I doubt he gets 20mil/year…..16mil/year tops. Still, not sure we can afford that.

not a rumor. We just want him.

just wishful thinking, people would love to fill that black hole in LF with a legitimate power hitter

pure wishful thinking

Hey now, you’re an ALL STAR!

damn

Phillies BP is gonna be tanked tomorrows

single + 2b error

we should just sign anyone that used to play tor the yankees….they are know how to winz

clear the bench

Why Pinch Run Hinske with Blanco on third? That’s a big fuck you to Blanco. Just saying.

Why?

he’s getting into the game

defensive replacement

that makes sense.

so he can score on a shallow fly to right
Man

That throw was terrible, moon ball.

PRADO WITH THE RIBBIE
Hell yeah!

Good shit Marteeeen!

bad throw by Werth

keep it down!!

MARTEEEEENNNNN

Well done, Prado.

Prado Sac Fly

Come on Jason.. get a hit

I actually really like white on the team….if only as a defensive replacement/pinch runner

He's useful

There have been worse players

took me a minute to figure out who this white guy you were speaking of was

Heyward tonight might have the loudest 0-for-3 I have ever seen

He was being a PITA when he was on base.
Who just said "OOOOOHHHH"?

That was funny.

I said ooh on that one
Time for Heyward...

to snap out of it

What's the word on Schafer in Gwinnett?
damnit Heyward

thought that was gone

OH MY GAAWWDDD
damn

just missed it

seems like he's "just missing" a lot

which makes me confident he’ll get out of it soon

Damn Foul Polls... MOVE FOR HEYWARD

Heward with warning track power
what a tease

ohhhhh so close
Heyward's fouls are just like Howard.
I instantly knew it was out.. just a matter of fair or foul

damnit

He wants something today
380 ft strike there?
Baez scared to pitch to him now...

after that display of power

I love the "Let's go Heyward" chant!
Seems like Heap has a couple of those rockets every game

LOL…“oh no, you’re doubling up”. Poor Joe.

There we go. He is a god.
walks are boring
Hooray for OBP Right guys? Right?

No ok you’re right

Heyward gets offered first base as a sacrifice AGAIN....

This made me laugh my ass off!

Heyward is so fucking good

how often does he walk after falling behind 0-2…its incredible

You’d be surprised.

haha fail

1

lol…it certainly feels like it does though, I know what you’re saying.

Jason's 2nd walk tonight

I’ll take a slump full of walks.. just sayin

For J-Hey's walks

Think you can fit a pimp hat on the walking man?

0-3 but keeping the OBP at 400
heavy with the sarcasm

If on-base percentage is so important, then why don’t they put it up on the scoreboard?

j-hey walks

are the sexiest walkts in the world

Swagger in his stride
Heyward's not helping my fantasy team with those walks...

But I love what he does for the Braves.

You need a fantasy team that takes OBP into account, my friend.

I’m guessing….blanco stays in to play left….infante comes in to play third…chipper takes off after this ab

seriously, charlie?

yer going deeper into the ’pen?

Emptying the Phillies' bullpen....

LOVE IT.

yay

more phillies bullpen…they’ll have no one left tomorrow

Contreras in

hmm

Come on Chipper!!

Haha! Manuel has absolutely no PEN left for tomorrow!

CONTRERAS

QUICK, put mclouth in!

haha

just who we need to get him going!

Nate needs a pick me up hit man...get him in there
MUST USE ALL PITCHERS

HE’S LARUSSA’ING

He’s thinking of mixing some Dusty Baker’ing in, too…

Ribs at Burger King

huh

will not beat CFA's spicy chicken sandwich
oh

when do they start selling those

next week I think

Where do they get these commercials? Pigs fly … BO blaster … We wear no pants. ???

Like the McRib?

i miss this

The animal they made the McRib out of went extinct …

we had something like it in HS…not quite the same

haha

I am a Ribhead.

another Simpsons quote…..Beard is losing his cred

no

actual bbq ribs

I’ve heard that they’re not that bad.

Who hasn't phillie used today

just Lidge?

explain me to the logic of raping your pen when it's a 5 run game?
He's a hitting coach with no idea of how to handle pitchers?
it's charlie fucking manuel

he fucking does what he wants.

haven't you read the manuel baseball manuel?
*manuel baseball manual

jerry and charlie are loyal practitioners

Red Stripe
Hooray Beer!

Chipper needs to remind Contreras that he’s old and that he sucks.

ESPN bottom line claims

Urban Meyer was suffering from esophogeal spasms (from fellating Tim Tebow)

hahaha

so the Tebow juice caused it...wow. Get Tebow some tail
Have you seen Tebow's girlfriend?

lesbian
he's mega christian

probably hates gay people…even hot lesbians

I would have no trouble believing this.

Actually, that’s pretty offensive to Christians.

What about to Mega Christians…?

My wife is really Catholic, she’s like a Shiite Catholic.

It depends what type… there are actual Christ followers and then there are people who call themselves Christians because they like church.

Pretty big hands.

omg

i was debating on watching porn tonight…..not anymore

*right click...save file....save....right click...post as desktop background*

lol

I bet she’s real smart.

She’s got huge…. tracts of land

She’s got some great ideas…

-C

he’s not hitting it so it doesn’t matter. I bet somebody else is though.

And he’s supposed to be a virgin? yeah right! I’m not fallin for that shit.

that is funny as hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

not an image i want to think of

that’s why he coaches at UFaG

"Philly has been so bad he hasn't had any work" = priceless
UGH The Atlanta WNBA team is losing. I didn't even realize there was still a WNBA...
Atlanta has another basketball team? Do they run isos for their best player 95% of the time?

I’m pretty sure the league has lost money every single year of its existence

There's probably some government incentive program for them to continue.

I’m pretty sure its the NBAs….helps them attract the women audience to their own league

Women don't watch sports (or enough to care about other women). The only reason women watch sports is because they find the men who are playing attractive.
OK I mean Lesbian community

There’s just not enough time left in this game to reply to this properly.

No they have a player taller than 7 foot playing center, which is what the hawks need

Watson said Mike Port, baseball’s vice president of umpiring, planned to speak with Hohn about the situation.

“Is it going to be stern? I don’t know,” Watson said. “Probably will be.”

Nice timing assholes

what's that about?

talking about Oswalt’s ejection.. so they choose now to yell at hohn.. nice tiiming

Contreras’ only run given up was Nate’s walkoff. That’s crazy.

I GIVE UP

green. I’m lauging like a madman

I’ll bet this guy walks with a limp.

Ah — but he walks. That’s what counts.

Awesome

Chipper wants to go to home

Oh, Grandpa

No me gusta.

old man FAIL

RETIRE CHIPPER GODDAMNIT YOU’RE SO FUCKING BAD

Man..

I understand they usually give the shortstop the bag.. but that was borderline ridiculous right there..

he probably coulda totally stopped reset, and still thrown chipper out

safe by a foot, easily

Venters coming in, thank god.

Here comes Venters

The Non-Save situation Closer

you guys have to realize

we have a day game tomorrow

they won't reschedule?

…..?

move the day game to a night game- happens occasionally when there's a delay of some sort
The Braves don't do that

and I haven’t heard of anyone doing it in the last 10 years or so. It’s inconsiderate to the ticket buyers

It was only a hour delay.

Not that big of a deal.

swooning phillies...
Venters for the 9th instead of Wagner!!
3 more outs

til 1 1/2 games up.

WOOOOOOO! WOOOOOO!

can anyone tell what they are chanting

I hope not “overrated”. That’s the stupidest chant ever

didnt sound like that

kinda sounded like chipper jones

ugh. come on Venters

We haven't scored less than 5 runs since May 25th!!!

Sick

Seriously?

Damn.

And the phillies

haven’t scored more than 3 in that time!

damn.. no more 3 up 3 down...
well..

except for a vidro

I bet Martin can't dunk.

Heyward said he could dunk since like 7th grade lol

reminds of this guy I knew if 5th grade. of course he went on to deal drugs and heyward went on to become Pujols, but other than that…pretty much the same

Thank God

he did not want to play basketball…

Single for

Francisco

So close Prado.
Venezuelan's Can't Jump.

Jesus Christ, I understand the whole neighborhood thing, but did anyone but me notice how far off they were from 2b? It was at least 4 ft.

throw strikes
Zambrano

to start Wednesday

hahahahahaha
When does he explode?

So he completed his HR rehab after Heyward’s HR?

Venters at 96.

Daaaaaamn.

I think Ubaldo Jimenez is using cheat codes!!!

ERA 0.78… disgusting

He got the cheat codes from Livan.

i would like to see him get rocked
Honestly...

I think Ubaldo is one of my favorite young players.

He has a great attitude and genuinely loves to play the game. As long as he’s not pitching against the Braves, I’ll always root for him.

-C

I heard his voice for the first time today. I expected it to be much deeper for some reason.

Because he looks damn scary, that’s why.

doesnt he kind of look like drake

A,B, X, B, B, X, Y

Up up down sown left right left right B A B A Start

Venters=potential replacement for Wags?

You forget about Kimbrel?

Yeah i did...my bad

Venters is the 2nd string LOOTB…nothing more

I hope we deal Resop soon

I’m getting antsy for a trade

+1
Damn son...

You’ve got some serious hate for Resop, don’t ya? :-p

I wouldn't mind giving Resop a chance

but I would rather see an exiting trade. I love trades.

Dammit. Wags is getting excited

Yikes

Venters with a walk

awww. COME ON VENTERS
ugh...

we sure like to make things interesting don’t we

ooooookie dokieeee

lets get some outs plz

WTF Jonny…strikes plz

He's just setting up the triple play.
But Francoeur

plays for the Mets…

That was hilarious. I almost cried when I watched that. Pretty sure I saw it live too on the tv.

You saw it on the tv!! Golly Gee, what’s the TV like?

seriously, how did you see it live?

good thinking

always one step ahead of the game that Venters is…

3-2 and you throw it in the dirt...

FUCK. ALRIGHT FINE GET WAGNER IN THERE, FUCK IT.

Been listening to the game...

got home from work in time to jump on TC and hopefully see the Rainbow Llamasaurus tonight.

Damn, Wagner having to warm up again.

Let's put some gas on this fire

bring in Martinez

Get Jo Jo in there.

Hey McCann, how about calling something offspeed?

Venters does have a sweet fastball…but come on.

Easy Braves games to watch? 1 out of 100?
very relaxing
I'll talk to you after we win.
Not very relaxing right now
considering the 5-run lead

not easy

never against the phils

0-2

sit em down Johnny

Venters=Scorned Acosta lover?

Sorry, I think I had a point somewhere in there but I am drunk. However, it hadn’t felt this fuckin good to be a braves fan in quite some time. All hail Heyward and go Bravos!

FINISH HIM!

Fatality_medium

Random question?

Who had the best fatality? I am going to throw out there Scorpion taking his mask off and burning the guy alive with his flame breath.

This needs to be photoshopped.

I’m sure you’ll be all over that.

That could be a little over my head. I’ll see what I can do.

Internet link to image

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/469149/fatality.png

gah wrong one...

I googled “mortal kombat finishing move” and this was like the first link

uh-oh now we have face the top of the order!
there we go.

.

There we go JV

Yeah, go Javy! …. wait…..

Venters is bringing the heat tonight.

Vidro plz.

PS

Tebow isn’t dating chick pictured above. Debunked rumor. Thanks internet.

now a vidro with pineapple….

thought you called it there

Almost a Vidro… 2 down!

SON OF A BITCH
Just missed the vidro.....2 outs.
Don't look now

but Glaus is second in RBI with 40. Good job Wren, good job.

Wren sucks. Fire him. He traded Javy for Melky.

Nuh-uh

It was Javy and Boone Logan for Melky.

Very.

And to think, 90% of the people on TC were saying it was the worst signing ever back in April…. rolls eyes

no… almost!!!!

Ahhhh

ONE MORE OUT!

careful glaus

we need you

I want to see that again before I disagree...
Yunel looked a little lazy turning that one
No, Venters took forever to give Esco the ball.
May 17th Last - May 31 First

Gotta love em.

Dammit

Victorino can’t just let one go, can he?

venters

either couldnt get it out of his glove or dilly-daddled

Did you see how many steps he took?
Don't get hurt Glaus

Alright 1 out, with 4 runs to play with…Let’s get it done JV

Don’t need Glaus pulling a hammy there!

END THIS GAME NOW!!
Venters doesn't look like the kinda guy that would throw as hard as he does
Come on baby!!!! 0-2
ONE MORE STRIKE!
0-2; in the words of Mortal Kombat

FINISH HIM!!

almost time for Llamasaurus

got him. he went around

I think troys been doin pilates

braves win series… and phills with no pitchers for tomorrow… yay!!!!!

What game are you watching?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

Hmm…feel like I’ve heard that before.

way to jinx it...
DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bases juiced for Howard

LOL, that wasn't a strike. But I would have swung at it.
hmm...

no defense there?

Dammmmmmmmmit.

Gah

Just end it already.

son of a bitch... again

Wow….Nice hit Shirley

i think he goes by Alice
fuck fuck fuck
save situation

Wags in

Math isn't your strong suit....
Blah....just lay down and die, Phillies!

We can’t just let me go to bed can we. ugh

chase

has gotta be venters’ last guy

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This isn’t happening.

oh sweet lord...

bases loaded for howard??

Oh bloody hell

FUCK. Here comes Wags.
Get Wags in now...
geez

well Wagner time

ok

bring in wags

Dang…..Johnny has shit the bed tonight

now Wags

man just make it tough

seriously.........

wtf

Aw fudge

…now you bring in Wags….bad Bobby

Well, I was going to watch Justified tonight, but nevermind

end this shit

Ummm

Yeah, we need Wags.

I’m thinking 3 pitch K of Howard here.

what do you do now…. what do you do…!!!!!

You don't call games over when they aren't

Walk Ryan Howard. The only way the Phils win is if he gets pitches to hit. YOu gotta take that chance away.

But it’s nice to be wrong! whew

You hushing would be a start

Good lord.

Billy Wagner is gonna be so pissed, he’s gonna throw 105.

Yeah, they made him warm up twice and then gave him the bases loaded with Howard at the plate.
Walk Howard intentionally....despite bases loaded?

cries

no

then a double clears bases and ties game…

pitch to him

LOL…oh my god…Wagner get your ass in there.

/cues the Ring Cycle
Wow!?

One out plz.

D'backs

got D-train from the Tigers. I guess they really needed him, what with all the bad pitching they have

and the guy going back is name Billy Buckner. I would have said “no thanks” if I was the Tigers. That name is cursed.

whats crazy

is that they are going to take on all of the salary

the tigers that is

Venters has been plunking people lately

whats up with that

Gnatspos lost. Sweet. I didn't realized they took the lead in the top of the 9th.

shit fuck cock tits

wags is in the pen right?

Stros beat Nats
We did NOT just hit Utley to get to Howard

Venters could lose 1 million fans if Wags cant bail him out
don't know why anyone is worried

howard is no brooks conrad

he is 100000000x scarier

nah, he’s a pussy cat. see?

LETS GO WAGNER!

Nats are back in last where they rightfully belong.

They were tied for last as of this morning anyways.
Red Stripe guy has NO PANTS!
love the red-stripe guy
Love the No Pants Commercial. Still not wearing any.

I hate Howard’s foul balls!

Astros won, did we mention that?

please wagner….please

Come on Wags...
Very dangerous situation for the Braves

Howard expects the 97 mile fastball…but a sick slider might find a whole and score runs.

ITS WAGNER TIME

weird pic…. whats with the bagels?

If I'm the Phillies, I don't like this matchup.

But since I’m a Braves fan, I like it. A lot.

Can Heyward pitch here?

I don't wanna look
wagner

97 mph

Making Howard look loike an amateur.

JUST DONT HANG THE SLIDER

CLOSE THIS OUT WAGS!!
Howard has no career HRs off Wagner...
Please say that after the at bat next time.

NOTHING CLOSE

0-2

FINISH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0-2

alright Wags…make Howard your bitch!!!

Come on WAGS!!!! End this shit!

DONT FUCKING HANG IT
slider

away please

Please, please let this be done by the time Nightline comes on.

BALLGAME!!!!

There we go.
wagssssssssssssssssss
Good job Wags

Way to do your job.

BIRTHDAY RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS! FIRST PLACE IS FAR MORE DELICIOUS THAN CAKE

For once, the cake is NOT a lie.

um what was in that calzone I had tonight

stumbles

Everyone iChop

BRAVES WIN!!
BRAVES WIN!!!

FUCK YEAH. 1 and a half up!

Cue my little rainbow friend
easy save

for Wags

7-3=4

its still a save….tying run was at the plate

Oh wow I suck.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_%27save%27_in_baseball

Just for reference.

How I can remember obscure shit about errors not counting for perfect games...

and not how saves work makes me sad and makes me look like even more of an asshole.

In other words, just another day at the office.

Still a save.

fuck yea!!!!!!!!

Back to Subway LOSERRRRR!!!!!

Wagner says

“Ryan Howard blows….this is how you shut him down…”

Thank you sweet baby jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
holy heyyyywaaaaaaard
Good night everyone!
wooooooooooooooooooooo

“Disco Stu likes disco music.”

good one...

but it’s no rainbow llamasaurus

Braves Win (SEVEN GAMES IN A ROW!)

Can you imagine if we extend this into a 9 game winning streak? ZOMG!!

VICTORY!!!!!!

going for the sweep tomorrow!!!!

im loving this team....

for real

What would life be like if we swept the Phils?

the Moe break-dancing one is still the best

Eh? I was going to post this one for some Rain Delay Entertainment.

wagner got his save!
Sweep tomorrow!
Wags comes in, throws 3 pitches...

And says “see? Like it ain’t no THANG.”

Go Braves!!! Can’t wait for Kyle Kendrick!

I'll have to check the stats, but.....

Talking Chop GT comment record: BROKEN!

-C

I don’t knowwhat is going on here

this looks a lot like the public library near my house

There was a story a while back about this kid who went to his local Apple store and just started making Internet videos of himself.

One More Game!!
The Braves actually won when I got to watch, yes! Nitram hit it hard in every AB!

bubb rubb Pictures, Images and Photos

Oh Bubb Rubb

I can never get enough of you

It’s that Woooo Wooooo!

It is nice to see the braves win

even without Heyward

haha, phils lose, haha

Awesome!

We even get to cap it off with the laundromat meth commercial!

One more time! Come on, iChop

It's been fun everybody

Have a great night. I’ll miss the GT tomorrow, but keep it goin strong without me!

30 Wins!!

What a great 7 straight wins by Braves!
POWAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

that was painful to watch. I had to take the opportunity since I don’t get many on TV, but I could have sworn I was watching the local Philly broadcast and not ESPN.

every at bat it was what the Phillies did wrong, never what the Braves did right….

very frustrating.

Aaron Boone is really parlaying is one decent moment in MLB to a nice broadcasting career.

He just always looks stoned.

SWEEP tomorrow! See you all there.

.

Nationals had a game stolen from them
Braves are fourth in NL in runs..

Just popped in to say “yay!!”

Um...

Tim Hudson is good at baseball…Troy Glaus is good at baseball…Billy Wagner is good at baseball…Jason Heyward is good at baseball…Martin Prado is good at baseball…the Braves are really really good at baseball

Phillies fans are upset about ESPN

and them appointing him Black Jesus

Who's Black Jesus?

Heyward?

Braves

have the best home record in the majors.

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