SB Nation - Login for mobile commenting

Talking Chop

Open Thread 6/8: Braves at Diamondbacks #2

Kawakami getting some offensive support tonight... oh wait, what game am I watching?

Discuss...

0 recs  |  1579 comments

Comments

new thread = runs
RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ

Oh wait, KK is pitching. Keep it close until Moylan comes in.

runs runs runs

LETS GO NATE COME ON

NATE MCLOUTH BREAKOUT THREAD
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
Wow Nate

did not swing at a ball inside

PROGRESS

ok...running...triple scores heap

FAIL MCFAIL!

Runz Runz Runz Runz
WORST. PLAYER. EVAR
Nate McLouth

has the ugliest major league swing I’ve ever seen

Does

Moises alou still play

At least Nate doesn't piss on his hands
Hey at least Alou was a damn good player for a long time. Piss(yuck) or not.

pop out or weak grounder to 1B

How many LOBs for us now?

on gameday it says 13

thats if you add all the individuals together

fail

weak grounder to second

5 lob...

with 2 actual hits.

Do we have 5 walks too?

4 BB's, 2 hits

vs 1 BB 3 hits for the bad guys

Contact

at least that’s progress

its June…I’m not happy with progress

Failz Failz Failz Failz
I've run out of words...

to describe how much this guy sucks

My Nate love fest on the other thread ended in disgrace for the whole organization...

Shame.

Nate LOB Counter: 5

whats

the mlb record for that, he’s gotten a pretty good start his first 2 ABs id think

at least he worked the count

73 pitches for kennedy

I’m officially done with that fucking piece of shit.

until he hits a HR.

itll take another 20 to make up for it
needs much more than one
SB dropping da bomb!

i just can’t take it anymore

Did a google search for I JUST CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE.

This appeared, thought it was fitting for you.

At this point I think it's fine.

If people aren’t showing signs of life by the end of may then the witch hunts can begin.

.... may is over?
With these braves...

it’s like April 72th!

For real

It’s after Memorial Day. No excuses at this point. You are what you are.

MichaelProctonesque

PROCTO BOMBED

Lol he actually got banned from SB nation

lol what????

yea man
for proctobombing?

who reported him?

I am sorry

what is proctobombing?

He posted on here earlier today.

And there went my happiness.

sorry

No worries, I don’t usually shoot the messenger.

Really?

Huh. The Mod of CatScratchReader told me he was gone from SB. Sad.

he’s done it a couple times the past month…much calmer…no proctobombs

Really?
You just made my night.

i kinda miss him

Well, then…I hear you loud and clear. Duly noted.

don't quite know how to react here...

he and i had our spat when i first arrived here, but i got thru it and started to laugh when he would begin his bombing.

but we grew a respect for our mutual backing of kelly johnson

NATE SO GOOD

IM GLAD WE TRADED FOR HIM

At least

We didn’t really give up anything

do you think everyone secretly hates this guy…I’d be pissed

If KK were a better pitcher

We’d be winning this game.

hes such a loser

Cant get any winz
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A HIT WITH THE BASES LOADED

EVEN HE DOESNT WANT TO DRIVE IN RUNS FOR HIMSELF

What a bum

all he does is show up and collect his fat cat pay check

THUMBS DOWN
I don't want to hear any whining about how he's better than his record
Worst signing ever

worse than mike hampton, even.

Didn't we trade for him?
Someone signed him

And KK is still worse.

I thought you were just talking our team. My bad
McLouth

Would be better off working at McDonalds

We don't need

Fail burgers at McD’s more than there is already

You're telling me

I haven’t eaten at McD’s since 1999. I ordered a hamburger on my way to work after school one day at the drive-thru. Opened the bag and they gave me two buns, lettuce, and ketchup. Completely forgot the beef. Haven’t been back since. I can hold grudges real good.

Chic-Fil-A
is so much bettar

yea. McD’s i think have the best fries but thats it

chic-fil-a also has a better mascot

do we have injury insurance on mclouth?

So we can break his legs?

too obvious
Maybe we should

In case of an " Accident"

at first i didn't see "injury"

and “suck” insurance would be awesome! someone should totally do that.

why?….you have a devilish idea how to hurt McLouth?

Wouldn't be anymore

questionable than Oliver Perez

Poison his food
He is

Nasty Nate, so he is immune to poison.

Quick inning quick inning.
and he goes to 3-0
Javy Vazquez

has been traded for a lot of middle of the road OFs

Chris Young
Melky Cabrera

i wouldn't be sad if heyward collided into mclouth there

and mclouth broke his leg

Or everyother bone in his body

Heyward can do that to people.don’t laugh, i’m sitting here in the ER. i’m not sure what Heyward did to me, but its bad.

they don't swing

for good or bad

Well one thing Nate has done today

Kept 2 balls doubles, instead of triples…

They would have been triples on Melky

Are you kidding?

MVP would have caught those

how the hell

did he reach that pitch…

That was actually a damn good pitch he just hit

Curveball with good break that ended up at the bottom of the zone.

strike him out KK

Let's put Nate on steroids

If it works great.

If he gets caught then he is suspended!

i endorse this idea
His problem is that he's lost all strikezone recognition

He’s up there guessing half the time.

?

He walks a ton..

Just tries to pull everything for homeruns.. thus the pop outs and slow rollers

He’s walking because he’s not swinging at anything. Less than 40% of the time.

Look at his Swing Rates

he is well above average at not swinging at balls…

His contact on strikes is well below average

he definetly needs HGH

perhaps ask Schafer

I approve

of this message

Big K there!

KK

got the cutter working

how bout we dont give up a hit to the pitcher this time

Get out of here with your maverick strategies.

Not sure i love the IBB there

a 204 hitting catcher vs the pitcher who just singled off you?

they’d never walk nate

well i guess it turned out ok

KK is a K machine tonight!

no kit to the pitcher plz
Hell yes

Go to hell Philly. Chicago wins the Cup.

PHILLY IS A TERRIBLE PLACE

+ 11111111111111111

The Fans look like they want to throw up.

hide the children!

The kids are too busy drinking

you'd drink too

if guys were puking on you left and right

Maybe the Chic-Fil-A cow @ the Ted can play CF. or we can always sign Darth Vader.

Wonder

what his walk-up song would be?

Star wars theme song, duh.

Patrick Kane

is a giant among fleas

Go Red Wings..

crap I guess go Hawks..

Good job

KK inning over

Can we get some RUNS please?

that

We dont get runz until KK is out remember?

Time to take care of yourself Kenshin
TWSS

And he nodded in acknowledgment, since he already knew.

+1s all around
6

Good night for KK so far.

Too bad he won’t get the win because the team hates hitting for him.

They keep sayin’ … just get to the BP.
We may do it for KK yet.

Just out of curiosity

Who was the last Braves rookie in the All Star game?

Andruw?

how about big mac?

not in his rookie year

he came up too late

yeah, i wasn’t sure if he started 2006 still considered a “rookie”

I think it's

Greg Olson 1990

You are correct

That’s correct.

Not alot of Braves rookies

on the All Star team

Call me crazy but I thought he played for the Chicago Bears

he was part of the the 7th flo crew

I think I know who it is

but I’m not sure

olson is my guess
Think you're right
some dude

on the 90 team I cant remember

i googled it and got this

Q: Who was the last Braves Rookie to be selected for the All Star Team before Jason Heyward
A: Ryan Howard was the last Braves Rookie. Anymore baseball questions? ChaCha.

i thought it was jaywon howard

KK to Jeff Schultz:

stick your thumbs where the sun don’t shine

I've already resigned myself to the fact that this will be a 1-0 loss for KK

and Jeff Schultz will go ’SEE I WUZ WRITE!!!"

Nice changeup
think that was a split...

not sure though

gameday

calling it a changeup

but it moved like a split

Some guy has a "Jesus Heyward" sign

He’s my hero. I told him about TC and he said he’d check it out.

Damn, you’re out recruiting?

at an away game

awesome

Go start the tomahawk chant again

that was fun.

Some guy has a "Jesus Heyward" sign

He’s my hero. I told him about TC and he said he’d check it out.

so interesting you told us twice

two of them?

sweet

Heyyy mvhs. I’m at your house. Me and TheLetter2 aree throwin a party. Hope you dont mind, k.

Didn't

invite me?

Invitation musta gotten lost in the mail

Aight

I forgive.

Lol Joe

…fluke

Kenshin can't get a hit

doesn’t deserve the win

Good thing I switched my Beat the Streak pick from Prado to Mauer

Top of the order fail tonight.
heyward goes yard here.
like filthy 500ft+ yard
lets go Hey

do some work

Eddie Matthews
I knew this

Because Smoltz was telling that story about Olsen just recently.

Joe getting angry at Chip. HAHA
Chip needs a course in Braves history
Wha happened?
not giving into Heyward here

3-1

Question

Ubaldo vs. Maddux. Pitchers duel. Who winz.

I
FAIL

I’m assuming in their primes, but its Maddux hands down

Ubaldo

Maddux is like 44

I mean 90s mad dog.

I know

I was joking.

Where is the game played?

lineups for each?

90s braves. Current rockies

If it's in colorado

Ubaldo. Maddux always complained about his off-speed not moving when he was at Coors.

If Ubaldo is on

no one can hit him

Yeah,

but people can still walk. Not true with MAddux.

that is why

I said if he is on…

He has the best stuff in MLB hands down

Strasburg

dude

Who? Stoolsberg?

is second in stuff to Ubaldo..

Strasburg just has better control

Seriously

Look at Ubaldo 2 seam fastball

98mph and 10" of break 10"!!!!

got the hitters count

Hahaha

Philly fans boo the hell out of Gary Bettman. I can’t hate them for that. He’s by far the worst commissioner of all the major US sports. Quite possibly the worst of all time.

he looks like the penguin
Too high.
ur tellin me

“TOO HIGH?!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?”

damn i was hoping to start a run of Major League quotes there

Awww, sorry!

Small consolation prize…

Wrong part of the park

damn

you get two pitches per AB

and Heyward fouled off one

Come on guys, this is getting sad

Commissioner of NHL just said the Stanley Cup is the hardest trohpy to win….ummm no. Ask MLB fans which is the hardest to win.

that makes no sense.

impossible to measure or verify
he meant hardest

in that the metal it is made of is hard. The other sports use sissy metals.

It's from the turn of the century

so it’s pretty damn heavy

technically accurate

the stanley cup is made of heyward testicles

You mean the BCS championship right?

haha good point.

NHL is the only professional sports league in the US where the trophy has an actual name. That I know of.

Lombardi trophy?

I withdraw my comment.
Lombardi Trophy, Commissioner's trophy

NBA – Laryy O’Brien trophy
NFL – Vince Lombardi trophy

yea, NBA i’d have to think about it…but I’d get it eventually

I love baseball but it has the worst championship trophy.

All trophies have names. The NHL just uses there’s more.

That is TC worthy

photo-chopping skills on D-trains uni

chipper and the favorite grandpa analogy for bobby

every time, and i’ll never tire of it

yeah chipper has really been a good grandpa to bobby these last few seasons

Mclouth

great catch

No...that does not redeem you
Andrew Jones

would do that in his sleep

He wouldn't have needed the dive.
Oh wait

Are we talking about Andrew, or Andruw?

And Griffey Jr would do it,...

but he is asleep.

Garrett Anderson would do it

but he’s too lazy

Nick Saban would do it...

but he doesn’t have time for this shit.

Danny Glover would do it...

but hes too old for this shit

Jeff Francoeur would do it

But it’s not on the scoreboard.

Man

I seriously cannot wait to heckle the shit out of him Friday night. I will be chanting “OBP” and “Scoreboard” all night long.

Don't forget Grand Slams are rally killers
Home runs are

But then he would know about rally killers, since he hit into that triple play.

Chip Caray will do it

As soon as he’s done “fisting”

Judge Fudge would do it

but he’s far to busy being delicious.

Franklin Gutierrez

SOMETHING WORTHY!!!

There we go

There’s your sole justification for Nate playing.

McLouse!

KJ is now offically on a cold streak

Why did you catch that Nate?...

I thought the guys hated KK and wouldn’t try for him. I guess that’s just at the plate.

Nice catch fuckface.

who farted in your face?

Wow. Such venomous, vitriolic verbiage.

today’s episode is brought to you by the letter V

Did Grover lose weight? I dont remember him being that thin

cocaines one hell of a drug
Anorexia
Cookie monster

is bulimic

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.

Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me…

That's a little harsh
hahaha

my wishes are coming true. Upton is 0/3 with 3 Ks!

just need the HBP

Upton is KKs BITCH tonight

i wanna see upton in a prostitute kimono

7 tied his season high - he deserves some RUNs dammit

Then go get the man some Taco Bell
I hate you

because I laughed

wow

that is messed up. You should see a counselor.

Damn those asians and their regular bowels
KK's done,right?
uh NO

he’ll go one more, give up an unearned run, and take the loss

Bobby wants to win WWII!
KK

1-2-3 inning

95 pitches

Ownage with the Forkball

damn…those really are shitty numbers

hmm

outside corner today

Gameday

says that first pitch to chip was outside. has the zone been inconsistent tonight?

he has

been giving that outside strike tonight

As long as Nate doesn't come to the plate, we might be able to score
yeap thats about right
Wow

Chipper has just missed some pitches today.

I hate this park
damn it

just missed it there… why didn’t Chip give us BELTED

because that one was close

Chipper literally can't hit it more than 370 to right center.
looks like Chip was robbed

Change Up right down the middle

I hope his replacement

is the Braves first pick on day 1 of the draft

I don't

that kid won’t be MLB ready for 4 years at least.

I just said that

because he’s one of my best friends

Oh

wow, that’s cool. Well, tell him good luck and welcome to the team for me.

He'll make it

He’s got the work ethic and the talent. Just comes from a small college, same as me

We'll all be rooting for him

that’s for damn sure.

The Braves first pick on day 1 was a high school kid?...

or do you mean day 2?

2nd day

From Jacksonville State

ohh

Well, good luck to him too.

Braves took a couple of third basemen early

Cunningham, and Joe Leonard. They also took David Rohm, who plays third but was announced as a first baseman.

Carlos lee just hit a grand slam...
how he does it I'll never know with that swing

noooo

this radio broadcast is going to give me a heart attack

goddamnit

more warning track power

thats about right
DOUBLE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Braves don't want to score runs for KK.
Well...at least I havent missed anything
FUCK THIS BALLPARK FUCK FUCK

doenst this park give up a TON of HRs

ya these are infield flies at the Ted

I really hate this park
only trip all year...just hope leaving doesnt blunt esco's awakening
Damn the architect
Come on Glaus, FINISH THIS
this park

is supposed to be great for lefties lol what happened?

not pulling the ball, looks like
can we have north korea

nuke the west coast so we don’t have to play in their godawful stadiums?

just showed up from the blackhawks win

what have i missed?

No runs for KK

what else is new… hitting the ball well at least?

The usual KK special

The A/C must be blowing in tonight.

Oh, don't even get me started on A/C

I’m still convinced that Kirby Puckett’s “home run” in Game 6 was A/C assisted.

A guy that works for the Twins

basically admitted that he turned it on only for Twins half-innings

Really?
I read that

but i don’t have a link ready or anything.

both hit about 365 feet..

damn..

man

Kennedy has yet to throw Glaus a strike here

TRIPLE FUCK!!!!

Glaus has a hat trick right?

2 K's and walk
dude is crying in the NBC booth

ex hawks player

Must be Roenick
Don't worry

we’re just waiting for KK to get off the mound before we start scoring

Glaus Ks

only 1 ball in the actual strike zone

Kennedy

up to 96 pitches

we’ll get to him + BP in the 7th

with their bullpen...i think they will try to work him all the way through the 7th
when you refer to the d'backs pen as BP

i’m tempted to confuse it with “batting practice”

i think this is an apt description

Will the Atlanta Braves please, PLEASE stand up

this IS the braves……from april

ya

making Ian Kennedy look like Cy

It’s a KK start. This is the Braves.

Kawakami is cursed

Back to back warning track shots. WTF?

If KK was any good,

those balls would’ve gone out.

yea

if lowe was pitching those are out lol

Bobby wants to actually see seppuku

it’ll remind him of when he was young in the war

seppuku

Someone should tell him there are easier ways.

anyone

have a link?

several

none of which are for a game feed =/

i would be cussing the braves if i was KK tonight
I got mad respect for the guy

I would have started cracking skulls after the 5th loss.

Reynolds

not a fan of KK’s off speed stuff

Lol

KK back out there. Bobby going to leave him in until he allows a run?

Just make it though this inning KK

and Nate will get you that elusive win in the bottom half.

If KK gets a win

and Nate drives in the run…

I think this place will implode

another K

for Reynolds

K

KK says “If you fuck-asses aren’t gonna score for me I’ll atleast have to shut them out”

KK is dealing.

i don’t care what anyone says!

8 - Ties career high and his 2010 season high so far

wow

KK really has the fork ball working tonight

that

was def strike one

Um...who's that guy in the bullpen...when we pick him up?

according to sportsouth…..ghost man on first

and now he’s gone

hes back

oh wait, real guy

Saw that and was like.. wth? Then it disappeared.

Unfortunately, it’s real now.

bigfoot sighting in the bullpen!!!
I like how the

ghost runner on first

throwing from the stretch?

I wonder why KK doesn’t want to win, what’s wrong with him?

I hear them asians

are all commies.

wow cant walk that guy

5 SB in 5 games for Young

KK is gettin a little wild

starting to miss spots bad in that last AB

I'm tired of this "good luck kid" they keep showing

on the Arizona broadcast

Martinez?

why not . . . Chavez

On another note...

…think we’ll get to properly welcome Strasberg on the 30th, or will they push his start back?

who?

5 days supposedly

KK

not throwing strikes here

another BB =

pull KK. sorry dude

bullpen promptly

will give up his runs if we do that.

damn you're right
that was a strike against chipper

THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THAT

hmm

really would pull him now

KK is on a rampage

Ugh

Ball 4 has been a strike earlier with the zone Joe West has had tonight.

I say pull KK now…

If you want a win, you’ll pull KK.

He deserves a chance to at least sit down...

with a chance for the W. He deserves to lose it.

But he can't lose the game yet!
this is why I'm sitting here

hell pull through this…

Must be hell, trying to pitch with no room for error EVERY time you take the mound.

I feel sorry for KK tonight.

agreed

feel bad for him

I think we all do NC...KK is miles better than 0-7
come on i want to get him a win let me hit for nate
Yunel approach

guy cant throw strikes

swing away

Good ol Rusty Ryal...he'll give us the vidro we need

KK, you the man.

great job

KK VIDRO, inning over

fuck yes

NOW WIN THE FUCKKING GAME FOR KK!!!!!

Now help out ya boy bats
see

hes clutch… and with no help

nicely done

thanks for leaving Arizona “good luck kid”

Good for KK!

KK is throwing the worst shut out ever haha. But he wants this win.
Dennis Martinez's

12-hit shutout begs to differ.

wow

good job KK.

Kawakami haters can eat a fat one.

prediction

bases juiced, no out, then triple play. no W for KK

reactionary woo!

because i’m not actually watching the game…

If you want a hit, you'll put in Hemmerling!

“I can’t substitute my worst hitter, for my best hitter!”

Hemmerling for Mitchell....

Go back to Cincinnati!

Glad someone got the reference
Or wait probably a ND yeah?
KK is living proof for QS as a major stat

or just ignore W/L

7 in the 7th!!!

RUNS RUNS RUNS

im callin it... KK knocks in a run this inning
no way he hits for himself

i doubt very seriously KK will bat this inning

Hey here's a thought...

score some god damn runs for your pitcher braves!

odds

on him staying in the game?

0%
0%

he’s due up 4th and is over 100 pitches

He be done

O’Flaherty will get the W.

NICE KK lets score some runs

OT

Quigley Down Under on TV tonight.
Selleck always a nice treat.

Just saying

how many LOB for D-backs

All fields hate our players

3 track shots in four batters

QUADRUPLE FUCK!!!!

Our power leaves something to be desired

I'M SICK OF THE FUCKING WARNING TRACK

goddamnit

God. That’s like 8 miles of warning track flies

That's gone anywhere else except detroit and boston...and we still have one more game here...ugh
that

one in Flordia that Heyward hit

oh yeah...forgot about the teal palace that is never half full
What a damn fluke that was

Hit on the wall in a little niche that cuts back to 434 feet. 2 feet to left and its a HR.

MOTHER FUCK THIS FIELD
esco goes yard here.
esco gets it to the warning track here is more likely

1 pitch for Hinske?

well in his defense

it was a good pitch to hit, warning track to dead center…he nailed it…just didn’t take enough steroids this time around

Thanks y’all, I looked away for a bit…heard Chip overreact.

this is wierd

i really could have sworn this was a hitters park

That was hilarious,

Dbacks broadcast was showing this kid and dubbed him the “good luck kid.” KK then proceeded to give up 2 BBs, then the kid went to the restroom with his mom, out of sight. The Dbacks then proceed to hit into a DP

Forget Fire TP

Fire the Strength Coach!!!

No runs for KK, no surprise. Why do they hate him?

Didnt Kennedy do this to us last time out too?

let’s have him asassinated

KK could probably get a ninja to do it
but a ninja can't beat a spartan
i hear his translator moonlights as a ninja


and where is this year
and where is this year's set Ms. Ma'am?

one of the best post ever.

Why thank you!

It’s usually the last regular home game before the last road trip of the year, so we’ll have to wait until September to see what we get this year.

Titles on these, please.

yeah, i guess me too. thought I made them small enough. Ah well, can’t always remember everything or go fast enough to keep up. Will just stop posting pics…due to senility!

really?

not surprising…

I'M SICK OF THE FUCKING WARNING TRACK

goddamnit

no wonder this guy is shutting us out…..he was a yankee!

shouldn't

MVP have an advanced scouting report on this dude?

I was thinking the same thing
choppers into the ground

work?

They are sworn to secrecy…a brotherhood of winners

6 innings of shutout ball with 8 Ks?

FUCK YOU KK NOT GOOD ENOUGH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:>(

if yunel gets on...

i think its time to see how fast yunel is

might not be a bad idea

not that it matters with nate up

We already know how fast he is.

The answer is “not very”.

but why not roll the dice?

its not like our big hitters are coming up. may as well try and make something happen

because in this case

if you roll the dice, you’re probably going to lose

good eye esco

now goddamnit mclouth…hit the fucking ball

KK

going to slit the throats of the offense tonight, if they dont get him a win

WE better score here

What can mclouth do to ruin a man on base...
he can

bunt into a DP.

i beg nate, do something
yunel

steal second so nate can’t GIDP

ESCO with the walk
here comes

McCrap

Yunel - 5th walk for us tonight

geez, what the fuck does bobby think Nate is gonnna do here

pinch hit bobby

it’s too late in the day. his knees just aren’t up for it at his age.

Yay!

Runner on base for Nasty Nate. Only positive things can happen here, right?

Nate up with a man on first

1) Grounder to second, DP
2) Strikeout looking
3) Strikeout swinging
4) HBP
5) Teh Homerz!@

Or apparently, a sac bunt.

mclouth does not ground into Vidros

Popout
or
Strikeout
or
Walk

he doesnt GIDP very much actually
Mclouth

lacks bunting skills

Melky is a great bunter
fixed

lacks bunting skills

ok...

obviously Mcclouth is gonna get it done… so come on oMAR

/preparing for iminent Smoltz’s Beard Bomb.

BEYOND. USELESS.
ofcourse he popped up...

fail

Mclouth

says LF is for losers

Oh lookey - a pop UP by Nate. Imagine that.
why the fuck is he in the lineup day in day out
INFANTE TO PH

OK KK IS OUT TIME TO SCORE A RUN

Well ...

At least he cleared the pitcher spot

with a PH up...

fail

Yea but at least not a DP
still tryin to uppercut every damn thing

Great analysis by Joe of Nate’s horrible swing right there.

It’s not the first time he’s commented on it either.

i wish he would have bunted

If Joe Simpson knows whats wrong with Mclouths swing why cant anyone fix it? He is supposed to be an athlete right?

shouldnt TP be telling him this?

I'm sure he has

it’s obviously not that simple to fix

Let him “fix it” – in time somewhere else.

You mean Gwinnett?

Once Matty D returns, maybe.

he needs to go down then..where he isn’t a complete waste…play everyday and work on it

you would think so
"I've told you a million times...

just hit the fucking ball."

I WANT LOCKE AND GORKYS BACK

+ nate’s LOB total this year

nate you are worthless

fuck you nate
sounds like a new shirt...ala "Failcour"?
Of course he got a great jump Chip

there is 2 outs

Oma the destroya
alright marteeeen

its time for a hit buddy

If nate had bunted...

WHY ISNT HE IN CF!?!

Now if Prado could just stop failing.

my mlb at bat has heyward on deck and in the hole…

twss
heyward on deck and in the hole
Heyward

can have a 2-person menage a trois

PLLLEEEEEASE SCORE FOR KK

Omar should have started this damn game!

Good thing he’s been on the bench this whole game.

dude

is only 4 for his last 6

Shoulda started in RF
eh

can barely play left

Seriously?
yes

he is Infielder

It was a joke man...

note the “RF” part.

we know bobby likes to bench omar when he goes on a tear. dont want to ruin his confidence

You’re pouting.

Rule 4: Call attention to yourself, but do it on your terms.

it’s what i do best at times like these, let’s be honest

Wedding Crashers quote.

i fail
Damn right you do...

now tell your mom to hurry up with that meatloaf. Playing video games in her basement makes me hungry.

First time you’ve ever let me down. I am actually in a state of shock
I can only imagine this is what it must have been like to see Babe Ruth strike out.

And I am sure

Chip will mention Prado’s hit streak on the line here

i love

when gameday pauses. means a hit happened or a very complicated play lol

Willis pitches tomorrow...maybe he can be nates jumping off point
he needs to break it down with tape, right? that takes a while
ESCO STEALS HOME HERE
Who do you think he is

Benny Rodriguez?

He ain't no Gary Sheffield.
MARTEEEEEEEN!

please please please

For the love of all that is good

Get the man a damn run here.

come on Prado

time to extend your hitting streak

rooting for a WP

our RISP avg is 50 points lower with KK pitching

That was your pitch Martin
there it was talking about hit streak
the way i feel about nate sometimes

is best described by listening to the first 10 seconds of most Dillenger Escape Plan songs

or sunn o)))
RASSFSAfofs fdDASRAShrAS

Chorus

FJSORAOSFKASDFASPFSD

Chorus

Our team is full of fail
Prado

Ks pretty badly there, completely fooled

borrowing from bpk

yep, that’s about right

FUCK SHIT TITS BALLS

I am now convinced KK will never get a win in MLB again... after this season he wil plea to go back to Japan and live happily ever after
Sigh...

KK will be held in an Arizona jail tomorrow for 24 murders.

or his immigrant-ish looks

Kawakami still 0-8. Damn.

ugh

its ok Prado. You’re still doing better than McSuck

Tonight's offense will drive me to drink ...

Kool-AID

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i laugh because i wont cry

Poor KK - once again, he deserved a better fate.

when will prado be good with RISP?

definitely feel he hits much better leading off an inning

excellent question

whats our LOB totals for this series so far?

has to be over 30…

KK is cursed. Only explanation

So… Odds that Jeff Schultz writes another anti-KK article tomorrow? I’m saying even.

HE HAD HIS CHANCE TO WIN
he'll wait a week
notice how he only does it after bad starts...

after a start like this, he’s not stupid enough to pull that shit. he’ll just find someone else to hate on for a few days.

This is giving me a headache.

54 left on base
If Bobby would have had Nate Sac Bunt

score would have been 1-0.

if nate had DROPPED DOWN THE BUNT ATTEMPT

we would be 1-0

ehh you can’t say that….pitch sequences are all different

I really doubt it.

nate would have popped out to the pitcher
true

or if he would’ve had escobar take off while nate was batting

I don't know why Ros Oswalt would help

That bum has 8 losses too.

This is smelling like a

Jesse Chavez letdown type game

can you kall Kennedy vs. Kawakami a pitcher’s duel?

Or is it just bad offense?

They've both pitched well

These are good offenses by the numbers.

What is with the beer line appearing behind the plate?
McLouth LOB count: 6

Is that Grant Imahara?

KK at the end of the season

I don't get it

But I laughed.

and he still doesn't have a win
is that Doc from back to the future
Ran is a japanese movie by Kurosawa

dude gets betrayed by is sons, mirrors KK’s season more or less- he’s wandering the plains in this scene

Wow EOF

less than stellar control last few outing

JESUS SHIT FUCK

well that sucks eof
Yea that is something I have wondered

If Nate is struggling so badly, why not have him bunt to advance runners?

why not chuck him back down to the minors
I am starting to doubt

anyone would claim him

Because he is a terrible bunter
he isnt a very good hitter either lol

why not make him bunt and at least have his at bats be worth something lol

there is no value

in bunting into a DP or K.

He's not a very good dancer either

From what I’ve heard.

yea tried that. he fails at that too

This guy looks like he shoots up heroin

Where's Jonny?
way overworked
JFC

don’t we have a soft-tosser in the bullpen?

Is there a stream for this game?

Colin Wilson

that is all

I love you.

Can't help with the stream though.

Where can I listen?

wow

lucky swing there

how about...Natefailcour T-shirts
This pizza is hot
OMG...Esco shows the love of glove
I'm not sure i can pay attention much longer
Great fucking play fucknuts

HOLY TITS ESCO!

WOW geat play by Esco/Troy
That a way Clutch
Yunel is tearing it up at SS this year.
Indeed

that play was crazy.

The fade-away jump throw makes me think of Jeter, naturally

But if that was Jeter, the ball would have bounced twice before reaching first. And he’d have been nowhere near the ball.

Wow

unbelievable play Yunel

Wow

Escobar might be the most spectacular SS the Braves had ever had

To that end,

Escobar is by far playing the best shortstop in the league this year

People that want to trade/whine about Escobar

make me lol

KJ

just effing walk him

And that’s why I have such a hard time thinking about moving on from Esco…the range and arm are ridiculous.

He;s maddening with his brilliance and stupidity

can’t disagree with you here

Oh you can disagree...

but you’d be wrong if you did, like every other time.

Yeah

But the immaturity and plain boneheaded plays (forgetting to tag up) can be too frequent to make up for his natural ability sometimes.

it’s a delicate balance, that’s for sure

EOF vs KJ here

is full of fail possiblity

We should try KJ in CF.

Esco is a nightly defensive highlight reel

So...Nate=FYN?
flying fyn?

Dont let this asshole beat us

i just read the funniest tweet

Rumor is that mclouth has compromising photos of bobby cox

and marissa tomei?

she likes stocky bald men I hear
+1
although to be true to the reference...

I probably should say get night everybody and make my exit from the room on a high note.

K-uger.

Short stocky bald men. Haha
A Good old Braves Journal reference.

The pictures. Handed down from Lockhart, to Pete Orr, to Norton, and now McLouth

don’t forget Yates and Thorman

plz leave Snyder on 2nd

is a RH warming up?

Think Kimbrel is up
Martinez

was up earlier

nice EOF

that is what I get for calling you out

Kelly Kapowski Johnson

please STFD

I'm still concentrating on the line of guys double fisting beers behind the plate...

What is with that

they are just drunk a holes

that want to be seen

Thought they'd do this

Walk the tough righty, pitch to the lefty.

Bobby loves him some matchups
Don't IBB him

HIT HIM!

that would lose me a 1000 point bet

We’ve owned Upton tonight….dont like this move

correction

KK has owned upton

Drew hitting .162 against LHP this year

KK gets his first win Before/after August?
Can I push and say in August?
Before August, but after the ASB
before

…i hope

I meant to write August 1

Stephen Drew Splits

vs LHP .162/.295/.270

And that's why

the manger walked an 0-3 guy with 3 ks

The "manger"

Don’t know if that nickname for EOF will stick…

Wow that guy sucked
Good Lord

Can we blast this bullpen to hell. Please

would feel so. nice.

I like this idea.

GET THE FUCK OUT

STFD, youngest Drew brother
Yes.

Thank you sweet little Baby Jesus

if it was christmas

KK would win this game.

or maybe christmas is too early

is Kennedy done yet
was pinch hit for

I like to think of Jesus as a mischevious badger.

EOF should have a leadoff double everyttime... damn that was nasty stuff
nice EOF

way to rebound

whew

was a little worried there

over/under on warning track flyouts this inning

2.5

under

time for JH to burst into first in NL all star voting right here

middle of the order?

under. dunno if we’ll get it out of the IF

Heilman been lucky

ERA 2.84
FIP 4.17
xFIP 4.57
BABIP .263

Let the correction begin please

Heyward

will hit one out and show this team what real power looks like lol

under.

but 2 homers

J-Hey doubles up

Heyward

lead off double

NOW we can score

you would think that.

you would think so

but you’d be wrong

maybe.

hopefully not

oh theres heyward

Aight we are winning this game

Ok chip…you can roll one over now

pinch hit w melky

he’s good at 3U’s

go ahead run in scoring position
Leadoff Double - now get him IN please

Okay ....

Don’t fuck this up!

That's the way to be aggressive on those inside pitches!!
KK needs a live chicken to geet the curse off the bats when he's in
If we leave jason on base i'm going to throw something out my window...

scout’s honor

Finally, Heyward gets a bit of good luck

He’s had some awful luck of late.

Great!

now let’s shake things up on the base paths

KK is getting pissed…

At this point...

I don’t know if that is sarcasm.

Why doesn't Chipper just bunt?
And Heyward is hitting 2nd why?

Could it be his 3-for-32 performance (or thereabouts) he had while hitting in the 3-hole in the past week??

-C

i hear the chop

allright so KK is out time to score 7 runs

Chipper looks around to make sure KK is out of the game, before driving in Heyward

lets see if j hey can be the catalyst this team needs

of all the first pitches to take

fastball middle-in

HEYWARD

HEYWARD

HEYWARD

HEYWARD

Let's go Larry!

I see the old “hit it to Roachie” strategy still works

Just remember, it's gotta be right to him
far better than the "hit it to kotchman"
not even kotchman couldve gotten that
get him ovr Chippper do not roll over another or flail at air
If Chipper rolls over, he gets him to 3rd
obv

we left KK in far too long

whew

almost took out the old man

well that was useless
damn

right at someone again

aaaand thats what Chipper does

Only the Atlanta Braves where a guy has an ERA of 5 can win up to 15 games while a guy with a lower ERA can not get a W.

*another

correct it all you want that was a confusing thought

not really

yeah fair enough…nevermind.

Royals

Greinke 4.05 ERA
1-8

well, he has Yunieksy Bethancourt trying to sabotage his career at SS

and Jason Kendall’s bat for run support.

man that dude got blasted yesterday. Can’t blame the O on that one.

diff([1,8], [0,8]) == [1,0]

==TRUE

Matlab?
also

fuck matlab

haha

true, have not messed with it since College

python + gnuplot

win.

knock it ova da waaaalll, Mac

come on mac-attack

get him in

Is it just me or does EOF let the first guy smash it then retire the rest
ok Mac...pick up chips slack
nice

lucky break for Mac

glausosaurus rex will come thru either way

this guys doesn't have a changeup, right?
a patented bmac moonshot

would be niiiiice

“Blow AC Blow….”

is it raining there?

i mean what’s the point of having a retractable roof if there’s no rain and you keep it up…
is it really that hot?

come on mac

greenlight here

It's dark out, so you know Heap won't hit
Come on Mac

start “bashing the ball like the Heap of old”

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck yes MAC!!!!!!!!!
Heaaaaaaappppppppp
MACC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KK:

FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKERS TO FUCKING HELL!

how do you say “screw you guys, I’m going home!” in japanese?

貴方達をねじで締めれば私はホームに行っている!

Morse Code

.. .-. . .— .- - ..- -. .. .- … .. .- - -. - .. . -. …. - — .

my translator spit out the following:

“If you are tightened with the screw, I have gone to the foam/home!”

I like that.

Sounds colloquial.

貴方達を忘れなさい。 私は私の家に行っている!

ooh look...a run!
KK

says FUCK YOU GUYZZZZZZZ

THUMBS DOWN! THUMBS DOWN! FUCK YOU JEFF SCHULTZ!

There we go

KK’s going to hang on and win this, now…oh darn.

WHEWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Heap scores Heyward!!!

ok glausasaur

time for some insurance

Awesome job, Mac. Better late than never, I guess

????

I don’t think Mac has made an out the whole game

on the season. or maybe as far as getting runs in so we can win this game

KK wont be sad

its only because of him that we r even in this right now

my kidd watches "Chuggington" on TV I just watch Mac chug'n to 2nd

Wonder how you say, “What the fuck?!” in Japanese

どのような性交?
.... i don't know if that's right

but it’s epic

You know that tattoo on your shoulder you thought said "Strength"...

that.

I'm not sure but the think the middle finger is universal
I dont know

about Blanco pinch running and taking out McCann

at least we have Ross

if we had a crappy backup, I’d be more upset

My feelings exactly. I hate the idea normally but Ross is probably better defensively as well, plus his offense isn’t atrocious if it goes to extras.

this

Give Me Ross’s defense with a one run lead

You take away the steal for the most part he throws out runners at a 40% clip, versus around 10% for mac

Mac is usually around 23-24% I believe

just for reference. He’s actually at 26% this year. Rossy is obviously still way better though

and 26% also go into CF

haha

yeah, good point.

Catcher Defense

If you’re into that kinda thing

Mac's pretty good in those rankings

Right about average.

Thanks for the link.

better

than I thought

At this point, I’d prefer Ross for defense with the tiny lead we have.

D-Back's Pen

doesn’t disappoint

Glaus

with the hat trick

damn glaus is K'ing a lot tonight

Rough night for Troy

ugly game for glaus
so yea...

it’s june for glaus now

Glausy having a lackluster night. But he gets a pass

I would walk Hinske

get to Yunel

Heilman much tougher on RH

I guess

Hinch disagrees

Not Moylan...ugh
ofcourse moylan is loosening up
Who broke Troy?
GIVE ME INSURANCE NOW!!!!
PeMo up...not sure I like this...
Glaus pad your arse on the pine....your kill in g my fantasy team today
Who else

besides PeMo can come in

No nor Moylan... No... NOOOOOO
Feel like we wasted McCann there

by pinch running for him.

I mean chances are we wouldnt see him bat again anyway… take nate or hinske out and put ross in

No, not really

The only way we fail to see Mac’s spot again is if we make 6 straight outs.

You do realize that there’s only one at-bat left if we keep the lead, right??

-C

Think about this for a few minutes.

You’ll figure out your mistake.

Nevermind

I’m off by an inning.

Big test for the bullpen
ugh...

where is Saito when ya need him…oh yeah…the fucking DL

Kimbrel to the rescue. (But they might call him Venters)

yea thats painful
is PeMo been over used ....or is that just me?
no

he is just not doing to well

He is always over-used
Kimbrel?

Moylan has been poopy

poopy huh?

keeping it clean

for teh kidz

Who do you guys want instead of Moylan?
john smoltz
I second that motion
I will

take my chances with Moylan

Chavez... hahaha just kidding
Lets focus on the positives

NO JESSE CHAVEZ!!!!

I just wanna give KK a hug (and a few winz)

Japanese children squinting

It makes me feel dirty.

Can they even do that?
i want odarp to continue his hitting streak

so does my fantasy team

THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THAT JOE WEST??
Kimbrel maybe...Moylan's been struggling the last few games..would be good to give him a day off

these guys need a day off bad, how can they schedule 20 days in a row with 11 on a west coast swing? Schedule maker is definitely not a Braves fan!!

case in point: Interleague sched

seriously

@MIN and rays at home? ugh

better than before

at least

fuck lucky charms??? but there magically delicious!!

WRONG FUCKING GUY, MOYLAN

UPTON IS BLACK!

peter doesn't see race

thats a bad start...

FUCK IT MOYLAN

Well...

at least he didnt hit it 430 feet

Chris Young

going to bunt for sure

vidro plz plz plz
Chris Young

looks pretty pissed about getting the bunt call

Sacrifice yoself fool
okay...don't let that bite us in the ass
novel concept... a successful sac bunt

FU Nate

I don't think Peter believes it's a "dry heat" here.
How dry I am, how dry I am...

no body knows, how dry I am.

didn't lowe get rocked the other day because he couldn't get a good grip on the sinker?

uh oh.

Well of course not

The roof is closed and they’ve got the AC on.

come on guys

grit this out and win the fucking game

Christ Moylan

If Laroche PH for Rusty

stay with Moylan?

Sweet the outside corner has disappeared.
love their chant

sounds an awful like like “lets go Dbags”

WHOA

THERE GOES THE SEASON

FUCK FUCK FUCKFUCJFUIPOUFPIE:J:LKSAJGRD
OH FUCK FUCK FUCK

just got home, short recap anyone?

FUCK IS THE SHORT RECAP

FUCK FUCK FUCK

Yeah. Definitely

wow maybe i should just leave

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckfuck

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
thats about fucking right
wow

that is a shitty way to lose

are you kidding me?

CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP!!!!!!!!

goddamnit

nate had that shit

replay says otherwise

if he didn't have to see that truck, maybe

it clearly hit the heel of his hand, truck or no truck

But was that distraction enough...

it didn’t look like he had it, but he could have bobbled and held on.

he completely overran the ball…sure, maybe if he didn’t get hit by a mac truck he could have caught it against his chest but that’s a big if

I’m with you on this one…he missed it anyway

Gotta communicate

Unreal…why the fuck can’t those two seem to get on the same page out there.

I hope they’re both ok.

Either my tv's tint is funny...or FFYN is bleeding
it was almost in the glove
that

was Mclouth’s ball there

Woah. Who was wanting Nate to go on the DL again?

what just happened?

long fly ball nate and heyward both going for it, they hit each other the guy got an in the park homer and now nate is down and so are we

jesus christ
heyward just tackled nate
j-hey's thought process:

“fuck you nate you’ve been hindering us all season. ONLY I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! oh fly ball in the gap now’s my chance tackle

I know he's hurt

but he dropped that before he actually contacted heyward

i think that's because he suddenly saw giant jason in his view...

definitely could have caught the ball

he also took his eye off it when he saw Heyward was about to take him out
probablly

because he saw Heyward barreling down on him

That's the first real collision, but those two always scare me on those flyballs

Like Joe said, there was a close call earlier tonight too.

No ones ever survied a collision with heyward
Only to the Braves would that happen

hope Nate is ok

They really need to do something about making a rule where if a player is seriously hurt, they need to call the play

nate ran into the J-Train

Jesus that was positively disgraceful

maybe too soon

but maybe nate needed to be hit in the head pretty hard to get his act together? maybe he’ll start hitting now

too soon

its not like he’s dead

lol

Maybe this is like a “Rookie of the Year” moment-after an injury he becomes amazing.

I was hoping for a DL trip for McLouth.

Thats pretty shitty to score on that
yeah

pretty much could cost us the game

Thats so much bullshit

it was obviously gonna be an out. your lucky to have 1 run but lets score another

i blame this on moylan

why the fuck wasn’t that on the ground?

man…j hey would make a helluva defensive back

either way

moylan fucked us…

you’re an idiot.

The y should be capitalized there.
why?

moylan hit reynolds. moylan didn’t induce a grounder

JESUS CHRIST YOU GUYS ARE REDICULOUS

YOU GUYS WHINE WHEN HE GIVES UP DRIBBLER GROUNDERS FOR HITS, YOU COMPLAIN WHEN HE GIVES UP CATCHABLE FLYBALLS.

MAKE UP YOUR GOD DAMN MINDS

REDICULOUS

noice spelling

The second time being diculous.

Oh my god

shut the hell up.

Oh how dare he allow a fly ball w/ 2 out
1 out

he also hit a guy…got pounded on that fly ball to a gap, and just walked another guy

I've never hit a hole in one

but I have hit a guy, and that was way more satisfying. I was supposed to yell out Fore! But I was too busy muttering, there’s no way that’ll hit him.

who is up in the 9th

Escobar, Cabrera, Ross

Parra’s 1st HR

so... is there an error on that play?
Wow

broke Moylan’s homer streak, thats pretty gay

shit

didn’t think about that

...and they're playing Zombie Nation

fuck off, Dbags

All I hear is Doobie Brothers

yeah that came next
and thats how moylans streak ends

I disagree with not scoring that an error and giving “inside the park home run” against Peter.

It’s in Arizona, no way the scorer rules it an error.

-C

I’m on board with you NC

Well, I’m under the impression, the center fielder is responsible to call for the ball so the other guy yields.
The replay didn’t show Nate as doing so.
He did get a glove on it, but didn’t get the out – so, IMO (which ain’t worth much) I think there should be a error on the play if 2 of the defenders collide. Give him a triple and an error, but not a home run.

But who gets the error, Nate or Heyward?

If an error is assigned, Nate. Heyward never touched the ball.

This. But really, it’s a tough situation and we all have the benefit of replay.

Jason Heyward: taking offensive matters into his own hands

Fuck you

Moylan you fat Australian bastard. Fuck you and your fucking inability to pitch.

you, also, are an idiot.

I apologize for my statement.
Moylan

has been our best BP guy for how long

Good grief. Stop.

My brother came

in to the room and told me that Moylan allowed a HR, so I got on my laptop and typed that. I just turned the tv on, and realized what happened. My bad, I was just happy with getting one run, and I thought we blew the lead.

um....melky, pitchers spot, Prado

yunel, melky, ross

there is always tomorrow right?
Nate needs a break anyways

He will be fine, send him down for a while for a rest

Nate to the DL....can't wait to read the rosterbation thread 2morrow when then do
wow

thats . . . just dandy

This will I think be one of the worst games ever if it ends in a loss.

Not really. It will suck. Not one of the worst ever.

one of the worst ways

to lose, I will give you that

yeah i was trying to say that.. in an over dramatic fashion

And now we’re losing.

Heyward looked more like a strong safety there
Anyone else getting annoyed with the ridiculous hate for some players on here?
Fuck you
Moylan you fat Australian bastard. Fuck you and your fucking inability to pitch.
I apologize for my statement.
I didn't mean to call you out specifically, and you did apologize

But you’re definitely not the only one

My brother came

in to the room and told me that Moylan allowed a HR, so I got on my laptop and typed that. I just turned the tv on, and realized what happened. My bad, I was just happy with getting one run, and I thought we blew the lead.

Cox is the asshole

Not Peter……..overworked of course

No, Ross isn't in the 9 spot

Braves did a double switch, but didn’t involve the pitcher. Weird.

That's cheap that his streak has to end like that though...

If they don’t hit each other there’s no way that’s an HR but there’s no way to score an error.

yeah

just sucks all around

I hate baseball scoring sometimes

Now is the time on Sprockets when we THROW STRIKES!

hmm

well looks like Moylan just cant find that outside corner

...or the inside corner
AAAAAAAAAAAAND.... THAT HAPPENED
Guess

now outside strikes now

Jesus Pete, get it together

On that play...

Heyward should have given way to McLouth.
McLouth would have caught the ball if he wasn’t run into.
Moylan gave up a flyball that should have been caught.

Basically, he’s still a god, but it was Heyward’s error.

nate didn't call of it

until the very last second

Apparently Nate never called for it

yeah i was going to say that earlier… one of them should have yelled.

They weren't sure they'd catch it until the last second, I'm sure.
i think in that situation

the correct announcement is “BACK ME UP BACK ME UP!”
if you’re unsure of your surroundings, you’d better do all you can to make sure you’re safe. this is true for EVERYTHING. no one should be silent if there’s the potential to get run over by a train. aka heyward.

Yea, Heyward deserves the blame but

Just showed replay on Baseball tonight of Nate, and he didn’t say a word the whole play.

Mcloss did not call for it....though CF has the right-away....
Heyward

Did the replay show whether Heyward called it?

doesn’t matter if he did, if nate did it’s his ball

nate overran the ball pretty clearly on the replay. either way, their communication was horrid and it hasn’t been the first time this season.

Who is whistling this is quietest ballpark in the world
Ok he doesnt deserve the extreme hate but moylans been downrigth awful for a couple weeks now
not really

1 ER in his last 4 appearances till tonight

Yeah but hes scored the inherited runners left and right… and like chip just said hasnt been hitless in awhille

notice how he started that with

when Peter has pitched an inning or more

Either way that stat was wrong

6/5 against the LAD was a spotless inning with 2Ks

question about baseball theory

if a pitcher goes to the 7th inning without allowing a run, then in relief in the 8th a guy gives up an unearned run and makes the game 1-0 with no ERs, and that’s how the game ends, who is the losing pitcher?

guy who gives up the UER

who ever gave up the unearned run

The pitcher who gave up the run takes the loss.

i literally showed up for the inside the park homerun, im taking the loss for this one

too bad he didn’t catch it, he could have won an ESPY

THROW FUCKING STRIKES
Either of them could have caught that

But for the collision. If Nate’s glove wasn’t there, it would have been in Heyward’s.

Mclouth's ball

RF always gives way to CF
Mclouth was there first

But if you don't know exactly where the guy is, and neither of you is sure you can catch it

That’s how that stuff happens.

If Mclouth

calls for it, he backs down… that is the rule

Not sure if he called for it or not

I'm just saying

There’s a reason Nate didn’t call for it until the very last second-that ball was sinking fast and he wasn’t sure if he’d get to it.

first home run moylan let up since opening day 08

Concussion? It didn’t look like he was limping. And thank the lord Heywards fine. Hope Nate gets well, even if he isnt hitting.

it didn’t look like nate knew where he was

That’s the way he usually looks, tho.

I'm gonna do something else and have this as background

THROW. STRIKES.

Holy Shit
i wouldn’t be sad if heyward collided into mclouth there and mclouth broke his leg
by atl192485 on Jun 9, 2010 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

+100 internet prediction points

/cries in corner

That’s the Oracle for ya. Bastard Oracle gave up the win

i take full responsibility for this.

ouch, nate…looks like he might’ve hit his head on the way down

hard

def. rung his bell pretty good

You have two fresh arms in the BP...why keep running Moylan out there...he's obviously struggling..give him a day or two's rest
Anybody else just feel... weird right now?

all the life was like drained out of me

yeah maybe that's it... just sort of numb..
yes. big time.

Time for PIP. I’ve got to find a bear and kill it with my knife.

OH MY GOD THAT INVISIBLE PERSON IS COMING TO PITCH
How do

you edit your own comments?

don't think you can, you must live with the shame

You don’t. Your comments will forever live in infamy as a testament to the next generation.

Email an admin and ask (beg) him to delete it. Bribes of gin and Listerine work well on gondeeee.

Reminds me of Toy Soldiers
Yeah

I thought of Wil Wheaton firing off a Mac-10, too.

lol

I meant the opening bit where he has bottles of alcohol as listerine

I got the reference. But I feel like bashing in the terrorists’ face and grabing their guns right now.

that is, among many others...

a great movie for MST3K the home version.

why are you saying it like that?

Mr. X in the game.

Martinez should have started the inning to begin with...FAIL
ummm

Kimbrel?

bobbyt thinks he's still in aaa

helping someone change a tire

we gonna get these runs back

seriously, why is chavez still in the BP, he’s a non option unless we’re down by 10+. Is there no one better at Gwinnet

"Uh, guys. I'm here.

- Mike Dunn

Not say that play was his fault

But Moylan has not been sharp….at all

Not in the past week+.

And I'm getting really tired of reading knee jerk apologias for him here.

He’s not trying to fail, he’s been valuable to us, he will be again but right now, he’s really struggling. No amount of denial or name calling of the people pointing it out will change that clear and obvious fact. His immediately putting Reynolds on with an HBP (of all things in the world), really set that whole trainwreck up.

yunel/melky/pitchers spot vs. qualls

we can do this, guys.

Heyward sees the destruction he has caused

and decides to hit a HR to put us on top to make up for it

going to have to get to him

Yunel
Melky
Ross
PH
Prado
Heyward

maybe we'll already have the lead at that point =P
heyward doesn't need to be at bat to get a HR
nope

yunel
melky
PH
prado
heyward

oh fuck

not KJ

My Two cents on "The Hey Train Collision"

The ball was hit into no man’s land and the two guys were going at it full speed not trying to let the ball drop to prevent the run. I am not sure one or the other could hear each other saying I got it considering either one did not have that great of an angle to declare he could catch it. It was just bad luck.

Considering Nate's mouth didn't move on the replay

I doubt he was calling anyone off, but RF still has to yield to the CF

If no one is sure they can get to it

They don’t call it. And if you’re not calling it, the other man doesn’t know where you are. They aren’t watching where they’re going, they’re watching the ball.

wow

great play by prado!

nicen play prado
did anyone think the ump

was going to call KJ safe for a split-second?

I thought he WAS safe

been pretty shitty luck all series

would not surprise me

time for teh rally capz

halle-freakin-lujah

LETS. FUCKING. DO. THIS.

ATTONE FOR THIS BS

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
I'm still fucking pissed that guy came around and scored

Even ARod didn’t advance past 1st when he hit the pitcher in the head

what? was he going to just stop in a one run game? no way

RUNS RUNS RUNS

i’d hate to lose a game on a bullshit collision trainwreck like that

MVP is going to show how a winner does it
Yunel

make this clown throw a strike plz

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ

PATIENCE BOYS!!!

need patience

with the two most un-patient hitters on the team up one-two

I said there should be a rule there

if a player is seriously hurt the play should stop

or the hitter should be awarded a ground rule double
it would have been a nice showing of sportsmanship if he had stopped on 2nd out of respect
no one

would have stopped though

And the Arizona fans would have been pissed to holy heaven because they want to win the game.

this isn't little league

That would be dumb. Don’t score the go-ahead run?

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
qualls vs. yunel part deux

no DP possible this time!

I'll take a hit
OR EVEN

RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN

gotta make him throw strikes boys
Gameday sats show Moylan hasn't been good against LH. No k's & 10 BB's & .364 Avg.
so much for Dave
It occurred to me

While all this was happening that that whole thing might have been the start of his problems. It’s always good to look for an extra edge but sometimes you just shouldn’t mess with a successful formula.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
Qualls blows

get him

SNUR SNUR SNUR SNUR SNUR

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ
leadoff walk plz
ask and ye shall receive
You

are welcome

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUSN RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
Well

It is Chad Qualls. We’ll get a couple here.

Man, too bad Schafer isn't ready yet... DAMN DAMN DAMN
ball4

but that was close…

bunt time

for Melky

if all his balls hit the ground

a bunt’s probably a good idea

good start there

come on fellas…win this shit!!!!!!!@

nice patience there Yesco
Why didn't do that last night, Yunel?

When he couldn’t throw a strike to save his life?!

Esco:

1-for-1, 3 BB’s. Nice night

that's a start

and someone on for Mr. Clutch

chad qualls sucks ballz chad qualls sucks ballz chad qualls sucks ballz
Chad qualls THROWS

balz

z

no buntingQ@

interesting call here, do you bunt or not? lol
cant now

3U trying to work his magic

0-2 count

bunting with an 0-2 count makes me nervous

Bunt here runs completely contrary to Bobby Dogma

Play for the win on the road, the tie at home.

But a DP ruins everything
Do you play the game entirely to avoid DPs?

Then we should avoid getting runners to first base!

doopidoopdidoooo i'm not emotionally invested in this at all being casual
Baseball sucks haha
melky swings at several balls in the dirt
LOL

MVP tried to chop that

Melky

has no patience

should have bunted lol
why the fuck wasn't he bunting

with 1 strike

bring me brooks conrad!!!!

be clutch, clutch

damn it

the Melks gone bad

Freakin Melky!
Freakin Melky!

Did Chip just call him the “raw dog”?

because he doesn’t wear batting gloves

Raw Dog *barks loudly*
was he trying to hit that on a bounce
is that even allowed?
c'mon Brooksy

i hear clutch player of the month for june calling…

Oh ya walks are worse than k's
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
cmon BROOKS

SWING AT THAT

I mean bunts
bunts are worse than K's how?
serve it up brooks!!!!

if any1 isnt watching it… mlbtv has it on now

Gosh I'll be glad when we leave this road trip and go back to the TED

especially so I can be in bed by now

Just be glad to get out of Phoenix
Wow

Yunel, great steal

YUNEL SHOWING SOME SPEED
yunel steals second!
Nice job

Stay outta that DP

nice speed Yesco
Told Y'all he could steal
if only that had made it into center field

LOLChip…that was a terrible jump

c’mon clutchy clutch

damn it

Brooks

not worry about prado
ughbugsugdug

c’mon marteeeeeenn

ODARP FTW (or tie)

Conrad

got fooled on a tough one

Well Prado this is a good time to start hitting with RISP
Stel Og Nitram Odarp!!!
prado

can do this

alright marteeeen

we really need you to be really really clutch… ok? cool.

lets go odarp

Wow make him work Prado
Yeah fuck you prado for not taking that fastball RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
What a way to lose.
worst loss of the season.

IMO

Rough night for Martin

this game is a back-breaker

Aw nuts

…maybe we can fuck up Dontrelle tomorrow

hopefully

Dontrelle typically owns the Braves…

oh yeah we cant hit LHP

WHAT A LAME ASS WAY TO LOSE A GAME

BALLGAMEFUCKFUCKFUCK

shit-fucking-sandwich
Prado/Glaus/Hinske/Chip/Nate/Melky/Brooks

NICE fucking game

speaking of picking up slack....what if he hits an inside...damn end of game!!
wow, Nate literally had to cost us that game
the play was heywards fault more than Nates'

the guy got hurt, show a bit more respect for him

Nate

wasnt the one at fault it was Heyward. the CF has the last say so in the OF

Except

when the CF doesn’t call for the ball. Still sad though. You hate to see that.

I heart Defensefail

bluh

losing a game on that play sucks…

Please use Moylan next game

I think he needs more work

OMG

KK sucks he still haz no WINZ

cannot makea teh winz!

wasnt his fault tonight

he pitched great

haha

What?

he did, 7 scoreless innings, gave up what 4 hits?

6 innings

4 hits 8 Ks no runs

I would say that is a pretty damn good outing
His lack of English

Spread to McLouth, leaving him unable to call off Heyward without the use of the translator, who was sitting in the dugout next to KK. IT’S COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY KK’S FAULT THAT HE LOST

/Jeff Schultz

epic comment fail lol
How the hell did Parra made an inside the park HR?!
dont ask

just awful

This game was straight out of April
What a torturous way to lose

UGH, not much other than KK's performance to be pleased about this one.

At least tomorrow is an earlier game and these damn 1am bed times can stop.
Let’s go for the SPLIT tomorrow (ugh, I hate having to wish for that)
.

(and lookey – I fixed it – still feeling bad about the other one)
.

Crap Crap Crap

Braves always suck on the west coast

3-4 so far

THIS TOWN, THIS CITY, THIS CROWD
Alright hopefully we

win the business special to make the west coast part of the tirp 4-4

what a shit night

Kennedy was on his game tonight but you just about HAVE to win a game that your starter does that good

win tomorrow, take 2 of 3 in Minneapolis, i can live with 6-5

You must Login with your SB Nation account and be a member of Talking Chop to post a comment.