Talking Chop

Being a Braves fan sucks!

Ughh…

deewill23 - September 21, 2010 reply

If we lose this game our chances of winning the division are down to about 5%

Thanks Einstein

I just want to get in

the Braves need to just win against the Phils for the playoffs period, not just the division

Dunnce cap

maybe...

if we get swept… the phillies will coast in the last 3 games…

Cmon PeMo!

lol

There are still a lot of people bitching in the first game thread.

It’s nice they took it somewhere else.

Please start banning some of these people

Honestly

The only reason I don’t go all power trip is because then I’d have to remember to UN-ban them after putting them in timeout. If only SBNation peripheral controls had the ability to Zack Morris time-out or Tony Reali mute whiny users, I’d be the happiest person on earth.

MAN

can’t believe that

Halladay out. Long inning.

Nevermind.

whats the score now? Or do I really wanna know….

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

You don’t want to know, but it’s 5-2 Phils.

not as bad as I thought it was, the way everyone was complaining I thought it was like 100-2.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Anything new about that?

5-2

Still in it.

Phillies 5, Braves 2

howard is better than pujols - September 21, 2010 reply

lol

you don’t know charlie that well do you

now we get the groundball

RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

c´mon braves

score 7 run in the 7th

Congrats 2010 NL East Champs

Philadelphia Phillies.

I hope I’m wrong, but yeah. Sense is outweighing hope anymore.

finally someone said it....!!!!!!

Wow it’s not over yet.

oh shut up.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Even if you did think that...

Why put that on a Braves blog before it’s official?

Why even do that when it is official?

If you want to suck the Phillies dick’s go the TGP and congratulate them over there

this

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

It pains me to do it

but I just am seeing less and less to make me think otherwise

I don't care... what you think...

That… is not my point… my point is why post that here?

What possible reason?

HITSHITSHITSHITSHITSPLZHITSNOWHITKTHNXBYE

I am going to be polite

I DEMAND RUNZZ

Its so demoralizing to crawl back into the game

Only to give two runs right bak

s.r.j - September 21, 2010 reply

man up

and drink miller lite

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Top 7.

It’s time for our offense to show up.

Load the bases then pinch hit Conrad?

think that was a ball

a-gon

POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

WTF are this NATS pretending?

after winning us a series, they sucks, they already lost 4 straight games and right now they are losing

can we please hit a few more right at them?

2 hits right at 'em

I am getting tired of that

Hard Hits

But at people.

can't find holes with these line drives

so unreal

FREDDIE FREEMAN!

eeep

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Freddie!!!!!!!!

make it look so easy

FREDDIE FUCKING FREEMAN!!!!!!!!

uhhhhhhh

nice hit

DAMN FF!!

deewill23 - September 21, 2010 reply

DAMN, FF!!

Freeman bomb. 5-3.

nice work Freddie

Holy crap

Go get ’em Freeman!

D A M N !!!

Damn Band Box

That would have been an out at Turner,

Dude,

That would have been out of the Grand Canyon.

It’s a joke.

That was crushed.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

yay Freddie

FREDDDDIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

FREEMAN RIB

I WANT MORE

!!

hope they find that!

Nice!!

Congrats on your first HOMER kid! Freeman!!!!

Freeman looks like a baby. How old is he ?

21

just turned 21

should be tied

WTG FF, his 1st HR against phillies and against Halladay

nice, that would have meant alot to me if dunn had gotten out fo the inning but...

Last Play: R. Ankiel lined out to deep right center

how the F&*^ do u lineout to deep right center?!?!?!?!

high school ballpark

Werth got a great jump on it

Ankiel hit it on the button

you hit a line drive at the very edge of jayson werth's range

CONGRATS!

Look how happy Heyward was

21

wow, what a shot

moonshot

Foolish Infante

KINGSLYTUT - September 21, 2010 reply

swing the bat man

I LOVE FREDDIE FREEMAN

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

One run per inning would do...

Need who ever’s coming in to SHUT IT DOWN

ovation for Freedie!

i hate when they lean back

to get the call..
kinda like diving in soccer..

who's they?

Batters? Catchers? Umps? Pitchers?

Went into the bullpen. He should get it back. In the stands we will never see it again.

Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed - September 21, 2010 reply

Sure you would have

Fans would have thrown it back. But since it was launched with the escape velocity of a Saturn V, it ended up in the bullpen. The kid got his ball.

quick, someone offer me a ridiculous amount of money for freddie's autograph!!!

Two dollars!

in all fairness that's ridiculous

I POINT AND LAUGH AT YOU

I have his autograph HAHAHAHAHAHA

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

well i have 3!

ST baby!

i laugh at those who dont, i mean.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

I’ll give you a broken skateboard and a crazy straw!

Crazy straw?

no freakin way

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Do you accept bits of string?

Kazakhistan pubic hairs

Now he can always say he hit his first dinger off of one of the best in the game.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Why didn’t those silly Braves just quit and stop even trying once the TC crowd declared the game over in the 3rd inning?

They slept with your sister?

stupid

LOL

Good one!

Yea srsly.

We’re winning now?

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

FF power baby.....

Nope but

we still have time

I agree. I just get annoyed with people telling others to leave. I haven’t seen anything that outrageous tonight from anyone.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Gee golly

That would have been real swell, had they just lay down and died tonight, it’s not like it’s their job or something to play the full game

damn maybe that’s it!

Loved how Moylan was telling him to "breathe"...

…as he and Nate took his batting gloves off.

random question

who is the ugliest mascot of baseball?

the phillie mascot is the ugliest for me

Ugliest but funny.

Most annoying: that piece of garbage in Colorado.

The stupid ass purple polkadot dinosaur in colorado

+1

LOL

Better question:
Ugliest player in baseball?
Well anyway I agree with you. Phillie Phanatic = massive ugliness

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Kevin Youkilis

willie mcgee

I go with Jose Reyes

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Popeye Jones when he took BP for the Phillies back in the early 2000's.

(Assumed he did.)

Popeye Jones the basketball player?

He was like a cross between Sam Cassell and missing some chromosomes

i'm excited for next season

are you excited about this season ?

Are you?

Reading your post your clearly not!

If the majority of OT users had their say

It would be 2015 right now, Teheran, Hanson, Delgado, Medlen, and Vizcaino would be rotating their way to 104 wins while the Phillies are hamstrung with $45M invested in Howard and Halladay alone and in the cellar of the NL East

another pitching change?

maxxj3 - September 21, 2010 reply

very live arm..

Wow. Kimbel with 6IP, 14K.

nasty

well, Halladay is out

even though he hasn’t been super good tonight, it’s always good to see the Phillies bullpen

2-4 up next.

What was that pickoff?

Looked dirty

Thought it might catch Lopes in the face

s.r.j - September 21, 2010 reply

Come on Heap... ya can't drop strikes

Why the phillie fans are waving white handkerchief?

it looks too stupid

dont they know that waving handkerchief is like boing his team?

no, they're from philly

-1 - September 21, 2010 reply

They’re surrendering.

Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed - September 21, 2010 reply

It’s for wiping up puke

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Is for to make with the intimidating of bad opposition

I’m just playing, man. The “wave the white flag”/“throw in the towel” relationship is not lost on us. Still, rally towels rule.

Jeez Mac

come on Mac…I think he might be putting too much pressure on himself

mac kills me

with his d sometimes. goodness.

Kimbrel... is DIRTY

STFD Gload!

this is what i'm saying

we’re making it SO easy for them

no one wants a ghey ass phanatic statue!

RISP with Victorino Up?

Don’t make me laugh.

kimbrel and venters for the next few years is going to be fun

unless of course venters’ arm falls off

He has two of them doesn't he?

next few years we’re gonna have a rotation problem. Who will make the rotation? Beachy, Teheran, Vizcaino, Delgado….I’m talking about in a few years of course, anything can happen. Good problem to have.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

do we have a solid defensive catching prospect?

fuck that

we have Mccann and Ross. I’ll take them both for years to come!

bethancourt

Dude has a cannon too!

Vidro!

NICE DP

momentum is shifting?

I wouldn’t go that far yet. Let’s see if Jason gets ANGRY.

VIDRO!

Lovely DP!

VIDROISH!!!

LET’S GET SOME RUNZZZZ!!!!!

Whew, big break there

Make ’em pay guys!

THNX

awesome

YES! Double Play!

Luck! I have missed you!

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

oh delicious

All star with the snag!

LET'S GO BRAVES

/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>

LETS GO!!!!!!!!1

RUNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs
BRAAAAAAAAAAAVES

positive energy guys

Come from behind win again, please!

C’mon Jason!!!

i call 2 runs this inning....

I'll have another order of Roy's Ribs please :-)

Make it two!

I’m buyin’!

Heyward, Prado, McCann?

yes

yes

Lee, McLouth, Gonzo, Ankiel, PH

and then repeat

what about infante?

My bad!

+ Lee, McLouth, Gonzalez, Ankiel, Brooks, Infante, Heyward

CK K ratio = 17.61

30 K in 15 1/3

I was just thinking about the Braves

And heard on a movie commercial “What, nobody believes in comebacks around here?”
Creepy.
THANKS, MOVIE COMMERCIAL

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

2 errors plus 2 errors on offense and we are only down 2. We can come back if we play smart.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

let's get some runs off ryan badson

This

i think he´s their venters….

let's go Heyward

match you buddy FF

It was nice

When Heyward went yard on Madson to tie the game that McLouth walked off on Jose Contreras

Started by Glaus

That was nice.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Shit. I have Madsen pitching tonight in the finals of my Yahoo fantasy league.

I can deal with a 27.00 ERA from one pitcher for one night, I guess.

why would you do that?

ever heard of craig kimbrel?

My opponent has him.

haha

nice

The same guy has Lidge.

I have Matt Cain in my finals

I guess I can live with a 54.00 ERA for one night.

I have him going tonight in a different league. It makes me sad that he got lit up, but oh well.

Tomahawks > Rally Puke Towels

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

They gave away the puke towels at Turner

On opening day 2009

lame

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

I thought they gave out tazers

Hit!

Nice AB there Jason!

BASERUNNER LET'S DO IT!!!

.heyward for president

Chop time

attakid jason!

LET’S GO MARTIN

CHOP

CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP

Please don't waste this HIT by Jason!

no dp no dp no dp no dp

/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>\>/>

i hate taking no matter what on pitch 1

crap

random question

what happened to that guy called “Brennan Boesch” that we were always comparing with heyward?

no one can find him

after he fell off the planet

Traded him for Halladay I thought?

Guess I’m completely wrong… Nothing new

meteor

i was comparing heyward to hank aaron most of the time

I was comparing Heyward to Jesus….

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

He hit a wall after the ASB just like the rest of theTigers.

in 59 games since the ASB

his line is .170/.250/.232

which doesn't compare too favorably

to Heyward’s post ASB line of to .327/.443/.502 in 60 games

fuck

let’s go mac. no dp no dp no dp no dp no dp

thats what happens when you go give a strike away

I BELIEVE!!!!!

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

COME ON HEAP LET'S DO THIS

PICK ODARP UP HERE!!!

UGH, strikeouts would be easier to take if they were actual strikes.

would they though?

C’mon Mac!

ball!!

That was strike 3.

But not then. Whew.

Err 2....

good eye

now make him PAY

Jesus.

Are you sh-tting me?

there it is…

FUCK

MAN

we have to lead the league in dps

6th

Twins lead

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ballgame...

Go away

ok...

ill say it next inning…… yes?

No you won't

I was unaware that this blog was reserved for only those with insanely positive attitudes. That was a crap play.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Okay

You crowned the Phillies as lords almighty two innings ago, is it necessary to shoot the corpse after every inning there afterward?

You have the POWAH!!!

Ban his or her ass!

Thank you.

Shucks

wasn't even one of those hit it hard but right at someone

kind of double play

very disappointing

i hate the braves sometimes...

then why do you call yourself a fan?

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

i'm an emotional fan and generally my hate goes a way in a few seconds

Because getting pissed at your team from time to time is normal?

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

right

It is.
But sometimes hating your team is just kind of dumb

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

does anyone feel confident with

lee – mclouth – gonzo vs lidge? =\

YES.

I do.

Should pinch hit Conrad for Lee

The way they've been throwing outs away

I wouldn’t feel confident with them hitting off a tee

I’m hoping for LOLidge, but we’ll see

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Is Gonzo on the list of people with 9th inning winning hits? If not, he should be.

yes

walk off hr vs cards

Oh yeah,

Forgot about that one already.

of course

I am getting very tired of all these double plays

How many times are we going to do this?

None more times I say!

NO MORE! NOOOOOOOO MOOOOOOORE

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

How many games are left?

we are a team that doesnt hit for power

we hit groundballs. its what we do

The regular season is 162 games.

was that they 8th?

that 6th inning

is makin me angry

made, is making, and will make

Almost every inning in the last two games has made me angry

bah

Another thing about Phillies Fans

They all clap, not one of those assholes is cheering their ass off. But everyone is clapping!

homerun - September 21, 2010 reply

Are you... kidding me?

Citizens Bank park is one of the loudest ballparks in the majors… you’re completely wrong…

Oh and here they come to prove you completely wrong…

If you’re going to represent Braves fans everywhere could you please be smarter?

how many DPs we have in this series?

its too ridiculous

Six.

3 last night, 3 tonight.

6 Braves – Phils 1
Per Joe just a minute ago

that hurts

i hate the goddamn braves

TradeAndruw - September 21, 2010 reply

please describe your hate in detail.

Or a haiku!

Braves are losing games.
Defense and offense missing.
Put out APB.

phillies blog that way

/points north
Just joking, but you don’t need to say you hate them. If you hate them, why are you here? Why are you watching?

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Everyday Johnny

come on jonny

can’t give up more here

Have to get there first

we’re lookin like fools with our pants on the ground

TradeAndruw - September 21, 2010 reply

3 Outs

And a mental midget for a closer.

Don’t turn off your TVs yet.

hoping for the lidge of last season

Lidge has been lights out again since July. He’s finally healthy again.

good time for one of those lidge moments!

I’m watching NCIS. YOU LOSE.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

And you call yourself a fan?

indeed.

some would much rather watch college football

in the fall

southman - September 21, 2010 reply

I’m watching NCIS because I like NCIS, not cuz I’m frustrated with the Braves.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

I look forward to watching the new season when it airs over here

Where are you?

I’m actually watching NCIS:LA, probably should have said that before.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Ireland

I listen to the radio

Problem is

Braves haven’t figured out that the fast ball is a show-me pitch, and after the first one, it’s all sliders afterward

bye chase

Huzzah

Nice K for Venters

good to see that

i’m watching wishmaster

TradeAndruw - September 21, 2010 reply

im watching the braves/phillies game

I don't know about you guys

but I’m already pumped for our 8th/9th inning combo of Venters and Kimbrel in 2011. That’s not fair.

which one closes do u think?

i say kimbrel

It will be fun to watch

I'm actually quite concerned about Venters next year

Crossing my fingers, but much like Moylan’s 07-08 pattern, I’m hoping that Venters’s arm doesn’t suddenly die in mid-April next year

Yeah, me too

but with the way we’re playing right now, I can only hope for the best next year.

thanks a lot guy who started the phillies are gonna win this division crap

you jinxed us traitor

southman - September 21, 2010 reply

THIS is the pitch selection we should have used in the 6th to Howard

That’s what I wish Dunn would have done to Howard.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Howard K’s

STFD Howard.

He just said we were lucky at the end of games?

No effer we have a never give up attitude.

someone notice the Frenchy line with Rangers

.412/.421/.412 (7-17)

0 BB

what teh fudge!

small sample size of course but good for him

LOL

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

I wonder how Frenchy's marriage is going

Because he seems to do great during the honeymoon periods of his new teams, I wonder if that translates in wedlock?

Where was that pitch?

Venters just pitching around Werth basically. Good move.

we did it then....

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300420115 . we can do it now! LET’S GO BRAVES!!!

THIS!

Tommy Hanson’s going to have to give the Braves at least 7 tomorrow. Bullpen has been taxed.

off day on Thursday does help

Inning over!

do or DIE!

PIE! I love pie.

RALLY CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/does tomahawk chop in living room/

murph35 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Freakier things have happened (the Astros swept them) - so we CAN come back here.

Braves should try to hit flyballs in this High School ballpark

The Bright Side:

At least Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe (WTF am I saying?!) will be pitching in the Nationals series.

i know it weird

RUNZRUNZRUNZRUNZWAGNERWINZPLZ

would love to see the Phillies Phans turn on Lidge

after he returns to his sometimes inconsistent self

Haiku

9th inning comeback.
Brad Lidge is mortal again.
Fans should not lose hope.

how many games have the Phillies win in a row

8 in the row before today?

they are clearly due for a loss

clearly

IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A TIME... FOR THE BATS TO WAKE UP...

FOR THE CHOP TO DESCEND UPON THIS EARTH FROM THE HEAVENS….
IT’S RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!

LET’S GO, LET’S DO IT!!!!!

c´mon offense,

single by Dlee and Mclouth HR

Baserunners please

Braves need ya, guys.

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

I hope Bobby remembers

That Matt Diaz owns Brad Lidge

NOT a strike.

but a rake!

Yeah it was

Do I hear Phillies fans doing the tomahawk chop ?

Hit!

there we go!

attaLEE

let’s go!

Not gonna win if the ump expands the zone like he just did.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

good start

and did I hear the chop in the background?

Maybe the Phillies fans accidently woke us up

I would just like to say this...

anyone who questions a fan’s fanhood on this site is stupid. We’re on the internet chatting away about them for goodness sakes.

This

In our dad’s attics.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

good point

COME ON NATE

COME ALL THE WAY BACK HERE

A HIT!

YHXNSJHARKVXVJKBCCVBBBDD

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Philly fans doing the Braves chop sound?
Lee shut ’em up real quick.

its a start

KINGSLYTUT - September 21, 2010 reply

Did I just hear the chop chant at CBP?

What a bunch of a#$holes

what DOUCHEY fans

There are Braves fans there.

could be Braves fan at CBP?

lol

you win the thread for censoring out a-holes.

Don't want to get in trouble

I have been cursing an awful lot at the tv tonight anyways

You're a better man than me then.

Nice to see DLee picking it up

if only Prado would wake up.

Lee is mashing the ball.

wow no pinch runner?

his run doesn't matter

i was going to point this out

but it would be nice to put some pressure on their infielders to make errors and avoid double plays

Already used FF

Don’t want Glaus in there defensively if it goes to extras

Aside from avoiding a double play there really no purpose.

Plus we’ve already used Hinske and Freeman so our bench is thin.

C’mon Nate

Who does the tomahawk chop in Phillie?

Lidge scared!

nate nate nate nate nate nate nate nate

Let’s go Nasty Nate!!!

good take there

not your pitch

Lets go Nate!

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Come on Nate - channel Chipper

ummmm ok nate

way to watch that one go by

THATS NOT A STRIKE DAMNIT!

come on nate

battle

comon Nasty Nate

walk!

walk!!!!!

Here comes a slider

mmmhmmmm.

Full count

BALL 4 BASE HIT

LET’S GO

What is it with Houston Street and Lidge?

They can’t throw a ball in their home park.

Nate McLouth is due.
His last walkoff, the team hid.
It’s time for one more.

Or not.

Kellogg wants to go home

Expanding his strike zone now

Stupid puke towels.

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Gonzo time

damn it nate

ok alex… no dp

CMON SEA BASS!!!

alex has been

turning away from everything even remotely inside

C'mon Nate

Even Ray Charles could see a slider coming. And he’s blind. And DEAD

wheres conrad at?

I wanna go buckwild so bad!

alex gonzalez just guesses every ab

Is it just me or are Phillies fans louder than Braves fans ?

I mean there are more of them at the park… that’s for sure…

Lots of clappers.

homerun - September 21, 2010 reply

I'm beginning to wonder

if you’re Joe Morgan.

Damn it

2 strikes on Gonzo

semi-warning track power

Effing Band Box

Move that wall in closer, assholes.

C’mon Rick!

slider slider slider

free swinger

vs slider. who wins?

our final out.

Is rick ankiel…..

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

omg Rank you better rip it!

Oh god...Rick Ankiel at the plate

even the ugly party drunk gets laid sometime?

Now might be an acceptable time to give up.

Ankiel is 3-for-5 against Lidge in his career,

Yeah, what he said.

lidge has sucked donkey ass in his career*

fixed

Ankiel has been successful against Lidge.

Brooks on deck

whos on deck?

conrad

brooksy

Once Ankiel hit a walk-off triple off lidge

Granted, this was back in St. Louis against sucky Houston Lidge, but still

Are you fucking serious?!

Thats off the plate.

Good God they could just wait for the slider

Not even close

Thanks asshole ump. NOT a strike.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

walk for RAWDOG comeon

right here

swing for the fences

GET ON BASE RICKY, I WANNA SEE CONRAD

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

home run cut

3-1

Here comes the slider...

Yup

I HATE THE PHUCKING PHILLIES

Hate ’em, but wish we were ’em. Fuck me if we miss the playoffs.

mother fucker

Ball game

got to get them tomorrow

Incredibly depressing.

I hate Brad Lidge
btw no one cares about Halladay’s 20th

MBL1 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Announcers made it sound like game 7 of the NLCS

Wow, Phillies beat up on 2 rookie pitchers.
Hope we can manage 1 tomorrow night.

And next up against the Phillies = a pitcher who was a rookie last year.

need to salvage 1 game

KINGSLYTUT - September 21, 2010 reply

ugh!

YANKEES WIN!

Oh…I mean Phillies.

Is there some rule I’m not aware of that states the strike zone grows in the top of the ninth for the home team?

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

Actually...

the first two games were a lot closer than I thought they would be considering the pitching matchups.

mdhenshaw - September 21, 2010 reply

Close only counts...

In horseshoes and hand grenades.

This had the feel of a Braves playoff series: all the tension and the excitement, all the hopelessness, the missed plays, and the knowledge that there’s no tomorrow.

SS451 - September 21, 2010 reply

This

unfortunately

i hate the phillies and their stupid high school ballpark

Ibanez’s double would have been a double in San Diego. Fact is the Bravos couldn’t get a decent shut-down inning when they needed one.

well if we keep giving runs away with errors, stupid base running, and stupid ass decisions

by the manager we might as well just quit now

Well good thing you dont need to win the division to make playoffs

Andeezy - September 21, 2010 reply

we made it too easy for them

and really hard on ourselves..
stupid baserunning and meh defense

we play like shit, we manage like shit

we aren’t going to make it…

fizzbot - September 21, 2010 reply

no, we're still gonna make it

and when our rotations match up it’ll be a more fair fight

Phillies are now 17-3 in September.

Thus they are due for a regression in October.

sleezer1788 - September 21, 2010 via mobile reply

we have lost the 1st 2 games because

Errors
Fail Baserunning
DP machine

Sweeping the Nationals or Marlins is an absolute necessity unless we get lots of help.

mdhenshaw - September 21, 2010 reply

we've won this year purely on starting pitching 1-5 and our bullpen

now Jurrjens and Medlen are gone. we can’t field the ball, or get a hit with a runner in scoring position. we have no shot even if we get in

i don't get the stupidity on here

we lose 2 games by 2 runs starting rookies with a total of 7 games in the majors and apparently we have no shot against anyone anymore

lol

You’ve been a TC member how long?

we have no shot vs the team we have to go thru to get to the world series

if you want to be a glass half full gut fine. I see reality

ok moron

we scored 3 runs vs halladay through 6 and had to go to our bullpen in the 3rd inning because mike minor started. you think hudson is going to go 2 1/3?

I'm sorry...

You do mean the team we’re 7-7 against this season, right?

not the same team we beat back in july

Hamels is better. Oswalt in town. Howard and Utley healthy. Brad lidge is back to his old self. Braves minus Medlen and a healthy Jurrjens. a cold martin prado, a dead troy glaus. am i missing something?

The knowledge of how quickly things can change in a baseball season?

Or the playoffs?

Or that we just lost two close games while starting rookies against aces?

Hmmm… Yeah I’d say you’re missing a couple of things.

You're all being ridiculous...

They beat us… fair and square… we started a rookie… played them well especially against Halladay.

1. It’s not the end of the world
2. We still lead the WC
3. It doesn’t have much at all to do with their “high school ballpark”
4. Nor does it have anything to do with luck, they just outplayed us.

The Phillies ARE the best team in the NL league… we’ve played them two games starting our rookies against their absolute aces and come up two runs short two games in a row mostly because of stupid mistakes.

Calm down, come back tomorrow and root for the team.

Go Braves

Yes, I mean the National League League

I agree

Just doesn’t make it any easier for us to take. A loss is a loss and needless to say we are playing our poorest baseball in terms of months since April (2 games under .500 in September)

Exactly

This guys are too good for mistakes. Got to play perfect ball

crsosa - September 21, 2010 reply

That was actually pretty fucking awful

and if we want post season success we have to be able to beat the Phillies. This was one of our last games, there are no positives to losing. So yeah, potential end of the world. We should of won.

There may be no actual positives to losing..

But it’s not hard at all to find positives in the loss…

If we start Hudson and he pitches well we could very easily have won that game…

GRRRR

Braves win this if Bobby brings in Moylan to face Werth instead of letting Dunn pitch to him.

Frustrating loss, but I’m starting to become numb to them, especially after last year.

TonyAlmeyda - September 21, 2010 reply

I agree about moylan

Tied in the loss column...

with the Padres right now.

mdhenshaw - September 21, 2010 reply

Phillies might mail it in the last series of the year and we can go up against their scrubs.

That would be nice

But likely not going to happen. Momentum is a nice thing to take into the playoffs, and especially against another team that could feasibly be met in the NLCS, they’re going to want to step on our throats and demoralize us going into the postseason.

I’m sure that they will rest their starters in that situation rather than risk injury.

was thinking the same thing

if nothing else I don’t see Manuel going out of his way to set up the pitching matchups like he did for this series.

also as an aside, if they do clinch (they being the Phillies) I’d prefer they did it before that series too just so they don’t celebrate on our field during a special weekend for Bobby.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12303331

Yay Freeman!!!

Good thing Joe Thurston wasn’t on base.

So do we root for the giants to pull away now?

And just root for the Dodgers and Diamondbacks?

I say root for them to pull away

Two tough losses

The toughest part about these losses is that we really could have won both games but kept shooting ourselves in the foot. Double plays, missed signs, errors, and poor baserunning really killed us and just makes it that much more frustrating

100% agree.

there is losing and there is handing games away.

the Braves have handed the last two away.

Thrashers lost.

Now my night is ruined

That’s pretty sad.

Sorry

sarcasm wasn’t detected. My night was already ruined by the Philthies

I thought they changed their name to the

ThrashHawks

No

i hope we come out

and smack oswalt and tommy dazzles

DBACKS

Up 3-0!

At some point somebody is going to ask

Why we didn’t switch the rotation to have our top starters against Philly… right?

Yea it was a bit strange

Whats done is done but I can’t help but wonder if we had at least one vet going in this series that could give us more than 3 or 4 innings. Both games have been close despite rookies pitching

Yeah

It should of been done that way

Maybe if we weren't leading the Wild Card.

If the Braves didn’t hold a 2.5 game lead in the Wild Card coming in, I think Bobby would have shuffled it. But with a 2.5 lead with 12 to go, he was willing to take the risk.

But look at this scenario now: Because the Phillies did this, they now have to run Blanton and Kendrick out their consecutively from now on.

This weekend, the Braves send their top 2 pitchers against the last-place Nats while the Mets get to face the Phillies’ two weakest pitchers.

chipsicyhotcorner - September 21, 2010 reply

just had to put my dog of 14 years down

come back to see this shit.

My condolences

I had to do the same last month. It hurts.

Seriously sorry dude...

Hope the team can lift your spirits tomorrow!

chipsicyhotcorner - September 21, 2010 reply

thanks guys.

i know i dont speak up here much, but i do appreciate it.
it does hurt.

they better! if the WC somehow eludes us, i will officially blame it on me.

So sorry. :(

tomahawklove - September 21, 2010 reply

Dang nationals....

Cheer for the Padres and Cubs.

If the Padres beat the Dodgers and the Cubs beat the Giants, the Padres move back 0.5 ahead of the Giants in the NL West.

More importantly, the Giants will be 2.5 behind the Braves in the Wild Card with 10 left to go.

If that scenario plays out, the Braves will actually gain a half-game despite losing.

i don't think that's right...

Yeah you're right.

ESPN hadn’t updated their numbers when I last looked.

Hell, they still list the Phillies as having only 1 more home game this year and 9 more road games.

so go dodgers, cubs, and dbacks

heh

right now

SF is 1 game back of us. if they lose, they will be 1.5 back. if the padres win, they will be 1 back.

AJC:

“Minor missed a sign, was supposed to bunt. Said he just forgot the bunt sign was down first pitch and that meant it stayed on.”

“McCann went on his own trying to advance to third. Just thought he could make it, Cox said. We couldn’t ask McCann; he left before we got in”

Despite those, the Braves did good to stay close up until the sixth.

I would’ve preferred Freeman’s first HR to be in a win.

TonyAlmeyda - September 21, 2010 reply

LOL

McCann got the hell out of there without facing the media, eh? I would too after such a sloppy game. Passed ball on a non-swinging strike = bad night.

Oh boy

That was a damn mess. Missed signs, errors, 3 more fucking double plays, bad base running, the inability to get third outs and the inability to cash in on base runners. Honestly though, that was about what I expected. We have too many old players that have worn down to ineffectiveness and too many rookies who don’t have experience. We threw 4 rookie pitchers (Minor, Venters, Dunn, Martinez) and faced Roy Halladay and an already tough Phillies lineup that is fresh due to missed time, and on an incredible roll.

crap

padres up 2-0