Talking Chop

I would’ve loved them more if they’d let us finish the come back yesterday.

this

WOOOOOO

Agon is a genius lol

Cubs Defense Fail thread

Lets count the should be errors

1. Pitcher missing the bag on Mac’s sure double play
2. Soriano’s ill fated attempt in LF, any decent LF catches it anyways
3. Allowing the run to score, trying to run down Gonzalez between 1st and 2nd

Prado is sitting there like

“HAHAHA, hey Chip…..at least I’m not that guy!”

cue circus music

for cubs

lingsched - August 22, 2010 reply

I think this game is safely won.....especially if we stop pitching to Aramis!

Its too bad AGon is an offensive black hole, eh Justin?

ATLandUNC - August 22, 2010 reply

in fairness

it should’ve been caught…soriano’s ineptitude has been very apparent for a while…
but i’m glad it happened

forgotten_glory - August 22, 2010 reply

if we get another bases loaded…

saipol - August 22, 2010 reply

a 3 run single?????

fail by the Cubs scorer

what do you score it?

2- run single
FC?

E7

yeah

I could see that, not sure if they will score it

it was a difficult play

but he should have caught that ball. Even a scorer that is somewhat of a homer should realize that

RECAP of Minor's amazing performance today. 12Ks (official)

Honorary 13th K (because ump is blind)

Haha

cute

most impressive? All but one is swinging.

yondaime4 - August 22, 2010 reply

Well....runs were scored...I think Venters can hold it down and one of the hardly used can clean this up

Martinez

sighting?

Fuck the Braves. Seriously.

by FearTheTurtIe on Aug 22, 2010 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously, I rather not.

by j reed on Aug 22, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

At least Phillies phans are entertaining themselves.

lol

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Their misery brings me so much joy.

schadenfreude

Yet another word that I learned from watching the Simpsons.

Lisa explained it to Homer when he was gleeful about Flanders’ store going out of business.

And parents were worried about letting their kids watch that show 20 years ago.

This makes me so happy. Oh Phillies fans!

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

1,2,3 for Venters!

Oops.

It was more like 1-2-4….

Yep, overlook me today. Wish I could blame a hangover, but can’t. LOL

You’re much more responsible than i am. Now you know why I wasn’t really around during the first few innings.

I did appreciate the 2:20 start time

another hour to sleep/be passed out was clutch

Exactly. I hate when they start at 10:05.

those dodger games in LA earlier in the year were rough

I would get too drunk, and by the time the 7th inning rolled around, I didn’t know which way was up

Well, nothing more sad than drinking alone. So, none for me.

Not trying to be a jerk or whatever....

But am I the only person who doesnt really give a damn about Vin Scully?

I'm definitely finding this to be getting to "Enough already" levels.

I don't really care either way

No, especially when George Will on BBTN this morning called him the greatest broadcaster in Dodgers history

….perhaps (the baseball scholar that he is) he hasn’t heard of Red Barber

Bob Uecker and Harry Caray should be in contention, IMO.

wait for it...

Absolutely....both of them

Scully is amazing.

He is the Voice of the Dodgers....but for Skip to get dissed consistently and everyone fawning over him and the Yankees PA guy is too much

This.

Other than our announcers, the only guys I have an opinion are:

Bob Uecker, love him but mostly fir the Major League movies.

Hawk Harrelson, White Sox “Put it on the boooooard, YES” guy. Cant stand him. Makes me irate to think about him.

And that “A Bomb for ARod” guy. The world would be a better place if he would just stop using that line.

Everything here is spot one....Uecker rules though

i like hawk

I like him

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

WGN due up:

Ankiel
O’Flaherty
Infante

hmmmmm……

EOF

secret weapon

whatever happened to proctor? didnt we sign him at the begining of the yr

having a rough time

recovering.. getting lit up

We did

And he’s not that good. He’s been in the minors all year long and posting not good numbers.

On November 4th, 2009, Proctor’s agent, Mark Rodgers, released that Proctor had signed a split contract with the Braves and received an invitation to Spring Training. He spent 2010 pitching for the Double-A Mississippi Braves and Triple-A Gwinnett Braves. As of August 14, he had compiled a 7.82 ERA in 31 appearances between the 2 teams.

6 pitches, 4 batters!

Chances of Infante hitting another HR?

Over/Under 100%?

348%

‘cause that’s his BA

mlb.com gameday

says oflaherty pitched last inning

wtf

He did

so does yahoo

saipol - August 22, 2010 reply

they probably still say we lost Friday nights game lol

yeah, I saw that too

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

now it's saying minor piched the 7th

fail

Wow

was that intentional?

OWWW

That’s the hip! LOL

Why they hittin Ske?

Hinske

Eric Hinske looked like a bad actor in an action movie who's just been shot

autoRAKE!!!!

INFANTE IS SO TERRIBLE!!

DFA HIM!!

Auto-Single

man

what a day for Infante!!

yea he should not play everyday RABBLE RABBLE

Auto-single on fire!

NOT AN ALLSTAR

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

No...he's Everyone's Favorite All-Star

I love that

RABBLE RABBLE

autoHITS

[ENGAGE]

4 Hits today for Infante

5 PA for Infante

More of this and he will get 502 PA

and the batting title!

He's making a STRONG case for it today....

Rip one out

JHEY

Was that first pitch to heyward

a strike?

no

thanks

did not think it looked like one

LOL

gameday is broken.

CBS and MLB gamedays are broken!

apparently, Omar just singled,

4.3 SPEED

HEYWARD SUCKS!!!

DFA HIM!!!

HEYWARD SUX

BENCH HIM

Hinske

turning on the Jets

He really is faster than he looks.

10

Spot!

We have to get him out of the 2nd spot in the batting order!

Warm up the truck....he's starting to put it together

hinske looked like fred flinstone coming around the bases

I LOVE JASON HEYWARD

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Hey Jason Heyward can hit it seems

3 for 3 and 2 RBIs for Heyward today

Hinske is a BIG time RBI coming toward you at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4JPgVD2SM&feature=av2e

3-3 with 2 BBs

The Atlanta "10 run Sunday's" Braves

+10 lol

So I have a perposal.

Sinc Hayward has been strugglin lately we shuld demote him 4 a while to werk on his swings! Wut u think? Rec this sense it took me so long 2 write

Rec'd

miketrain?

mastermike

Kind of a cross between mastermike, AndyInGa, and fatazzfoot

i was close

ROFLCUBSDEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOLcubs

Didn’t realize there was a new thread. DUH!

Lou is going to burn up the pen

He’s like I am not going to be here tomorrow. Eff it.

This

hahahahaha!!!

10-3

someone was worried about our offense earlier today right?

JESUS CHRIST COME ON DERREK LEE

How about a hit for once?

Granted.

Really stinks for Piniella.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Prado!

Bases Loaded again make your picks

Results
1. Strikeout
2. Popout
3. GIDP
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Grand Slam

You failed yet again….

4 is the throw all bin for unexpected events

Oh...

It must be Apocalypse day.

haha

must be

Apocalypse

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

OK DLee……gotta do something here sir…..something productive

That

Will Work

PWN!!!!!!!!!!

LEE GETS A HIT!!!

LOLcubs again

more runs!!

13-3!!!

D LEE!!!!

Finally Lee's off the snide

Derrek Lee, FTW

DLEE!!!!!!

3-run double!

D Lee

making it look easy

AHHHHHH DEREK LEE GOT A HIT!!!!! FREAK OUT!!!!

I think we can call this one. Attaboy DLee!

13-3, Braves!

LOLOLOL

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Well there ya go

someone needs to call the 10 run rule already

Mercy Rule

Our NEW Brave!

Getting my oil changed tomorrow!

BeatTehMets - August 22, 2010 reply

lulz

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Lucky you live in GA

Hey, the only time they scored more than 13 runs (now done 3 times) was...

On Opening day, against the Cubs. Braves win 16-5

DLee

Does something good and Mac comes up and swings like a T-Rex at the 1st pitch.

We could used some of these runs yesterday. Oh well, that’s how it goes.

Braves have more runs than Minor's K's

crazy game.

ROFL!! SERIOUSLY!?

A WILD PITCH, TOO!?

Bullpen much, Cubs?

Jesus

We turned into the stros

I see the "loveable losers" name is well-deserved

Not at all

I hate the Cubs. I want them to lose while going down in flames with the fiery fury of 1,000 suns.

The LOLCubs are coming apart at the seams....again

No wonder Lou wants to get out…he can’t take this anymore

His mother is 90 and not in good health... jerk

BeatTehMets - August 22, 2010 reply

Dude...I know...I've been watching since the pregame show

Can’t even make a joke anymore…sheesh

he's joking

If we get a sac fly here

I am not sure if I could stop laughing

Got a walk instead….I already can’t stop laughing.

CBS Gameday is running in reverse...

Awhile ago, it was Braves 8th. Then it went to End of Cubs 7th. Now it’s end of Braves 7th

Skynet is taking over.

Y2K.

How many errors for the Cubbies

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Official: 5-ish?
Unofficial: ninety trillion

“eleventy million. That’s not even a number.”

“…yet!”

dlee!

BMac

OH......

Horrible Joke……fail

How BA would it be...

if Lou started passing out shots to all of his players and lit up some cigars for the final two innings?

Ouch by Joe – “that phone you hear is not the bull pen, but Lou’s travel agent”

Epic

BeatTehMets - August 22, 2010 reply

What do you say to Berg here

Your defense sucks… you cant throw strikes… so just gut this one out

Wait who pitched for us the last inning?

Cubs announcers are confused… Gameday said EOF… They’re saying Venters… Is it that hard to tell they pitch with different hands…

Venters

was in

dont you get it

Venters is a lefty and EOF is a lefty. Venters is white and EOF is white it all makes sense

Erihury - August 22, 2010 reply

lefty/lefty

fail

HOW DID I POSSIBILY WATCH THE LAST 50 GAMES AT HAVE THE IMPRESSION VENTERS WAS A RIGHTY

I SUCK

When I actually think about the image it makes sense… Man I’m an idiot

have we batted around??

not yet

Now we have…

14-3, Braves

Melky

with the patented Chopper…

That is how he gets sac flies

MVP Delivers again

Melky gets the RBIzzzz

14-3

Do we trust Farnsworth in this situation??

tough call

only up 2 scores… they could recover the onside kick

Whaaaa???

Melky!

has to be

one of the worst defensive games ive ever seen by one game

Cody Arrington - August 22, 2010 reply

No, the worst defensive game was when one person made 4 errors on 1 play.

Did you watch the braves

when they played the astros a few weeks ago

Does this mean we see Farnsworth today? Or is the lead not big enough yet?

The lead is never big enough to bring Farnsworth in……Bobby hasn’t figured that out, though.

14 runs...most since OD

I really hate the Phillies

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Did they call the game?

Diory in

for Alex Gonzalez

I’m glad that field goal we allowed in the 2nd quarter did do much harm.

So, funny story

Derrek Lee has 3 RBIs and will finish the day with a negative WPA

Infante must have a WPA close to 1.000

the Troy Glaus effect

so?

that’s not really a flaw with WPA - it’s just that he didn’t contribute anything when the game was still undecided. going from 10 to 13 runs isn’t exactly clutch.

I didn't say it was.

I just find it amusing.

oh

I mean, put it this way

I’m stoked about the fact that we have such a huge that a 3 run scoring playing has almost no impressionable effect on WPA.

Can we give Washington 7 of our runs?

Bud Selig make this happen.

Seconded.

Well, I asked earlier why the Braves couldnt win a game by 10 runs for once. I guess I got my wish.

BravesFan2010 - August 22, 2010 reply

I was trying to remember who said that earlier….

Martinez or Farnsy?

Martinez

please

Martinez is just a myth …

Golden Corral’s food is shit.

This.

I ate there once in my life….it was pretty terrible.

Is Bobby ever going to use Cash? Jesus….he’s rotting on the bench.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

HeHe

wow Chopper

you are on the ball lately with the graphics

+100

how about a number?

cant please everyone

Best. Graphic. Ever.

Makes Chipper as the Terminator seem weak.

I love this so much.

+12k

lulz

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Haha

i’d like to request this be changed to " We needz Cash in teh lineup!!!!!!"

Hey, Infante will get 6 PAs

He only needs like 1 hit per game for the rest of the season, and he’s probably got the batting title….

these past 2 sundays have been rather enjoyable

STOP PITCHING TO ARAMIS!!!

Even with an 11 run lead….

why Moylan?

and why pitch to Aramis?

Falcons 14 Bears 3

This is a football score.

Sweet

Are they on TV?

Sarcasm font didn't work, ugh

no worries I gotcha

STOP PITCHING TO RAMIREZ!

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Well

1 pitch, 1 hit. Ramirez, you win at life this series.

Glad we leave this guy behind today. We can’t get him out.

I bet the Cubs feel the same way about Infante.

As well as Heyward.

He has been awfully pesky for them hasn’t he? :-)

can we take him with us instead?

I said this yesterday.

That whole trade thing was a misunderstanding……we meant Ramirez, not Lee…..

I'll take both if we can...

Why is Moylan in anyway?

Bobby Cox is managing the bullpen.

Someone made the BC bullpen chart already....

Come on PeMo...

geez

cant we just end this game now without any other issues lol

Obscure Vidro in play here…….

LMAO Brenly dissed Aramis never getting in front of balls on D.

Better watch out, he’ll be fired & out the door w/ Lou today.

FitzFan - August 22, 2010 reply

Hey, they can hit 2 grand slams and still not beat us

Don't start with this... Just don't

Has anybody said yet that we should have traded for Aramis just so he coudln't own us?

Not that it’s mattered yet

I agree…..we probably could have gotten both of them…..

didnt he clear waivers?

he wanted his option picked up next season...18 mil

18 mil?? is he crazy?

No, he’s not crazy, that’s why he didn’t give up $18 MM.

He is crazy & doesn’t care about winning. The option won’t be picked up anyway.

FitzFan - August 22, 2010 reply

Isn’t it a player option? That’s why it will be picked up. We wanted him to agree not to exercise it if we traded for him.

Yes, his option for 2012 also goes from being a club option to a player option if he’s traded.

It’s a player option, so … yes, yes it will.

Uhhhh…..I don’t think I want to pick up my option……durrrrrrrrrrrrrr…………….

No, he refused to waive his option.

Yeah he was in the TC talks of 3rd basemen we could have gone after but I think he ended up picking up an option

I said this yesterday.

Ah, okay.

geez

how about an out

Hey! I didn't order any dang Drama!

Weeee

I love weakly hit balls off the end of the bat. This is like the damned Astros series all over again in this inning.

Except we still have a 10-run lead

Christian “The White Flag” Martinez warming up.

I thought Farnsworth was the white flag

JasonHeywardisGod - August 22, 2010 reply

THATS farns

Oh, sorry. I been out a few weeks, not up to date on the new names. I’m assuming Ankiel is Socks?

This.

Martinez doesn’t exist. He’s like the Loch Ness monster – some people claim to have seen him, but the sightings are never verifiable.

Moylan isn't even making bad pitches.

Can Cash pitch at all? Moylan’s getting lit up like an Iraqi hooker the night before Ramadan.

I know

Softly hit grounder, hard hit grounder, softly hit grounder, softly hit grounder, K. The man is a burden of a pitcher.

Didn’t say he was pitching poorly. Said he was getting lit up.

Results don’t always equal effort.

+winzzz

You forget

They have to let the Braves bat one more time.

So the Cubs would need to score eleven runs to absorb the six that are about to be scored.

Phillies fans are angered that we are made of winz.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

c´mon Moylan

Glad to see that was the last we will pitch to Ramirez this season. He is hitting against us something very close to .900

over 9000

Why is Cristhian Martinez on the roster if he's not going to pitch in a 14-3 blowout?

JasonHeywardisGod - August 22, 2010 reply

this.

KK coming in from AAA

That would happen before Martinez gets into a game.

no one knows

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

he's closing it out

he’s good in the stressful 9th inning situations when we’re up 9

more venters

Hey, they now have 5 runs. Which means we will score 2 more to equal our opening day score.

1

Two starts in a row Minor has pitched in a blowout

He must have taken the luck from Lowe.

If KK were on the 25-man, do you honestly think he'd be pitching right now?? You know, just to keep him loose?

holy omar

Wow

great play Infante

"he's an all-star you know"

Infante = Cub killer

OMAR!!!

should not be an everday player

RABBLE RABBLE

+1

Pfft,

More like Omar WINfante, amirite.

Rec'd

Or today

HOMAR WINfante

OMAR IN-EFFIN-FANTE!!! OMG What a day!

And EFAS steals a run back...hooray Omar

Infante..."All-Star Ya Know" (Joe)

INFANTE IS MADE OF WIN

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Jason Heyward hasn't cured cancer yet.

Bench hin

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

*him

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

ROFL

But Infante has

lmao

Infante

“take a bow son, take a bow”

What was the final score opening day?

Was it 16-5?
Let’s make it happen.

16-5

And Heyward homered that game too

But hopefully Mike Minor doesn't turn into DLowe

In somewhat more awesome fashion

Though it’s been a persistent source of auditory pain for the rest of the year.

Omar MVP>Melky MVP :)

-53

Bears had a safety. 14-5. Falcons winning

GO FALCONS!

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Master Chief disagrees

Awesome!!

whodat? - August 22, 2010 reply

They've improved since Thursday night :)

OK, OT for most of you I know, but does anyone know who won the match between Federer and Fish….I only saw the first two sets…

Thanks,

Soro

Roger

Feds

Haithcock won in 5 sets

Nice way for us to head into Colorado.

Nothing like Momentum at your back.

We HAVE to keep CarGo and Tulo under control. We do that…or at least keep one of them under control, and we have the series.

Also

I thought we were done with the Pirates for the year, but the Braves have one more series in Pittsburgh next month! That’s awesome!

:)

nice

plus we gotta bunch of home games too

Jaymin Patel - August 22, 2010 reply

Speaking of the Pirates

They’re at 83 losses now. That’s 18 losing seasons in a row since Franky Cabrera single handedly killed that franchise.

Cabrera/Bream

/Skip

ankiel couldn't help but strike out

Coach put me in for Rick...

I swear I can go up there and swing as hard as possible at high fastballs to strike out.

Did they call the Philly game?

MLB At Bat

Still says Bot 7 Del

I want to make ’em finish it – just so they have to play all day.

whats happening?

is it raining?

meteor shower

Rain delay.

I have created a new stat. Tis called the awesome factor. I calculated that the Braves are awesomer than the Phillies.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Cody Ross going to the Giants.

Wtf are they thinking?

Ross, Jose Guillen, Pat Burrell, Aaron Rowand, Andres Torres, Nate Schierholtz in the OF.

torres is awesome

quantity over quality

to stop him going to another contender I guess

Right

blocking the Phils

Huff can play the OF too

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

of course you could say the same about the braves

TONS of below average outfielders

I have a question:

If the Phillies are so awesome, why are they suddenly completely incapable of winning when the Braves lose?

Because they’re incapable of losing when the Braves win.

It’s very yin and yang isn’t it.

What happens in the last series of the year, then? Universe implosion?

Ain’t that the truth

It’s a corollary of MLB Rule 1527.3

subparagraph F, I believe.
;-)

Hinske

who are we calling up in sept?

kimbrel, dunn, hicks, and a 3rd catcher for sure

The annual Clint Sammons callup.

good ole sammy

you have to figure Nate and KK come back as well

Infante gets another chance!

AUTOSINGLE or AUTOHR?

autohr

MORE ABs!

THIS!

whats his

PA count at? or should we start this in september?

333

Needs 169 in 38 games (4.45/G)

Doesn’t “need”

hampton

signed by the D-backs, maybe we could trade for him

LOL

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Depends on what the insurance people saty

not sure if

his left peck can be insured

Infante... :(

its ok

more PAs

The PAs don’t matter if they’re outs….

yeap I’m dumb

Has Infante done anything today but strikeout....geez!

He’s been completely useless all day.

Aren't the Rockies still paying Hamp?

Come on Heyward

keep the perfect day up

Granted.

4-6, 2 hr, but he isn’t a real all star

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Who was the author of that article?

The worst all star in history article?

I reallyw ant to find it right now

Was it Jeff Pasan? I forget…

yup

elucas91 - August 22, 2010 reply

I'm looking as well

If we win every game with 15 runs Imhotep will get enough at bats to win the batting title

PAs, not BAs…..and it doesn’t matter how many he gets. Be more concerned with his hits. He has a good chance of winning the batting title, especially after today.

I approve this message.

HEYWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J-Hey!!!!!!

Back up the truck!!

Back up the truck!! Back it up!!!!!

Wild Thing, you make my butt sting!

16-5, Braves!!

JHEEEEYYYY!!!!!

Heyward really really sucks

And 16-5 it is.

GIVE ME THE TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

BRING ON THE TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J-Hey or Infante for MVP????

both

Minor

How bout the whole team. But minor did awesome from what i heard on the radio.

Heywward

not fucking around against the Cubs

Heyward is BEAST!!!

Heyward makes up for Infante's previous shortcoming

THERE'S MY 16-5 OPENING DAY SCORE!!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!

Pleaz predict scores from now on

.........and predict them high and in the Braves' favor.

Jason Heyward's swing generates 1.21 gigawatts.

Aww, no love? I thought this was really good, too. :-(

pats you on the head

I'm aware most of my stuff is really bad. So when I come up with something I think is good...

Dont worry bout it. Most of the peeps in here too young to remember Back to the Future. Respect knuckles.

Ahh, true. I feel like I oughta chase them off my lawn now.

Wait....what?

There are people too young to know Back to The Future quotes? I thought Back to The Future was timeless. :(

Homer?

JHEY

TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Killed the rally

skymuse - August 22, 2010 reply

OH MY HEYWARD ITS 16-5

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

OMG!! He went down and got that one!

Oh god.

Is Heyward being trained by Yoda? Did he get a booster shot of midi-chlorians?

JHey is one giant midichlorian

skymuse - August 22, 2010 reply

Bench him

We don’t do homeruns here..

Jason! 2nd Homer today! (poor Mike)

Good lord Bobby, I know it’s against the rules to do it during a game, but you need to move Heyward to the 6 spot right now!

Move him up in the order Now!

lol mastermike!

that looked like the homer of opening day

JasonHeywardisGod - August 22, 2010 reply

THE JHEY KID

IS BACK FOLKS!!!
OMFG
OMFG

haha

20 total bases for Infante and Heyward today… uber-epicness

WOW!

I’m liking this. Hopefully we can do this at Coors, too.

murph35 - August 22, 2010 reply

lol bench heyward plz

lingsched - August 22, 2010 reply

Minor should get 2 wins for this game…..

Three, really

Given the Braves record for winning when scoring five, he should get three for 16.

Damn

almost a hit for Prado

I'll take credit for Heyward's day since I started the "move him back in the order" talk

mastermike beat you

TCfromDubVee - August 22, 2010 reply

Can't get credit for anything. Damn

Stinks for Lou to go out this way.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Eh, no it doesn’t.

This.

Damn Lou….winz is winz, and the Braves need all of them.

Gondeee agrees

Grand opening, grand closing

16-5

lovely bookends

We're not done yet.

+22

I'll take credit for Heyward's day since I started the "move him back in the order" talk

Apparently twice.

Double credit. Nothing worse.

haha +10

Jason has decided he DOES want the Rookie of the Year

Well, Henry Rowengartner is legal now.

I chuckled.

4-4, 2 BB, 2 HR

I wonder what a game like this is worth in terms of WAR.

5-5...forgot a rbi single in there

I loved hearing Don Sutton on that JHey homerun -

he was impressed

amman106 - August 22, 2010 reply

J-Hey heating up for the stretch run!

rubbles88 - August 22, 2010 reply

Prado= bucket of fail. we needed to get another PA for infante.
guess its up to christhian martinez

Great day to be a Braves fan

But man, tough day to call it quits for Sweet Lou.

He's not leaving

He’s getting hit out of the park by Winfante and Heyward.

yeah i almost felt weird about it

then i remembered they won yesterday, f ’em

No doubt

I hate the Cubs with a burning passion after dealing with their arrogant asshole fans at the Ted for Game 1 of the ’03 LDS, but you still want to at least go out with a win.

If you want to go out with a win, don’t choose a 1st place team as your opponent for your last game.

esp when they play the Pirates 18 times a year

Are you 2 serious? He didn't choose anything. Sorry his mom didn't take a turn for the worse against the Bucs

FitzFan - August 22, 2010 reply

Given what’s going on with his mother, this is probably the least of his worries.

HERE'S

Christian Martinez

Who?

Christian Martinez?

He does exist!

this is awesome

considering mike minor had a 12 M&M day

Get a picture!

Can someone photoshop a braves hat on this? I lack the skills/ software.

LOL

I did it, but can't upload it

Just uploading it to tinypic, then post it here …

Haha, thanks. I appreciate the effort.

All you can ask for.

The siren going off in the background at Wrigley is absolutely classic

Prior to this game, Braves had given up fewest homers in the majors (prob. still true)

With all this hitting this month, we might be leading the majors in homers in August. not really)

LOCH NESS MONSTER IS IN THE GAME!?

Those flipper produce a nasty slurve, you know.

jhey back to point when he can't get out

6-6 getting OB today!!!!!

KINGSLYTUT - August 22, 2010 reply

OBP

machine

Good play

Martinez

Infante has 329 PA's for the year

he needs 383 to qualify. SO he’ll need around 54 PA more for the year + 3.1 per game to qualify from somewhere

Jaymin Patel - August 22, 2010 reply

I kinda feel bad

For Lou. This is the game his team put together for his final?

I’d be ashamed to be a player for the cubs right now.

I think I’d kick every Cubs player if I were Lou.

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

At least some rustle up some dirt on them.

1st at bat HR against Cubs

and Last at bat HR against Cubs

Marker and post-it pad ready….

Cristhian Martinez, HE EXISTS

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

Braves have absolutely OWNED the NL Central, with the exception of St. Louis. Of course, it is the weakest division in baseball.

Isn’t the AL West pretty bad, too?

Not as bad as the NL Central, no.

the Mariners are pretty turruble

Whew...don't hurt yourself Jason...

no need to get hurt

dont even attempt it

Stupid on the field BPs

Beautifulness

Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
O Infante 2B 6 4 4 4 0 2 .349 .381 .458
J Heyward RF 4 4 4 4 2 0 .265 .378 .452

thats ok

Meh.

average to slightly above average

phew

hoping he did not try too hard for a ball with the game well in hand

This Castro guy is good

this castro kid is gonna be real good for a long time

Vidro time?

Good call

Vidro time.

What is it with the NL Central and the patented rolling bunt to the third baseman when playing the Braves?

*swinging bunt

Odarp looked good on that one

Good hustle by bird.

eh

DONT RUIN THE OPENING DAY SCORE

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

there you go

rubbles88 - August 22, 2010 reply

HITS

ATL – 13
CHC – 12

hahahaha

Come on Martinez… let’s put this one in the book.

Minor last 2 games

10-2 against Nats. But the team didnt score before he left the game.
16-5 against Cubs. Team scored 5 runs before he left.

it seems he is a winner

BRAVES WIN!!!

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS : CHICAGO :: GODZILLA : TOKYO

BraveSaluki - August 22, 2010 reply

there he is!!

Rainbow Llamasaurus has just WRECKED Chicago this season.

Lulz

Love the analogy

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS APPROVES OF OPENING DAY DEJA VU

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

VIDRO FTW!!!!

BALL GAME!

We preserved the opening day score with a vidro!

16-5, Braves! Official.

Ironical.

Yes!

Extended checklist. I like it.

:-)

Can we add qualify for the playoffs inbetween?

That’s going to be a very celebrated day as well

Knocks on wood

Already done. Got some in reserve for the upcoming weeks.

You are the very best...

Number 2 right behind Heyward

Victory Cookie!!!

NOM NOM NOM NOM

What a win!

A Vidro to close the show...Braves Win

Happy trails Lou…future hall-of-famer

thanks god Lou pull out Ramirez

i have throughly enjoyed this blowout

saipol - August 22, 2010 reply

Okay folks

I’m off to Fox Bros for some BBQ awesomeness. Great day for the good guys.

Sad way for Lou to go out

But I don’t care cause i’m selfish and I LOVE WINS!

Massacre

lol.

I like

Hope we can use this again in the Colorado series.

murph35 - August 22, 2010 reply

Not for nothing, but this does lower the ol Magic Number one.

Magic # is now 33

*37

Argh. Damned typos.

I like the 1st number better

I like the number 3 better….

Very Strasburgian.

See you later, and may the force be with you!

MBL1 - August 22, 2010 via mobile reply

and LOLPinella gets raped into the sunset

THIS TOWN

Match OD score, awesome!

Anyone else see that the Dodgers got Barajas from LOLMets?

Let's keep it going!

You make this one? It’s sick.

I actually found that one a long time ago, saved it.

Sigh. I had faith.

I like!

bacon is the key

Heyward says so

Heyward confirms the rumors: Bacon IS the most important thing in the food pyramid.

TRUCK FUEL

Bacon, french toast, couple scrambled eggs, apple juice.

Is this a postgame show thing?

Its funny....

After Chipper left, we were scared about scoring runs. Since then, we’ve averaged 5.92 R/G, scoring 10 runs 3 times in 12 games. In that stretch, we are 9-3 (and our losses were 1-2, 2-6, and 4-5)

Chipper had not been much of a factor in run production until 1.5 months before he got hurt….the Braves were already in 1st for awhile by that time….not to say that the injury didn’t hurt….but these guys can hit when their minds are right

WIN!

Braves win, Braves win, party time, excellent!

I was in Philly this weekend. Spent 240 on two nights. I need a break.

but u spent that on bricks

to throw at chase utley did u not?

Saw him and Howard at the bar. Hit them both with bricks.

Lovely WIN today. Let's keep it going in Colorado!

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Enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone!
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If the Braves continue at this pace, the Mets have to go 33-5.

I think they are finished

lol

Who??

oh, Maybe the Entire Team that Sucks

I’m not too worried.

Also, what?

I love how specific you are.

I have a spreadsheet with formulas

It shows the Braves’ pace record, as well as what the Phillies and Mets have to do to overtake them as well as the Braves’ record if they play .500 ball and what the Phillies and Mets have to do to overtake them.

But...

the mets are the team to beat in the east…

No, I think you misunderstood....

What ESPN probably said was that the New York YANKEES are the team to beat in the NL East……not the New York METS.

No, it was an article by some Mets homer around the all star break. The gist was forget the Braves, because the Mets are really the team to beat.

I remember it. It was because they were getting Beltran back!! LOL….

Lol Jim Powell

No one loves the Cubs more than Braves fans who need an oil change

I'm really beginning to appreciate him more and more every broadcast

I really do hate to see Lou torn up like this....

….he just mentioned how the pre-game with BC was……..special…..(tears)

A team's gotta do what a team's gotta do.

I'm watching his presser right now....the team had nothing to do with his decision

No, I meant the Braves needed to win, they couldn't give him a goodbye present