Talking Chop

It’s the new “FIRST!”

RED SOX 12, Phillies 2. Final.

carpengui - June 11, 2010 reply

RUNS RUNS RUNS!!!

Has our offense taken a siesta?

Richie Grogan - June 11, 2010 reply

14-6 marlins

Rays with bases loaded

LETS SCORE SOME O#O*#()(*#)#(*)*#)(#)#( RUNSSSSS

Funnel cake thread!

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Greg White! Greg White! Greg White!

Brave Rebel - June 11, 2010 reply

!!!SNUR SNUR SNUR

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 11, 2010 reply

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CalBravesFan - June 11, 2010 reply

If you do good here Blanco

I will whine and complain everytime Bobby doesn’t start you from now on.

Lets get some runs here!

Rays are not going quietly vs. Marlins.

14-6, Bot 8, bases loaded, 1 out, 2-0 count.

UPDATE: 14-7 on wild pitch. Everybody moved up.

carpengui - June 11, 2010 reply

Well, he had time to take a nap....

THIS THREAD

IS A RUNS THREAD

We can get to Liriano

if we stop swinging at shit in the dirt.

Hey Gregor,

Keep the AVG and OBP at 1.000

lol

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Jtpdolphins2009 - June 11, 2010 reply

LMAO

Love them flashing Gregor’s career interleague stats…like THOSE are meaningful.

What were they?

.328 with 9 RBIs!

there’s certainly no SSS there!

cmon whitey

15 pitch AB

He located his slider perfectly, but it really doesn’t look like it has very hard movement.

Seriously?

More pitches in the dirt that we’re swinging at? Cool.

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 11, 2010 reply

lol In the last thread you told me we had five

plus Schafer coming up

Well infante is hurt and Schafer isn’t at the game yet. So

Runsrunsrunsrunsrunsrunsrunsruns

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+a million

Good looking AB

Nice offense

I hate Interleague.

Just saying. The DH is for beer league softball.

Brave Rebel - June 11, 2010 reply

CRAP

Meh

at least

whitey made him work a little

Rossy loves the left handers?

/joke about a guy loving his left hand/end

CUE WIRELESS MIND TWEET

BOOOOO!

Liriano shouldn't make it to the 9th...

CalBravesFan - June 11, 2010 reply

hes only at 98…he can

He’s only 1 K away from his career high of 12

why... he's dominated prado jhey and chipper

Oxymorman - June 11, 2010 reply

gah he's going to finish this game

Our schedule is such a joke….

BOO

MVP MVP MVP

Twins bullpen stats?

MVP MVP MVP

So let me understand something...

the Braves hitters are repeatedly looking at strike 1, but then decide to swing at all the shit in the dirt?

I don’t understand.

HIT!

GT Braves - June 11, 2010 reply

Melky, you almost fucked that up with the slide. I just want you to know this.

MVP! MVP!

Melky safe

Huddy - June 11, 2010 reply

MILKMAN

YAY MELKY

alright!

Snorre - June 11, 2010 reply

No head first slides please.

DON’T Dive into first base!!! I don’t care if you did make it.

carpengui - June 11, 2010 reply

Speed kills.

Prado HR

do it

i’d allow it. a gapper would be just as nice. left center, perhaps?

I like this idea!

MVP

gapper….or corner….come onnnnnn

Cmon Marteeny

Time to be yourself.

they might as well

walk odarp and pitch to jhey

I remember back in 2008, Prado tore up his thumb sliding into 1st.

I remember Yunel Escobar tearing up Ryan Church. Wasn’t a head first slide, though.

It’s why Heyward’s thumb is injured now. His hands first slide to 3rd.

Jurjens is pitching in Gwinnett on Monday

BRaves1 - June 11, 2010 reply

Punto's all

“What’re you guys talking about? You know I can’t see you down here! C’mon, Joe. Let me in.”

anyword

on Infante?

If he goes down this would have been the most disastrous road trip. Losing McLouth, Saito, then Infante???

well the nate thing is a positive

addition by subtraction

only 2 out of 3 of those are bad.

regardless

of how nate was performing for us to lose a player to injury impacts our depth.

PRADDDOOOO

“hit tally-er?” really, chip?

all we need is a single nowwwww

NOT WELL PLAYED, MAUER

LOL +1

2 more wild pitches plz

Oxymorman - June 11, 2010 reply

WP melky to 2nd. Prado = champ at dodgeball.

Come on!

yea…prado can’t hit with men on base

fucking fail…

DANGITDANGITDANGIT

That was clearly an out from the swing, Chip

Why were you so excited about that?

Jeez

kp.atl - June 11, 2010 reply

liriano's gotta be out, right?

105 pitches?

RISP

0-for-4.

2-0…thats a terrible swing

what up fellas

just got back from a minor league game

our K/LOB totals

very unlike Prado there

he usually would pull a pitch that far inside

Has he had a hit since the off day Bobby gave him?

bighop - June 11, 2010 reply

1 i think…worst timing ever bobby

Shockwave a feature villain for Transformers 3…very nice.

finally.

i’m sure Bay will find away to screw it up anyways

UpstateNyBravesFan - June 11, 2010 reply

No Megan Fox=No toy movie for me!!!! :)

Brave Rebel - June 11, 2010 reply

+100

Is there a trailer?

Jay212033 - June 11, 2010 reply

not that i’ve seen

For those of you who didn't think Transformers 2 was mindless enough...

Transformers 3, the blind appeal for more money

are you expecting a script like Good Will Hunting? it’s a typical summer blockbuster.

I'm not expecting a good script

Which is why I didn’t bother seeing Transformers 2. I’m still dismayed at what audiences find entertaining sometimes.

I’m just waiting for the Thundercats movie.

it’s my favorite cartoon from childhood come to life…why wouldn’t i see it? even with a terrible script watching optimus wreck shop during the forest fight was like a dream come true.

i’m sure that’s the reason alot of other people watch them too. with that being said, i agree…not sure why people other than my demographic would watch it.

while not the greatest

to a fanboy i could still enjoy it. That fight scene in the forest was epic

Liriano at 107 pitches

105*

Please tell me this is their ace and tomorrow we won’t see 11+ Ks again.

from Blackburn?

I highly doubt it

this is their ace

The guy the Twins are pitching tomorrow, Nick Blackburn, is 0-2 with a 11+ ERA in his last two starts.

and strikes out less than 3 per 9

this is their ace, we won’t see 11 K’s tomorrow

bighop - June 11, 2010 reply

Thanks everyone.

I dont know…if I’m Gardenhire, I’m absolutely letting Liriano finish this one

Rauch up, but yeah I would too

At this point,

I want to face Rauch

prediction: heyward takes liriano deep

haha, just kidding. he strikes out swinging

That would be BEAUTIFUL

CalBravesFan - June 11, 2010 reply

on 3 pitches, all in the dirt.

Heyward will do both

He can do that.

lol

Well I’d leave him in to face Heyward. That’s for sure.

Yea, he's made him look like a fool so far tonight

I’m sure he will. Gardenhire knows the Braves saw a lot of Jon Rauch when he played for the Expos/Nationals and hit him particularly well.

At least we've seen Rauch before -- hopefully we get the chance

Possible Liriano stays in to K Kayward and then they bring in the closer

damnit...

that is how they loaded the bases? 3 bullshit hits?

yep.

yup

Oxymorman - June 11, 2010 reply

Yes. it was fucking fail

five straight singles

chavez time?!!?!

MacsGlasses - June 11, 2010 reply

Does this mean that Jon's favorite Thanksgiving dish is Rausch Dressing?

So what happened to JHeys patience and great eye

NOT WELL PLAYED, MAUER

hudson:

FUCK IT GUYZ, I"LL FIELD EVERYTHING MYSELF!

Just got back from watching the Sox cream the Phillies. Man, was that a hilarious game.

Even if he gets the 2-1 loss tonight

Tim Hudson is still the man.

After the rain-soaked perseverance he will never cease being the man.

indeed.

Something about that moment seemed like it should be in a feelgood Michael Lewis book one day.

you mean billy beane book.

+22

ballboy fail right there

well i guess it was more like a ballman

RAUCH IS COMING IN

FUCK YES!

we haven't hit a homer in forever

its time to launch one

Wow, was that a 6-pitch inning?

for some reason

i really hate the lowercase “a”

me tooo

Great start by Hudson

Plz

Don’t let it go to waste!

kp.atl - June 11, 2010 reply

Tim Hudson in line for the JVL

+0.071 WPA

+10000

lol

Youre awesome

MBL1 - June 11, 2010 via mobile reply

dag

watching this game all i can think about is how we DIDNT pursue Liriano when he was available

On the bright side

philly got pounded

Should we try this again? Running out of time.

Well

It can’t hurt to try!

Wren exlained that Schafer move is strictly a result of roster constraints. No other healthy OF on 40-man roster to bring up. Schafer will serve as the fifth OF , for defense, limited ABs, and Gregor Blanco will move up to the fourth-OF job that Cabrera once filled.
DOB twitter

BRaves1 - June 11, 2010 reply

Lazy journalism.

+1

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 11, 2010 reply

But he contacted Wren…

HOME RUNZ HOME RUNZ HOME RUNZ

ducheneaux13 - June 11, 2010 reply

Go Heyward

Yay Heyward!

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 11, 2010 reply

Let's go Hey-ward

I want some Opening Day magic!

Heyward

demands a freaking off day

LETS GOOOOO!

thank god liriano is out

Just please, NO golden sombreros

3Ks and a HR would be cool though

this

-1

LETS GO HEY-WARD!

its really hard to judge balls and strikes with this camera angle

thia

In 29 career appearances against Atlanta, Jon Rauch is 1-0 with a 3.34 ERA.

Heyward needs Jobu.

STRIKE 3!

YEAH BABY!

uh

what is up with Heyward striking out non-stop lately?

sorry thumb slowing up his bat speed maybe…doesn’t explain all the offspeed ks

sorry = sore

Kryptonite baseballs.

A month ago he would’ve parked that, give him a day off Bobby.

hooray sombrero

Come on grandpa. Add one to your interleague total.

another sombrero to add to the collection. :(

ccarr25 - June 11, 2010 reply

EPICFAIL

rookie or not….kid k’s way too fucking much

Wow, Jason Heyward totally sucks all of a sudden.

i had no idea

Rauch threw a Slider AND a Curve

why doesnt bobby

give him the day off today
i just don’t understand it

JasonHeywardisGod - June 11, 2010 reply

this

grandparents just don’t understand

Let’s go Chipper!!!

ducheneaux13 - June 11, 2010 reply

1-2 count

here comes a fastball…

yep

strike 3

I'll check back in later

But for now, it’s to San Francisco for the second half of the Bay Bridge Series. We’ll be right back.

Well, there’s not really going to be a later…

I’m going to bench Heyward and start Werth tomorrow.. this is crazy…

Double Fail

kp.atl - June 11, 2010 reply

Yeap thats about right chipper

TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 11, 2010 reply

So...

who’s gonna write the “Worried about Heyward” post?

CHIPPER AND HEYWARD SUCK DFA THEM BOTH RABBLE RABBLE

So many strikeouts…

ducheneaux13 - June 11, 2010 reply

It would be nice if we would wait for strikes to swing.

Lets go Glaus!

ccarr25 - June 11, 2010 reply

cmon Glaus!

JC29 - June 11, 2010 reply

wow

guess we strike out on fastballs now

goddamnit

can we please stop blowing leads in the late innings…even if it was just a 1 run lead…

or

we could not expect our starters to throw shut outs

bring the POWAH

Swings at ball 1

Yep.

Plate discipline has been non-existent.