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Open Thread 9/28: Braves vs. Marlins #2

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first?

-1000

what mannnn now I gotta start all over…. UM… Hinske RULES!!!!

I’m too lazy to delete this

now im just confused

I probably would’ve deleted it and warned you, but I’m too lazy

but why? what did i do wrong?

you did the stupid first thing

first comments are extremely childish and unnecessary

as are 90% of things in blogs… glad we’re all growned up though

Yeah, except for the part where you were told not to do stuff like say 1st when you signed up for the blog

Finnnneeeeeeeeeee gah… I put a “?” anyway… I was actually wondering if I was cause it never had happened… and sometimes my internet lags… BUT FINNNNNEEEEEEEEE

Maybe this thread needs to go

Uggla just went deep

Uggla hit a great pitch.

Sinker down and in. Kudos, Dan.

Gondeee arises from the gutter thread

he’s like the man behind the curtain

the great and powerful OZ

Uggla’s on horse steroids. Pass the word.

everyday venters entering the game
BULLPEN SHUT OUT THREAD!!!!
Why does Chad Tracy...

look nervous in his Gameday pic?

cause they're about to find where he hid his 13 yr old gf's body

duh

mugshot?

I like how Sulu is now hawking TV’s for Sharp.

Please don't blow this, bullpen

It feels like it’s been forever since JV pitched.
 
Oh wait. It’s only been a day.

Fixed: Oh wait. It’s only been a day every day

JV probably didn’t pitch on the last off day. So there’s that.

and his left arm is still attached.....

Uggla would look good with Braves across his chest next season.

Two problems with that scenario:

1. Chipper Jones
 
2. Martin Prado

we'll just get him for when they're injured

so the whole season

We could work it out

Not for what Uggla would want we couldn’t.

both can play multiple positions

Neither Chipper nor Martin are going into the OF, so unless you have some positions made up for them, they’re not going anywhere.

could he play LF?

VENTERS AGAIN?

crap Stanton again

I blame Chip Caray for pointing out the braves ability to get him out yesterday

Another infield hit

AstroHit Count: 6

Stanton

1-30 coming into this series,
Now with 5 hits (so far)

thanks Chip

I posted it after he said it.

...

I was blaming chip for making stanton heat up, not calling you chip… sorry for the confusion- I would be angry if I thought someone called me chip

I didn’t take it that way, but sweet of you to clarify :-)

LETS GET OUT OF THIS INNING NOW!!

Glaus lets that go into rightfield

time for some insurance
Safeco insurance runs!!!

How ironic being that the Pads play in Safeco Park!

I <3 Venters/Kimbrel
*santa reads the talking chop wishlist*

MORE RUNS PLEASE!!

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
Wagner's opponents in the 9th.

1) pitcher spot
2) Bonafacio
3) Cousins

Possibly Hanley?

Come on Brian – hit so you can “glide” around the bases

Three more outs…

Need to get them out of the shift

I soooo wish he would go the other way sometimes.

TheLetter2 agrees :)

I didn't want to say it

but was hoping someone would

I just couldn’t resist.

NOT a strike! (too dang low)

Almost
Just got a little under it

Mac hit that one too high.

And Lee follows with another.

WARNING TRACK POWAH

Team is going to get close to 2.5M in attendance. How does that compare to other years?

Basically the same as last year

last year the Braves had 2.3 million, 2008 they had 2.5 million, 2007 they had 2.7 million
Braves have averaged close to 2.5 mill every year the last 10 years. 1993 they had nearly 4 million, which was a record for the Braves.
A guy named Badenhop should not be hopping after every pitch.

He’s playing right into Chips cheesy hands.

Chester says:

It ain’t easy bein Cheesy.

With 2 strikes, DLee is usually out.
Doesn't take much

Seems like every ab he is 0-1 to start

Noticed that at 3-2, he usually strikes out on a pitch out of the strike zone
Melky made the rally happen

MVP

shhhhh the melky haters will hear

He did atone for that “cha cha cha” in the outfield.
I have to give him that.

How long is Chip’s contract?

The better question is:

How short is it?

if its until the end of the night… too long

I'd be surprised if any of those guys got contracts longer than just 1 year

that being said, I’d be shocked if he isn’t back next year…. unfortunately

Give me some JJ in the booth!

I know it's been beaten to death but

how nice would it be to have Boog again this year?

Oh Billy - please be good tonight.
good wagner good wagner....

BillyWags: another historical save PLEASE.

what I like being in Florida is that both the Braves and Padres games are on TV lol

Anybody else think the Subway bikers who have to eat the flaming jalapeno should all just go away as soon as possible?

Enter Win!

We’re off to never never land!

Will Wagner break the Lefty Save Record?

Doesn’t he have to save all 5 left ?

Wags domination

Pleaae

That replay of Ross and Hinske cracking me up again.

something about wes helms that always scares me

you’re not alone

“hopefully the is the last At and t call to the pen tonight” Wow, Chip tries hard to Jinx

Wagner needs 4 saves to pass Franco for most by a left handed pitcher.

Tie Franco for most by a LHP

I lol’d at Wes Helms thinking he can catch up to 96 mph heat up in the zone.

I <3 this crowd
No walks!!!!
Just to let you know, the Padres will be playing on WGN at 10 eastern tonight.

69th appearance of the year. has 96 K in 66 IP.

Let’s hope the Cubbies are not Latos intolerant……

+1, but -1 because it’s become a Chip joke

Billy's house is covered in

K SIDING!

Ewwwwww

That was bad.

lets go wagner

Finish him off

just throw the heat

Not a good idea to walk fastest guy on the team…. ugh

Do it now! Get to the CHOPPAH!

Last pitch was a strike methinks

roll me a vidro
dang

I was in the other thread

pretty lonesome?

no

people still posting there. The new thread was pushed up b/c of other posts :o

haha cool DUAL threads

damn damn damn.
He’s gonna run now.

great now Wags cant find the damn strikezone
Settle down Billy
But can you hear it? Off in the distance?

The stomping? The romping? Everyone…quiet! Lets not scare it off!

Sounds like distant THUNDAH!

Strikes Billy. Please.

Lets go wagner

Lets go wagner

Let’s not see Uggla again until tomorrow okay?

he can't catch up

throw it by him wags!!!

I wish he would just look at him to get him back – and not throw.

Wagnah Powah

Come on Billy

this a high anxiety moment

This is true.

I dont know about you guys, but im getting a case of playoff fever.
A World Series

Championship will cure what ails ya

those old guys standing behend the plate made me chuckle

After holding the runner too!

That stomping and romping

is getting nearer and nearer….

please

Lets Go Wagner!

Please get Morrison

Do not want Uggla.

’Forget about the curveball Ricky! Give ’em the HEATER!"

V I C T O R Y !!!!!!!!!!!!
H O W S W E E T I T I S !!!!!!!!

Ball Game and Series!!!

Rainbow llamasaurus

Roy G. Biv →

RITE NOAW!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've got

A FEVER

Hinske may have fixed this team!!!!!!!

BOOM!! HEADSHOT!!!

FATALITY!

Flawless victory.

Ccchhhheeeeeaaaaa bbbbboooooyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
THATS THE WAY

UH HUH UH HUH

I do believe that was a strikeout the side inning there.

BRING ON THE LLAMA!

Ballgame! See everyone later

Gonna miss that amazing Art worker next year!
Wagner!

I’m gonna miss him next year

Craig Kimbrel should assuage some of those feelings.

Is Kimbrell gone next year?

No, he’ll be the new Wags.

Great Game!!

Go Cubbies!!

G'night everyone!!

Great game!

Great win!

We might be getting on to something here. We scored 3 runs today. Yesterday we only managed 2 in 11 innings. Could it be that….

RAINBOW LLAMASAURUS WANTS TO GO DEEP SEA FISHING WITH ERIC HINSKE

This is a let down compared to the one above.

I suppose you liked New Coke too, huh?

But, isn’t this the original?

Since April :)

I decided it could use a little tune-up for the postseason race. Hope you don’t mind ;)

I’m a bit nostalgic, I tend to like what’s worked all year :-)

And?

I didnt say it wasnt the original. StapleGun just created a much better version. Ive been using this one along with others for awhile and they are OK compared with the one that includes the Braves.

Go Cubbies!
Go D-Backs!

Ken Burns' documentary is pretty awesome.

Definitely recommend it to ANY baseball fan.

who's staying up to watch the cubs-padres and giants-Dbacks?
I'll probably be around at some point, what with living in PT

I plan on watching some of the Cubs game

Rays are going to the playoffs

Maybe we will play them… We handled them pretty well once already

that would rock considering I am about 5 minutes from Tropicana Field
who is staying for the Cubs game???

I’m here for a while. Watching Braves Live now. Hinske interview coming up.

Yep

I’m flipping between the two, for now.

Dont forget to watch the Padres/Cubs on WGN tonight.
what cy young candidate are the fish throwing tomorrow?
Andrew Miller
He shut us down last time, then got shelled by the Phillies
Forgot to mentioin

Look at who created the first thread.

pacgnosis for Manager! HE IZ A WINNAR

Hinske: "Probably the biggest homerun I've ever hit in my career"
cool part of that is he knew it on contact :)

The “Billion Payroll” Yankees are in the playoffs.

Imagine what the Braves could do if they had hundreds of millions to spend on whoever they wanted year in and year out.

had a discussion similar to that with a fellow mechanic today

He told me of a friend of his that bought a Hummer for 60 grand and sold it a year later for 40 grand.
I said with half of his loss I could turn my ’68 Charger into the baddest muthfuker in the south :)

Great year for the Charger.

Biasedly, I have to agree :)

My 87 Charger. Not nearly as badass.

Sadly, the last musclecar Charger was '71

Sorry to dismiss current 4 door chargers, but they suck, period and shouldn’t be called Chargers.

Yeah. My car looked nice, but ran like a piece of crap.

If I had my choice for muscle car it would be between:

AND

Probably the same as the Yankees I would imagine.

look at the Rays though

And the Reds just clinched the Central on a Jay Bruce walkoff.

hoping to see September latos tonight...
seems pretty obvious who the MVP of the game is

melky Hinske

Snitker…..he KNEW the next inning would happen

he's a visionary
modern day nostradamus

I really think he’s just terrible at his job

there's also that

I just texted my vote for him :-)

I like the heart atttack teams

Braves, Dolphins, Islanders and Magic

now you can see why I take a few breaks here and there lmao

may not be too many heart attacks on the isle this year
every game is a heartattack

I just mean all my teams find some way to always make their games way too interesting lol

Heh, I have Gary Crowton to give me all the interesting I need.
I feel your pain

but you do get the consolation prize of getting to watch Patrick Peterson

Yeah.

Really, an entire awesome defense. And special teams. And a pretty good running back…who doesn’t get used as often as he ought… :-(

which gets back to your original point about Gary Crowton
Yeah, pretty much.

Luckily, we have Zod. And the Steampunk Emperor. And Cookie Monster.

you lost me on those references

Zod (or Kneel Before Zod) = PP
Steampunk Emperor Barkevious Mingo
Cookie Monster is Drake Nevis, based on a postgame comment relating the ball to a chocolate chip cookie.

Isles already lost 2 of their best players and they have yet to play a preseason game
that's kind of what I was getting at

Streit gonna miss most of the year, and Okposo is a damn fine player. Could be behind the 8 ball by the time he gets back

yea I know

this was the year the team was expected to make noise

but that is the thing about hockey, every year a team comes out of nowhere and does what is not expected of them

and lets be honest, the Isles were 34-37-11 last year for 79 points, that really is not that bad

Streit was the backbone of that team though

running the PP and was a plus player. keeping your goaltending healthy would be a refreshing change, but I think the big thing is do taveras, moulson, and bailey all improve or have a sophomore slump like bryan little did for the thrashers last year.

I agree

the talent is there, but do they harness that talent

like you said does Tavares have a 2nd year like Bryan Little or Steven Stamkos?

stamkos was filthy last year, especially on the power play

tampa could be really good this year

I know, he was on my fantasy hockey team lol
I know this is getting a bit ahead, but if we were to clinch the wild card saturday

who throws sunday? would have to assume we save Huddy for game 1 of the NLDS

was curious about that myself
would it be the last appearance of KK?
It better not be!

I want to go to a game we WIN.

Ugh, I hope we clinch but I want to see a good game the last game of the season.

if we're throwing Beachy friday

I honestly don’t know who else it could be. I think they’re gonna shut Minor down, and likely JJ as well

Prado out for year

torn left external oblique.
was this posted in an earlier thread?

heard the announcers say it

Was on the front page earlier tonight.

I haven’t been to the front page.

closest I’ve been to crying since my cat of 16 years was run over

whew...

Adrian Gonzalez gave one a ride… thank god it stayed in the park

Not watching the Cubs game yet, finishing up Braves Live first…
Update anyone?

LETS GO CUBS!!
I put that as my facebook status last night

and they won….it hasn’t been changed since.

I just realized... Brooksy without his cap, looks just like my brother-in-law.
Does your brother-in-law have as good a bod as Brooksy?!?

If so, your sister is one lucky gal :)

Actually….. pretty good. And I think he’s a bit taller too.

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR’S GOODS!
 
Sinner.

My sis is cool, I call her hubby “handsome” and he calls me “sexy”.
He’s a nice guy and an athlete.

Nice and a athlete

good combination )

ha, melky only got 3% of the mvp of the game vote
no score in san diego after 2
this game may not take long lol
boooo Lactos?

they guys name is Lactose

Guess the Cubs are Lactose intolerant then lol

If the Cubbies lose

how far ahead of them will we be in the WC standings?

A lot.
 
I think they’ve been mathematically eliminated.

I mean't the Padres/ it's late, sorry

I know. It amused me to provide the smartass answer.

Always happy to please :)
........

ummmmm……….TWYS?

Hubby seems satisfied

:)

dirty mind lol
What can I say?

I’m no prude, as some on here think I am :)

I love your un-prudeness :-)

lol

well heck I do to

Maybe,

I won’t get banned….

Life’s too short not to enjoy ALL of it you can.
(if you know what I mean, and I think you do) ;-)

We would be

1 1/2 games ahead of the Padres if the Cubs win
1/2 game ahead of the Padres win

BYRD!!!

WHAT A CATCH

BYRDS CAN FLY!!

wow marlon byrd....just wow

shades of andruw jones there

D Backs have the bases loaded, 1 out in the 2nd
sac fly, LaRoche scores, 1-0 D-Backs
I just realzed the Dbacks are on MLBN

Now, I can watch both games!

I know I left out and i, in case the spelling and grammar police are lurking!!

*an

There you are....

:)

MLB network is so awesome
So much better than ESPN!
by a wide margin for baseball coverage

really not even close

Go Cubs! Walk and a base hit!

go cubs. 2 on, 1 out!
Cubs have something going

LETS GO CUBS!!

Did y'all see the two guys kiss after catching the ball? I lol'd
Seriously?

Thats southern Cali for ya… Not that there is anything wrong with that

True

I didn’t mean for it to sound like anything is wrong with it. They were just being silly :)

I’m not watching, but ewww

Cubs enjoy the fine dining experience of LOBster
I hope they get the "runs" later!

pelican

You so bad ;-)

I'm on some nice drugs :)

legal too :)

Enjoy ’em while you got ’em :-)

I thought we had a the market cornered for LOBster
the game recap is up

should we stay here or migrate over there?

Id say here, since it's not too large.
If people are talking about the game over there

invite them to join us…..

I did
it was just pacgnosis though

it seems dead

Thanks for doing that. This way, the folks checking the recap tomorrow don’t have to scroll past all these comments.

female sports fans rock

just though I would throw that out there, shout out to you ladies

Thanks :-)
My guy seems to appreciate it too.

Since I text him updates of the games if he’s out of town.

I actually think my hubby is jealous of me watching sports so much....

Especially now that college football has started. I’m in front of the TV all day Saturday, and all afternoon Sunday, watching my Falcons, and their competitors.

I spend so much time by myself, the dog doesn’t care how much I watch LOL

But, hubby appreciates all my recaps, texts, emails to keep him up to date on our teams.

I plan my weekly schedule around games I want to see.

ok why can't I find girls like you two lol
Hook up with some of the available gals on here!

I’m sure their has to be a few :)

lol how would that work?

I live in St Pete

You're better off than me.

Braves fans are far more likely to be located in St. Pete than Eugene.

Try finding one in South Jersey

Still sounds more likely than the West Coast.

Long distance relationship

You’ll each have plenty of space, and be happy to see each other when you do get time together!
Sounds perfect to me!

Sounds like a plan that could be worked. Will require some work, but if it’s worth it…

ok you can help me then lol

sounds kind of desparate of me to be on here going

Hey you single?

Hey I love the Braves to, you single? LOL

I met a good one on here, but she left when the trash talking newbies showed up :(
Not for me/ they came out wrong, hmmm

a true braves fan for a guy:)

You could start with an avatar (a quick check sees you’re avatar-less).
Impress with a thumbnail, your wit and sports knowledge…who could resist?

Yep, and being on here, they will already be Braves fans :-)

*there

That's good that you share this in common.

His biggest flaw is he’s a dang Cowboy fan (gag).

But being a Steeler fan, we poke fun at one another a lot.

if by biggest flaw you mean best quality

No, she doesn't.

haterzzzzzzz

I love the turn in the Roy Williams/ Dez Bryant saga from dinner the other night

LOL that was classic….55 grand….thats crazy

over $1,000 bucks a person

assuming everyone was there. I heard people were ordering everything on the menu, then left with wine bottles… Hilarious!!!

Seeeee poking is always fun.

I wouldn't recall.

See aforementioned need for HAWT TOMAHAWKIN’ LADEE.

Yes we do!!

Thanks :)

As long as they're really sports fans.

Was there a test?

Not really.

It’s not too hard to tell the difference between “I claim to like Sports Team X to get guys’ attention” and “I actually like Sports Team X.”

Shoot, does that work? That’s one tactic I never used ;-)

do you really need to try and find out anymore?

and usually it’s blatantly obvious

Yes, it does. If you like the kind of guy who’d fall for that.

Good points, both of you.

Aw, thanks!

Thanks! It’s always nice to be appreciated!

kelly johnson just went deep. 2-0 D-Backs

And didn’t LaRoche get the first run?

scored on a sac fly

glad to see they’re doing their part

GO KJ!

1-2-3 for the Padres

nice!!

Cubs need to get some runs!!

if both can lose tonight

then we have a better record then both the Padres and the Giants, and with them playing in the last 3 games, puts us in a pretty good position

error on Lactose

hope the Cubs can “Milk” this for all its worth lol

cubs quit eating lobster

start eating ribs

YES!!

Cubs lead 1-0!!

giants on the board, triple then a single

CUBS ON THE BOARD AS WELL

They put it on the board, yes?

wrong chicago team....

and normally I hate that, but when I get really drunk, I apparently think it’s fun to say

2-0 CUBBIES!!

Got some help on that one from Tejada

Yay for Padres defensive fail
Cubs infield hit for Byrd

1st and 3rd now, 2 outs for da Cubbies

GO CUBS!
I feel sad that I have to be a Cubs fan for a couple of days.

its par for the course

you dont think the Phillies fans werent cheering for our opponents so they can gain ground?

That's good

Most Cubs fans feel that way.

Imagine if you had to be one all the time

Makes our bitching about the Braves seem almost irrelevant from 100 years of losing

So we should beat Andrew Miller tomorrow, right?

RIGHT?

you mean Cy Miller?
I don't know

a crappy lefthander? Thats not a goo combo for the Braves

Well

He’s a Marlin, and he’s left-handed, and he stinks, so Matt Diaz should just go crazy against him.

Did he start throwing with his right hand?

I hope we can…but I don’t dare utter the S word.

we should have demanded that every padre pitcher facing aramis ramirez

had to do so in a braves uniform…. It would be 7-0 cubs right now

nice idea
AZ with a baserunner, but 2 outs
Someone help me with some math, here

If the Braves lead both the Giants and Padres in the WC on Friday, then that means they only have to win one game against the Phillies to clinch? Since the two teams are playing each other, that means that the team who loses that series will only win one game at most. Does that sound right?

Yes...

And if we lead it by two games at the beginning of the series…. We also clinch.

this would be ideal

just over the padres?

No

Because if have a two game lead over the Padres and trail the Giants, the Padres could sweep, we could be swept, and miss the playoffs.

yea thats what I thought, but he had me a little excited in case that happened to be true

So

Who would rather face in a short series? It’s up for grabs right now, but the most likely candidates are the Giants and Reds. Just looking at pitchers, I’d say Reds, but their ballpark kind of scares me with their hitters.

But it's much less likely

Since that requires the Giants losing three straight to the Diamondbacks.

Still, we’re very fortunate to be playing against the Phillies in games that are meaningless for them while the Padres and Giants face each other. We don’t have to do much in that last series if we win tomorrow.

baseball updates

Dbacks 2
Giants 1

man on 1st for the Dbacks, 2 out, top of the 4th

Cubs 2
Padres 0

man on 1st for Padres, 1 out, bottom of the 5th

full count, 1 out for the padres, man on 1st
Oh No... tie game for Giants
Cubs 2-2 Padres :-(
giants and padres tie it at 2 at almost the same time
LMAO oh the Braves luck

the Giants and Padres both tie the game at the same exact time

that was truly weird and insane
and fitting for a Braves fan lol
Well darn

Come on cubs, come on dbacks

AZ and SF still tied at 2
man on first for the padres now too
SF not done, base hit and 0 outs
padres got a hit too
that being said I am more concerned about the Padres than the Giants
Yep, me too
are y'all saying that because you think the giants will win the west

and therefore our only competition is with the Padres?

I kinda meant for tonight

A Padres loss puts them 2 back in the West and 1 1/2 behind us

with them having to face the Giants on the weekend that puts us in pretty decent shape

wild pitch moves runner to 2nd and 0 outs

Bunt moves runner to 3rd, 1 out

The Letter2 is probably rooting on the Giants!

Gotta get up in like 6 hours…goooodnight everybody

Nite. Rest well, see you tomorrow :-)

2 outs now for the Padres

on a missed bunt too lol

Lopez NEEDS a strikeout here

Fantastic play by LaRoche saved a run there.
2 outs.

Based on the Phillies line up tonight...

I’m pretty hopeful.

Not sure anybody’s mentioned it yet but we’re not going to see Halladay.

think a report on mlb.com said

kendrick was going to start friday, and that halladay being skipped was pretty much a given

Cubbies escaped further damage, inning over
AZ escaped further damage, inning over.
I've heard something like this before....
um

creepy much

Base hit by Nady

Cubs with man on 1st, 0 outs

HOMERUN!!!

4-2 CUBS!!

Woohoo! Took the dog out and came back to this great news!

2 RUN HOMER ALFONSO SORIANO!!

YAYZ

Giants ball park looks nice

anyone ever been to it?

Nope, but I will be next time I get the chance.
Yeah,

I think I’ll tag along the next time my hubby has to go to SF on business, and check it out.

Between this, and MBL1's comment down there...

TC MEETUP IN SF!!!!

haha. That would be cool.

I wish

the ballparks I really wanna go to are that one, Wrigley and Fenway.

I've been to Wrigley

It was an awesome experience. That ball park is so friendly. Some of the younger kiddo’s would walk down and lean over the short wall and talked to some of the players between innings. Where can you do that without having the ushers on your tail? By far the friendliest ball park around. It’s also small compared to most, and is always full of fans cheering on their team no matter how far back in the standings they are.

Having lived in both Chicago and Boston...

I love Fenway, and it’s definitely a ballpark you should visit, but it’s not actually a great place to see a game since the sight lines and seats suck so much…

Gotta say I prefer Wrigley

I’ve been. It’s ok. Nothing special in my opinion. I don’t like the cars wall in left field. I prefer the Ted over it (not being bias).

I guess the camera men/women were just showing the nice views.
Close play at first, goes Cubbies way
that being said

if the Giants get too far ahead of the Padres before their series, they could do what the Phillies are and not play their guys

that could go against us

dempster done a solid job of getting the bunt down tonight
nice play by the d-backs 3rd baseman
4-2 Cubs, middle of the 6th
cubs need to get a few more runs

I don’t want to have to watch marmol pitch again tonight… talk about stressful

Last night was rough on my nerves in that last inning.

well its only fitting for a Braves fan to not only be nervous about our team,

but have to sweat it out watching other teams too lol

At least we have a reason to be interested in what the other teams are doing.

this is true

my roommate is a White Sox fan, it was fun that both of us had good teams this season

but while my team is still in contention, he is already talking about next season lol

Thank God we aren’t Cubs fans full-time!

that would be miserable

or pirates fans…

nice 2 outs for the Cubs
one more strike, get him out Dempster!!
insane play in SF

He caught the ball too.

it's obviously like the NFL

you have to come up with the ball- carry out the “process” of the catch

got him out wooooooo!
Nasty pitch for the K by Dempster
Would you guys agree that it could be bad if

the Giants clinch the West before their series with the Padres?

Probably

but I really don’t see it happening

well if the Giants win and Padres lose

Giants are up by 2 games with each having 5 to play

it would make things interesting for sure
Tired of things being interesting

we need to clinch without much more heartache lol

Did you see HeyJude’s and my advice to you above? Way UP there ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Tubby doubles for SF :(

And hit scores him :-(

Goodness. 2 out double by cheeseburger for the Giants.

blaine boyer and mike hampton in the pen for the D-Backs

lolololololol

Mike Hampton warming for AZ, I lol'd
ROCKIES

Officially eliminated!

I'm mainly watching the Giants now, with the Cubbies leading.

Let me know if I miss anything.

I was, but can’t take watching Sandivol anymore

He sure doesn't look like a baseball player

maybe a lineman in football, or a sumo wrestler :)

he'd likely be a better sumo wrestler than football player

not many pro football players are round

wait isn't John Kruk in the hall of fame?

LOL

Giants look like a team ready for the postseason
compared to the Padres
Tubby waddled across the plate :(
Braves have 4 games left now

including the current game, the Giants and Padres both have 6 still

Mike Hampton in for the D-Backs

he’ll injure himself in 3…2…

He still looks just the same.....
man on 1st, 2 outs for the Cubs
Finally 3 outs in SF
I'm gonna be honest

Seeing Mike Hampton pitch again, regardless the situation is hilarious.

STFD Torres!

I agree :)
I never hated him like a lot of people....

…..I just think he’s completely ridiculous. Everything about him makes me laugh for some reason.

I never hated him – I just never, ever believed he was worth his contract.

Does anyone here have to get up early in the morning?
Stairs doubles :(

Ut Oh, a bit of trouble here for Cubs.

I could watch this all night

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12545067&topic_id=8879214&c_id=atl >

and to think people say this team does not have spirit!

they are celebrating big time after that HR!!

Love seeing that again.

Not as much to watch as the double-error from yesterday.
giants win finishes off the rockies

should we need a 1 game playoff, it would be at the ted

geez Padres 2 men on 0 outs
Dempster's losing it
and I have little to no faith in the Cubs bullpen
AZ sat down again, no runs
ok VIDRO sounds good now please!!
anyone catch what they were saying on the giants broadcast???

something about someone (NCAA team I think) dropping baseball from their varsity sports

it was Cal

dropping 5 varsity sports due to rising costs- baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, lacrosse, and rugby…. crying shame

I don’t like it when other players use Chippers walk up song.
(Huff in SF)

OT/ But it just started pouring rain here

and we really, really need it!!

Good for you! We got 2 days of rain and it’s helped a lot since we were in drought.

Our backyard is brown

only had the sprinkler system put in the front when we built. I think we need to have one but in the back now.

Until this Sunday, our last rain was Aug 18th. Everything was dying.

I'm happy you got some too!

Can you tell a difference in my avatar since you lightened it? I can :)

Yes I can :-)

not much rain here in St Pete this month

last month we had tons of it

October is setting up where we could see a few hurricane threats though

I noticed on the weather channel tonight that y'all had a chance of flash flooding tonight

due to a storm heading up the east coast. Did you get any rain yet?

east coast will get all the rain

not much here in St Pete

Yeah,

That’s right you are far enough west to miss it. My mind is not functioning very well tonight, I’ll just blame it on being a blond :)
I travel down to the Tampa Bay/ St. Pete area occasionally with the hubby, We mix a little business with pleasure:)

I am about as far west as you can get in the Gulf lol
only about 5 miles from the Gulf of Mexico
Aubrey Huff just struck out on a wild pitch...

But the runner went to second on the play.

Blaine Boyer pitching

And another score for the Giants. :-(

2 outs, 2 strikes RBI

why cant we do that? lol
.... Which game were you not watching today?
let me rephrase

why cant we do that more often

yay dempster

Please hold on cubbies

MORE RUNS FOR DA CUBBIES SOUND GOOD!!!
Blaine Boyer pitching for Az now
he just gave up a run :(
Eh...if the Pads fall out of it, the Giants can do whatever they want.

And to Pat Burrell (sp?) too.
And another…. ex-Brave not helping the cause.

I love how we're having this conversation on the GT

When a recap has been uploaded :D

This will keep tomorrow’s folks from having to scroll past all this game stuff to comment.

True

Someone wold surely whine about it :(

* would

I can’t type tonight…..

how much wold coud a woud chuk chuck if a would chuuk could chucc wood

We know what you mean to say…it’s all good :-)

I've got paranoid about my spelling this season with the addition of spelling and grammar police officers :)

I had never noticed so many people correcting these things up to the season. We always let things go if we knew what the person was saying, not so much this season…..

It used to bother me a lot, now I don’t care – it shows more about them than me I think.

SORIANO!!!!

ANOTHER ONE
5-2

5-2!!!

Soriano again!!

Padres offense is identical to the Braves

I wonder if they also have an incompetent 3B coach. Seriously, Snitker can’t return next year. It’s probably not his fault that he’s not good at it, but he’s getting paid a handsome amount to do one relatively simple thing.

Hell, use Chipper for the rest of the way. Or bring back Norton. That seems like something he’d do well, for some reason. I heard he’s a hitting coach in the Marlins organization now and there’s no way he can be good at that.

I'll bet he's great at it

he shows them video of him at the plate, then says “now get out there and do the exact opposite of what you just saw.”

I find it funny a guy named Stairs

is vertically challenged LOL!!!

Hello friends.

Go Cubbies!

dumb giants announcer didn't know how many outs there were

I’m going back to the Cubs game, much better results being played there.

agreed with the results

 I have them both on though

Arizona can have a pretty potent offense...

….when it clicks. They can definitely still win this game.

They’re pitching isn’t helping at all.

they need to do it in the 8th

not sure they can score on wilson

lol Schneider would have been safe if he had realized the ball got by the catcher
cubs bullpen has to get through the top of the padres lineup

hopefully they can hold a 3 run lead

wtf is that in the stands in san diego?
the Chicago Bears lol
Those "Cubs" need to hook up with Sandivol's chef... they're too skinny
is it him or prince fielder that claims to be a vegetarian???

I call BS either way

I think PF “claims” it

Vegeratians?

do they eat the whole pumpkin patch then?

1 out for the Padres top of the 8th
lol at the Bears lmao
cmon that is just good TV right there lol
Where's Soto?

I’m hearing he was injured recently, but is anyone perplexed regarding his playing time and position in the batting order?

He’s been arguably the most productive catcher in the NL this year, yet Koyie Hill has gotten more starts than a backup catcher usually gets. And what’s even more puzzling is that he’s rarely hit in the 3-5 spots, despite down years from Ramirez and Lee. The good majority of his playing time was in the 6-8 spots. It’s really weird. Maybe trying to get better draft picks…

kid for the cubs is throwing heat!!!
101 to K gonzalez... sick!
astrohit for kelly johnson!!!
KJ's gonna lauch another one

Never bring in a lefty to face KJ…

brian wilson coming in for a 5 out save in SF
only you can prevent forest fires lmao
Damn, Wilson's in....

Giants aren’t messing around…

This qualifying for the playoffs watch (and west coast games) are not conducive to beauty sleep.
I’m gonna need sunglasses the next 2 days when I go out LOL

I am sure you do not need it lol

You’re too kind.

Yeah super late on this, but I AGREE. I also feel like I haven’t slept in a month.

And can I say Wilson's "Just For Men" beard is naaasty looking.
we need to get Keith Hernandez to show him how its done lol
He's a cool mother f_cker though

But, how do you keep from giggling at that mess on his face?

That is bull

he did not go, that was clear

young got hosed for sure

Young did NOT go around.

Umps bailing the Giants out there
Wilson dominates lefties....

….gonna be an ugly AB for LaRoche.

former Brave hits a 3 run homer?
Lame, Giants got a huge gift there
LaRoche with the WTP....
meanwhile, Padres are destructing
Cubs on 1st and 2nd, 1 out in the top of the 9th
Sandoval to lead the inning off for SF

gross :(

Roachy fail....

Boyer really failed tonight. At least LaRoche got a run.

Cubs fail

Unfortunate turn of events there.

rookie mistake by castro

major fail

Gotta make certain the pitcher throws the ball first.

come on good marmol!!!

What’s the score and what inning? I’m playing Halo.

cubs up 5-2 going to the bottom of the 9th

giants up 4-2 in the bottom of the 8th

Would love if we could make the playoffs and play the Reds

for the reason that I think the Giants could beat the Phillies

and I'm not scared of anyone in the reds rotation
This

I feel kind of the same way about the Giants against the Phils. The Reds are a bit one dimensional with a great defense

Cubbies are helping the Braves in honor of DLee!

They loved him, and would like to see him make it to the post season.

LETS GO MARMOL!!!
Less drama tonight please
Marmol probably has the best raw stuff of any closer....

…..but he’s so prone to meltdown because he can’t locate sh_t half the time. Just hope he can spare me the heart attack.

Thats what makes him so tough

Cause no one knows where the ball is going so it is tough to guess along with him as a batter

piece of cake for Marlon Byrd

2 more outs to go!!

Whew, that was scary out

what does our lineup look like tomorrow?

Diaz hit 5th and play left, everything else the same?

Probably...

But if Hinske doesn’t get a start in at least one of those Phillies games, I’m going to freak. I understand he’s a defensively liability, but he can’t possibly be MUCH worse. Getting him some AB’s could prove to be huge. Without his single in the 11th last night and his heroics tonight, the Braves likely lose both of those games.

2 outs for Cubs!!

Finish them Marmol!!
1 more strike!!

FINISH HIM!!

Does Marmol have more K's than Hudson and Lowe?
He's got 133, btw...
yes

Hudson has 132
Lowe has 127

not sure if Hudsons includes tonight
not sure if Hudsons includes tonight
blah walked him
No more drama please.
he has 2 outs

of course he will create some drama!

geez here we go

3-1 now

And how about Kimbrel's 17 K/9 in 18 innings?

So happy for him (and us).

full count

FINISH HIM!!!

they're trying to end both games at the exact same time

like the homers earlier

was just thinking that lol
Lovely CUBS Win!!!
Cubbies win!

Big win for us!

1 1/2 LEAD HERE WE GO THE WILD CARD IS OURS!!!

1.5 games up on the Padres!!!

Giants 2 up on the Padres, Rockies officially eliminated.

and the Giants win lol
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I think we got the point lol
I think we got the point lol
Well, what a night everyone!

Remember – tomorrow is early game 4:30!
.

I will be here if I remember lol
It was FUN!

Good nite all

giants can clinch if they sweep and the cubs sweep the padres

that series could be meaningless

agreed

but if the Padres lose both their games and we can beat the Marlins tomorrow

then we are up 3 with 3 to play

which is certainly acceptable

and therefore unlikely

We should be able to beat the Fish.

Miller is bad. I kind of have trouble seeing the Pads drop yet another to the Cubs tomorrow, though.

I think the key is gonna be Lowe.....

….if he can hold the Marlins through the first 3 or 4 innings, I like the Braves chances of getting to Miller.

Infante
Heyward
Gonzo
Lee
Diaz
Ross
Conrad
Melky
Lowe

Have a feeling it’s gonna be that tomorrow.

Good news

all X-rays negative on Maybin

would have hated to see him hurt badly on that play

Ok, now all they have to do is....

….beat up on possibly the worst starter in the league. I know he’s been decent against the Braves, but the Braves are due for an offensive explosion and it seems like it happens often on the last game of a series for some reason.

Give McCann some rest, and beat up on a very bad pitcher. Just hope Lowe can give us a decent shot to win on short rest like Huddy did tonight. Braves win tomorrow and I’m back to being pretty excited and in that ‘anything goes’ frame of mind if they make the playoffs.

Night everyone

GO BRAVES!!!

Btw, any news on Prado's availability in the playoffs yet?

MLB Network said he needed complete rest for 2 months.

Good lord.....

….makes it sound like it could be career threatening. Like something that’s going to nag him often….

This scares me.

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