Show #110: The Braves Take Hold of 1st Place
The 9 game win streak. McCann’s future. And praise for the turnaround.
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June 7th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Excellent show. Agreed on the Heyward LVP. Agreed on McCann being dogged and both of the unders. Begrudgingly agreed that Bobby has … ugh… well, can I just say he’d done less to subtract from the team than he has in a long, long time?
Here’s a question: if you had a magic injury potion, would you spend it on Chipper to keep Infante in the line up, or on Kawakami when Jurrjens comes back? Can you imagine if JJ had pitched all the games with which KK has built his 0-8 record? I say that’s at least 3 more wins, even if JJ struggled some.
I’m going to go against my first instinct, which is to predict a 3-4 week with Heyward, Prado, and Chipper all with hurt hands and no Saito and no rest and visiting the Twins… and instead predict: 6 and 1. Cuz I’ve lost my mind in Braves love.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Game 2 of the Phillies series is my fave also. Mostly because I was there with freakin awesome seats and no one asked me to take them to Toon Town or hold them because they were tired and hot. AND…some nice old guy bought me a beer.
Couldn’t McCann have one clear lens for his good eye? It seems like that would be fairly easy.
J-Hey? LVP? WHAT? Hate hate hate! Just kidding. What do we think about J-Hey’s thumb issues? Very nervous about the kid.
“I think Bobby deserves a lot of credit.” Curt
Just thought we needed that in writing.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:39 am
6 and 1 BUB! Here’s to hoping!
June 7th, 2010 at 1:13 am
I just got done laughing from Curt comparing the April Braves to a corpse floating down the river. That show was strong to quite strong. Props to Hammy and Curt for mentioning the World Cup. Did you guys see Edson Buddle on Saturday? Nate like Buddle. Nate want Buddle to start against England on Saturday. Anyway, back to the Braves.
Wow, Bub picked 6-1. Unbelievable. I’m gonna go with 5-2. Kudos to renaming the LVP the McLouth. I think Heyward deserves it. You can’t talk about how you love being in clutch situations and then strike out all over the place. C’mon. How lame is that Heyward. He has lost his Manbeast title. I think Hinske is starting to come back to planet Earth too. I saw from DOB that Chavez has an ERA over 11 and batters are hitting like .328 against him. Why is he on the team? Cough. Mike Dunn. Cough. The first Marlins game we lost was a Chavez debacle too. If we had held what KK left, then we would have won, but, as Hammy pointed out, this is baseball and you can’t win ‘em all. Bobby, judging from postgame quotes, was pretty disappointed with Chavez , and I was glad to hear that he was very disappointed the series was not won today. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Mr. Heyward get another day off and Mr.Chavez a trip to AAA. With the bullpen pitching the way they are, Chavez sticks out as the why is on this team guy. Especially with Dunn at AAA having a 0.70ish ERA, and his WHIP is a respectable 1.09. That decision should be a Dunn deal. Wah-Wah. (Price Is Right failure horns playing in head for that pun)
June 7th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Possible additional pick for upcoming week: Next area of injury. This team has gone from groins to hamstrings to hands in their injury progression. What’s next? Also, what is it with the McBlinds? (don’t both have vision problems)
June 7th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Just so everyone knows, last time I went all homer on a Braves prediction they went straight in the crapper for weeks. What have I done?
June 7th, 2010 at 11:08 am
I think J-Hey’s gonna figure things out as long as his thumb doesn’t keep him down. I’m ready for another sweep. Bub, come up with some serious rally rants and we’ll be fine. SNAKE HUNT!!!!!!
June 7th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Teaching drum lessons with a headache is awful. I wish ten year olds practiced more. I hope I get to experience some great baseball later today. Is the baseball draft really actually televised? Do people watch? I guess there are fans even more die hard than me. The Braves have yet to contact me on resurrecting my 2B skills.
June 7th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Nate – forget 2B…they could use you in CF.
June 7th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
“What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze?”
Still makes me laugh every time. Anne, way to slow and my arm is the big reason why my high school coach pointed at the space between first and second and said “go get ‘em kid”. My high school coach must have read “Cliche Encouragement for Players” by Bobby Cox. I hate West Coast start times. Oh well, maybe this next kid practiced………
June 7th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Pepsi announced Brooks Conrad won its major league Clutch Player of the Month Award for May.
June 7th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Eric Karabell, a Phillies fan, placed Atlanta 4th in his power rankings for the week. Seth Everett placed them 6th. Just feels good.
June 7th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Way to go, Brooksy!
June 7th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
June 7th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I think Karabell is trying the reverse jinx with his power rankings.
June 7th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Haha…Kate, you could be right. Do you listen to that podcast?
Maybe everyone’s already heard the interview with Jim Joyce the night of the terrible blown call robbing Galarraga of the perfect game. If not, you should. It’s painful but as was said on the show that guys got a butt load of character. You can tell the media guys felt bad for him.
http://wxyt.cbslocal.com/2010/06/03/jim-joyce-right-after-he-robbed-armando-galarraga-of-a-perfect-game/
June 7th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I was wondering, since there are a few parents on the blog, what you thought of Galarraga’s reaction. I thought it was a good example of great sportsmanship for the kids. He didn’t cuss, scream, or throw his glove. He just smiled and got the next out. I was just talking with the father of one of my student’s, and he said he’s using it as an example for all his little leaguers. Pretty cool idea.
June 7th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Tonight’s lineup: Prado, 4; Infante, 5; Heyward, 9; McCann, 2; Glaus, 3; Hinske, 7; Escobar, 6; McLouth, 8; Lowe, 1
June 7th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Thanks for posting the lineup Mara. And, yes I listen to the baseball today podcast.
Oh look McOut is back in the lineup. Well maybe he’ll get a hit.
June 7th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I may have to put down my dog tomorrow. Who should fly back from Arizona for a two-fer: Chavez or McClouth??
June 7th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Sad Anne…what’s wrong? Old or sick?
June 7th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
For all you futbol lovers out there. A great ad from Nike:
http://www.slate.com/id/2256074/?GT1=38001
June 7th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Anne, I am so sorry to hear that. Putting down my childhood dog still makes me cry.
June 7th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Curt, it’s almost here…
June 7th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Rambo the miniature pomeranian (he came named) was taken off the mean streets of Birmingham AL and brought to Atlanta GA to star as Mama Rose’s “Chow Mein” in a production of Gypsy in 2002. I drew the short straw and got to keep him. He came with hip displasia and blindness in one eye. They told me he was about 1 at the time…I think he’s older, but have no proof. He’s now nearly completely blind and deaf to boot. His little back legs just aren’t working like they should. He’s otherwise healthy (tail up, eating, will lick your hand, goes outside as he should) but collapses after a few steps. I’ve been putting of a vet visit for some weeks. Maybe they can do something for him…for all I know, he’s diabetic and will be fine with a drug regimen. This dog moves so slowly, I should re-name him Garret Anderson. (ABT Announcer Scott knows this dog!)
June 7th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Wow…he sounds…just precious. I hope they can do something for him.
June 7th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
McScratched is McBenched due to a sore McPiggy.
June 7th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Mara, that’s awesome news. No only is terrible, but he is also a pansy.
June 7th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Lowedemort.
June 7th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Lowe is mixing his location well, but they’re still getting good wood on the ball. I give him credit for working super hard to keep his game from falling apart, but when a sinker ball doesn’t sink, it’s got to be an uphill battle. This could be a long game/contract.
June 7th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Phils lost. I would like the Braves to find a way to pull this one out. If the Mets get in this thing I’ll develop an eye twitch I just know it. I don’t hate the Mets, but their fans troll message boards worse than any.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Lowe seemed to figure something out after Mac had a visit to the mound, said the girl who can’t tell a curve ball from a giraffe.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
My daughter calls Escobar “Urinal”. No disrespect mind you…all in good fun.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
lol @ #32. The giraffe is the one coming out of Lowe’s hand.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
I try and try to tell the difference between pitches to no avail. Even after studying diagrams. HAH..their pitcher can hit!
June 7th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Lowe over 40 pitches in two innings. Uck.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
If I played in AZ I’d shave my entire head…with the exception of a soul patch. I’d keep it to look cool.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
uck indeed…especially with our bullpen hurting…
I hate their pitcher.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Make that 50 pitches in two innings. Good grief, Lowe. 15 million, you could at least eat innings.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Ow…Martin’s hand hurts.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Good hits, Martin & Omar.
C’mon, Heyward, time to do something.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Did we face Haren last time we saw the d-backs?
June 7th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
*spits*
June 7th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
You forgot “something GOOD” and he got confused. He’s only 20 Bub…gotta be clear.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
We did. We beat him pretty well. But the time before that (last year) he beat us pretty well, I think.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Until our man’s thumb gets better, I think Hinske would be a better threat in the #3 hole against RHP.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Good job, Derek.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
The offense feels really, really flat so far. This one scares me.
Anne – I’m sorry to hear about your dog. I hope there’s good news on the horizon.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Saweet Heap!
June 7th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Good hit, Macaroni.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Steve, talk bad about em some more…it seemed to worked!
June 7th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
And by flat offense, I meant that Mac and Glaus would both get on to start the 4th …
June 7th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
CEO of the Lumbah Comp’ny gets a knock. Come on, bats. Cash in.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
If we can retire McOut permanently to LVP of the week, can we retire Glaus permanently to MVP?
June 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Steve, your comment about the people who joined you at the game coming from “far and wide” made me laugh. Did I come from far or wide? Just curious.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I’ll queue up as the wide, thankyouverymuch.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Come on Melky! Hit it where they ‘aint!
June 7th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
So I’m far? As in “far out”?
June 7th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Sigh. Well, there’s a run anyway. Cuts the lead in half.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Made him work. Getting closer to that bullpen.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Mara – agreed on the pitch count. Gotta get to that bullpen.
By the way, I’m simply avoiding the whole far and wide question. Seems like a lose/lose for me.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Bub…you got a pitch count? Anne, you are far from wide. See what I did there?
June 7th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Maybe I spoke to soon on Derek’s sinker.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
… or not.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
crapola
June 7th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
72 pitches for Derek Launch.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Yeah…I was thinking the same thing about his sinker. That’s when he throw the ball and it does something special as it approaches the plate. As opposed to the other pitch he throws that does something completely different.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Oh good, Mr. I bat .417 when I’m not on the mound.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Bub, you still miss KJ don’t you?
June 7th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Um…
June 7th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
So, when do we get to see another good outing from a starter???
June 7th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
It’s the freakin 4th! This is a way different D. Lowe than pitched last Wed.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I miss KJ as a personality a lot. Wouldn’t mind those 12 dingers. But I wouldn’t trade Prado for him.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
lol at #70
June 7th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Serious brownie points.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Dern.
Pitch #91 in the 4th yields another snakerun.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Yunel…don’t HAVE to be a hot shot.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Good Night Nurse.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
He couldn’t have gotten guy out at 1st? ugh…again? LOWEDEMORT!!!!!!!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Another sinker left way up in the zone. Those are batting practice for MLB hitters.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
We pay this guy 15 million a year?
June 7th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I’m officially going to sleep…kinda like Lowe did at the start of the game.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
All right boys…time to cowboy up.
Is it mostly his sinker that’s causing problems? Chip was saying the climate there affects sinkers…something like that anyway. I just want the good D. Lowe to show up next time.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
It is the sinker. He apparently has a good change up, but for some reason he doesn’t throw it very much.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I’m sad for J-Hey.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Chip is a moron. His sinker has been terrible for most of the year.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Not crazy about Mac’s Abe Lincoln look.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
…or his grounding out.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Looks like the April Braves showed up again….
June 7th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
I believe I’m gonna take this one off and work on a project. G’night, ABT, and GO BRAVES!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Nah…their gonna win in dramatic fashion and I’ll say, “check out post #90 folks!”
June 7th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
I mean #91.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
If I were a contender, I would try and pry Haren from the DBacks
June 7th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
All right Martinez..show us whatcha got.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Nice pitch! How tall is that guy? looks pretty tall.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
I think it’d be hilarious if Strasburg lost tomorrow night.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I don’t care who the hell is hurting Chip…I’m ready to see some hitting!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
There ya go Hinske! Feels like Mother’s Day.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Wahooo!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it going!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
David Ross sees that ball just fine!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
I really wish Ross got to play more.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
haha…I hear the tomahawk chant!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
I hope Prado gets a chance to heal during the all Star break…just sayin’.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
I’m envisioning taking a hacksaw to D. Lowe’s azaleas. Will, can I get that address?
June 7th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Bobby’s taking this game off also…McSucks on deck.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Come on Kimbrel…let’s find the strike zone buddy.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:02 am
*tumbleweed*
June 8th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Top 5 Braves I’d like to kick in the…..:
1. Derek Lowe
2. McOut
3. Chavez
4. Derek Lowe, again
5. Derek Lowe, Why not a third time? He’s earned it.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Deep breath Ross…don’t try to win the Pepsi Player of the month in one swing. Make him throw strikes.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Prado…I’m so disappointed. I wanted a grand slam. Have-to-score!
June 8th, 2010 at 12:28 am
waste
June 8th, 2010 at 12:37 am
F werd
June 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Come on Brooksy…it’s your day! Can anybody explain why BC put Wags in the 8th? Thought that was against the rules…the rules of Bobby.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:50 am
Come on Hinske! I wanna tie!
June 8th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Come on YUUUUUUUNNNNNNEEEEELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!
June 8th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I see I got back just in time to torture myself. Scrolling through the log of the innings it looks like we’re singin’ the LOB Blues again.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I hate baseball, comment #91 and Lowedemort.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Oh, mercy, mercy me. Yunel.
Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch. Tire iron to the heart.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Bub…
June 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Mara…
June 8th, 2010 at 12:56 am
owie…
June 8th, 2010 at 12:57 am
We will remember this game come Oct.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:59 am
owie AND youchers.
G’night. Braves made a game of it. You know, it’s the weirdest thing, I may have actually reached the point where the Braves have satisfied me that they’re going to play hard and win more games than they lose… and it seems – SEEMS – to have made me feel pretty okay with losing ballgames. I was even thinking today that if they don’t make the play offs, I won’t be too broken.
But… as Steve says… winning is so much better. Get ‘em tomorrow.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:01 am
I’m so far from being ok NOT making the playoffs. yeah…tomorrow.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:27 am
The starters have to do a better job if these guys are going to continue to win. Hanson and Lowe’s pitch counts are killing the bullpen. That was a BAD outing form D-Lowe. It’s the D’Backs. Dontrelle Willis is one of their starters. That’s how bad they are. Lowe has to get a hold on his control. If I was in the home run derby this year, I would bring Derek Lowe and his sinker out to pitch to me. His ERA is back over 5. Like McLouth, he has really underperformed since becoming a Brave. That really sucks.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:15 am
At least the Phils lost
June 8th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Disappointing for sure. It’s rough to watch this team (any team, really) when the starting pitching is bad. And wow was Lowedemort bad (we were clearly very, very premature in calling him DLowe on the show). I will not be happy with a split in AZ.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Question: Who is, as of this morning, on a regimen of three new medications due to vertebrae rubbing against each other? (a) Brad Penny of the St. Louis Cardinals, (b) Casey Blake of the Los Angeles Dodgers, (c) Mike Sweeney of the Seattle Mariners, or (d) Rambo the pomeranian? (…and yes, technically Rambo is a “what” not a “who”)
June 8th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Is that really how you feel Curt or are you trying to be positive? I don’t ask that sarcastically but seriously. I get it but it feels more like a missed opportunity. The Rev often tries to comfort me with those words and it pisses me off. I know what you guys mean…it’s way better than losing ground but it provides little comfort.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Poor Rambo. Glad he’s still kickin.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Rambo’s probably going to turn out to be a better patient than any of those guys, anyway. Though meds hidden in chicken sound pretty good to me…
June 8th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
It’s how I feel. Primarily, I want us to win. Secondarily, I want them to lose. Preferably with those things happening simultaneously. But if we are losing, let’s hope they are too. Remember, the last few years when all the teams were scuttling, and we couldn’t make up any ground because we were playing awful too. You’re going to have patches over the season where you don’t play as well, and you can only hope that those coincide with losing streaks by other teams. Not saying we aren’t playing well, but this is a tough road trip and last night was a let down game. It’s good we didn’t lose any ground as a result. If we come home from this still with a 2 game lead, I’ll be happy.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Curt being positive. Bub being positive. This is a crazy. I agree with Curt, though, that getting home to a day off with a 2 game lead would be a success. I am worried about all of our hitters and their hurt hands, though. We could use a couple more Omar Infantes right now. The Phillies have a pretty tough rest of the month too. They play @ Bos and NYY and they have to host the Twins. The way Philly is playing, they could easily lose all of those series They also get Toronto, playing really well, and then the Reds, who are legit. They get to play CLE in there, we play the Royals. They start play a series with FLA today. The Mets are now 2.5 back.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Of the three- Braves, Mets, Phillies- the Mets have the easier schedule this month, again. They play the Orioles and Indians in interleague play. I apologize if I made anyone dumber for having to read through my last post. Sometimes English me no do good. I vow to proof read more in the future.
June 8th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Nate – I am VERY worried about Prado and Heyward’s nagging injuries. Not to state the obvious, but it becomes April all over again if those guys slump for a prolonged period.
I’m with Curt on the game last night. I can’t argue it was a missed opportunity. It was. But better that the Phils lose. It’s about time we were on top not losing ground even when we take care of business.
Mara – did you see that Heyward is now 2nd in OF All-Star voting. Your wish is not coming true it seems.
June 8th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I want more. I know I should be happy and enjoy being in first but 2 games doesn’t feel safe. Philly won’t always struggle. But since Bub says we’re going 6-1 the loss is behind us and we’re all going to have a happy week!
June 8th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Steve, I’m voting for every Phillies player on the ballot.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Saito’s leg hurts.
JJ’s leg hurts.
JJ’s arm might still hurt.
McCann’s eye.
Chipper’s _______
Heyward’s thumb.
Prado’s hand.
I feel like Ed Harris in Apollo 13: “Let’s look at these things from a… from a standpoint of status. What have we got on that spacecraft that’s good?”
Glaus, Infante, Escobar, and Hinske. Those are our healthy offensive weapons.
The offensive’s wounds in order from least likely to make them unproductive, to most likely to make them unproductive:
Prado, who seems in pain, but productive.
McCann, who’s problem seems intermittent enough to allow some hits.
Chipper, should come out of this problem soon, but… another one always lurks.
Heyward who seems not only unable to produce at all, but is apparently season-threatening in length of injury and hits very high in the line up.
Ugh. Keep our heads up, I guess. But we might get swept by the Twins and/ or Rays if we don’t get some relief. I cursed us with that 6-1 madness.
I want to see this headline, which would be appropriate:
Chipper Jones Pronounced Injury Free, Listed as Day to Day.
Go Braves!
June 8th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
I forgot McLouth’s toe, but… that’s sort of like forgetting about a blown light bulb on the Titanic.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Bub, I like the Apollo 13 comparison and quote. We also found out that Christian Martinez is better than Chavez, so that’s a plus to take away from last night’s game. I hate to say it, but Prado seems like a guy who could use a day off. At a certain point, you have to protect these athletes from themselves. Prado’s desire to play no matter what reminds me of a dog who will chase a tennis ball until he literally drops. The problem is that even when those guys are hurt they’re better than half the team. Chipper has to man up now. This team needs him to play and play well. That way Omar can fill in for Prado on occasion, and he can play left and let Hinske or Cabrera play RF. Jason Heyward needs days off every once in a while, too. He’s had like 1.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I went to a store called Tiger Pride Bama Fever today and spent 10 full minutes explaining to my almost 5 year old that the Crimson A did NOT mean Go Braves. Poor fella’s so confused. We got him straightened out and now he’s wearing his orange and blue “War Eagle” shirt.
All I know is I want to win.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
That’s pure child abuse, Mara. Not to mention a fashion sin. Who could pick that blue and orange mess over the Crimson? Even when I lived in Auburn and tried to root for them I had to just get the navy blue shirts.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Look atcha talking smack? They also got orange and blue silly bands. We have to go back cause the 5 year old decided he wants the tiger shirt for his birthday.
Really cool interview with D. Ross.
http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=47b01263-511e-4350-80ec-260f87e42a38&from=foxsports_en-us_videocentral
June 8th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
love the clip, Mara.
June 8th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
If the Braves lose again tonight I’m changing my name.
June 8th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Infante 4 Heyward 9 Jones 5 McCann 2 Glaus 3 Hinske 7 Escobar 6 Cabrera 8 Medlen
McSucks still riding the pine. Prado with a day off. Their starting pitcher has a 5.33 ERA. I still think we can take em.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Why not put McLouth on the DL and send him to the minors for a rehab assignment? They did it with KJ last year.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
How’s Schafer doing?
June 8th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Did y’all know the Nats called up a pitcher? He sucks though. Pitches like a Grandma.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Schafer: He’s played in 78AB, .218 AVG, 3 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 5 BB, 20 K, 4 SB
Better News:
According to the Braves Minor League site, Arodys Vizcaino has not allowed an earned run in 33 1/3 IP. His numbers are really good. With him and the other pitching prospects, I can see why the Braves have been drafting more hitters in the opening rounds of the draft this year.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
*I was going to say he’s played in 17 G, but it seemed more logical to put the ABs he’s had. I forgot to switch my verbs.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Right now the Marlins are up 4-3 on Phils. If I were the Fish I would try to score 12. If the Sillies gets to their pen, then YIKES! They were up 5-1 on the Mutts Sunday, then the bullpen came in, and they lost like 7-6. Now, as I type this, they’ve scored two more and are up 6-3. The Sillies appear to have holes in their gloves.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
The Braves are the only team that can’t score more than 2 on Kyle Kendrick.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Let’s go Fish!
June 8th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
One of my least favorite players of all time, Shane Victorino, just hit a homerun. 6-4 Minnows.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
6-5, bottom of the 5th, no outs, bases loaded, and Volstad coming out. It’s bullpen time for the Fish. We’re probably going to need a win tonight to remain 2 games up.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
My new drum beat is going to call for Gregor Blanco to get some playing time. Why not?
June 8th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I agree Curt. why call him up if he’s not gonna play? Gotta get the kid some rest. 7-6 Sillies. Top 7. Runners on 1st and 3rd. No Outs. These bullpens are awful.
June 8th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
7-7
June 8th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
These bullpens went to the Reyes/Lowe School for Pitching. “Keep the ball flat and up boys.”-Derek Lowe
June 8th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
More questionable D from Philly RF Ben Francisco leads to a Wes Helms triple and an 8-7 lead for the Fish.
June 8th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Fish bullpen strikes again. 9-8 Phils.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
What has happened to our starters?
June 8th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
I dunno, Nate, but we sure need them to pitch well with our offense banged up.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Melky needs some Oxygen pronto.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
I listen to the games, and this has to be like the 5th in a row that the announcers have said “he’s not locating. The ball is drifting back over the plate.”
June 8th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I want a plethora of runs right here.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Hanley got on in the 9th, but every Marlin is now swinging for the fences on any pitch Lidge throws, most of which have been balls.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Cantu and Uggla went to the Frenchy School for Hitting.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Why…
June 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Kris…
June 8th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Lidge loads ‘em up, but the Fish can’t do anything. 10-8 Phils. Braves need a win.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Mets also won tonight.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Ugh. Is it the sinker again?
June 8th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Yuck. Phils and Mets both win nailbiters. Braves definitely, definitely need to pull one out here with Kitchen Comma Kar Keys going tomorrow against the D-Backs’ best pitcher.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Good effort by Yunel. Yeah…must win. For reals.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
hehe…Medlen owns this pitcher.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Pretty sure Joe Simpson disagrees with Curt’s LVP of the week.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Oh, Jason.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
What is up wit da J-Hey.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I don’t know, but if he gets voted into the allstar game, I fear he will not make a very good showing.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I would really like for him to get voted in and then have to bow out to rest his thumbkin.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I’ve got the game on gameday, but I’m watching Mary Poppins for the first time since I was a kid. Since I got my first nice t.v. I’ve been doing a little tour of a lot of old special effects movies. This is one of the better ones. The animated park scene is stunning in HD.
Every time I glance up at Mary and look back the Braves have 3 outs.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Uck, AND the Lakers are winning? I might be going to bed.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Don’t go to bed! I watched the part where Jane and Michael write an advertisement (emphasis on “ver”) and sing it for Fahthah until I had the little song memorized. I could still sing it, in a British accent no less, to this day.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Kelly killing us. Gotta get in that bullpen.
Now I want to watch MP in HD.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Sigh, Kelly. I was reading an INSIDER article today on Prado and they had to mention that KJ is leading all second basemen in OPS. Apparently he’s got some walks to go with those homers. Got his patience back.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I wish he’d get voted for the All-Star game so Prado can rest his hand.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Are you all done with your Espanol project?
June 8th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
This game sucks.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Come on Meds! Start a rally!
June 8th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Hah! Steve, I saw that tweet and knew it was you.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Yeah, I’m done. I still have to do flash cards every day, though. No 102 available in the Fall, so I’ve got to retain it a long time. (And of course I want to retain it anyway.)
June 8th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Alright Jason, PLEASE do something good.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
If J Hey k’s right here, I think I’m turning in for reals.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Medlen cannot be hurt!
June 8th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Is he hurt?
June 8th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Meds sacrifices his body to score a run and Chipper can’t get a hit.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Bub…he looked hurt to me. Slammed his shoulder into the ground as he skidded. Not a lot of high fiving in the dugout.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
That was actually me. On both accounts. I was doing some work on here and got logged in as Steve. It really sucks if Medlen just screwed up his shoulder. Really, really sucks. You never want your pitcher walking off with a dead arm.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Great, another injury….
June 8th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Ah, DAMMIT. They took him out. Crap, crap, crap. This whole sports day is dook.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
He’s hurt and it looked bad on the replay. Out of the game.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Curt…you just ruined my night.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Sounds like a dislocated shoulder. Hope not…
June 8th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Shoulda known Steve would have exclamationated it.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Definitely not a dislocated shoulder after seeing the replay on gameday.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Good job by EOF…even if he does make me nervous everytime he licks his fingers. I just know I’m about to see his dinner.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
He looked like he braced himself by putting all his weight on his hand/wrist. Never a good idea. I once broke a wrist doing that.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I’ve never been so happy to see Blaine Boyer.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Curt…is that you?
June 8th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Joe West is a freaking clown.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Poor BB.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
I have to say…that is a disgusting part of baseball.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Hinske. Dasswut I’mtalkinabout.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
I have to laugh everytime Hinske slides. Cracks me up.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Can we get a danged break?
Sigh. Very discouraging.
Come on, Melky. Get aboard for Conrad.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Thanks, Melk Man.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Still strange to expect more from Melky than Yunel.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Gad we’re in front but it seem like runs are so laborious. We need a big fat day off.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
The Joe West call was correct. A pitcher can go to his mouth but he has to wipe his pants right after. Boyer went to his mouth then went to the ball.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Yeah Bub…apologize for the clown comment por favor.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Kate, have you heard the “other” podcast today? haven’t had time to listen.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
No way. I didn’t see the play and I didn’t say he got the call wrong. He is most certainly a clown, though.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Joe West is a clown. He might have gotten that one right, but he’s still a clown.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Moylan makes me nervous. Is he crosseyed? I’ve always wondered.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Yeah especially after calling Young safe on that pic off play.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I did listen to the podcast. They talked about Strasburg and the draft.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Strasburg? Whose that?
Just kidding.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
They’re giving Vizcaino stats on the radio faster than I can keep them in my brain, but they’re some great numbers. Vizcaino & Teheran make my pants happy.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Moylan… lately…
June 8th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Bub, my favorite Vizcaino stat was 0 BB in his last 43 IP
June 8th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I have such a great comback for #230…RESTRAINT! Glad Bobby’s yanking Moylan.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Curse word.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
The really bad one…
June 8th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
KJ is just owning the Braves
June 8th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Every time an effin reliever comes in and walks a guy they score. Moylan, WTF man?
June 9th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Radio guys just said Braves have stranded 22 runners in the last 16 innings….
June 9th, 2010 at 12:01 am
The radio guys mentioned that Jurrjens had another good simulated game or whatever it was.
0-2 on Heyward. Getting very ugly.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:02 am
DP comin up.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:03 am
No way, Mara. Chipper’ll go yard here.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
See, he hit it into the yard.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Come on Heap!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Glaus is gonna bust it open.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Wahoo!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Attaboy, CEO of the LUMMMMMBAH COMPANEEEEEEEEE.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Mr. May with a clutch hit!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Insurance is needed.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:10 am
poopie
June 9th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Blech. Bub wanted more.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Do we have the slowest team in baseball?
June 9th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Good back up, B Mac.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Funny, Chipper telling Venters how to finish Adam off. Come on Bub, that’s gotta have some good comentary.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:22 am
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June 9th, 2010 at 12:26 am
McSucks has a batting helmet on.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:29 am
NATE!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:29 am
I don’t know what Chipper said, but I imagine the effect was to make LaRoche frigged up wondering what his hunting buddy was telling Jonny.
Another hit for Melky.
lol, Nate got a hit and I glanced at the opposing pitcher’s ERA immediately. Just what I thought. Over 10.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:32 am
This is the pitcher Nate homered off of in that series in Atlanta.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Heyward, if you don’t strike out here, I’ll send you a dolla.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Kate, that explains a lot.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Chipper RBI’s comin’ right up. 3 or more.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Maybe Chipper will stand there and walk in a run. Man…I’m a downer tonight
June 9th, 2010 at 12:36 am
“We can work it that way, too.” -Nathan Arizona
June 9th, 2010 at 12:37 am
RBI means Rolled Bat Inward, right?
June 9th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Braves are undefeated when scoring 5+, so it’s in the bag. Over/under on Wags allowing 3 baserunners.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Why is he batting 3rd, Bobby? Why?
June 9th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Shoulder strain on Meds.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Braves have 7 walks and 14 hits tonight. Pretty good sticks considering how frustrating it has been.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:45 am
Whew. I think it’s gonna get darker before it gets lighter, but I’m proud the boys scrapped one out tonight.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Good game. Wags cannot retire next year…that’s that.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Great win!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Goodnight, Braves fans.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I really hope Melky keeps playing instead of McOut. This team is so much better with him in the lineup.
June 9th, 2010 at 6:14 am
It sounds like the bulldog’s gonna be alright. Somebody needs to teach him how to slide, though. These West Coast start times are wearin’ me out.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am
re #253 – “Mara” did you hear my comment at ABT night when McDowell went out to talk to Venters…he told him that if he could finish off the 9th with a win, they’d upgrade his cute little backpack from Hannah Montana to Taylor Swift. Go Braves!!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Hah! I missed that! I think he was about to load the bases at that point so I was concentrating on not saying the very bad words going on in my head. You know Steve…he just can’t handle it.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:20 am
On his strained non-throwing shoulder: It hurt way worse when it happened. It feels way better now, just a little tight in the back. I was just trying to make things happen. Get on base and get a run.
Whew…I’ll be honest. It looked way worse when it happened too. Who else broke into a cold sweat?
June 9th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
So I was relistening to the show as I cleaned my inlaw’s house an I’m confused. You mean Cole Hamels DIDN’T come in after the rain delay?
June 9th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Today looks like a big ol’ nasty L in the pitching comparisons. The Braves have an opportunity to really impress me here. And honestly, they need to. They need to scrap one out. I won’t be too down on them if they don’t, but MAN do we need a pick-me up after losing 3 of the last 5.
On a happy note, the Dodgers have beaten the Cards twice in their first two games, making L.A. 8-2 over their last ten games. We’re the two.
Josh Johnson versus Halladay today. That’s the best you can ask for.
BTW, we will win the allstar game this year and for a few years to come.
Halladay, Jimenez, Lincecum, Strasburg >>> Sabathia, Greinke, etc.
Yeah, I said Strasburg. Somebody shoot me.
The over/under for homeruns Kawakami serves up in the first inning in AZ is 4.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Um…I’ll say under. Going out on a limb but feeling more like a sunflower today as opposed to a cactus, like yesterday.
June 9th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Tonight I frow vely soft-ry. Rook out berow!
June 9th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
If you want any encouraging news on Kawakami, I just discovered that in all those poor teams we faced in May, KK only pitched against the Pirates once and the DBacks once. He missed the other Pirate series, the Astros, and the Brewers.
In those games against Arizona and the Bucs, KK gave up 3 runs and 2, respectively, and the Braves won both games.
June 9th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Very encouraging! Totally meant to get a nap today…didn’t happen. *yawn*
June 9th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
McOut is no longer McBenched. Prado’s back in at 2B and leadoff. Other than that, same lineup. No Melky. No Omar. SAD….
June 9th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
“Mara” #278 – hahahahahahahaaaaa! You had to be there. Go Braves!!
June 9th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Meds has started 6 games for us this year. We’ve won 5 of them. That’s our #5 starter.
How can we even entertain the idea of letting him go back to the pen when JJ heals?
June 9th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Mike Minor touched for 7 run.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
KK has not been as bad as his record. I know he has not been anywhere near as good/great as Medlen, but he is better than 0-7.
WTF with Kelly Johnson? All of a sudden he’s Ty Cobb.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Every inning that goes by scoreless swings the game in favor of the Braves’ pen.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
I call base hit for McLouth.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
…/slash out.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Kitchen’s having a pretty good night I’d say…not to state the obvious.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
We canNOT let poor KK lose again.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Great catch, Nate.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Gotta hand it to KK so far. Putting up zeros.
I hate that McSomehowkeepsgettinginthelineup replaced Melky tonight. Heaven forbid our center fielder hit.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Just got home… looks like the Braves are doing their typical thing when KK starts.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
These Maxi Price ads on Fox Sports South are unbearable.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I almost hate to see Nate play such killer defense. No way Melky runs down those last two hits. Chipper’s almost hits called by Chip Caray is not a good combo. Finally, has Joe West EVER had a neck?
June 9th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Ugh. Torture. Two almost homers in a row.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I’m ready for the bull pen. So I almost ran over an almost dead snake today, a BIG snake and just as I was passing over it my kid learned how to blow through a straw and hit the back of my neck. I almost jumped through the windshield. Go BRAVES!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Mara, that’s pretty funny. You must have boys.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Ugh. This has bad juju written all over it. Bobby waits one batter too late?
June 9th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
KK just rubbed sweat off his wrists and onto the ball which I find way more acceptable than licking your dirty, nasty fingers which you then have to wipe on your pants before touching the ball. Btw, is that a rule so you don’t take something out of your mouth and rub it on the ball.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Nate, I do have boys and this was the youngest. I thought he had done something terrible the way I reacted.
I hope Bub’s not right. I’m calling for a double play ball!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Bobby is killing me right now. Killing me.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Bub, are you listening to the radio? They just said when KK gets over 100 pitches guys are hitting .400 with a 1.200 slugging percentage. Might be a good time to take him out.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
MARA!!!!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
AAAAAAAAND…you’re welcome. Thankya folks, I’m here all week.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Do us a run. Come on, a run for the Braves, Mara! Do it!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Is anybody else barely able to keep their eyes open? It would be a crime against humanity if tomorrow wasn’t a day game.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Mara, that sounded like something a little guy might do.
Maybe someday KK will pitch for a team that scores runs when he starts. Sorry to state the obvious, but the Hamburglar is 8-5 with a 5+ ERA and KK is 0-8 with a 4.50ish ERA. That’s just not right.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
DAMMIT!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Bub, you are WAY better at that sorta thing than I my friend. Plus, that’s only the second time I’ve called it right.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Okay. McLouth homerun coming right up.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
sigh.
Slash/ bunt.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Come on Nate, you just gotta get a hit eventually.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I told you to do it.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I just don’t get it.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Remember when that other guy hit 8th and got hits and scored runs. Yeah, me too… I miss that…
June 9th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I might call for a touchdown as tired as I am. Or a 3 pointer…or just say GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLL!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
McLouth strands 6 runners in the game so far. Even batting way down their the LOB’s seek him out.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
I was totally about to say Infante gets a single here. I’m totally serious. Had it typed and everything.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Me, too, Nate. Me, too.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Come on Prado! Do it for KK!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
*weeps*
June 9th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
McOut is the Private Pile of the Atlanta Braves. They should make him walk behind the team bus while sucking his thumb with his pants around his ankles. D Blows deserves the same treatment. Full Metal Braves.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
I don’t really understand who gets the win but since KK isn’t pitching the 7th and we didn’t score in the 7th does that mean he cannot get the W? Ya know, provided we actually put up a run or something?
June 9th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
It’s ok…don’t cry. *passes Bubalicious a kleenex”
June 9th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
EOF stands for Every One of my Fingers.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Have a seat, Mr. Roberts.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I’m so glad Glaus is very very tall.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Mara, did you make that up on EOF? That’s nice!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Come on EOF! Show KJ who’s boss!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Although…. Every One of my Fingernails might be bettah.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Boooooooooooooo.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Why yes Bub…I did. But if I didn’t I would probably tell you I did anyway.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Kelly Johnson, it’s time for you to not get a hit. K? Thanks. Bye.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Booo who?
June 9th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Nicely done Bub! And, yes, Fingernails is better although his fingernails are scratcing his bellybutton by the time he’s finished.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
EOF on FIYAH!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Wow, what a performance by EOF! What a great pick up by Senor Wren.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Ya know who else was a great pick up by Wren? Troy The Trojan Glaus who is gonna get a huge hit his next at bat.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:02 am
I smell a win.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:03 am
So, nobody knows how the whole “who gets the win” plays out? Steve, are you being lazy again and not answering my questions?
Here they come!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 am
If Chipper hits into a double play here I will cut my eyes out. I know, but he could do it.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Sigh. Chipper in the 3 hole.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Heap hits a double here…I’ve seen this one before.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I’m not even sure Chipper should be playing with the way Omar is going right now.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:07 am
If the Braves strand Heyward I will jump off of … my coffee table. I’ll do it, don’t think I won’t.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:08 am
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWW
MAC ATTACK ON THE DIAMOND BACK
June 10th, 2010 at 12:08 am
That’s why they call me Princess folks!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Haha…Bub you’ve been sitting on that one haven’t you.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Mara, you’re on FIRE!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
No, I haven’t! I’m proud that you thought so, though.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Ok…so I was wrong about Glaus.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Great call, Mara!!! I told you to take it.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
June 10th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Oh crap. Moylan’s getting loose.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Moylan is scary of late.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Moylan….
June 10th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Oh the Drama that accompanies Moylan these days…my heart can’t take it.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Will is a man of few words tonight.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Unmotherfreakingreal.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:21 am
Oh that’s ugly. Is McLouth still with us?
June 10th, 2010 at 12:21 am
I hate Moylan.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:22 am
I don’t think that’s gonna help his hitting. Poor Heyward must feel terrible.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Um…why is Moylan still pitching?
June 10th, 2010 at 12:24 am
I don’t want to lose.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Boooooooooooo.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:25 am
BOBBY!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:26 am
laughing at Will.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:26 am
I wish Ross would go kick Moylan in the shin.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Iphone……Hot. in Osaka. Crap o mighty!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Get the hook!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Serious bad words going through my mind.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:29 am
What game is Bobby watching?
June 10th, 2010 at 12:30 am
Mara, I know who would get the loss in this situation. If you were wondering….
June 10th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Thanks Curt but I just default to KK getting the loss in every game he pitches. Sometime I would like a tutorial on which pitcher gets the W and the L or neither. Anybody got a good link? Bub, how tall is your coffee table? Bub?
June 10th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Ow
June 10th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I feel for McLouth cause clearly he’s hurt and I hate that. However, everytime they show the replay it looks like Heyward woulda had that ball. I love McLouth bustin it to get there but the kid had it. Not sure what coulda shoulda happened and it doesn’t matter cause it didn’t.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:36 am
lol
I’m sure KK really appreciates being the Home Depot player of the game. He’s just giddy over it.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Payback’s a bitch Yunel! Make him pay!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Come on!!!!! PLEASE win!!!!!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:39 am
D Backs leading the planet in giving up HRs. Now would be the time for us to actually hit one against them.
Maybe after Melky.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Why’s Qualls have to figure things out tonight?
June 10th, 2010 at 12:44 am
That was a demoralizing freaking loss.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:45 am
ditto
June 10th, 2010 at 12:47 am
Have I mentioned I’m glad tomorrow’s a day game? It took me like 10 minutes to typ that sentence. Eye’s crossing.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:49 am
G’night, ABT. Hang in there. Just a bump in the road. Err… on the road.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:49 am
That folks is about the worst way to lose a game. That’s 4 losses out of the last 6. I see a bad moon arising.
And watching that play now 400 more times is that it’s McLouth’s ball. Heyward ran him over. The center fielder has the play if he can make it andit was in his glove, or thereabouts, before he got dump trucked by Heyward.
Bad, bad loss. Time for Peter to get skipped a few times in the rotation.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:50 am
And let’s give some love to KK. That’s about 5 or 6 quality starts now.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:56 am
I haven’t seen a team lose on an inside the park home run since I played little league. Thanks Pete. McOut probably could have avoided his headache and mine had Moylan not thrown a mid 80s pitch down the middle of the plate. It’s probably a situation where Bobby will continue to use him in clutch situations because of Pete’s success in past years. It’s the same logic that keeps Chipper batting 3rd, McOut starting in CF (barring injury), and Omar on the bench. Tough loss.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:56 am
Yeah… like I said, McLouth totally had that ball. I told y’all it was his play. In other news my sister’s brother in law was just drafted by the Rangers! So cool right?
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100609/UPDATES02/100609016/Roglen-latest-Lobo-to-be-selected-in
June 10th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Yep, McOut’s ball. Not sure what Heyward’s thinking there. I am disappointed in McOut, but you hate to see that happen to anyone. Rookie mistake for sure.
June 10th, 2010 at 1:04 am
It looked like McLouth never called him off, which is odd given they almost ran into each other earlier in the game. As if McLouth thought he had worked something out with Heyward about balls in the gap. Phils got rained out so just down a half game for now.
Leah, congrats to you sister’s brother in law. That’s awesome.
June 10th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Curt, I was wondering about him not calling him off. I bet he does next time. So, nobody’s fault? Just a crying shame.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:07 am
Next time I want happy ending.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:11 am
Riding on minimal sleep and heading out West. DOB’s postgame quotes need some editing on the profanity. He must be sleep deprived, too. Kind of disappointed he didn’t ask McOut about being 0-15 with runners in scoring position and leaving 6 on base last night. I don’t buy The Perfect Storm flyball theory. They make it sound like it was an unavoidable disaster. It wasn’t. Also, hit balls with guys on and that play doesn’t cost them the game. Now McOut will be coddled even more than he already is.
I also don’t buy that no one had time to call it. If you think you can catch it and you play CF you scream “I got it.” McOut is a moron. He can’t throw home. He can’t hit. He bunts with the pitcher hitting behind him, and he can’t call a guy off a ball. If you can’t run and say “I got it at the same time”, then my guess is we might see those two collide again. Reading those postgame quotes grinds my gears even more than the result of the game. Stop feeling sorry for yourselves. They scored 1 run against the D’Backs. Pathetic. Bobby seemed more focused on The Perfect Storm fly ball theory. Bobby, it was really more like an episode of when dumb athletes collide. Splitting with the D’Backs is embarrassing, and they still have to win one to accomplish that. The Twins and Rays are going to punish the Braves.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:22 am
Sorry to be a grouch, but reading that garbage on the postgame quotes and thinking about who we’re about to play is disturbing. I get chills thinking about the way we’re pitching and hitting and the 2 lineups and pitching staffs we’re about to see. I will be thrilled if go 2-4 in those 2 series.
June 10th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Actually, I’m glad to see moylan pissed. He should be.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
The Braves have scored two runs or fewer while Kawakami has been in nine of his 12 starts this season, including no runs while he’s been in four.
He has the fourth-worst run support among NL starters, while teammates Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe rank among the league’s top 10 in run support.
June 10th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
“They scored 1 run against the D’Backs. Pathetic.”
Only one D’back was the starting pitcher. A very good one. You could say it’s pathetic to only score one off their bullpen, but then again the D’Backs could feel pathetic for only scoring zero off the winless Kawakami in their own (hitter’s) park.
Sorry, I can’t get on the “pathetic” train right now, as much as I like to ride that sucker. The Braves have shown me nothing but hard work and tough results on this trip, on which they still stand to draw even at 4-4 with a win today. Now, if they don’t win today, my grump meter will surely jump a bit.
June 10th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
T’was me.
June 10th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Lineup for today
1. Prado 2B 2. Heyward RF 3. Jones 3B 4. Glaus 1B 5. Escobar SS 6. Infante LF 7. Ross C 8. Cabrera
June 10th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Dost mine eyes deceive me??
“Yeah. You can’t hit the leadoff hitter in a one-run game.” – Bobby Cox
Did this man just hold a particular player accountable on a particular play in a game????? Am I in a dream?
June 10th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
That’s twice in about three days. He had some line after Chavez blew the game the other day – “We pitched well up until the last inning” – or something like that.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
lol, tuned into the Mets game on gameday just in time to see Frenchy strike out on 5 pitches a mile out of the zone. He has zero pitch recognition, I swear, just guesses every time. Here’s the sequence for your nostalgia and amusement:
Slider Outside: Take
Slider Outside: Swing
Slider Outside: Swing
Slider Outside: Take
Slider Outside: Swing, strike three.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
*bites a brick in half*
That’s just enough to make you angry. Frustration is mounting. Need a win.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
The guys on the DBacks radio team are doing the “Major League” lines to describe Willis’ pitches today.
“Just a bit outside” “Ball 12″ etc. Pretty funny
June 10th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Ugh. Braves doing everything right against Willis. Taking the walks, getting good wood on the strikes, nothing at all to show for it.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Ok Hanson, here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna get on base a ton but we’re not gonna score any runs. Now if you wanna get a hit and pick up yourself an RBI or 2 we’ll get excited and cheer and all that. Now, go get ‘em kid!
June 10th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
ANGRY ANGRY ANGRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Bobby’s not long for this game.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
This is MISERABLE.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Are you watching this on TV? Are these calls on balls and strikes as bad as the radio guys are making them?
June 10th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Pretty bad but we suck.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
On gameday they are bad calls, but not “right down the middle.”
Oh, man, this hurts. This game freakin’ hurts. We need a damned break.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
The called third strike on Upton was terrible, but of course we’ll take it. This umpire is plumb stupid.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Well, I’m worried.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I’m worried, too. All our house money is spent. All breathing room over. Going into the Twins off a loss to Willis with Hanson on the mound is not an option. MUST scrap out a win here.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
MUST SCORE!
June 10th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Wow, if gameday graphic is correct, this guy is REALLY off. Missed two more calls by a long shot in this at bat. One for the Braves and one for the DBacks, but he is off. Who can pitch with this guy back there?
Good RBI.
June 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I thought the Phillies were playing a game right now also? Can’t find a thing about it on MLB.com. Anybody know a score?
June 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Rosssssssss!!!!
Oh, have I ever needed an RBI hit. I could hug Ross.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Philly Florida game shows 7:05 eastern on gameday, Mara.
Snitker should have sent the runner the way this game is going.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Do it Bub…hug the hell out of him. Feels good to get some Runs. Some RBI’s. Some ribbies…is that how you spell ribbies?
June 10th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Come on Prado! I WANT MORE!
June 10th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Bub, I thought they had a double header…maybe that’s the Mets.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
That pitch was behind Prado…literally.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Jason Heyward is hurting my brains.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Mara, it’s the Mets. They lost game one to the Pads behind Santana.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
2 runs off a pitcher who has gotten 2 balks, walked a ton of batters, thrown wild pitches and even threw a pitch behind the batter. Feels like last year.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Mara, sometimes it’s harder to hit a guy that’s wild. Last year would have been 14 strike outs because we didn’t take those walks.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
ok…I feel a little better. Bub, I went to my sister in law’s neighbor’s house to use their tread mill and they have an entire Alabama room. Almost took a pic for ya but didn’t want to damage my phone.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Ball one to Hester was another freaking strike. I’ve never seen a worse called game. Never.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Yeah, those cheapo fuji’s can’t handle that many championships. It’s like looking into the sun.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Great inning, Big Red.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Braves get a break. Gotta cash in.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
haha…this guy had a framed autographed pic of Bear Bryant. That’s cool to see no matter who you are or where you come from.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Into the D-backs pen in the 5th inning.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
How can I be so confused about the Phillies? Could have sworn they got rained out last night and were going to play today.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Both the Mets and Phils got rained out yesterday. I never heard anything about a Phils doubleheader, but I could have missed it. I’ll check the evil Phillies message board.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
No Phils day game, Mara. You’s confuse.
Another break. MUST cash in. C’mon, Bravos.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Braves have stranded 41 men in this SERIES. The radio just said.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
ROSS. Player of the game so far by a long shot.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
What do you wanna do with David Ross now Bub? WAHOO!
June 10th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!!!!
TOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY
HHAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Ump held up both hands showing Cabrera time had been called and Melky high fived him. Funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. I think he thought it was Snitker.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
June 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I like this inning. I’m not so worried. I don’t like it when J-Hey strikes out.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
“Braces are full of Braves” Chip
June 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Mara, it was Joe West, too, wasn’t it? That makes it the greatest thing ever.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I think so Bub. Ole “Neverhadaneck West”.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Does Melky get fined for making contact with an umpire?
June 10th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
haha…good question Kate.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
sit DOWN, Kelly Johnson.
Hanson with 9 K’s.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Melky was running toward RF to get that ball and held his hand up to Jason like, “I got it I got it…don’t hurt me.”
June 10th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
lol, Mara.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Lemke doing radio for the Twins series. Note to self: cut off ears
June 10th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Don Sutton just used the phrase “Advantage Boyer.” isn’t that an oxymoron?
June 10th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Lemke’s okay until they hand him play by play. He does the most awkward and uncomfortable play by play I’ve ever heard.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I want a DL report. Do we know when Matt Diaz will be playable? I miss him. Also Saito cause we need him badly. And of course JJ. Hmmm? Anyone?
June 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
I think Hanson may be done.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Last thing I heard on JJ was that he was scheduled for one more simulated game followed by two starts in the minors. So, gotta figure 20 days from whenever I heard that?? Haven’t heard anything on Diaz. Or Saito.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Great job, Christhian! … whose father, Christian Sr., apparently spoke with a lisp.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Yuck.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
They better not blow this game
June 10th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
No Worries, Curt. More Bravos runs coming up this inning.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
If you didn’t just hear it, Vizcaino promoted, will join Teheran in Myrtle Beach. I looked up Vizcaino’s final Rome #’s and they’re awesome.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Dangit. Not getting runs in that inning might make this tight with Chavez coming in.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Ah. Venters, not Chavez. Well, that’s better.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Somebody shoot me in the face with a large gun.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
And Peter Moylan bounces a warm up pitch.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
W.T.F.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Ungoshdangmotherfreakingdadgumcrappingbelievafrickinble.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
I sense a bad stretch coming from the Braves. Remember how awful they have been in June the past few years.
They just said KJ has scored 8 and knocked in 9 in this series. Is that even possible? Can we not pitch around him somehow? I hate that Bobby lets one guy kill them over and over. Carlos Beltran, the Astro, in the playoffs that year? He has your number. Take the bat out of his hands.
This series has been so terrible.
June 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Son-of-a-mother
June 10th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Bobby. Cox.
June 10th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Whew. Looking better. Keep it going, Bravos.
June 10th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Thank God Qualls is just terrible
June 10th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Thank God the Braves are fighters.
June 10th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Wagner acting like he’s got nothing.
June 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
YEAH!!!!!
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!
That was the most ridiculous win ever. I’d have freaking died if we’d lost it.
June 10th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
No kidding
June 10th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Crazy game. What happened to Venters? I will have to watch that ninth inning.
June 10th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
http://youtu.be/AgRMwIvDMBQ
that is very funny.
June 10th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
That’s awesome, Mara. Thanks for the link. Joe West, lol.
June 10th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Wow. Halladay and Santana both lose on the same day. That’s useful.
June 10th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
The Braves now match their biggest lead on the Phillies. Isn’t that wild, considering the scuffling on the road trip?
The Mets are catching up, though. And while we’re playing the Twins and the Phils have their hands full with Boston, the Mets have a series against the worst team in baseball. So this thing could tighten up very quickly.
June 10th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Finally got around to listening to the show…been busy, y’all. Steve, looks like the Bravos will have to sweep the Twins to get to 5-2. Now wouldn’t that be fun???
Curt, I agree that the Lemmer ain’t the best but on the pre game show he is the one bright spot next to Buck and Leo. Belue sounds like a moron and Mazzone sounds like an a$$!
Go Braves!
June 10th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I’m watching the bottom of the 8th on MLB.com and I know what happened to Venters. The Tinkle Lady. Yep, you heard me.
June 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Lew does sound like an ass. I never knew before this season on the radio that he was so acerbic.
June 10th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Love Brooksy’s at bat and his fight all around the bases. Dude was going to score or die trying. Melky looked like a toddler trying to bunt.
June 10th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Nice 9th inning Bravos. The momentum was totally on the D-Backs after that 8th and the Venters deterioration. Now for Wagner’s drama.
June 10th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Wags was getting tinkled too! I think Prado could’ve had the ball Upton hit had the ump not gotten in the way.
June 10th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Tcc – could not agree more on the 680 pre-game show. And you know it’s bad when Lemke is the bright spot.
Getting ready to fly to Vegas tomorrow to meet up with Hammy. It’s going to be a very, very special episode of the show coming up on Sunday.
June 10th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I’m very afraid. Special cause you and Hammy will be in Vegas or Special cause you have a surprise for us?
June 11th, 2010 at 12:15 am
#500!
June 11th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Mara, what does the Rev think of Auburn’s chances at securing the ’04 National Championship? I think it would be awesome. Auburn and Alabama awarded National Champtionships in the same year…
Besides I thought Auburn got big time screwed in ’04. No way you should survive SEC undefeated and not get to play for it.
June 11th, 2010 at 3:50 am
Early morning post.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Great question? He thought they were screwed that year for sure but we haven’t talked about it. I’ll have to get back to you. Of course by the looks of the timepost on that last comment you won’t be up til mid afternoon anyway.
June 11th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
The Rev says yes they were jipped but no it shouldn’t be awarded to them and he doesn’t think it will.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
It ain’t happening. Texas will get it before Auburn will.
Go Dawgs
June 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Oklahoma, maybe.
June 11th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I can’t stop watching Melky high-five Joe West. Has to be in the Braves Top 25 moments in 2010. (It’s nice that I had to stop myself from saying Top 10 because there have been so many great ones in the first couple months.)
June 11th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Jamie Moyer’s pitching line:
1 inning pitched.
9 hits
7 doubles
1 HR
9 earned runs.
ERA before pitching that one inning: 3.98
ERA after pitching that one inning: 5.03
June 11th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Jordan Schafer called up!
June 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
is that confirmed?
June 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Nate jr?? Does he come with or without a headache?
June 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Sorry, that was mean.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
It is, Curt. DOB and the radio.
Huddy up in the zone.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Joe Simpson just confirmed it.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Also
June 11th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Wow. 5 Braves strike out in a freaking row.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
My Grandma used to always say “Strike outs/ ground ball outs…it’s all outs.”
June 11th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Not if it’s a trend. Hitting the ball somewhere = might be a hit.
Swinging and missing = always a strike.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
For example…
June 11th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
DP MACHINEEEEEE
June 11th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Lemke’s play by play inning. Shoot me. Oh, Melky. Unfreakingnecessary.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
O. Infante. Please don’t be hurt.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCrappppppppppppp!
June 11th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Hard luck inning. Huddy got two unconverted groundballs.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Rally time!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
That one hurt. Great game, though, Bravos. Get ‘em [5 days after] tomorrow.
June 11th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Crappy loss.
June 11th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Hudson deserved better.
June 11th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Liriano was a “perfect storm” of a pitcher tonight. Very few teams would have beaten him. Huddy was great, just not great enough. Good game! Go Braves!
June 11th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Not what I was hoping to wake up to. I fell asleep after the end of the 6th. Long week. I like our pitching the rest of the way.
June 11th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
In the face us:
The game Friday night kicked off the third interleague meeting between the Twins and Braves, who squared off in the epic 1991 World Series won by Minnesota in seven games.
“When you see the Braves, your thoughts immediately go to that,” said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, who was the third base coach in 1991.
Gardenhire said he ran into some baseball fans from Atlanta earlier in the day who told him, “We’re coming to pay you back.”
“The sad thing for them is they’ll never pay us back,” Gardenhire said with a big grin. “We have the ring and it will always be our ring.”
June 11th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Well, we could pay them back in the 2010 World Series, which was my preseason (arbitrary) prediction, by the way.
June 12th, 2010 at 10:11 am
At The Original Pancake House before I head to the beach. Is it just me or is it mysteriously quiet from the boys in Vegas? What DOES happen in Vegas?
June 12th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Expect a black out in more ways than one
June 12th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Somebody ought to belt you in the mouth. But I won’t, I won’t, like hell I won’t!
June 12th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
#528 – catching up on comments, quickly read: “Kate Hudson deserved better” and I was thinking, “Is she back with A-Rod??” Sigh. Go Braves!
June 12th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Bobby Cox with the Squeeze and Brooksy with the Play!!
June 12th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
What a great time for a double play???
June 12th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
So, is that a single play?
June 12th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
What a win!!!!
Go Braves!!! Bobby Cox managing like a madman!!! Can’t believe it!
June 12th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Brooksy with a great game. 2 RBI. Prado 3/5 and the final put out. Awesome!
June 12th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Not to mention Brooksy’s smoking defense.
Makes me sad to think of Chipper’s return, but I won’t harp on it today. A beautiful win. 5-6 or 6-5 road trip all comes down to tomorrow. I think the team is relieved to be in that position.
June 12th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Yeah, it’s sad to be sad about Chipper. Conrad, Infante and I guess Escobar could all out produce him at third, though none of them will ever put up the numbers he has.
Tomorrow: Hoping for a big dose of “Meds”
June 12th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Did anyone hear why Chipper was benched? I mean, not the real reason which is he sucks but the pretend reason they are telling everybody. I love that something historical happened today and that it helped lead to a Phillies loss. We gotta watch those Mets.
June 12th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Finger…got it.
June 13th, 2010 at 4:35 am
That’s what she said.
June 13th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Good grief Bub…if I kept your hours I would turn into a zombie! Wait, are you a zombie?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Today’s lineup: Prado 4 Conrad 5 Heyward 9 McCann 2 Glaus 3 Hinske DH Escobar 6 Cabrera 7 Blanco 8 Medlen 1
I probably won’t get to watch but I like today’s lineup! I know J-Hey’s not hitting but he will and maybe even today. How, how, how can Conrad ever sit on the bench the way Chipper’s been hitting. No way we win last night with Chipper and McDizzy instead of Conrad and McMelky.
June 13th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
This is the first season of my life since I was 14 years old in the summer with neither a job nor classes to attend. My sleep is drifting. I get lots of sleep, but sometimes it’s from 7am until 2pm, or even weirder times than that. I don’t recommend it.
June 13th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Prado aka “Big Bopper”!!!
June 13th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Marteen is ‘da man! I’m proud of our boys and how they’ve played. Keep it up! Go Braves!
Bub, I hope you have a fabulous summer.
June 13th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Nice…Glaus just moved into Prado’s neighborhood!
June 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Glaus getting tired…lower deck HR..
June 13th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Holy Beatdown, Batman! Who ARE these people????????
Go Freaking BRAVES!!!!
June 13th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Bub, did one of your earlier posts mean you are going to watch the Braves Rays series?
I cannot believe this game! Meds is killin it!
June 13th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Right behind the Phillies sweep, that’s the best series of the year right there.
June 13th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
No doubt about it Curt, not to mention that it gave them a 6/5 road trip.
June 13th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Wow, Braves. Just, wow. As perplexed as I was in April, I’m that impressed right now.
June 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Curt, it’s tied for sweeping the Phillies at home for me. 20 days without rest, dinged up, on the road, 1st place AL team, losing the first game and winning the last two, offensive beat down in the rubber game… awesome.
NL East 5-0 versus the AL today.
NL Central 0-4 versus AL today, with the Cubs/Whitesox still to go.
June 13th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Curt, you said you’d be happy if we returned to ATL 2 games ahead. We’re 1.5 ahead. Are you still happy?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Happy. I was sweating it when we lost the first game in MN, but taking the last two has really feel great about this team. And the Phils are now 3 back. Jason Stark thinks the Braves are going to run away with the division. Not sure about that, but I still don’t buy the Mets and if we can get some distance from the Phils, who nows.
Show up soon.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Does the new show consist of you talking baseball and Steve and Ham giggling like little school girls?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Something like that.
June 14th, 2010 at 12:47 am
that was me
June 14th, 2010 at 12:47 am
and the word is ‘knows’