Talking Chop

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

-C

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Let's get some more runzzzzzzzzzzz

RUNZ

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ

Sprayed!

dontrelle has stolen 4 innings so far….lets not let him get a 5th

he's been pulled

or not

well he didn’t get a fifth….so technically I’m right

welll guess he’s out….BP time@

Doesn’t look like he’ s in anymore, according to my computer feed…

-C

uhh RUNS

I feel included now

sweet teh snakes bp

RUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNS

Dontrelle was very nearly

“effectively wild.”

Wildly

effective?

Now in to pitch

Cesar Valdez. Whoever that is

Because you don't know what Cesar Chavez looks like

Mr. Sanchez - June 10, 2010 reply

hahaha +1

ha

watched that episode 2 days ago Hungry Hungry Homer

Chipper

Bunt single

CHIPPY.

Old man infield single!

Took him forever to get to 1st

but he got there

Speed kills.

Chipper provides his own demonstration of that famous fable

“The Tortoise and the Hare”

He

was bunting there?

I think it was a swinging bunt

It was a swinging bunt.

I think it was more of an “I didn’t mean to” bunt/single

CHIP CHIP CHIP

The Braves get 5 innings against the D-Backs bullpen.

In a tied game

we got this one

POWAH

WAIT TODAY I FACE WILLIS DONTRELLE AKA D-TRAIN? LAUGHABLE, WILL USE CYBORG MIND TRICKS TO TOY WITH AND DESTROY WEAK-MINDED HUMAN.

Was that

Cyborg Tommy?

Yessir

RUN!

that was actually a pretty nice pitch

Air Conditioning POWAH!

it's officially june for glausy

does he struggle in june?

everyone is atm

lol I know you mean at the moment but …..

its more that May is now over

idk

but he was torrid in may

Well he sure as hell doesn't in May.

Or April 61st

fucking do work braves

RUMZRUMZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZ!!!!

That Pujols stat is INSANE

What Pujols

stat were they referring to ?

Struck out 3 times in a game only 10 times in his 10 year career

Holy Crap

I think Upton or Reynolds have done that already this year.

browsing quickly through game logs for 2010

Upton – 5
Reynolds – 8
Heyward – 4
Andruw Jones – 0

more...

Nate – 3
POWAH – 3 (0 in May)
Odarp – 2
Heap – 1
Grandpa – 0
Hinske – 1
Melky – 0
Yunel – 0

Heyward – 4

In his 10 year career

He has struck out 3 times in a game 10 times.

On Tuesday, Pujols struck out 3 times in a game. It was only the 10th time in his career he’s struck out at least 3 times in a game.

Andruw Jones is somewhere crying in a corner

Chippah & Laroche talkin hunting

Love Shack?

Love

train.

LOLDrew

...

You actually have a graphic for Esco hitz?

Yep, imagine that. :-)

i bet you dont have one for Nate

I actually do – and one for Blanco too. ;-)

do you have one for Norton

lol

Imagine that… nope.

Don't underestimate her graphics...

she’s got thousands it seems.

Mr. Sanchez - June 10, 2010 reply

HeHe..(I think).

I made jersey ones or the lineup (less pitchers)

But no words...hmmm

its probably from last year

Texastriplecrown - June 10, 2010 reply

We need a balk graphic.

A picture

of Joe West?

Bob Davidson

Good ol’ Balk-A-Day Bob

Rope past Drew...Esco's starting to come out of it

starting?

have you not been paying attention the last 2 weeks?

I’m glad we’re remembering the best strategy against Arizona. Hit it right at their infielders

RISP

1-for-9.

what's going on?

Runners on 1st and 2nd. Omar flied out with 1 out. 2 outs now. Ross batting.

Infailte

it's not late and close yet

Inflyout?

dross do work

I cant believe KK sits that close to Nate in the dugout

Actually

KK just holds a knife to him 24/7.

well THERE'S your problem

he is waitin

for a chance to attack

If KK spoke English

He’d have at least 3 wins.

Terence told us the Braves are racists

Mr. Sanchez - June 10, 2010 reply

Terence

also told us to get Ken Griffey, Jr. I’m not saying that wouldn’t have been bad 10 years ago… just now.

RACIST

i must say

i find this “kk is a dormant volcano seething with untapped RAGE” to be incredibly humorous. keep it up

They pulled a Forrest Gump on KK.

“Can’t sit here.”
“Seat taken.”

Until Nate said, “You can sit here if you want.”

Nate is KK’s Jenny.

"We was like Peas and Carrots"

ROSSSSSSYYYY

rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooss

wisco - June 10, 2010 reply

STUPID BALLPARK

Aw fuck....only one run

zona got a break

DROSS GR DOUBLE

YAY for Ross BOO ground roll doubles

its ok…we’ve been saved a couple of times by that this year

very true

Yeah

I hate ground roll doubles, too. I prefer ground bounce doubles.

David Ross is amazing. Can we teach him to play center field?

ROSSY!!

RISP

2-for-10.

"Powdered" Right center field

Not liking the analogy, there.

That gap is absurd.

Thank the lord for DRoss

3-2 Braves!

Walking MVP

Escobar

could have scored if it wasn’t a ground rule double.

hanson with a GS oppo

YaY a lead!

Thanks Ross

Alright ladies and gentlemen

you have a wonderful night, I have to go eat and grade papers before I go to the bar later, lets finish this off please

ross=

best backup catcher ever!!!

Don’t swing, Tommy.

I take that back

HOLY CRAP!

TAKE THAT BACK

that’s why tommy doesn’t listen to you, pac! haha

I gotta admit

he’s looked much better lately. He had 2 hits a couple starts ago, too

IBB

4MVPS

-C

TOMMY FUCKING HANSON!

Lol "The fifth man like in the NBA"

You mean the sixth man?

TOMMY HANSON!!!!!!!

Go Big Red!!!

TOMMMYYYYY

HANSON IS GOD!!!!

cmon Hansen!!

Hanson POWAH!

TOMMYBOY!

Look what happens when you swing at the first pitch

Chapel420 - June 10, 2010 reply

OMGOMGOMGOMG

HANSONSOSNSONSONSOOS

hansoooooooooooooooooooooonn with a hit..buyaka!!!!!!!

wisco - June 10, 2010 reply

Hansen!!!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet

Baby Jesus!

Tommy Hanson demonstrates to KK what he needs to do to win games

Get your own damn RBIs

oops lol

Hanson!!

a;lskdjfa;lksdjfa;lksdjf

;lkjalkdfbasdf

RISP

3-for-11.

I cannot believe what I just saw.

Weren’t we speaking about Tommy’s bat yesterday? I think I said it was awful and you said he’s been picking it up. You win.

Yeah we were

I still don’t believe it though.

Big RED swings a Big Stick!

You all disappoint me – no TWSS?
You must be distracted by all these RUNS we’re scoring! ;-)

Best swing Tommy has ever taken in his life.

sddbaker - June 10, 2010 reply

holy camoly!!!

AHHHH WE HAVE FIVE RUNS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!

THIS

"let me throw a bouquet to David Ross. That was good baserunning"

Is this a saying now? Throw a bouquet?

joshmaurer - June 10, 2010 reply

I'm sure gonna miss the snakes' bullpen

WOW

tommy helping himself out!

D-Train article from the guy that invented UZR.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

AHHHH WE HAVE FIVE RUNS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!

whoops twice

Twice

is nice.

TWSS

CyborgHanson gonna have a field day with that.

Can’t wait to see it…

-C

Intentionally walking Melky strikes again

tommy "FUCK WHAT HAPPENS WITH KK" hanson

Hanson knew he was going to get a first-pitch fastball and Valdez grooved it.

Loaded for Heyward....

is this good?

Wasnt last time.

5 runs?

We won.

Prado was out

That was a Jim Joyce call, there.

oh, nevermind.

It's a bang-bang play..gotta give it to Prado there

unless willis was on the 27th out of a perfect game

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

LOL Melky high five

high five!

HAHA Melky just high-fived Joe West when he was calling time.

ROFL

classic

My grandma walks into the room: Oh my goodness it’s 3-2 already in THE FIFTH??!?
my gramma is not a baseball person

Heyward won this game for Hanson.. by near killing Nate and getting him out of the lineup!

Seriously. MVP needs to start

do work heyward kid do work

come on JHey…. plant one in the seats. kthx

we have…runz?

runz runz runz runz runz ruzn urzn auzufiohznfd

alrite heyward

second chance

Am I the only one wincing when he comes up?

joshmaurer - June 10, 2010 reply

replay says safe.

Heyward can put it out of reach.

Lets GO Heyward

Ninerballin - June 10, 2010 reply

MAKE ME HAPPYHEYWARD

Come on Jason, if Tommy can do it…

do work heyward kid do work

okay you have a 2-1 count

lets do some damage

fuck 2-2

plz dont K kid

Why doesn't he turn on those pitches right there..he always takes those

I like this thread

You're welcome.

WAHOOOO!!!!!

JHEY! RBI single

Heyward

RBI single

Woohoo!!

Way to go Jason... super proud of him there

CyborgHanson48 MY CPU IS NOT DESIGNED TO ACQUIRE “RBIS” HOWEVER MY BATSMEN PROWESS MAY PREVAIL FOR HAPPINESS OF FRANCHISE

AWESOME

What, no “-C”?

My apologies...

-C

<3

+1

HEYWARD

LETS GET IT!

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Lineup turns over. Here comes Chipper, who led off the inning with a swinging bunt.

6-2 Braves

We can has runz...can we has more?

i love him!

WHAT SLUMP?

“what slump?”
-J-Hey

Heyward = MVP

1. Taking out McLouth
2. RBI Single

THIS +100000000000000000000000000000

Once again, everybody:

The Arizona bullpen!

really, really gonna miss those guys...they make our stat sheet look real good

It gets a lot tougher

Minny has a good pen, even sans Nathan

sweet a rbi for jayward

KK

must really be pissed off in the dugout

word

who comes in for zona?

my chipper GS call is contingent on the right pitcher

boyer

fuck yeah

yea

i’m gonna go ahead and call a double

probs

this park is too fookin’ hyooge

Look what happens when Nate McLouth isn’t in the line-up.

A lefty starts and he wouldn’t have been anyway? The AZ bullpen happens? What happens?

I think he means

the lineup is better without a guy hitting .176

RichmondBraves - June 10, 2010 reply

I bet Kawakami has to be awestruck when he sees innings like this the day after he starts and gets nothing.

i would pitch batting practice and beam the entire team!

Baseball!

Lennox - June 10, 2010 reply

No.

Its football stupid.

Oh, to hell with it, then.

Lennox - June 10, 2010 reply

BLAINE BOYER

After today...

3 more games ’til we stop scoring.

-C

What do you mean stop scoring...lol

Kawakami’s turn in the rotation.

-C

Turn my laptop on the beginning of the inning after it being out of service with a virus, and we start winning!

New AV Installed
New Firewall Installed
Defragged
Back in business
Go Braves!

You know that means you can’t leave now right?
;-)
Glad you joined us. Sorry about the computer woes.

Good to be back!

Boyer...

Wow he’s still got a job?

Boyer was designated for assignment, but no team claimed him on waivers, so he was able to go to the minors. They just called him back up.

lol

must suck to be boyer, noone wants him

...and Chipper hasn't had a GS since 2001...wow

Pretty sure

Dan Kolb could pitch in the AZ bullpen

throw in wickman

Wickman

Voted “least likely to survive in a desert”

CHIPPPPAAAH

do work chip

Braces are full of Braves

wait

we are allowed to get hits with RISP i thought it wasnt possible

no

but we can get sac flies and walks

Braces are full of braves - Chip

I'LLLLLL TAKE THAT!!!

RBI walk for Chip!

Blaine Boyer!

BB for chipper

ironically

also the initials of the AZ pitcher.

that's not really ironic

incidentally, then

yeah

coincidentally is what I would go with

Bases loaded walk

Boyer’s signature move.

Troy Glaus needs to hit a grand slam.

Chipper WALK for an RBI

Definitely time for some POWAH

Time for some He-Glaus

POWAH!!

All he does is walk. Why don’t we fire him already?

dammit glaus two outs in one inning

Dammit. They had Troy played perfectly

HOT SHOT

Oh well. Good inning, boys!

right into the shift... damn

Nice to see Hanson’s hitting upgrades are holding.

Lennox - June 10, 2010 reply

Poor Troy - he's soooo due.

He can barely walk

Bobby needs to give him a day off to mend.

My kinda inning

if we win by 3 or more today

we will have the biggest run differential in the NL… tentatively

Runz Thread

scores Runz

We should do this more often

Hanson threw an 11-pitch 4th inning. He needs to come right out and have another quick one.

3 more LOB? c'mon Braves!!

WE SUCK

lol they scored 5 runs though lol

sarcasm?

/jab at LOB

Couldn’t resist.

LOB can be deceiving though I think

especially in innings where a team scores at least 1 run

I think they should weight it to show how many are left on base in innings where no runs are scored

could use BA w/risp

That would lead to making it impossible to put a stat on “inability to come through” during play-by play though (SSS).

JUST GOT BACK FROM WORK! LOOOOOVE seeing all these runs!

KK

kicks everyone in the ass as they walk out to take the field!

Did he swing? (hubby hit the wrong button trying to turn up the volume)

Crap, just lost the radio feed.

:( Not a good thing

Nope. And they “upgraded” our Web blocker here at work last night, so I get nothing at all anymore. I HATE being a responsible adult; having to come to this &(%&^$&%####&(()&%^%&%^ job every day.
Sigh.

Chip makes me giggle.

lucky you, i cant take him anymore….i got the radio feed for audio and the sound turned down on the video

no K jpgs today?

Tommy

I love that shit!

Just catching up - had to check GameDay - 9 & counting

wow

good day

Hello, Arizona lineup.

how 'bout this?

masking fail

i like the idea lol

Thief

You have one of these?

http://www.talkingchop.com/2010/5/28/1491409/fielding-a-complete-team

Tommy's

It’s all good though

Dang

I like yours better

I made homemade Chili for supper - anybody want some?

Dibs!

Nice.

I go for the triple-S, come back and we’ve blown it wide open.

what’s triple-S?

Shit, shower, shave,

gotcha

If you don’t know, you can’t afford it

Super inSane Sex

ATLBRVS_19 - June 10, 2010 reply

That’s later.

nice handle

Hadn’t thought of them in a while.

That’s some effin’ good ham, dad.

Let’s see, I’ve heard that before…. is it… Shit, Shower and a Shave?

Yunel is walking like a mofo this year. Now that he’s hitting okay, he’s got a nice OBP

so, whos gonna watch the world cup tomorrow?

i will

me too...us plays tomorrow, right?

US plays saturday at 1:30

sorry coverage at 1:30

Saturday

2:30 eastern

South Africa - Mexico, and Uruguay - France tomorrow

I'm rooting for Uruguay

(or anyone but France)

Bafana Bafana and Uruguay hopefully

Screw Mexico and France

Indeed

everybody...

go bafana bafana

I guess everyone here is going to root for the US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqZsFM7Sg8

I love soccer

It’s the only major sport in which the US is the underdog. Makes me feel even better when they win

I dunno. We tend to do pretty poorly in the Scripps Spelling Bee.

wow, burn

depends on the definition of major sport, I guess

Rugby and Cricket

Jai-alai

Chess

Magic: The Gathering

Hey, we rule at Magic.

USA #1!!!

The champ last year was Korean.

Swords to Plowshares was a fucking awesome spell, btw.

.....

what in gods name

i'm not complaining but

whne’s the last time we hit a HR?

Did anyone else's radio link go out

bravesforever16 - June 10, 2010 reply

mine is still going

can you give me the link?

bravesforever16 - June 10, 2010 reply

im streaming to my iphone

Well, fuck. Since I can’t hear the game anymore, and I can’t get a video stream, I think I’ll go wander around the damn building and sulk and stare daggers at everyone until 7:30.

you need an iphone

Are you offering?! :) I don’t make enough in this shithole of a job to afford one, unfortunately.

Sorry Lizziebeth, wish there was a workaround we could come up with for you.

So sweet! Thanks.

DRoss sucks, grounded into a double play... pff bring McCann in

/sarcasm

yeah, he hasn’t done crap this game

Chapel420 - June 10, 2010 reply

Yunel's walk rate this year

is now at 14.5% (29 BB in 199 PA). Previous career high is just a bit above 10%.

Too bad he hasn't hit for power at all this year

itll come eventually

:)

just like Glaus and his singles

i'll trade SLG for OBP

straight up

i wouldn't

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

Deal

when can i expect my OBP shipment

I'd rather have both

Are those gairls cheering for Adam..or was i just hearing things?

girls^

Can you imagine a couple years ago if I had said CHIPPER had the WORST avg in the line up

nate mclouth?

line up.. meaning today

I guess Yunel felt bad about his overanxious at-bat against Chad Qualls on Monday. He’s walked like a madman the last three games.

10 Beautiful Ks

Tommy's did a great job. Now to the BP.

That's a whole large pack of Big Red.

tommy's pitch count?

and is the BP up?

something like 106

and I don’t believe so

no wait

Martinez was up earlier

121...wow

ah you're right

the pc i was looking at was from before this inning

120

Crazy laws

Arizona
Cutting down a cactus may earn you a twenty-five-year prison term.

Georgia
It’s illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless you draw the shades first.
and for NCChopper
North Carolina
It’s against the law to sing off-key.

Wow. That is actually high-quality for this site.

Some might say TOO high quality

Conspiracy?!

9/11?

Don't

Cue dramatic music.

lol

very nice

THAT is what I’m talking about. Awesome job.

that's not upton, tommy

JUSTIN UPTON IS BLACK

hits justin upton on the game

Great game Tommy

way to grind it out

and record 10 Ks with those two BIG RBIs

All of the sudden

Martinez is being used more than Moylan. Bizarro

gives moylan some time off

i guess?

Moylan needs it like tea needs ice

as a chinese-american from the south

i am conflicted.

Jhey showing some serious wheels

HUMAN TEAMMATE HEYWARD JASON FOR FRANCHISE MVP AFTER TAKING MATTERS INTO OWN HANDS AND REMOVING MCLOUTH NATE FROM LINEUP VIA COLLISION.

MARTINEZ

I LIKE HIM, WHO IS HE, I NEVER HEARD OF HIM UNTIL THIS YEAR

I love lamp

LOL

Martinez leaves runners on.

Weird. Usually that job is left to our offense.

Wow, this Cristhian Maritinez guy is very good. What was he doing collecting dust in the bullpen all this time?

He had to be down in Gwinnett, right? NO way he's been on the mlb roster all year and is just now being used?

Before this road trip

he’d been up for 2 weeks and used 1 time (0.2 IP). He’s pitched well on this trip, but he was bad in AAA before being called up.

sure was.

He’s been in AAA. Got the call a little over a week ago, over Resop, Gearrin and Dunn. Looks to be working out so far.

Christhian Martinez for the rotation!

May as well give him a shot. He has just as many wins as KK.

how about we rape some more zone BP?

Night before last...Aye Aye and Runz. Last night, no Aye Aye...no runz. Today, Aye Aye and runz again. Coincidence?

Probably, but anything to fool myself into believing I have some control or influence over the enigma that is Braves hitting.

…..huh?

I posted a pic of an Aye Aye demanding runs.

Ah. Okay.

Aye Aye

did good.

sddbaker - June 10, 2010 reply

Seems like Heyward is starting to snap out of it!

Oh Melky. You should play more.

I'm voting for several Braves for the AS game,

but now I’m thinking they all need the break to mend. Do I keep voting for them or not?!?

Vote

If they need the break, they can fake a phantom injury

Will do

Keep Melky in CF everyday. End of story. (God, I never thought I’d say that after April.)

Mellky on base for the 3rd time today

Melk man getting his Prado on

Martinez bunt fail.

I have nipples, Greg. Could you Melk me?

…Woah. That really creeped me out, considering my name is Greg.

Is your name Gaylord Focker?

Not quite.

Was that a quote recognition failure on my part?

Meet the Parents

Sorted creeped me out for a minute there...

and my name’s not Greg. Then I remembered the movie.

sddbaker - June 10, 2010 reply

Martinez is wearing Yunel’s helmet.

We play so much better with Nate out of the line-up.

I really, really don’t want anyone to get injured, but as a fan who wants to win, I am glad McLouth’s ice cold bat is out of the lineup for a few days.

+ my car note

I agree

We don’t need any black holes in the line-up, if we want to win consistently. imo.

Sad but true. It’s amazing how you can string together hits without a black hole in your line-up

If Nate

didnt delete his TC account before, he deleted after that post

Stop hitting the ball into CF. Thats where baseballs go to die.

Chip...

acted like that ball was hit into the upper deck.

mdhenshaw - June 10, 2010 reply

Anyone ever eaten a Checker’s burger? I never had one.

If you value your body, you wouldn’t

The Nixon comment belongs here.

All we have here is In & Out.. which ain’t half bad ;)

Yeah… they’re pretty good. Checker’s is called Rally’s in some locations.

mdhenshaw - June 10, 2010 reply

Oh, Ive had Rally’s. It was fairly forgettable.

but the fries are great!

Melky since May 20th (so about 3 weeks):

.362 / .393 / .483

PLAY THIS MAN

as a comparison, McLouth since May 20th:

.113 / .230 / .132

Nixon was before my time.

luckily

Richard or Otis?

Richard.

Guy asked about a Checkers burger…

Otis Nixon was the man.. When I got TBS’d into the Braves he was on his way out. I miss having that kind of speed on the team, that’s for sure.

Was a beast in CF, too

Wonder how he looks now?

He always looked 10 to 15 years older than he was. Looked like someone’s grandfather flying around the bases.

Yeah, when I first seen him I thought he was at least 40-50 years old. lol

Still looks about the same. He was at the BBQ festival late last year in the parking lot of the Ted. Same day Huddy hit his 1st HR in St. Louis. I have a pic of him from the event, but unfortunately not uploaded to Photobucket, and I’m not at home to do it.

I'd like to see an "Old Timer's Update"

with pics of former Braves as they are now, and updates about what they’ve been up to.

Too bad I’m too busy to do it.

Rank em..

Andruw, Grissom, Lofton, Nixon, Schafer, Nate…

Andruw, Nixon, Grissom, Lofton, Schafer, Nate

Very clear hierarchy there, to me anyway.

I’m with ya..

Lofton.

Easy to forget he was a Braves, he was always hurt.
But wasnt he an All-Star that year? I seem to remember him being on the AS team but not playing due to injury.

Yeah, he had a sore vagina all season. He pouted about getting traded to Atlanta, and Schuerholz shipped his whiny ass back to Cleveland after the season.

Yeah, he was. He hit for a real good average that year, but barely any steals. That trade (Grissom and Justice) was bad bad bad.

Horrible trade. To make things worse, they later traded Jermaine Dye to Kansas City for Michael Tucker.

What the hell, John?!?

That latter one

made no sense at all.

Tucker was a great #2 hitter..
Lockhart was a very clutch PH..

hahaha

I liked that trade because Michael Tucker is my 2nd cousin, but him and Kieth Lockhart were no Jermaine Dye (pre and post-prime)

I didn't get to watch him much aside from his year here.

But I was not impressed that year. Besides, I don’t think he could possibly rank above Otis or Andruw no matter what.

Where's Deion?

lol

Put your hands up theyre playing my song the butterflies fly away.

SIR DO NOT PLAY THAT SONG ANYMORE.
THATS MY SHEEEIT!

Chris Young hates us.

how come that scrawny bitch can do it but we can't?

Ah. There’s the Martinez we all thought we were getting when he was called up.

Go away, bad Martinez.

Resop!

Shit, we can call-up Resop to do that, all while playing a solid LF..

RBI Groundout. Now it’s 7-4.

Billy Wagner is pleased with this development.

I can take 7-4 if the run was scored on an out to clear the bases.

Venters for the 8th. Wagner for the 9th.

Gotta leave Phoenix with a 2-2 split.

how did they get runs 3 and 4?

and off who?

HR and groundout

off Christhian Martinez

Martinez

HR and sacrifice

Gotta love that Chipper grin on that BS strike call.

Glausosaur

GLAUS!

There you go, Troy.

Was he limping?

Yes,

has been for several days

glaus is limping.

Troy doubles

Finally somebody told Troy it's May 41st!

glaus

has been limping half the season.. hes fine

He plays hurt and never complains.

Wouldn’t want anything to affect his turbo WHEELZ

infante

your relationship with b-wags is contingent on this AB

Who's Joe Mauer?

Actor from that MLB The Show commercial

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

A world hero

who signed an extremely team friendly 8/184 contract instead of becoming a mercenary for those awful no good Yankees.

Another run would have been nice there.

Venters and Wags – gotta hold ’em.

twins series

If we somehow win that series. +873876576767463764572365736329376237567346972637625736587

or

+1337

Rank em... (2nd base edition)

Lemke, Giles, Boone, Graffanino, Veres, Lockhart, Prado, Johnson

defensively I assume

Boone and Lemmer are 1 and 2. Past that, I guess Lockhart. None of the others were above average to me.

Quilvio Veres played great D, but couldn’t hit a lick

I never liked him much defensively

He actually hit pretty well for us, actually.

Wasn’t he the 2B that was blocking Marcus Giles. I thought Giles always out-hit him.

I don't know if he was blocking Giles

Marcus came up when he was ready.

Yes, Marcus was a better hitter. But Quilvio was alright, at least for us.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

Giles was always my favorite 2B

me too. WAS is the key word for me tho.

I liked Boone, big time power and defense. Until he started striking out all of the time.

Felix Millan

Well…that was a lovely nap I just took.

Marintez...

not too inning… Gave up a HR… Bad… an infield hit, wild pitch… then some ground outs… and the inning was over….

venters? again?

who else?

i see your point

but still hope this kid’s arm doesn’t fall off

Venters got the day off yesterday. He’s fresh.

Bobby’s confidence in him is growing. Plus, somebody needs to take Saito’s place as designated overused arm.

I'm assuming you are not counting Moylan in that.

I thought that was a given. PeMo has been overworked since he came into the league.
Although he did have that nice little year-long vacation.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

This game needs more Kimbrel IMO

Off work

finally

Kimbrel’s been a little too shaky for my liking in close games. He walks too many.

this

too many HR threats in this lineup to be walking people in a close game

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

They have five outs to score three runs....

...

When you average walking like 2 an inning

It only takes one homer

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

haha really?

our win expectancy was 90% at the beginning of this inning.

venters is filthy.

So I see the Braves

are increasing their LOB total, and maintaining a low BA with RISP

Seriously how did Dontrelle only give up 2 runs

He did his best to give us more, we simply wouldn’t take ’em.

Thankfully we decided to hit the BP guys.

Had some help from Angel Hernandez too

Ain’t that the truth.

smoltz beard

may i see picture of santa glaus?

ehh...why not

oh my god

a swarm of ~~locusts~~ little kids chanting WE WANT TACOS

ugh

no walks please

haha

the crazy flag lady

flag lady? wtf…

“Rally Sally” they call her per Joe

i miss saitos 3 straight Ks in the 8th

ATLBRVS_19 - June 10, 2010 reply

That lady

is always there. Go home to your cats!

RISP

5-for-15.

Set your feet folks.

complete failure

on Venters there

no

noone covered

double failure

no one covered
and a poor throw

ya

there you go

Regardless, that was a godawful throw.

come on venters

Wow, that was a terrible-looking play.

omg venters strikes

double play

coming

i can feel it

calling in the air tonight?

No, Chip!! Bad!

Why would you say that?!

Venters threw a sick breaking ball to the wrong guy.

he was pretty late there

please no off speed stuff, thanks

I guess if you are going to bury it there, then no problem

hello

how did we score 7 runs? please fill me in!

accidentaly

since they put everyone on base like 20 times

cute.

but really? have we hit a homer yet in this ballpark?

Negative

wow

we have zero power it seems.

pretty much

Glaus hit a ball in the first game that hit right below the yellow line. In Turner Field, it would have been out.

How hard is it to open Gameday and look at the scoring plays?

why can't you just be cool

what a turd.

Hanson.

thus

not named KK

i meant strikeout

K

STFD

John Jacob Devin Hester

sTFD

you left out

Jingleheimer Schmidt

Young homered last time – no repeat please

haha

i felt the “vent” from that swing

OMG

perfect strike mother f*****

Angel - bite me

Not good

come on venters

you got this

Strikes, Jonny

Venters

making sure he does not have to pitch tomorrow

Oh NO

well that sucks.

Kelly Johnson

owns us.

frack!!!!!!!!!!

i hate

KJ

Ouch.My soul.

well fuck

we find a way to lose games on this road trip

not sure why the Fuck Venters was out there still

this

KJ rakes vs lefties

i hate kelly johnson

I didnt before this series

but now I do

He likes pitches low and in – and we throw him that.
Not the best plan.

two straight pitches

low and out over the plate

Bobby a little late with the hook

just a little.

once again

we leave a lefty in to face Kelly Johnson and we pay for it

should be 3 outs though

Hey, Bobby Cox, what part of “KELLY JOHNSON DESTROYS LEFT HANDED PITCHING” don’t you understand?

how about the fact

that he never played KJ against lefties. apparently, Bobby has never known this fact.

all of it.

Never understood it when Kelly was here either

we are right there...

/points 2 fingers back and forth between our eyes

what the fuck is this choking job?

damn

Venters pitched pretty poorly there

2 balls out of over the plate hoping to be hit

If Jonny just throws that comebacker to first for the sure out, no runs score.

that was pretty much an inning full of venters fail

but he we bound to blow up sometime

moylan?

better than

letting Kelly wear out another lefty who is struggling with command this inning

THIS IS HORRIBLE

score?

fizzbot - June 10, 2010 reply

I hate Kelly Johnson

I really really really hate that asshole

join the club

7 to 7

Has anyone ever watched Venters give an interview?

guess

we will now

He has a high pitched voice and may I say

feminine mannerisms. Nothing against the guy, it just surprised me.

yes

he gave one after his 1st or 2nd appearance

WOW..

No excuse...

to leave Venters in to pitch to Johnson in the situation.

mdhenshaw - June 10, 2010 reply

yep this one is on bobby

and Venters

if he just gets 1 out on that play Bobby’s mistake can’t happen

good news is that we didnt take out good hitters for defensive replacements.. oh wait

get out of this

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

Recap?

I fell asleep

bad pitching with walks
bad defense
bad decision by the manager

it was 7-2 when I fell asleep, who blew it?

everyone

Venters was pretty poor

Martinez allowed 2 runs, both earned, while Venters allowed 3 runs, all unearned (I believe)

although it was due to his error

completely

just couldn’t remember if the first run Venters allowed was before the error

lets get some runs

pleaseeeeeeeeeee

way to cover some ground, Melky.

We really need to hit more now.

ross, milk man, blanco due up

the triple threat!

who is left to pitch hit… bmac, brooks, hinske? assuming nate isnt gonna play

Tim Hudson

i’m down to see Huddy PH…

that strikes fear in any pitchers heart.. i’m sure

well damn

Chad Qualls in.

I told Hubby when Kelly came to the plate...

I’d rather walk 1 run in with KJ and give him nothing to hit rather than clear the bases.

And…. then he promptly bit us again. Again being the key word.

I can’t believe we keep letting him hurt us.

My thoughts exactly

i think bobby's stuck in the state of mind that

Kelly Johnson sucks, when in fact, he has NEVER sucked. He has always been a quality, albeit streaky, hitter. And he has always hit LHP better than RHP, but Bobby never knew this, apparently. He probably saw the splits on the stat sheet and figured well, these numbers must be backwards

I disagree with the first part of that statement. Bobby DID sit through KJ’s debut 1-21

but he does that for everybody

regardless.

"I can't believe we keep letting him hurt us"

Blame it on the

FLAG LADY!

Adam

plays great defense on foul balls

He likes the lack of pressure

What’s worse about this is that now they’ve already burned Martinez, Moylan, and Venters. If the game stays tied, it increases the chances of seeing Jesse Chavez.

That leaves Wagner, Kimbrel, O’Flaherty, and Chavez.

why pinch hit with Brooks here

he is not as good as Ross with the bat, I dont understand it

11 LOBS so far.

Wasnt the 0ver/under today 11.5?

no mateer what

bring wags in

dont

use your closer in a tie game on the road

+1

If we lose this game without seeing Wagner, I might go insane

so B mac is gonna pinch hit this inning too?

figured

he would be coming in for the pitcher

This sums up my feelings.

greatest GIF ever

and who plays left, hinske, clearing out our bench?

got to be i guess

If your last name is Hester

you can’t catch

my sportsouth just blacked out so now I have to listen to the Arizona guyssss

Here comes the radio

jbeachbum24 - June 10, 2010 reply

This is quickly becoming April

haha Except for Brooks Conrad

Brooksy!

nice stroke

yeah baby

jbeachbum24 - June 10, 2010 reply

Good AB.

Wow

should let Melky bunt him over

tomahawk chop time

nice AB Brooksy

Well, I for one am tired of these nail biter games.

I want an old-fashioned ass stomping of the other team by us….. and soon.

Ut' Hum.... I do believe I requested this RALLY

:-)

Atta boy Brooksy!

Dont hit McCann

bring in a bunter

MVP bunter up!

eek

that one was scary, though.

C’mon Melky. Just hit a double

RAW DOGGIN IT.

LOL Dane Cook line right there!!

..

wait

ok melky

wow

horrible attempt at bunting there

I hate to think about the next series...

We cant pull shit like we just did against teh Twins and expect to win at all

gotta tyr again

come on bunt

come on Melky

square up and get the bunt down

i do not understand how u can be a professional player and not bunt

So wait

you’d want Pujols to bunt in this spot?

obviously u would never want him to bunt, but i assume he would be able to

If you would never want him to bunt,

why should he know how? Have him focus on skills he actually needs.

Who said anything about Garrett Anderson?

just tappp it in the infield

I know it's tied..but it feels like we're behind

tappp it

When do our guys ever get a day off?

They need one.

Monday I believe

monday

but rain awaits us in minnesota

MVP?

OMG

FAIL

Jesus Christ, COME ON.

christ

Melky can you not fucking bunt, we find a way to lose I swear

Pretty poor bunt attempts going on…

I guess b/c Melky can hit now

he has lost the ability to bunt.

Weird.

and distinguish a ball from a strike

That too

Funny thing is, in his hot streak, his BB/K ratio has gone all to hell. It’s like he can only hit if he forgets all his other skills

that was

terrible

I'm sick of losing games late

IF we’re going to lose, can we just get blown out every once in a while to get it out of the system?

let him bunt with two strikes

otherwise he runs a high probability of a vidro

Haha, you want the good news first or the bad news?

what a horrid at bat.

That was one of the worst at-bats I have ever seen.

FUCK MELK

Why....

Melky

has no pitch recognition

He did earlier in the year

what happened

once May came, it all went out the window

JESUS CHRIST MELKY

ITS CHAD FUCKING QUALLS

I'd make Melky practice bunting until his arms feel like falling off

"worst AB ever"

well excluding a lot of Nate’s this year…

BROOKSY!

RISP

5-for-15.

Man

that was a really poor throw by Snyder, he sucks

err hester

NICE BROOKS!

Brooksy steals

Brooks steals 2nd

I know Brooks is only OK but hell give him a fuckin starting position, he's the only one who really trys

Yeah you're right

Nobody else on this team tries at all.

why do you have to take something positive and spin in negative towards me, it was a complement towards conrad… because he TRAYS HARDER than anyone else

Trys… haha trays

Actually

you mean “tries”

Y becomes IE

Well if you had said

“Brooks tries harder than everyone else”

That I wouldn’t have complained about. But you didn’t. You implied nobody else tries at all

misworded… appologies… it was meant to be positive… and yes… my english teacher would be ashamed

I’m pretty sure everyone else is trying too, just not getting results. Bobby is pretty good at dealing with those who aren’t putting forth enough effort. See: Escobar, Yunel

Besides, Glaus, Hinske, Prado on and on...

brooks:

why do i gotta do everything myself?

Brooks taking matters into his own hands

ew

in public?

mac goes yard here

going

to walk him, slow runner

Heap, we need ya here...

Brooks new name is Clutchy von Clutcherton

McLouth for DH in minnesota!

HELL YES

wow

Conrad, I am believer now

HEAP!!!

B-E-A-

UTIFUL!

MAC BROOKS!!!!!!!!

Safe at home!

HEAP!

Brooks n BMAC!!!

Brooks Conrad is the MVP.

SAFE!

Brooks is our Eckstein, there I said it.

that was GRIT

on the play at the plate, he basically said GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY

+1

Which is great

as long as he’s not starting

David Eckstein couldn't hit a grand slam if his life depended on it!

NOOO! Bad memories of when he was on the cards.

uh

he hit a game winning grand slam against us, if I remember

Off of Reitsma

I threw quite a fit that day.

Sam Jethroe - June 11, 2010 reply

bah Eckstein uses gloves to bat

HEAP! HEAP! HEAP!

Dances Happy Dance! - GREAT hit by Heap! (and getting in scoring position by Brooks)

Mac could take plate blocking lessons from Hester there

doesn’t matter when the throw from the OF either always sails up the 3B line, or is never thrown in the first place.

true statement

Uh, Chip Caray...

How can Chad Qualls blow a save in a 7-7 game?

Chip

lacks basic baseball knowledge, just let it slide. He is like a child

its chip, he is always wrong

To the D-backs

a tie game is a lead

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

GROUNDBALL RIGHTSIDE BASEHIT!!!!!!!!

gg brooks and mac

Not a blown save Chip

How was that a blown save? Wasnt it tied?

he had a 3 run lead or less

within the final 3 innings

woops

thought we were talking about venters…i’m prolly wrong there too

Chip just said it was a blown save for Qualls.

yeah i didn't hear him

i try to block him out

Haha, thats prolly a good habit.

RISP

7-for-17

Troy!

UGH - lineup change FAIL me .... PRADO with the HT (sorry y'all)

are you watching the game from the future?! should I get the glausosaur graphic ready?

No, the phone rang and I got distracted as to who was at bat. LOL

AWESOME!

PRADO!

Warning Track Power

please

I'll take a home run too

plus a few feet!!!

ThatS ClutcH

ultimate F up!

wow is that the baseball gods making up for last night?

Dropped the ball

Wow this whole series is full of fall

wtf

KARMA!!!!

I’ll take it!

RISP

8-for-18.

9-7 lead

thanks!

hahahahahahahahahahaha

J-Hey forcing more fielding errors…

got to be a hit

jbeachbum24 - June 10, 2010 reply

Prado with a single

Reynolds

strikes out in the field as well

He is terrible at 3B

Lovely!

RISP

9-for-19

YES!!!

openin' up a can

of WHOOP ASS

Wagner in the bullpen

no more runs please…

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

lol

Another hit Hinske

Our outfield collisions are better than your outfield collisions

much more epic

+1

That Conrad steal really got this team going... like you felt a shift in momentum

sure

but it’s easy to say after we score some runs

Brooks is Dave Roberts > Brooks is David Eckstein

Mother fucker…this is killing my ERA in fantasy, but I’ll allow it.

wait...

you have Qualls?

You deserve what you get

I need saves!

I’ll give you my Leo Nunez for your Evan Longoria.

throw in jojo and it’s a deal

Its Qualls

His nickname is WHIP DESTROYER

too true…

Hinske!

The Arizona bullpen strikes again.

This was planned

they fell for our trap

Arizona bullpen has now given up 8 runs today in 4.1 innings.

Good game Chad

Also, STFD.

The Goche - June 10, 2010 reply

I'm smelling a glaus Bomb

Dang...brother takes a nap and it's 10-7...what happened?

this is the ugliest effing series

this year. for both teams.

The Cardinals series

was way uglier for us

when a team is as hapless as the D-Backs

i doubt it’s their ugliest. but i’ll sure take it!

qualls is good

good

AT GIVING UP 9TH INNING RUNS

haha it was obviously sarcastic

+1

Skip Caray

“The Braves had ’em right where they wanted ’em after 8.”

hahaha

so if wags closes the door, venters will get the win. bahaha

? i think ?

since we never lost the lead, can Hanson still get the W?

nope

shoulda stuck with my initial thought

we lost the lead

what i meant to say was

never trailed

after having the lead

doesn't matter

The rule is if it’s tied, the pitcher of record resets

i am aware now...

i was confused. there are so many rules, sometimes they fly away from me!

that is a Vulture win

of epic proportions

And why I sometimes hate the rules of baseball.

+1

It's easy not to hate them

if you pay them no attention. Wins don’t matter. Boom, problem solved.

Still it is nice to have one more in the W column for the guy who actually deserves it.

The Goche - June 10, 2010 reply

Gonna be Moylan’s win. Pitcher of record

Moylan came in to get the final out in the 8th

oh did he?

i was getting some noodles @ that point

ramen?

yep.

Lime chili flavor?

hell no

what is that???

It actually isnt awful.

never seen it

i stick with the basics: pork, chicken, beef

Beef tastes awful to me for some reason. Never had pork, normally always just go chicken.

pork is good

way better than beef

Rosa

6 walks
7 K

not too hot

over/under on tack-on runs this inning (after 10)

2.5

Billy Wagner: That’s enough, guys

let them have fun man… hopefully this will carry over to the next series!

Upton is accurate

accurate

AT THROWING THE BALL DOWN THE THIRD BASE LINE

Heyward scores

where

is santa glaus for RBI?

Troy sac fly and takes the NL lead.

Woot Woot

He deserves it….

NO SAVE FOR YOU GLEN COCO

something about 2 out rallies

makes me happy

oops it was only 1 out

my bad

This is a good baseball game, regardless of the poor baseball that’s been played. It’s just fun to watch.

this whole series

has been full of fail

fail series is fail

would've been funner

if we had played better

Wags

is pissed

put in

jesse chavez!

hope not… i wanna keep the streak alive!!

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

This

I’m bored and crave the excitment Chavez brings to the ballpark.

Thank You Chad Qualls

You all do realize... I specifically requested this ass stomping above.

So glad they listened to me. :-)

+1

Well, technically I had in mind a 12-1 type thing – but in lieu of how this game has gone…this will certainly do.

If you have MLB Network

Josh Johnson vs. Roy Halladay is on. Marlins are up 1-0 in the bottom of the first.

go JJ

a 1-0 marlin lead

is really a 5-0 marlin deficit

rematch

of the perfect game. Obviously not perfect this time

Yeah

got the PIP going.

I was just about to type this, get your 1st live look at Stanton too

RISP

Braves finish up the regulation 9 innings, hitting 8-for-18 with RISP. More importantly, 7-for-9 in their final 9 attempts.

excellence

The power of the mysterious Aye Aye continues.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH looks like my EX

ouch :-D

I will be glad to be done with Zona

these games take FOREVER

let's have Wags give up a solo shot

so he can get the save.

/ducks

Shush you.

yes'm

Now look what you done gone and did. ;-)
There is now a baserunner.

it'll be all right

2 men now on base.

Give yourself a wedgie as punishment.

this is proving difficult

i thought

you can’t pitch yourself into a save situation?

If he gives up the run

it wont count as a save, you have to enter the game in a save situation to be able to get one

dang it!

i am just full of rules fail today. i hate myself.

its ok

this whole series has been full of fail

Conrad

has good arm

wow

chipper put a little somethin’ somethin’ on that one

nvm

it was conrad. DBACKS ANNOUNCERS FAIL

by transference,

Chipper = Brooks

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 10, 2010 reply

Brooks Conrad

future NLDS MVP.

I’d buy that. From like the bargain bin at Walmart

Why did Wagner not hit Upton there? Perfect time to.

UH OH

KELLY JOHNSON DUE UP FIFTH NOW

Strikes

please

Dont do anything stupid LaRoche

just hit your lazy fly ball to center and go sit down

Wagner is looking a bit adventurous right now.

because it's not a save situation

isn't it a save situation now?

tying run is up

thought we've already discussed this

can’t pitch yourself into a save situation

ok

sorry wasn’t paying attention

only a save situation

if someone else comes in the game

nice way of saying it

Ugh 4 run lead

cant be walking mofos

nervous...

Jesus, Wagner. Just come at them already.

FU dbacks feed

stop showing the dumb tinkle lady

this

Rain + Directv =

Me f’ed

Wow, what the fuck is going on.

Bullpen up

please

FUCK

cmon bwags

Good ol' Rusty Ryal

…he’ll vidro for us

Strikes would be nice.

UGHHHH

+1

that was right over the fucking plate

who cares if it “missed the target”

angel hernandez cares.

you bite your tongue

1st pitch

was a strike easily

man the bullpen is really trying to give this one away

Come on Vidro

wags is pissed

This Ryal guy hasn't had many ABs lately

he looks a little… Rusty.

/crickets

hmmm

that you Chip

ouch

I was shooting more for Smoltz-esque

all quiet on the western front

No, we’re not going to play that game again.

K

STFD

WOOOO

K for Wags

harder to hit when you are not 3-0

Oh man, please win this game.

have faith

Wagner probably let all these guys get on to increase his adrenaline.

That’s what I’m going with at least.

sounds good to me

Mac

ouch

Bravely going forward - June 10, 2010 reply

come on billy!

Joe:

welcome to the game, Brian.

Longest. Damn. Game. Ever

ATLBRVS_19 - June 10, 2010 reply

feels like Tommy pitched yesterday

slider down and in?

slider down.

Huh, so you changed your sig.

yeah i like the sentiment

but i think i’m gonna tweak the wording

We are approaching the 4-hour mark.

crap

here comes the fastball, blow it by him Wags

what ive missed…???

Hektor DiPaula - June 10, 2010 reply

Alright, just blow it buy him and let’s go home.

BALLGAME

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOO THANK GOD

Let's get the hell out of Arizona.

I like it

Since there is a pool at this ballpark... seemed appropriate

/wolf howl

great

Finally

what a game

BRAVES WIN!!!

Bravely going forward - June 10, 2010 reply

yeesss!!!

+1

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS'S THOUGHTS ON ANIMALS: HATES REPTILES AND BIRDS, LOVES FISH (only when they play the Phillies), AMBIVALENT ABOUT AMPHIBIANS

feels like its been forever

LLAMASAURUS SEZ "FUCK SNAKES"

bravesforever16 - June 10, 2010 reply

byebye

VICTORY CHICKEN DANCE

what is that from?

Arrested Development

Go Marlins!

so who Dhs tommorrow?

hinske?

my guess

I'm gonna guess Glaus

but I’d prefer Heyward

Strasburg

TradeAndruw - June 10, 2010 reply

who?

chipper

sepulcher - June 10, 2010 reply

makes more sense

Let Omar play 3rd

Well that was pretty easy

I feel like I am the only person in the whole world who doesnt have a victory gif. SO LONELY.

I don’t have one for the Braves. We’ll stand over at the losers’ table and make fun of the cool kids.

I'll join ya

I swear, we have to have a TC summer formal at some point.

I’m there. But I’m not discriminatory. I make fun of everyone.

I like it.

I am saving it

for the playoffs

yeah I said it, want to fight about it

Haha I looked up victory Gif in google and got this.... not quite what I intended