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Open Thread 8/15: Braves vs. Dodgers #2

Look! RUNS!

Discuss.

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I like RUNS!
Let's score more

Avoid total collapse thread

Ronnie he is pitching today.

Ok...thought we'd get to beat up on him again like last time
The "cruise to the finish" thread

Runs? What? EXPLAIN!

ankiel needs to hit his first homer

here?

hey folks

just got here…were there any notable events thus far today? like, any home runs or just station to station?

Lots of hits with RISP

I know, right?

damn

wish i couldve seen that…o well, hopefully it keeps going :)

Glaus homer. Everyone but Hinkse has a hit.

glaus hit a 3 run dinger

joshants was almost up 1000 dollars.

oveckid almost declared bankruptcy

a couple of warnings and a banishment

o you meant the game?

lol

are that many ppl trolling? we r winning by 8

Nobody is trolling.

No, it’s the regulars being targeted this time.

All questions regarding this matter will be forwarded to my lawyer.

JJ's in surgical form and the B squad is raking the ball all over the yard....and Glaus went deep

Chipper hit a home run from the dugout

Shutout thread.
runs? WHERE?

all i see are two zeros in the run column for the braves!

OT: J Cole

have you guys heard his music yet? Dude is a beast.

Hell yeah!

His new song Blow Up is one of his best

Sure is.

He’s got talent.

I think Kid Cudi is overrated though. Or at least his non-CD stuff is.

Just dont jump up on stage with him and try and beat him up.

Cudi’s an interesting fellow. People like him or they don’t… he’s unique, I guess.

You know Talib Kweli?

Yeah, but nothing from him lately.

That's true.

Who’s your favorite?

Favorite out of everyone?

Oh, I’ll go with Drake as my favorite. People say he’s going commercial or whatever, but he’s still incredible. Besides him…

T.I.
old Kanye….before he turned into a douchebag
Ludacris
Tech N9ne

Eminem may be the greatest of all time not counting Relapse.

See, Eminem….he’s tough. I like him, but I’m not a huge fan. His hard songs like Til I collapse and Cinderella Man are great, but all of his emotion shit gets annoying.

personally

i like his emotional stuff more…but at the same time i dont usually like rap…i just feel like he actually has meaning in his lyrics u know? so my opinion isnt the best one to listen to when it is rap haha

I used to like his emotional songs, but then every other song he put out was about him crying about and beating his wife and missing his daughter.

I miss The Lox

When the Music Stops is my fav em song.

His new stuff is good too though – the one with Riahna is really good.

Love the Way You Lie? Yeah, Recovery beats the shit out of Relapse.

agreed

both the new singles r good but the one with rihanna is excellent

Yeah, before they played it 9 times an hour on the radio lol.

And I don’t usually listen to the radio either…just my iPod cord is broken.

unfortunate by far...

Yeah. One of the guys I am working with over here plays it mutliple times every day on his computer. I still like it though.

It’s a good song for sure. Have you heard Cinderella Man? That’s a gem.

Agreed. I like No Love a lot too.

Yeah. I’ve heard them all. lol.

I am not a huge rap fan, but Marshall Mathers is appealing to me.

Then again, so is Snoop, Jay-Z, Nelly and company.

LOL

the Nelly mention made me laugh. He had some good songs back in the days

Just like every other typical white guy – my itunes is full of rap songs from back in the day.

lol

Oh man, I was a huge Nelly fan. Then he fell of the face of the earth after Sweat and Suit.

doesnt he have a new song out now? “just a dream” or something

He actually released an album between now and then which I Dl’ed. And yea I sort of heard the new song while I was at the gym one time.

Shawty Shawty Shawty what ya name is?

I almost threw up

Ludacris

is very underrated I think.

Agreed. I like Luda too.

Oh yeah. His last CD was kind of wack but all of his other stuff is great

Thats the only one I don’t have on my computer.

Drake is pretty good; Thank Me Later was hot. He definitely came out of like nowhere.

My favorite has to be T.I. for sure. He’s just a great rapper all around. I also love Lil Waynes wordplay, that man is sick.

The fact that so many of you like rap...

Hurts my soul.

Especially when you hear these names tossed around as “best ever.”

-C

I never really liked oldies, and most of the “rock” music today is trash. There are a few good bands, but most of it anymore is either screaming into the mic or skinny little dudes with high pitched voices.

Seether is awesome.

One of my former roommates loved them…not so much for me

You should check out “One Cold Night” – it’s a live unplugged set – amazing.

Agreed on the rock...

I don’t listen to anything on the radio except sports talk radio.

But I’m a huge electronic music fan, so you can see my disdain for rock/rap.

Especially when glitch hop producers beat the pants off the beats rappers use.

-CD

With this being an Atlanta board...

I’m surprised I haven’t heard anyone mention STS9 or the like. I guess they relocated before they became really big, tho…

-C

Yeah, T.I. is definitely my #2

I’d have Ya You Know as my walk up song if I was in the Majors

That track is freakin intense. First heard it on his mixtape.

however

he gets caught with tons of guns, including machine guns with silencers if i’m not mistaken, in the trunk of his car at an awards show…

Yep...got the Warm Up disc in the car...hope his album will be nice

Grown Simba is sooo sick. I forgot how much I loved that tape

who that?

Rapper.

Up and comer, I believe Jay-Z signed him?

Yep, and the CD comes out in October I believe.

Go download The Warm Up mixtape

humour failure on my part

wordplay on his latest music video

Bizzaro Ankiel
Ankiel for Prez.

Ricky walks LOL!

Ankiel (his 2nd today)

Grand Slam Plz

It’s what we do best.

brooksy isn’t batting

Glaus still has the worst WPA on the team today; -.079

But not today – can we give the guy a break for one game – when he delivers?

That’s why I don’t buy into WPA.

How can he have the worst WPA with a 3 run HR?

Because he hit it when we have a 5 run lead and the game was well in hand.

That’s why I don’t buy into WPA.

But you love BABIP?

I hate BABIP. I can’t wait for that to fade out.

Not gonna happen.

I guess not fade out…wait for a better and much more improved stat to come out. Similar to VORP and UZR and UZR/150

but it would be based on the same principle.

Same here. LUCK LUCK LUCK! LALALALALALA!

I love when people say, “Oh, he got unlucky because the hitters didn’t hit the ball at a fielder.”

STFU. That’s called a hit, not being unlucky.

I agree. You can have a shitty BABIP because you hit weak grounders all the time.

That’s when the context comes into play. You can’t look at BABIP in and of itself and say “oh, this guy is getting unlucky, because his BABIP is lower than the league average”.

You have to look at the player’s unique BABIP, then what he is doing, and make a determination.

Great example is Troy Glaus in April. Dude was crushing the ball – right at people. His BABIP was about 100 points lower than his career average. His May was no surprise to those who believed in that statistic.

I don’t like it either, but alas it looks like its here to stay.

BABIP alone is stupid

that’s why there’s xBABIP

ANY stat alone is stupid (or darn near)

BABIP is a great evaluative tool when you know how to use it- i.e. looking at it in a package of stats that includes things like line drive percentage, ground ball percentage, even strikeout numbers, even though K numbers seem to have nothing to do with it at first glance. For example, when Troy Glaus had an awful April, a smart person could divine that he was exceptionally unlucky due to a career-low BABIP despite the fact his LD% was where it should be, indicating that there was a good chance that in the future more of those LDs would fall in and his numbers would rebound. Looking at Nate McLouth, however, even though his BABIP was equally putrid, you would not conclude he was due for a rebound because his LD% was equally bad, and his astronomical GB rate and sky high K rate tell you that not only is he swinging at a ton of bad balls, but that even when he makes contact it tends to be of the weak variety. All those weak grounders don’t scream “comeback waiting to happen.” So you have to know how to appropriately apply BABIP to know the difference in Troy’s bad luck and McLouth’s skill decline.

When used properly, yes.

Not taking a side. But he hit it when we were already up 5-0. If he K’s there we still have a huge, albeit it not insurmountable, lead.

So, hypothetically speaking, say someone gets an RBI groundout to make the score 1-0 in the 3rd inning…then, in the 8th or 9th inning, someone hits a grand slam – the person who had the earlier groundout has a higher WPA?

It depends on what the score is at that time. If it is still 1-0 or 1-1 then the GS will be the higher play. If it is 10-0 then it won’t be as big.

Well it depends what the score is when the grand slam is it. If he added 4 runs to an already 7 run lead or something like that, then yes, the groundout has a higher WPA.

i want to see a triple steal
At then Gonzalez makes it to 1st on a dropped 3rd strike.
quadruple steal

all right!

You couldn’t do it like that unless there were 2 outs.

what if the ball goes to the backstop on a swinging 3rd strike?

If a guy is on 1st and there are less than 2 out you can not run. The runner on 1st can advance but you can not as the batter.

9-0!

i feel good about the game now

we’re up by 2 possessions… let’s run some fullback dives and milk the clock

Fullback dive on Madden pre 09 were unstoppable

Alex Sac Fly to score Melky

agoz

getting it done

If he would just stop making key errors, we would have a great SS in him.
I know we all hoped for crooked numbers today...but wow...who would have thought we'd get 9 today

don’t lose the bat brian

2 RBI with bases loaded?

WHAT? [head explode]

Did PA guy just say...

Number 16, CHARRRRRRRRRRRRRLEY MURRRRRRRRRRRPHYYYYYY!!!?!?!?!?!?!

……
lolz

walk heap

glaus to go yard again!

McCann with the “I want to go home” swing.

You know what else is nice?

An errorless game.

WELL! Thanks for JINXIN IT!!!

Anybody noticed....We just jacked Padilla's ERA from 3.32 to 3.96!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chip reminding us we play Phils 6x in final 12 games of the year.

We need a sizable lead going into that series.

i don' think so
At least be up 3-5 games going into the first one...who do we play inbetween those series?
mets i think
No, Nats and Marlins.

3 G @ Philly
3 G @ Was
3 G, home, Marlins
3 G, home, Phils

atleast last 6 are at home

I hope so – because I want them (Phils) to go into the those last games with NO HOPE.

I'll be there

and I’m hoping I can make the weekend as least nervewracking as possible

stupid schedule makers! aaaaah

Hopefully we'll clinch by then.

But that’ll be interesting.

And all of LA's hits have come from the top 4 batters, the bottom of the order is 0-10, 5 K's
I approve of the game thus far,
hey guys

what’s that little line on the bottom of the zero in our run column?

Something new the team is trying.

Only dodger 30/30 guy???

Mondesi

Yep in ’97

former brave (shudders) makes sense

I thought it was 99

he must have done it twice then

I was thiking Jackie R
Don't think he homered that many times
Man...that didn't even touch him
Um....

I dont think so…

If the ump has to TELL you that you’ve been hit – have you really?

I just dropped in to say one thing:

“If you promise to patronize our sponsors, you have our permission to go walk your dog.”

:-)

9 run lead=patented Skip story...miss those days

Been a while since we could use that line!

JJ is running out of gas.

K, JJ… No need to make this interesting.

Get back in the box...

c’mon JJ

Who pitches today after JJ?

Martinez? Dunn?

KK

We still have Martinez? I feel like he hasn’t pitched in years.

Hanson, then Minor more than likely
...oh, I thought you meant in the rotation....oops...still hungover from last night
Venters
YEA

He hasn’t pitched yet today

Alright JJ…damage control please.

JJ's first walk today.
Ouch. 1B, HP, BB

moylan up

I fell asleep in front of the TV before the game started. Chip woke me up twice when we started scoring.

Jason Heyward commands that you never sleep when the Braves are on. He must banish you to Citi Field. You’ll be tortured by mets fans. Good luck.

love the decision brooks.

But chip woulda stepped on 3rd first.

Obligatory " and then he would have hurt (insert body part)"

not with a 9 run lead he wouldn’t

you learn a few things in 20 years of pro ball – like take the easy outs with a big lead, and don’t let a costly error give a team the big inning they need to get their juices flowing.

Remember the Brooks walkoff slam game vs. Cinn? That was all set up by dumb defensive plays.

sorry. didnt put the sarcasm que in there.

Beautiful

nice work JJ and nice turn Brooksy.

Another slider JJ.

Or blow him away on a 95 mph heater lol

nice job jj

101 pitches

gotta be it for JJ. GREAT outing

7 - perfect number and the number of Ks for JJ today.

One last slice to cap the day
wow

casey blake…bet the dodgers r happy they gave up carlos santana for him…

did they really?

wowwww

lulz

Are you serious?
On July 26, 2008, Blake was traded from the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league players Carlos Santana and John Meloan

Wow….

It’s also weird…the Indians were supposed to win the WS from like 2006-2008…and they’re trash now

trash would be an improvement
yea

but in fairness they werent overly dangerous then either…it was like grady sizemore…and that was it for their lineup

how is sizemore doing?

hes been injured all year

ohhhh

thanks

Well. JJ is the series lead in Ks for the Braves now.

71 out of a 101 pitches thrown for strikes today, really impressive JJ.

One of his best starts of the year.

hope pelfrey throws a no no tonight!
I hope a meteor hits shitti field tonight and destroys both teams

that would be awesome

i dont...

i dont want his name being tossed around with anything like that, but a couple hit shutout would be nice…

lose phillies lose

Braves have only twice allowed more than two runs in the last 8 Games (including today)

3 runs on 8/6, 10 on 8/9.
The 9th was the first time since July 31 the Braves gave up more than 3 runs.

That is fantastic.

This team has GREAT pitching.

wish we could score runs a litle more often
alright ske little rip here
ske has been scuffling, unfortunately
hinske

is having a miserable day

MVP with his patented 3U
So Trapicg got banned huh...

his loss.

we aren’t really talking about it. Some of us don’t know if it was exactly warranted

oh…i missed out. my internet was down for a while

Who does the banning around here, anyway?

Is it gondee, the mods, or the authors?

Holty Panthers Fan

lol

He’s joining the team for the offseason.

Nice!

to answer your questions, it’s all of the mods.

I don’t really do much unless it’s totally absurd. All I ever really do is remove a FanPost cause its offensive…or it sucks and is 10 words with “FILLER FILLER” for the next 65.

I'd comment on the bannings...

But I already have two (potentially) well-deserved warnings…

-C

Can we swear now?

fuck no…what do you think this is the internet?

Lol, somebody had mentioned something about swearing and being negative so I wasn’t sure.

I believe what got him warned was

“I fucking hate Troy Glaus”

we lost

all our mojo in those rallies (whatever mojo is)

that glaus HR was the biggest rallykiller of all

stupid glaus. KILLS RALLIES

So, I am finishing up season 1 of Dexter – and I am HOOOKED!

It just gets better…best show on tv, imo.

-C

Awesome show

You’ll watch Season 2 even faster

Slowey's got a no-hitter through 7.

3 walks, 5 Ks.

just another day in the office
Looks like they are taking him out.

Was getting handshakes in the dugout after the 7th.

If they’re not taking him out, his teammates broke the no-no rule

In comes Dunn and Ross.

when was the last time we scored 9+ runz

July 24, win 10-5

Wow….ummm lets go with…the Florida game with Brooks?

ithink that was it

That was the one.
Tip of the cap to JJ in his SOLID performance today.

JJ Beast Mode

[ON] OFF

OT / Can I ask a techie question about Droid app for my phone here?

sure, I mean it’s not like we ever talk about baseball ;)

Get an iPhone!

Banned

haha

i get a huge discount with AT&T and I needed a new iPod…so i just went with the phone. I have the 3Gs phone (the good one), not the crappy new one.

Myself also. It’s a beast phone.

I love it because I never have to take my phone AND iPod with me. That takes up too much space

You don’t just carry it in your purse?

baaaaaaaaaZINGa.

It’s not a purse! It’s a satchel.

With the SD card, I have 1000 songs on my Droid. You can expand it just by increasing your card size.

TWSS

You use a card to expand? Please explain…

Actually, don’t.

I already had to swap out my new one

frustrating as hell

That’s what I’ve heard. I’m under contract until Spring 2012, and I’m guessing they’ll have a brand new, better one out by then.

yea

but rumor has it the iphone is coming to verizon next year

I don’t really care about that lol as long as AT&T has it I’m good.

that's a safe assumption

I had problems with the port where you insert the charger, nothing really wrong with the phone though… I like it, but I don’t love it

in fairness...

the reception thing was blown out of proportion…different friends have the original, the 3g, and the new one

I am wondering… should I use a different browser than the one on the phone? I’ve seen this Opera Mini and others… is there one you all would recommend?

I have the Android, and the default browser works just fine.

Just don’t install any of that “anti-virus” crap they have out there. You don’t need it, and it just clogs your phone up.

agreed

i think the browser on my droid works fine, but i have heard good things about opera being faster and such…

I was asking here, because I read the “reviews” and wonder if most of them are written by the developers themselves LOL. I figured you all would tell me your actual experience.

i havent tried it..

but my friend said it is faster…

I don’t have a huge number of apps, but was wondering about the browser options specifically. No anti-virus installed and won’t.

I’ve been using the Handcent for messaging – I like it better than the default that came with the phone.

I’ve tried mini opera also on my iphone, along with perfect browser. But pound for pound safari is the best, imho.

The standard browser works just fine. Opera might use more precious resources. My phone gets pissed at me already if I use the Swiftkey keyboard and MLB At Bat at the same time.

I think I’ll stick with the standard for now. I love the fact I can “pinch zoom” and load standard HTML versions of pages if I want.

Double tap to zoom too.

Yep. I’ve only had mine a couple of weeks – so I’m enjoying the APP store shopping. It’s easier online on the laptop, then scan the “code” and it begins loading on my phone. Technology is wonderful.

The SwiftKey keyboard is sweet. Over time it will learn how you type and suggest words for you. I can now say “I love you too” with 4 button presses.

Thanks..makes note.

why did we have moylan up in the pen in the 7th when we were up by 9?
bases were loaded..

he can get ground balls

Another OT:

Thinking about renting Death at a Funeral tonight….thoughts?

Just stay away from Clash of the Titans…that was a freaking disgrace.

I liked it

It basically went through all of Greek Mythology in 60 minutes.

I’ve always been interested in that, and thus I hated the movie.

I didn’t enjoy the story, but the special affecteds were awesome.

new or old?

the new one with Chris Rock

funny

but the british one is the original and is funnier

everything is funnier with accents

figured that…but its not available on directtv tonight

Out 2! Ross with a snag in foul territory.
Like a BOSS!!!
Glad we signed him to another few years!!!
me too

he’s a ballplayer

This was a nice game to have

Nice and easy going. We haven’t had many of these since the break.

the first two innings we saw 15 pitches total…good thing we got to him…it seemed like another long day

ugh….“one is the loneyest number”

Groan

There are about 15 related Braves comments in the 2nd thread.
this not being one
Thats what happens when the Braves have a blowout win

What? We’re supposed to talk about baseball?I wasn’t aware of this…you’re insane

Thatta boy DRoss
Starting Pitchers during August (incluiding today)

Hanson |0.84 ERA|—|WHIP 0.703|
Hudson |0.41 ERA|—|WHIP 0.773|
JJ.———- |1.77 ERA|—|WHIP 1.180|
Lowe——|2.08 ERA|—|WHIP 1.327|
Medlen-|4.15 ERA|—|WHIP 1.154|
Minor—-|4.50 ERA|—|WHIP 1.000|

Combined for: |1.58 ERA|—|0.985 WHIP| 0HR Allowed

And Minor’s shouldn’t even be that high.

stupid astros and their bloop hits

That was probably the most frustrating game of the year for me.

and their stupid ballpark
Ross with the wheeeelzzz
ankiel's gotta homer sometime....

right?

LOL

Rick Ankiel makes FYF look like Chipper.

wait

torn ACL chipper or chipper chipper?

ummm….4 year old Chipper

Ankiel really laced it.

Unfortunately right at him.

Ankiel moved Ross to 3rd. Good out.
A hit and 2 BBs for him today. Good to see.

Sea Bassssssssssssssssssssssss
SEA BASS!

4 RBI baby

Double digets!
gonzo is raking today
Hicks sighting

he is now hitting 3rd in the lineup…probably for the only time ever…

what the heck is offense

God I miss Yunel.
well what are you waiting for?

give him a call! i’m sure he misses you too!

I love his frosty hair.

do you like pulling on it when you're making love?

He’s never there when we’re making love.

I’m done.

with yunel?

bad breakup?

Me and Nitram are still going strong.

:)

you win. i forfeit. it got too un-hetero for me.

low leverage glaus AB

= HR right?

haha at defensive fail
send Jay Gibbons back to the independent league!!!
So what happened?
routine flyball got lost in the sun and dropped in
hahahaha....doofus
Troy hit it to Saturn and fielder can't find it.

FAIL

slowey indeed out after 106 pitches, jon rausch on in relief, strikes out the first batter before giving up a double to cliff pennington

ooh, that must make Slowey frustrated

yeah

but he must’ve wanted out… 106 isnt that many he’s started all year, his arm had to be sore or something. crisp doubled behind pennington, its 4-1

He had missed his last start

with elbow soreness.

slowey got pulled

ouch

gah

Hinske 0-4 w/ 4 Ks…he has been struggling as of late

11 runs = tied for most since May 16 (13 runs)
HAHAHAHA

I love when the Royals shut out the New York Yankees.

haha

but i dont think the royals r playing too badly at the moment…

hahaha

more defensive fail

didn't even look like Matt Kemp was even trying
Little Flare! Little FLare! Little Flare!

Eric O’Flareity.

MORE EPICLY EPIC FAILISH FAIL

heyward declared ghost runner on 2nd

brooks, proceed with the grand slam

Has anyone been watching the Giants/Padres series?

It’s been great.

past my bedtime
a bit

lots of great pitching in that series

why does it feel like we're not going to score >2 runs for the next two weeks?
I mean, our lineup once Prado and Heyward come back isn't bad...

Infante
Heyward
Prado
BMac
Glaus
Hinske
Gonzalez
Ankiel

omg

prado in the 3 spot? if bobby does that, i’ll jizz in my pants

I hope so. We have perfect L/R balance throughout the whole lineup.

i really think we'll move heyward further down in the lineup and bat

prado at the leadoff and omar batting 2nd…or vice versa

If Bobby was going to move Heyward down, I think he would’ve done it already.

HInke

Dang phone call got me distracted

Hinke Hinske

You always get phone calls. Popular lady!

Hubby misses me :-)

How’s Daisy doing?

She brought me her ball a few min ago – she wants the game over so we can go outside and play.

my cat just brings me dead animals.

They’re presents for the family!

Riley chewed any more shoes? :-)

Haha, no. That little crap head has been behaving better.

broken bat hit....

i hope we aren’t using up all our luck today

LOL

We’re Houston Astro’ing the Dodgers.

DON’T USE UP ALL THE RUNZ

we're astro-ing the dodgers to death right now

tooooo slooooow.

damn....... :(
Speaking of Prado,

update? And is Heyward’s knee botherine him again?

prado rehabbing

in gwinett tomorrow

oooooooooooooohhhhh

pretty runs. I like

Does Sherrill have his back to the hitter everytime he throws??

He did in B-more. FLATTEN EM OUT!!

Melky’s average is up to .270. Not bad.

yes yes

not bad at all

its good for 3rd on the team behind prado and omah
Hudson is jealous
hardest hit ball

is an out

Baseball is a fun game.

DAMN YOU POTZ FILL IN!
Reed Johnson

with the Pods catch

fuck i thought that was gonna get over his head
JONNY VENTERS TIME!
cane he get a day off?

Venters doesn’t like days off

BRING IN JOJO

Sorry, he's not in the country anymore.
Je-sse Cha-vez

clap, clap, clap-clap-clap

9 batters, 4 runs. 3rd 4-run inning of the game.

They haven’t scored over 13 runs since opening day. Last time they scored 13, they beat D-backs 13-1.

BRING IN CASH!

He’s getting ready in AAA

he got traded....

he’s got NASTYY stuff.

and he can play 3rd base on days he doesn't pitch

dude rakes!!!

Dude is money.

icwutudidthar

16 hits - WOW - I could get used to this.
Cash ever gonna get in the game??
i like conrad's 3B defense
Just think, in 3 separate innings this game, we scored as many runs as the Braves + Dodgers scored in the last 2 games combined!
7-14 w/ RISP today
That's the way to win ballgames.

Although if we could average 4 runs/game I could live with that the way we’ve been pitching.

5 is the magic #

LOLWUT!!

Much better than normal.

who’s this martinez dude

Nice catch by Matty D!

Never thought I'd say this but.....

LETS GO METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/vomits in agreement yet again

stop saying what we’re all thinking!

nooooooooo

STFD! Victory!!!
Lovely Day at the Ballpark!

CRISTHIAN MARTINEZ FOR CLOSER!

Wags doesn’t go 1-2-3.

STFD BALL GAME!

Have a nice sunday everyone….hungover nap time!

Why can’t the ball game stand?

Victory Cookie

+10000000000000

first actual LOL of the day. Congrats.

Wahoooooo

Let’s all celebrate this win with adding of chocolate to milk.

Or a mass banning.

I like the mass banning idea
BANNINGS ALL AROUND!

whooooooooooooooo!

Severely reduced pay for everyone!

Can i Haz BANing.

mass banging?

I LOVE ORGIES!

long time no see 3 innings with 4 runs
long time no see 9 innings with 0 errors
Still don't understand why we don't go get Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez

Who woulda thought this would happen after looking at the lineup card?

Our “B” lineup has been pretty impressive.

bobby cox

never doubt him!!!

Well, that made Jurrjens happy I'll bet. He's been getting run support 3.35. (Worst among Braves starters)

where is that llama dude

banned

NOOOOOOOOO

Only person with an at-bat and 0 hits was Diaz (0-1, SO)

Well he should be banned for that.

Why should I be banned?

Not you, Diaz.

Ban him from what, Baseball?

And Talking Chop

NVM. You had to be there.

wow

WINZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS APPROVES OF ACHIEVEMENT : “HITFEST”

anybody watching SF-SD?

pablo sandoval is a little bitch

SHIT! No title ban. DAMN IT!

see you characters tomorrow

assuming I haven’t or won’t get banned

Likely a ban.

if I'm going to get banned, I at least want to get my money's worth

say something about troy.

troy glaus is a doofus
ask for a prorated portion of what you paid for gold membership back!
that's a good idea

probably enough to get a new xbox

You mean my membership to the Gold Club?

Troy Interview!!!

YAY!

Every starter with a HIT today.

Beyond good to see.

I say we keep riding it....

TWYS!

I KNOW WHAT I SAID! THATS WHY I SAID IT…

Glavine has palm trees on his powder blue tone on tone shirt.

Don’t you mean powder river?

That’s in Columbia.

See y'all for the Series WIN tomorrow!

Everyone enjoy the rest of your Sunday :-)
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Some B-Team stats (No Heyward, No Chipper, Almost no BMac and Hinske)

During August. Braves Record 3-0

|AVG. 343 (37-108)|—|27 R (9 per game)|—|RISP .390|

Honorable Mention

  1. A. Gonzalez .455/.462/.636 (5-11), 1 3B, 5RBI, 4R, 1BB, 1K
  2. Melky .429/.467/.571 (6-14), 2 2B, 2RBI, 2R, 1BB, 2K
  3. Conrad .462/.500/.539 (6-13), 1 2B, 2RBI, 2R, 1BB, 3K
  4. Ross .444/.500/.889 (4-9), 2 2B, HR, 2RBI, 3R, 1BB, 3K
  5. Infante .357/.400/.643 (5-14), 1 2B, HR, 3RBI, 5R, 1BB, 1K

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