Show #127: The Braves Limp into the Final Week
Reviewing the Phillies series. Heyward’s post game comments. Prado’s shrinking numbers. And evaluating the Braves’ post season chances.
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September 27th, 2010 at 3:09 am
nice try for a little optimism at the end there.
September 27th, 2010 at 6:07 am
Go Falcons!
September 27th, 2010 at 7:33 am
I have to admit, it felt 90% forced at the end. Here’s to the 10% – Go BRAVES!
Big week.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Yeah…I’m a 2 too. My biggest source of hope is the baseball gods love us this year. We have been sprinkled with pixie dust many times and there ARE angels in the outfield after all. I think Prado would be hitting better had he been rested a day or two during that 20 game stretch. Brooks played well while he was out for his pinkie didn’t he? I hope w sweep the fish. Not likely but no Hanley…no Josh Johnson. Go Braves!
September 27th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Any chance Uggla and Wes Helms are out for the series too? They always kill us.
September 27th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Prado 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Lee 1B, 6. McLouth LF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Ankiel CF, 9. Hanson P
September 27th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Headed to The Ted…Go Braves!!
September 27th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Tarp on the field, but I can always count on my usher Alan to keep me entertained.
September 27th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Squeegees on the tarp!
September 27th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Here’s a little concessions information nugget: the guys and gals in the Bud kiosks all around The Ted? Paid by tips ONLY. Wow.
September 27th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Come on guys. The angels can only do so much.
September 27th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
McLouth in left? Really? Didn’t Bobby watch most of the games last week? He does know this is the last week, right?
I am angrily optimistic about this game. I don’t even know what that means.
September 27th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Angels are in the outfield boys…not the batter’s box. Gotta hit the ball!
September 27th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Dear Chip, please stop talking about how much the Marlins have been striking out lately and how great Hanson is pitching. Thanks.
September 27th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
wow…I guess angels are also in the INfield
September 27th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
PLEASE let the amazing defense spur on some fantastic offense. PLEASE!
September 27th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Why doesn’t Hinske get any starts? Is Bobby afraid he might get a hit with RISP?
September 27th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Prado just broke himself.
September 27th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Can Hinske play 3rd? He’s about to get some starts…I’d say about 5 starts.
“It’s no secret Prado’s had a bad groin.” Tee hee.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
it’s now or never. WE . . . NEED . . . THIS.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Hope meter at a negative 1000.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 27th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
C’mon Bravos. Keep chuggin. Great two out hitting just not quite enough.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Wiley…bless your bones.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Bottom of the 10th magic here people. It’s happening.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Chip Carey is KILLING me.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
And by that I meant bottom of the 11th. I really hate Chip with his false calls.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
C’mon Rick, get him in.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Poor Freddie. This just isn’t fair.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
If he’s not a rookie that’s a ball.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
O-IN-FAN-TE!!! Now y’all don’t hurt eachother.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
OMAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 27th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
NICE win to start the week. That was a boost to the hope meter.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Hallelujah. What a great win. Good way to start the week. Let’s wake up tomorrow atop the WC.
September 27th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Good to check in on that game and see Omar get the walk off. Someone said they needed to win 10 of their last 15 to make it. That’s 6, if my math is right.
September 28th, 2010 at 5:40 am
Not quite here yet boys but bid red gave me directions. I’ll be there shortly.
September 28th, 2010 at 5:40 am
Big red!
September 28th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Love me some Prado. When asked last night about the possibility of missing the rest of the season he said. “That would be … that’s going to be a shame. All this battle, and playing with the groin and finger [injuries], to end it like this – that’s going to be the worst for me.”
Love that quote.
September 28th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Ditto. I love me some Prado too.
September 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Line-up: Infante – 4 Heyward – 9 McCann – 2 Lee – 2 Cabrera – 7 Gonzalez – 6 Conrad – 5 Ankiel – 8 Hudson – 1
Glad to see McLouth gone, but can’t believe no Heyward in the 3 hole. Clearly, it will NEVER happen this year.
September 28th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
What did Hinske do to Bobby?
September 28th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Time for Hudson to throw a shutout. Especially with Sanchez going for them. How about 2 or 3 early runs to break their fighting spirit.
September 28th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
We’re having baked Tilapia for dinner…cause that’s the kinda fan I am.
September 28th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Torn oblique for Prado he’s done for the season.
September 28th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Kate, I was going to complain about all the walks Hudson has given up lately, but that’s much worse
September 28th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Awful news for Prado and the Braves.
September 28th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Wow. That was an awful slide.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Conrad! Gotta love it.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Someone said something about Hinske?
September 28th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Oh god, Wes Helms
September 28th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Wags forgot to take his Valium pre-game. Dude is hyped. Take a deep breathe Billy.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Meadow.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Woooooohooooooooooooo! Another big win.
September 28th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Ya know…when we win my hope meter goes WAAAAAAY up and when we lose it plummets. Weird…
September 29th, 2010 at 8:37 am
twss
September 29th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Hah…funny guy! Anybody else see who closed the Rays game clinching their playoff role? Anybody see the lack of enthusiasm on the Yanks team winning their division? Hate the stupid Yanks! Playing in the post season has become such a common place event for them. Did it get that way for the Braves?
September 29th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Sadly, yes
September 29th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Curt, next time just lie to me ok?
September 29th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Mara, those $10 and $6.48 bags of Tilapia are the shiznit, are they not? I was taking a bite of it as I read your comment, cousin. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on during the last 5 minutes of the bake? Yummicious.
September 29th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Do you guys still want the Braves to make the playoffs? I’m torn. I don’t think we’ll get very deep, and I’d like to be spared all the bullsnap about Bobby leading the team back for one more go.
Win one for the jipper?
September 29th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Diaz LF, 4. Lee 1B, 5. Gonzalez SS, 6. Ross C, 7. Conrad 3B, 8. Cabrera CF, 9. Lowe P
September 29th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
But, Bub – if the Braves go back to the playoffs, Bobby will have lead them back there. I realize that there’s a hundred examples you can point to of ridiculous line-ups, awful bullpen management, crazy batting orders, lack of running, etc, etc. But this team, on paper, had no right to lead the NL East for as long as it did. And this team, with all the injuries, really have no right to go to the playoffs. If they do, a lot of that, in my opinion, is to Bobby’s credit. You may now eviscerate me.
And to answer your question – I abso-friggin-lutely want the Braves to go to the playoffs. And think, if they play great ball, like we saw for so much of the summer and these past two nights, they could beat the Reds/Giants/Pads. No doubt in my mind. I don’t think they can get past the Phillies in the 2nd round. They are just too, too good.
September 29th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Here’s one from Buster Olney for you starryeyed dreamers:
Having been a rabid Dodgers fan in the first 24 years of this life, I present to you the championship lineup for Tommy Lasorda’s team in Game 5 of the 1988 World Series:
2B Steve Sax
1B Franklin Stubbs
LF Mickey Hatcher
RF Mike Marshall
CF John Shelby
DH Mike Davis
C Rick Dempsey
3B Jeff Hamilton
SS Alfredo Griffin
Lasorda’s choices had been greatly altered by injuries to Kirk Gibson, Mike Scioscia and others, but in a short window, this collection of journeymen and castoffs somehow managed to finish off the Mets in the National League Championship Series and then win four of five games from an Oakland team loaded with the likes of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire and a bunch of other mashers. They rode the brilliance of Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers’ pitchers to a title.
If Lasorda had been forced to use that lineup the entire summer, the Dodgers wouldn’t have ever had the chance to compete in the postseason, but in a short time frame — in a small window — they made it work.
Lasorda’s lineup came to mind after word broke about Martin Prado’s injury on Tuesday night. Prado is done for the year in Atlanta, and so is Chipper Jones, leaving Bobby Cox to quilt together some young players and veterans around the steady Brian McCann. An example:
2B Omar Infante
RF Jason Heyward
C Brian McCann
1B Derrek Lee
LF Melky Cabrera
SS Alex Gonzalez
3B Brooks Conrad
CF Rick Ankiel
The 2010 Braves look like the ’27 Yankees in comparison to the ’88 Dodgers, and they have three good starting pitchers and a very deep bullpen. But the mystery every day will be about how the runs can be produced, and some pixie dust will be needed — the unexpected bolt, the kind that came in the seventh inning on Tuesday night.
Eric Hinske chatted earlier this year about the Braves, and near the end of the conversation he mentioned his personal postseason streak. He was with the Red Sox when they won the World Series in 2007, was part of the Rays that made it to the World Series in 2008 and then he was in the group of Yankees that sprayed champagne in 2009. He’d like to keep that streak going, he said cheerily.
When Cox sent Hinske to the plate in the seventh inning, he was 31 days removed from his last home run; he’s hitting .250 for the month of September after batting .180 in August and .212 in July. And the pitcher he was about to face, Anibal Sanchez, has been one of the best in the National League at keeping the ball in the park.
When Cox sent Hinske to the plate in the seventh inning, he was 31 days removed from his last home run; he’s hitting .250 for the month of September after batting .180 in August and .212 in July. And the pitcher he was about to face, Anibal Sanchez, has been one of the best in the National League at keeping the ball in the park: Sanchez had allowed only eight homers in his first 189 innings this season, and no homers since August 26. And Hinske was 0-for-10 in his career against Sanchez.
Sanchez threw a thigh-high two-seam fastball on the inner half of the plate, Hinske jumped it, mashing the ball so cleanly that he knew on contact that he had hit his first homer in a month. As Hinske dropped his bat and took the first step in an I-know-it’s-gone strut, Sanchez jerked his head back in anger, so violently that his hat flew off.
On Sept. 28, 2010, the pixie dust fell on the Braves: Tim Hudson was excellent on three days’ rest, the bullpen dominated for three innings, Brooks Conrad hit a pivotal RBI triple and Hinske blasted an improbable home run. The Braves are upright despite losing Prado, writes Jeff Schultz. To climb to where they want to get to, more of the same will be needed. You can’t imagine how it could happen, but it’s happened before, as the living members of the 1988 Dodgers will tell you, and it can happen again.
September 29th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
“You may now eviscerate me.”
Well, I can’t, either. I haven’t been able to keep up, so for all I know Bobby’s been brilliant since I left off. But his Venters Abuse and cockeyed lineups, his grandpa’ing up the atmosphere so that injured players can hold the offense hostage (and three AMENS to the excellent Capitol Ave article on the injury weirddom that you linked for us; what a cathartic read that was for me)… his 2010 shenanigans did me in forEVER.
I guess it would be super petty of me to begrudge the boys a playoff spot so I can be satisfied that Bob Cox gets one less carnation in his absurd parting boquet, so I can’t quite push that button. But this really has been the year of my disillusionment. The Hanson/Boras contract, Heyward’s highly revelant thumb dishonesty, McCann’s world 300 decibel F**K screams, and, oh yeah, the losing, has left me running on fumes. Probably school, too. I’m sure half of my indignation is neurotic, but the other half…
September 29th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
*forgive the busted sentences and frigged spellings. I’m one lit crit paper over the line, sweet Jesus.
September 29th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
First of all, BUUUUUUB! Now, before you disappeared into school, school and more school you were working back to your homeristic ways. I absoLUTEly want to make the post season. Finally, I rarely cook fish but found some at Trader Joes and my kids loved it. I’ll try the Parm cheese next time cause that sounds fabulous. Thanks for the tip and…*sniff* welcome back.
September 29th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
If any among us have not seen Quiz Show, I highly recommend it. I can’t imagine any from the Michael Clayton/Frost-Nixon set not appreciating it. I watched it again in 30 minute snatches this week and I’d forgotten how very good it is. Sometimes Ralph Fiennes(sp?) does nothing for me, but in this role and in Schindler’s List he really takes over the screen. I remember being bummmed out when I first saw it that the ending was kind of cynical, but this time I saw the value in standing that ground.
Lordy, I’m babbling today. ABT withdrawal.
September 29th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Magic. Now if Conrad can settle in.
September 29th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Oh…and some runs would be helpful as well.
September 29th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Yay!!
September 29th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Finally busting thru against Andrew Koufax
September 29th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Conrad was a wee little man.
A wee little man was he.
He held his bat without any gloves
And sent baseballs to the sea.
Well… that didn’t work out as well as we’d'a hoped…
September 29th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Lowe looks crazy, insanely awesome!
September 29th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Derek Lowe’s ERA: 3.96
September 29th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
scratch that.
September 29th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Weird cosmic mojo: Lowe’s going out with exactly a 4.00 and Peter’s coming in with exactly a 3.00, something… good… will happen?
September 29th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Stwike Fwee, yuwout, mistah!
September 29th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I say we get that run back right now.
September 29th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Or not.
September 29th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
I know I’m setting myself up for heartache but I just allowed myself to daydream for a moment, just one, what iit would be like if the Braves win the world series.
September 29th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Check out B… the manager of the Braves with the aggressive PH switch-a-roo.
September 29th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Go Cubbies!
September 29th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
on page 33 of Michael Lewis’ “Moneyball”. Good read…
Go Braves.
September 29th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
i meant
Go Braves !!!
September 29th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Will – agreed. Moneyball was spectacular.
September 29th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Lowe’s last 5 starts: 1.17 ERA, 30-2/3 innings, 30 hits, 4 runs, 1 HR, 3 walks, 29 strikeouts.
September 29th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Ok Modern Family watchers, due to stormy weather we missed first half of tonight’s episode. Why does paint make Phil gag?
September 30th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Steve- Michael Lewis’ Liars Poker and The Big Short also awesome. So proud to be in the financial industry.
September 30th, 2010 at 7:57 am
I wish I were Hazel Mae.
September 30th, 2010 at 8:09 am
…stand around all day talking baseball while wearing pretty clothes…
September 30th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Just like Steve
September 30th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Mara – there was no real explanation about why paint makes Phil gag. It was just brought up as another reason that Jay thinks he’s a ridiculous person.
September 30th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Great stuff from Ken Rosenthal on this off-day to fire you up: http://tinyurl.com/262l9vq
September 30th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Just heard D-Lowe is the first Braves’ pitcher to go 5-0 in September since the 1950s. Unreal.
September 30th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Nate – given the pitching in the 90′s, that is crazy.
September 30th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Thanks Steve, the last scene made me laugh way out loud. Curt, I can’t believe you knew who HM is. Usually you’re clueless…shocking. I’m way too excited about this weekend’s potential post season clinging games. Not only do I want to secure a spot but I want to shove our proverbial fist down the Phillies’ B-team’s throat. Pay back!
September 30th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
http://buzztap.com/-2D0qN6
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
http://bit.ly/9gytBo
Fantastic.
September 30th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Hilarious!!! http://ffd.me/c1dYgo
September 30th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
SNyder!!!
September 30th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Leah, I’ll surprise you.
September 30th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Mara, #98 was phenomenal.
September 30th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Snyder, indeed! Magic number is 2. TWO! My hope meter is at a cool 117.
September 30th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Wagner article was the best I’ve read all year.
September 30th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Every time he comes out and dominates I wish he wouldn’t retire. After reading that article, I get it. I hope we give him a buncha more games to close.
October 1st, 2010 at 2:47 pm
ajcbraves #Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. McCann C, 4. Lee 1B, 5. Cabrera LF, 6. McLouth CF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Conrad 3B, 9. Beachy
October 1st, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Ahem…
October 1st, 2010 at 4:23 pm
C’mon people! Are you excited or what? I’ve not felt this much excitement and anticipation in a long time. Headed to the ballpark in about half an hour. I’ll be tweeting from the game tonight.
October 1st, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Steve, I’m too far out of the loop to really feel it, but I’m semi-excited. Have a great time at the Ted and tweet us often. If the Braves win, I’ll check in a few times here tonight on the Padres game to see if it’s celebration time.
Anybody else gonna stay up late if the Bravos win tonight?
October 1st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I’m headed to The Ted in a little bit…hope it’s a no elbow-room crowd tonight. GO Braves!!!
October 1st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
SOOOOOOO JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My stomach is in knots. I had serious nervous energy all day which ended in 5 freezer meals. I can’t wait until gametime and I will absolutely be watching the Friars if the Braves win. If they lose I’ll be trying desperately NOT to watch. GO BRAVES!!!!!!!
October 1st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
We got here at 5:30 and I’ve never seen the Orange lot so packed, so early. Phenomenal energy and buzz here already.
October 1st, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Just got my tix for the 2 NLDS games. Last playoff game I attended was with Hammy when Mac hit that homer off Clemens. Have I mentioned I’m really fired up?
October 1st, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Who’s going to keep tally of the number of exclamation points in Steve’s tweets tonight?
October 1st, 2010 at 7:31 pm
I’ve got it on my score card Curt. Steve, please…more details! Where are you sitting? Anne, hi to Alan.
October 1st, 2010 at 7:33 pm
The field looks pretty.
October 1st, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Wa-freakin-hooooooooo!!!!!
October 1st, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Alan says that if we win, after Friday night fireworks, they’re gonna show the Padres game live on the Jumbotron. GO Braves!!
October 1st, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Ruh roh, raggy.
October 1st, 2010 at 8:37 pm
boo
October 1st, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Don’t let ‘er get away. Shut ‘er down.
October 1st, 2010 at 8:51 pm
gooo McSuck!!!!
October 1st, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Gooo?
October 1st, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Please Mac! Please!!!
October 1st, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Thanks D.Lee! Melky…not so much.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:21 pm
D Lee – Mr October 1
do we want Werth next year?
October 1st, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Terrible. The mental gaffes. And then to walk the .217 hitter with rollins coming up. Brutal
October 1st, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Double Dawg Dammit to He’ll.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:38 pm
What a disaster. What a terrible inning. Speechless.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Welp, this seems about right.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:39 pm
They’re being humiliated in their own yard by the team that jerked them around all month. By loud mouthed Jimmy Rollins. This is disgusting.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I meant H-E-L-L! We don’t deserve to go to the playoffs. Anybody heard from Steve? Did he jump?
October 1st, 2010 at 9:45 pm
If Steve has his little boy with him, he’s probably having to explain about the words being said around them… and by his dad.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Haha. I said ‘em…all of them.
October 1st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Misery…
October 1st, 2010 at 10:00 pm
And shut down by Kendrick, AGAIN.
They’re pitching Hamels and Oswalt on Sunday, so we better get our ‘Go Giants’ cheers going. And once they clinch, the Padres are getting the dregs of their rotation.
So pissed right now.
October 1st, 2010 at 10:17 pm
I hate baseball.
October 1st, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Done.
October 1st, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Phhht. Whatever, Braves.
October 1st, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Padres all over the Giants early. Please, Padres, just take it. Seriously. Take it.
October 1st, 2010 at 11:09 pm
[this comment is under review for being possibly the filthiest string of words ever posted on the internet]
October 1st, 2010 at 11:22 pm
#126 I do! I also want Carl Crawford. Make it happen Frank!
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:57 am
Everybody ok? We still watching baseball today? Hello? We need a head count.
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I would love werth and crawford, but they’ll be absurdly overpaid. The Top Tier FA’s always are. However, I’d love to see Werth leave the division all together (if at all possible the league).
If the Phillies win today, it will be a crime. The Braves have no choice to slaughter the phils!
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
#Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. McCann C, 4. Lee 1B, 5. Conrad 3B, 6. McLouth LF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Ankiel CF, 9. Hanson P
October 2nd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I’m here. Still aboard the A.T.L. Titanic. I think the deck chairs would look better on the port side.
October 2nd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Finally a pitcher who understands. Just walk him.
October 2nd, 2010 at 4:53 pm
This game is not looking good. Can’t get anything going. Meanwhile Padres up 3-0.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:25 pm
You other lovers of “The Incredibles,”
I Netflix’d the widescreen version because, as you may have noticed, the widely available retail version is inexplicably full screen only. If you are among the sad masses who have gave in and let that one be the full framer in your collection, you MUST get it in W.S. After watching 5 minutes of watching it I went straight to Amazon. I think I gave less than $11 for it including shipping. Must get.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 pm
*I really was watching myself watch it, you see. It made quite a picture.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Crap. There goes the no-hitter.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Come on Conrad! Make it happen!
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Even the best struggle against Vance Worley.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Arg…Tommy can only pitch so many shutout innings. Eventually we MUST score in order to win.
Thx for the Incredibles tip.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I hate this game. I hate baseball. I hate that my heart is BREAKING!!!!!
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Please walk Howard.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
How excited is the Rev about Cam Newton? He looks pretty amazing.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Oooooooo…is the cable cam permanent? Me likey!
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Super stoked Bub. “Cam Newton can handle all of Bama’s defense by himself.”. His words…not mine.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Well, Wayne Newton could handle Bama’s secondary.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Hah. So, I’m starting a job next week. Very nervous. Go Braves!
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Thank you Jonny! Come on boys! Runs please!
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:03 pm
A job? Yikes. I hope it’s nothing serious.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Part time, administrative support/office manager. After 12 years of changing diapers anything would be intimidating.
Mercy, this game is frustrating.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Venters Abuse.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I’m sure you’ll do fine. Congrats and best of luck.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Can we talk about next year? Tell me about next year’s prospects?
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Come on DP!
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Ugh, it was another Conrad error? Poor guy. Baseball gods are jerks for that.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Or a couple of strike outs.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Sad.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
It was a great season. I miss Meadow.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Next year Heyward will be fully thumbed, McCann will be caffeine free all year, Medlen might come back in August and round out a Lowe/Huddy/Hanson/Jurrjens/Medlen powerhouse. Prado/Heyward/McCann is not a bad offensive core for a pitching-strong team.
In short, the Phillies will win it again.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:28 pm
This is the largest crowd ever to watch an Atlanta Braves home game. They’re getting a nice treat.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Good to know. I’ll go into the season preparing myself for another sad post season. I’m cheering for the Reds.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:31 pm
But Venters says he has no fatigue. Another great example of letting the player’s word dictate against common sense when it comes to gametime health.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:33 pm
What’s funny about that is:
Curt swore last year that if Bobby came back this year he was going to hijack the podcast and make into a Reds show until Bobby was gone.
At the time, it seemed aribitrary. Look at Dusty’s boys now.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Yes, can I get a failburger and a large order of fail fries?
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Well, it’s been a real treat but I gotta go. Hitting the town with my bff. Seriously distraught by this game.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Good to see Give-Up-a-Run-Every-Day Johnny making an appearance. Looks like I am actually going to have to pay attention to the Cub Scout’s skits now.
Follow me at http://www.cincybaseballtalk.com. We break down Votto for MVP and their exciting first round matchup with the Giants.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Jim Powell’s frustration is showing in his voice for the first time I’ve ever heard. Last inning he was disgusted just in tone. But just now, he ended that half inning with “Braves can’t do a thing.”
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
124 errors this year. Only the Pirates and Nats have made more.
October 2nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Well, time to go wait for the Crimson Tide to take the pain away. What an unmitigated disaster.
Kendrick.
Worley.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Last night we were just speechless. The Rollins homer came so quickly and we were still trying to get past the Conrad error. Today is a whole other level of pain and disappointment. How have these past two days gone like this? I’m really lost and shaken by the past 24 hours.
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:19 am
Late night post. Ever heard of Rogue Wave? They’re not bad. Do we want to win tomorrow? At this point I’m a little afraid to play in the post season.
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm
You want to win for these reasons:
1. Playoff experience for Heyward and Hanson.
2. This kind of choke job, after holding 1st place for 99 days, could deeply, deeply hurt the franchise. Swept in both the last series by the Phillies including one at home with record crowds and Bobby stepping down? That’s getting beaten like a red-headed stepchild. That won’t go away soon.*
3. Expectations will be low with the squad injured and reeling. Even a pair of wins in the opening series would be … yes… a moral victory. Atlanta could say to itself (falsely, but vividly), “hey, we got back there for one more go in Bobby’s last year and closed the door with some fun in spite of a ton of setbacks.”
4. You never know. Teams who peaked early and then backed into the playoffs have sometimes caught fire because of the mental lift you get from the clean slate. Nobody but Philly is way better than Atlanta.
5. If you get a list that’s 4 items long, you should always make a fifth item. Fives are just cool that way.
*The damage is probably done anyway. Philly has destroyed the Braves at will in the home stretch, stomping our asses in our back yard with their worst pitchers and their players in full rest mode. However, if something strange should happen, say: the Phillies lose in the first round, or Atlanta somehow takes them out in the second, that changes everything. Chances are slim, but obviously better than if the Braves are watching from home.
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Don’t forget the element of magic. Remember when The Trojan hit a 3 run jack in the first inning? Those were the days.
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Can we blame TP? He always seems to make a good scape goat.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Just make it stop.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
We are a warm up exercise for the Philadelphia Phillies. They are on top of the world. We are a boring rung on their ladder. Rooting for the Braves is like reading naturalism. I should do my paper on it. Except in naturalism, nature is only indifferent. Here, it actually hates us.
The Braves are a disease. When both corners of your lips fall like a stroke victims, and your speech is a mixture of slurred gibberish and Tourette’s. And your teeth grit so hard your jaw locks up. You got the Braves.
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HEYWARD!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:20 pm
$^%&!!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
#190 is classic. I do love it when you ramble. I expected a simple twss. I also love the ole Ankiel Heyward 1 2 punch.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
It’s a crying shame those ugly hats go with the pretty red uniforms.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Brooks!!
C’mon, Ankiel.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
What’s this? Ankiel strikes out swinging? Is he sick? Did the pitcher throw a spit ball? So weird.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
lol, Tim Hudson wif da knock! Good guys lead.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Winning IS more fun!!!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Omar InFRONTe!!! See what I did?
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Very nice work Bub. For the baseball gods sake…when I say “winning” I mean as in we are winning right now. Not that we HAVE one. Ya know…just for the record. I want more runs. This team can hurt ya in a hurry. We need cushion!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Dost my eyes deceive me or was that a ball? Come on Huddy…keep the score board quiet.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Brooks giveth. Brooks taketh away.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! Where was this team yesterday? Btw…I want to hug Brooks Conrad.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
So close D..straighten it out.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
We have arrived at the perfect moment for me to say goodbye to baseball. The Braves are on top, staring at the playoffs. Hudson’s shining. The Ted is full. I’m happier with my team than I’ve been in weeks. The baseball sun is shining again!
But I hate this sport. I really do. I know it’s weird, but I’M weird. And this has been a long time coming. And I’ll hate myself if I try to break off the relationship when we’re struggling again. I want to remember “her” fondly. Beating the Phillies, full of renewed hope and promise.
This offensive inning is my last with the sport. I’m gonna soak it in.
Lee with a foul.
Lee with a LONG NON FOUL!!!!!! Yes!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:54 pm
McCann!!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:54 pm
I totally called that!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Diaz!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Good call, Leah.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Bub…seriously…you’re not leaving today. Tomorrow it’s your call but the fragility of my current state won’t allow it!
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
C’mon, Brooksy.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Tough break Gonzo.
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Sorry, Leah, this is too perfect. I’m happy again.
Conrad!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Walking Ankiel? Hilarious. Everything’s FUBAR! Bub…:(
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Thanks for the memories.
See you in the funny papers.
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Well I love baseball and the Braves and yes, I think you are a weird little man. Go Braves! Go Giants! I think I like Brooksy at 2nd and Omar at 3rd. Bobby’s shaking things up!
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Everyone likes Conrad at second.
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Is it just me or is Glavine getting a gut?
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Stomach ache…3rd base is cursed. Please Wags…shut ‘we down.
October 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I wish I were Bub.
October 3rd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Whew…why must it always be so difficult? Please pass the Tums!
October 3rd, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Hallelujah. So happy. So happy. So happy. Now lets just get in outright this evening. I want nothing to do with a 1 game playoff. Not that I’d feel worried with Lowe going, but the team could so use the rest and allow to set up the starting 3 of Lowe, Hanson, Huddy. C’mon Giants.
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Excuse my language but ……. HELL YEAH!!!! SO FAR SO GOOD!!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 pm
To San Francisco We go!
October 3rd, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I had a very touching moment with a die hard Giants fan tonight as we listened to the last at bat. We jumped up and down. We high fived. I no longer wish I were Bub.
So we go to Giants first then back to Atl?
October 3rd, 2010 at 7:53 pm
My hope meter is a 10!
October 3rd, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Mine goes to 11. Woooohoooo! It is good to be back. H to the Y.
May 22nd, 2012 at 7:59 am
wrote:@ Betsy:Look at you with your stealth arowrtk I did what you asked. SortaI admit when I got here, and saw the graphics! I was surprised. Now I understand! The San Francisco Giants were eliminated, I believe, from any post season, as of yesterday. Timmy is pitching his last start against the D’backs today. He can go all out! Which he does a lot. Question is (and the same one for all of the second half of the season especially, but also of the first half before the break), will there be any offense? And since I have the Beach Haus ** resident Expert ** on the line here (I like her version of Inside Baseball best) have there been any other teams this season who have had as much bad luck injuries as the SF Giants (I’m sure there are other teams that have bad luck calls too, but the SF Giants sure looked to have more than their fair share of those too, odd stuff) ? Except for the pitchers, mostly, the end of season (hell, end of first 1/3, 1/2, 3/4 of the season) line up is not the same as the beginning of the season line up nor the World Series line up. It has been a very bad season for some of the players, Buster Posey especially. On the bright side, I am really impressed with some of the younger up-and-comers that the SF Giants have played. Y’all better watch out they are coming, they are good, now they have Big League Experience, and they are ALL HUNGRY!!!! Given the status and loss of so many of the World Series players, I am really amazed that they hung in for so long and actually got so close to the playoffs. and all that stuff. ** San Francisco Giants I have not decided which team to go with from NL or AL for the playoffs and World Series. Will have to think about it.