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Welcome to the Thunder Dome - 2.0

I feel like it's time for another one of these. The last time we had one, our season turned around. Maybe this one will save our season and keep us in the hunt for a World Series.

The NL East is pretty much over, but there's still the Wild Card. All we have to do is get into the playoffs. Anything can happen.

Come inside to vent, yell, scream, throw things on the internet, post .gifs that'll break 10-4's computer, etc. Just keep in mind that what you say will be seen by the mods. I don't think anyone will care tonight if a few curse words are said, but keep in mind that there are ABSOLUTELY no racial slurs or personal attacks. Basically, keep yourselves under control and you'll be fine.

This thread will be erased tomorrow, so get it out of your system tonight. It's been a frustrating past few weeks, but we should all remember that we're still in this thing.

Go Braves.

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Philly fans not allowed here!

/breaks window
get it? computer? windows? hehehe

Are we reinstating mastermike?
 
Also, I forsee several brilliant analyses from JerBear tomorrow.

HAHAHAHAHAH

Best thread ever

FUCK THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, phew, done

how i feel right now

IS THIS REAL LIFE

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKK

If Philly weren’t already philthy and ugly enough without the phils fan’s bullshit. I can’t wait to get the fuck out of this city.

I don't think a thunderdome was needed, its not that bad right now

we got a WC lead

But while I can…

FUCK, FUCK, MOTHER MOTHER FUCK, MOTHER FUCK, MOTHER FUCK, MOTHER FUCK FUCK FUCK

we are choking the WC lead

You didn’t say earmuffs first.
 
Now you’ve upset that kid in the .gif above.

FOR MARK LEMKE'S SAKE

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE!

RAGE!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHH!

Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves Go Braves

WHY CANT THE BRAVES SCORE SOME RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY ISN’T THIS A QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone want to go sacrifice a whole, live chicken? (And no getting a bucket from KFC either, that’s just cheating.)

where are we going to get one of those?

A chicken farm. I’d go get one now, but it’s kind of dark outside.

Fuck the Braves and their family!

YOU STINK, THIS IS OUR SEPTEMBER COMMERCIAL.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.
+10000000000000000

I learned NOTHING from MVHSBBALL’s posts. NOTHING!!!!!!!

HE STINKZ

TRAID Him to the Good Phight for Taco_Pal

Send him to Kansas City

/Strongly disagree with Chris Singleton

I hate when ESPN hires former players thinking they can work on TV……

This is how I feel right now.

Lady Fail GIF Pictures, Images and Photos

lolwut

The fat girl ALWAYS gets it in the end.

The person who is upset about Race jokes

Just made a fat joke…..hypocrite??

That wasn’t a fat joke. It was a TWHS joke.

OH MY GAWSH.

HAHAH!

Read new FJM at Deadspin BTW

It was good.

I wonder how Mitch Albom would feel about their review of his work?

pensive.

I was thinking “shallow and pedantic”, but pensive works….

People care about an overpaid profession sports team that doesn't know or care about them

they actually get sad/mad if they lose!!

lololololololollollollolololololollolololololol

Gotta love these hypocritical comments.

ahahahahaha

I like watching them but I never get mad when they lose. Why would I?

Nothing wrong with that

We call you a casual fan….some people are more than casual fans

Tell me good sir

why do people invest their emotions/hopes/dreams in such a thing?

well it looks like you're just the perfect being

you can like things and not get invested in them. why can’t the rest of the world be as good as you. sorry that when some people spend 3-4 hours (and probably more when it is all said and done) a day for 162 days and countless other hours year round following a team they get invested in it. it’s called being passionate. i bet you just lay there in bed.

i bet you just lay there in bed.

Exactly what i was thinking.

BAHAHAHA YEAH!

It is a bit ridiculous that people get upset over these things. Who gives a shit if a sports team loses? People actually get mad about this?

And while were at it… why do people actually BLOG over sports? And post comments about sports? LIKE YOU?

FUCK PHILLY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK PHILLY AND CAN WE GET A FUCKEN RUN!!!

Tried to post this on the thread but it closed

I haven’t done anything but support this team and i STILL do. I am just trying to say that people can be upset right now (as evidenced by this thread!). Am I not allowed to be frustrated when the team that I LOVE doesn’t play well? I have never given up on this team or season. i don’t think people should be attacked for being upset. Go ahead and attack ones that say they ‘give up" or shit like that, but don’t attack me for trying to express my opinion

It makes me sad to think about ESPN talking about how the Phillies are the greatest team ever.
(btw, Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz > Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels.)

cause if you can't beat them, use a time machine. Friggin stupid arguments.
Have plane tickets to Washington and tickets for all 3 games

seriously contemplating whether i shoulda saved my money

You probably should have saved the money.
The Sky is Falling!!!

awww thats so cute

Just like the White Sox sweep.

This was just running into a hot team on the road at the wrong time. Sure it killed the chances of winning the NL East, but no matter what the Padres do tonight, the Braves will still have a share in first place in the Wild Card. Even if the Rockies win, they’re still going to be 2 games back with 9 to go.

I know it’s easy to forget, but please remember the Braves just swept a 3-game series before this one. That performance put them in tremendous standing for the Wild Card and allowed them some breathing room even if they got swept by Philly, which unfortunately happened. If they regroup on the off-day, come out and win 2 of 3 from the Nationals (remember, Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe are pitching this series), it’s a winning 5-4 road trip and they go back home likely still in the Wild Card lead (unless the Padres can sweep the Reds).

Can anyone teach me how to Dougie???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPJmDc0b_M&feature=related

I can teach you how to hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw

cause they is rappin ERRYBODY out here!

I can't watch that video anymore

Cause it gets stuck in my head for multiple hours and I am a threat to others

lol

i’ve watched it like 10 times now…i love it

Like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqeGZpHCURo&ob=av3e

New career goal:

be one of the guys who just stand in the back of a rap music video and move left and right

Hey Phillies...

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You sure got them good

They’re all a bunch of f’ing photobuckets!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE NOT PROS

WOW!

WTF…it was working a second ago

You told them!

THAT’S RIGHT! Respond to THAT!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHHQRodF88

(for the chicken littles)

FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK

I have tried to stay positive this whole time through. I will continue to do so, but it is getting hard at the moment. I sincerely hope that the Rockies/Pads lose tonight!!! In the meantime, I hope someone lights a fire under your collective ass Braves…what the fuck!? Pull it together!!!

East hardly a Race

With a sweep, the Phils essentially squashed any hope the Braves had of catching up to the NL East leaders.

Yahoo Sports Homepage

Hello Buzz Killington

lame

One down, two to go: Giants lose

The Giants just got shutout 2-0 by the Cubs. This has Wild Card implications if the Padres win.

If the Padres win, they will move back into a 0.5 game lead in the NL West. That would send the Giants back to the NL Wild Card, where they would be 0.5 back of Atlanta.

bad news, everyone

rockies up 4-1

Jimenez vs rod lopez. was never gonna be in doubt. lets just hope

SD loses

Things I would like to see next game that are simple

1) Omar Infante and Prado NOTTTT take the first pitch every single AB regardless of pitch and location
2) Our outfielders hit their cutoff man
3) When our leadoff guy gets on, move him over by either bunting or getting a hit
4) Our catcher throw the ball within 5 feet of second base on a steal attempt
4a) Our second baseman comes off the bag to catch said ball if it is slightly off the base.

Lets start with these and see how we do

JUST WIN DAMMIT!!! OUR LUCK HAS BEEN SHIT THIS WEEK!! THAT IBANEZ HIT WAS CLEARLY FOUL, BUD!! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO EXPAND INSTANT REPLAY SO THE BRAVES AREN’T RAPED IN THE ASS BY SHITTY UMPIRING?? I HOPE THE METS PUT SOMETHING IN THE PHILLIES BREAKFAST THAT MAKES THEM SUCK THE REST OF THE SEASON!! WE DESERVE TO HAVE THE DIVISION IN BOBBY’S LAST YEAR, DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIAF PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D:<<<<<

Damn, I feel better.

WHY CAN'T NATE MCLOUTH EVER ACTUALLY MAKE A REAL THROW INSTEAD OF RAINBOW LOLLIPOPPING THAT SHIT TO THE INFIELD?!?!?
Worst sports week of the year for this guy

Iowa loses to Arizona on Saturday
Dallas starts the year 0-2 and their coaches have no control
Braves get swept by the Phils in a pennant race

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me the same

except with the Vikings, and Michigan won by only FIVE to UMass

But at least Denard Robinson is the man!
This is why I'm glad I only like baseball

I couldn’t handle more than one sports tragedy in one week.

Me too

Georgia is absolutely killing me right now…

Does anybody ever think about this die-hard fan stuff?

Sometimes I ask myself how I can be so wrapped up in something that I have no influece in whatsoever. How can a team that does not involve you at all and that is made up of people that dont know you exist make u feel like dog shit when they lose? I cant explain it but I’m gonna keep on rooting as hard as i can for them

All I have to say is...

Tonight is the first time I have cried over a baseball game in four fucking years.

WAY TO BREAK THE STREAK BRAVES! WOOOO!

Padres losing

Dodgers just took a 1-0 lead over the Padres in the 2nd.

Padres, Giants, Rockies, Reds and Phillies should lose every game until the end of the season!!!

That would certainly make me happy.

If only two teams could both lose a game in which they play each other!

I know. That would be so awesome, the universe would explode!!!

The Giants and Rockies begin a 3-game series in Colorado on Friday. The Padres begin a 3-game series against the Reds on Friday in San Diego. The Giants and the Padres finish the season with 3 games against each other in San Francisco.

The Rays are definitely my team in the playoffs

when we get eliminated/if we don’t make it.

I'm with you, and the Rangers
Same here

Love watching them play. The Rangers are a team I’ll pull for too because I love Hambone

Twins are my team.
Go Braves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MLB Network just showed the Ibanez "double" multiple times.

It was a foul ball. This is the second time this season Phillies have won on a botched fair/foul call.

The MLB Network guys are dredging up the instant replay talk again.

Got a picture or anything?

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player

Two wins means the Braves only would be back 4 now.

It’s alright to bitch, but the Bravos are as much at fault as any poor umpiring.

Get smarter... it means 3 back.
Yeah

Because one error in calculation means you’re stupid.

Didn't say anything about stupid.

Whatever. Three back after being up as much as they were this season still speaks volumes about where to place blame.

Dateline: July 14, 2010. The Braves hold a 4.5 game lead over the Phillies. In the first of what would be one bad trade, one god-awful trade, and one sort of OK trade, FW deals away Yunel Escobar. Draw your own conclusions.

I thought the ball was foul too on the replay

But ironically, I’m not outraged. It’s not the umpire’s fault Mike Minor missed a sign or Brian McCann decided to tag up on a fly ball when he clearly should not have. Not the umps fault we wasted two walks off Halladay, who never walks anyone.

Very sad.

Attention everyone. Tonight is not a total loss.

The new Harry Potter trailer was released.

This feeling really sucks. That is all.

Should the Braves skip Mike Minor's next start?

Mike Minor’s next start is currently scheduled for Monday, September 27, the first game of a 3-game series against the Marlins at Turner Field.

There is an off-day tomorrow.

If Bobby felt so inclined, he chould choose to skip Minor’s turn and start Hanson on Monday instead. Thanks to the off-day, Hanson would be pitching on regular 4-day rest.

This would also be the first time Minor’s faced a team that’s seen him before. Minor gave up 6 runs in 4 innings against the Marlins in Land Shark Stadium on September 5. He didn’t walk anybody and struck out 5, but he got bashed for 9 hits.

Bobby’s skipped Minor once before. Should he again?

yes

Minor should be shut down for the season… he’s got nothing left

I blame Yondaime

he deleted my thread that was supposed to reverse the jynx!!!

I blame Kawakami. We were doing well until he made his return start and infected everyone with his ineptitude.

How about our stupid fucking manager stop starting Melky and Ankiel? Haven’t they given us enough proof that they fucking suck? They make Francoeur look good. How are the Braves supposed to score runs when a third of their line up is automatic outs / double plays? Why not try Infante in the outfield and Conrad at 2B? Or maybe Hudson can play the outfield when he doesn’t pitch since he’s a better hitter than those clowns.

MILK WAS A BAD CHOICE!!!!
i just took a shit in philly

One of the best dumps of my life
Thought y’all might wanna know

Blowout sale that will explode my computer!

facepalm

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Think you can win without me?

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You traded Melky for me?

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You brought some of this on yourself Bobby.

Just damn

All games decided by 3 runs or fewer with their Big 3 vs. 2 rookies and Hanson? I’ll take it. Seriously. If we make the playoffs are we really worried about any of the NL West teams? SanFran/SanDiego can’t hit. Rockies can’t pitch (besides Jimenez). Reds are only mediocre really. I like our chances of matching up our big 3 with Philly.

The Phillies deserve the division

I mean let’s be honest here, the Braves haven’t been making moves to make a run while the Phillies have. I am comfortable with this now, they are trying to win and the Braves are trying to make a profit.

They got Lee last year, spun him for Halladay this year. Then when they needed a boost, they went out and got Oswalt (for pretty cheap, just had to take on salary). Meanwhile what have the Braves done? We signed a couple guys in Hinske and Glaus off the garbage heap. They’ve outperformed their contracts but that doesn’t mean much right now. Left Field is the easiest position to stick a good hitter, and we can’t seem to do it. We traded our good, young SS because of attitude problems, and got a worse one that is skating by on reputation in return. Oh and let’s not forget our BIG MOVE at the deadline…Oh wait, there wasn’t one. Wait no, Ankiel DOES exist I guess, I just prefer not to think about it. Hmmm yes, and then the old and busted Derek Lee. If this were 3 years ago, he’d be a great addition for the stretch run. Well at least we can call up our stud young 1B for a boost. OH WAIT, we called him up a day too late for the postseason so now it’s not even worth giving him AB’s because we have to hope Lee catches fire (heh).

you are the kinda dbag idiot that would make the texiera trade... thank lord you aren't in charge
wait nvm some of what u say makes sense
so evidently

2 out foul balls win you games now if your jersey says Phillies on it.

AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

Fuck you SBNation for not allowing me to log in last night and join the thunderdome and still couldnt get on until now at 4 the next day….and fuck you MVHS for putting that link up….you better hide your kids and hide your wife….oh and sweet offense guys…pretty damn pathetic

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