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Open Thread 9/27: Braves vs. Marlins #2

In the 11th now. GO BRAVES!

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mclouth

walk, plz

RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN

WALKOFF THREAD!!!!

I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO TONIGHT BRAVES

LETS END THIS SOON

Hey Marlins bullpen

YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN UP ANY RUNZ YET!!!

Just a base hit, Nate. You don’t have to win it yourself.

I’d like to get some sleep thread

Trying the puppy version...

She's a cutie

Ain’t they all? :-)

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN
First

offseason move for the Braves, hire Gus Johnson and fire Chip

Can we get Boog back?

FREE J.C. BOSCAN

If we get eliminated (God forbid) he should start

If we got eliminated...

C – Boscan
1B – Freeman
2B – Hinske
3B – Glaus
SS – Heap
LF – Huddy
CF – Melky
RF – Heyward
P – KK

just for shits and giggles.

GREG NORTON

DIORY!!!!

I think diory should start at SS

and use Heap as the late inning pinch runner

Glaus as a defensive replacement

run for teh brave thread

We need McClouth on base!
That was right there Nate

what’re you waiting on?!

what would be the celebration if Mclouth hit a walkoff hr?
Everyone's head would explode
A punch in the mouth?
People in the stands would faint from the shock.
all 4 of them? wait were at home

all 39 of them?

Sounds louder than 4 people.

making the playoffs!
Everybody runs from the dug out to the locker room before he gets back...

Silent treatment…

The leadoff man is onbase!

Hope it’s a sign.

Leadoff walk…neat

Nate with the walk.

leadoff walk!!

DON’T BLOW IT, OFFENSE

how ’bout a steal?

At least

There is some speed on the base paths

Way to go Alex!

MLB.tv is sucking at the wrong time

Alex’s first sacrifice this year.

nice sac by gonzo
wow

alex gonzalez just bunted

Leadoff walks usually score, unless they don’t.

60% of the time, it works every time
Please do something with that runner on second Rick

Dear Alex,

High Five!

Sincerely, The Internet

yay for moving guys over for ankiel

yea why'd we do that?
Cubs vs. Padres. 0-0 TOP 6

Bobby has traveled to the far end of the dugout. Good times.

Ahhhh...damn what a stop.

Stupid catcher Grrr

Can't the Marlins just concede?

I’m sure they want to go to bed.

They already shut down Anibal, JJohnson, Hanley and Nolasco

What else can we ask of them?

lose this game and the next 2???

Put it in left Rick – hit against the shift

COME ON FREDDIE!!!! HERO TIME!!!!

Come on Freddie!!!!

Up next.

THE FREE MAN.

Prove me wrong, Freeman. Please prove me wrong.

2 walks from Rick Ankiel

Alright…now I know this shit isn’t real.

’twas just, 1-1, 11th inning, 1 on 1 out

Lets go FREDDIE!!!

Catch up to Heyward with the walkoffs

COME ON FREDDIE!

You’re due.

This has to happen

Our problem has been that we ran out of new guys to get walkoffs.

thats pretty much the pitch right there

no vidro chance YESSSSSS

Oh there he is — come on!

JUUUUUST A BIT OUTSIDE!
just

GET THE SAC FLY
OMG
OMG
OMG

All right Freddie

Swing for the fences!

Oh ... please make 'em pay for that.
put it in play kid!!!
Things are starting to come together

Just a fly ball, Freddie. You only need a fly ball.

Gosh, I can hardly breathe LOL

FREDDIE FAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
In the words of James Brown

Please, Please Please Please

Crap that wasn’t a strike

BULLSHIT!

That never had the zone.

fuck..........

thought that went around the plate

Pitch f/x: Not a strike
BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

WTF

Wow.... can't fault him for that.... maybe the ump, though.
Good pitch

But not a strike

such bullshit

why do they screw us over

AUTOSINGLE

PLZ

its hasnt been autosingle for like a month

he's cooled a little but he's hitting .325
HA!
THAT'S NOT A SINGLE!!!!

IT’S A SPACE STATION!!!!!!

infante’s got this

So, he likes that corner eh?

Favorable count….

Wait for a strike Omar

Strike 2 would have done it if he has swung.

ballgame...thank God

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

yesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU BABY JESUS

I mean Omar

IMHOTEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally....BALL GAME
HOW DO YOU STOP A MAN WHO HAS NO FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!?!??!?!?!?!?!!!
YEEEESSSSS!!!!!!
THANK YOU OMAR!!!!!!

NOBODY GET HURT!
WIN!!!!

STOMPING AND ROMPING

All the way to the post-season! His name? Roy G. Biv! His vices? WINZ!

Such a beautiful sight!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful hit by the All-Star!

Go Cubbies!

WOW! I am breathing again now.

Cubs/Padres open thread?

top 7th, 0-0 score

yea I’m watching….MVHS favorite player soriano is up…….and doubles!

Let's hope this is a spark for the last 5 games and into the playoffs
I love me some Omar
YEAH

BRAVES WIN BRAVES WIN BRAVES WIN.

Could somebody please tell me the name of the moderator...

who put up this WIN thread?

Thank you.

You’re such a ham.
Love it.

Ham is not the word I would use

You're just jealous

because I like NCChopper more than you.

My love is reserved for the unfortunate: Holty Panthers Fan, Fatazfoot, Mastermike, Adam Lawson

Holty actually had a few decent posts in the last fe….nevermind. What am I saying?!

hahaha lol

you got your first big win, just like KK

KK

Is really a sore point. I still can’t believe that Cox would rather pitch Hudson and Lowe on 3 day rest than let KK face a depleted Marlins team.

Bobby hates Kenshin

I’ve never seen it before.

Oh

I knew that was the case on the last start. I think my words somewhere on this site were, “KK will never start for the Braves (at least Bobby) again.”

I still feel that he would give us a better shot than Hudson on 3 day rest.

We’ll see tomorrow night.

Kinda sucks we had to use the ‘pen tonight as much as we did. I don’t think Huddy will go more than 80 pitches tomorrow night.

Yup

Hopefully this decision won’t be added to the list of shit to discuss/argue/moan about this offseason.

Thing is, you didn't do the preview

or original post. So you only get 1/2 credit.

pacgnosis for Manager! HE IZ A WINNAR

I don’t get any part of the win. :(

Hey!

I said 1/2 credit!

mvhs for bullpen coach
Terrible Win thread.. pretty weak, didn't learn anything new.

:)

Talking Chop

PWNS in images, .gifs, and photoshop

only Amazin Avenue has us beat on paint, and McCovey Chronicles is pretty great too.

They had a .gif of Heyward and Lincecum during the Anchorman fight scene. I almost peed my pants.

GO CUBS.

Damn, they’re already in the 7th inning.

CUBS LEAD 1-0!

LETS GO!

Great job by alfonso there

and DeWitt for moving into 2nd.

and now 3rd on the FC.

the game is on WGN...

not on MLB extra innings for some reason.

Cubs 1-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick

everybody sing Go Cubs Go

CUBS LEAD 1-0!

On cue!

Any update on Prado?
sssshhhhh

I’m in a happy place.

Hip Pointer…i wouldn’t play him until this weekend at the earliest.

He's coming back for world series game 7
Its

A hip pointer injury. Throw in his groin and pinky problems…he’s done for the season is my guess. Hopefully he’ll be back if the Braves get the chance to play next week.

Damnit knew we should have sat him for a series

Tony Gwynn wears a glove on his throwing hand ala kurt warner

FINALLY

I can turn off my laptop before it catches on fire!

and i have wgn as well :) thank you TWC
someone noticed that Mclouth and Ankiel were walked in the same inning

does not compute

WHoa dick enberg does SD announcing????
Dunn wins > KK wins

WTF

KK only has 1 more win than I do

and I’m not even an MLB pitcher

CUBS LEAD! CUBS LEAD!

Packers choked….but I held on in fantasy!

that last play was pretty insane...

I usually run up to the TV after a walk-off. I still did that, but then I just sat down. EXHAUSTING GAME.

c´mon Zambrano

help Braves please

OT: My fantasy luck sucks

Last year’s 1st round pick: Matt Forte. BUST.
This year’s 1st round pick: Shonn Greene. BUST.

1st round.!?!? what pick did you have?

12th

i had 8 and 13 in the second rd…..10 team league….got steven jackson and rashard mendenhall

mendenhall went into beast mode yesterday... loved it

and brandon marshall finally went off for me as well

some idiot in my league dropped dustin keller

thanks for the 21 free points

I was playing against him and he had 21 before marshall had 4….i was so pissed off during that first half

1 up

my 1st round pick ryan grant- out for the year… knowshon likely out for another couple weeks as well

Knowshon is my #2 too.

My hero Zambrano xoxoxoxo
Tim going on short rest - we needed our BP not to be taxed tonight

Will these extras hurt us tomorrow?

how many innings has our bullpen pitched in September?

it seems a lot

Party in the streets of Chicago?

Bears win, Cubs lead

my Cowboys loss doesn’t seem as bad now that the bears are 3-0 and beat the Pack

That wasnt funny....

let’s end this in 9 innings tomorrow please

8.5 would be better for me
agreed...

thats what I was driving at

5 innings would be better
way to 1 up everyone
We need a blowout tomorrow - crooked numbers early for us, so Tim can relax and not have to pitch "perfect"
Yeah

Still pissed about Heyward in the bot of the 9th. And very relieved that Omar was able to get the job done and not draw a walk.

What is up with the Braves struggling so bad against shitty teams to get runs?

they struggle against all teams lately

lead off walk doesn't help Carlos
matt stairs plays on a playoff team?
Zamby not looking sharp at all
Zamby not looking sharp at all

time to get the BP up

he is struggling
Get Zambrano out of there
c´mon pull this guy
how about a vidro
wow got lucky

What’s happening?

Zambrano walked two batters, got flyout from Gwynn.

zamby had a guy on a 3-1 count, 1 out 2 men on

horrible control, and got him to pop up on a flat pitch

Luck? It's Tony Gwynn Jr.
"prado is definitely gonna be out a while" bobby
ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
100% why we should have sat him a series or two...
So Brooks?

Likely

this

although bobby didn’t specifically address it

but he's only good 7th inning on
could hinske play 3rd?
just trying to think of other potential options we have...

please no one say Glaus…

Nice pitching Carlos!
not the first two batters and the first 4 pitches of the 3rd haha
but no runz

therefore nice pitching! haha

Who's excited

for the new Ken Burns documentary??

BIG Z

Gets out of it!

3rd base plays have cost us dearly this year

:-(

nothing like Boston
PUT GLAUS AT 3RD

haha

maybe Glaus hired a witch to curse the 3rd baseman

he wants to play at 3rd

gonna bat .400 with 10 hmrs in the playoffs at the hot corner

if we make it

then wouldnt he get hurt once he played 3rd?

no, because the spell is over once he plays there
c´mon Cubs offense

more runs

shoutout to ATL!

nice

Anyone else watching Braves Live postgame?

glued to gameday/HW

WGN
2 tv's is where its at

watch both

I have two TVs in my room

only one cable cord :(

go to best buy or walmart and get a splitter and another cord

you’ll be glad you did

One one BIG one with PIP

I'm not a fan of the pip

if I wasn’t lazy, I would go downstairs to the living room where we have 3 tv’s set up- but its late and my bed is comfy

Tommy did have a thumb bleeding. His index finger cutting it on the follow-through.
He superglued it.

And HE deserved the dang win.

you mean Mike Dunn doesn't deserve it after 0.1 innings?

W-L for individual pitchers is absolutely pointless. Why even keep track at this point.

for RP
pointless overall

derek lowe vs vazquez last year

only thing you should care about is ERA/RA and peripherals (for future performance)

good thing is he seems to be taking the lack of run support in stride

His maturity is good to see

cybord doesnt allow to the oponent score more than 1 run, and doesnt allow their own team to score more than one run
Epic fail on cubs magazine #

showed it on WGN with a number short haha

Superglue does not sound like a great idea
Can we take another 1-0 nailbiter tonight?
if it results in a cubs win, then yes, I'll stay up as late as I have to to see it through

Good I’m a night owl, but I really want 2 wins to reward us

Prado is definitely hurt bad

someone needs to step up big…again. I believe in them!

he only kills Braves
fred hickman struggling..... comical
Whoooaaaa

Infante has really come up big for us this year.

castro is gonna be good for many years to come for the cubs
So Phillies clinched home field tonight too, right?

Good news!

No Philly talk – our mood is good.

Now I’m all sad….
But not really.

Being a Braves fan cannot be good for my overall health.

we all have gray hairs.

if the falcons had lost yesterday after the weekend I had already suffered through

I was going to be done with sports for the year… my liver can’t take much more of this as it is

I don’t know – these games have been like a mini-cardio workout.

they can't be good for your blood pressure though

You have a point.

side retired for Cubs

to the 9th

Hope the GOOD Marmol comes out tonight!

Not the give-up-a-triple-to-Rick-Ankiel-but-yahoo-still-says-we-lost Marmol.

this

or the cubs could just score 8 right here and put it away

Replay of the game of FSS in case anyone wants to relive that drama.... LOL
Go Cubs! Go Cubs! Go Cubs!

A little insurance couldn’t hurt

If Pads lose tonight, what does that do for us?
Wild card lead

I thought so, thanks

we go 1/2 game up on them

lead wild card. we’ll have the same amount of losses, but 1 more win

I felt something different about the team tonight.

With the team’s….sub-par september performance, I hadn’t been waiting and waiting around for the game to come on everyday and getting excited about everything. I just felt something different tonight. a playoff feeling.

Having the fans into the game had to help also!

It was nice to hear.

Gapper!!! Double with 2 outs

Come on Marmol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice win by the Braves tonight

haven’t been around much lately, family stuff, but saw that they won and got excited

We are in a good position as long as we do not beat ourselves

from DOB

#Braves’ Prado outlook not good, at least not short-term. Too soon to know if he’ll be out a couple days or rest of reg. season, or longer.
Expect to see Conrad at 3B for #Braves at least for rest of Marlins series, possibly rest of regular season

These guys are doin' it, NAKED, ALONE, BY THEMSELVES.

Heard this, actual direct and I believe 100% correct quote of analyst on MLB Network talking about the Rays attendance.

Walk – 1st & 2nd with 2 outs

Sigh.........

Looks like the bad Marmol! :(

Not Marmol.

Cubs are batting in the top of the 9th.

Oh

I was told it was the bottom of the 9th

and pitching change..... why not at this point- keep me up all night

That didn’t take long :-(

Their line looks like ours – 7 hits and 1 run.

I think this is the first time I've ever watched anything on WGN.

Nice to have it if only for this series.

I like their graphics at the top.

more from DOB

Prado said he hurt it making diving play in 4th, then landed on same spot making diving play in 5th. When he batted, he said he heard a pop.

Ouch… poor Prado

for some good news

#Braves lead the majors with 25 wins in their final at-bat, ahead of Philadelphia (22).

3 outs, 0 runs- come on Marmol!!!
ludwick has been pretty bad for the padres- only hitting like 230 and 5 homers since coming over from st louis
GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'm back

Come on Cubbies

STFD!!

ONE MORE OUT TO GO!!

2 k's

be a racist marmol and put up 3 k’s

is everyone in SD a cubs fan?
wow, slide into first

2 outs, man on 1st

ugh.... infield hit

straight out of the astros playbook

Ain’t that the truth.

I hate chase headley

get him out Marmol!!!!

daym

this bastich is sliding all over the place

crap

man on 2nd. 1-2 the count

They said it hit him?
DID NOT.

Stolen base,

but 1-2 count

ump says it hit him

WHAT???

OH SHIT NOOOOO.

PLEASE CUBS.

oh no

ugh.. men on 1st and 2nd..

that did not hit him at all!!

Replay showed it did NOT

It’s bad when the batter didn’t even say it hit him, but the ump sends him to 1st.

that didn't hit him!!!!!!!!
come on marmol

get your shit together and get out 3

BOO PADRES
seriously, the padres are so boring

Come on Marmol!

Please Marmol PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO CUBS!!!

End this game now!!

about time he threw a strike
This is not good.

How’s that for baseball analyses?

Walking the bases full, on the road, 1 run margin – not advised.

first guy was an infield hit

Yeah, I just meant specifically that last man to load ’em.

I agree with your detailed observation

We should be on MLB Tonight :)

Lord have mercy.
bases loaded

he is losing it

Dump

Come on marmol

can we send Wagner to get the 3rd out?
how ironic is this

Braves have the most last at bat wins, maybe it is karma coming back to bite us in the butt

Oh good heavens. Just get an out.

everyone quick- pass on our bases loaded fail onto the padres
LETS GO CUBS!!!!
I specifically remember asking for NO MORE DRAMA.
Marmol getting squeezed
Why throw sliders?
phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhew
Sweet!

7th win on the road for the Cubs.
Thank goodness they got another.

YESSS THANKS JESUS.
YES!!

WC leader again

Thank you Cubs!

Now just do that 3 more times :)

Who are the Wild Card leaders now????

DA BRAVES!!

Thank you Cubbies!
Thank You Marmol!!!
Dempster v Latos for their game tomorrow

I expect another 1-0, 2-1 type game

add it that they are playing at Petco
It's been an emotional / eventful night.

Glad it’s over :-)
See you all next game…

thanks Big-Z for helping us again
he must like the braves
maybe he loves Heyward
everyone should love Heyward

it will come in handy at the end of 2012

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