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Open Thread 6/13 #2: Braves at Twins

The Braves are cruising behind an offensive explosion (Prado has 3 hits and a homer, Troy is 4/4 with 2 homers) and awesome work from Kris Medlen (throwing a 1-hitter).

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Melk-V-P thread.
new thread = more runs

nice

What they all said above!:O)

Whoever guessed

Boggs for the trivia question, is a winner

He was a tough "Bogger"

Huh?

It's like a Blogger

but before the internet

There was a “before the internet”?

More Chip-isms to baffle the mind
I just made the

Tim Taylor (from Home Improvements) “confused” grunt.

They're breaking out the crain style on us....lol
Glaus contract

does anyone have a handle on this? Pacgnosis you just said something about how much we’d have to pay him more but I cant remember details. I know his APs are very very $$ weighted. holler

I think he gets around $4mil if he has 600+ PAs?

I was close…..$3.75mil for 600+ PAs.

Wait...

+$0.25mil for 100 days on active roster. That’s $4mil….so I WAS right.

you missed the roster bonus

You were right the first time. $4M

Yep....already corrected myself.
based on PA

I think if he gets up to like 500 PA or something

he will get $4 million

From Cot's:

1 year/$1.75M (2010)
signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/5/10
$0.25M roster bonus for 100 days on active 25-man roster
performance bonuses: $0.35M each for 400, 450, 500 PAs; $0.4M for 550 PAs; $0.55M for 600 PAs

Upshot:

600 PAs, he makes $4M

So in all likelihood

We’re talking about $3.45 million since 550 is very attainable. 600 is certainly within reach.

thanks

about to ask just this

from cots
  1. 1 year/$1.75M (2010)

    * signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/5/10
    * $0.25M roster bonus for 100 days on active 25-man roster
    * performance bonuses: $0.35M each for 400, 450, 500 PAs; $0.4M for 550 PAs; $0.55M for 600 PAs

Beat you to it
ok

so… 2+3+.04 minus 7 × .04/remainder…. damn where’s Heyward Bot when you need him?

Actually, I inadvertently beat everyone to it.

Haha

same time

actually =^)

Uh. No.
says 1:06

for both posts

where do you live again?

Im in Boston

It put them all up at the same time on my comp. Really not that serious tho

Why does your display show up in PDT (1:06) if you’re in Boston?

to be honest

its prob because i never went through my settings to fix it

Then he beat you by somewhere between 1 and 59 seconds…..

lol

yea doesnt really matter

Still a steal, no pun intended.
him

and Vlad, been steals

YUNEL HOMERS HERE
If you come here to post only Jinx-type posts - get the hell out.
+all the funnel cakes at target field

Anyone else hear that siren?

After Glaus' last homer...

…my girlfriend just exclaimed, “Wow, the Twins must not care about helping raise money for prostate cancer.”

Win.

hahahha

hilarious.

Im guessing

we get to see Kimbrel today

Meds

CG is still on the table

Not with this lead

We need to save his arm some

just saw

his pitch count. thought he was higher for some reason

For playing as many games on the road as the Braves have

Agianst as many good teams… they’ve played dang good baseball

i cant wait

till we get more home games

Yunel

with a walk

Melky

grounds out to 2B to end the inning…

Meds back to work

LETS GO MEDSY

Hello everyone (again)

what’s up?

not

Medlen’s pitch count

Powah sightings are up
indeed

love the Powah

MVP has disseminated

his MVPmagic today

he let

troy take over

This is a beautiful way to end the road trip.....

….makes getting those Rays tickets for my birthday all the sweeter…two first place teams duking it out

I think we should hire Chipper as a

Player/ Manager like they used to do in the old days. He could take over next year. Don’t start blasting me. I’m not completely serious but why the hell not.

dude

i think i might have fanposted something like this earlier in the year

or...

maybe i didnt. Not sure.

I know that’s been said a sideways eight number of times

Sorry, I'll return to shuting my mouth

haha. Don’t feel bad about it… but you’ve just lost to the interwebs

nahh..i'd agree man..he'd be a young/youthful knowing the game coach..and

hell might even DH himself occasionally.

“and as of 10am this morning – i ACTIVATED myself!!”

“thanks dorn….”

I’d love to see that and have said so too.
You’re not alone in wishing for something like that.

He just seems to have a way of talking to the younger guys

and getting them to see things from a different point of view.

Anyone else hate that blue bell commercial?

bluebell homemade icecream?
My favorite ice cream

It’s sooo good.

Mine too...looks forward to getting cookies and cream wasted tonight

What’s wasted?
When you want ice cream.
I want to be chocolate wasted!!!

yeah

This game needs more Kimbrel

Please insert additional Kimbrels

Is that Meds singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame? Sounds like a little kid

You know

Despite the slow start from Glaus, he’s hitting as well now as he ever has. This might end up being a career year from him.

IF

he stays healthy

I just looked at his numbers

and he’s on pace to beat his ’08 numbers, which were pretty good numbers.

Not likely to be a career year....

He used to put up crazy numbers of HRs back in his days with the Angels.

Yeah

I doubt he hits 40+ HRs again

yea

his approach is less power driven it seems. He’s hitting HR’s but mostly hitting gappers

agree

seems to be more willing to go the other way, get singles if we need them

He’s on a pace to hit more than 45+ hrs?

twins announcers: "kris midlin"

yeah you can really hear that “k” when they pronounce his name…

Good news from Boston

Lidge is probably going to pitch the bottom of the 9th.

Twins announcers

just called Medlen “Midland”

Oh lord

Not Crabs Medallion?

FYI

this is the best fucking blog in pro sports. I laugh my ass off constantly. Even when there are uber-educational and relevant posts….

BUT NO POLITIXZ!!!!

RYAN THERIOT IS THE NANCY PELOSI OF BASEBALL
educational? relevant?

I think you have the wrong blog.

whew

that one had me worried

wow lucky break

there is only like 2 inches of foul ground there

Mauer

has been the only person really giving meds any trouble

so when do we start asking wren to re-sign Glaus?

lol..can’t wait to see what the replies are here

now.
I'm down with this.

I don’t think we can rely on Freeman being ready in 2011.

And even if he is...

I don’t think we can rely on Freeman being ready AND Chipper being healthy/productive.

I don't want a long term Glaus deal though

unless we’re trading freeman and even then…

Yeah, not long term.

1-2 years is what I’d offer. With a pay raise, of course (he deserves it)

2 years 12-16 million range??

Too much, not enough??

—C

See below for my suggestion

but yeah, that’s about right. I’d go a bit higher, but not guarantee the 2nd year

I was late to the party...

And I agree. Lower dollars for guaranteed years or higher for the option. Regardless of which way we go, I don’t think we should jerk him around with incentives again.

-C

i say do it now

We have him at 1B to not rush Freeman next year and if Freeman is ready and we are doing great we can deal Glaus at the ASB.

Also if Chip decides to retire he can play 3B

please no POWAH at 3rd

why not?
not good

the numbers wont tell you the true story – i had to watch him here in STL for a while. He doesnt have errors – b/c he barely moves. 1B is where Glaus belongs at this point. Or DH.

this

I think Freeman needs another year

the real question

is how much?

May 46th
but

that’s the day after tomorrow!

now

but there’s no way we get him on such a team-friendly contract again

Wow that seems impossible

M&M only have 2 HRs in Target field this year

both by Morneau
mauer's gotta be the best low-and-away hitter in the game
He's the best hitter

In the AL. Period

mauer’s gotta be the best low-and-away hitter in the game

Pujols
pujols

doesn’t count.

he did….you know…. create the world….

precisely why he doesn't count

This is a competition of humans. The Machine is ineligible.

Mauer is a good hitter.

Mauer is a good great hitter

Morneau

does not like Meds changeup

to be honest

i figured the middle of the order would get to him this inning seeing him so many times this game

Meds only at 78 pitches.

wow…excellent.

what kind of money/contract would/should we offer glaus?
not sure

we want to ask

3 yrs, $9-12M?
1 year + mutual option

$8M first year, $10M on the option. Don’t know that he’d do that, though.

he’s going to be offered alot by someone else if he keeps this up…. no way Liberty keeps up in the race

I know

I was just hoping he’d take a bit of a discount b/c we’re playing well.

the discount would be more likely to happen

because the braves were pretty much the only team (that i know of, anyways) that still he had something left.

We need to move him back to third

and bring up Freeman next year.

ahem

Glaus is no longer a viable option for 3B

You think his defense at 3B would be worse than Chipper’s?

Even if it is

His bat more than makes up for it.

hmmm

i guess thats a good point…. Glaus’ coverage is about 1 ft to either side

So…about the same as Chipper’s, except when Chipper dives and makes it 3ft….but has to go to the DL.

lol

i just think keeping Glaus at first is best

a trip to the WS (and obv a win) def makes people think twice

That's around the numbers I was thinking.
right now..he'd be nuts not to take that deal..what if he slumps out ya know?

for some reason I just don’t think freemans gonna be ready..also..could freeman be moved to third for a while if chipper retired and we resigned glaus? I like freemans glove work at first by the way..saw him a couple times last year against the barons.

Offer him arbitration IMO

might get picks if he doesn’t sign

Hm. Might be a good idea.
doubtful

Seems unlikely he will be a Type B even since he did not play last year

Believe ratings are based on 2 years

Still get a pick for that

just not a 1st-rounder

How’s Heyward been looking?

2-3, no k's

solid contact? saw he got a double. trying to keep up with the game while having lunch with a friend.

2-4

both on broken bats

has a K on 3 straight swings, but otherwise pretty good

damn...i was trying to avoid the personal Fail today...i suck right now

no worries dude, i sweated for a minute when i went back to check the box score myself….

Kubel owes us a vidro
YOU'LL GET A STRIKEOUT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT

Medlen is definitely rocking the changeup today.

Meds

another K on the change

...and...

meds comes out….

Meds came so close to getting out of that..... :(
Well

There goes the shut out.

Dangit...Delmon spit the Meds out
Crap

We got a ball game

wow

that was a blast… and now we have a game

meh

only mistake meds has made all night

Uh-oh. That ball was crrrruuuuusssshhheed.

that change is nasty

missed his spot

“damn…missed our shot”

oh fuck

Delmon Young HR

meds

likes to donate $ to cancer research

good come back there by Meds

inning over

That swing almost sounded like an aluminum bat

Anyone else notice that?

Hey, Meds responded nicely

poop

he still has pitched good really just made that one mistake to Young. Mauer gave him some tough ABs but he’s still been good

Greinke gets the W

glimmer of hope for KK next time out?

Nope

There are only a limited allocation of wins in the world, and Greinke and KK have to split theirs. Greinke is stealing from the KK pool any time he wins.

If his next start is against the Royals and Grenike isn't pitching
unfortunately

its vs the Rays

vs

David Price too

:(

Thanks jackass who jinxed the perfect game/no-hitter.

I didn't wanna run Crabs Medallion out there again...

wanted Kimbrel :\

Wow

nice try.

He tried to pull a Melky.

Allllllllmost stayed fair.

Grass assist of that foul bunt
Santa looks stoned
I guess Santa has to do something in June

So why not go to a Twins game?

is Mclouth going to stay a bench player?

please?

No Blanco did not take the Nater cut at that pitch...
Blanco

another single

2 Hits for Blanco!

I like Blanco. He sold me on him last year at the WBC

full time CF

or at least starter

He's earning the ability to give Heyward a rest.
Greg White

single

Greg White strikes again...

every hit keeps Nater on the bench

What's keeping Nate on the bench

is his concussion-like symptoms.

We can hope

at least until Nate gets his shit together.

Red Sox making a little noise in the bottom of the 9th

One out, runner at first, and a run already in, so it’s 5-2

And here comes Brad Lidge
blanco

batting .400 and OPSing 1.000

BLANCO FOR 3B
isn't that brooksy's spot?\
I would really like to see

Infante 2B
Prado 3B

Blanco for leadoff?

Phillies are bringing in Brad Lidge.

Ok

Jinx the Phillies

i hate saying this

but go red sox.

ugh i feel dirty.

go red sox is

better than go yankees, barely

not close

i dont remember the Sox beating us in a WS

don't remind me...
Right there with ya

hates everything boston sports related

its worse

when you live here and dont want to lol

you poor, poor man

yea

i literally live 5 min from Fenway . . . __

i'll probably never visit 5 minutes from fenway..lmao

“5 minutes from Fenway.”

Sounds like a noir film.

I visited Fenway a couple years ago for a Braves game. Had a blast.

i've heard it's a cool area though...

and MUCH better than living 5 min from Ted

its ok

I just really hate Boston. cant wait till im done up here

yeah after 04 I remember visiting and seeing, not a blown up pic of the WS trophy or the whole team, or the final out…. but humongous, shiny, lit up posters and framed shots and near billboards of stupid Varitek hitting Gay-Rod in the face with his glove!! funniest thing ever…. stay classy Boston

ya know we still have that boston connection..

boston beaneaters..boston bee’s..and the boston braves..

why the heck

would you have Prado bunt . . . 3 hits . . . NL hits leader

NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL DAMNIT

everyone bunts

Because everyone plays for one run when they're up 4.

soak it in now while you can…you’ll miss these head scratchers next season

bobby was out getting a beer..it was last call in the 7th..

and TP made the bunt call..

just a bit inside

on Prado there

I grant Prado permission to walk here...
Thank you Prado for the walk

cause Blanco was crispy toasted burnt on that steal

HaHa, Bobby needs a new weedeater.

Thought he might get something for being “Player of the Game” last night.

so

Blanco was out but got lucky

Allllmost had another strike ’em out, throw ’em out DP again.

that

would have been embarassing

Prado walks

now Brooks with a bunt

eh i guess

just didnt understand the prado bunt

i think prado was taking all the way

but it was a strike so prado was like, OH SHIT, might as well bunt

that pesky R Cano

if he had another hit he’d be tied i think for MLB hits

Wow… Reallllly lucky that was ball 4. Blanco was dead meat

Hehehe

Foiled this time.

PERFECT THROW TO SECOND! oh wait, it's a walk

minny announcers fail.

Blanco looked out.

We’ll take it.

My computer is too fast:)
Crain style defeated...lol
Gameday

going crazy Brian Duensing replaces Brian Duensing

Pac…how pumped are you for Breaking Bad season finale tonight?

super pumped

It is going to be awesome.

True Blood season premeire, too.

Sunday night television going to be chock full of good shows again…also like Hung, which starts in a couple weeks, I believe.

-C

Not a fan of True Blood

though I loved Six Feet Under. Just can’t get into a show about vampires.

have u seen daybreakers?
nope
good....it's a horrible movie
better then Twilight

That’s like saying a chocolate chip cookie is better than having your eyes dug out with a spoon.

Cookie? Where?

hmm got it in from netflix..not a vampire person..

didn’t realize it was about vampires until i read the wrapper..but it had a 5 rating if i recall..

Let The Right One In was a really good vampire flick. Quite different.

Agreed

Good flick.

-C

Me 2.
Nor movies about them.

Fair enough...

I can’t get into meth. Not Even Once.

But I do like Breaking Bad quite a bit.

-C

I can't wait for Mad Men season 4

Just bought season 3 on DVD, going to re-watch it before the season premiere to get psyched up.

“you’re not the boss of me now…… "

brooks

needs to bunt for an inside-the-park HR here

Dang...Heap and Melk need to join the party
MORE $ FOR CANCER RESEARCH PLZ
Conrad

is hitting . . . .

Prado was bunting . . . .

Bobby thinks he's invincible after last night.
5-2 Phillies now

Nava singles for Boston. Scutaro and Pedroia up next, with 2 outs.

damn

almost Conrad

Phillies win

Out by Scutaro.

Every team is winning or has won today in the NL East right?
Phils win 5-2, Mets win 11-4, Nats win 9-4, Marlins up 6-1
OMG

The AL is so much better than the NL

SSS...
just sayin'

; )

No shit.

I do actually think the NL has closed the gap most of the way (if not all the way). All the great young talent coming up the past 2 years has helped a lot.

Too bad it will take the MSM

like 5 years to update their speaking / writing notes, and all we’ll get is AL is teh beZt!

Yeah

and by then, the AL probably will be better again.

Yeah, right :)
damn

Conrad pops out

Wow. Jimenez vs. Liriano in the Rox-Twins series. That is going to be epic.

jimenez got LIT UP last start...

…3 ER…..

LOL

Weather for that game was Hudson monsoon-like, although not while he was pitching, per se. But you can tell he was definitely affected by it.

-C

First one to 5 hits wins...lol
Guaranteed JVL for somebody

maybe not. Liriano is prone to not have a good game every once in a while

But when he's on, there isn't much better...

and if against us is any indication, he’s got it going right now

EVERYONE

is prone to not have a good game every once in a while.

I want to see Ubaldo / Godburg

have the nats already played the Rox out this year?

Twinkie announcers

fall second place to your timely pitching match-up announcements

Heyward

does not like LHP

Heyward is golfing....
He didn't use to swing at that.
he has

all season struggled against LHP

I haven't seen him swing at crap all year
against LHP he has

34% K rate .235 AVG

That was not even in the neighborhood of a strike.

Heyward

is so ready for tomorrow

omg we have an off day tomorrow? lol
John never has a second cup of coffee at home...

0-4 for BMac so far.

So who watches Justified on FX?

Thats been a good show so far.

I hated the first half, but the second half was really good. Timothy Olyphant is the man.

+1

agree

I couldn’t stand the first couple episodes where everything got wrapped up nice and neat by the end of the episode.

agreed..saw his latest movie the crazies..It was a great movie theater apocalypse horror flick..

That’s on my queue. Looking forward to watching it. I’ve loved him since Deadwood.

This show is awesome.

Can’t think of a show I’d rather watch on tv right now.

modern family
Community is way better than Modern Family.
30 Rock is better than Community
Perhaps

It’s awesome, too. Though I prefer Community.

thurs night rankings:

1. Parks and Recs
2. 30 Rock
3. Community

47. The Office

I like them all

The Office used to be one of the best shows on TV. Now it’s just pretty good.

Ron Swanson is one of the best characters on TV, IMO.

Agreed on Swanson, he makes that show...

him and Aziz Aswhatever

i do think NBC Thurs nights is the best… i guess those rankings could be fluid season to season…. and Community did get picked up for a second season already

I can think of 2 other dramas on FX alone that I would rather watch, but to each their own.

Which ones. I love Rescue Me.

I grew up watching westerns with my grandfather and this is the only new thing on that’s remotely close.

Rescue Me and Sons of Anarchy.

Always Sunny

man….FX is awesome

well yeah, Always Sunny and The League are great too…not dramas though obviously.

just padding F/Xs resume…. you know

+1

Nothing wrong with that.

Boondocks

Finished watching Frisky Dingo yesterday.

You like?

Can’t beat the Xtacles imo

Indeed,

It was offensive as hell, but the best line of the entire series was when Killface experience that “miracle” and was going on the road talking about the Bible.

“And is says right here in deuteronomy, a woman must not dress like a man, and I see a lot of pants out there ladies. Maybe that’s why God has given you so much breast and ovarian cancer.”

Oh man, I couldn’t stop laughing.

Yeah, it's not PC...

which means it actually can be funny

Exactly. Wendel might have been my favorite character.

"I'll call ya a hearst"
have to get through Mauer / Morneau one more time
Braves making sure

they tack onto their LOB lead today

seems like we lead a lot of categories so far – LOB, DP, and… well, some other stuff I’ve been seeing…

walks

and

infield choppers

Meds again...

87 pitches, 64 strikes to start this inning

Ahh - Sweet Ice-Tea - Nectar of the Gods
Homemade?

Of course.

McDonald's is quality too,...

and of course, Chik Fil A. Around here we have a place called Wifesavers that is as good as it gets

McD's ain't that great.
DAMN YOU

we dont have Chik fil a here

CFA’s is great.
I prefer to make my own because I make caffeine-free and can drink all I want and not worry about the time of day.

computer pooped out

what happened in jheys/mccanns ABs?

K, ground out
Remember that footage of the Hindenburg?
I'm going to see David Price piptch against KK.

Who else is going?

Sucks for KK

guess he won’t get a win, cause you know Price will blank us.

I'm thinking 7 scoreless for KK

Braves win 1-0 in the 9th.

Venters gets the win, right?

If he gives up a run, he's toast...

sucks going into the game knowing one mistake will kill ya, especially against their lineup

lol

the KK losses and Lowe wins are just priceless

Billy Wagner wants him to give up another run.
wow

88 pitches 65 for strikes

grea, greatt effort by Meds. too bad about the DYoung bomb.

Why the hell are those two up?

Why not Kimbrel damn it!

another K

for Medlen

Has Meds had a bad start this year?
His last one
yea

3HRs that was tough

Cindo de Medlen

He’s done for the night. Pitched a helluva game!

Whenever Kawakami gets a strikeout...

I hear people yell KKK. It’s kinda funny actually.

wonder if Bobby leaves Meds in

one more

inning for meds to go

Totally has a shot at a CG now

Easy 8th

Hell, only 92 pitches

Complete game for Meds?

the ol'

rest the BP for 2 days

I’d bet Bobby pulls him despite there being no reason to not let him finish.

Chip just said he’s done.

You’re seriously going by something Chip Caray says?

Chip

knows absolutely nothing about anything

How many pitches did Tommy have when Cox pulled him earlier this year??

Similar situation…not sayin’, just sayin’.

-C

Meds today was very close to a....

“You need the element which gives life.”

KK saying

fuck you man, I cant get a run

LET KIMBREL PITCH!!!

If Moylan or Venters come in here, it’s damn foolish. Let our kid closer get a run in a non-save situation, instead of running out Moylan for the 5th or 6th time in a week, or letting Venters have 7 innings in a week

yea

if either one of those come in i would be very dissapointed. Heck even if EoF came in

This is another PRIME opportunity to give Kimbrel some work
It'll be Venters damn it
Vote for Kimbrel in the 9th!
Venters, who's worked at least every other day this month...

and 6.1 innings

+1

Kimbrel needs work, and he could get it in these 7th/8th/9th innings where we are up by 4 or more and not cost the team anything.

Awwwww

They’re saying Meds is finished on FS

Glaus can of corn to right

damn only 4-5 today… DFA him

And only 2 HRs….should’ve been 3. DFA!!!!

where’s the “Haters love me” glaus pic?

Glaus sucks!

Only 4/5 today!

anyone know

when Saito comes back?

Not till the 19th at the earliest
YUNEL GOES YARD HERE
Esco will pop his '10 cherry when we least expect it and most need it
Looks like

Venters is going to finish this

Venters is up in the pen
Why is that

He can’t get the W….

Uh, sure he can

He just has to give up 4 runs.

Kubel fail
Escobar

with the double

Yunel with a double.

Esco you jackass. You should be on 3rd
dont make the last out on 3rd
Or the first but good grief.
my thoughts

didnt know if others were thinking that too – i tend to be hard on Esco (b/c i love the guy)

Sigh....does Escobar EVER hustle?
Only floating in a cooler across the Atlantic.
That last play was a

“Kubla-Khan NOT!”

lets go insurance run

take away the tie-game-in-one-swing opportunity

just a reminder if anyone is interested..my alma mater

Alabama takes on Clemson at 6 central time on ESPN 2 tonite.

venters up?

WTF??

yeah…. I’d go with kimbrel if i were here

Melky got that one into the outfield at least

sadly right at someone though

I think he and BMac are the only ones without hits today.

you are right, did not notice

Mac 0-4,BB
Melky 0-5

Melky with great defense though.

Only

reason i see to bring in Venters is if Mauer is coming up which i dont believe is the case

sadly

Mauer
Morneau
Cuddyer

Mauer, morneau, Cuddyer

So. Yeah, we’re using the lefty.

damn.... where's the next World Cup game on?
a small transitor radio in Iran
venters in

well fuck

Strange

Venters working from the right side of the rubber

Was just about to say that
I hope Venters is on a very short leash here.
ughhh..i hate monday's without a braves game

it makes my monday go by slow at work..and makes tuesday feel like forever till game time.

Throw strikes, Venters!

Not a good start. Get the pen going again.

Ugh....lead off walk....
Yikes

cardinal sin, 4 pitch walk to Mauer

welp

he just wants to make it interesting

no CG for Medlen?

Wags up

in the pen

um...what?

What, Venters, what?

what

defensive indifference

I hate that

Good lord, Kimbrel hasn’t pitched in a week?!

sounds about right

you know what will happen

he will pitch finally then because he hasnt worked will have a ton of rust. do bad and be back in the pen for a week

so frustrating…

looks like

we are already in the rumor mill for a closer with the Paplebon rumors starting

At least LOOK to first base...damn.
oh

fuck fuck fuck

i hate cancer

but no $ for cancer research here please

Nice hustle by Venters....
defensive indifference..

i love it.

lucky Venters

PFP

very lucky. that’s exactly the type of play that end up with injuries.

pass the rolaids...

damn i thought this was cruising time

I do not want to get to Young

get these outs

16 hits for the braves

season high

just 7 runs. ...
martin prado..

class act..baseball god.

….“Legend of Racing”

Good catch

by Venters

Now that's how you field your position

The Maddux is pleased

That was ice cold

Venters stared Mauer back to 3rd

thats right

you stay over there boy….

Have you seen my ERA, Mauer? Stay put.
Kubla-khan NOT
Venters and Mauer standoff..

that was like watching someone beat a dog….

“Horton hears domestic violence and doesn’t call 911”

I am fashionably late.

so tense

but happy nerves at least

Come on Jonny

Break him off a piece of that bullpen funk

BALLGAME AND SERIES WIN!!

Braves > Twins

Venters

with the K, Braves win

BOOM

GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!
shoulda been a sweep

venters= young wags
i dunno

about all that

Winner Winner....cue our little rainbow friend!
Winner winner chicken dinner?
Winner, winner....Rainbow Llamasaurus got dinner!
Because I wasnt here earlier

HOMA POWAH WINZ

Would've prefered Kimbrel getting some work or Meds getting the CG

But it seemed appropriate for Venters to get the K for the last out of the road trip

Great win, Nice series Win, and satisfying road trip

Enjoy the day off and get to work on those Rays!

and show jHey how to slide with the feet first
way to win the longest road trip in history...

winning trip!
tremendous!
GO BRAVES!

I am still in time for the...

VICTORY FLAMETHROWER!

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS IS ONLY FASHIONABLY LATE TODAY

#$(#(#$#&23973huH#R*#H##@GH!!!!!!

LLAMASAURUS LOVES TO PARTY SPECIALLY WHEN HE CAN HAVE THE NEXT DAY TO RECOVER!!!
6-5 trip ya'll!

10 games over .500

I hope everyone enjoys the off day - including the Braves.

See you all Tuesday!
.

good day sirs and madams....see yall wednesday....will be at the game tuesday
Don't forget..

Bama vs Clemson 6 central on ESPN 2 tonite!

I'm out like Pablo Sandoval in dodgeball!
troy glaus is one bad dude

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