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Open Thread 7/23: Braves at Marlins #2

Time to score.

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Let's get some runs!
Runs runs runs runs runs runs runs runs
you said our everyday CF is in AAA, who is that?
i was joking

Blanco

ahh sorry.
still better than Nate Mc
obvious chopper is obvious

Dear Ron Gant, you aren’t a FORMER member of the 1995 World Series team. They didn’t kick you off retroactively.

Maybe they did...

You don’t know.

They were mad he broke his leg riding dirtbikes in Canton, but not that mad.

Time to score some runs

We gotta do it with 1 out... but we can.
hey, if they guy who's batting .056 can get a 2-run hit

maybe our CF, who’s hitting 3X as high, can get one too!

McOut could have done that.

Good start to our Runs Thread so far...
Prado's Homer

455 ft!

holy mother of god!! wow! longest HR in the season?
Heyward's was longer

As were many others:

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/

Assuming the TV distance is right, which I doubt.
yeah they changed the distance of J Heys 1st homerun like 4 diff times
who's with me?

trade for a pitcher, put Hudson in CF :)

455 on Prado's HR, wow
We want Gregor Blanco!

heyward on. lets go chipper

heyward

is get on base machine

Too bad we’ve wasted his efforts tonight.

CHIPPER

REDEEM YOURSELF

Sooo....

you have your righty face Heyward, but then bring in a lefty to face Chipper and BMac? Smooth.

Did Dusty Baker sneak into the Marlins’ dugout?

Well bringing in a righty to face Mac last time worked pretty well for them…haha.

I’m starting to think with the way Heyward and Diaz have both come back on fire, that thumb injuries must be the worst type of injury EVAR!

Phils stomping the Rockies – we need to find a way to WIN this game.

Taking McLouth out was a nice start!

Getting into the Marlins' bullpen helps.

Chipper needs to start raking

No Leo Nunez tonight

We have a chance guys. Just scratch across a run or two each inning. We’re the best team in the NL. We can do it.

that's right

even with Nunez. We can win

RUNS RUNS RUNS
ok its the 7th

we need to start doing something

Chipper is battling here – no matter what the outcome.

I find your ideas intriguing

And would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

FUNNEL CAKE

nice ab chipper

LETS GO BMAC!

You can do it.

Dammit Heap – PATIENCE HERE!!!

He doesn’t approve.

Now it’s a little better…

Love it when a man follows directions.

LOL. Ken Rosenthal says the Dodgers told Houston’s McClane that he would have to give up money in an Oswalt deal.

I want an “I Love Chipper” shirt….

It comes with the orange Hooters shorts, too.
don't

make fun of chipper or he’ll hit you with his cane.

dinger dinger dinger

career BB # 1397
ranking in the all time list?
That's a lot...

But then I realize that Rickey had more than 2000. That guy was something.

i think im gonna shave off my beard

and groom it to look like this guy thats pitching

HR McVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAC HR TIED GAME

Brian McCAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN

WHOOOO!! McVP!!! McVP!!!

HEAP MOTHERF'ers!

BRIANNNN

MACS STILL GOOD
BRIAN MCCANN

LEFT KILLER

3- run HOMER by Heap!

I had to jump on and say...

Nate McClouth is a black hole of fail sucking the win out of our line-up.

But Mac is the bright center of WIN!!!

May just be optimistic but...

Honestly, McLouth seems more on pitches now than he was earlier in the year. If he keeps making contact, they will start falling for him. He had some really hapless looking at bats early in the season, but to me he seems to be battling better, and is more selective.

I LOVE THIS TEAM.
(except McLouth)

Is he the new guy to hate?

Without a doubt.

Oh indubitably.

Heck, even Chavez got a big out tonight.

If you think about it, Lowe is more to blame for this predicament than anybody on the team. Pitchers are responsible for not giving up runs. Just saying.

I'm happy about the game again!

Yay!

McCann Loooooves the inside pitch
Somehow I knew he was going to hit a HR....

I started to type “McCann HR here, calling it.” a minute ago, but I figured that would jinx it.

sure, ericgregg

that’s what they all say.

It’s true…. sniffle

B-Mac

I think I love you

McCann sez "DO I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT I AM THE ALLSTAR GAME MVP, WELL I JUST DID"
B-Mac is making a run at the regular season MVP
Prado begs to differ.

He’s like “I hit it 455ft. so what.”

B-Mac in the building!
I FUCKING LOVE MCCANN!!!!!!!!! AND THE BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!
Well....

I come back and BOOM BMac launches one!

My friend's cousin taking the mound!

Okay, I change my mind. i want an I Love Brian shirt.

u cant have your cake

and eat it too

or can u...

It’s not that difficult to have sex with cake and then eat it…..or so I’ve been told.

Difficult? No.

Desirable? No.

Says you.
Remind me

not to invite you to my birthday party.

Did I say "Irresistable"?

No, I did not.

The cake is a lie, anyway.

Yeah...

I’m not taking my chances that you take a shine to my cake’s frosting, though.

I'm pretty sure I'd just load 'er up with whiskey and then not seal the deal.

That’s how I roll, yo.

regular or anal w/ the cake?

please

stop with this line of conversation

So uh

Walking the dog and I get a Braves Mobile Alert. Thank you Brian McCann, for making me come back inside! :)

pictures without titles ftw
Please put titles

That way people can minimize pics if they’re on a slower connection.

And make scrolling easier, and get them off the screen if they want to.

further proof

that brian mccann should never do coke….a cola

OMG CHEEZBURGER

Glausosaur time.
Glaus is very slow
Glaus robbed
Chipper's career R # 1495

70th on the list

mclouth comes out of the game,

and we tie it up. coincidence? I THINK NOT!

BLAME NATE MCCCCCLOUTH

I already blamed him for us losing the 1997 NLCS. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?

It's Nate's fault

that Hitler was born.

Godwin's Law
money. and lots of it

was pretty horrible that series. It’s all his fault. And the oil spill is his fault too.

nope, blame bobby for putting mcOut in the lineup.

Pretty sure everyone wants to play him

to see if we need to trade for an OF by the deadline.

Is he really movable right now?

Um, no...

But we don’t have to move him to get another OF.

Alright Peter

no BS tonight. Go 1-2-3 on their asses.

Come on Peter - give them NO MORE.

I HATE YOU

Yeah, I threw that pitch.

Dang you Moylan
Murphy's Law
Peter Moylan

you suck

Fucking awesome.
FUCKING MOYLAN can no longer start innings!!!

Well that lasted long. Another 2 strike home run. Sweet.

I'm ok with a home run on a hitters count, but two strike homer is unacceptable

And there goes the air out of my balloon.

BAAAAH

it was fun for a few minutes

Mother fucker

not a good pitch
Peter

come on man

ITS NATES FAULT

2 strike homer AGAIN for Sanchez

WHY speed up his bat?

he got nothin on prado

Moylan is broken.

This is borderline pathetic

We can’t do anything all night, finally break through, and Moylan gives up a 0-2 bomb.

marlins announcers: "that's the first run moylan's given up all month!"

uhh, iu think that’s kind of misleading…

not really
fucking

shit moylan

Better?

hmm

i never knew that it worked like that

this ump is a RETARD
Felden Colbruth is an idiot.

…… WAIT…..WHAT?
i don’t like Hanley Ramirez

What is with the 2 strike pitches right down the middle? I coulda hit that pitch.

Was it a hangover Charlie (ie the Changeup)?

TC

is responsible for all the wars in the world

I hate everyone

he called it strike three
Hey we can come back, Faith!
We shouldn't have to come back again
Why not?

Because of an 0-2 slider down the middle?

Oh no doubt

I’d just rather that we didn’t have to do it again.

moylan fuck you man
What is it with 0-2 sliders tonight?

We’d be winning 4-2 if we didn’t get stupid with them.

I just walked in the room

Why does Chip sound like a crying girl?

The answer is in the question.
green

I want to rec your comments every time for the sig alone.

he found out he's really nate mclouth

AM I DOING IT RITE, GUYZ?

Both of the strikes to this batter

Were in terrible locations.

We had to score one more run to win anyways. Now we will tie it with 1 run.

why were Chip and Joe talking about Rap and Country?

if i ever saw peter moylan on the street i would ask him for

his autograph… then i would punch him in the face for being Australian

Why don’t you like Australians? Australia has the coolest animals

and criminals
nation founded by criminals

plus their toilets go the wrong way

Ha Ha. As if the US can talk seeing as our nation was founded by criminals as well.
ummm...

You mean “colonists,” right?

Or are you talking in the larger, “we killed all the Native Americans, so we’re war criminals” sense?

Bullfrog? I woulda called ’em chazzwazzers!

I see you've played knifey-spooney before!
There's only 2 things I hate

Intolerance and the Aussies.

Moylan say...

eff you all.

haha

any on hear the one guy cheering “lets go Marlins”

yea

prob

the same guy from the Padres game

I seriously, seriously don't understand the Moylan hate.

On 0-2, you gotta throw it in the dirt somewhere. No reason to leave a hanging 83mph slider over the middle of the plate.

He and Lowe both did it tonight.

We overcame one – now let’s overcome the other.

Sure, it was a horrible pitch

But he’s having a good season, all in all. Everyone quickly goes “fuck off” and “I HATE YOU” for a guy who has been part of a really successful bullpen.

I never said that…

+ one trillion
Because apparently having the 2nd best bullpen in the NL just isn't good enough.

YOU CAN NEVER GIVE UP ANY RUNS ZOMG

I seriously don't understand..

the hate in general for anyone that isn’t perfect all the time.

I don’t hate, I just want to expect the most out of players. Never hate. (Unless you are Lowe then yes. I can’t explain it but it is there)

I really do think it’s just the ebb and flow of the emotions of the game.
Like we yell in our living rooms at the TV one minute and scream in delight another.

i think a lot of us just type what we’re feeling at the time – it’s not our constant state of mind.

Well

I understand if people start typing “well shit.” and “that effing sucks,” and other colorful remarks.

For certain players, though, one bad event very quickly draws some “FIRE HIS ASS,” and “FUCK HIS FAMILY” and other very undeserved commentary.

I know...

It just really irritates me….I think it’s all the f-bombs that get under my skin.

When your team is this good, silly stuff should not happen like hanging a pitch on a 0-2 count.

Oh...

they have to be perfect?

Except it does. To every single team that ever existed.
not to the yankees because they are winnars!

jk

So he can't make a bad pitch, because his team is good....?
This is the Internets

Where people only care about what you’ve done in the past 30 seconds.

I like Peter

He’s not normally prone to lots of HRs, so I’ll forgive this one.

It's ignorant. The guy has been solid. That's the 1st run he's given up since june 26.
SEA BASS

WILL SAVE US

RUNS RUNS RUNS
Alex Gonzalez

makes some damn solid throws from SS.

he’s no Yunel horrible trade rabble rabble rabble

ssshhhhhh

i think we are finally getting past that debacle

haha

like that’s going to happen. People still talk about the Tex deal

I wonder if people on the Tigers blog talk about the Smoltz deal.

don't know

good question

Well he isn’t w/ the arm anyway.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

RUNS RUNS RUNS

Let's DO this..

some one find

needs to find out how many times the rally cap pic has actually worked

It has worked every time the team has had a rally this year…?

lol

seriously.

It’s done much better since it doesn’t look like a tent anymore. I changed the bill color from green to blue.

who is mike on the radio broadcast?
Hinske

Walks

hinske with a walk

Hinske milked that call, seriously.
Sweet walk.

I’m calling it: Unicorn hits a go-ahead HR here.

Jinx jinx jinx jinx
Poop.

There goes my career as a prognosticator.

That was close

Now come on Sea Bass!

LET'S GO BRAVOS!!!!!!
After a long time away, he's back.

Photobucket

/pets the puppy

Heyward

I would do him in a train
i would do him in the rain
I would just ignore the pain…

You wouldn’t survive….

Here, homerun Gonzalez hit will.
i hope your right Yoda
where was the force on the one
Hinske (our 6th)

He missed it
that was close

only 300 more feet

Wow, great play
damn you Hanley
blind squirrel, nut, etc.
almost a spectacular DP

the guys in the Fish dugout acting like idiots

Glad Omar was running all the way to the bag

that was a good play but lets go MVP

JUST one more run. Just one.

WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE SHITTIEST LUCK EVER
i dunno...

the cubs

the thing about the Cubs is

they really haven’t been that un-lucky. Historically, they haven’t been very good.

melky trying to kill the pitcher
The Marlins luck is absurd tonight
That sucks

Should have been a single.

Blanco would have made it a infield single

Stupid corporeal pitcher!
He'd still have a deflection bonus equal to his Charisma bonus (and always at least +1)
lol

D&D joke. Nice.

Yeah. Sometimes I miss the old days.
How lucky can the Marlins get?
well

that sucked

This game is starting to make me angry. We should be winning easily right now. 2 dumb mistakes and some crap luck is keeping us from being on top.

Eh.

It’s baseball. This kind of thing happens. Plus, the game is far from over.

Maybe..

you shouldn’t watch.

Can’t not watch. Seen the team come back too many times.

At least in the 9th

we got the top of the order going…against maybe not even Leo Nunez (not that Leo Nunez is really someone to fear)

got to keep it just one run right now though

We have more hits and walks than they do too.

We still have one at bat to go.

Takashi Saito

showing his age a bit.

with that beautiful strikeout…

:)

40 is the new 30
cody ross

next week hell b one of us

i hope not
ive been looking at his stats

and ive got to say… even though he strikes out decent amount… his numbers are not that bad

Much better than McLouth and better than Melky. And if the price is Mike Dunn (or something equivalent), I say we make the move.

LOL

really, you think Dunn will get it… done (sorry)?

I doubt it highly. If that’s all, then… that’s not terrible. But if it’s anything valuable at all, it’s not worth it.

They don’t want much. Ross would probably be non-tendered in the off-season b/c of the $5M he’ll make in arbitration. It’s known that they like Dunn a lot.

DOB mentioned it and it seemed fair enough.

Well I heard they were asking for a lot.

If it really is just Dunn (who is redundant on our team once EOF is back), then that wouldn’t make me too mad.

I really don’t think that’ll be enough though.

I’m not in love with Ross either, but if it’s for a guy like Dunn and a C-level prospect like Stephen Marek, I’d be all over it. They need the bullpen help.

we'll see I guess.

I’d much rather just not do anything if we can’t get a big improvement.

this

but if we don’t give anything valuable, why not?

McLouth for Ross….

because there's no point in making moves

if they don’t really help you.

I understand. I want Mclouth to return to normal, but he if he can’t we need to do something

Why?

Melky is fine in CF as long as he’s not the heart of the lineup. It’s not like Ross sets the world on fire.

Pagnosis, I’m starting to think you and I are the only ones who aren’t enamored with this prospect.

Aw, no.

There are others!

If the asking price is low

you guys really don’t want him?

I want him if it’s a McLouth for Ross swap.

I guess

but I just don’t see Melky as a starter. Prove me wrong Melky

Ideally, he isn't.

But in a pinch, I’ll take him in CF. His bat doesn’t play in a corner, but in CF, he’s not that bad.

Two weeks is a pinch, not almost a half a season

We clearly have different definitions of

“in a pinch”. Two months definitely qualifies for me.

so if we make it to the playoffs, you don’t mind him starting?

Every team has a hole somewhere.

Heck, half the Padres’ lineup is a hole and they’re in first place too.

I’d be fine with it. We won a WS with Mark Lemke at 2b. Heck the Yankees won the WS with Melky just LAST YEAR (granted he was hurt for the WS, but still).

definitely

there is no perfect team, but if there is an opportunity to make the team better, even if it is a little bit, you wouldn’t do it?

Depends on how much improvement

and how much it costs. If Ross costs much at all, he’s not worth it.

The “improve at all costs” attitude isn’t a good one in most cases.

improvement=a little bit
cost= nothing valuable

if we could get Werth (and his two first round arb. picks)

that would be great. but don’t trade for some mediocre player like cody ross.

can he play CF?
No.
Yes.

He’s had huge positive fielding numbers (UZR) for his career. Cody Ross can’t play CF. He has had neutral fielding numbers in the corners.

Plus, Werth’s bat is more than worth it.

Werth doesn’t play CF….

Did you read my post?

Werth = plus plus fielder in corners, neutral to plus fielder in center
Ross = neutral fielder in corners, negative in center

Yes, he has played CF. Yes, he is a much better fielder than Ross. Yes, he is a much better hitter than Ross.

Any questions?

My favorite thing about Ross is that he’d play every day. I’d do anything to get him out of the lineup, and I really don’t think Bobby would do that with Blanco and/or Melky.

All they are asking for is Mike Dunn? Isn’t the price suppose to be high since we are in the same division?

No.

And we don’t know what they’re asking for, but it seems reasonable. Teams know they’ll non-tender him in the off-season anyways.

after Dunns performance yesterday

im ok with that

ok. makes sense

 Where would Melky and Mclouth go?

Melky: 4th OF

or possibly platoon in LF with Diaz.

McLouth…. who cares?

Yeah, I don’t really care about the money either. We need to win and McLouth doesn’t help us do that.

It's not like he's owed craptons anyway.

Melky would be the 4th OF like he’s perfectly suited to do. McLouth…the bench.

Send McLouth to the bus stop….

I really hate this ballpark.

which part?

The 17 fans? The stupid dimensions? The awful announcers?

i say all

also horrible weather

the weather isn’t bad tonight

Have there been any nights when the stadium had more names than fans?

dan uggla and his roids
hey hows the game been
it was bad then good

now bad again LOL

not for the faint of heart
WHY would Chip (our announcer) be talking about how many times

we’ve lost the first game of a series? He really doesn’t get it does he?

Where the heck is Smoltz? I can hardly remember the last PTV game he was in the booth.

Is Smoltz trying for another comeback

I can’t stomach watching him pitch in another uniform.

I do think he was playing in some Pro-Am golf tourney with Maddux last weekend.

It feels like our pitchers are always behind in the count, but somehow the majority of their runs have come when their hitters are behind.

Do NOT throw a slider.

WTF are those marlin fans shouting?
they

are prob asking themselves why they are at a Marlins game

well done older man
taKKKashi!
Racist!

/obligatory

STFD everyone! Saito bringing the heat!

top of the order up, I like our chances

SAITO strikes out the side!!!

Now, let’s do our part.

Prado, Heyward, Chipper, McCann, Glaus against Veras

I like the chances.

ok, who's calling what a certain rookie will do this half-inning ?

because i won’t.

good

as you shouldn’t

Jonny Venters

will not pinch-hit in this inning. There.

Let's Zag the Nut boys!!

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Go to work.
I thought Leo somebody was their closer?
leo nunez not available today
He's very good

but he pitched in 3 straight games against Colorado.

ODARP!!! GREAT START

Chip somehow managed to say the word career and use only 1 syllable.
PRADO

DOUBLE

So it begins
prado gets it done again

Yes! Awesome start!

RAKE with a DOUBLE!!!

OTHER MVP OTHER MVP OTHER MVP
"Listen to that Braves' Dugout"

Gem of the night from Chip.

good start prado
Prado swagging hard on the fish.

JHey bunt??? Are you kidding here?

Okay Jason

NOW is when you pull like hell.

Heyward showing bunt =

dumb as the rock who played RF.

Damn....must the Fish play us like this every time we meet up?
Rain? Can our luck get any worse?
Isn't that an advantage?

Faster infield, harder to throw breaking balls, right?

rain = faster infield

what?

erm, I meant slower

But I was thinking how soft grounders are more likely to go for hits while they’re wet.

you don’t need to throw breaking balls when you can barely see

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.... DO NOT CALL GAME
freaking

rain

Jason

lines out

More shitty luck

What is this?

too late to call it..might as well let it finish

Oh Jason… the other side would have been nice.

Not on a line out though

if fieldin culbrith calls the game

he’s officially the worst ump EVER

rain delay. god damn

FUCK

Rain Delay

You coulda done it before Heyward hit.

Are you serious?

Forget that.

Looks like Marteeeeny is over his mini slump. 8 TB's tonight. Let's take this!
UGH, this ballpark - this state - this team

We better not lose another one run game to a division rival because of a rain shortened game.

They’re not allowed to call this game are they?

They can call any game after five innings….

Even when

There’s a chance the opposing team could potentially tie or take the lead when the delay is called?

Did you not see the Mets game earlier this season….?

I do remember that actually. Nevermind

this might work in our advantage

who else is left in the marlins BP after veras?

Sigh....

If this game gets called, I’m going to stab someone.

Ground crew fail

I don’t have much time to swing by the site very often these days…but this is complete bullshit. Especially after the monsoon Hudson had to pitch through.

Hello...

Why no time? You no love us anymore? sniffles

It’s not you, it’s me…

They all say that!! sobs uncontrollably

/pats shoulder uncomfortably

I’m giggling here – thanks for that.

I’ve probably been missing out on all sorts of good new graphics, huh?

Only a handful of new ones. We’ve all missed you though. Not the same around here without ya.

Don’t make me blush. Although I wouldn’t mind Glaus hitting a bomb here after the rain delay so I can post one of my photoshops.

Beard!

Nice to see you, even if it’s under crappy circumstances.

Hey Pac! I’ve been going through statistical withdrawal lately…need some more of your posts to quench my thirst

Well you can't get them

if you don’t come around. I don’t deliver.

I’ve been straining for a Simpsons quote that is delivery related…but I fail.

haha

Well, it’s the thought that counts. Thanks anyway, Beard.

Howdy there...

What’s taking up all your time?

xbox

this is also very true…once the new Fallout comes out my social life is pretty much dead. although I am planning a two week trip to Europe at the end of Sept…which will be nice, considering I haven’t been there since I was 3

Sweet.

Too bad you’ll miss part of the Braves’ triumphant playoff run.

I’ll figure something out…hopefully MLB.tv works in Europe!

Wow, have fun on your trip. I here it’s beautiful over there. What part are you going too?

Munich (for Octoberfest), Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava…ever been? Anything I should make a point of seeing?

I hear Russia is beautiful during the Winter.

I’d love to go to Moscow but my buddy that I’m going with isn’t too excited.

My xbox broke again (its the older, 20GB one)

I’m mailing it in to Microsoft, getting a new one, trading it in and getting one of the brand new systems.

Broke again? Damn…no wonder I haven’t seen you on in a while. Good luck with getting that resolved quickly. Those new ones look amazing, I want to trade mine in so bad.

what’s the diff btw the old one and the new one?

It’s so much quieter, faster, WiFi…

New one is sleeker with an improved fan which reduces overheating. Built in wi-fi, and 250BG hard drive.

Nice.

Thanks just got Red Dead Redemption (yeah I am late) but I think my social life is over as well.

Not to spoil too much, but the ending was one of the best video game endings I’ve ever seen. Don’t think I’ve played very many other games that got me that emotional.

Yeah, my little 20GB hard drive is such a POS. I can save like 1 game on there.

Yeah, that’s pretty weak. I think I’m working with a 100GB, which I still feel like is too small.

The way I see it, I’m paying only $100 for my new system. $100 in trade credit and a new HD would cost me $100 anyways, so I might as well go big.

Plus, I don’t know about you, but I had to pay $100 for my wi-fi adapter since I don’t hard line my system. It’s completely worth it, and I’m thinking of doing it as well.

Oh yeah, I did that too. That was BS.

I’m hoping I can trade mine in for $25 or so…wishful thinking probably.

I’d bet we can get something around there. Lots of people still have the older ones.

That’s what I’m hoping.

Also, trade in a controller

That’ll get you like $15-20, and you get one with your system.

Good call, although I have a tendency to get violent with my controllers…so I keep them around.

lol

too much 50 Cent: Blood on the Sands?

Haha, never finished that game after that incident.

Hello there…I quit my old job and my new one forces me to actually work close to a full 8 hours during the day. By the time I get home I’m normally too tired to watch the eat dinner, watch the Braves, comment during the game, and then play video games/watch netflix…so I end up eating/watching the Braves, and then playing video games/watching netflix.

It’s a complex life I lead, I know.

haha

actually work

sucks, right?

yea

Who does that?

suckers, that’s who…and apparently I’ve joined the ranks.

I’d love to quit my job and get another one that makes me work during the day.

Don’t! Enjoy the complacency while you can.

I’m at work right now doing a newscast. I’d much rather be at home watching the game.

Hey, at least you’re in the OT though.

Heck no, I work 2:30-1130

I’m running out of silver linings here…

If I told you how much I made you would start to feel really bad for me.

I’ll just stop talking then…

Yeah...

I usually end up having to DVR the game and watch after I get home and get a bunch of stuff done. I get to skip the commercials (and some boring parts, sometimes), but can’t do the OTs.

We will have to come back for the post-season, though!

Agreed! I’m also working on taking some time off to come down to Atlanta with my brother for the Tom Glavine ceremony. I expect to see everyone out at the ballpark then!

I'll bring the cosmos!

Housesitting again!!

fuck florida

give them to cuba

marlins field crew sucks
HaHaHa ... Braves Ground Crew > Marlins Ground Crew
Braves * > Marlins *
They get the most practice!
They always screw it up somehow

rains stopped….. play ball!

Well damn.

this has been hard to watch.

Fucking rain delay! WTF did they not start this franchise w/ a dome stadium?? EPIC FAIL!
dont they share with the dolphins

They didn’t even get their own stadium.

Yeah that's my point. TB & FLA got hosed in the stadium department, while ARI & COL got sweet new ones. Never got that.

TB got the White Sox stadium.

Well, it's not like NFL teams are keen on domed stadia.
need fans to get a stadium

look at the Rays… they have fans… now they will get a new stadium

They have fans?
not real ones

but if they build them a stadium in tampa instead of making them drive an hr to st pete more people would show up

bud selig said this is one of his priorities

Hope so. Don’t trust that guy.

But they should've gotten one from the jump, before anyone new if they had fans.
Now they have to take it off

Stupid

Hahah MLB.tv cuts to the Rain Delay image just as they start pulling the tarp
the delay probably hurts the pitcher more

maybe that’s the break that we need

so no rain delay.... ok... weird
just one hit now would be nice....
Wait....is the game starting back up?
Pssst Braves Broadcasters....

Let’s stop trying to encourage the Phils please.

What the fuck

my game isn’t back on.

Padres won...so we need a W to retain best NL record
least of our worries....

Its time for Chipper to do something here. He hasn’t done much in this game yet.

i have no idea what's goin on

http:

yeah just send in towely to soak up the water

are you saying you're high right now? lol
come on MLB.tv, bring the game back
the guy that switches the game on and off

probably fell asleep like he usually does

Your team is in FLORIDA. It rains every day. GET A FREAKIN ROOF

they don’t even have a stadium. it’s a football field.

Okay, my game is back on

Chipper HR time.

Mine isn't. I've jsut got radio.
Ahhh, there we go.
If the marlins bring in a new reliever and it isnt nunez then it will be......

jorge sosa

didn't he get DFAd?
D Wright struck out swinging, J Reyes scored, L Castillo stole second.

uhhhhhh, what

We can DO this.

that could b your best pic ever

The power of the FROG worked!

Did JHey hit it hard?
Yeah. Smacked a liner, but right at SS
LETS GO!

Ump just needed to pee.

lets go chipper

COME ON BRAVOS!

HEAP TIME!

I want another 3-run bomb.

McCann he do it again?

nice walk chipper. Lets go Mac

Chipper (make 'em pay Please!)

Chipper didn't get a hit tonight

But walked three times.

more like last time rather than the time before that plz

Make him throw a STRIKE Heap – be picky.

CMON BIG MAC

just pretend the bases are loaded

FUCK YES!

Don’t you ever leave us.

You complete me…

Beard, I hate to break this to you

but mvhs is dating Prado now.

This is true.
Hey...

lay off my man.

Mac Single

PRADO SCORE

Heap get em!!!!
HEAPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YESSS!!

I LOVE BMAC!!!

Brian is a beast. A beast, I tell you.
Woooooooooooooooooooo
Chipper on 3rd....great base running
i wonder if we'll pinch run
HEAP does it again for us! TIE GAME (but we're not done)

Great baserunning by Prado and tag on the plate.

Bad pitch to swing at

Awesome result

MIRACLE BRAVES DOES IT AGAIN!!
come on Troy

just hit a fly ball at least.

brian mccann is on fire
if someone gives you a bat made of crystal

you start to feel pretty good about urself

That trophy was sweet looking

Mac loves tie games.

i shouldnt feel nervous when Troy is batting

but lately i have been

haha

Sutton just said Stanton doesn’t have a Jason Heyward arm

lol veras is terribad
I called it earlier....Never Give UP!
C'mon Troy!

Wags wants redemption

Deep fly ball at the minimum please.

does a walk qualify?

i guess bobby can't squeezez now
glausosaur squeeze
PATIENCE. Troy Glaus has it.

Photobucket

Games like these burn a lot of calories. LOL
Hittin' Fool baby

COME ON!

anything is possible against this bullpen.
i'm on a horse
GLAUS IS A MONSTER

at walking

HR gets bmac and glaus to 3rd
chipper thrown out at home
Matty

HBP Run scores

FUCK FUCK FUCK
NOOOOO MATTY!!!
Thata boy MattyD

THAT is how you take one for the team!

YIKES

well that’s one way to do it

PRAY matty’s okay

Be ok be ok be ok be ok

YAY!!! / CRAP!!!

Diaz knows how to take one for the team

if he hurt matty

im sending anthrax to his house
/joke

<; FBI WATCH LIST ENABLE ;>
ICE IT BABY
lololololololololololol

Please don’t be hurt. Please don’t be hurt. Please don’t be hurt.

get a lead anyway you can

lol

HIT our CAVEMAN! ( Oh Noooo!)

RBI at least.

haha wow what a way to take lead wooo, and FUCK
FUCK

at least it’s not a palm frond…

You're the man Matt

taking a ball to bring your team a win. I love it.

Sea Bass GRAND SLAM!!!!

THEY HIT MATTY! SUSPEND THEM

That was on purpose!

Instead of suspending him they should make him pitch the rest of the series.The entire rest of the series.

MATTY D WITH THE HOMER SIMPSON SCORING RUN!!!!!!
no radio/tv

does it look like it hurt him?

Come on Gonzo

You got this man. Deep fly ball works just fine.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

Come on Alex – you know this place.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
OUCH

do we have someone else to play LF if he can’t continue?

nevermind, my scorebook is screwed up

Diaz pulling his best Homer at bat.

how is Veras still in there?

they just started warming people up

when matt was batting

Please no dp…

c'mon

i wanna see In Play, run(s)

Gonzalez

Ks UGH

"That pitch was filthy"

And inside.

*&^%#$#)(@%$# - UMP
wow thats questionable
That

was never over the plate, ump.

That was a "get this game over" strike call
Take that one for the team Omar!
ok

now suspend him

it wasn't desu

warning?

He's obviously not throwing at anyone intentionally

With the bases loaded in a one run game in the 9th inning.

I dunno

If you didn’t want to be tossed, that’d be the perfect time to do it…

I'm sure that's what he's thinking

“Hey, this would be great time for me to plunk some guys on purpose without the umps getting mad. Just the team and fans will since I’m giving up runs.”

It's just crazy enough to work.
BS call there

That wasn’t even close.

THROW HIM OUT
CALL MLB OFFICIALS
You gonna call that a strikeout too, you dipshit?

He’s not afraid to keep pitching inside is he?

I think

he might not really know where his FB is going at all.

Same mindset

Venters had :P

what is happening?????

Brooklyn Decker is streaking across the field

why is the camera not following

Can’t hit it if you don’t swing. Dang.

An insurance run(s) would be more than nice here.

We have to add on here. Come on. I’m not comfy with a 1-run lead against the Fish.

who's pitching the ninth?

Is Wagner available?

looks like he is

nasty pitch so k on

WAGNER. TIME TO REDEEM YOURSELF

Omar

bad swing

swung at a ball

Well with this ump, not swinging at balls hasn’t always worked out for us either.

Come on Billy!
smart move walking glaus to load the bases

we can’t do shit with bases loaded

we can draw a

walk hbp

wags

is gonna come out smoking these guys tonight

Wow....that was bad.

Come on Wags!

Omar doesn't K much, so I forgive him...

but that was unfortunate.

this umpire keeps falling for the horrible frame job being done by Paulino. His familt should be embarrased
Honestly - we should have gotten more there.

I’m glad we got the lead, but a simple fly ball by Alex or Omar would have gotten another run.

2 outs with omar

Yeah, after I read what I typed I realized. Knew it wouldn’t go uncaught.

i correct with love

and a tiny hint of malice :)

how can the marlins play without fans?

just watching the game without the cheering it’s depressing, imagine if you are playing in it.

End this f***ing game

right now.

Phillies won, Mets are winning

we NEED this one.

bet there's no HR off of Wags tonight

C’mon Wags. No funny stuff this time. Let’s get a win!

lets go billy goat
Wes Helms desu
dear wagner

don’t throw that pitch again.

love, david

who’s umping the plate?

Stevie Wonder
I was just trying to think of his name
fieldin culbrith
Ray Charles
Wow.

Thought he was dead. He looks pretty good.

bobby needs a short leash tonight

Shut it down wagner

Since I haven’t been around for a while I figure you guys have been missing a nice thread de-railment…how incredible was Inception? All Nolan does is hit homeruns, and Leo reminded me yet again why he’s my favorite actor.

Is that move a thriller, horror movie or what?

it’s a 2.5 hour movie, with like 2 hours of pure suspense. thriller-ish, i guess.

ssssshhh i havent seen it!

what the fuck are you waiting for!

an invitation!

I thought it was very good. I wanna go watch one more time. And yes, Leo is my favorite actor without a doubt.

Leo over Matt Damon?

No question.

Bourne Identities and Good Will Hunting are better than anything Leo has done.

I’ll give you GWH…but Inception, The Departed, Gangs of New York…all better than the Bourne trilogy (not to say it isn’t good). I might even say that Body of Lies, The Beach, and Blood Diamond are better too.

Really just comes down to personal preference.

The Departed and Body of Lies were both awesome….he was decent in The Aviator, too, but that movie was too long for its own good.

Also….Catch Me If You Can.

Agreed…Aviator was just too long for me. Still a decent flick though.

The Departed is real good

Yeah, I don’t really believe Damon except for when he’s Jason Bourne.

+1

Although, Good Will Hunting is still in my top-5

Did you seriously ask that?

We are talking about LEONARDO DICAPRIO!!!!!! The man did Titanic. That has to dock some points.

Matt Damon is friends with Ben Afleck….that has to dock him some points.

BA is a hell of a director though, you’ve got to give him that.

Actually, I think his little brother is a better director…

What’d he direct?

Actually, nevermind…..he only has shared director credits with Ben.

Gone Baby Gone was incredible, and Ben’s new movie looks pretty fucking good too.

less incredible than a leadoff BB in the 9th

agreed. good to see you’re still all business, fandave. /hat tip

We missed you! Here have some pizza

good but not a great movie. Too many things in it I had problems with. Can’t say what it is (don’t want to spoil it.)

Hmm…I’d be interested to hear your critiques.

Most definitely. You should open up an off topic thread again.

Probably still too early to discuss spoilers..but eventually.

I thought it was good/great. Definitely a must see, but not one of my all-time favorites.

It’s borderline top-10 for me, but I love psychological thrillers more than most. Best movie I’ve seen since No Country For Old Men.

Still haven’t seen that. I need to.

Please see it immediately. SO GOOD.

Inception is the best movie I’ve seen since The Dark Knight. It reminded me of watching The Matrix in theaters for the first time back in 1999. It just has a lot of original ideas.

+1

I feel the same way, except I think I might like it better than TDK. Would have to watch it again though.

I’m going to it tomorrow to appease my wife for her birthday. I’m not looking forward to it.
 
I can’t stand DiCaprio.

Leo is a complete badass in pretty much every movie since Titanic…what’s not to like?

Ok I have to give it to Inception for being original.

BB… get it done billy

FML

a leadoff walk? Really?

Vidro is in need. Now would be nice.
would be hard

with bonifacio and coghlan

WTH Billy?

Buckle down bro

burn a hole through the bat… no bunting

Nice stop Mac

keep Bonerfacio at 1B.

C’mon Bill Bill

WHERE WAS THAT?
my heart is in my throat
Come on Wags

you’re scaring me, man.

WTHell with the sudden strike zone squeeze?

yet somehow, Gonzalez had the strikezone of Texas when he was hitting.

MVP with the loudness
If McLouth had that

he’d have never gone on the DL… And we’d have won that Arizona game.

yeah

but we may not have won all those games after he left either

True.

Just sayin’

its the chicken or the egg my friend
Yea bullshit we're getting squeezed big time here
Melky yelling for that one.

So, nervous Pervis time?

I reeeeaaaallllly wish he hadn’t walked Helms right now.

Hate to break it to you guys

but if Gameday is accurate we aren’t getting squeezed at all.

Gameday is so inaccurate it hurts.

Gameday is not accurate

haven’t we been over this?

me and you personally?

no

OK.

Well now we have.

Gameday isn't accurate

Maybe not officially – but this guys zone has not been consistent.

believe me

Gameday is how I watch most of the games. I got it on tv and we are getting squeezed

im scared shitless

Psst, if you get Sanchez 0-2 … don’t throw him a slider please.

::side note::

Kids are a pain, never have them. Glad I could be here for the end though…

too late....

WAY too late

but they were worth it
nah, I tease.

it just took me 2 hours to put an 8 month down. Not conducive for watching the game…

Never did. ;-)

never will?

Never will. By choice.

COME ON WAGS

strikeout or vidro!
GIT IT DONE

Let it out let it go okay to breathe

Wags has got this guys
Dude...what the fuck.

fuckkkkkkkkkkk

holy shit

this is not good

ANOTHER 0-2 hit by this guy....

what the HELL?

I MEANT to say… 2 STRIKE hit

ugh need

Vidro

wtf is this!! NOOO
Cabrera is a joke
What is wrong with billy?

Been watching Bob Wickman highFATlight reels

thats y

you don’t walk people

and that's why

you don’t use a one-armed person to scare someone.

and that's why

you leave a note

and that's why

you don’t yell

A great team would find a way to win this game

Let’s see if we can do it.

BURY. THE. DAMN. SLIDER.
what really sucks is

that i know mets fans that swore this would happen… wags would start to lose it

he had one bad game… then this game

i know

i just dont want to admit to a fan of the muts that they r right about anything… EVER

mets fans=invalid

mets fans=invalid

Phoolies fans too. Wasn't Wagner apart of all their collapses? I wonder if he does have bad 2nd halfs?

Come on Billy. step it up

walking Hanley to get to Uggla… Really? Really?

Oh man I hope that doesn’t come back to burn us.

set up force
That is not a good reason.

I want automatic Wags back :(

IBB to load the bases. 1 out.
DP please.

::POSITIVE ENERGY::
is Uggla really complaing? stfu
Oh man...

Not uggla…

I'm afraid to look.....
COME ON WAGNER!!!
is it just me

or is wags throwing too many sliders?

wtf are you doin bobby?
This is way too stressfull
3-2

cpme on Wags

the first base ump is just guessing right now
C'mon Billy!!!
nasty pitch

1 more out – c’mon Billy!!!!

wags with the BALLSY 3-2 pitch
don't let up
Merciful baseball .... Now let's get that last OUT
omg desu
desu

desudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesudesu

THAT BITCH WENT

nvm. nice K

Whew. 1 more out. Come on now Wags!

“has to throw him a strike”

Wags: Nah. That’s just what he’ll be expecting me to do

HOLY SHIT COME ON WAGS NEED ONE MORE
wow

just one more
PLEASE.

Great K but Wags has fallen in love with the slider. throw more fastballs
Billy you gotta throw strikes man

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT.

djsdklfjsdklfjl DAMN
Spiked Billy in the Knee....
nope

just banged knees together

are you fuckin kidding me
Damn. Just Damn.

Wow. That sucks.

So it is tied now?

It's ok, we have Melky up next.
McCann... come on bro

no no no no! Wags, if your ankle is bothering you, TELL BOBBY

I always hate playing Florida
OK, gotta get a strike out here bill
One of the wildest games I've ever seen.

Get the out, and win in extras.

I don’t think he should be out there still.

But what the hell do I know.

Fucking Wagner…

got to be kidding me
its ok

well just pick up the next 2… with our better pitchers

Fucking unbelievable

The 2nd game in 3 nights that we had won.

Bobby should have never let him stay out there after that play at the plate.

but

Wags is teh closer to get savez

CRAP

That hurts bad

Murphy again! YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING ME?!!

two times within the last three games

This aint gonna cut it Wagner

Oh yeah

He really sucks, right? Get a life.

Damn…can’t believe I’ve missed so much in depth analysis

wagner not sharp past two outings.
this one is on bobby, nate and b-wags

 bobby left lowe out to dry. Wags sucked and nate sucked

Yeah but Nate always sucks.

And so does Lowe
Brilliant analysis.
this explains everything

donnie murphy’s number is 22

That has to be

the worst game of the season

I think coming back several times

and not throwing in the towel actually made it a pretty good game.

Where the fuck was the offense in the 9th?

Bases loaded, 1 out, shitty pitcher, and we don’t score.

Well, they did get help from the ump, but we still should have done something.

Terrible, terrible loss

but this team has shown great ability in rebounding from these type of losses this year

If we

still had Yunel we would have won!!! lol I’m joking…I just need to make myself laugh to keep from crying after that loss. haha

This was a hard loss - since we came back MORE THAN ONCE.

Amen, sister.
Damn Marlins....

Why do they turn it up to 11 when we’re playing them?

there is always that one team

i really hope

bwags wasn’t hurt on the play at the plate

yeah...

That’s more of a concern to me than losing one game.

i want to see some diaz and some melk man in the starting lineup tomorrow

i dont care if it is a RHP

LVP goes to Brian McCann for his inability to catch a pitch. Fucking dumbass.

there never should have had a man on third to begin with

this

plus, he had a great offensive game. can’t give him the game LVP

really? wow did you saw today’s game?

cool it, please…and he didn’t help with his offense, either. oh no, he was JUST HORRIBLE tonight. can’t hit homers or nothin.

Never mind that he tied the game. Twice.

You do realize that we lose the game waaay before that without him right?

LOL…I miss posts like this.

Now you know why I'm still on TC.

I think I’m just going to have to force my way back…there’s too many new idiots posting

Hahahahah

4 RBIs.

Flagged...

Obvious idiot.

now I will get my pain in the ass friend talking bullshit about the marlins being better than the braves, stanton being better than heyward and murphy having two fucking walkoffs.

it’s called scoreboard, my friend.

ask your friend

what that giant orange blur is in the background when im watching marlins home games

Let’s just blame Nate.
I hope Wagner’s ankle is not bothering him….and I won’t be on TC tomorrow. I don’t wanna see the recap :(

Wagner

I’m concerned for Wagner. 2 straight blown saves. Is he hurt? Could this affect his confidence next time?

as i said, I hope his ankle is not bothering him. If he goes on the DL….who’s the closer?

jonny venters, duh

He’s human, get over it. Even if you look up Marino Rivera stat’s you’ll find that at one point in time he had a bad stretch.

didn't he lose a World series once?

Impossible! (also, not sure why I put an apostrophe on ‘stats’…too much whiskey perhaps)

from wiki
his year ended with one of his most infamous moments; in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, he blew a save in the bottom of the ninth inning, in part due to his own throwing error. He lost the Series later in the inning by allowing Luis Gonzalez’s bloop single with the bases loaded to score the winning run.

I guess I got spoiled that when Wagner comes in, it’s lights out.

me too…unfortunately it’s just a wake up call. he’ll back in a groove in no time. better that he does this now than at the end of september.

Come on people.

Suck it up. Two bad games. Two. Cut the guy a little slack, and quit crying.

And no, it won’t “affect his confidence” He’s not a freaking whiny baby.

He’s, what, 37 years old…!? He knows how to bounce back after a couple of bad outings.

is jonny suspended now?
Monday we know
mets winning too.......

if they win, they’re 6 back.

OH NO

Our season is over. I vote we start a fire sale.

Heyward, Venters, Minor, and Prado for Bruce Chen. MAKE IT SO, WREN

Throw in Jojo to seal the de—- wait, what?!

The saddest part of that deal for me is that we don’t have Jo-Jo to kick around any more

i cant take it

this game was like a microcosm for the last two weeks of last season… so many shifts back and forth. i cant take the emotional rollercoaster

chill the fuck out

listen

im not worried about our season, im emotionally invested in this squad.

so are all of us, which is why i said chill out…there’s still a ton of baseball to be played, and if you took the time to research wagner’s stats i’m sure you would find a string of appearances where he did poorly. he’ll bounce back. you act like he hasn’t been dominant all season.

You...

are making my eyes roll out of my head.

listen guys. i just had a beer and i promise im okay. cant a guy get worked up over a close game? jeeez. im not going to look up wagner’s stats because i know hes a grown man and will continue to produce.

Alright kiddos

We’re SIX games up on Philly and maybe 7 up on NY.

Everyone calm down. Shit.

Oh yeah, and it’s Kendrick vs. Ubaldo tomorrow.

Good night all.

Tomorrow’s another day…

This just means they'll be pissed when we win the next 2...

.

I hate the damn marlins.
Lots of negativity

Feels like I’m viewing a thread at braves.com, lol. There are going to be days like this, fellas.

I vote we close the thread

are you guys really this mad? Shit happens. We’re still 6 ahead and we’ve won like 9 series this year after losing the 1st game.

the espn.com nfc south blogger says that apparently samuel l. is a longtime falcons fan.. i would listen to a sermon by Reverend S.L. Jackson at the Dirty Bird Church

Scarlett says..

Tomorrow is another day
!

That helps

“Fiddle de dee!” also seems appropriate.

Like Adam LaRoche and his weird streak of grand slams, every time Mac hits a clutch homer, we lose.

So he should stop doing that.

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