Today’s Game Thread Video is dedicated to the Yankees. Or the Red Sox. Hell, I can’t tell them apart anymore.
I’ve used this song before but this is a different clip. The Who: great live band, or greatest live band?
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Hopefully Lerew pitches as well as Davies did in a similar position last year. I would be thrilled to pitch at Fenway.
Whether they’re the greatest live band is a subjective call, obviously, but they’re #1 on the list of bands I wish I’d seen. The E Street Band was the best large-venue show I’ve ever seen. I’m not a big Springsteen fan (and I didn’t pay for the ticket), but they put on a great show.
Favorite small-venue shows have been The Fall and Gang of Four. Gotta love those angry working-class Brits.
Worst show ever — The Cars, hands down.
I recently saw Van Morrison at Chastain Park (which, by the way, is the worst place to see a show). He completely owned “Georgia On My Mind”.
I’ve heard Pearl Jam play Baba O’Riley twice, and it is quite an entertaining live song. I love Pete’s energy in that clip.
I saw Megadeth at the Masquerade in Ybor City(Tampa) in 1999. That show ruled. Especially when Dave Mustaine told some guy in the audience to go f— himself.
R.E.M. was the greatest I ever saw live….seen ’em in tiny places and big arenas
Hey guys-
I’ve got an extra ticket to today’s 1pm Red Sox Game. If you are in town and want to go call me at 408 627 2619. We need an extra braves fan down there to get beat up with us.
cya!
the pixies opening for u2 at the omni…changed my life.
the mooney sazuki opening for the strokes at the tabernacle…electric
Just wanted to let everybody know that the Braves official site updated their page to say that both games are on SS tonight.
So all of us hoping to catch Smoltz on TBS tonight, our emotions have been toyed with.
Evil. Truly evil. Good thing I work tonight though…
there goes my saturday evening….thats kinda sad isnt it….
Dave matthews band in 1993 in hamburg, germany. The most amazing concert I have ever been to.
Go braves!
In case anybody missed it, we brought Redman off the disabled list and sent Pena to Richmond. Apparently he’s there for long relief this weekend, with the potential uncertainty of Smoltz’s pinky finger. The article by Bowman suggests that it’s not guaranteed he’ll get his rotation spot back after this weekend. But unless Lerew throws a masterpiece, I’m fully expecting it.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070518&content_id=1972197&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
so is the weather gonna let them play?
anyone know why the game isn’t on mlb.tv?
If you go to the Braves official site, there is an MLB.TV link below Lerew’s picture.
On the “matchups” side.
MLBTV isn’t working for me either. It says its blacked out in my area (Queens, NY). Any thoughts?
And I’m a Ben Folds fan myself. I’ve seen him rock large and small venues.
Los Lobos/Jason and the Scorchers, 688 club March, 1983. Los Lobos ALWAYS puts on a great show, but that was the first tour for both acts. Cover price – $3.
there goes the no hitter! 🙂
gotta stay positive.
Going into this series I always thought Wilson would act as DH.
Anyone surprised Diaz got the call to DH over Salty?
Note: I’m not an idiot, I know Wilson was released. But leading up to the series it’s what I assumed.
ouch!
Lugo just owned Lerew.
This is going to get fugly.
I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the band selection here. I’ve seen the Pixies and Ben Folds as well.
Just have to ask…what the hell is the deal with everyone having a goatee? Even Dice-K is joining the club.
is the game blacked out on MLB.tv for everyone?
No goatee can top Todd Helton’s.
You’d need a weed eater to trip that thing.
i can only hope the bull pen is ready to pitch…Pepe looks like the BoSox stole his lunch money.
It’s blacked out, because Fox doesn’t want you watching an out-of-market game for even 10 minutes while they air a game that doesn’t start until a shade before 4 p.m. God forbid we watched such a game while MLB on Fox was on air. The world would tilt off its axis if we did.
the vulture has been spotted
shewwwwwwww
27 pitches.
well, thank god Smoltz is pitching the next game.
I guess we have not seen the last of Redman afterall…
well, lerew is gonna get some time to season at the farm. as this is hardly the outing that Cox was looking for to keep Redman out of the rotation.
The struggle of offense continues…
BAD CALL!
The Vulture is in the building.
The Braves don’t have a fifth starter.
Check that, the Braves have two pitchers who throw on the fifth day of the rotation. Calling them “starters” is a little much.
All we have to look forward to is Redman.
What was Lewrew’s pitch count through his two innings?
It is really sad if Lerew gets sent down because of today’s start. Not that 3 runs in 2 innings of work is great, it’s not even good. But Redman would have made that look like gold. I don’t know if we’d be out of the first yet had he been up to start against the Red Sox.
So this is what a good baseball team looks like.
I’m not hitting the panic button, just being realistic.
A week from today, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Braves and Phillies were a game apart, if not even, in the NL East.
Shocking…the big “hero” doesn’t move the runner over. I sm justs hopeful we get some offense in the Smoltz/Huddy starts.
Gameday says they’re putting in Redman. I’ll need to change my pants soon.
Redman’s in the game now? I think I have to vomit.
Shouldn’t Redman just be getting people water?
WTF, man.
Why did the Vulture only go one inning?
Shouldn’t Andruw be our 7th or 8th hitter now? He’s doing terrible, goes down to a knee in every at bat, and just is all out of sync. He needs to start working with TP some more if he wants that big contract everybody has been predicting.
Renty looked nice in the 3-spot a couple days ago, I hope they change the order up and let him hit third with Chipper batting clean-up.
BX: is this your lineup?
Johnson
Harris/Diaz
Renteria
Chipper Jones
Francoeur
McCann
Andruw Jones
Thorman
Kyle B, that’s pretty close, I may have switched McCann and Francoeur, however.
Yeah I agree.
Thorman is a wildcard too. You’ve never know how he’s going to bat.
Redman just went three up, three down.
The Sox weren’t ready for the Redman heater.
Here it goes.
Nice, that’s exactly the kind of bad luck the Braves are having…
Anybody blacked out on MLB.TV:
Go to the site and load it again so you get the blackout message. Close the window, open up Tools, and type the following in the manual proxy box under whatever button you click with your browser to get to your connection information:
87.236.197.249
port 8080
Then click OK all the way out and reopen MLB.TV. I’m watching right now through a server in the Czech Republic.
Bases loaded, no outs … what more did you expect out of Redman?
Anybody have news on Cormier?
This game is so fun to watch…if you are a Red Sox fan…
Bad bounce on Chipper’s play, should have been a double play…
Of course, by getting MLB.TV to work, you have to then watch Redman suck. So maybe you should just leave it.
Are you actually Jack Bauer?
Seems like something only he would know…
Seriously, who saw that coming?
This was a punt game from the start. Just let Redbone finish to save the ‘pen.
That’s great.
Set up a tee.
See, there you go… verified proof that Redman is worse than Lerew.
Whenever they decide to pull him can they give him his release too?
Where’s the team I had fun watching in April.
I can just hear Bobby after the game – “I thought Mark pitched really well. I thought he was locating; just made one bad pitch.”
Redman is the illegitimate love child of Kolb and Reitsma.
I’m going to turn the tv off now. Hopefully they’ll go ahead and let Redman pitch the rest of the game, and put in the reserves to give Chipper, McCann, etc some more time off before the night game.
We are better than this. I can’t bring myself to believe that our great start was a fluke, and we are really only as good as we’ve played the last week.
4 hits, 4 runs, 1 walk, 1 out.
Jeremy:
Best line ever.
He’s awful.
I’d rather get a root canal than watch Redman pitch.
Just joining the game–Pete has just conceded tha this is not a great game for Mark Redman….
The Paranosaurus will now throw his legendary sinker that doesn’t sink.
Bobby popped a handful of sunflower seeds on his way to the mound just now — presumably so he wouldn’t have to speak once he got there.
Stephen –
Lerew went 2 and gave up 3 runs, Villareal one scorless, Redman…the rest.
looks like redmans toe looks great!
Kyle B.–Thanks for the update–I came just in time to see Redman work is usual magic….
There is no way the Braves keep Redman around, right? Right?
Is Berry still on the team?
It’s about time to put in “The Towel”
Cormier couldn’t do his rehab starts fast enough now. Let’s hope the other two go a lot better and our offense actually shoes up for once.
He should have already been gone–long gone! Anyway, Lerew may go down (not necessarily a bad thing) and we may see Buddy Carlyle and Trey Hodges who have nice numbers at Richmond. We could not possibly be worse off than we are with Redman….
Salty is now in for McCann. Let’s start bringing in the other “towels” on the team to save the rest of the players for tonight.
Kyle B., Barry was sent down to Richmond when Wicky was reactived.
Not that Salty is a “towel” though.
What about trading for Odalis Perez? Word is the Royals are shopping him. Dayton and JS have done business together before.
This is nothing more than BP for the Sox anyway, I say let Andruw play SS and Salty play 1B.
Put Pete Orr on the mound.
Is it me or is Paronto not that much better than Redman lately?
SINKERS have to SINK
Let’s hope McBride can actually do something if he comes in.
Ten runs after 5 is still the mercy rule, right?
At least Andruw still has his defense going for him.
Mercy rule. Shake hands. Nice try. See you at 7:35.
Wow. We can’t even get Coco Crisp out.
Paronto is having the same problem Hudson had last year. His sinker simply isn’t sinking, and the ball just stays up without much speed.
Also…it’s the 6th inning.
A touchdown, extra point and a field goal; we need to recover a few fumbles and block a couple of punts….
I think the team’s just depressed. They need a lot of love and support right now. Maybe Smoltz can take them all out for a quick nine holes between games and talk shop with them.
Touch your nose.
I think they need a kick in the ass.
Paronto’s ERA has to be Redmanesque by now.
Can they just end this game now? Seriously. Forfeit and save the pen and the players for the nightcap. All this is doing is dragging it out.
Boston is kicking them in the ass. They need a hug.
Paronto’s ERA is a robust, Redmanesque 9.00. Amazing; truly amazing.
We need a really solid performance from Smoltz tonight to salvage this day. Who do we have in the pen to bridge the gap for the rest of the game? Villarreal, Paronto, and Redman are gone. I don’t want to use Soriano, Gonzo, or Wickman. I guess McBride the rest of the game, or is he not even up?
Gonzo is on the DL–isn’t he?
The mock chop is about as witty as a pink tennis ball.
Can we bring back Ken Ray and Jason Schiell please? This is starting to feel like last June. I hope Smoltz and Huddie restore order.
Didn’t Atlanta rip the chop off from the Seminoles or something?
yay! we scored a dignity run
and 2 more…still feels meaningless
Ken Scheinman: Probably. Doesn’t make the mock chop any less unoriginal. Of course, I wouldn’t expect anything less from the pinheads of RED SOX NATION!
Take that, Dice-K ERA
Frenchy has him figured out, I’ll give him that.
We get three, they get another one to add to their double-digit score.
Did Willy Mo really just do that
I guess they feel good enough with the lead that they could eat a whole meal in the dugout.
Hey! Smoltz tonight!
Sox fans still bitter over Renteria. The guy only apologized to the organization and every pinhead Red Sox fan in the world and they still can’t let it go. Shocking, I know.
Is this where Andruw drops below .220?
A: Yes.
At least it’s over.