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Open Thread 8/25: Braves at Rockies

I don't even give a sh*t anymore.

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This team cannot put a full game together

and that is scary

WTF COME ON!!!

WHAT THE FUCK THREAD

Moylan is sucking today
jj is sucking today
Make that JJ and moylan

All the pitchers so far…..

STOPTHEBLEEDINGPLZ

WAGS!

For the save!

Typical Bobby fashion

leave a guy in too long just to hope he can get out of it

It's clear that the Braves got comfortable being up by 9 and just kind of went into relax mode.
Now we have a ballgame

Go Braves!

this hurts so much

Braves can’t wait to get home….

pemo has been awful lately
EOF time
Ew... Ouch.... Fuck...???
The Braves always somehow make a game interesting. Whether it's coming back late in the game or giving up a huge lead. Almost every game is a nail biter.

This game ain’t a good nailbiter—cause we ain’t at home.

Doesn't matter

Heyward can still walkoff

that wont fly in the playoffs or even down the stretch
We must work better in the clutch

It’s just sad that our offense actually showed up

Moylan blows
he gives a walk and a hit and he blows
who wants to donate to the

“burn down coors field” fund?

I hate playing the Rockies

Of the 4 games on right now, only the Royals-Tigers game doesn’t have a team that has scored at least 10 runs.

SAVE US EOF!!
Seriously, i don't even care anymore

Just blow the fucking lead. Maybe it’ll wake this team up on the road for once.

holy shit that was close
Unless the Braves get home field throughout the playoffs, there is NO way they will win the World Series, as bad as they are on the road.

Goddamn you’re a troll.

But i tell the truth. Sorry if you don't like the truth.

The NL has home-field advantage in the World Series!

You seriously don’t know what you’re talking about.

Exactly, but the Braves aren't guaranteed home field throughout the entire playoffs.

If the Braves manage even one win in a playoff road series, that’s still their advantage.

no

obviously you didn’t go to middle school because what you are spouting are called OPINIONS, not FACTS

No you don’t. You say stupid things that have little or no truth in them.

Ok, you believe the Braves are a good road team and I'll believe in the truth.

You’ll find only two or three teams that have a winning road record, and even then, it’s only by one or two games.

Every team performs much better at home than on the road. Don’t you know that?

Yankees are 36-26 on the road, Rays are 39-24 on the road, Reds are 36-28 on the road, Padres are 38-27 on the road. So that’s 4 of the best teams in baseball who have a winning record on the road. Out of the 6 teams leading their divisions in baseball, the Braves have by far the worst road record.

Like I said, not many teams have a winning road record.

You’re a troll and a terrible one at that.

I didn’t say that. You are making these crazy generalized inflammatory statements just to get a reaction.

It's the same damn team. You don't speak any truth. You have to be MASTERMIKE undercover. You sound exactly like him.

He is much more well said than trollstermike.

“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

"You want me on that wall...You NEED me on that wall"
"Did you order the Code Red?"

All I have to eat is cocoa puffs and yoohoo, so if you want anything else bring it with you.

Bobby has more faith in a LH facing a RH than bringing Farnsworth in
Rightly so.
Oh, I agree with the move

I just find it funny

Assuming we keep the lead, is it Venters, Saito, Wagner?

Did all the Rockies have to do was bring in a lefty from the BP and we stop?
Thats what its looking like

Have you seen this team at all this year, of course that’s all it takes.

they realized this team can't hit lefties and that's what other teams will do now.
worked for the Cubs on Opening Day too

IIRC

I dont believe this.

I step away for an hour or two, and its a 2 run game.

WTF HAPPENED?!?!?!?

meteor

Meteor shower

asteroids

no

8 f*****g meteors….

Jurrjens walked the pitcher......

….and the rest just came naturally.

JJ forgot how to pitch... Peter Moylan forgot he was a pitcher
are pitchers are throwing fastball literally right down the middle every pitch
They scored maybe?

this

Anyone notice we can’t put anyone away this series….killing us with 2 strikes every fucking time

Just get out of here and let the good relievers take over

ello

well this is a bit too close for comfort

What makes me so mad is... how much the dang Phillies are enoying this little mini-meltdown of ours right now.
It's okay

When we win the division and the Cardinals come back and take the Wild Card, they won’t be enjoying anything.

Don't worry....

They just lost two straight against the Astros at home.

I think we’ll hang on to win – but it shouldn’t be this damn hard.

We enjoyed their meltdown

We enjoy their meltdowns too. That’s just baseball fans.

even the outs are hit a long way
EOF, Venters, Saito, and Wagner

Should be the only relievers we use if our lead is 6 runs or less

I don't see how this Rockies club

doesn’t have a better record, they are pretty good, and they have this field.

The field isn’t actually as bad as it used to be.

They poop themselves on the road worse than we do.
BravesFan2010

opinion on our bullpen?

it sucks....

ohh sorry…

We’re obviously not fooling any of their hitters right now.

balls 1 and 2 are strikes

according to gameday

oh jeez

not cargo

dont fucking walk him with CarGo on deck

it’s either a walk or hit at this point. the strikezone is tiny.

yeah, um….

This ump is not giving the outside corner at all

At least he’s consistent.

I heard Aaron Cook, one of the Rockies pitchers, has turf toe? What the heck is turf toe?

Very common injury in football….but I believe it’s ligament damage in the toe….and I heard it hurts like hell

sounds painful.

google

Just answer if you’re going to reply anyway

A terrible injury.

caused by overstretching the ligaments when your toe jams in the turf.

now gono will give em lead
wtf

First two balls were definitely strikes

great match up here

Oh No – I’m gonna feed the dog – my heart can’t take this.
And I’m not an old woman.

don’t hurt the puppy

I’d never. But I did slam down the remote LOL

It's hard to throw strikes

when the strike zone is the size of a fucking cheeze it.

HahaHa, that made me laugh. Thanks, I needed it.

i walk home from work.. 15 min walk, and WATF?!

Giving them the lead here
this game is going to ruin my week
Just got home from work....

What. The. Hell.

its like the third game in Philly all over again

the headline tomorow...

ROCKIES AMAZING RALLY.. is not enough… braves win….

OUTS OUTS OUTS OUTS OUTS OUTS OUTS OUTS

i thought we didnt care?

+1

You said you didn’t give a crap mvhs lol!

I hate this team too much to not care

this had all the makings of a mass post

of negative comments and dirty words

LETS GET OUT OF THIS INNING NOW!!

I hate Huston Street

I hate that the Umps have decided he is worthy of a strikezone bigger than everybody else

these next 3 innings are gonna be brutal to watch
comeeeee oooonnnn EOF!!!!!
haha and he calls that a strike
FINALLY

JEEZ THAT SUCKED

hey all

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

We better score some motherfucking runs this goddamn inning

Jesus

Good lord

lets fucking go. right now. we aren’t losing.

SCORE MORE RUNZ PLS

dodged one bullet….albeit getting it after getting hit by 4

ROAR

STFD. DIELFSJDKFS:DLJF

WE NEED MORE RUNS NOW!!!!
CARGO

YOU’RE FUCKIN OUT!

Kenny Powers FTW!!! lol
farnsworth to pitch last 3 innings
I got no problem with that...

when Farnsworth is on, he’s untouchable. And when he’s not he’s an automatic hit. I say he either works 3 hitters or 2-3 innings, no in betweens.

OMG

now how bout some insurance runs

more insurance runs.

Whew. Goodness. Who woulda thunk we would be needing Wags in a 10-2 game

finally. thank God
SHIT THE FHUCK DOWN

We’ve already done that.

Hello fellow Braves fans!

Hope everyone is having a good day, despite this comeback by the Rockies and its associated frustrations. We ARE still in the lead. ;)

Insurance is gonna be huge now!

This game was 10-1 i went to read 2 chapters of my book and its 10-8 WTF happened?

So this is all your fault huh? Put down that book immediately.
oh this book is done for

hahha

your book is really long

330 pages

20 page chapters

I’m waiting on a Joe Morgan book

“The Yankees are amazing”?

LET’S DROP 20 ON THEM!!!

So this is what happens when we finally score early?

who pitches next inning?

Seriously?

Venters until his arm literally falls off.

so are they bringing in another lefty?

Is the sky blue? Wouldn’t you?

hey guys, which is the most stupid MLB ballpark ?
and why?
wrigley

because they have vines on their OF wall….

the old metrodome

Nothing like plastic bags for fences.

CBP. It's Williams Port south.

Houston.

love houston
why?

I was just there the place is a dump.

That fucking hill…

Citi Field

design is stupid.

CBP

cuz it’s in philly

HITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITS
School kids are home....
I missed Eric more than I realized!
c´mon offense

time to score some runs

Joe is an idiot. Did he just say it was 10-0 at one point ?
He made a simple mistake

FIRE HIM!

Joe is far from an idiot but you're proving more & more that you are.
He's not alone

unfortunately:(

the one day we needed a OUTS thread

now becomes a RUNS PLEASE thread

I don’t like our chances in the playoffs. Our batters got out once and aren’t batting 1.000. Also, I saw Hanson throw a ball once!

another lefty.

rockies really want to win this thing.

RUNS RUNS RUNS?

great

a soft tossing lefty

How many lefties do the Rockies have in their pen?

Because until Street comes out, they’re going to be throwing nothing but lefties…

Geez, another lefty!!

Beat him up please!!

Diaz is in though.

2:30 through 6 innings

I believe the record for a 9-inning game is like 4:20ish, we’re gonna need a lot of pitching changes if we wanna get that record.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
fuck Rockies manager

putting another lefty

I was ready to...

see see this game is over, Read some of my book, play some madden while the Braves cruise to a win…and well my plans got fucked

all-madden difficulty

is so ridiculous, pierre thomas had a monster game against me

Ryan Matthews...

impossible to tackle him

They NEVER go down first contact…Forte ran for 178 and 3 tds against me

i got that beat

gore ran for 372 and 4 tds against me, i nearly broke my controller

I’m not kidding because i looked it up on replay…Darren Sproles broke six tackles on one play

to be fair, the colts are hardly a good team

…Please remove your head from your ass and reassess that comment.

Yes, I’m completely serious

“Hardly a good team”

That’s a joke.

lol come on man…obviously I was just busting your balls

I’m not in the ball busting mood right now bpk!

do you play My Skill? I basically just have to take an asswhooping until my ratings go down enough for the next game.

i play all-madden

which is equivalent to 15 on the rating thing….my shit gets up to 20 and you can’t do anything, run, pass, or play defense

i do not look forward to trying that

it seriously is just a waste of time playing…I wish I could simulate halfway through the game

Does Matt Diaz ever take a strike?
Pendleton doesn't allow it
You can't be fucking serious!

Trying to blame Diaz swinging at every pitch on TP!

Out of frustration

But I really don’t think TP is a good hitting coach what-so-ever

It’s unbecoming.

Anyone

want to bet against Venters next inning?

Farns, Venters, Wags

Whats up with the Rockies haircuts

Black curly as hair coming out the caps, wanna be Tulos.

Now we can't get a hit....
Looks like this game is going to be up to the Braves pen.......
likely will shit the bed

IMO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Nice inning.

now we refuse to score...

and i gotta terrible feeling about Venters

HEY!

hes the only guy i got faith in

idk i gotta bad feeling
what an awesome inning...

LOL…how did we even score 10….this is ridiculous

the fuck is our hottest hitter laying down a bunt

8 up, 8 down without a threat.

…..
um, keep it 10-8! really wanna win this

If we lose this game. I’m banning the Braves for a game.

c’mon Omar, you’re on fire lately and you’re trying to bunt your way on?

WTF. 7 pitches inning

I think we collectively could use a Xanax or 10. :]

WTF is WRONG WITH THIS TEAM VS LEFTIES GOD DAMMIT???!!!

I like how I left is lowercase

how can a team be sooo bad against lefties when the lineup isnt even as heavy left handed as it use to be?
WOW, way to let the pitcher catch his breath.
Cox

really loves bunting.

How the fuck can an entire team collectively suck this much against lefties?
well um

you people do realize Billy Wagner paid JJ and Moylan to fail so he could get a save opportunity right?

He has to get teh savez!

Moylan failing is no surprise

I’m glad he’s a great guy in real life. Because I hate him on the mound.

He's struggled w/ control this year, but he's hardly been a bad pitcher for the Braves in his career. How soon some forget.
I don't care

Never have liked him. I think he’s way overrated by everyone on this blog. IMO

This team does not deserve to win this game
they scored ten runs brosef
And have given up 8 without scoring in 4 innings

I live to think the first half and second half of a game are counted equally assuming the Braves come out on top of course. ;o)

Did someone turn up the difficulty halfway through the game?
after the 3rd inning
the offnse forget to hit
Well the 10 runs should've been enoug
WTF happening to the offense. Why this team cant hit a fucking lefthand pitcher

Man, the ups and downs of a season. I’m going to have to retire from the watching the Braves by the time I turn 60 or I’ll give myself a coronary!

Nah I’ll take my chances.

reverse Braves

score early can’t score late

ha I was just thinking that.

lol

Beimel

Looks like Benicio Del Toro

Why not just let Eric go another inning?

Let’s go Jonny! wooo

VENTERZZZZZZZZZ
These are the times where we miss Chipper as the leader on the field.
Yeah

It’s time for Prado to take charge

That was a strike
Make MULLET BOY STFD!
why Bobby made a double switch

if he gonna replace EOF

Go JONNY!!

Funny story

I told my friend that if the Braves lose i shit on my JJ jersey… i really dont wanna shit on my JJ jersey

Binding contract, no pun intended.

he's a betting man

does it more for the sport than the money but…

Same with my friend. He does it for the rush. And i want him dead for it.

I’m surprised you have a JJ jersey

customized

as he is my fav player

thats actually kind of grossly funny

ew

3rd and 1st pitches were in the same spot

Johnny is going to need a robot arm next year.

thought he already had one

Prediction:

Venters will pitch like crap next season because he was overworked this season, people here will call for his head

the smart ones will blame bobby
who will pitch the 8th?

Saito

please, no
+whatever

least faith in him out over everyone but dunn

I know, I have a bad feeling about him today too.

The Good Phight has a freaking Braves-Rockies gamethread.

I don't doubt it... we would teh other way around.
haven't seen one here

your telling me that during a day game waiting for our game to start if the rocks were coming back on the phils same situation you would be here?

You’re

Yeah, thanks for clearing that up.

No. Don't go out of my way to follow them. I ws just saying I haven't seen a Phoolies game thread on this site yet.
all 11 of their posters are excited!

hahahaha

we should post an OT for their game tonight then.
Halladay's pitching.........don't do that

so we could be like TheGoodPhight? Why the hell would anyone want that? They have like 4 guys over there who know anything.

Typical Phils fans.

well, you know the recap will just turn into one anyway (not saying I condone it)

That’s what happened last night. That’s what the west coast guys do when they have day games.

WTF happening with those guys

whew

Can Venters just pitch 5 innings every game?

Fuck it

Lets claim Manny

no thanks

At least he can hit lefties

still whats his stat line?

he can not chase a ball that lands 10 ft away anymore either.

like we need a 5th LF
No, we need a STARTING left fielder
Where other Braves pitches effectively shit the bed...

Venters follows closely behind scooping up the poop, leaving not a trace of their presence.

everyday

jonny

6 more to go

Runz plz

Leave venters in the 8th

fuck it

1 2 3

inning OMG THATS ALLOWED

Nope, he just got a three game suspension

Venters rocks. That is all.

nicely done Venters
Looks like they can't hit lefties either.....
Farnsworth for the 8th!!!

lol

banned

Well... do you want Saito?
Over farnsworth?

Yes please

I thought Saito went yesterday, though?
One thing we all know:

When there’s a fire, call Venters.

Thank you Jonny… my blood pressure has gone down a bit

Saito is bout to work in the 8th
hopefully with a 10 runs lead!
i don't like this one bit...
I can't believe this all started with a walk to the pitcher!

Braves, we need some runs mmmkay? Kthxbai

Wags

for the 2 inning save!

wow even we scored 10 runs and had a 9 runs lead

our bullpen is bewing overworked

I think you're an 11-year-old
why do you think that
They'll have tomorrow to rest up
and will need it

that red rock amphitheater was incredible

Farnsworth is up...
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Anyone else think Beimel's picture sucks?
Oh my god...Farnsworth is warming up.
Farnsworth is going 1-2-3
a hit, a walk, and a K

you will see all of these in the 8th

I like

K, K, looking K

oh, man

10-run inning plz!!!

Sweet offense continues

wtf.. can we not get a single hit anymore???
Does Tulo...

hold it in his glove for 4 extra seconds purely to show off his throwing strength?

lol

that’s exactly what he does.

He throws it as hard as he can every single play.

Prado saw 2 pitches. How many did Heyward see?

I want runz!

this offense has gone back to their old form

ITS JUST A LEFT HANDED PITCHER WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL?!?!

Anyone notice how HARD Tulu throws it every throw?
Helton probably has callouses even with the glove.
this game is so bad

its getting posted about on the phillies blog

well the recap last night turned into Phillies Watch: August 24th, but their own thread is a little weird.

Would you all want them posting here?

I’d just ban them…

Farnsworth up...

aw poop

What would it take to get us to at least be a threat to left handers?

its sad that even our righties cant hit them

omar, prado, lee, and agon all hit righties better

or at least it seems that way

Woohoo! At least BMac got on base.

MANNY!

I kid.

I'd take him to be honest....

Infante
Heyward
Prado
Manny
McCann (with Ross once a week)
Lee (with Glaus once a week)
Melky/Ankiel
Gonzalez

looks pretty good to me.

Yeah, but for 4 million and a prospect or two?

I’m not feeling it…

No prospects...

unless they’re absolute scraps. Otherwise they pay the 4 mil.

Like Bobby is going to take on Manny Ramirez.

Why would he not?

we’ve dealt with bad ones before. And just how bad can he be in only two months, pushing for a World Series so he can prove his special status, and in a locker room loaded with strong, dominating, established personalities like Moylan, McCann, Huddy, Wags, Chipper, Lee, Gonzalez, Prado, Diaz, Lowe, Saito, etc.

Werth, Jayson.

itd be great if this was 2011

Our offense clearly clocked out early today.

They just touched down in Atlanta.
or shot its wad.
And they should have after scoring 10 RUNS!!!

JJ and Moylan let them back in this game!

ZOMG A HIT!!!!!

WUT R THOZ!?!?!?

Finally!!

good day by Mac today

11 up 11 down

Braves cant hit lefty

sorry, gameday fail

they put BMac was out and then after singled

A HIT! PRAISE BE UNTO ALLAH!

just got back from work…why is it farnsworth is warming up? have we already used saito/wagner, etc?

Saito went yesterday I think?

Wags will be the closer because it is sadly a save situation.

I don't want Saito

Wagner for the 9th, Venters/Moylan has been used

oh, my mistake, i was thinking we were at home

NO MORE LEFTIES!!!!
melvin mora....

we’re done…

are the rockies out of lefties yet?

HR gets Heap to second

HR gets Heap halfway to second

that would probably require DLee to hit a fastball….

ready for 3 right down the middle?

oh my god….he did it! progress!

for WTP at Coors! sweet!

Taney...

Come on. Don’t stoop so low as to post negative comments on the phillies blog, especially with this game not in hand.

c´mon Lee, time for your 1st Braves HR

and 1002 RBI

soooo close

ugh

Come on DLee

do something

Interestingly, Lee hits righties better and Belisle pitches lefties better.

It’s nice to face these relievers with a lead for once this series.

DLEE nice piece

promising to say the least

WTP….

CONTACT?

CONTACT!

balls

I really wanted that to go out

your not the only one
MORE VENTERS PLZ
you get your wish...

I’m afraid we are really killing the kid.

Coors WTP = 200 ft Turner

or a deep HR at Citizens Bank Park

EY makes that catch at Turner

The Rockies are worse than the Braves on Peachtree TV

they have like four commercials…

On the radio they play like 3 commercials. The worst is the Napa Know-How commercial

Also, 770-422-PLUM, Bulova and Cook’s Pest Control

HERE COMES COOKIE!
There are worse ones than Napa Know-How. One of them gets played during LSU baseball.

:-(

Smith, Ianetta, Mora.

Could look much worse

bottom of the 8th

hasn’t been too kind to us in games 1 and 2. Let’s hope that changes today

Hang on Bravos…keep the lead.

Venters for at least 1 guys I bet

Venters

2 innings OMG HIS ARM WILL FALL OFF

Venters will pitch to

Seth Smith he is left handed

Conrad will lead off the ninth with a grand slam.

Only the laws of reality disagree.

But who asked those bitches anyway.

Keep Venters in...

he’s better than Farnsfuck or Saito.

saito on 0 days rest =

heart attack and a half

seriously…fuck matchups here

I'd turn Fowler left handed...

he sucks left handed.

KEEP HIM IN BOBBY!

We have the day off tomorrow.

OT: What is someone hits a HR and refuses to run the bases?

Is that an out?

Don’t know why anyone ever would.. just a thought that crossed my mind

robin ventura

99 NLCS..

Well

Wasn’t there someone who was injured on a home-run trot and a pinch runner had to finish it?

You have to touch home. That’s all I know.

it would be a single, out at second, i think

If they don’t run it out, it can be scored differently

STFD!!

Keep Venters in

rockies' gun is hot

moylan at 93 and venters at 97?

pitches 1 and 3 were strikes in gameday

There’s 1 – 5 more to go.

When’s the next time we play the (bleh) Phillies?

September 20 – 22

3rd week of Sept in Philly

6 games in 10 days. That’ll be crazy.

indeed

Love Venters

but is he gonna have anything left for the postseason?

He's a machine

You only have to refuel

3rd week of September in Philly

Why walk shitty hitters….ugh

WTF 97 MPH sinker
NO

Farnsworth is up.

c´mon Venters

DP time

Fuck

Venters is getting extremely squeezed here.

Damnit.

Maybe we should bring Farnsworth in…

not Venters fault

the ump can’t call a strike

vidro like a motherfucker

Don't worry

Farnsworth is ready in the pen.

nevermind take him out

geez

We need a vidro!

Going to be tough to double-up Young...
Oh my god

How f’ing lucky are we?

shit that was scary

urrrrrrgggggghhh
JEEZ

we got 1 tho

i cant watch this

this game become so stressful

FUCK OMAR….that was extremely fortunate

WHAT WAS THAT?

assmonkeydouchemuffins

THANK YOU SEABASS!!!

ONE.

MORE.

OUT.

…Please.

Great play Gonzo

There’s 2 – 4 more.

Eric Young will be running here...

If BMac would throw him out…oh my god.

umps wont give it to us

no way mccann should be allowed to throw him out

he will throw it to CF
What happened?
they made a big deal about a "bad throw" to second

that actually wasn’t that bad

AGON being overdramatic

watch a bunt or some bullshit

please dont be hurt

c´mon Venters 1 more

Guys, I’m recording the Braves game. Don’t spoil it for me!

ummm

you should not be here then

Guess you missed the sarcasm.

We got Frenchy back and hes 7-7 with 6 HR’s

…where is the corner?

middle of the plate..

oh god

please no walk

fuck fuck fuck johnny….goddamn CarGo is on deck

bases loaded for cargo would be not good
c´mon Venters

2 fucking walks….unbelievable….this is crazy

walked him on 4 pitches
Bring out Wagner.....
Johnny is tired
4 pitch walk to fowler?

really JV?

This is epic.

Bring in Billy please.

He’s rested, he should be able to pitch for 4 outs.

Never the hell mind.
Crap.

i like that swing
VENTERS YOU NEED TO BE BENCHED HEYWARD YOU BAD TOO
this game is hilarious
Blood pressure

Watching these Braves games are horrible for my blood pressure!

wow

remember when this game was in the bag that what a while ago

we don’t deserve to win this fucking game

DAMMITDAMMITDAMMITDAMMIT

wow. And why wasn't Wagner brought in? Hmmm
how many outs and who is on?

well around the 2nd inning i thought i was gonna get some work done today

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Im done with this game

This team deserves to lose and will’

Lead down to 1 1/2

phillies copy us
im leaving thats always good luck.
This was a rough one.
Can we agree....this game is on Bobby
no
yes
for what?
for letting pitch Venter 2 innings
No.

When the alternative is Farnsworth, leaving Venters in is the right call.

yeah, look what happened
Jurrjens deserves some blame too
Bobby never should have left him in.....and he definately overworked Jonny
i agree

doesn’t mean the game is completely on bobby.

second part is true
then you would have cussed him for bringing in farnsworth
Bad time

for a fan confidence poll

WE HAD A NINE RUN LEAD!

This game may lead to some bad things for the braves other than a loss
Bout to smoke something or go crazy
Anyone got some fire

i can die in?

Jesus fucking Christ…
holy hell I’m going to find a pillow and yell into it

As shitty as our pitching has been, our fucking offense hasnt done shit since the third inning.

do NOT blame our offense if we lose this game. 10 runs should be PLENTY enough runs to win the game.

I’m not blaming the offense….YOU CANT STOP SCORING THOUGH in Coors field

we scored 10 runs

i don’t care when the came……. The board says 10

You have to add on….the rockies have scored a couple of runs every inning and BOOM its tied.

our offense died the last 5 innings.
This just in!

Cargo is really really good.

Quite possibly our worst loss in a few years

Games are NINE innings, not eight.

it's farnsworth

we should believe he’s going to f up until he proves otherwise

Possibly......
The game isn't even over!

You fairweather fans kill me!!!

WTF I said possibly, I'm not stupid man
Against Bobby's book to bring in your closer for more than an ining
this is the worst game of the year that i watched

agree, and I’ve watched them all, this is currently worse than the 16-2 padres game

Oh my

Fucking christ. fuck this game. this could not be worse

farnsworth really?

FARNS??? OMFG!
Why was Lee taken out?

Please don’t suck, Farns.

This could be the game that turns our season around.

Hopefully we can pick up some games on philly next week.

Please Kyle. Please.

I get that this is catastrophic but

bailing on the team when shit gets bad only makes you look bad. Didn’t our moms tell us there would be days like this?

Go braves.

This team will not win a division playing like this
Game is on Omar

for fucking up the DP ball

Gotta find a way to win this thing...

This is the kind of game that could put a team into a tail spin. Massive choke job today.

this zone is so fucked up

on gameday…balls completely inside the strike zone are being called a ball

Um...I left to go pick my kid up and it was 7-1, walk back in and its 11-10...what the hell happened
man

this sucks

i’m gonna take a few days off from this team, see ya’ll next week, maybe

How bout just don't come back!
Did I not mention the humidor deliveries to the ump?

Why, yes – yes I did.

Also, the warning was indeed noted. My apologies.

Reds are in first

and this has happend to them twice, right?

FML

i wish we were on the other side of this massive comeback...

Thanks for nothing, Farnsworth-less

I feel like I’m going to puke.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
By far worst series of the year
This team will be blown out of the water by the Phillies if they dont fix this shit
WHERE THE FUCK IS BILLY WAGNER?
Mother fucking cunt

this is unreal

I blame Frank Wren.
at least we won't see huston street.....
Is this.... 12 unanswered runs?
HAHAHAHA SWEEEEEEP
Shut up.
wtf I can say? scream and cry, no
Phony braves fan?
I won't yell and cry, so i'm just going to laugh
Ankiel how many times are you going to drop it...
Is it possible we have yet another losing road series ?
we lost the first 2 of 3

it was already a lost series

This is just a nightmare, right?

what a disaster

*walks back out of thread*

See yall Friday

I lost alot of faith in this team today.
Not me.

Shit happens.

Thiiissssssssssss isssssss Braaaaaaaavessssssss Countryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
WHERE THE FUCK IS BILLY WANGER

Holy fuck, how is that drop repeatable? Does he have vaseline on his hands from a pregame jackoff to calm the nerves? WHAT?

FUCK

This is comical
I can't imagine how the Braves pitching would look against an AL team like the Yankees.
And the calming smoke is all that helps

new confidence poll:
-2

i honestly belive this game cost us the division
WTF are you even talking about?

Overreact much bub?

i think the Braves will become the 1st team in MLB

that all their lineup get a XBH (incluiding the pitcher) and have a 9 runs lead and can´t win

/game....

What a joke.

What an awful monumental collapse, turning off, bad bullpen management

im calling it

belisle homer

This may be the worst thing to possibly happen a the worst possible time

I just am so mad that I can’t even think straight right now…

I blame Bobby Cox.

Farnsworth has been a nice pickup though…. oh wait.

what about

mclouth/lee/farns/chavez/agon/ankiel/melky

we’ve traded for a giant pile of suck

We should abstain from playing any more road games, because this is what happens when you leave Turner Field.

The Braves are simply horrible on the road. By far the worst team on the road among division leaders in baseball. Thank God we are nearly unbeatable at home.
farnsworth has pitched 6.2 innings since coming to the braves

he’s given up 9 runs and 7 earned runs…

About f—king time.

Classic

Bobby Cox overmanagement.

classic

pitchers giving up runs

i bet rox fans who left early are kicking themselves
I think every 10-15 posts in this thread

I’m going to reiterate that we’re fine, and shit like this happens. In order for the magic of baseball to take place, ONE team has to be on the losing end of it. This too shall pass.

And I’ll continue to use cliches if we don’t stop declaring that the sky is falling!

hinske gonzalez ankiel

two strikeouts right there, game over, ankiel has been magic for us, and so has farnsworth! how awful

We got Eric in the ninth. Coming back!

Man, they don't beat the ball into the dirt do they?
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
and here come the trolls...

welcome, welcome trolls. We thought we were doing so well without you, but like everything else in the world, we were wrong!

hmmmm....

need some 9th inning magic…

Hey guys don't you know the Braves just want to make a comeback!

Duh

the braves are so bad in this game that the MLB.tv is skipping.. refusing to play the rest of the game properly..

That botched double play...

That fucking botched double play…

was gonna be tough to turn. Young is a blazer.

Just be glad we are about to be the eff out of Coors with a nice little day off tomorrow.

My dad just texted me: “Fuck!!”

i can’t believe im still watching

Can we make a new thread for the top of the 9th? Change the karma?

PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?

This is a dark day.

no more using failsworth in close games pls.. why not saito?
saito was used yesterday!!

he was going to give up a run

saito is awful on back to back days

Regression to the mean from the Cincy game…

Also

Farnsworth is a bum.

I want fucking runs.

What sucks is we have to feel this pain until Friday
Need a new Thread now
What can I say??

We like being down and coming back. Call us drama queens…..

I was going to hope for no lefty - but at this point - will it matter?

We haven’t scored since the 3rd. Good grief.

Play like it’s the first inning boys…

WAAAAAAH

I feel like whining!

...................

anKiel is due 3rd!

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ
Can someone tell me how THIS team is any better than those teams from 2000-2005 that won the division every year and lost in the 1st round ?
How were those team any worse than the teams that went deep in the playoffs?
Stuff happens but.......

The way most of you are acting it’s just pathetic! Sure if the Braves lose this would be bad but boy many of you guys TRUE colors are showing!

at least they kept a righty in
well at least

they are heading back to ATL today

In the 4th inning we had a 97% chance of winning.

fuck the rockies, i cant stand every fucking douche on that team

and we give up like 7 walks which all turned into runs

New Thread!!!!!
Swept

Motherfucking swept

This is the worst loss in years
no fangraph's please
fuck our bullpen

Our bullpen has been great, though.

Except for Farnsworth.

At the end

of the day this will only count as one loss if we don’t make a comeback. It sucks but maybe it will light a fire under their ass the rest of the way.

This is the type of game that kills momentum
It can

also be the kind of game that gets their head out of their asses.

Chipper should be waiting at the airport when they get back

and dog cuss everyone

Today

JJ sucks
Moylan sucks
Venters sucks (in the 2nd inning)
Failworst sucks

and Cox sucks
I agree. Venters was pitching for the 4th time in 5 days & asked to go 2 innings.

This is why pitching him in the Cubs blowout was a waste.

Is anyone at all concerned about how the Braves play on the road ? I mean, do you think come playoff time the Braves will magically become a good road team ?

If we sacrifice the troll, yes.

holy broken record batman

What’s the point? You going to call Wren, give him some suggestions?

Gonzo

going into swing for the fences mode, never good.

We can still win people.

damn.

I still can't get over Joe talking last night about how the Rockies are like Jekyll and Hyde, bad on the road and great at home. Such irony.
The Braves are great on the road compared to the Rox.
The Braves are 29-37 on the road and the Rockies are 25-40. Not a HUGE difference.
That's like a 6 game lead

That’s pretty damn huge.

Umm, that's 3 1/2 buddy, you might wanna re-check your math.

It was a bigger difference before this last trip.

yes it is, check there number on the road, beyond horrible. But you would need an open mind for that. Or get off your Braves sux train.
What the heck are you talking about. 29-37 and 25-40 is a 3.5 game difference.
walks kill you

JJ walking their pitcher
and Venters walking Iannetta
WTF

Fuck this goddamn game

and fuck the braves for fucking it up

And it’s fitting that our worst batter is up to finish the game.

we should fire TP at the end of the year

why this team can´t hit lefty

we scored 10 runs today...
Just one baserunner

for Brooksy

sweet lord this umps sz is so fucked up
jj in too long is understatement
GREAT CATCH. WOW.

Holy fuck, I want to kill someone.

i think Braves will become the 1st team ever to have the entire lineup hitting XBH and can´t win

Worst game of the year
maybe of the last 5 year or 10
Hyperbole much?

I personally thought game 3 against the Phillies last year was pretty bad.

was that the one where KJ dropped what should have been the last out?

that game in Philly last year was just as bad….and I was there making it a million times worse for me

Yeah right.

The loss in the NLDS against the Astros in 2005 in the game that went like 18 innings was horrific… and actually ended the season.

This is just a single L no matter how much it stings.

that game was 5 years ago

and we go and get the pitcher that blew that one for us…hmmmmm

*not 10 maybe 5

Nice qualifier.

The Philly game last year was still worse… cause it’s Philly.

the game when Braves blown a lot of run game lead?

well, i didn´t watch that game. so this game is worse, but i remember one time when the Braves blown a 8 run lead in the 9th against the mets

Hey..

all those people that called the sweep were right…

Never do that crap again.

thats it Chip….Get excited when they make a play to end the fucking game on us….that was complete shit of a game

in the end, its 1 loss...no matter how dramatic
yep

off day tomorrow, heading back home, they will be fine

It sucks that we know we will do good at home

I wish it was like this on the road..

BLEH

That came out wrong whatever

Well... I guess that's a sweep
Great game though, honestly.

I respect the Rockies for coming back, but I don’t get how our great pitching can do this. Oh well.

Halladay better get shelled.

what a game boys

whether its pitching or batting we will find a way to lose road games

We have also been no hit which is worse I think

and we are still in first no matter what happens tonight. The clubhouse just needs a spark now.

fuck u phillies fans

fuck u JJ
fuck u Moylan
fuck u Failworst
fuck u TP
sorry, but im so pissed after today game

yes, it's clearly TP's fault we lost while scoring 10 runs
but after the 3rd inning, we cant hit anything

last night and before last night game, our offense have been awful

a 9 run lead

should be enough for any game your in. Our pitching just blew it that game.

9 runs lead isn´t safe in Coors

Fucking Coors field. should be banned by MLB. players cant play 1000 meters above sea level. and Rockies player have inflated numbers.

I agree, but with our pitching

9 runs should be more than enough. It just didn’t happen, but I understand what your saying.

so it's TP's fault that everyone put it into cruise control

because it seemed the game was over

Really

I expected to see a lot of things in this thread, but cracking on Terry wasn’t one of them. There’s no way to sugarcoat this: that’s just fucking stupid.

Well at least we go home now where we'll probably look like the best team in baseball and have a 3 game sweep.
Worst loss of the season by far

Braves better fix this, while they are finding ways to win games at time

They can never seem to have both parts working at the same time

When the offense is going great, the pitching sucks ass.
When the pitching is dominate we can’t get any runs.

BACK TO THE TED!
It's a tough loss

 but damn would some of you guys get a fuckin grip? Some of you need to calm down. It’s one loss…I have faith that this team will not lay down and die after this.

this is how it is after loss

no matter what… just ignore them

You don't seem to get it do you ? The Braves have yet ANOTHER losing road series. They can't continue this if they want to win the WS.
I know

the road troubles and the road record. You have said the same thing over and over and over in this thread.

Of course the Braves won't lay down and die, they are going HOME after this series. They will probably totally dominate this weekend.
positivity about the braves has left me until we win again...
if we can't even win with a 9-run lead, we should be worried.

so far we’ve been lucky to hang on to the lead.

These Braves must really suck

Not like they’re in first place or anything. Some of you people are just ridiculous. It’s one bad game. You play 162 of them. These happen to every single team that’s ever played baseball. Sometimes you folks make me ashamed to be part of this fanbase. Get a grip.

correction, 3 bad games

To be fair, losing a game after leading 10-1 is not common and certainly isn’t typical of most good teams. You can understand where the immense frustration is coming from, especially this late in the year.

But this team has been strange all year long… having the most last AB wins, having a 9 game losing streak, coming back from a 6 run deficit in the ninth, etc….

It’s just been a weird season.

....FIRE ROGER MCDUMBASS

just kidding. I love this team. No sarcasm.

Wake up call! Start playing better and thank the good lord we don’t play in Denver the rest of the regular season!

this is the 1st sweep by NL since long time
I guess this is a make up for the Cincy game!
I blame this loss on Bobby. JJ should have been out in the 5th.

Then overuse Venters.

True!

We also miss Medlen in this kind of games. He would come in a pitch really well in long relief. We don’t have anyone like that right now.

I was thinking if Minor could have come in to pitch for 1 or 2 innings

since he won’t be making his next start.

I wouldn't blame Bobby...

the normally reliable pitchers just faulted.

While it's hard to see a bright side

we got swept and still will begin our next game at least a game up. Obviously the way we lost today especially is beyond painful, if you had told me before this series that we would get swept, with the Phillies at home against Houston, I would have figured we would be out of first by the time we made it back to Atlanta. Hopefully this will light a fire and we’ll get going on another streak, this time one of the winning variety.

if the phillies win their next 2

we are only up 1/2 a game by the time our next series starts

wrong

we’ll be up by 1 full game

If Phillies win tonight

that would make it 1 1/2 right, then if they win tomorrow, they make up another 1/2 game, making that a 1 game lead. I thought? This game fried my brain a little so I might not be thinking straight.

Now the contending teams know how to beat us - lefty pitcher.
I simply can not have confidence in this team until I see improvement on the road. GREAT teams know how to win on the road.
Bring on the trolls.....

I am probably going to stay away from here until Friday. Don’t feel like reading all of the “Sky Is Falling” posts.

Friday will be another game. Just like this one was…..one game.

I will probably go play MLB 2010 The Show and beat up on some players online to get some frustration out in the meantime.

My PSN username is: dragonhawk28 if anyone wants to add me and get some games going.

Go Braves!

I got mlb 2k10

I heard the show is pretty damn good, compared to 2k10

The Show blows 2K10 out of the water.

I won ROTY last season and this season I got hurt. Now I’m bouncing between AAA and the bigs. I’m hitting over .400 at AAA and am on fire. Hopefully when my goal period ends in a week I’ll get called back up.

I love it, they say its only 1 game

HELLO!! we blew a 10-1 lead and are in a tight pennant race

I think many have a right to be pessimistic after this

now Phillies have 2 games before we play again.

hopefully, phillies will lose at least one of those games

the sky isn't falling

but if you aren’t a little bit pissed then something wrong is with you.

Time to give Farnsworth the KK treatment.

I'd prefer

What they did to D’Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket.

Of course, that might not pay off in the long run…

Why bobby bring Failworst

their numbers in Coors Field are terrible

oh well I am out

A Phillies loss tonight would make this hurt a heck of a lot less

GO ASTROS!!

We can't always depend on the Phillies losing when we lose.
Totally agree.

We should be taking care of our business and don’t have to worry about the Phillies.

I didn’t realize today was April, 8th 2009.

but for that game we have worse bullpen than today

I have the exact same sickening feeling after today as I did after that game.

To Please someone of us

ESPN will show us tonight

What the hell did you just say?

im saying. Early today when we are winning 10-1,

someone demands that ESPN should Braves tonight, but that wouldn´t happen.
now we´ve blown a 9 runs lead, so ESPN will show

z

Giants just tied it up 10-10.

They too were down 10-1.

And now they are winning 11-10.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE!

ZOMG NO WAY. ONLY TEH BRAVEZ SUCK

Wow

just goes to show…

Reds have had some epic fails this year

I normally would be very upset and worried about the future following a loss like this if this happened at home or any other stadium. But this kind of crazy shit has happened all the time at Coors Field for the last 17 years.

I told the people I was watching the game with not to get too excited because a 10-1 lead means absolutely jack shit in this ball park. The only time you get confident about a lead in Coors Field is when you have recorded 3 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning.

I’m not even that upset about it. It would have been nice to salvage the series, but you almost have to kind of expect this kind of hokus pokus to happen at Coors Field.

Braves just need to take a day off, relax, watch the Phillies try to salvage a series split against the Astros (lol), come home, bash the now-Cantu/Coghlan/Ross/Paulino-less Marlins and the derelict Mets for 7 games while the Phillies are out west.

Thank God the Braves play 20 of their last 35 at home.

This is going to take one hell of a speech to make them forget about this loss

Not really. The players are probably numb to this point about losses like this in Coors Field. Bobby after the game will probably give the same old “We played well, it just happens here sometimes” spiel to the press after the game.

yeah, I think you have to go into a series at Coors like their going to be little league games. Because that’s basically what they are. Pitching means next to nothing in that ballpark

It happens, but.........

The Rockies have tossed 12 shutouts this year, and I believe at least half of them were at home.

The Rockies staff ERA at home is 4.07. This isn’t your dad’s Coors Field, in the humidor era.

The average runs per game scored is down about six full runs from the pre-humidor era.

I think a lot of that has to do with mr. jimenez

Some, a lot less than you'd think

Ubaldo’s home ERA is 3.09.

i am kinda intrigued by the numbers. How much of it is the humidor, and how much of it is Colorado having a much better pitching staff than they used to

That's an interesting question, and one I can't fully answer

Rox teams from 2003-2005 were pretty damn mediocre, so I guess you can compare staff home ERA from 2000-2002, to 2003-2005 (I believe ’03 was the first humidor year).

But guys like Cook and Francis were the start of us building a better staff, and by 2007, the pitching was pretty good. Without checking, I’m pretty certain that the years 2007 through 2010 represent the four best team ERAs in club history (2008 excepted, which was an off year).

I do know that 2009 was our best staff ever (and over 100 quality starts). And that the team ERA in 2010 is improved upon 2009, though the pen has shouldered a bigger load this year than last.

If I had to make a wild ass guess, I’d credit about 40% of it to better pitching, and 60% of it to the humidor. Numbers at Coors will still be higher than many parks, just because the outfield is so big. But it’s definitely no longer LOLCOORZ. Games like today happen about 6-8 times a year, not 50-60.

Ugh

I’m gonna step away from baseball for the night have a couple beers and wake up in the morning hoping the phillies lose…. Def not time to give up not even close..i did slam a couple doors though made me feel better

glad to get away from Coors Field

1 out for the Reds in the 9th now.

if the reds lose too

can TC and RR have, like, a joint crying party?

Reds just tied it up thanks to bad defense.

Phillies also have one hell of a road trip coming up…of course this means nothing but our chances on picking up games had to go up

I feel sorry for whoever has to do the recap of this game on here. Typing every word is going to be a painful experience

Scott said his recap would be 2 sentences.

My recap suggestion:

“Braves led 10-1 after 3, but lost 12-10. Fuck Coors Field.”

that sounds about right

Vidro, going to the bottom of the 9th in SF tied at 11.

i am interested as to what those sentences will say

Triple play in Gwinnett

The turning point of the game was when Jurrjens walked the relief pitcher in his first career plate appearance with 1 out in the 5th inning. He completely unraveled after that.

yeah, after that 5th inning, I had this horrible feeling that they wouldn’t be able to hold the lead. Sorry to say that I was right

This

And Cox left him in a few batters too long. For that, we are thankful.

…the errors are killing us, 2 more today.

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