The Peachtree games aren’t in high def where I am, so if I watch on my main TV I have to change the settings or everything’s all stretched and all the players look as fat as Melky. I can also watch on my old TV in the other room. I realize this is endlessly fascinating, but which feels luckier?
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The bedroom clock radio is my ‘viewing’ choice for tough games/rallies. Of course, I get laughed at (‘”you don’t think you have ANY effect on the game, do you??”).
Simple, start off one either TV. If the Braves are leading, do nothing. If they fall behind, switch. Repeat as necessary.
Old TV. Standard def on a HDTV is no way to live.
Since we are sort of on the subject of how to watch games…
On the off chance anyone from mlb.tv lurks here: Thumbs up on letting me stream the games through my PS3 on to my main TV. Great feature, no extra cost, in HD no less. However you have got to give us a way to get to a game that has already started (or finished) without displaying the score. I can do it on the website, it needs to happen on the PS3 site.
If the rest of the players look as fat as Melky with the picture stretched, what exactly does that do for Melky himself? I’d imagine that his width may actually exceed his height, and it would create the illusion of him just rolling across the field.
Personally, I’d go with the HD set, minus the stretching.
Re-posted from the last thread…
I’m headed to the Ted tonight. Anyone else gonna be there? Email me at alexander dot remington at gmail dot com.
@3, when you log onto to mlb.tv on the ps3, go to options (i think its the “circle” button on the ps3 controller, but im not sure) there is an option to turn off “display scores.” all set.
If anyone plans on driving to the game tonight they might want to leave now. Just drove up out of Atlanta and traffic was already awful both ways.
If Peter is lurking here (I direct all my roster rules questions at him, but anyone who knows, feel free,) I just read that the Braves dropped Lyman from the 40 man. How long can you have 39? Seems the union wouldn’t approve. And when a player is added to the 40, he begins expiring options yearly, correct?
Seems wed only do that to add a player we intend to use soon. Why waste someone’s options when you can just keep Lyman, even if you don’t intend to use him.
@7, obviously, our acquisition of Matt Kemp for a PTBNL and cash is being announced later tonight, duh
If anyone plans on driving to the game tonight, they might want to leave now. Just drove up from Atlanta and traffic was awful both ways, the worst was Southbound.
same lineup as its been
Prado, Melky, Chip, McCann, Glaus, Hinske, Yunel, Gregor, Medlen
oh yeah, per DOB
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jjschiller,
Teams do not have to use every 40 man roster slot. Interesting thought on that, though about whether the Union would make noise.
Typically, if they are clearing a spot, they figure there is a value they can’t access until the lesser value they are releasing etc. is cleared. So, thinking about high minors guys not already on the 40 man, there doesn’t seem to be anyone to want to bring up that isn’t already on the 40 man.
My guess is it is the first step in trying to be ready to complete a trade (not like tomorrow, but over the next few weeks.
Lyman got picked up on waivers by Oakland; it isn’t really a loss. Most people were confused to why he was placed on the 40 man in the first place.
Spike, the way I heard it was, Frank Wren called up Frank McCourt and asked what it would take to get Matt Kemp. McCourt replied: “Take my wife, please!”
ESPN’s All-Star roster. Explained.
The suspense is killing me. Please be a good trade.
Holy cow Medlen looks like retard on that white hat.
He wouldn’t if he would just bend the freakin’ bill a little bit.
Weird. I’ll take the free out er… Run
Those really are terrible hats.
I’m generally against bunting, but in Melky’s case, it might be a good idea.
Melky is so bad with two strikes.
And most of the rest of the time.
Cabrera really isn’t a prototypical 2 hitter
By the way, what is the deal with the hats? Is it some sort of patriotic thing?
Melky just can’t hit NL pitching….
Melky just can’t hit
Fixed it for you.
He just needed to make a “productive out”. Sounds like a bad cold symptom or something.
#6 – Awesome Andrew thanks. I’ll give it a try.
How long can you have 39?
Teams regularly don’t fill all 40 spots during the season.
A little late, what’s with the hats? Did we lose a bet?
I wish Ernie would stop saying that Tommy John surgery used to be career ending. I mean, the whole idea was that the surgery allowed Tommy John to keep pitching.
Gonna be a long night. I’ll still take EJ over Chip any day of the week.
#30- Yeah no question.
I’ve seen enough of those pathetic flies to right from Escobar to last a lifetime. Why is he trying to become Marcus Giles? Pull the damn ball.
Chad Fairchild loves strikes.
Bobby’s nickname for Hinske is “Hin”, in case you were wondering.
Mwahahaha, Blanco.
Blanco will make a fabulous Royal some day.
@33: He’s also called “Ske” by other teammates.
Oh, the originality.
Of course, hitting Blanoo eighth kind of minimizes the impact of his speed, due to the autobunting.
I would go with ‘Ske Ball.
I would go with ‘Rage’ because the anger he displays after making a bad out or disagreeing with a call is awesome.
Just one change up after the next. Nice.
Man, I thought Chipper’s career would end with that run to second base…
Blarg.
We really need Troy to wake up…
I’m working on my “Welcome to Atlanta, Matt Kemp!!!” sign.
That was quick. Hey, Stanton is adjusting to the major very well!!!
See #31.
Wow!
I love it when they think triple out of the box.
Man, Blanco is playing well.
Good job Kris, did the next best thing.
Why in the world did the pitcher swing on a 3-2 count?
MARTIN!!!!!
PRADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the Prado.
Prado is a beast.
The Prado should still be feared.
Oh, well. The good news is that he’s at, I believe, 97 pitches now.
In Prado we trust.
33 pitches that inning. Johnson shouldn’t last more than six so long as the boys take some pitches next inning. Just get him out of the game.
I just tuned into this game. I absolutely love watching Medlen pitch.
Who thinks Glaus should bunt here?
I’m getting tired of Hinske sucking until his last AB.
HECK YES!
The Magnificent Martin Prado.
He is amazing.
Prado does it again!
Damn Martin….teams are going to start pitching around him.
Aren’t those the same hats they wore on Memorial Day? Maybe they just felt they needed to get their money’s worth.
They really are horrible, but they look worse on the Marlins with their gray uniforms. At least the Braves (sort of) match.
Wouldn’t everyone prefer to see Venters here?
We can wait. Saito’s got his act back together.
So which one of you bros had the highest bid on one of Atlanta’s most eligible bachelors?
Who am I kidding? It was me. 😳
Fairchild’s casual, consistently late manner of calling strikes has annoyed the hell out of me tonight. No one came to the ball park to watch you, Chad!
Umpires, 🙄
You know what I hate worse than the wave? The looks that people give you when you refuse to participate in the wave. It’s like you kicked a puppy. Stupid wave.
Nice, Saito. Beating Johnson tonight would be a impressive.
The wave always makes me think of Skip. He, like us, hated it. He always threw in a nice sarcastic comment about it. It always made me laugh.
You have to be kidding me.
You have got to be kidding me.
Unreal. I hate the Marlins so much.
Damnation.
I had Hanley penciled in for that, not Gaby. Billy’s trying to get to 100 wins by the end of the year too apparently.
Son of a-
Blech
How long can Prado and Blanco carry the offense?
You could have almost seen that coming. Wagner can’t be perfect everytime.
The Atlanta Braves: Venezuela’s Team.
Just setting it up for a walkoff.
Wags was due. Hadn’t blown a save in six weeks.
I seriously want to jump through my TV and strangle Fairchild. STOP WAITING 5 SECONDS TO CALL A STRIKE EVERY TIME, YOU FAT FUCK!
Well, he called that one quickly.
Oh sure, now he makes a deliberate call.
I’m scared.
I had Josh Johnson, Kris Medlen, and Billy Wagner on my fantasy team tonight. I’m tied in the wins and saves categories in a head to head league. Unbelievably, I didn’t get a win or save out of this game. I really, really, really hate the Marlins.
I’ve never been wild about fish generally.
I mean, they’re the team of Scott Stapp. ’nuff said.
Giancarlo Stanton sure knows how to strikeout thusfar is his career.
Well, we’re the team of Elton John.
As expected. His strikeout numbers through the minors were just as troubling as his power numbers were impressive. He’ll probably be a star, but he’s gonna strikeout A LOT in his career.
Fairchild!
*shakes fist*
But really, Martin was three steps down the line on that 3-1 pitch before he made the call.
93- I love that video. It’s the perfect sort of awfulness.
here a link
Oh no.
:facepalm:
Pretty sure Glaus’s poor defense just directly cost us a game.
Did anyone find out about the caps? I love how jarring they look on the Marlins. I think every once in a while, the Braves should host a Fashion Nightmare game.
Chipper almost lost the game with that throw.
We want strikeouts, base hits, dough-ble plaaays!!!
Glaus just at least somewhat redeemed himself with that pick. Chipper almost threw that thing into left field.
Ethan, the Dan LeBatard show in Miami did about 3 million parodies of that song. It went something like “we want rain delays, empty seats and blown leads, come on Marlins make us proud”
DAMMIT.
The caps exist so MLB can sell them. That’s it.
OH MY GOD.
I am disgusted.
103 – 😆
Not sure there’s enough indication of the melismatic epicness that takes place during “plays” as you spell it here, though. Should have probably thrown in a few more a’s to get the full effect.
Holy shit.
Sigh.
Please tell me I just didn’t see that happen.
lol wut
Screw this.
This one hurts.
I’ll now start my drinking for the evening. Maybe I’ll end up holding some red panties by the end of the night. My apologies to Bethany, but that’s a Georgia AD joke.
And all of this because of a man called Gaby.
SHIT. BOB SAGET!
That one is on McCann. Venters is not supposed to be involved in that.
un-fucking believable
I want to see the white caps with the tomato uniforms.
Venters looked pretty good tonight. At least, his pitching looked good. Vaseline on the fingers works both ways.
That one is on Glaus. Should have been a routine inning if not for that abomination of a play. He’s a pretty terrible first baseman.
From a positive aspect, if the Braves can tie it up, the Marlins have virtually no position players left. Time to redeem yourself Troy.
Joe had a really good deconstruction of how McCann screwed up that play.
Time to awake from your slump, Troy.
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!
Ross must really be hurting if they didn’t run Hicks for McCann there. I hope that doesn’t come back to haunt us.
Just when I think you can’t do anything worse Troy, you go and do something to totally redeem yourself.
Glaus! Redemption!
Brian shouldn’t have thrown, but Venters’ drop was shockingly bone-headed. LaRoche-esque, really.
I love how two of the three players who screwed up in the top of the inning have done well on offense in the bottom. It’s like that Ghana player who made his PK in the shootout after blowing the one to win the game.
Wait, Ghana lost. Crud.
Hicks is in there now, running for Glaus.
Glaus delivers. Now if Infante and Escobar can avoid completely sucking.
If he’d been in before, the game would be tied.
If he’d been in there before, and Ross is unavailable, we wouldn’t have a catcher.
Could be an indication of Ross’s status. Or it could just be more of Bobby’s overly conservative refusal to ever use his back up catcher until he absolutely has to. “What if the backup gets hurt?!? Who would catch?!? It could happen!” Classic Bobby. I’ve never been a fan of this particular school of thought, though I understand it.
I love this team so much this year.
WIN!
Braves win!
BRAVES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
Viva Venezuela!
I can’t believe the Braves won this game…
There’s a perfect example of a game the Braves don’t win the last couple of years.
And so the Braves overcome their most potent adversaries- each other.
Well, that makes me feel better about a two-hour drive to Atlanta tomorrow 🙂
I am in shock, whew. Awesome win, way to not get down after the bad defense.
Wow…..Phillies shut out the Pirates?
This is my favorite Braves team since when we had the big three together. Unbelievable.
I never doubted us for a second! ( 😉 )
The Braves are on pace to go 62-19 at home this year at this point. Tomorrow is the halfway point of the season, and we’ve still only lost 9 games there!
Not that I expect that to last all year, but still… 😯
Recapped. I’m trying something out. (No, not the national breakdowns of hits.)