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Open Thread 6/23: Braves at White Sox #2

The MVP delivered again.

Huddy looks great.

And after a 2 hour rain delay, we're heading into the 4th inning.

RUNZ FOR THE BRAVES THREAD.

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chipper

almost just hurt himself

In Soviet Russia, ball sinks you!

another shitty AB

nice chip

Chipper gets blown away

with a 87mph fastball.

new thread = runs
Chipper

blown away by 87mph

was Chipper even trying in that AB?

If this screws us up, may Heyward have mercy on your soul.

FOOOOOBALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry it gets me pumped up

such a slow curve
chipper

announce your retirement tomorrow plz

yeah that 5 game streak seems to have faded….need another jolt

Would you announce yours first?
what?
I'm sorry, am I not making sense?
no

i have nothing to retire from

Perfect sense.
Argh. Foul ball.

chipper sucking RH

It's backwards!oneone!
This White Sox announcer

is a jackass.

FAIR DAMMIT

replay

Hawk keeps pronouncing Glaus like Glouce, rather than Gloss. Bounty just increased by half a Kit Kat

“hawk” can blow me

do you really want that?

Ohhhh…….OHHHH…….OHHHHHHHHHH HE GONE! AND YOU CAN PUT THAT ONE ON THE BOARD!

I’d rather throw it on barbie.

I say we call him Huh-RELL-suhn in retaliation.

Glaus

fooled badly

the way this guy is calling strikes you gotta swing at that crap

You really just gotta take guys like buerhle the other way…easier said than done I know

What the hell just happened to my Sportsouth!

It seceded from TV.

Cards Postgame

weird

The SportSouth shall rise again.

/changes back to Peachtree
Surprinsgly

Buerhle up to 54 pitches, does not seem like it

anyone watching the game

on the sox game channel? talk about obnoxious announcers!

we noticed that

somebody get me

joe morgan! what am i saying? nevermind

you are

one very desperate person

How did he hit it that far from a lunge swing?

man muscles.

Man, why does it seem like shitty lefty junkballers always pitch us well?

we have trouble with lefties

and we are a good fastball hitting team

You know Buerhle pitched a no-no last year, right?
 
Guy’s not bad.

Moyer
Buerhle
Danks
Davis

We just cant hit them

This guy Mark Buerhle

I’ve heard he’s kinda decent.

he would be nothing without dewayne wise!

haha jk

Guys without great stuff tend to rely more on control, so we can’t take advantage of our usual 6 walks a game

…and this guys avgs only 2 walks a game.

Let me add one for McCann its a single or flyout
and Glaus its a flyout or a TRIPLE!!!!!

trivia answer

andres galarraga

Tex?

wait cross that not a full season

McGriff

no way

on Tex, he did not play a complete season with the Braves

yea forgot about that

question?

last brave

to lead the team in RBI in their first season with the team

there goes

the perfect game

D-Train

2.1 IP 7 BB

sounds about right

whatchu talkin about

Willis?

Watchu talkin walkin about

oooh

and replaced with blaine boyer (vs. yankees in 3rd inning)

gotta love that dbacks pitching staff

just walked arod with the bases loaded

not a fan of walking Vizquel there

Huddy poundes the zone alll night

and then walks Omar Vizquel on 4 pitches.

Ha.

No worries, he’ll produce an inning ending DP like he always does

you throw anything near the glove its a strike tonight

Good night to be a pitcher.

I still prefer to be a bellyitcher.

Both are better than being an underwear snitcher.

I've got a plan

Elephantitis?

You know what they say about big hands……..

BRAVES RULE

wait whats happened i can’t watch

Big Strike Zone
Melky RBI single

wow strike two was way outside on gameday
and strike one was close

come on huddy…..strikes please

Damn

sent the runner, kept them out of the double play

Be careful here

I'm not watching live... is it raining?

Cause we could really use a 5 inning win

Not much chance of any more rain there tonight

alright thanks

gameday says rain showers…liars!

Is something is very very wrong with gameday or did Huddy really pitch a 81 mph slider then a 88 mph slider????

gameday, calling his split a slider

So, now i guess we all know how opposing pitchers feel

when they play the Braves.

They don’t swing at anything outside the zone.

wow...leave one right down the middle with a base open

that was a KK pitch

well that sucks

good base running so one run on one hit

BOOOooooooo
isnt konerko in his walk year?

only good in those seasons huh?

fuckkkkkkkkkk

And that is a National League-style run.

Tim Hudson = dealing

was

And this is why I hate the radio delay. I’m still not up to the RBI hit. Change that. It just happened on my feed.

where you listening?

im online listening and got no delay

The Braves Radio feed from some station in North Carolina through freemlbradio.com

o lame

in south carolina but listening to gameday at bat. would think you could get it straight from the radio though

That was a stupid pitch Huddy

just walk him.

Someone has a "walks kill" graphic, don't they?

at least Melky threw it, McOut wouldn’t have

this is fucking ridiculous
Well

shit we like giving up leads this series

Stop this now huddy
Fuck this ballpark

talk about a little league field.

maybe we could take advantage…o wait

And that’s 2 American League-style runs.

That really burns my toast.
That was a damn good pitch

slider, low and away.

That was a really good pitch

I swear it looks like the White Sox are stealing signs

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!

I just farted too and my room smells bad… double suckage there.

So you have that going for you…..which is nice.
 
Seriously? Quentin hasn’t hit for shit this year, but he hits 2 bombs in this series?

too much information.

“Don’t do anything stupid” Call a duty anyone?

Oh shit, too late 3 RBI’s before I can even right that

scratch that comment about a five inning game

good things its clear

Wait, is this the 2nd inning?

its the fourth
ala hanson

Glad someone got the reference. :-)

COME ON NOW HUDDY!!!
Kotsay must know something

Played on two different teams with Hudson. He’s found something about him.

well he pretty much hung whatever that was

gamecast

had it right on the edge of the inner part of the strike zone

it looked right in his wheelhouse wherever it was

he was dealin’

mvp

saves the day

Good throw

by Melky there

Out at the plate!
MVP MVP MVP

saves a run

I swear these guys are stealing signs or something
got to be

Every time Hanson throw a fastball they were out in front of it even though it was 94mph

only the phillies do that
Helluva a throw by Melky!

Out at the plate!

Out at home

And mercy rides a white horse.

AJ Pierzynski is a complete douchebag extraordinaire, and I’m pretty sure he kills puppies in his spare time.

Plus, the hair. Gross.

McOut wouldn’t have made that throw

A true fact, that is.

Great throw by the Melkman

MVP MVP MVP!!!

I think Nate should be sent to AAA after his stint on the DL

Melk turns the baserunner into dead meat.

“I’ll have your finest milksteak, please”

What is this, the Olden Days?

“I know! It’s not!”

glad that inning is over

Esco singles
this strike zone

is huge

Does Huddy really have 6 pitches- a change up, cutter, slider, fastball, curveball, splitter??

Yunel gets us started on a quick comeback.

If J-Hey makes the AS team, please tell me he’s not going to participate in the HR Derby

melky is red hot!
Melky

says give me Buerhle

Single - Let's not waste these please!

All Melky does is hit singles

Rocket singles

i'll take it

thats why he’s the MVP

But he doesn't have warning track POWAH

lol, I’d rather his hits bloop in front of OF’s then have them catch it on the track

Just was referencing the talk about Glaus earlier in the year. When people said “All he does is single!” and “His power only extends to the warning track.”

That’s right, Mark. Watch your empire crumble around you.

did anyone notice

quentin leaning wayyyy over the plate, which is how he reached that slider off the plate?

Yeah, I think they were kinda sitting on that outside slider.

Melky! The Dude is a gamer!

WHY ARE WE BUNTING?!
bunt time for Omar

he cant hit lefties

a bunt????

I’ve been surprised Ross hasn’t played any longball this season. Of course, it is just a matter of time.
Just sayin’.

that was pretty close
Great bunt

by Omar

Face. to. the. palm.
?

that was an awesome bunt

gotta score here

at least it was a nice bunt, I would have prefered the two-bagger down the LF line, though

Omar

really struggles against LHP

green light him

here

no way

Prado due up

meh

that was a meatball

.338 on deck.

we do have a good bench this year

hahaha yunel

i don’t know whether to love you or hate you sometimes

He was safe

easily

It falls

Esco scores

how can they argue…looked pretty safe to me?

yeah, not very close.

headsup baserunning by yesco

Nice to see him slide feet first too.

I've been a bit out of the loop with TC lately.

Does everyone like Melky alot more now?

I’ve liked him from the beginning

he hit .294 in may and is hitting .300 in june

so yeah. but the MVP thing is a bit of a joke

I figured MVP was a joke but figured there had to be some truth to it.

He's been hitting better lately

And the defense has been very solid in CF. Compare to like, three weeks ago, he’s much more acceptable.

haven’t you heard? he’s our MVP. he’s a winnar

I like that one picture Jareth posts. Seems to gross everyone else out, though.

No, the one with the dude pouring milk all over himself.

Ross scores Yunel!

Safety squeeze?
Not with Prado.

No, I think that’s what may have been on for the first pitch…. Prado tried to bunt it, but couldn’t, and Melky scrambled back to third.

Warning track power

please

BALK!

where is joe west when you need him?

Complaining about games lasting too long.
writing music
Writing his column for "Umpires Monthly"

Just stay on the bag like little league D. Ross

WTF was that prado
he

is very vulnerable to the high fastball

that was a little more than high though

4 balls there...
crap

heyward v lhp with 2 outs… i’m nervous

What an embarrassing K by Prado.
At his frickin’ ears.

Ball one and strike one were seriously in like the same place.
yeah strike one looks way inside on gameday

umpire fucked him in this at bat

I think swinging at two more shitty breaking balls fucked him in that ab

yeah

but im sure he felt if it was close he needed to swing because of the crap first call

And strikes 2 and 3 were in the same place. sigh

Marteeen Ks a bad pitch way up and out of the Zone.
J-Hey will pick him up.

jason...

come on man

STOP SWINGING AT SHIT….come on JHey

Unfortunately owned that time. Bad.

or swing at the same fucking pitch

arrgggghhh

Man I’ve seen him strike out that way so many times. (not that he strikes out a lot)

if strike 1 was called the ball it was

the at bat couldve been different

hes been doing that for like a month now….I love the kid but come on

Heyward will get a groundout or RBI

sigh

could see that coming

one fucking run

Heyward

cant hit lefties, I think its very apparent at this point in the season

he's also a 20-year-old rookie
granted

but he still cant hit lefties haha

that's like saying a baby can't read

but they have programs for that now

not quite

but I know what you mean

Thank you

I knew the jackasses would come out when the kid wasn’t hitting!

diaz can, when’s he coming back

Not soon enough.

And yet

He still hits them much better than Hinske, McLouth, and Cabrera. MUCH better.

lately…cabrera HAS been raking

which is sad, but its not as big as you would think

.221/.318/.390

33% K rate

Not counting today

The point is

There’s no one to platoon Heyward with because we don’t have anyone who has better platoon splits against lefties than he does.

not

until Diaz comes back

At which point he'll platoon with Hinske.
Omar

in left

No.

He won’t be heavily used in the outfield because he’s primary back-up at so many other positions. If we wanted to sub in Hinske at some point, we’d burn Omar and have no back-up at SS.

Well

we will trade for a RH OF so I guess it does not matter

That's your assumption

I think if we’re adding anybody at the deadline, it’s David DeJesus. And we might not make any moves at all.

diaz will play left

or a K fukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

I think the word is out about Heyward's weakness

change-up low in the zone. Gets fooled WAY too often.

just LHP pitching in general

he struggles mightily against them..

Which is common for a 20 year old left handed hitter… Just have not seen the quality of lefty before

Why the hell do we have so much trouble with shitty junk-balling lefties?

because they’re hard to hit, at times.

brian jordan?!

DOH

galarraga

had 121 in 98 though, so i thought that was it

The Spring Training Announcer?!?!

Literally, why are his K rates so high the last 2 weeks? I really liked him at the 6 spot, produced a lot better there than the 3 and 2 hole

But winz happened when he moved to the 2 hole.

…or was that more from moving Melky and Nate out of the #1 spot?

and Glaus tearing it up

more

lefties lately

Pitchers are figuring him out

I’m not kidding, you’ll find that a ton of his strikeouts are on change-ups low in the zone.

that was early on

he’s vulnerable to fastballs high and fastballs in, too

Generally, he kills fastballs and sliders, but according to pitch values, he’s pretty average against curveballs, and well below against change-ups and knuckles.

heyward back to the 6 spot?

:(

how do the white sox still let juan pierre play?

that guy is awful

last year

he was pretty good

i guess youre right

still 31 rbis and 57 runs only

Only played when Manny was out.

doesnt he have a couple of 200 hit seasons?
yeah

slap hitter is a good term..

If you take him for what he is worth, he can be productive.

Lead off with singles only

yeah didnt remember him with enough walks to keep his obp respectable

but i guess he learned that after the marlins

Home of the rejects

Pierre, Andruw, Vizquel, and Rios. Rios is the only one who’s worth it…at least this year he is

Hudson

with another walk

its ok

pierre is on deck

ugh

walks kill

Walks Kill. Stop please.

i just looked Diaz. Took full BP on the 19th, thinking he’ll be backl before AS Game

all of a sudden ump doest want to call that outside pitch

He freakin owned at the 6 hole but we have beeen winning while he is in the 2 hole

why do the even try on Ross?

Great throw

by Ross there, got rid of it fast

There we go Ross!

Out at 2nd

Love Ross

Maybe the best backup catcher in MLB. A great asset for the Braves.

Nice tag....

Prado looked like he was trying to squash bugs!

Hell Yes

Baserunner is all like “Wait, what McCann isn’t back there”

That was funny, Prado was still chewing his gum during the tag. That boy’s good

in the article about johan santana's sexual battery

“The woman told detectives that she repeatedly told Santana that she didn’t want to have sex. Afterward, she said she watched him play tennis.”

can’t walk the only guy in their lineup really struggling right now

phew

that was a sure double by Pierre there

Dammit. Subject line fail. Apologies.

beckham’s walking like he’s looking for his bus ticket to AAA

need a run

come on

need several

I’ll take a dozen.

i'll take two
need 3 for autowin

oh wait pacgnosis screwed us

Yeah

He did kind of draw up the uber-jinx.

nah....

Autowin is still in effect.

Chipper Jones sighting!!!

Single for Chipper

7 game hitting streak for Chipper

But yeah, he really needs to retire.

Yeah, he’s definitely done.

Nothing left in the tank

He’s worse than bad.

breaking news

chipper jones contemplated retirement before that base hit

Chipper singles

CHIPPER!!!
7 game streak!

glausosaur graphics?

Yay single!

Now a bunch more plz!!

Glaus with a booster to keep it fair....

Everyone clownin a rookie but

But Prado Ks with 1 out and a RISP and he gets a pass!

No, he didn’t get a pass

Always tryin to keep the black man down

zomg TC is racists?

no wonder we always pick on KK and JH!

And Rickie Weeks.

you mean Lastings Milledge

Or Chris Johnson-I get so confused.

I’m out, ladies and gents. Until we meet again.

glaus

looking for #15 there

Don’t get picked off Chip

Bummer.

Zagnut is now 5 for its last 6.

Come on Glaus, straighten one of those out

Well

that fucking sucks

excellent play.

mac attack

hr plz

Why has McCann

Regressed so far against LHP

2008 .299
2009 .225
2010 .214

only solution

platoon

haha

platoon EVERYONE

idk but watcing his abs it looks like he basically swings at every pitch

Good question...

his swing looks awful right now though

hawk harrelson

still bumbling on on that one pitch

Did Rios just face-plant into the fence?
GAPPER

… but doesn’t score Chip. Apparently wearing Glaus shoes.

he paused at second….just in case Rios made a great play

Woooo...LF finally

Anybody else think Heyward’s lack of strike zone control stems from his having moved so far off the plate? He didn’t swing at the crap pitches before he moved away from the plate.

?

you mean he moved closer to the plate

No, earlier in the year he was closer and did not swing at so many bad pitches. Now he is away from the plate and swinging at crap.

He moved back a little bit closer

It’s a pain to keep up with.

OK, he moved 8" away then 2" closer, I’m just wondering if that’s part of his problem. In ST and early in the season he was the strike zone guru, not so much now

Earlier in the season

he was off the plate, then they moved him closer

Last week he was so far off the plate he was nearly out of the batters box

im worried

about his andruw jones-esque batting average and strikeout rate. loved andruw in his prime but this kid is supposed to be better ya?

You're right

We should just go ahead and send him to the Dodgers.

in 11 years

after 350 homers and ten gold gloves. i’d take it, i really would, but we’re all expecting god. i mean our modest projections called for a .285 right?

Mutts and Thrilllies are Sox fans tonight

I hate Jimmy Rollins even more now.

Thrillies?

I like Sillies

Double for Heap! - 2nd & 3rd with 1 out.

with YESCO coming up!
And then on que

gapper for Mac

DOUBLE WOOHOO!!!

PENIS!!!!!!

I mean HEAP!!!!!!!!!!!! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

ESCO HOMERS HE

oh forget it

at least

yunel can’t gidp

He'll just have to improvise.

OK, let’s go YEScobar

Only need a si... uh, double.
green light PLZ
Green light

here

On a pitch in your wheelhouse. YEAH – walk.
Loaded for MVP

I get it...

the evil plan is to walk eso and make MVP gidp

hope it fails
up to the MVP
will the melk man deliver?

of course he is melky fukin cabrera

Esco

the walking machine

Unbelieveable

13.6% walk rate for Yunel now

MVP MVP MVP MVP
Loaded for MVP
MVP MVP MVP MVP
Yunel walks - Bases LOADED for Melky!

Pitching coach

was lumbering to the mound

my god

we’re not going to score here

wow

Melky at least give us a chopper

First pitch swinging :(
almost never seems like a good idea

especially when the other pitcher is struggling

well that was unfortunate.

unfortunate indeed

well that was unfortunate sucked.

A little anxious, Melky?

Are you fucking serious
Too bad

Omar cant hit lefties

omarbasehitplz

0-14 against buerhle

BB?

are you fucking kidding me
back in April

that sucks

Seriously, WTF!!!!!

you've gotta greenlight on 2-0 and 3-0

three times we’ve watched a strike RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE

Taking a strike is not a bad plan… especially if you’re 0-for-14 against the dude.

swinging at strikes

when it’s a hitters count rather than taking a strike then popping the next up is a better plan

whats up guys
our LOB totals again
We can't hit lefties
Yeap....thats about right
is this april/may?

we were awesome in may

i mean april

damn

Sobs uncontrollably

So …. Gonna to see any of ya’ll tomorrow?

Some of these guys and gals

I hope not!

probably not, tomorrows the last day to teach my HS kids so I’ll more than likely be blacked out by game time

I have a prior engagement, sorry

I plan on being here
Fandave

Looks like it’s just gonna be me and you. I’ll bring the food if you will bring the drinks:)

that was fucking pathetic

Wow, we dont deserve to win this. FUCKING. PATHETIC.
Beyond disgusted with that lack of clutch hitting.

Boy

this looks a lot like April. Return of the LOBs

Its Amazing on Omar's splits

vs RHP .356/.382/.433
vs LHP .186/.250/.256

I'm not a pro

but mine probably looked exactly the same as a RH hitter

it happens

but not very common, at least that drastic

someone get our numbers when the bases are loaded

we have to be the worst team in the league…seriously

Surprisingly

We aren’t. It helps that we have two GS’s this year.

braves

are out hitting the white sox by 5 hits and LOSING???

turn the clock

back to May pkease

Arent we the worst hitting team

with the bases loaded stil

BOTTOM SIXTH... gotta keep em right here at 2-3.
Right

This game is far from over, c’mon guys!

Vidro

that works

preciate ya rios

14 LOB’s already, now thats a facepalm

Least Huddy’s still doing his part

As a side note, wonder if Huddy could have gotten that run in
wow

that was a strike there on Konerko

on mac's double

did snit stop chipper at 3rd?

probably

snit blows…he always judges the situation wrong

he would have been dead at the plate

He didn’t really get going right away.

If Huddy was hitting we would be winning

This guy's strikezone

has shrunk as the game went along

that was a pretty sick pitch

9 hits + 2 walks in 5 innings should yield more than 2 runs.
I am not happy.

good K

there by Huddy

Ross's first homer

would work here

Hard to believe he hasn’t homered yet this season.

Hey everybody! Late to the party again! Long night at work, wish we had a tv in their!lol How we doing overall? Timmy looking ok?

tim's all right

offense not

awesome for 11 or 12 batters

LOB killing us
Make LOB not WAR

Ouch…..welp, business is about to pick up! I’m here and it look like no more lefty either!

J.J. Putz sighting

looks like it

no more lefty YAY

SEVENTH INNING. Down 2-3

Still one-third of the outs remaining.
Hudson doing fine… except for that unfortunate fourth inning.

we need some RUNZRUNZRUNZ

JJ Putz the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!

put the lotion in the ****ing basket!

lets putz some runs on the board!

top 7 in an hour and a half, i like a quick game. They tend to be better ballgames

dammit

Warning track power, would have been nice last inning

i sware we have a lot of warning track power

probably the best in the league

imagine our power #'s if we played in that bandbox in philly

my little league field was bigger

seriously

chipper would have atleast 5 more HRs

and yesco would have a HR

maybe

stretching a bit there

I don’t even remember the last time he hit a long flyball

We need to score 5 runs and then its an auto win dammit

do the mutts play the chisox?

Putz is a bad name.

I bet he's got some teasing over the years.
ok just got home

lets get some RUNZ

Man

Sox are playing good defense this series

shoulda worn flip flops
the low and away pitch

ownz heyward

Heyward

trying to hit too many homers, out of his element

How will Jason fail here?

Ugly swing right there
haha

i love Scott van Pelt

Heyward, Mac, Mclouth

all have the same approach at the plate

Just off the plate and seemed to be just out of reach.

backdoor slider

good pitch

K’s are getting out of hand for the two spot

This is becoming sad...
Christ Jason, get your damn head out of your ass

Told you he needs to go down to 6

So, did the Muts sweep Detroit?
Does that mean they will come to the Ted pissed off and take it out on us?

are they off tommorrow?

Because the Mets won again today

They play tomorrow. game 3.

We’ll still get ‘em! I’m telling you, I think some adversity is ok, I think this team has a lot of heart!:)

They play tomorrow.

Stretch time...

Damn….Wonder if the Kid is still hurting or if this is just trying to adjust after getting over the injury adjustments?

just got beat there

by a nasty pitch

seems to be getting beat by a lot of pitches…nasty or otherwise

Thanks….still don’t have my cable back so i’m on gameday! Don’t wanna pay for it cause I’m going on the road in a couple of weeks!

He could probably use a day off
IT'S TIME TO END THE HEYWARD EXPERIMENT
Can I ask a serious question?

What do many of you expect from a 20 y.o. Rookie?

Some days off to rest his body
i expect

70 HRs, 300 RBIs, a .500 BA, and a gold glove season….nothing out of reach…

Logical Post?!

Unheard of!

Maybe the manager shouldn’t put a 20 yr old rookie in the 2 spot?

Exactly, its not what I expect out of a 20 year old rookie. Its what I expect out of our team and our lineup. Our two hole hitter shouldnt strike out like 30 plus percent of the time.

99% of you wanted him moved up in the lineup

But now that he’s struggling it’s BC fault!

Wow, good to know I’m in the rare 1 percentile.

His approach seems to have changed, swinging at more bad pitches….not going the other way. In April he was hitting like a 2 hole hitter. For the past month or so, he has not.

and I always wanted him to stay in the 6 hole as well. But, we also had no one to bat 2nd back then.

I wish

he would not try to pull everything, but homers sell

Easier said than done

Especially for a 20 y.o. kid!

very true

Mclouth and Mac would firmly agree

Jason is swinging at everything and we can't score with bases loaded 1 out.

Our good luck and good playing had to calm down a little bit. It was just a matter of time.

Damn

The Heyward love affair didnt last long

quentin kills us

Yeah, 2 homers tonight … damn.

That’s a little past WTP… by 75 feet.

fuck that guy.

Heyward for Quentin?

Need more home games

18-22 on the road

If we can get that to .500

by the end of the season I think we will all be happy

This game isn't even over yet!
if we lose

its 18-23

Nice

Prado

Excellent play.

great play

Prado

This is getting embarrassing

we haven’t caught one break in this entire series.

i hate chicager

chicager is cursed

What's embarrassing about not catching breaks?
I still firmly

believe, that they were stealing signs from Hanson

I personally believe that Americans cannot locate the United State on a global map because in Africa people don’t have maps…

or The Iraq

or the places…and such as and above and beyond

Come on huddy

one more good one

Great job Huddy

now RUNZ

RUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZ

100000000000000x more
Matt Thornton

crap

This should be enough for the whole top of the Eighth

I like

Not working so well on the road, so far.

easy out

for Chipper

1 pitch, 1 out.

chipper did not contemplate retirement before that groundout

Great patience from Chip

Way to work the count there, gramps. NOT

thats a way to get a rally started chipper……oh wait tottal fail

Must be Nice

Putz
Thornton
Jenks

I still like our pen better
our

7,8,9 innings are pretty good..

but not the same stuff, thats 3 closers there

Glausosaur needs to go yack here

Oh hey look

if you don’t swing at the first fucking pitch, you might walk!

HR time for Mac?

Oh wait, it’s another lefty.

positive power
glaus

has got to have the most 0-2 to BB ever

walk by glaus

less than WTP

did you hear the new WTP song from Eminem?

is it on the new album?

yep

I just DLed it but I havent listened to it completely yet…ill listen to it now

Cinderella Man is one of his best songs…it’s like Til I Collapse 2.0

and WTP is one of the funniest songs i’ve ever heard. you’ll know what WTP stands for soon

LOL yea, really funny…about to listen to CM

Warning Track Power

ftw

Ernie has Chip Carey disease.

TIME FOR YESCO'S FIRST HR
how many times have we said this now?

too many, too many

How many games has he played this year?

I thought that was gone

with glaus on first and yunel and melky up…we still need 3 more hits to score

can you imagine a grand slam with those 3 on? It would take 6 minutes to clear the bases…complete with water breaks and everything

that was not a strike 1-2 innings ago

Esco wil double or walk

I'm getting confused by this strike zone

It seemed like it was shrinking, and then there’s that.

fuck this clown
Esco will GIDP here!
Thornton is just nasty

ouch

damn it

need some RUNZ

HE GONEEEEEEEEEEEE

You’re a fucking douchebaaaaaaaaaaaaag!

Christ this guy's worse than Dibble

well that was nasty

Well

at least the Dream won today………..j/k I still believe

Remember

Combine the team names from any WNBA game for a free band name. Today’s winner? Dream Shock.

Here’s a bonus!

My penis is confused
our secret weapon is still on the bench

and by secret weapon i mean brooks conrad

the Raw Dog

dude is clutch

ooh

I thought you meant Jeff Porter

Well

Jenks can be a little wild, its our only hope

that last sequence of fastballs

98
98
98
98
99
98

Thornton is good

very under-rated

Not as good as Chavez :)

MVP Omar and Ross up in the ninth another ninth inning rally

Gotta think Hinske would pinch hit for Omar

welcome back saito

Oh hey Takashi!

Welcome back, you animal.

damn it

i wanted to see Jo Jo is he still alive

he is in Gwinett right?

yeah and getting lit up there now too

haha

poor guy everyone said he was a AAAA pitcher

Did you see his line last night?

nope but ive seen plent of his other lines lol

BAD

if i recall

no

ill assume it was either amazingly good or beyond horrible

Wow

nasty pitch by Saito there

Good Play Esco

that was a slow roller

Esco with a nice play for the out
Why do Japanese pitchers

work so slow, their games must take FOREVER

japanese baseball is more mental?
it is the same game?
what does that mean?
positive visualization
omar infante vs. omar vizquel

MMA. who wins? GO

Vizquel

much more flexible is my guess

Omar

Obviously

Esco is lucky he's so damn good in the field

or else he’d probably be on the bench.

no way

you’re right…probably an overreaction on my part

FYF had/has a job for awhile and isnt great in the field either

maybe if he didnt have the trackrecord he does now

lets keep walking vizquel in front of the middle of their lineup

well shit

Saito back to the DL?

i hate walks

unless

we take them

Why is Saito

still out there?

You start inning, you finish inning

they were pretty much showing

he is favoring his leg again on his delivery

Vizquel isnt even that good!

it’s ok….i think saito will come back and set down!

I like you

you are the most positive commenter on this site

The last couple of deliveries seemed to be okay on that leg.

So Mitch Jones homered again

He’s got 13 on the year. Too bad he doesn’t walk enough.

But hey

Freddie Freeman was 3-4. His average is up to .277, with a .336 OBP. He just needs to get his power stroke going.

The GCL team scored 12 runs

But I can’t tell you much about those guys. Matt Lipka, our top pick this year, went 1-5 as the DH. We apparently had two guys name De La Santos in the line-up. Must have been fun for someone. One of those two homered.

like i said…it’s all good!

rios thrown out?

whaaaaaaaaaaT?

Ozzie: “He said * ***?? Heck I do that all the time (laughs)”

ANDRUW JONES SIGHTING
well rios just got ejected

a little late

HE GONE

shut the fuck up Ozzie. stop complaining.

Man, I hate not having cable!

Saito

still straightening out his front leg a lot on his delivery, fastball is sailing high

2 Ks for Saito

hope his leg is ok

SAVE US!

Photobucket

There's our little mascot!
must be too hot for the hat

it’s a cool 93 degrees at 9:17pm

it hit 99 here today….i thought I was going to die

you poor baby…it was 107 here

yea yea but you are used to it
Saito looked good

EXCELLENT

now RUNSPLZDAMMIT

Huddy pitched well enough for a least a no decision…..the O really let him down so far

woah

ubaldo gave up 6 runs? STRASBURG LOST? IT’S THE APOCALYPSE

Rally time!!!!!!

Lets hope

we get the wild Jenks, who walks everyone

I hate central time zone games, rain delays and end times in the early morning like the west coast.

It’s worth it when we win…..but only adds to the disappointment when we are losing.

So, get some run(s) now please.

JENKS... for more than one pitch, I presume

andruuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwwww
andruw jones sighting!
RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ
Andruw

drop one in CF please, just for old times sake.. give us a hand

Don't swing at the first pitch.
MVP: Our Leader
RUNZ PLZ DAMNIT K THX
MVP

Bunt Single

Melky

bunt single, thats a start

MVP MVP MVP

great fucking bunt

MVP! MVP! MVP!
MVP MVP MVP

fuck yeah baby. nice start!

4.33 Era is such a good sight to see for the opponents closer

Good thinking Melk-V-P
Melky hit #3 - help him score please!!!

who taught Melky

how to run, he runs like a girl

it was pretty funny…but it worked

HR moves melky up to 3rd

is hinske PH for ross

we don’t have a catcher

lose DH

and move Mac to Catcher

Or just end it.
o fuck you omar

Why not Hinske?

Omar

usually rakes against RHP

Vidro

fitting for this game

Come on Omar
Well, the sand monster wiped that one out.

DAMMITDAMMITDAMMIT

You did your best lad ...

game over

Braves series winning streak is over now too

We've jinxed everything around here recently.

Let’s get the HELL out of Chicago.

We just got Jenks’ed

And, in case anyone was wondering, that's why Omar rides the pine
?

Omar is a .356 hitter against RHP

Great fucking two games so far

FUCK HINSKE TAKE A FUCKING PITCH

Okay, it was only 4 pitches, then.
You win some, you lose some

but you live, you live to see another day

Not always

My brother-in-law recently died in his sleep:(

team loss tonight
We got he Sox while they are hot
this

lots of barely hits, and runs for them this series

So, this means we're depending on LOWE to save a little self-respect and avoid a SWEEP in Chigago?

Damn. Especially when the Phils, Muts and Marlins will not lose.

Ugh...at least its not KK?
yeah

sadly good chance we lose first place tomorrow..

reading that was like a punch to the gut

I was going to correct my misspell of Chigago – but pffffft it.

We’ve beaten Floyd before, so they’ll win tomorrow.

Huddy

got KK’d

Mutts behind by .5

how in the hell/

goodnite everybody
SEE Y'ALL T'MORROW

EDT

alright need sleep

have to be up pretty fucking soon

See yall then!
Good night friends
Hopeful for tomorrow. This can't continue can it?

Goodnight all! We’ll get ’em tommorrow!

well its only June

still alot games. If we lose division lead got plenty of games to get it back

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