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Open Thread 6/8: Braves at Diamondbacks #2

Juuust a little frustrating at the plate tonight. Just a little.

Discuss...

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new thread = more runs

for us I hope

"FIRST"

sarcastic type

oh that’s why

You Mclouthed it

Does that mean a complete fail on all levels despite high expectations?

could not

have phrased it better myself

Just got back from Strasburg Mania...

Why are there no comments?

I did my part. I mentioned Ken Burns.

WE ARE IN AWE OF STRASJESUS
who?
MYKE JONES
281 330 8004

678 999 8212

I texting that

Did Soulja Boy respond?

No

I think he ran out of money for the unlimited texting plan. Cuz, you know, he can’t sell crap.

867 5309

that numbers disconnected in my area code…and most area codes I read somewhere

No that's the phone number for Mycal Jones.
Kinda related

I saw a lawn service trailer in Athens today called “Jesus and Mohammed’s Yard Care”

I don’t have a safe comment for that

it was a risk, but worth mentioning.

Krishna's

is their main competition

i hope JHey goes yard on him!

RUNZ THREAD!!!!!!!!!!! Well, Braves RUNZ that is

It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your runs are?
yes, dead on a base
central time zone?

where are you?

or

somewhere in asia

Alabama.

I’m in Nashvegas!

Do I remember correctly that you were helping out with the flood relief there not too long ago?

yessir

How’s the recovery coming along?

Well, I haven’t been out in awhile cuz of my job, but from all reports people are slowly piecing their lives back together. With the help of a lot of people and their donations, there is no longer immediate need for vital supplies such as fresh water and such. A ton of money was raised, but people have still been devastated, lost their homes, pretty crazy.

That’s obviously a good start on the road back to normal. I know all of us down here were truly saddened to hear of the destruction in Tennessee.

Well, I was lucky to not have been really affected by the flood.

Couple feet of water in my basement but nothing too serious. Had some friends lose everything though. It was pretty amazing how the city came together and really helped each other out though. Kinda restores your faith in humanity. There was virtually no looting whatsoever.

I’ve witnessed the same reactions here in the wake of disaster, most recently the April 24 tornado outbreak. And yes, it truly does restore one’s faith in humanity.

Good

man. Or woman.

Huntsville?

Tuscaloosa.

clevelaaaaaand, ohiiiiiiio

where is Al?
meant where in al

West-central Alabama. Tuscaloosa.

women's shoe store
caught it with the shoe store part

hanging out in a bad neighborhood, around 1st and 2nd bases

Dial 1-800-LOBSTOPPERS if you can’t find your runs.

non-HR hit?

no wayyyyy

Melky

not really a CF

WTF was that Melky?

So far tonight, we have 7 hits tonight, 3 runs and 6 LOB

Next inning, we do better.

these types of games

we either explode and score 7 more, or score 0 more with 42 LOB

Either way,

THE BRAVES REACH FOR THE STARS

EXPLOSION!!!!
/puts mentos in coke

lol

I see you typed that in the other thread first

Ain’t the first time, won’t be the last.

But hey, we have way more “tonights” than needed in that comment.

That

was a strike

I predict a KJ RBI here

Shut up

fuck, I’m usually wrong about shit like that

Sad but true.

WORST FUCKING ARMS EVARRRR
way to block the plate heap

we could always go back to Franceour

that was pretty pathetic though…catcher running…he might as well rolled it

HEY COOL RISP

WHAT A STRANGE IDEA

Mac

does not know how to play catcher

that was a poor throw by hinske
even worse play by Mac

did not block the plate at all and never does

lets not get started about his throwing ability

I love me some Heap – but I have to agree with this.
He typically does not block the plate very well.

You know...

I’ve always that while Mac is better with the bat Ross is the better catcher if you get what I’m saying.

always thought that*

Heap for 1B next year, resign Ross to catch fulltime maybe?

i used to think that, but mac's bat sucks this year
Can Mac play center?
He's good at throwing from the plate to centerfield so I imagine it works well the other way too.
Hate it when ex-Braves kick your ___________

pasta?

grandmother?

how could they?

favorite team?

Bending robot?

You tcers crack me up

You

gotta pay for that crack, my good man.

I am

A woman, stupid! :D

I am

so bad at this. I will go and commit suicide now.

Don’t! I need backup around here.

Roger
(puts the noose down)
Ya

don’t. Mistake could be made by anyone.

That’s like third time in a week one a TC-er has been mistaken for the wrong gender.

I think

all three of those were me

nah, Jareth Cutestory had a pretty memorable snafoo

Yep. That was mine.

I still laugh at that one!

“But wait, I thought you said you liked watching men’s volleyball?” hahaha

Haha

now I remember.

Wait

a single woman?

bow chicka wow wow

Now that’s just creepy.

Eh.

Worth a try.

your it old school?

Can we have mac as offensive catcher and ross do the defensive stuff?

DH FOR CATCHER PLOX

bullpenplz?

edwin jaxon gets knocked out here

count on it

what part of the order is up?

The part that leaves runners on base.

yunel-mvp-meds

well, at least meds can hit

People who play for the Bravez

wow tell me that was one pitch

I missed it

4 pitches 2 outs

so much for getting to that bullpen

amazing patience

2 outz

it’s time to have baserunners to LOB

Melky is just awful

this guy would be the Vidro champion if anyone was ever on base in front of him

fortunately for MVP, the current vidro champ hits in front of him
damn it MVP

So All Thumbs is a complete player now? Great.

I dont like this new Kelly

Melden proving if you make him throw more than 1 pitch – he just might throw balls

This

What happened to us being the team with the most walks?

Melky, Yunel, and Omar never walk

one of those 3 gets hits hits though

*gets hits though

3-0 on meds

rofl.

This guy is terrified of pitching to Medlen. Lol
WALK to meds

HAHA

This is LOB country
4 straight balls to the pitcher

1st pitch swinging failure

4 pitch walk to the pitcher

and omar swings at first pitch

/facepalm

What ever happened to runs runs runs? And zagnut? And rally graphics? I don’t know you guys any more

I thought I’d give everybody a break tonight.

I liked
That way, I was sure that the tv wasn't lying to me.
NICE

UPPING OUR LOB TOTALS TIME

Yeap....time for more LOBS

see ya next inning

whammy worked!

Translation

Joe: Kelly Johnson is stupid

Wow that is a fortunate

hit scoring

They should've walked omar to get to Heyward.
there's that lack of aggression
How

could he hit one at his knees and on the inside corner?

Ugh

not a strike to Heyward

NO FUCKING WAY

that was LOW

New MVP

Medlen?

he could have hurt that first pitch
it

was below his knees

NO FUCKING WAY

that was INSIDE

omar for outfield tomorrow give heyward the day off

Omar is awful in the outfield.

maybe, but Our CF’s are awful at the plate

The Curse

of Andruw Jones

I’m so tired. I think i’m going to pass out. Darn time zones

I shouldn’t be awake right now!

Well,

technically, alive, but close enough.

Hey, I kept you from doing yourself in a minute ago.

Barbosa: You shot me

Jack: No I didn’t.

z

Not everyone can type and sleep like me.

nice

it is a little awkward with one hand in my underwear though.

it gets easier over time

I usually just dispense with the underwear entirely.

uuh...

uuh.. uuh.. okay…

having met you in person, that is one visual that I will never be able to wash from my mind. Thanks for ruining my life.

creepy internet friend five?

(with my free hand of course)

fistbump. I don’t wanna touch the palm

I still say Heyward's stance gives up too much of the inside corner....he needs to step more toward the plate
HEYWARD

Meds Scores

...and justwhen i say that, he comes through...woo hoo
KRIS MEDLEN WHAAAAAT'S UP!!!
Medlen hurt

his non throwing arm thank god

Great fucking slide

meeeeeeeedddddddsssssssss

Meds!

NEW MVP!

Oh so chipper is back?
OMG - Medlen going all out there.

And Chipper with 1 pitch out.

again... though he hit it hard this time

Yeah, I could tell by Chip’s overreaction.

damn

Chip wrong part of the ballpark

He has a real knack for that.
fuck both chips on that one
Seriously Chip

STFU

OH HOW I LOVE IT WHEN THE PITCHER SCORES 2 RUNZ

Chip Carey has no fucking depth perception

Warning track power!!

Chip just be talking to hear himself...no wonder the Cubs dumped him
Chubs 1, Braves 0

But that 100 year or whatever streak… Ultimate fail.

That was hit really well though
pretty low in the zone

hard to lift it and hit it well at the same time

Will Medlen come back out? How bad did the injury look?
dunno

definetly the arm/shoulder of the non-throwing side

think he was hurt more than injured, but at this point in the game it might be smart to pull him for precautionary purposes

Chipper last two Abs

adjustment at least
same pitch he saw last time, except this time he took him the other way

hes been hitting the ball hard, especially long fly balls. Once he starts going the other way hell be fine

TIME TO RECALL JOJO!!!!!!!!
Shit. New Pitcher
GUESSWUT

We has runz

Just

you, know, not enough to win.

But it’s reassuring to be tied late against the Dbacks.

Most

definitely

Dang, no win for Medlen.

but no loss either.

Which is sad after that kind of hustle.

No rest for the Bullpen.

But we still have a chance as long as Jesse Chavez isn’t used.

recall resop now

seriously

Get Jo Jo ready

or sign Chuck James or Jorge Campillo

Bring in Martinez!

that guy was pretty legit a couple nights ago right?

He’s just a myth

I really thought I’s see the Loch Ness Monster in person before I ever saw Martinez pitch

Leedawg!

Here’s our chance!

Bigfoot has a mean slider!
Kenshin Kawakami has run support!
John Rocker speaks with tact to the media
Chip Caray makes a correct call.
not sure I can top this one...
Joe West, Bill Hohn, and/or Angel Hernandez makes a correct call
You One-upped it.

May i join in?
David Justice praises braves fans for their enthusiasm!

by all means...
Heyward, the mortal

Bobby goes an entire season without being thrown out of a game

The cubs win the world series

Ryan Langerhans batting above .100
A ROD plays the game the right way

An Ozzie Guillen press conference I can understand

Jeff Francoer walks

Milton Bradley

signs a ball for a fan.

Roger Clemens comes clean
barry bonds too
Barry Bond's Balloons

Alliteration!

+5 for alliteration

Brian Mccann hits an inside the park home run

Skip Caray makes a bad call

I get a date with a girl

Kenshin Kawakami getz a winz

Mets fans cheer for Chipper Jonez.
Ok we have to pick a winner now

rule: can't vote for one of your own

I vote “Roger Clemens comes clean”

Jeff Francoeur Walks

That is definitely the most unlikely event out of these all.

braves24 coming in late swinging for the fences

that has my vote

I good with that!
we plays again tomorrow
Good.

But we need a new topic.

new topic "possible remedies for heyward's thumb"

sleep on it, I expect some good stuff. won’t be around til 11 tomorrow night

Alright, see you then.

I’ll try my best

Michael Vick

completes 50% of his passes.

mike vick loves dogs....

and not because they make him money

Trevor Hoffman saves a game in 2010
Brett Farve retires
Winner!

Plus I love that ad where he wants to buy a television, but is indecisive on it. Then he says he hates people who keep changing their minds.

If medlen is too injured…what do we do? Who do we call up?

resop or dunn???
Resop

he is starting

resop coming up anyway

resop or redmond maybe

probably have to be Resop...but possible Mike Dunn i suppose if they have other plans for Resop
wont be Dunn

need a starter

Resop all the way if Meds goes on the DL

Julio Teheran
Only 14Ks?

Strasburg the Nazi you make me laugh
-Julio ’I’m the WMDs they were talking about’ Teheran

MVP MVP MVP

range

next is the KFC, hertz, joe's sandwiches, high inside fastball

Resop for the reason being he starts and will get picked up in the coming weeks if he does not get the call soon.

/sleep types

Does EOF have a sinker cause that looked like one
slider i think

nah, it’s a sinker

Fastball
Changeup
Slider

I think the second pitch was a sinker.

throws a slider, fastball,change, and maybe a sinker

Gramps

showin the glove still works

nice play chip

way to not hurt yourself

chipper makes a play

whaaaat

He charged up his Rascal before the game

or is it a hoverround? you can take those things out to the grand canyon, you know.

He has both, but the Rascal has a tighter turn radius I hear

My grandma had a Rascal...

but for some reason my son always called it “the weasel”, so that’s what I think whenever I see one.

Good Play Chip
Chipper, I assume?
yeah

got to be more careful

Chip Caray getting a lot of credit on the DBags telecast...

Weird to hear people speak highly of him

they must be deaf

or think its Skip

Its because

He’s skip’s son.

They’re even showing and talking about Chip Caray on the DBacks podcast =/

then the guy said EOF's name about ten times

Chippahhh

I wonder if that was mvhsball they just showed on tv. he’s a pretty big dude right?

he said 15 rows behind the dugout

He could have snuck down a few rows.

theres no sneakin with him

They said only 17,000 there last night and expect about the same tonight.

yeah, I think he’s about 50lbs less than hobbs though

so 350?

nah, hobbs lost some weight, but he’s still like 530lbs

Over

Are we making

this into a guessing game on MVHS’ weight? Closest gets food out of his fridge.

Are we making

this into a guessing game on MVHS’ weight? Closest gets food out of his fridge.

I was actually commenting on royh’s size, but this sounds fun too!

speaking of, what happened to that guy? Was there even a “Mom’s Basements” this weekend? I was away from the computer.

he’s all busy with some girl now, so he’s all “what creepy internet friends?”

Someone should check to see if the Sgt Slaughter has been deleted.

YOU CANNOT DELETE SGT. SLAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!! SGT. SLAUGHTER WILL COBRA CLUTCH YOU INTO SUBMISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah....

he did one, check the thing called the “archive”, come on, you can figure it out!

Steven Who?
lol I was there...

He’s scary

Wow Chip!

I bet they’re throwing a party in the LaRoche household

RUNS RUNS RUNS

ZONA BP

how did medlen get hurt/look bad?

Meteor, tragic

got hurt on a slide to home plate
play at the plate

he went around the catcher who was actually blocking the plate
stretched his arm out to touch the plate, but his hand slid across the plate, sort of extending his arm out

Sliding into home, tough to tell. He looked like he was in pain, it didn’t actually look bad though, if you get what I mean.

Hurt his non-throwing arm sliding home to score the tying run.

Good job, Irishman!

Now let’s see that ’zona pen.

You know what to do.....

RUNZ RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
but just for the bravez

I can't decide if the MLB.tv commerical have gotten better or worse this season...

AHHH I WAS ABOUT TO SAY I WAS GLAD THAT “HEY UMP!!!” COMMERCIAL WAS GONE AND THEN IT PLAYED AHHHH!!!!!

I’m going to murder those Sonic commercials.

Question

MLB passes a law that no team is allowed to use steroids, except the Braves? You good with that?

nope, no better than the phillies then
BULLPEN TIME!!!

RUNS RUNS RUNS!!!

Blaine Boyer sighting!!

Wow tough one

no clue…

Manny?

Boyer. 7.82 ERA

Worse then Chavez…. Worse… than… Chavez.

You shouldn’t be surprised

Too bad for him.

Arizona is a fun word to say

blaine boyer

LETS FUCK HIM UP

I see Boyer

still got the quality ERA

Always loved Blaine’s stuff, but we better demolish him here.

unfortunately so did a lot of hitters.

All about location and his fastball was always up, always.

Probably why hitters loved it. lol

I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR PHILADELPHIA

?

April 8th, 2009

I thought it was a pretty good movie.

Mac

another pop out to center, and he had a meat pitch

holy shit

how bout we hit ’em where they AINT

I don’t think chip knows what a “well hit ball” is

We need a He-Man Glaus gif....his powah must be properly recognized

Question: Who was the pitcher who gave up the walkoff homer in the 18th inning against houston in the 05 NLDS?

Joey Devine?
Devine

grand slam himself

you say that knowing

NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT

I KNOW NOT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

Dammit. I still don’t have that Joey D pic uploaded.

damn it

Glaus walked..

What the hell is going on....
joe west said boyer went to his mouth and didn't wipe, which is an automatic ball

and thus a walk… joe west blew the call too

Joe West

strikes again

Joe giving West hell. Love it.

Wow…just wow.

JOE WEST TO THE RESCUE

but don’t throw blaine boyer out, plz

Joe West with the accurate balk call…

is it technically called a balk if there are no runners on base?

it's not a balk at all it's just a ball
right

that’s what i thought

autowalk

should clarify, autowalk due to their being 3 balls.

Hinske

with a double, no way Escobar can vidro here?

never say that

true

he will still Vidro here

Thank you Boyer, may we have another
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllsssssssssssss

all around the bases

Ladies and gents, the REAL National League West.
Hinske

hustler, grinder, a player’s player

All of which are sexually charged terms.

The Arizona Bullpenhacks.

i bet Joe West’s music stinks like crap

and noone says,, damn ump that was a great call!
Yay

Esco cant GIDP

yeah but the LIDP is always in effect

If he gidps…

Hinske gets a hit

I love the hustle - but gosh all this hands first sliding scares the hell out of me.
Just

try to get that DP, Escobar. Show me.

lets go esco. xbh please

MVP

on deck

Old MVP

on deck. New MVP outta the game.

Esco swing

because Melky is a Vidro waiting to happen

Melky’s going for a two double game

Double Triple

that triple was luck

more of the same from Melky choppers into the ground

And Escobar

walks into a DP

Pull the ball Esco…you wild man.

shit

pitching around yunel to get to MVP

HR scores Glaus

I bet he could score on a triple, too. Maybe even a double.

-C

yeap thats about right
dammit

Esco actually hit it, but at the worst possible place

Just got back.. and esco still sucks
Damn it

come on MVP

fucknuts would do that
MVP homers here
WAHOOOOO!!!

MVP MVP MVP!!!!

wow Melky

did not hit a chopper

MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP
live chicken was sacrificed, bats no longer afraid
WE SCORED FIVE RUNS!!!

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!

according to all the stats the announcers keep talking about it is VERY important
hope the trend continues
I'm glad

the Dback’s bullpen Fail > Braves LOB Fail

Melky is regressing to the mean nicely

he only has one legit

hit today

????

Do you really think he is a 233/.302/.288

Once again, I do not believe my eyes

Clutch is up
brooks in to PH

Uterly important that Hinske stretched that to a double because of Esco’s ground ball tendencies. So many reasons to love Hinske as a player.

The Melkman delivers at night too

Melky making an early push for Series MVP through the first two games

MVPMVPMVPMVP
btw, Chopper, where are the freakin graphics!?! I miss them :(

im just begging bobby

to not bring in chavez….we kinda sorta need to win this game considering philly just won

haha KJ

getting ready for the late inning errors

top of the order in the 8th

we’ll get more then

Kelly, you're gonna mess up one of these times

and we’re gonna be there to bask in your embarassment

Ok Melky Haters - EAT SOME CROW!!!!!!!!!!!

why are the crows smoking?

Why

not? It’s not like they got anything better to do. They’re crows!

Yes, I know. Missing subject line. Damn it.

The only Crow I love.

now THIS

is why we’re friends! “In the not too distant future…!”

Smoked Crow

Make it easier to eat ’em

LOL

Those crows are at risk for emphysema.

Still 11 LOB... good god
SUPERHEYWARD?

CPU cannot compute…

2 random things:

1. Loved seeing Blanco grab Troy’s helmet fro behind and remove it as he went into the dugout
2. Pregame interview with Prado, he had tshirt on that said 153…..

I was

just about to comment on #1. Blanco- ‘Welcome home, my liege.’.

The bobby cox ejection shirt.
I WANT PRETTY GRAPHICS! NOW!

Apologies to Joe West, for once you were right

So new strategy

7th PeMo
8th Venters
9th Wags

i shutter just thinking of how dominant that would be
be nice if Pete's on tonight

So now we have another bad call from Chip on the licking lip of Boyer. Man, it must hurt to apologize to West,

What is going on?

I hate gameday sometimes.

PeMo with a strike out, 1 out 1-0 count
Thnx
walk

1 out, runner on first

what happened gamecast not updating?
no

It just shows Melky getting a hit

Im not so sure Moylan is the best choice here….he’s been off lately

Mark Lionel Shane Reynolds

sit yo ass down

I'm happy with Melky taking over for McLouth in center

anyone else?

MVP

should play everyday in RF over a rookie

It’s a move I support.

I’m far from happy with it, but what else can we do at this point?

damn it Peter

no walks

Minor got rocked tonight

:(

Odds McCann throws the ball into centerfield when Young steals?

dont walk

speed guys please

thanks

can someone do play by play

game day and game cast are frozen

1 on, 1 out, 1-0 count; bottom of 7th

Strasburg Autographed Ball

Guess I should hold on to the one I got from him at an adult baseball league all-star game last year, huh? Of course, I freaked him out by leaning over and asking in a semi-creepy way. Oh, and it wasn’t on a MLB ball. All I could find in my car was a used practice ball.

they all feel the same.
Ooo! I got one!

TWSS

learning, you are young padawan

...

I’m pretty sure she was just trying to keep from hurting your feelings…

awwwwwww

Well, I mean, come on.

I’m pretty sure she’d never actually say that and mean it.

wow

he looked out

PeMo walks a batter
ball one inside

to Hester

pick off move to first

ball rolls away from Glaus, but not far enough for advance

Joe West sucks

fo sho

foul ball down the third base side, ball low and inside

pick off move to first still 1-1

it is SOOOOOOOOOOO QUIET in this ballpark

strike 2 on a changeup low and away 1-2

1-2 count, 1 out, runner on first

I bet Joe West’s music stinkz

Moylan

Ks Hester

score/ short recap please?

Moylan K for the second strikeout, Gerardo Parra batting, first pitch ball, and I’m eating some Chipotle

5-4 Braves, B7th

Medlen: 5 IP, 4 runs, 2 K

d bags hit 3 solo bombs early in the game of meds

meds may or may not have injured his non-pitching shoulder sliding into home

After pick off move to first
strike 3 on a slider down and away

STFD!

stfd means? excuse my ignorance

sit the fuck down

reserved for after a strikeout of course

Sit the F down
Is anyone else looking forward to the A-Team?

meh, I’m kind of tired of Hollywood raping my childhood memories

this
I just started watching

the A-team on Netflix. MR. T!

I ain't gettin on no flyin machine
And BA

does not stand for bad attitude

no

but Toy Story 3…yes

definitely

toy story 3 is gonna be legit

That looks freakin awesome.

yea. finally saw iron man2

yea

we’re gonnna have it when Martin and Jair come back

Looks like

gamecast is back still need PBP?

hungry hitter

shut the f*** down?
maybe

91-84 Lakers

..and quit throwing over there PeMo

FAIL

he just stole that easily

Better he steal it than PeMo miss Glaus with the throw and get two bases
Looks like if Paul Pierce wants to win..

He’s going to have to go back to LA

He left his wheelchair there anyway

The refs called fouls on every play. Unbelieveable performance.

YEAH LET YOUNG STEAL 2ND ALREADY YOU JERK

FAKE REPLY: LULZ

What’s a “Lakers” and what kind of score is that? Arena Football or something?

I dunno. They must play near where there's lakes or something.

1-for-20 lifetime PHer

don’t give up a hit here

OR WALK HIM

GODDAMMIT

how do u walk 2 people

.........

???
what?

throw them 4 balls each

Don't

throw eight pitches, when two will do.

YEAH KIMBREL HOW DO YOU DO THAT
moylan....still not sharp
crap

as long as its not Chavez

venters. the smart move here.

doesnt kelly hit lefties well?

But Venters isn't a regular lefty he is a super lefty
see eye opening stats below
moylan

needs a BP session or something, goddammit

Bobby what are you doing DUMB DUMB DUMB

KJ splits are easy to see

vs RHP .255/.370/.471
vs LHP .302/.373/.717

except

venters is nasty vs. lefties and righties

You guys are weird.

You bitch about Bobby playing matchups too much, and yet now when he doesnt OMG BOBBY YOU SUXXX

this is playing matchups

and he played the wrong one

Swing and a miss

Better luck next time champ!

FAIL

I was on the dot

Kelly just laced a single right there

Nope, still swinging and missing.
you make no sense

Bobby is the best manager in baseball.
Don’t make me come over there

KJ’s OPS vs. lefties in ’10 is 1.090, and career is .837. Against righties in ’10 he is at .841 vs. righties and for his career, .773.

it's clutch, kelly will suck

you were saying?

no more comments from me tonight
It's

okay. We all get one wrong. Observe: Infante will not get on base.

Nice work there

Welcome!

Care to make a prediction?

last one I made turned out right, and it was a KJ RBI. I think I’ll just sit here and eat my ice cream

mmm...

what kind?

chocolate

I gotta get some of that

my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

Oh, Bobby....
god damn it Bobby

Peter Moylan sucks weener

yep

this one’s on moylan again

Who the fudge is that guy?
Boy named Kelly
Great thing we keep taking the lead

and GIVING IT RIGHT THE FUCK BACK

yea if we'd be pitching like we normally do we'd be winning big but i think we can beat em out tonight
we really miss Saito
There you go
The Aye Aye demands more runs.

?

Looks like, well, something.

It’s an Aye Aye

Capitan?

I see what you did there.

Dumb fucking move

why bring in a LHP when he destroys LHP

????

Wanna leave Moylan in after 2 walks.
Or maybe Martinez/Chavez

rather

Moylan than Venters against Kelly Johnson

Hate to say it

but its time for PeMo nickname to be retired

Nah I say we keep it until PeMo becomes Kolb like.

Nice job by Melky there to get the runner though.

I cannot believe I just had to say that…dammit

well, at least we got the top of the order up
yeah, but we need medlen to be on base to start the rally

Man, the DBacks are like the new Marlins

On the other hand...

Venters in 8th >>>>>>>>> Whatever AZ throws out there for the 8th

top of the order

+ dbacks BP = RUNS RUNS RUNS

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNSRUNS

3 flaws I see w/Bobby,

Tell me If I’m wrong.
1. Mcclouth has been in way too many games when cabrera has shown better ability
2. Too quick or too late to pull pitchers.
3. Way the hell too much batting lineup shuffle

1. Only recently… it’s been hard to see somebody else actually playing CF
2. Thought he pulled PeMo and just the right time.
3. Not sure there’s been that much of that lately.

Should have put in chavez or let moylan walk the bases loaded

FUCK YOU BOBBY GOD YOU SUCK

Well hell. My pom-poms are wet.
Is it safe to comment on this

I feel a lawsuit coming if I do

Pictures

or it didn’t happen. JK!

I’m not touching that comment. Not because I don’t want to, but I’m going to be nice. Just this once.

leadoff walk

how do you take that omar….great eye I guess

By just assuming pitches thrown by the Dbacks are not strikes.

OMARWALK

MOARRUNZNAOWPLZ

Come on Heyward

got to move him over

two to the outside, one looking inside
Seriously...someone move Heyward toward the plate in his stance..he gives up too much of the inside corner..been killin him with it lately
cant

too tall, if you move him any closer he cant get anything on the inside strike, he would be jammed

0-2

just bunt here, jhey

piling up the k’s again

That was a fucking terrible AB
Isn't it Ironic that he just made a huge leap in the allstar voting?
Heyward

needs a night off

that lack of aggressiveness I mentioned an hour ago
he

swung at the first two pitches

which were both balls….ugh

low changeups

doesn’t change the fact they were both out of the strikezone

i wasn’t correcting you, i was clarifying

I understand Heyward's approach

he was looking for something to pull to move the runner over, just did not get a fastball

still

was ugly execution

If he were more aggressive, he’d hurt the ball instead of fanning it like a friend. Duh.

Heyward has spoiled us
this

seriously.

Apparantely he's spoiled the voting public as well

J-Hey’s #2 in the AS voting among outfielders

Chipper with another great AB….welcome back

aggressive doesn't mean swing at every pitch, it means if it's close take an aggressive swing at it
come on Heap
and where

Is the terrible D-Backs bullpen? Been waiting and waiting for them to show

They have been terrible.

Just braves offense is even more terrible.

last 6 games…other than that one 7th inning….they are not inspiring any confidence in me

just walk him

get Glaus up

POWAHHH TIME
glaus 3-run bomb

coming up

I'll buy that for a dollar
after this commercial message.
Glasasaurus!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glausosaur

will score us some runz here

called it
Congratulations!

And thanks for playing!

time for a deep 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crap

Glaus down 0-2, go the other way please

yessssssssss

P2C

yeah baby! Glaus Double!

Mac

is so slow..

POWAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
GLAAAAUSSSS!!!!
you could see the FOCUS in glaus' eyes before that pitch!!!!!!!
SANTA DELIVERS THOSE PRESENTS!

YESYESYESYESYES

IBB

to hinske coming here

Glaus rips one with POWAH!
he "cleared the mechanism"

“For Love of the Game” right?

Yes

been awhile since I’ve watched that so I wasn’t 100% sure. thanks

FUCK YEA GLAUS

it’s not june…. it’s may 40th!!!

Git 'er done...

says Chip.

are they really going to pitch to hinske?
NOMNOMNOMNOM

nice

seems like its been a while

Who are you again?

is he the fat one?

funny. i’m trying to multitask during these west coast games, cut me some slack.

watching the game and commenting IS multitasking

Actually,

I’m surprised how hard it is.

please, i could do that in my sleep. playing xbox + watching + commenting is a different story

I read commenting

as commuting. And dang, I was impressed.

MW2?

no, although i really need to get into that again (didn’t even finish single player and only prestiged once). playing dragon age at the moment.

Hitmeup at

DivyeshC. I should be able to access my Xbox in a week.

I would walk

Hinske right here

Woot!

Somebody photoshop a rally cap on that Aye Aye

time for some geico

insurance runz

Good job Troy! He fixed my pom-poms!

hinske = powah
and that netcode didn't quite come out as planned
hinske

should’ve been sitting changeup

TROY GLAUS, YOU ARE A GORGEOUS HUMAN BEING

wow

cant get a break there, the pitcher made a huge play

damn it Hitske

almost had a bunt single

Troy showing some powah

how the eff did mac not score on the glaus double?

meteor landed in the 3rd base line

His nickname isn't Heap for no reason

too much cake before the game

was it cake from mvhs’s fridge?

The Aye Aye is pleased.
Melky would have singled,

Just saying.

melky would've chopped that higher

just sayin’

That's

also probably what he’s saying.

Melky

would hit a 6 run HR

We needed one more!

?

Sory

Do you not know about the safeco insurance run?
Ooooooh

a washing machine with a glass top!
/facepalm

Please!

Don’t make me miss Saito more than I already do

due Up

RH Connor Jackson
LH Steven Drew
RH justin Upton

Who, Who, and Euw...

shouldnt blanco play center and melky move to left?

I would go for that right now.

BUT

the melkman can deliver. Can’t say the same for Greg White.

Greg White is batting 1.000 this year thank you very much. He should be in the 3 hole!

dammit

great try Yunel

Saito

you are missed this inning

The Braves are undefeated with five or more...

The DBags are undefeated with six or more…

Hopefully both don’t happen at the same time.

the world

would explode

Eh.

Won’t miss much. Except for Bender.

The Dbacks have also only lost 2 games in which they homered. They’ve homered 3 times tonight.

that's not nearly as unstoppable as undefeated
So it begins.....
bring in Martinez

or Jo Jo

I want

Chavez

Stay Calm

I’m calling 911 to your Mom’s basement now.

Call Dominos for me too
Sure you don't

want Papa John?

Only if I can get the Cheese Bread

and extra Garlic Butter

Okay,

but this is the last time I’m covering your half of the bill

never once, in the history of the world, has that been eligible for a TWSS.

True story

can't say it isn't an interesting game thus far
really?

why not?

well medlen had 3 home runs against him early on, yet we are ahead

doesn’t seem interesting to you?

no it's just with this crowd no game could ever feel interesting
Shit

Do we dare bring in Kimbrel?

bobby will not…so it doesnt matter

Jonny is looking alright…

Stephen Tyler Nancy Drew

sit yo ass down

Nancy Drew

Lol.

Hit him
can't afford another baserunner right now....

maybe if we were up 6…

Not in

this economy.

do you think we drill upton first ab tomorrow?
no

what is wrong with you

….

the braves have never been a team that does that...

like… really

i’ll bet you 1k we don’t drill him

1k internet points….sure

remember this tomorrow

:D

Many, many

things.

fucking better
Only if its an 3-0 count with two outs and no one on, or we're up a bunch
wow

great defensive placement there

Almost a Vidro...we'll take it
dang

almost Vidro

The Kimbrel/Venters 8th/9th inning combo is going to be vicious.

too bad

Yunel was not turning that one

If AJ Hinch

was smart he would PH with Julio Franco here

How many Laroches are there?

wasn’t one enough?

three

is a magic number

I like this Venters kid....

a little bit

Hey Adam

It’s not July yet, you can’t hit!

Mac

is second worst at throwing out baserunners in MLB

but the best at throwing it to nate/melky

Maybe we should move the CF right behind 2B, to help him adjust

behind? Doumit?

Victor Martinez

was it the rays or the rangers that stole like 20 bases in that series

Rangers

5 in one inning

that was pathetic

Granted

Tim Wakefield was pitching too

I would not be opposed to having Ross catch the entire series against the Rays...

Just so the Braves can avoid be swept on account of home being stolen like 5 times.

I wish

Piazza was still playing

I wish I had

pizza too.

Good Job

Venters

Venters says sit down Adam.

Adam

remembered he sucks early in the season

STFD adam laroche

yep, that’s about right

I am sure

we will unload for 3 more runs, that way Wags cant get a save

Venters is dominant.

Did anyone ever get a video or a gif of Venters striking out that guy who was falling down while swinging the other day?

that Loney AB was funny

adam was a tough hitter when he was with us, wonder what happened
Venters

is tough against LH

venters is impressive , although I was doubtful of him early on
adam

was always susceptible to those sliders by lefties

LaRoche has always played poorly in the first half, also LHP.

kind of a shaky outing, but considering the circumstances he kid is still a stud

yeah, melky did play pretty well

i know you’re kidding, but he’s been solid all night up at the dish. it’s still mr. melky’s wild ride out in CF, but i’ll take it

No, I’m not kidding. This time. Esco has been pretty shitty

wags is hoping for a McLouth PH this inning

he’s got a helmet on!

lets get some insurance

cards-dodgers scores in 8th

carp and kuroda in pitching duel

adam needed 6 more inches on that bat
Wow

10.31 ERA

Yunel says

lemme help you out

Bless his heart

He must be the sickest man in America

yunel

goes yard here

Bless his heart

0-5 10.31 ERA

Go Esco

No Vidro.

-C

nate mclouth

is 1-for-1 with 1HR against gutierrez

just get in the box fucknuts

now turn around and walk back to the dugout
quit being mean

ahhhh hes the one guy I can’t stand….I have unbridled hate for him

I'm sorry

Frosted flakes is good if you ignore him.

Fucknuts?

Is it made with delicious caramel and nougat?

with a hint of whipped cream
yunel only starter without a hit tonight

Yunel 0 for 5

That almost makes up

for his GIDP yesterday. Oh wait…

esco

must go either 0-fer or have multiple hits. no 1-fers allowed

Once Again

Melky Chopper

OVER/UNDER Number of bounces : 2.5

I would say that was 2 before it was touched

Go for the double!
Haha Phillie is the only NL East team without an exciting rookie this year.
unless

they call up dominic brown

I hope they do...

and he sucks.

+1

Damn Phillies! (shakes fist vigorously)

Halladay?

oh wait

Kendrick is exciting to see lit up
Melky delivering again.
HIT IT TO LAROCHE!

hahaha

MELKY JUST KNOWS WHERE TO FIND HOLES IN THE DEFENSE
Cabrera puts on the brakes?

I don’t think he needs brakes. Air resistance will do.

Melky continuing to solidify the centerfield position over mclouth

Nate

hitting oh joy

Melky comes up with the strangest ways to get hits.

AAAAHHHHHH NATE GOT A HIT NATE GOT A HIT

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
ALSIVULASIEJFLAISJVLIASEJRLIASJEFLIAJSEFASVASEFASER

Mclouth with a hit

Wags says… Dammit GUYS

Wags says put Escobar back at the plate to vidro...

and keep it a save situation

Nate

finally decides to hit

Nater PH....yay
Nate (along with many other batters it must be said)

owns Gutierrez

i like the qualification LOL

He got a hit?

He got a hit!

well

He still pulled the ball against a guy with a 10+ ERA

(rubs eyes) Do they deceive me or did Nate get a hit?!!

What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here?

Nate singles?

Somebody had some poon tang
my HS coach used to throw that out when one of us started hitting
Melky & Nate in consecutive at bats

Who knew?

end of world in 3…2…1…

I must have passed out 4 innings ago….nate got a hit

another run would be pretty sweet. think wags is available? didn’t he pitch in 2 of the last 3 days?

He should be...
I thought he came in last night specifically because he was rusty?
Err...not rusty. But hadn't pitched in a while.

i could be wrong, i thought i saw someone complaining that he was being overworked (not like that would be the first time)

An iChop chant in Phoenix...we are everywhere
Somebody...

Saw his job slipping away…

Do we hear MVHSBBALL doing the Chop?

oh snap i forgot

he’s at the game. what does he look like?

royhobbs, but a little smaller. so, like 530 lbs

7 feet tall...

150 lbs.

Melky steals

3rd lol

He’s enjoying himself tonight.

Melky

steals 3rd, why

It's the Yankee way...
well that was interesting...
What the hell?

Heads-up baserunning?

Nate baserunning FAIL
jason

just don’t K, OK? anything but a strikeout

Golden Sombrero

but two hits

Not Golden

Just a regular old Hat Trick.

Heyward needs an aggressive at-bat

Be agressive on the inside pitches you can get to
I remember the 1st time I saw this

I damn near peed my pants

wasn’t that kid in our farm system?

Very little point in a single steal there.
would've been usefull

if omar didn’t K

good job Nate

wow

how did that not hit him

2-0

first time that’s happened in a whil

Mandatory

Heyward walk per game

Paying the necessary homage
Heyward

Walks come on Chippah

ok grandpa

lets get some runs!

Heyward picks up Nate... sort of.
Come on Chipper - DO this.

TWYouS…in your dreams!!!!!

Chipper Walks in a run

Yes/No?

Can this guy find the strike zone with a Garmin?

Chipper

is screwing with your predictions lol

Stupid

Wild pitch

Bases loaded, chipper up to bat.

There wars a time when that would strike feear into a lot of hearts.

It still does

Except not anymore in our opponent’s hearts. Just our own.

It still does.
that ball

hit Chip

that's correct !!
Melky scores on Wild Pitch!!!
Nate even ran and everything

INTANGIBLES

Well...now there's somewhere to put Chipper...

but why would you walk him?

TWNCChopperS

I like the way you think. But he’d have to leave that nasty chew stuff at home.

Whew

Chipper would’ve been out for 3 months if that would’ve hit him

amazingly enough, that didn't break gameday
Weird runs get credited to the Aye Aye.
the "hit it to laroche" strategy

does not pay off there

it only works if you hit it directly to him on the ground
Or he forgets

his medicine. (No offense to anybody out there, it really is a problem)

wagner's going to induce pain
why does it feel like

we should be up 12-5

I dunno

14 hits 7 walks

because 14-15 hits and 6-7 walks means we should be as such
Because 14 LOB

Braves have no business winning this game.

but we have the 5 run rule/trend working for us
ultimate trump
Ok that Commercial was Awesome

with the monkey and dog

chipper jones

1-for-6

"We're off to never never-land"
14 hits, 7 runs

bugger

23 LOB
Don't go by Gameday LOB

It goes by “Each time an out is recorded and someone on base doesnt score its a LOB”

oh

it looked really bad

After watching Melky tonight, I feel like Joe after the Brooksie GS.

“I’ve been to 2 rodeos and a goat-roping, but I’ve never seen anything like this!”

Sign Melky

to a 200 Million Dollar contract DUDE IS CLUTCH

Anything Strasberg did tonight should be taken with a grain of salt....

…after all, it was the Pirates

ehhh…none of our guys can strike out 14 pirates

hanson has the stuff

well they're better than the phils

something I’ve been telling all these “long time” Nats fans around here. the 29th team in the league in AVG and 27th in SLG isn’t a real tough test.

Yeah. But not that big a grain.

it was a good start no doubt. however, you HAVE to consider the opponent when judging any game. that’s not to say he won’t do well in his next game, but with all the hype around this game I will give the kid marks for handling that as well because he could have come in overthrowing everything so he did handle that well. it’s going to be his ability to handle the rigors of the full season and facing better teams and facing them multiple times where he’ll truly be tested though.

And I post again

“I laugh at your 14 Ks, Nazi”- Julio “I’m the WMDs they were talking about” Teheran

I dunno

that is some kind of nasty right there

his stuff is top-notch (like top of the MLB stuff already), but he did get some help from the umps tonight. not to tarnish his outing, which was legendary, but let’s be reasonable.

14Ks over 7 innings with a grain of salt is still ridiculous

I was at the game… it was insane, he is scary.
But he probably won’t be a Nat for all that long

He will be for the next 6 years minimum.

Why not? i'd say at least 5 1/2 -6 years.
Because what the Yankees want the Yankees get?

Just seems that way

The Yankees can’t overrule his league minimum and arbitration years dude.

Do you know how pro baseball works?

Teams have control of their own home grown talent for at least 6 years… barring any arbitration disputes and possible contract extensions.

Well it's 5 now... isn't it?

And that’s not really that long.

Baseball has strange rules regarding the “arbitration clock” start times for when a player enters the league, but they’ll have him for at least the rest of the season and the next 5 after that.

And if he turns out to be as great as everyone is predicting and baseball starts to take off in D.C. (which I think it could because the O’s suck and are providing little to no competition), the Nats will most likely have the resources to keep him long term.

This is speculation that is 5+ years down the line, though, which is ridiculous…

…cause we all know the world is ending in 2012.

In other words, Strasburg is going nowhere unless the Nats want him to go somewhere.

mlbbowman
Kris Medlen exited with a strained left shoulder. He will be re-evaluated tomorrow.

just an update

Medlen left game with an injured shoulder.

Medlen - left shoulder strain

was just about to ask what the official ruling was

come on wags
No walks dammit.
leadoff walk

fuck. that WP is huge now.

Strikes please

thanks

Damn it Bayou Billy
come on Wags

chip trying to jinx us

as per usual
96...but he took a little off

chews fingernails

Medlen

any news on his situation?

hit by meteor

that would be better

than what im thinkin

that one never gets old

talk about a legit pitch…holy fuck

Wagner

Filthy!

bottom on the ninth

is not the time for an explanation of 2 seam and 4 seam chip

got it confused with the circle change again too, I bet

I have a feeling – timing isn’t his strong point

Rusty Ryal...there's a name for ya

billy’s gettin’ the benefit of the doubt now. he’s nailin’ that corner.

Melky calling Heyward off? What the hell has gotten into him tonight?

he is playing CF

it is his responsiblity

crazy that a guy still hitting 96 on the gun is calling it quits…… plus for us is he won’t hold anything back and throw all out, all year.

Aggressive Melky is Aggressive
Ump's been givin that particular corner all night, lefty or righty
WAHOOOOO!!!!!!
WINZ WINZ WINZ
Game over

Braves win

Back in the W column...feels good
...

but

lots of Johnny drama tonight

break out the llamasaurus!!!!!!
lamasaurus plz
So thats

what we are calling it now?

BRAVOS WIN BABY!!!
W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V for Venters

Venters gets his first major-league win!!

that's correct !!!!
Whew that was nice.

Ballgame

I gotta sleep…6 am will get here too soon….nite everybody

I suppose no one cares...

but I find that exceedingly offensive.

Yeah

it’s kind of weird.

Im with you. That's beyond gross. Plus this is a family friendly site correct?
family friendly may be a bit excessive...

but yeah, kind of over the top

Yeah

not family friendly.

I agree.

My “AdBlock Filter” gets a workout around these parts of late.

HUZZAH

One more time there, please
WHERE THE FUCK IS LLAMASAURUS
THIS TOWN, THIS CITY, THIS CROWD

STAND UP ON YOUR FEET

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS IS FAR MORE VENOMOUS THAN ANY RATTLING SNAKE

+evelentybillion

i love any sighting of a llamasaurus in its natural environment

there he is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love me some llamasaurus!!!!!!!

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS IS LATE TODAY BUT ITS OK BECAUSE EVERYWHERE HE GOES WINS FOLLOW
for those of you with access

epic pujols vs. broxton battle. 9 pitch AB

UGLY WIN IS STILL A WIN.

+100

Love arrested development

Moe's turn

Off to bed. See y'all next time.

.

Whoa. Have I been spelling his name wrong all these years?
No, it should be

Skip Caray

No...

NCChopper what the heck

I’m very ashamed because I do love and miss Skip and actually wear this shirt.

Nope, it’s MY typo. Dang I feel stoopid this morning.

Thanks for saying something so I can fix it for next time.
(I’ll bet everyone has been pointing and snickering in the background all this time and wouldn’t tell me)
.

FIXED

I guess I had the NC city named Cary in my mind when I made the previous one.

Forgive me Skip….

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