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Open Thread 9/20: Braves at Phils #2

Phils just got the lead, but Beach has pitched well. We need to get him some runs.

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Go Braves!!!!!

So is anyone else surprised at the quick hook?

wait

who got thrown out?

Nobody got thrown out.

Bobby pulled BB after a 3-base error, a sharp grounder, and a single. I was kind of surprised that he pulled Beachy out of the game that quickly.

No more of

that please.

How's Beachy looked?

Missed the game so far… is Hamels possibly hittable today?

great and was but not anymore
He left some balls up

but overall a good performance for the kid, imo

Only 1 earned run. I say, pretty darn good.

Beachy gave up WAY too many hard hit balls

He pitched worse than his line

I wish Melky would get the quick hook

dude has cost us 2 runs already. game should be tied.

Top of the line-up thread.
WTP

sweet

I didn't know that was even possible in Philly
Omar and Prado :(
Nice quick out, Infante...
Inconsistent strike zone is inconsistent.

So the ump decides to expand the zone after the Phillies get the lead? Nice.

Whatever helps them to win?

it's in the MLB rulebook- they have to
Aww

close but no cigar

Got one back on that call...
It wasn't close
given the ump

yes it was

Looking back

you are right

not really

it was inside- ruiz’s frame job may have tricked you, but not the ump

Not even close to a strike
Lol

Ruiz fooled the announcers with that sell job, but not the ump.

I’m surprised actually

C'mon Martin

He is due

All Heyward does is walk....
Way to battle, Heyward
wow heyward battled back

after being down 0-2

Heyward BB

Still doesn’t make up for the epic fail.

He still has time
You're right

We should fire him.

WHY IS HE CLOGGING THE BASES???
PRADO

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

My son, and the one true king?

He has to go back.

Go back? He can’t go back!

prado and Lee can get alot of fans behind them

and believing in them again right here

I swear to god Prado

end this damn slump

Is Troy Glaus available pinch hit?

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Stupid everything

*heart attack*

damnit

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

that was it

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Of course.

It’s like the story of our September.

From an almost 2-run homer

to a double play :(

wow

from a Almost HR to a GIDP

prado has unreal luck
THAT was the biggest awful ever
good slide to get at Utley
Not good enough

Prado was still out.

Prado look a little slower today to anyone else?
why couldnt he just strikeout........
Weare a

A huge double play machine these days….good for giving opposing infields some practice it seems

Just Prado really

(and melky but he sucks at everything)

and Glaus

before them…and Nate before him

Just Prado really

(and melky but he sucks at everything)

PRADO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

Almost hitting HR's
yes, two double plays

Almost, doesn’t count.

Intentionally missing homrunes by one foot then grounding out to second

It’s like he wants us to lose.

well that was fun

yeah, while it lasted, it was fun
3 double plays in 6 innnings

ugh

Shit

I’m getting sick of fucking double plays

If Prado can’t run it out (hurt, tired or whatever) – I really wish he would move to a lower part of the order.
That’s twice tonight he coasted to 1st.

Don’t freak out yet. Our offense doesn’t usually show up until the 7th.

Let's just hope we can get some men on for Conrad.
And sometimes it never shows up...
no they showed up tonight

and just got killed by Melky twice.

this team isn’t that easy to come back on.

I knew this wouldn’t be easy (vs) Hamels – but I sure wish we would put up a bit more of a fight.

game isnt over

I know that. why I want them to fight more.

how many pitches does hamels have?

If we weren't beating ourselves

I wouldn’t be as upset

this wouldnt be as bad if it we weren’t losing from our own ineptitude

agreed 100%

the Phillies haven’t played that great, but the Braves keep shooting themselves in the foot.

they tried.

Melky didn’t get the memo.

Shitty luck as well

That Prado almost 2-Run HR to a double play was killer

We’re putting up just enough of a fight that it will break the Phillies’ backs and destroy their morale when Conrad hits a 3-run HR in the 9th.

2 outs for Peter!
We are a foot here and a bounce there away from leading this thing...

BMac’s ball almost got out, JHey barely missed the catch that set up a run. Martin’s ball was inches away from being gone. Just terrible luck. Great effort by BB, he was every bit as good as advertised IMO.

+100000000

once again, the ball hasn’t been bouncing our way. this one isn’t over yet.

and a McClouth AB vs a Melky AB

just one of them would have had at least one more run.

what the heck

that was just a strike against hamels

Peter is nimble tonight.
Good inning

Runs please

3 outs for Peter!

4 Total

Wow Moylan should have started
Great minds, I'm sure.
PeMo with a good inning
Pretty slick for Moylan

Maybe he should have started tonight.

STFD!

Good job Moylan!

How about some runs?

Top of the 7th.

Here comes the offense.

Evening folks

How did the kid look?

looked solid

when he got the ball down, didn’t get any help on D

not bad but felt like he tip-toed all night

He left some pitches up

But I thought he looked pretty good.

Good for the most part

left the ball up some, but pitched out of trouble, and kept us in the game.

Decent

Considering the conditions, very good

Matty D

will get us back in this with a long one… i’m feeling it

Our luck has to turn around right?
stop grounding into double plays

and it’s amazing how your “luck” changes

McCann and Lee WILL go back to back
11 pitches, four outs

Moylan is my hero once again.

OT: Anyone

see the new OK Go video?

im feelin 5 straight solo shots, right park, right hitters
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Uh

Runs maybe? Yea

you were absent that day eh?
was there fail involved?
when is there a day there isn't fail?
Remember that day in Chicago?

Heyward went 4-4 with two doubles, two homers, and two walks? There was no fail that day.

not by Heyward

but the Cubbies failed it up pretty good, enough for both teams in fact

We generally ignore Cubbie failure.

It’s basically a given.

Was at that series..

Heyward and Omar each hit 2 dingers that Sunday!

Too early?

Cool

Did you just make it? I’ve never see it before.

Had it a while now.

D Lee with the single!
hmm

Derrick Lee hitting solid tonight

Lol at Utley leaping for that

Looked like a kid dancing in the back yard. WAAAY over his head.

nice piece of hitting

hit and run time
Lee has NOT been the problem tonight

that is for sure

the man brought his A game for the big series
90 pitches for Hamels

so we need to work him this inning to get him out

really could use a homerun here

yea not even WTP

ugh

how is that not a HR?

Celeb Watch

Senator Arlen Specter sitting about 5 rows behind home plate.

traitor
to the good side that is
nothing in Philly is good
Yeah right

that missed by a lot

ugh

leadoff hit… nothing.

Good grief guys…. please get a timely hit.

Grrr

C’mon Alex

Gonzo HR time.
this team looks like a winner

smh, this is fustrating

more Sea Bass heroics please

geez, i hope they pull hamels after this inning

This has to be the last inning for Hamels, right?

Joe just mentioned something about how he went 120 pitches in his last start.

Hamels isn't even pitching all that well

Balls have been up

And the Braves swing at shit and look at the ones down the middle.

Please hit another double

jesus christ why must he swing at every pitch

goonzalez looks absolutely dreadful up there tonight
woops

goonzalez, lol

Not Braves news but...

Broncos WR Kenny McKinley has reportedly committed suicide: http://bit.ly/cEJao5

hello there buzz killington

but yes, very sad

no way watched him at USC.............
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THE BRAVES ARE SO SLOW

I don’t care about stealing bases….I just hate having the slowest team in the league

Seriously

from top to bottom not one fast runner aside from Heyward.

McLouth….and Diory Hernandez is scary fast.

Ankiel is speedy

but he never gets on base…

and he can’t slide…

he thought he was at the pool with B-Mac

lol I missed it live…but man that was awful

Ankiel is pretty quick, too.

I’m out. Maybe it’ll bring some luck

Oh boy

this sucks balls

my ipod touch4 can't get here any sooner

to numb the pain..

Okay, I'm guessing Madson comes in the for the 8th

So we pinch hit McLouth for Melky, then we can get Hinske in the pitcher’s spot, then we get the top of the order up.

That's how we get our lefties in
Or we could use Freeman.
Please don't let Melky bat again

Please don’t let Melky into the ballpark*

Piss poor

c’mon guys. Play like i know you can

guys

it’s not over yet…lidge is still in the bullpen…

He's been lights out lately
He's been lights out lately
maybe so

but even when he was perfect a couple seasons ago, we still seemed to push him to the edge better than anyone…i feel like our team can hit him

He's been lights out lately
does anyone know how Lidge has been lately?

1 ER in his last 8 1/3 IP.

lol

I was being facetious

I’ve had too much beer to notice the sarcasm font. My bad.

off to the gulag!
Uh... um... hmmm....

Which direction is it again?

to the left points to the right

Good, then he’s due to fail

Let's go Braves,

no reason you can’t even it up.

so do the padres and rockies play later tonight?

Nope

lose and it’s a one game lead in the loss column

Dissapointed with the hitting

But we have a chance to win in the most uneven pitching matchup in pennant race history (I have nothing to support this). I’m ok with we’re at right now, just gotta get a few late runs here.

Bobby sending Peter out for another.

And now that's done

Leadoff walk (the 6th we’ve given up this game).

Now we need a VIDRO.

yay for more walks

Beachy did his job. Too bad the defense let him down. It’s not over yet but poor play spoiled a great debut for BB.

It sure did
That and the lack of O...

yep

Heyward, Prado, and Melky

Farns and Dunn warming.

i just arrived

how is the team doing?

it was going great till MVHS showed up

then the bottom fell out

BB, pretty dang good, hitting poor, defense poor. The pen is up and down.

Phillies lead

on 2 unearned runs

Beachy had a good outing, and was pulled too soon, imo

 a Heyward error cost us

Bah

Moylan was awesome for four outs, hate to see him leave like this.

He’s tired. It’s breakfast time in Australia.

Dunn’s ERA is on the line.

technically it always is

He’s not responsible for the runner on 1st, but yes, yes it is.

Dunn’s probably the luckiest pitcher to ever pitch 14+ innings.

Jeff Bennett?

but he’s a bulldog!

I was thinking more like Rick Camp
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1001901&position=P

if he had a career 3.89 K/9 and a 3.21 BB/9

how the hell is his career FIP sub 4

it's not hard to not give up a run

when you’re coming in the game with 1 or 2 outs in the inning

What?

It would be harder then…

how was Heyward error?
botched a line drive
missed a fly ball off his glove I believe
skipped off his glove on a ball to right center.
dropped a deep fly... hit the edge of his glove and fell out...
Pathetic really

He took a terrible route to the ball and had it go off his glove. It was a line drive but still.

Ryan Howard ... you're dunn.
Dunn looking good thus far

1 more out here would make me happy :-)

You're easy to please

I’d prefer at least 3 more runs.

I said “here” – we’re not at bat.
I’d be delirious if we got 3 or more runs.

ryan howard strikes out..

that never happens…haha

wow

apparently our whole bullpen will be up in this game

EOF
Moylan
Dunn
Farnsworth warming up

No Farnsy please
so long as it isn't Venters or Kimbrel

unless it’s a save situtaion

Still have Venters, Kimbrel, Martinez, Marek, and Wags down there.

Martinez is worth it
and its only the 7th
We can use KK if it goes into extras.
wait

since when did Marek arrive?

Hmm

I said Marek, but was thinking of Proctor.

Dickhead on the field

Philly is such a shithole

Diaz (Caveman) doing his part to take him down!

Idiot Philly fan on the field

Big surprise

Yep seems about right

dumbass phillie fans

I've seen em run on the field in ATL too
I was at the Red Sox game last year

when a fan run on the field. Police clotheslined him into the grass then piled up on him. It was awesome.

bahahaha

idiot just ran on the field

Hi Philadelphia. Good to see your fans respect the game.

Taze that MFer

ohhhhhh MATTTY DDDDD WITH THE TAKE DOWWWWWWN

they can't do that anymore
Matt Diaz is the f-ing man.

The trip was nice, but if he would have pulled a Gaby Sanchez it would have been epic

Diaz takes him down! Epic!

Glad he didn't get hurt

Matt Diaz is my new hero.

Yay MattyD! lol

LOL. Did they show it on TV?

yeah

hhahaha and they are advocating tazing philly phans

I agree in that situation...

in any park. Taze them

Only to show what Matty did :)
Not at first, but showed Diaz taking him down.
I bet there was a big debate over it in the van

Yeah — they showed it only to show Matt Diaz trip the guy.

That dude looks like a big red condom

its a take on Green Man from IASIP

CAVVVVVEEEEE MANNNNNN
This MUST be captured and made a GIF!!

I demand it on the front page tomorrow!

We should get a win because Matt Diaz just punched Philadelphia in the crotch.

That was efffffing awesome...way to go Diaz
I have a man-crush on MattyD
Who doesn't!
The Philly Phukhead with grass in his ear?
wow phillys homefield advantage KEEPS paying off
haha

“And now an idiot has run onto the field.” Man i love Braves radio.

props to diaz for that

Fucking asshole distracting Dunn
Bah, screw that

had him 0-2, and then the delay killed the momentum.

where is the taser?
He should have

Gabby Sanchez’d him

Didn't see it

too busy lolling

Just get Ibanez, and we're good...

Kimbrel or Venters if we can score in the top of the 8th

TIME TO WIN THIS GAME
DAMNIT, IM HERE.

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LETS GOOOOOOOOO! RUNS RUNS RUNS!

Game Over

I’m out. Peace guys.

Haters gonna hate!

I’m just bitter my Cowboys are 0-2 and I only went 1-1 in my fantasy leagues this week.

I'm 2-0

and have the most points in the TC League…I think.

oh yea, the league you were too scared to let me play in

Funny, I don’t remember seeing you on the sign-up sheet.

HaHa, I was just looking up my Rally Puppy graphic.
Great minds think alike.

Damn you loser...

at least your owning up to it

Damn't!

I had hopes of a comeback……thanks a lot.

Hi Riley!

I hope you brought us luck :)

Hey bud! Work your magic, okay?
Time to scoreee
c´mon braves offense
In all seriousness,

Matt Diaz should make Sportscenter tonight.

He should make Sportscenter for just standing around!

Capt. Caveman is the man!

it will be something about how much of a douche he is for taking down a fan…bc its sportscenter…

damn

i am not able to watch it on tv today and i missed the whole diaz thing :( i hope its up later on…

Time for the top of the order to deliver
Whole Camels back in there
I'm getting out the rally shades

Haven’t used those in a while.

POINTS POINTS POINTS

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Even if we lose

The red man has made my night.

So was that Nightman or Dayman?

Why is Melky still playing??
clutch-ness.

Clutchness fail.

He's a true Yankee

And he has the same number of rings as Chipper Jones. That makes him as good as Chipper Jones.

Freakin' Melky is still in.
I think we'll pull this one out
I like the way you think
F the wind F the Phillies F Melky
why doesnt he wait
And FU Joe for jinxing it
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Send Jay-Hey to take Melky out

why do we play melky

seriously

been saying it all night

Stripping Melky of the MVP tag….it was cute in April…but now I hope he never has another AB.

i have kinda thought that all season long..

NO MORE PLAYING MELKY
Glausasaurus

Glaus with the line drive right at Ibanez.

Melky- never start him AGAIN
I seriously question melkys ability to hit a baseball well
Glaus' bat looks slow
Do we ever get a hit when we're ahead in the count?
that's why you don't play matchups

sitting mcclouth and his hot bat has cost us 2 runs tonight already

Yep. This is ridiculous.
Melky is bad at his job

Yet he keeps getting assignments

Dang

looked good off the bat

Wow. Right at him.

x1000 tonight it seems

Hit it to someone else, guys.

Yeah that's about right
I just don't know what to say
That's about right.

That’s a double if it’s hit anywhere else.

OMAR HAS TO GET A HIT
it's ok

their closer is Brad-blown save-Lidge

he has been lights out lately
Yeah, I don't have as much faith in him blowing it
I've heard that nasty rumor on teh interwebz somewhere....
F Hamels

Not even that good today

It should be 1-1 still. We let them have the game.

or lets explode to the 9th
Is it bad of me to be mad at Heyward for that error?
No

I am

But I probably won't be tomorrow

Find it hard to be mad at him for long

Is it bad of you to expect good defense in a tight pennant race?

No, not at all.

No

I daresay we all are.

It was a bad error

The 2 errors tonight, we couldn’t afford.

Nope.

I guarantee you that he’s madder at himself than any of us are at him.

I'm sure he is too.....
Nope

he’s a big boy now.

Perhaps

But if the Braves don’t score any more, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.

i’m just glad that this is still part of the pennant race not a playoff game

RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ RUNZ THREAD
The Braves are just waiting for the 9th so the comeback will be more dramatic....
Games over ( Im saying this hoping you can all bash me later)

I know its not over…but this game is such BS

Good night for infante

he’s decided he doesn’t want the batting title after all

He’s really hurting his chances right now.

can't imagine they would run Hamels out there for the 9th

we might have a good chance there, especially with the heart of the order up

can we please make a new thread?
I knew this one was evil
Sigh

It’s not like Hamels is throwing unhittable stuff.

I’m disappointed we’re losing, but I didn’t really expect us to win the rookie going tonight.

But the rookie hasn't been the problem...

At least that rookie…

Jesus, these commercials are the worst ever
Sooooooooo....

At least Matt Diaz owns Braves fans

you mean Phillies fans?

we are likely going to get swept guys i hate to say it

How can you say that after one game?

a very close game considering how GOOD the Phillies have been and how NEW our starter was

You should give the team a pep talk smh

Lets wait and see what happens, eh?
This is your last warning

Shut up.

its that Error column thats costs us so much

pretty much all season

and Beachy gave us a chance to win, we shot ourselves
Farns

Don’t let them score – give us a chance!

Pitching matchup the next 2 games are Minor vs Halladay and Hanson vs Oswalt. Would you give the Phillies the edge in both games in terms of pitching ?
nope

Oswalt not so good against the Braves in his career…

Neither was Cole Hamels...

just saying

Hamels hasn’t beaten us as much as we have beaten ourselves.

he is off and on against us…oswalt is usually just not good against us…and for the record we shouldn’t be losing to hamels…and a rookie kept up with him for a while

I still have to give him the edge over Hanson

He’s been absolutely dominating since the trade.

So basically you're saying, odds are we're going to get swept ?
You asked if the Phillies have the edge in pitching.

I said yes, they do have the edge in pitching. I’m scanning my comments and “sweep” was never written.

Also, the point of Manuel's decision

WAS to put the pitching edge with the Phillies. So yes, they do have the edge and that was the entire point of him scrambling his rotation.

depends which hanson shows up..

Is that a serious question?
WTF

they have 5 hits and 3 runs
we have 6 hits and only 1 run

We have 2 errors and they have 0.

Three base error and walks.

i know that

it make how important is not to walk and make errors

they also have 6 walks…and we committed two errors….so there you go

Yes, they’ve definitely out OBPed us. Heyward is, of course, the only one who drew a walk for us.

Farnsworth pitching in the 8th inning just gives me nightmares
this was absoluely a winnable game.

Braves just (so far) have shit the bed

If I post in TGP

will i get banned for my signature?

yup
not just your signature

bc you will post pro braves things

we'll see

I posted…does that mean I am banned from here as well? i dunno how SBNation works so if you get banned is it a universal ban across the board or just a blog ban?

No

Not in this case you wouldn’t

I don't know..

Why post there?

seriously, I think Chopmaster was over there making us all look bad

and I warned his arse!

Don’t be KINGSLYTUT and you might be ok.

what happened with him?
nice K

Do it again

Hamels out.

Thank goodness.

Phillies will be an incredible 16-3 in September if they win today.

They did a Freaky Friday thing with the Rockies.

15-4
no they will be 16-3 if they win tonight.

tulo has just as many HRs as the Phils do wins so far this september

Just for one season

I want the Braves to play all their home games at Coors.

seriously...

that place is ridiculous

I still think we’d lead the league in WTP

Heyward would hit 755 homers.

And why would we even want to read this?

Did you also know that they’re in first place? And they’re leading the Braves in this game?

Think we can get to Lidge with

heyward prado lee b mac?

Heyward will hit a walk-off and make the rest irrelevant.
he's hitting first

we’re down 2 runs

 . . . . .

and?
wouldnt be a walk off

if he hits a HR right here.

you underestimate Jason
He can hit 3R HR

with nobody on and only being in the on-deck circle

but not a Grand Slam, that’s just crazy talk

And we're batting in the top half of the 9th

What’s your point?

ah

so you’re saying we shall go into overtime.

i would prefer to just end it now. 3 back to back HR

we gonna score points in overtime?
Farnsey throws FIYAH!
look at Farnsworth

although it was the bottom of their lineup

I'm in shock that I just watched Farnsworth get em 1-2-3
Who's this guy and what happened to Farns?

Maybe he had to shake off the Royalness.

The aliens replaced him with this doppleganger.

Unfortunately, they’re going to take their doppleganger back if we make it to the World Series.

He remembered he's not in Houston

lights out lidge time

Okay guys

Now or never

Lidge had a career 5.12 ERA against Atlanta

Lets raise that a abit

fixed

Lidge had a career 5.12 ERA against Atlanta Lets raise that a abit alot

please? miracle thread?
Miracle? Nah.

9th inning comebacks are what this team does.

Runs?

Please please please?

We already used Glaus, but maybe Nate can deliver once more in a pinch.

He scored mad points with me for his comments about his pride being hit with the demotion.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE SCORE IN THE 9TH.

LIDGE IS TOO GOOD. WE WILL ALL K OR GROUND OUT WEAKLY.

Last I checked, MVP isn't batting this inning....
I agree,

Lidge is teh awsum an the bravesszs has no chanzes.

HITS AND RUNS PLEASE
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For anyone that didn't see the Matt Diaz trip

http://www.twitvid.com/BAXMR

This salvages whats been a bad night so far.

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HERE WE GO GALAXY HERE WE GO!
Back-to-back-to-back HRs....

MAKE IT SO!

STRIKEOUT COMING UP!
called it

Are you happy about that?

I hope you pull a muscle...

patting yourself on the back

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
Well Jason's failed today despite being on base twice
What is Lidge throwing
Alright

who the fuck invited Jeff Francoeur to lead off the inning?

that's first strike call was bs

and Heyward had to defend against it all AB

Not off to a good start....

thanks stat guys for that one

Geez...Lidge looks filthy
god this is pitiful
Not one of Jason's better games.
nice ab heyward

lvp of the night

Bright side: Prado can't hit into a vidro here....
Brooks Conrad time!!!!!!!!!
Helps that the Braves are swinging at stuff out of the zone.
praydo with a shitty game as well
Game. Set. Match.
FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU--
Prado really has been killing us
Between Prado and Melky.....I've pulled out most of my hair.
sad we were in the game thanks to beachy
This is going to end badly.
Our O looks terrible
Sat on the fastball
Beachy did pitch well enough, we gave the game away after that error.
and Melky failing twice when we could be tied now
Reply fail.

I’ve essentially given up on Melky doing anything good ever again. That goes for things outside of baseball too.

hmr to shut the fans up
Any city that harbors Mike Vick and Shane Victorino deserves to lose
and Allen Iverson for all those years...

Lee single
McCann HR
We win in extras…

I need to get this Tarot deck replaced…..it’s apparently faulty.

My magic 8 ball said that your tarot deck was stupid. :P

Hello wildcard

Goodbye NL East

Could be worse

yep we could have Melky Cabrera on our team

oh wait!!!

dammit!

Annnndd the Braves Fail

Indeed we did.....
Prado might need to sit out a couple. Give him a three day break.

He is really struggling right now.

Our defense let us down tonight. Hopefully we can take at least one of the next two.

Well maybe Bobby will listen to you since my words fall on deaf ears

Can't give teams like the phillies extra outs. They will kill you every time.
I love giving the Phillies a win

You’re welcome.

GOD I hate you
Love you too. :)
LITERALLY 5 seconds after you came, the Phillies scored

coincidence??? I THINK NOT

This is 100% your fault. I hope you’ve learned a lesson, even if it is a devastatingly costly one.

oh well

can’t blame Lee. He was the only one that showed up tonight

god I hate this

Living here makes it 10000000000 times worse

You live in Philly?

South Jersey, which is by default “Phillies country”

even though people from philly hate it :D

Wow. I just wouldn't go to work in the morning.

My facebook is already getting blown up.

Yeah, Lidge is not the same guy he's been in the past.

Ah.

That was a depressing way to lose

really shit the bed on that one…

yep

the Braves LOST this one. the Phils did not WIN it.

I'm leaving before i say stupid things I will regret tomorrow!
Beachy lose the game allowing just one run

bad, bad, bad

Defense

messed it up for him

Melky in the lineup...

Fail Pictures, Images and Photos

pretty much.

we were screwed from the start

Oh my gosh...

This is horrible.

We'll get 'em tomorrow. Halladay sucks

Who’s with me?

hate to lose it due to errors

tomorrow is a new game, however and we still lead in the WC

Good thing Halladay and Oswalt are up next

we do hit a bit better against RHP

That game perfectly embodies every sense of the word failure

errors, double plays, and the inability to get a clutch hit. what a shitty night

Bummer

Beachy had a great outing, sad he gets stuck with the L.

It's Official

Melky no longer allowed to start

start, play, put on a uniform, live in atlanta, exist

no

he is no longer allowed to play or be anywhere near the rest of the team.

Alright boys

Come out and get ’em tomorrow!

THANKS DAD!

Ice cream for EVERYONE after the game! YOU’RE ALL WINNERS.

w...tf...

Is your problem?

I'm just kidding.

And a bit bitter. Don’t mind me.

you know you’re not going to win the division when Lidge strikes out the side with your 3-4-5 batters hitting that inning.

2-3-4

Wait…I’m an idiot. I blame mvhs.

i'm the idiot, it's 2-3-4
He also didn't strike out the side.
I don't care we struck out 2 times and went 1-2-3 against Lidge

Oh, I was right. I still blame mvhs.

Heyward - Prado - Lee

2 – 3 – 4

I’m emotionally distraught right now, damn’t!

As awful as the Braves are in the postseason, it's an absolute must that we win the division and end up with home field throughout the playoffs. Otherwise, the season is over.
I meant as awful as the Bravse are on the road.
Thank you for the contribution

We need to get into the playoffs at this point. I want the division and home field advantage too. But it being a “must” is a bit ridiculous. Who know what will happen once we get to the postseason?

unless Melky starts.

then you know it will be a loss

Yes, this is true.
well for that to happen

we have to win all 5 games left with the Phils and match their record in our other 6.

if we lost another game head-to-head, the division is lost.

tomorrow and the day after we are facing RH

so No Melky in the lineup

Oh good, we should be able to win the next 2 since we're facing RH's.
Would be nice

for Prado to get an off day.

Infante
McLouth
Heyward
Lee
McCann
Gonzo
Ankiel
Conrad

Ugh...

Diaz over Ankiel, even if it is against RHP.

Anybody watching MNF?
As much improvement as Lee has shown lately

I’d like to see Freeman get a start vs a RHP with a short porch in right.

FU Melky!

ok had to get one more in.

night all.

Now it's time to watch Baseball Tonight to see what they have to say about the game.

Oh god no. Don’t do that.

TEH PHILLIEZ R TEH GREATEST!!!!

WE TOLD YOU THEY WERE THE TEAM TO BEAT! WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!

I stopped watching ESPN a long time ago.

Its a terrible channel.

braves wanted some pizza

Reminders:

There are two games left in the series.
The Braves are 2 games up in the wild card

Thank you,
SuperNewb

Agreed

I want the playoffs, plain and simple. Just get in

yeah, just get the wildcard, we ain't winning the division.
IF we both make the playoffs it doesn't matter who wins the division...

The spoils go to the team to win the NLCS

yep

and I guess we are going against the Reds in the playoffs if we win the WC. We have been good against them.

YEAAAA, is there anything better than doing homework after a disapointing loss?

doing somebody else’s homework after a disappointing loss?

Yeah, I have four tests this week.

I can’t concentrate during the middle of a pennant race!

Everyone knows why we lost

mvhsbball was watching! Dude you are officially banned for the rest of the season lol!

MLB Network is showing a commercial of the 91 WS

Just what I need.

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