Okay, here’s what the Reitsma contest was going to be:
Introducing the Chris Reitsma Contest! Whoever best predicts:
1) The day when the Braves finally get Reitsma off the active roster;
2) The method of disposal;
Wins a signed (by me, with the name “Thomas Cruise Mapother”) copy of Dianetics from 1956. This book is worth literally hundreds (of centavos).
Approved methods of disposal are: DL/mysterious injury; DL/”Inability to pitch”; Cut outright; Designated for assignment; Outrighted to AAA; claimed on waivers; traded; shot in the back of the head execution-style. Or you may have some other idea.
So anyway, new contest idea:Â Whoever can come up with the most creative/amusing explanation of What the Hell is Wrong With Marcus Giles? wins the book, which I will autograph also with the name of any other celebrity Scientologist you choose.
Expect to see Pratt (4-25 v LHP) and Jordan (6-40 v LHP) in the lineup.
Mac,
Whatever day we are allowed to promote Chuck James is hopefully the deathknell of JUDY Reitsma.
What the hell is wrong with Marcus?
“P.S.S.”
“Post Steroid Suckage”
Oh…and can you have Jenna Elfman sign my book? She my get pissy and coldcock me if I DON’T choose her:
http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/jenna-elfman/jenna-elfman-attacks-man-in-glib-tshirt-180473.php
Brokeback Braves. Two guys. Working closely in the field together. Free agency drives them apart. Despondent over losing his double-play partner, Marcus has developed a complex. He can’t quit him so he’s quit hitting.
Lineup:
Giles
Renteria
Jones
Jones
Francoeur
Diaz
Jordan
Pratt
Thomson
Blech.
Ladouche is my favorite. The other’s are good if you only consider his physical shortcomings (sleepy, lurch). However, this one fully describes his personality and entire on field presence.
Once again, no Betemit. I just don’t get it. Bobby should never have made the comments about Wison deserving more AB’s.
Thomson should be batting 7th.
Just checked the Game Trax on Foxsports.com and here’s the lineup and Jeremy was right.
1. Giles
2. Renteria
3. Chipper
4. Andruw
5. Frenchy
6. Diaz
7. Jordan
8. T Pratt
9. thompson
Reitsma: Trade – The Winipeg Goldeyes of the Northern Independent League will call and offer a shipment of jock straps and JS and Bobby can’t turn down the trade. Let the debate begin about who got the better end of the deal…
Giles: DL/Injury – Visits with Jerry Seinfeld museum and there’s an accident with Fusilli Jerry. Let’s just say it’s a million to one shot kind of freak injury that could be career ending…
Sorry Jay, looks like you beat me to it..
Reitsma is on the DL.
who wins?
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/0614reitsma.html
Giles became a Scientologist. But due to a bad auditing experience, he was told he had to drown himself in Clearwater Beach (Scientology’s headquarters). Because of the salty water, his equilibrium has been thrown off, forcing him to boot grounders, swing at bad pitches, and think that L. Ron Hubbard is orbiting Mars.
Note the first line, “was going to be”. I had already written this thread before last night’s game only to have Reitsma go on the DL and spoil it. Hence the replacement contest.
Oh, I get it. Sorry.
Germans bomb pearl harbor.
I know what happened: Marcus’s daughter turned 3. This is the age at which children discover and start to enjoy truly horrible shows such as “Teletubbies,” “Blue’s Clues,” “Dora the Explorer,” any crap found on Disney Playhouse, and don’t even get me started on Raffi and The Wiggles. Being forced to stare at this abomination of flashing colors and bad, infantile dialogue has reduced Marcus’s eyesight to nil and his brain to a mush of despair, so that his hand-eye coordination is totally gone and he can no longer hit for power or even hit at all, but also doesn’t have the patience to wait around to figure it out, as his attention span is now the length of an Oreos commercial. Knowledge that such crap even exists in the world has eliminated his will to live any longer and have to deal with it when his younger daughter reaches the same age; therefore he’s just going through the motions and hoping the end comes sooner rather than later.
PS. This is a really innovative way for you to clean out your basement, Mac, although unfortunately you’ll waste money on postage.
Our 1B (a hitters position) has a .627 OPS, and two prior years of playing at that level. What a sad state of affairs.
Look at that lineup…. I shouldn’t be surprised but I don’t know whether I should cry or laugh?
They’re probably saying their goodbyes to Giles and/or playing him simply because it will improve his trade value. I think Bobby Cox would have better at bats than Pratt.
Reitsma: Off the roster for good at the start of the All-Star break after stints on the DL and one or two appearances in blowout games (even then, Remlinger is warming up in the pen right behind him).
Giles: David Wright is blackmailing Marcus Giles with pictures he took of him giving Rafael Furcal a romantic kiss goodbye. In exchange for his silence, Marcus agreed to swing at first pitches (regardless of whether or not he has experience with the pitcher), hit groundballs he can’t beat out, and forge Bobby Cox’s line-up day after day (a lineup that includes Renteria leading off, Betemit at second, Chipper at first, and Pratt on the Royals).
What’s wrong with Giles?
His doctor has ordered him off his special diet of “cream” filled cupcakes and “clear” mountain spring water.
marcus took up reading jeff treadway’s book, “baseball.. played the right way”
worst lineup ever
Hahah, good one Simba
Great start, this is going to be a painful game but what else would we expect?
And so we start the strikeout count.
K # 1
jenny, I actually think Blues Clues and Dora are great childrens’ shows.
Good things usually happen when you try to hit the ball to the opposite field.
Whoa. We scored.
Stu, nothing beats “Dragon Tales.”
OMG! What just happened? We actually got a base runner from 1st to home without a homerun? I’m scared.
Also, “Arthur.”
Willis threw 21 pitches in the first.
Spongebob and Fairly Oddparents…..my fav’s
Just what we needed. A 1-2-3 first innning.
Hmm, that inning almost went too smoothly. I’m really starting to get scared here.
Jordan continues his great hitting.
Now that’s more like it.
I should clarify that I have children……
jenna elfman is cute.. how distressing to learn she likes scientology.
Here we go…
Someone please tell me why our best hitter is not in the lineup right now?
Am I dreaming?
Frenchy needs to learn to one hop his throws to the plate.
Mac needs time off to rest. I’m all for it though I cringe everytime I see Pratt bat.
And nice throw, Frenchy.
atta boy giles. redeem yourself lil man
The look on Josh Johsnon’s face. PRICELESS.
Marcus!!!
….How much proof does bobby need to see that Giles is still trying to hit like he’s in the 2nd spot.
Rob…. Time off to rest? What are you smoking? He just got back from more than two weeks on the DL, how much time does he need? He’s 22 years old he should be out there everyday.
And the AAA Marlins are back!
Way to leg it out Chippa!
He just got back from a major injury, Lando. There going to go easy on him for a while. He said himself that he’d be playing with pain until the All Star Break.
It is good to see that Bobby put in his two worst hitters to face a tough lefty. Does he think Jordan has a better chance of getting a hit than Sid Bream at this point?
AS to the Giles contest:
If you play the New York Mets terrible new song backwards, it says:
“Giles is dead, Giels is dead. Bud Selig killed him when outlawing greenies.”
Absolutely terrible AB by Andruw.
Another strike out!
Agreed, Stu.
Two weeks on the DL does not a “major” injury make my friend.
Playing with pain and not being able to play because of pain are two different things. I miss the days when players playing with “pain” was expected.
TIme for Frechy to K
Rietsma should never play in pain
I think it’s pretty clear that Giles receievd one too many atta-boy head-thumps from Jeff “Lenny from ‘Of Mice and Men'” Francoeur.
By the way, anybody else here like the band “Gay Dad”? I think they’re great.
Impressive catch. I guess Ross doesn’t want people to research prostate cancer.
frenchy is putting good wood on the ball 2 out of 3 at bats of late.
No, Reitsma should never play period. But maybe him playing in pain would help. He was playing with numbness and look what happened.
How many base runner will we leave tonight, I say 15
Any injury to the knees or ankle for a catcher is major in my opinion, but think what you will.
I liked Jordan better when he was hurt. Because he wasn’t on the field
I have another entry for the giles contest:
Giles is in playoff form this year already
If we had Willis, wouldn’t you hit him over Jordan?
Who’s more obnoxious, the Padres announcers or the Marlins announcers?
Looks like we’ve got the good version of Thompson pitching tonight.
Sorry about all the posts, I had to take my girl friend to the library and I am using Game cast to watch the game. So I figured I would post too.
Rob, the Padres by far.
Good for Marcus. Thomson pitching well. I like the way we’re playing. We played alright last night too, but couldn’t get timely hits.
Agreed. Those voice saying “Peavy” over and over again made me want to drown myself. Now our line-up makes me want to drown myself.
JORDAN GOT A HIT! THey should stop the game and give him the ball.
I would have Pratt bunt to set up Thomson, who is a better hitter.
Don’t worry we can count on Pratt to help out the Marlins.
Pratt beats out an infield hit?? Everything I know is wrong.
LAUGH, how did Pratt beat out that throw????
FC I should say.
Time for Bobby to call a stupid squeeze
This series is like a who can play worse contest.
We caught a break? This is bizzarro day.
Cheap way to get a run, but thanks, Marlins. Also, thanks for not landing on Diaz. That would have sucked.
I think I may start lurking at the mets page, just so I can hear less negative things being said about my team. Man you guys are some downers. It’s 3-1 for God’s sake.
Sorry Michigan,
It’s a “gotta laugh to keep from crying” defense.
I’ll take it whether or not it’s cheap.
JS must be paying the Marlins announcers to showcase Marcus.
No Jenny he happens to be a good player.
Are you privy to information we aren’t Brave in Michigan? Because I see no reason, other than McCann, to be happy about are season so far.
No worries Rob. I guess I just don’t start feeling the way you guys are talking until the first game of the playoffs. Then the complete and total lack of faith kicks in
I was thinking the same thing, jenny. Bloody hell.
And how about the “they probably don’t want to let anyone know, but the Braves really miss Furcal.” Um, what?
I’m a Marcus fan myself, but he’s not getting pitches to hit like he did with Furcal shaking things up. Someone made a good point about him seeing more fastballs to cut down on Furcal’s speed and not seeing any now leading off.
Wes Helms? You gotta be kidding me!
“Have it your way, Wes Helms?” That would piss me off as a Marlins fan.
Kidding me indeed.
This is probably impossible but it would be nice to find out what Marcus’s average was last year when Furcal was on base vs. his average with bases empty or with others on base.
Don’t know about stats, Zach, but it allowed Giles to hit for power instead of contact.
Helms hitting a homer is a further abonimation on this depressing season. Yuck.
At least we still have a lead…despite this lineup.
No Jenny he happens to be a good player.
I know. I’m against trading him. I am referring to the Marlins announcers’ 5-minute spiel about him, however, which I think was just them reading an AJC article I saw about 3 years ago over the air. They were telling his whole life story.
Lay off the high stuff, Andruw!
What’s with Andruw’s bat speed this year? I’ve never seen him miss so many fastballs.
Frenchy!!!!!
FRENCHYYY!!!y!y!h!h!h;OhfIEHF;OSEH
Willis ain’t fooling anybody!
Frenchy can really hit lefties.
I wish we faced more lefthanders. Francoeur absolutely mashes ’em.
If we can get at least five runs a game without the help of our 7-9 hitters, we’ll be in good shape.
Landogarner, you are right. I have been seeing the same thing about Andruw since he hurt his back. He has been missing the fastballs that he destroyed last season. However, he is still putting up respectable numbers.
Plus I think the slump is making all our power hitters over aggressive. When we get our confidence back, I’m hoping they’ll be more selective. When things were going better, Frenchy had that great at bat in the ninth against Cordero and the Nats.
Yes he is. Imagine what numbers he would be putting up if he was still hitting those fastballs?
problems with giles:
Too pissed off to hit, because Bobby is always calling him Raffy
Just hard to concentrate on hitting when you keep losing
Playing such good defense takes away from your offense
Why improve on hitting, when he is already the second best hitter on the team
How can he expect to have a good average when he can’t hit against his own pitchers?
This Scooby thing is painful.
It’s like a AAA promotion.
Be fair. AAA promotions are great. Sometimes they’re more entertaining than the actual game. Last night I got to see 2 guys go at it in inflatable sumo costumes. I also liked the “spin around the bat and then push a toy lawn mower around the bases” one. But I’m easily amused.
We can beat Willis but can’t figure out Josh Johnson. Go figure…but I guess the rest of the league can’t figure out Josh Johnson either…
…and Thomson sweats like a pig everytime he pitches…
anybody check out MLB gamecast? it looks like we’ve made 3 outs that left the ballpark. That’s a sure sign the breaks are going against you.
Yeah Josh has the best era in the league right now, better than Webb. So nobody can figure him out.
Frechy owns the marlins, think aobut what he would be like at Richmond this year
ahrg, make outs, just make him throw pitches to do it.
Hey land, in response to your comment a while ago, I understand your pessimism. But, if you’re going to complain when the braves are winning a game, then you just shouldn’t watch. Really. I’ve actually said it, and I know it’s blasphemous, but I wouldn’t kill myself if we don’t win it this year. I think it would be good for the organization and for Atlanta to get a little perspective. But I’ll be damned if I’m just going to sit around and complain even when we’re winning a game. If you’re never happy, what’s the point? Giles goes yard and all that gets spoken of is how much he sucks. Thompson pitches out of a bases loaded spot and he sucks too?
You were probably around in 90, and you know how bad it can get. But man, the season is 162 beautiful chances at redemption. The Braves have been way down before the all-star break before, and the fun isn’t all whether you win or not. In fact, if that was the case, then Braves fans should be the happiest people in the world.
Ok, off my soapbox, going to ENJOY this game for a while.
Uh oh, last inning for Thomson I think.
If we actually maintaned our leads, most of the time, I would be happy to be more upbeat. But winning 1 in 10 games, vs the marlins of all teams, does not make for optimistic views.
Maybe not, that was beautiful.
Nice dp, good to finally have a decent outing from one of our pitchers other than Hudson.
I think we all have to agree that John Thomson brought his A game tonight. Much needed.
Yes it is. Just wish he could do it more often.
In all fairness, Smoltz has been sharp but not getting run support AND HoRam just had the one bad outing last time.
Smoltz has been giving up quite a few runs lately so I wouldn’t call him sharp by any means.
Just 3 yesterday, nothing to sneeze at.
and how many the starts before that? 3 is just average, not sharp.
It’s good to see Chipper smiling.
3 ER and 4 ER in the two outings before with only 2 runs from the Braves on each.
Wow, Andruw was 2 for 21 before that basehit. Things have been so bad I didn’t even notice.
LOL, even the Marlin announcers know how to strikeout Frenchyu
Thomson apparently isn’t used to pitching so deep. But good for him, a solid outing.
I thought we could get one more inning out of Thomson.
What happened to Marcus:
1.He is depressed because his wife owns him and gave all his daughters crappy names.
2.His brother’s “juice” dealer got busted, so he hasn’t been taking his “meds”. You can actually see his huge bulbous head getting smaller…
I can’t figure out which is the bigger contributor, but I think the combination of the above has made it clear…
Don’t you wish we had traded him and Langerpoop to Texas for Soriano last year…I still can’t believe JS turned that down!
One more thing, about the article in the AJC saying that no teams are wanting to trade with the Braves. Is JS being shunned??? Are other GM’s just sick of seeing the Braves win? That bothers me.
With all the young talent on the Braves, it would be foolish to ban trades based on principle.
They probably think he’ll rip them off somehow. Sort of like Billy Beane. You hose people enough, they get wary.
Phil, that latter strikes me as right.
Other NL GMs are observing the comic book rules: We”re not dead until they see the bodies.
Ah geez….I’d love to see Stockmon audition here.
Worst interviewer EVER.
Oh god I hope Stockman gets his debut here.
As for Giles, his dropoff is because he just wants to fit in with Cox’s and Schuerholz’s plans for the offense. Signing Brian Jordan, keeping Pete Orr, playing Francoeur every day down the stretch last year- he recognied that his high batting average and OBP stood out, and he just wnts to fit in. Is that so wrong?
The Germans have a word for this: Schadenfreude.
Gesundheit, Remy.
Rob, that’s what I thought, but it’s looking like Brian is right. Or at least other GM’s know that the B’s are hurting for talent and JS isn’t foolish enough to mortgage the future for a “maybe” year. Other GM’s are probably being unrealistic in what they are asking for. And shouldn’t TW be pumping money in to the team right now? Wouldn’t a world series appearance raise the teams value, thus raising their tax savings? I’m no economist but it just seems wrong.
Schadenfreude (help·info) is a German term meaning “pleasure taken from someone else’s misfortune”. It is sometimes used as a loanword in English and other languages. The German pronunciation of the word is [ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔ͡ʏdə] (IPA).
It comes from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy). Schaden comes from the Middle High German schade, from the Old High German scado, and freude comes from the Middle High German vreude, from the Old High German frewida, from frō, happy). In German, the word always carries a negative connotation. A distinction exists between “secret schadenfreude” (a private feeling) and “open schadenfreude” (Hohn).
Schadenfreude is usually believed to not have a direct English equivalent. For example, Harper Collins German-English Dictionary translates schadenfreude as “malicious glee or gloating.” An apparent English equivalent is epicaricacy, derived from the Greek word επιχαιρεκακία, epichaerecacia. This word does not appear in most modern dictionaries but does appear in Nathaniel Bailey’s Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1727) under a slightly different spelling (epicharikaky), which gives its etymology as a compounding of epi (upon), chara (joy), and kakon (evil).
In Buddhism, the concept of mudita, “sympathetic joy” or “happiness in another’s good fortune”, is often explained as “the opposite of schadenfreude”.
In English, the word schadenfreude is sometimes capitalized because of the German grammatical convention of capitalizing all common nouns in addition to proper nouns. However, as a loanword in English it usually follows English grammar and is not capitalized.
There’s a great song in Avenue Q about it.
Thanks for picking me up, Phil.
no problem
So, Bobby is going to use Ray for two innings? That’s a dumb decision.
Bert’s back at first.
Ray in the 8th???? Could we see Stockman in the 9th???
Here’s hoping Lando.
I hate this new facial hair trend they’re trying out.
Since the Marlins’ better hitters are up in the eighth, using your best reliever to pitch the eighth — even with a three-run lead — makes a lot of sense. There’s a certain flexibility to having a lousy bullpen.
Bert! that’s a gem!
That’s exactly what I was thinking Mac. Right now getting throuht the eighth is more important than then ninth.
So you think Ray’s going two, Mac?
He’s not making it through any innings if this keeps up.
Let’s focus that Death Ray a little here…
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?
I understand the logic Mac, but I am against using Ray for more then one inning to avoid exposing him too much. Closers are rarely effective in two-inning saves if the name of that closer does not named Smoltz.
Big time strikeout. One more.
Thompson is hurt? Bring on Chuckie!
Is it official that Thomson’s hurt?
Gamecast just said that Thomson left with an injury to his hand or wrist. Is this possible the same thing he had last season?
DAMN!
i hope so!
ugh…..
Good grief…
I’m speechless. I had a funny feeling leaving Diaz at first with no outs last inning would haunt us.
Maybe you can understand my pessimism now Brave in Michigan?
The only thing good about this is we might get to see Stockman.
Ray seems to pitch better in the 9th. Can’t think why Bobby would have him out there in the 8th.
WTF?
it’s the curse of the Reeksma
I knew it was going to happen. I knew something was going to go wrong. Murphy’s Law strikes again.
You see Mac? This idea rarely works. Asking a closer to get six outs is rarely a good idea. Rivera and Smoltz can do it, Lidge used to be able to do it, but that’s it. Not even Wagner and Hoffman are effective to get six outs.
This team is absolutely terrible, going through the motions, and generally don’t give a sh&* about the game anymore.
When it rains, it pours. We don’t deserve it now.
oh at least Mcbride is warmin’ up
Shit they don’t have Stockman up in the bullpen. damnit
Maybe Kenny Ray felt sorry for Thomson b/c somebody has to pitch like crap, right? He’s just picking up the slack.
Also, on the thompson injury, rathburn just said the report is a finger blister….
Terrible or snakebit?
Oh sure. NOW he gets an out.
It’s all Bobby’s fault. Should have never asked Ray to pitch two innings.
The Braves’ closer role is obviously cursed. As long as the deposed closer is still around, it doesn’t pass to the new one, but as soon as he goes, the curse moves on to the new one.
Blaming Bobby would make sense if he choked in the ninth after pitching the eighth, but he was getting hit right away. Blame Ray.
If Bobby would just use his closer correctly this wouldn’t happen.
The two inning argument does not work here. Maybe if he got through the eighth and struggled with the ninth then that argument works. But he couldn’t get through one inning.
But Ray has started to become comfortable with himself being officially in the closer’s role. Now Bobby sticks him out there in the 8th inning.
Putting a closer in for a six-out save is just stupid. We have all watched enough failures by the other teams in the past to know better. The result would be different if Ray was only asked to pitch the ninth.
Cory, it doesn’t work that way. You put a closer in an uncomfortable situation and he will get exposed immediately.
Whenever I’ve seen a closer struggle with a two inning save it’s been in the ninth not the eighth.
The fact that we’re even talking about KEN RAY as our closer tells of the pitiful state of the braves.
Roachy with a bunt. You got to be kidding me.
… LaRoche, with the bunt single..
amazing
The Braves have had 3+ runs scored on them in an inning 53 times. The team in first? Kansas City with 60.
Time for Marcus Giles to be a hero.
Bert’s on!
Giles better get this bunt down.
That’s very true brad. Gotta thank JS for that.
Nice to catch a break finally.
Bad News Bears.
Didn’t really get the bunt down. He was lucky.
Cannot believe we blew this game too. This season is cursed no matter what we do.
But Stockman would have been nice.
The way we’re playing, a triple play wouldn’t surprise me. At least its Edgar up.
We need all of the luck we can get.
It makes no sense to me to have Renteria bunt in this situation. He’s the best hitter on the team besides McCann. Why are you asking a .329 batter to BUNT?!
It wouldn’t have been too much pressure on Stockman to come in against the terrible Marlins in a park with little league attendance.
That is why I hate the bunt in this situation.
I liked Edgar bunting considering Chipper was on deck… but now that it didn’t work, I don’t like it?
not much luck there
Now who didn’t see that coming…I’m with you Sam, why do you bunt with Rent….let em swing away….CRAP!
Double play time. Murphy’s Law.
I would have had Renteria hitting there, he’s been hitting too well for him to bunt.
Great Edgar cant even lay a bunt down. Arrrggggg.
I hear “Larry” chants in the sparse Marlins crowd.
If Renteria can get them over, than all we would need would be a Chipper flyball. It’s not a dumb move. Renteria has always been a good bunter. He just did not execute. No excuses.
Look at it this way. At least we don’t have the slowest runner as the lead runner.
Yeah, I’m fishing here.
3-0
Time for Chipper to be a leader.
offspeed pitch too
Yay. A walk.
Andruw should try to hit a nice lazy flyball. Nothing more. Get the run in.
Alright now, come on Andruw
Heh, now Borowski is being hung out to dry.
Please God, don’t hit into a _______ _______
(I dont want to say it for jinx purposes)
Time for an appearance from a 2005 Andruw (Chipper can be a leader with a walk…)
Take a pitch, Andruw
This is where Andruw absolutely has to come through. If he is going to help lead this team anywhere, he HAS to drive in a run here.
Now, for once, can we not send Andruww the “Kill this Rally” sign?
Stop with the check swings Andruw
ah… come on! Andruw!
reverting to his old ways, not good………..laid off that one
Of course.
That was horrible!
Horrible
freakin a
How unbearably predictable.
Bad news: Andruw K’d
Good news: He didn’t hit into a DP and Frenchy can put us ahead!!!
lets pass the pressure onto Frenchy, Andruw
Well, guess we’ll have to hold them scoreless to get to extra innings now.
Dammit.
Yes, Mac, defend our hero.
Andruw is no Francouer but he’s now below .270 and we needed that hit.
Frenchy, be less useless than usual…
Time for Mr. Feast Or Famine…
Francouer has GOT to take that first pitch!
Oye. I’ll be sorely disappointed if we don’t get a run here.
Just how the season has been thus far… a near miss
Who’s pitching in the bottom of the ninth to keep the game tied, I wonder?
oh, just a couple of feet
All we needed Alex was a flyball. Not even a hit.
If we don’t score, game over.
Eeeeeeeyep
two quick strikes on francoeur
They just find a way to botch a game don’t they
Absolutely pathetic.
Good thing that wasn’t Brian Mccann batting behind andruw. I’d hate that.
Pis Poor!!! Terrible execution.
Buahahah, who didn’t see that coming? Love it.
make that 3
That pitch was practically a pick off move to first.
of course. How predictable…then the Marlins will score a run in the bottom of the ninth.
…and our “other” hero.
This just makes me f-ng sick. Just sick, sick, sick.
Where is Brave in Michigan? We need his boundless optimism in here to help us win.
Alright now, place your bets. How exactly do we lose this one?
HR in the 9th?
Squeeze play in th 10th?
Balk in the 19th?
Son of a bitch, wtf did we call up Stockman for if we aren’t going to use him?
My bet: LaRoche gets his chance to pitch, bottom of the 19th, and promptly gives up a walk-off homer to Helms in honor of his hero, Reeksma!
I don’t think Stockman is in the stadium. His plane was supposedly delayed.
I have a terrible feeling McBride will give up two consecutive doubles. Since my terrible feelings were right on in the top of the ninth, I have no reason to bet against them.
To learn by watching. We’re showing him what not to do.
OMG, I hope this goes extra innings. Stockman might actually get in the game if we run out of pitchers to use.
Why has Bobby Cox turned into Tony LaRussa this season? Can we not let our best reliever throw to a rightie? I know it would be heresy, but . . .
Doesn’t matter HOW we lose. The sad thing is that everyone alive knows we’re GOING to lose, and that’s not been the Braves’ mentality since the 1980’s.
We’re the Royals of the National League.
seriously…as much as we dont want McBride against righties. Bobby is going to run out pitchers. this is crazy.
I’ll be the optimist here. We bring in the Vulture for the 10th and Giles hits a HR in the top of the 11th. Stockman loads the bases in the bottom half but gets the save.
Doesn’t matter HOW we lose. The sad thing is that everyone alive knows we’re GOING to lose, and that’s not been the Braves’ mentality since the 1980’s.
We’re the Royals of the National League.
And in a tie game, bobby just used our best reliever for one batter.
Here’s the GOOD news:
There’s NO chance Judy Reitsma makes an appearance.
oops, reposted
Whee, 10th.
Battle of the bullpens…advantage, Marlins.
Advantage, my little league team from 1987.
Why are my comments “pending moderation”?
The Ghastly Boys are back, baby! Who gets to be whom from the old ’90 bullpen?
Reitsma was Joe Boever.
anyone else having prblems with mlb.tv?
Why did Bobby only use McBride for one batter in the bottom of the 9th in a tie game on the road? Has he gone totally insane? That was really dumb.
Lefty/righty matchups, jenny.
The only DAMN thing that matters to bobby cox anymore.
lol, we have to go to the 10th inning before Bobby lets Betemit in the game. freaking unbelievable.
betemit just pulled back for pete orr.
and I bet pratt bats next instead of mccann.
we officially aren’t even trying anymore.
Girardi is doing sort of the same thing here.
Bobby has never been a great on-field manager. We have been seeing the same damn thing for the past 15 years. There shouldn’t be any surprise anymore.
Tankersley’s been their best pitcher lately.
Nice to see a good move, even if it’s by the manager of the marlins.
Ok, this may have been addressed, but this is incredibly stupid. I’m watching Fox Sports SOUTH, in FLORIDA, and I get the D-Rays and Tigers. Now, I know it’s Tampa Bay, but come on. A Georgia team and a Florida team… not enough?
betemit pinch hitting for pratt…why not mccann?
Hah, Rob, that’s FOX logic.
Brad, still trying to figure out what Bobby is thinking?
left on the mound is why there is no mccann
Whoop dee doo.
you gotta appeal that, what the crap
No, he didn’t go.
Terrible AB
Tankersley is good, not Betemits fault there.
I tell ya, KC, it’s just confusing. At the beginning of the season, they chose, instead of Atlanta and Florida, Tampa Bay and Detroit. Interesting.
Good point, kc.
Don’t know what I was thinking.
replay looked like he did go but you still have to appeal. way too close.
Not a terrible at bat brad, Tankersley is legit, this kid is super talented.
Bottom of the 10th, anyone?
How can the Braves not win when Adam had a BUNT single…
Didn’t look to me like he went, but whatever.
maybe I’m jealous that the marlins brought up a guy from AAA who’s lights out and we still have to endure our current bullpen.
Is he related to Dennis Tankersley?
Strikeout. Razzamatazz.
Hey adam…
nevermind. I don’t even care anymore.
why is he even on our team, really?
Well, we do care. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be complaining.
I swear, the World Cup has saved my life.
Because we weren’t willing to give Julio Franco a second year on his contract.
Julio will be a better 1B at 55 than LaRoche or Jordan are now, even if he dies between now and then.
We’re doomed.
Still no Stockman, what a shock.
I hate to be pessamistic here but I think this game may be over in a few moments.
I love cbssportsline coverage…..Betemit got to hit twice in last inning..
LaRoche struck out swinging.
Betemit struck out swinging.
Wilson Betemit hit for Todd Pratt.
Orr sacrificed to first, Diaz to second.
Pete Orr hit for Wilson Betemit.
Taylor Tankersley relieved Randy Messenger.
Wilson Betemit hit for Tyler Yates.
Diaz singled to left center.
Randy Messenger relieved Joe Borowski.
lol now we bring in McCann AHAHAHAHAH this is driving me crazy.
Espcially now that I see Remlinger up in the pen
Uh-oh, it’s Villarreal. Everybody grab your kids and head for the basement.
here we go.
Why didn’t he just go ahead and hit a home run and end our agony…
Game over.
Oscar may finally get a loss now
is it going to be cody freakin ross?
Ouch.
That’s nasty man…
WTF?
ouch
maybe he was trying to set up the double play
Crap, I hope he’s OK. That’s nasty.
It looks even more painful in slow mo…
Oh man that reply is brutal!
Hope that dude’s OK.
looks like laroche may get to pitch afterall
Remlinger coming in against a lefty. Game over everybody.
well…remlinger gives up the run but villareal gets the loss?
What happened? Fox has deprived me of enjoying the game.
Let’s just hope the game goes long enough for Roachy to get the chance to pitch.
if you wanna blame anybody, didnt andruw strike out twice with RISP and 1 out?
Where the hell is Stockman? I swear to god Bobby has lost his freaking mind.
perfect
I love Remmy.
I’m speechless
We found a new way to lose.
my freakin goodness
Damn. Is this the final straw? Is this the day something is done?
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.. I don’t know what to say
I know. “We suck.” That’s what to say.
sam, we’ve been asking that since april.
unfortunately, our GM is in a coma, so don’t expect much.
Last couple of years we have had some statement games. I think this was our statement game this year, except the outcome was not positive.
Matt, Andruw didn’t throw the ball to leftfield.
Fucking priceless, seriously. How could Stockman do any worse than that?
If Bobby doesn’t start making changes this week I am all for replacing him, seriously.
yeah i take back the blame andruw comment…that was just laughable
No, but he did strike out in the top of the 9th, basically killing any momentum we had.
Landogarner, exactly, PRICELESS.
i dont think i can bear to watch the red sox series
salt in our wounds: player of the game, wes helms
RIP Braves 1992-2006.
As much as I want to blame bobby, this is still JS’s mess. He’s just using what he’s been given.
Alright, so what happened fellas? Remlinger came in and gave up the game-winning single?
It’s a combination of many things Brad. Of course, Andruw’s K does play a part of that. I still think using Ray in the eighth is the worst idea of all.
i love the production we got from todd pratt…good think mccann didnt get any at-bats
No he threw it to Hialeah on a bunt attempt.
Rob, he threw the sac bunt into LF and the guy scored.
worse, rob…threw a bunt into left field, winning run scored.
Bobby’s the one who won’t play betemit and is in love with jordan and remlinger.
Rob, Remmy fielded a bunt and threw the ball to leftfield while trying to get an out at third base…you know, the same “Kolb” mistake…
you are the lucky one rob, for not having to witness that
I’d start a fire sale if it was me. Prospects, prospects, prospects. No position or player would be safe. This season is over. Over.
And continuing to start marcus, and pratt, and jordan, and the mismanagement of the bullpen.
But still; what choices does he have? We knew we were going to lose this game, b/c we have NO ONE in the pen.
So Bobby’s “management” is irrelevant. It’s the players.
And for the first time in 15 years, we have none.
Wow. I guess I am pretty lucky. That’s a tough play to make for a left-hander, but I guess it’s easy for me to say that since I’m not watching it first-hand.
this makes me actually want to watch the NHL…thats how bad it has gotten
what channel
geez, matt, come on…
I threw up! Seriously, vomit on the floor.
NBC
I can’t take this anymore.
Forthcoming: Alex R. with the Evil Recap.
thanks
I disagree Brad, it’s bobby’s decision to play Giles at leadoff every freaking day, it’s bobby’s decision to start Todd freaking Pratt today, it’s bobby’s decision to bring up young studs like Stockman and not give them the chance to prove their worth, it’s bobby’s decision to not start Betemit every day even AFTER he said he was going to find a way to play him every day.
Bobby has a lot to answer for.
who is gonna make him answer? thats the freakin problem
He does, but at the end of the day, he hasn’t been given a great team. Betemit’s not the savior we think he is, although he’s an upgrade. But the HUGE GAPING FESTERING wound of this team is STILL the bullpen, as it has been since 2003. Bobby didn’t choose reitsma to be the closer, JS did by his inaction. And he didn’t ask for remlinger or jordan back, JS GAVE them to him.
Bobby’s not helping, but I almost feel for him.
He just has nothing this year.
That reminds me, it was Bobby’s decision to use Reitsma until he had a 9.11
era. WTF is that? That was probably his worst mistake, he could have used Ray a month earlier but he continued to use Reitsma.
Ray was still unproven. Atleast Reitsma had had some success.
bullspit, bobby tells js what he needs and he gets it. it’ s not like js just blindly hands bobby group of players and says have at it. bobby has just as much of a say in the moves that are made as js does.
well as we saw tonight, ray can just as easily blow a game. Don’t get me wrong–bobby’s loyalty is killing us.
But maybe he’s loyal b/c he’s holding on to anything he may have that’d at least been decent in the past.
This is 90% JS.
the only solace i have is that i watch these games on TIVO and fast foward through most of it…i cant imagine watching this entire game in real-time…i really might go kill myself
Rob, who cares? Anyone could have done a better job than Reitsma, unproven or not. When your closer is going out there every day and failing you try something else. You don’t keep putting him out there to fail.
Managers get fired and replaced when a team can’t win, not general managers. Bobby and the players have more to do with this than J.S. ever will. J.S. can only do so much with the money given to him.
Watching this lineup made me suddenly realize exactly how bad our innings are going to be against Jonathan Papelbon this weekend. Although the Red Sox haven’t been playing so great lately, either. Hard to say who’s worse at this point (note: only at this point, like, within the last 4 days. I know they’re better overall).
i just hope none of you overpaid scalpers some ridicuously high price for tickets to this “marquee” slaughtering, i mean series with the red sox
the sad thing is, i once thought about actually going to new york just to see the yankees series…hahaha that would be REAL fun
JS can only do so much? He hasn’t done ANYTHING since calling up all the rookies last year. What we’re experiencing now should have happened last year, but he was bailed out by Francoeur, et al.
He’s been lucky, played with fire, and gambled since 2004. That strategy works great when the other teams in your division collapse. When they’re good, and hungry, you end up 12 games out of first and looking at the wild card.
LMFAO some fan just ran out onto the field at the Metrodome and ran the bases, then got absolutely slaughtered at home by the Red Sox bat boy, while David Ortiz laughed hysterically in the background. FSN had the whole thing aired. Hilarious.
Who won?
Brave in Michigan: It was the Japanese. Don’t blame everything on the Germans!