Today’s game thread video is dedicated to pirates everywhere.
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Heading to the Braves-Pirates game at PNC in a few hours but just FYI, a really nice column about Chipper in this morning’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about how much Chipper has been calling Adam every week to try and help his old friend break his slump.
I hope Adam gets the ship righted…starting tomorrow.
Hope all Braves Journal posters have called their moms and wished them Happy Mother’s Day. 🙂
AAR,
From last night’s post, yes, definitely try and track us down. Cary and some friends are joining me for the Wednesday night game. Tuesday’s game I am going with my wife and some friends of ours.
I no longer have to worry about paying for a Nats ticket again, thankfully…my new company not only has 4 seats to all games, but one of the officials inside the Nats offices is in fact an old boss of mine from a job I had several years ago when we both lived in Tampa.
Hey I know this is a day late, I just wanted to post some notes from last nights game from the seats.
As soon as I saw Chipper step out of the dugout I knew he was out of the lineup. He took no BP, didn’t field, and walked like he was 98 years old. I kinda felt bad for him.
Pena took BP and fielded – he looks game ready as soon as his DL stint is up. Wickman was also in the house, as was Berry (who went to sign autographs to the confused looks of everyone).
Diaz handed out mad autographs, as did McCann and Francoeur to us lucky folks who got their early behind the dugout. My girlfriend’s life was made as he signed her Frency BP style jersey, right on the number.
The real man of the day was Chipper though. Perhaps knowing he wasn’t going to be able to go, he signed the entire length of the right field line, even after BP had ended, and his teammates emerged in their gameday jersyes, he was still signing and taking pictures. It was a standup thing.
As far as watching from the seats (ten rows back, behind Braves dugout, first base side). James didn’t look to be Cy Young, but was unhittable until the Parontosaurus came in to blow things up. He’s the only Braves player with nothing to celebrate.
Hats off to Thorman. I knew with the way the wind was blowing a lefty with some power could have a big day, and THORman delivered. Willie Mays Hays Harris is continuing to impress, and for awhile there the entire game was a joke. The 36,000 crowd, made up of mostly Pirates fans (when I go to Cincy its mostly Braves fans) didn’t have any trash to talk until Paronto came on.
In the eighth inning, they had one hit and three errors. But hey, there’s nothing like a series against the Pirates to get your swing back.
Note for the kids: when tossing baseballs to players to sign, do so one at time.
That’s 27 hits the last two games. This is a Braves team that is actually fun to watch. Good luck today, and Happy Mothers Day everyone.
Davey – I get one more chance in Cleveland on June 16th, after that it may be another Chipper-less year because I’ll be starting grad school the day the series at Cincy starts in August. In the long term, it’s better for hid health, but why can’t a guy want to see his childhood/present day hero on the field?
Lastly, PNC is a great park for anyone wanting a road trip sometime.
Go Braves.
Great stuff Kyle, and I also didn’t get to see Chipper play when he came to St.Louis, instead I saw Betemit. But unlike your game, we lost on, of all things a David Eckstein walk-off, I believe it was a grandslam but I could be wrong.
Jay10,
You’re correct. I remember that clearly. But I don’t remember who it was hit off of.
How could you not have this video on Mother’s Day? Haha
All I can remember is, the pitching match-up was Jorge Sosa vs Mark Mulder, Sosa pitched very well, then Farnsworth came in, throwing 99. Come to think of it, it might have been off of Farnsworth. Oh and I remember Francoeur hit a homer.
I’m going to try to go to one or two of the games when they come this year.
Oh, what do you know, it was off of Reitsma.
And I guess the pitcher was Carpenter, that’s right, Mulder pitched when I saw the Brewers game.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200508070.shtml
It was off Reitsma. He homered to left, and it barely cleared the wall. Truly a David Eckstein…
Going out for Mother’s Day lunch but I should be back in time to watch some of the game. It’s fun to see the Braves win but its almost more fun to see them when in the last 3 innings. I’d always love to see more 2-out RBIs though.
*win…my brain is starting off a little slow this morning.
PNC is a cool park, for sure. Did the Braves 4-game series there, back in ’05. Couple of decent bars in the immediate proximity, plus the Andy Warhol Museum, which I recommend.
Let’s keep whippin’ up on the NL’s bottom-feeders. Braves are 24-12, and I heard Pete on the radio last night mention that it’s one of the best starts the Atlanta Braves have ever had. (I forget which ATL team was the best.) Amazing, considering some of the teams we’ve seen in the past 16 years.
Even the ’82 team, which won its first 13 games, weren’t 24-12 after 36—they were 23-13.
Johnson
Harris
Renteria
Jones, A
Francoeur
Thorman
Saltalamacchia
Orr
Lerew
In both ’97 & ’98, the Braves got out to 25-11 starts. In ’03, they were 24-12.
Jay10, that video is ridiculous. . . Could find.
err . . . good* find
Still no Chipper… sigh.
Another double for Willie…. nice
Not if he does that though…..
“Another double for Willie…. nice”
And thrown out again….
*sigh* Pirates finally catch a runner stealing, and it has to be agaist us.
So weird to see Renty batting third.
Ugh, you can’t walk Duffy. He’s good on the bases, but he sucks at the plate. That kills you.
pepe looks a little wound up
Not the best of starts here.
good try by renty
b-mac looks pretty in pink, he may want to stick with that look
Isn’t it Saltalamacchia today?
ok, so salty looks good in pink. 😉
snell is all over our batters
Ouch–We need to get that run back…
Now I see why there probably wasn’t anything behind the rumors that the Braves might trade for Snell…
Salty!!
several of the pirates pitchers would benefit from run support.
is it mother’s day or canada day? petey looks lost.
Hey Adam – look at my thumb!
is it mother’s day or canada day? petey looks lost.
No – it’s just every day for ol’ Petey.
Another lead-off walk…
Did he just walk the .164 hitting Huckleberry? This is going to be a long game…..
what is this new dirt ball that pepe is pitching…it doesn’t even make it to the plate.
there’s a strike
Nice play by Thor.
Whew. Way to get around the walk to LaRoche.
Chris Duffy is very very bad.
Nice recovery.
Nice pitching–a very encouraging inning. Now lets get some runs….
“Chris Duffy is very very bad.”
Which is why you don’t walk him to start off the game.
Did Lerew actually hit that ball to the warning track in dead center? Gameday had it there.
Harris–has become one of our best offensive weapons–lets enjoy it while it lasts….
Joe Simpson wishing happy mother’s day all game long is starting to get old, fast.
Yes…Lerew hit that pretty well.
Can anyone explain to me why a parot is a more fitting mascot for the pirates, than say . . . a pirate?
They have an actual Pirate mascot called “Jolly Roger”.
Ah thanks, everyone needs a stupid green parot as a supplement to your real mascot. Makes sense.
Because the Pirates traded thier pirate mascot to the Spongebob Squarepants show for 25 bucks and a jug of old kentucky mash.
Lerew need sto bear down….
sour mash, actually.
Twin-killing a good way to get ready for Jason Bay…
These walks are a very bad sign. Traditionally, Lerew walking people has been followed by Lerew giving up three-run homers.
I think Lerew has more power in his swing than Orr. Might be a better pinch hitter too.
Instead of bothering with the first at bat, why don’t we just concede first base to the first batter.
Not a 3 run HR, but yes the walks are once again a problem for Lerew…
Alex sent me a picture… hold on a minute.
Here we go:
Damn!
“Ah thanks, everyone needs a stupid green parot as a supplement to your real mascot.”
It’s the other way around. The parrot came first. The actual Pirate mascot came just last year.
Lerew is leading a charmed life–to be optimistic that can be the sign of a good or smart pitcher. I can’t help but think that with Snell pitching 2 runs is something of a tall order….
When is Andruw finally going to get hot?
Ah, well then my first statement about why someone has a Parot instead of a Pirate is again pertinent. But, thanks for the info.
Hopefully we can hike up our skirts and get some hits here.
Still and all, that could have been a lot, lot worse, and against anybody good, it probably would have. We ain’t gettin’ shut out today, so there’s still a ballgame.
Can Alex be seen on television?
At least it wasn’t a walk this time…
Well…..at least it wasn’t a walk.
Pete Orr just killed this game.
Pete Orr ladies and gentlemen
Wow – Pete Orr….still contributing.
Jinx Dan…
kj rocks
Sweet play by KJ.
pull pepe…he just hasn’t had it today
What happened? Gameday and cbs gamecast are hung. 🙁
3 run inning for lerew and we still need another out…moylan is in
What happen?
Someone set up us the Pete Orr.
We get signal.
GameDay turn on.
How are you gentlemen?
Your 2nd base are belong to us.
…
Even in whatever altered state is his current reality, Aybar couldn’t have played that bunt worse than Orr.
Man, will they get off the Pittsburgh management apology rant? The team is f’ed because they A; won’t spend money, and B: are run by clods.
way to matty!
Two out magic! Come on Kelly Johnson.
good rally!
COME ON BIG WILLIE
BIG WILLIEEEEEEEEEEEE
what a slap
Yes..chip away fellas
Come on Renteria!
Willie Harris, count it!
i’ll take two
I love these Mitchum commercials.
Does anyone have a link to a free audio feed?
MLB audio only has the Pirates feed.
Can no one get the first batter out?
rob, you can get the braves feed. go to the braves site and then hit the gameday audio
Christ, are Frenchy and Druw just morally opposed to making Snell work a little bit?
glad to see the guys are being patient at the plate…pathetic
Is Joe defending the fact that everyone is jumping on the first pitch?
I really do not like Chip Caray.
The Pirates are giving Chip a lot to cheer about.
Is it too much to ask that the Vulture keep us in the game?
Six straight innings with the Pirates getting their leadoff hitter on.
Villarreal, as usual, sucking.
why didn’t they leave moylan in?
This could be the game where Bobby rewards Kevin Barry for his week with the Braves before they send him back to Richmond when Wickman is recalled…
Well, at this point you leave him out there. Unless you want to treat Barry to some actual PT of course. I reckon he must have kicked Roger in the nuts or run over his dog in a previous life or something.
“Is it too much to ask that the Vulture keep us in the game?”
Yep. A drunken Bobby Cox pushed it with the vulture. If he gives you one scoreless inning, praise the lord and pull him out. Two innings is really pushing it.
oh!!! he plunked him
The Vulture is truly pathetic…
Bautista got trucked…
bautista can not slide
will huckleberry takes him deep?
It just gets better and better….
Kevin Barry warming up!
how does the vulture do it? he takes stink to a whole new level
Barry can’t be any worse than the Vulture!
Villarreal fricking sucks. Why in the hell is he on this team?
And Villareal puts it on ice…
i don’t think the boys are going to try to play catch up…they’re already thinking about dinner in DC
The Vulture has made the game safe for Kevin Barry…
woodward?
Huddy might do better as a pinch hitter than Woodward.
rob,
did you find the feed?
they pull kj and bring in barry…the towel has been thrown
Villarreal has pitched in 12 games this season. In seven of those twelve games, he’s given up runs. Villarreal has also given up runs in his last five straight apperences.
Chip makes it sound as if the ingrown toenail made Redman suck…instead of the fact that Redman just flat out sucks…
On a related note, the lead-off man is on yet again.
another lead off walk
I’ve flipped off the Braves’ game and am instead watching the Cubs-Phillies game and rooting for the Cubs (hopefully the Braves won’t lose any ground to the Phillies.)
Cubs leading 2-1 in the top of the ninth. Cubs have the bases loaded and one out. Come on Cubs.
Is it “appearances”?
Might as well get it all out of their systems today
i’m gonna take a nap
go baves!
Is there a more useless player than Chris Woodward? If he can’t even play defense, what exactly is it he does that earns him a spot on a major league team with playoff aspirations?
Well, at least Bobby Cox won’t have to think long or hard who to ditch when Wickman is ready on Tuesday.
And the Nationals are next with Smoltz and Hudson pitching the first two games.
Who’s fault is all this crap?
Any chance we score 10 runs this inning?
wow, guess not.
Phillies lose.
And the Pirates get the leadoff hitter on in every inning. Sad. Though nice to see LaRoche get a hit.
Salty almost got it out of the park (again)
And the Braves lose, what an horrible game
Well, that was an embarrassing loss. At least we still won the series.
That one won’t help the ol’ “expected” win-loss figure.