In order to win a contested baseball game, you must score at least one run.
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First!
You know, I wouldn’t mind the return of wun, Gadfly, and Coach, if the Braves would only score five runs tonight.
Prepare to be angry: Melky is batting 5th.
#Brave lineup 1. Infante 3B, 2. Heywrd RF, 3. Lee 1B, 4. McCann C, 5. Cabrera LF, 6. Conrad 2B, 7. Gnzlez SS, 8. Ankiel CF, 9. Hanson
If the Braves win tonight, I’ll actually feel pretty good about this series.
Of course, they’ll probably score zero runs. The AAA Braves’ offense might be a better bet at this point.
Wait, these aren’t the AAA Braves?
Hinske obviously doesn’t have the pictures.
Baffling.
Well, the Phillies sure won’t get two no-hitters now!
We’ve been Melk’d.
The Braves showed in September that without Chipper and Prado they are quite capable of losing at home, so even if they win today, I’ll still be highly skeptical of their chances at taking the series.
I hope at some point Vasquez gives up a homer that keeps the Yankees from reaching the World Series. That would at least partly compensate us for having to spend an entire year watching Bobby run out Melky to start.
It is the start of MELK-TOBER!
Well Hanson’s pitching tonight, so the chances of any scoring are slim
i cant figure out who i’m more mad at: bobby or melky.
Of the three guys below Melky, who do you want there instead?
My oh my….why can’t Bobby split up the futility in the bttm of the order? Bat Melky, Conrad or Ankiel 2nd to bunt…at this point they are all the same.
ya know what we’re going to see tonight? jason heyward square to bunt. and do you know what i’m going to do? vomit.
I’m hoping for some Melktober magic, but I’m not expecting the Braves to score any runs this series. It’s a distinct possibility and I’m trying to not get my hopes up.
17- “Melktober magic” reminds me of the Joker from The Dark Knight, and will probably be about as good for our sanity. “Watch me make this offense disappear!”
I’m not even going to bother with being frustrated at this line-up anymore. It’s not like Bobby could do that much better with the current roster. No, it’s time to just sit back, and take in Melktober.
@18 – Why so serious?
“It’s not like Bobby could do that much better with the current roster.” – John
I kind of disagree
Infante
Heyward
Lee
Bmac
Glaus
Hinske
AAG
McLouth
is an immediate improvement offensively…we are going to piss away the game in the field either way so at least give us a fighting chance offensively
I really don’t get why we haven’t started Glaus or Hinske during this stretch of extremely poor hitting, either. They will at least provide some power, perhaps force pitchers into making some decisions, etc. It certainly couldn’t hurt. I don’t think Hinske is any worse defensively in left than Diaz, Cabrera or McLouth, nor do I think Glaus is any worse at third than Conrad or Infante.
What happened to the pitch-tracker graphic on TBS?
More likely to occur: no errors from Conrad and Infante or a Cabrera RBI?
Hinske must be hurt or something that limits him to pinch hitting duties. He hasn’t played the field since Sept 7.
@24, Melkster could get hit by a pitch and get an RBI, so I vote for that.
25—I think Cox just doesn’t trust him out there, which would be more understandable if we didn’t see Cox run Melky out there in center.
I never knew that our starting shortstop had a music career: http://www.google.com/m/search?site=images&source=mog&hl=en&gl=us&client=safari&q=drake#i=1
Soapbox: Why did Baker double switch, if he wasn’t going to send Ondrusek back out anyway? Just pinch hit for Ondrusek.
By not double switching, you have the flexibility to send up an infielder instead of locking yourself in with Heisey, you also don’t announce to Manuel in advance who is batting in the 9 spot so it’s not as easy for him to set up his bullpen, you also even have the option to leave Ondrusek in to bunt if the leadoff guy gets on. And you can still bat Heisey if that’s the best move a the time.
Now the lefty Nix is out, who undoubtedly would have faced Madsen or Lidge. And now you will have to pinch hit for what should have been your 5 hitter. And all because he didn’t want to burn a pitcher he didn’t even end up sending back to the mound.
Really, why does anyone double switch any more with 7 man bullpens?
The Phillies are so much better than any other NL team in these playoffs.
The Reds have borrowed our gloves in the bottom of the 7th. (Aroldis Chapman’s fastball has been “off”- that is, 99-101 mph.)
I would dare to say the Reds just demonstrated defense worse than the Braves’.
That looked like something we would do.
29 — Remember, Dusty Baker is the guy who doesn’t like to clog up the bases.
I mean that rivals some of Melky’s Greatest Hits.
Just going to say that. The Reds have played far worse I think. You don’t expect Infante and Conrad to make a ton of plays, but you do expect Rolen and Phillips to, and you expect Bruce to catch a routine fly ball. Epic meltdown in the 7th.
Why does every team in the National League play like they have money on the Phillies? This one has been nothing they’ve done.
Utley may have in fact been out at both second and third base, lucky team.
4 errors for Cincinatti. Boy oh boy.
Utley shouldn’t have been on base to begin with, with his phantom HBP.
And I’m still not convinced he was safe at second. And he may not have touched third base before scoring.
Good point, I wasn’t sure it touched him either. Philadelphia gets rewarded for lying and bad baserunning, what else is new? Don’t think the rules have applied to them since the ASB, and it’s foolish to stand in their way at this point.
I think fans should start protesting MLB to fire some umpires.
Why wouldn’t every home playoff team wave those stupid white hankies while their team is hitting and hope the other team’s outfielders would lose one ?
I happen to think that the umpiring is usually atrocious, people just complain about it more when it happens to their team in the playoffs, like us last night.
I don’t know If this has been mentioned, but Buster Posey looked out yesterday.
On Utley’s HBP, I don’t think the pitch came within 3 inches of him. And, has been mentioned before, he was out at 2nd. And he missed third, but that’s not on the umps unless the Reds appeal, which they didn’t. Quite the trifecta!
Yeah, on the HBP, it looked like the hand that *might* have gotten hit (the right one) was not the one he was holding with a grimace at first base.
Awesome. The Braves are circumventing one of the dumbest movies of all time: Titantic. There is at least some justice in the world.
This fucking baseball game better not come and interrupt me in the middle of Titanic.
either way, we’re watching a sinking ship
47/ 48- Have you two met?
@48,
ha ha ha ha ha
It’s Melk-tober
But Dane Cook hasn’t told us how many Melktobers there are!
the pitch didnt hit utley, he was out at 2nd, and yes he missed 3rd
There are, in fact, four Melk-tobers
One for each 150 pounds.
At least for one day, Chase Utley knows how Les Miles feels.
Melk-tober will be splash down number 56! IT will be a cannon ball and will kill those people in boats.
Im pumped!
Derek Lowe is way too old to have his haircut.
Omar swung at a first pitch! This is a new day!
uh oh….
Omar breaking up the no no
Bunt, Jason! Bunt!!
watch the bunt and get ready to scream.
bunt
Wow, another leadoff hit! Prediction: he doesn’t even get to third base.
I like the hit and run
a hit an run? what?
a break?
“Bobby Cox feels this is going to be another low scoring ball game.”
I’m sure he’s felt that way since Prado went down.
what? they just trying to even the playing field?
Jason is missing a LOT of pitches
The bunt would have been better than that.
Heyward, to Posey: “Take some of that.”
Terrible at-bat by Heyward…
Did he just say McCain???
He wants to get to Melky.
Yay, we’ve cleared Melky!
Intentional unintentional walk to McCann to get to Melky Cabrera?
Walking McCann to get to the 5 consecutive pitchers.
At least someone isn’t swinging at everything.
Melky up to drive em in?
4 pitch walk by Bmac, Melky will swing at the 1st pitch
Dear Melky: just imagine the ball is trying to take your cheeseburger.
Melky sucks.
Melky hitting fifth is equivalent to Charlie Liebrandt facing Kirby Puckett. I won’t miss Bobby.
MELKTOBER BEGINS the same way melktember, melch, melpril, and all of the other melkmonths of the frickin’ baseball season.
SHITTY!
Alex, to be fair, hitting anyone fifth not already listed 1-4 would be similar.
I was thinking about how abysmal our lineup is, and it struck me that the injuries to Chipper and Prado have really just masked/exacerbated our inabilities to fix the holes at CF, LF, and (lesser extent) SS.
drewdat – i think you forgot that we traded Yunel for AAG. He’s got 23 HR’s
Good grief Reds…
Statue.
csg, Yunel was the hole at SS. AAG hasn’t been as bad of a replacement as Ankiel, perhaps, but I wouldn’t call his performance for the Braves a particular strength of ours.
85- Only six as a Brave (and Yunel hit four in Toronto). With a glove of stone and no plate discipline, AAG has not been any kind of upgrade.
it was 100% sarcasm, everyone knows that AAG sucks
Hanson looks filthy.
Those Cheetos-colored uniforms are going to make Melky salivate so much he’ll be dehydrated by the third.
Make the world a better place…..punch Melky Cabera in the face.
Brian J, but AAG displays his petulance and disappointment in a way that is much more palatable to the team than Yunel. The value is immeasurable.
Sorry, csg. But there are still people here who post that with all sincerity.
Hanson’s doing the right thing by simply trying to take the Giants down himself. Just assume that our IF has money on San Francisco, Tommy.
Ballgame.
I still remember DOB talking about it going down as one of the best Braves trades ever…another reason I hate that place
well this game is over
Nevermind.
ballgame
Oi.
Burrell was just available and the Braves didn’t add him.
Man I wondered would Hanson be as good as Lowe was last night….question answered. A stupid 95mph fastball…lol
101 – nope, 95 mph fastball
one thing you dont throw Burrell is a 1st pitch fastball, ever
So.. Where do we go from here?
back to ATL for Bobby’s last game
Why did McCann call a first pitch fastball?
I think I’ll just stay on TNT and watch the other sinking ship.
#90
Yes, filthy…I feel dirty now after that 3 run homer. And Dick Stockton just basically buries us and seems to already be previewing Giants-Phillies. Asshole. Go watch “Matlock”, old codger.
TNT has gone back to airing the other sinking ship.
are you kidding me conrad !!!
#104
To add insult to injury, the Giants will give Bobby a going away present before the game starts on Sunday.
#107
RIMSHOT!
Bobby trying to get tossed.
Thank you, AAG, for demonstrating the difference between a Major League shortstop and… you.
Huff was off the bag
No way he kept the base
The good news: lot of baseball left. The bad? The Braves offense is horrible at baseball.
Please throw out AAG. I will never complain about umpires again.
Great umpiring.
Paul Emmel blows donkeys.
I think Huff held the bag.
Ok, Bobby ejected. Hey, replacement manager…will you please take Melky out of the 5th spot? Thanks a bunch.
Hey, Ankiel got a hit! Of course, when it doesn’t matter.
The Giants’ three runs in the first inning: more than the Braves will score the entire series?
Cain looks hittable at least…
That call was a donkey? 🙂
Yeah, he was off the bag. I have learned to believe the opposite of AAG, but he may have had a case. Of course, if he was running 100%, he wouldn’t have been able to see Huff’s foot.
Huff kept the base like Posey was safe last night
Same umpire as the ridiculous stolen base call last night. AAG should have been safe because he owes us way more than that.
could they possibly find worse umpires for these playoffs?
@121
3 more than the Braves will get all series
@124, Excellent point. He was hardly busting down the line.
Tommy Hanson may lose, but I predict he outhits Melky tonight. And Alex Gonzalez, too.
at least ask for help says the coach to the blind man !!!
#127
Bud Selig probably handpicked this idiot. Takes one to know one I guess.
Bill Hohn would have thrown Chipper out there too
Bobby got thrown out b/c he was so pissed he put fat boy in the 5 hole.
@132
And O’Flaherty, back in Atlanta.
Just thinking about instant replay, doubt you could have overturned, because Huff could have scraped the bag or something. .01% chance, but I bet it would have stood up.
After seeing like 5 times, I think Huff was off barely. It’s hardly conclusive with the luxury of a replay, so it’s not nearly as bad a call as last night’s.
LMAO….
133- Like an admiral atoning for his mistakes by going down with the ship.
Things to look forward to post Pat Burrell’s home run:
-Bobby’s last emotional last game.
-Melky being arrested for armed robery of a little debbie’s delevery truck in the offseason.
-Wren finding a real left fielder.
-Fredie Freeman’s home run in his first at-bat on opening day.
– Remembering what it feels like to have a 100 rbi player who is not Frenchy.
-Kimbrel or Venters leading the league in saves.
-A promising Falcon’s season
-Another Alabama National Championship
-A medicore Hawks’ season
-Watching LaBron and D-Wade fail.
-Chipper announcing his retirement in Febuary, so he doesn’t get humilated trying to come back.
-Instant Replay in baseball (it will happen).
-Another Miley Cyrus movie.
LOL at the Melky stagger. I guess it is getting to be about that time on the east coast.
Hey. Melky didn’t ACTUALLY fall down trying to make a routine play. He just ALMOST fell down.
Potted plant.
Oh, this is just adding insult to injury now.
This bites.
If Melky had fallen over, California would have fallen into the ocean…
Apparantly bad defense in LF is more palatable when you can’t hit either. God the Braves should have given their spot to the Padres and their fans.
i’m ready for this season to be over. i just pray that the braves trade aag for something.
Now Melky thinks he is the MAN…LMAO
Did Melky just make a good defensive play?
yea that was a hit by the pitcher
These guys umpire games for a living. They are supposed to be the “best of the best” We constantly hear how hard their jobs are and how they train and put on clinics. How they usually get the call right.
They get the easy ones right, but I think they miss a lot of “tough” ones they would get right if they would get in better position. I don’t want to ever hear umpires whine again.
By my unofficial calculations, Melky and AAG have already cost us at least 8 runs in this game.
Melky made a routine play. Cain wasn’t exactly running the bases cautiously there.
wow melky knew what to do when he got the ball !!!
At this point, we’ll be lucky to score a run in this series.
Our ineptitude has become comical. We have a fat kid in the outfield. This means we are going to come back and win the big game. I hate that it took me this long to see its inevitability.
So Melky has an Angel? Maybe that’s why he stumbled, the Angel was loading him up for a super spin throw to nail Ross at second, but Melky screwed it up. Typical.
The sad thing is, Francouer would improve this lineup.
How the hell did we make the playoffs, again?
Ohhh, classy Giant fans again chanting “Posey’s better”. I don’t even think Phillies fans would act like this.
I never understood the confidence in Tommy Hanson. It feels like he has these dud games every other time he pitches.
Melky’s Angel? sounds like a bad Adam Sandler movie
I can’t wait to see Heyward when he is completely healed next year.
Those are the same fans who pulled for Barry Bonds when the whole world knew he was a douche.
@152 Agreed. We need to hire Buttermaker to teach us how to play defence before the Sunday game, then the series is all ours.
That’s a ball. These umps blow.
How was that a strike?
Anybody think bobby getting tossed is a good thing?
these unintentional intentional walks have been killing us for the big inning for 3 weeks
hanson wussed out on posey AB – go after him dude – as a man – dont you want to challenge a rook. He pitched to posey like he was barry bonds.
Ump missed a strike to Posey too, would have been 2-1, not 3-0 before the walk.
That was a strike to Heyward
Cain will get the corners. These umps know the Braves are not going to score, why waste everyone’s time.
Can’t even get any hope. Come on, at least get two runners on so I can be delusional that they’ll have a multi-run inning.
Ironic The Titanic is on TNT…feels like what is going on on TBS
is anyone drunk? is it easier to take the ineptitude inebriated?
Pitchtrax said the strike three to Heyward was a ball.
Well, as our genial host has said, “If we had hope, we’d really be screwed.”
And if we had middle infielders, we’d only have two or three holes to fill.
Bean Posey
Ok, Conrad… make that play with a runner on 2nd please.
I’m pretty drunk and it just makes the suckiness blurry.
@171
that’s a problem shared by about 51% of the world population….
Melky, our left fielder [sic] and #5 hitter [sic], ladies and gentlemen.
It’s a long way to Melktober.
Bullpen after 3, really? I mean, it was pretty much just one mistake pitch…
OK, good.
@174 I’m joining you. Honestly, it is amazing that this collection of misfits made the playoffs. Tell me who, other than Heyward and McCann, are premier players in the major leagues right now. None.
Short leash for Hanson.
What’s harder to overcome a four runner deficit or a four major league hitter deficit?
@179, Infante.
@182 check that. at this time, i would have to agree.
@183, Happy drinking. Wish I could join.
McOut with a single. Really crushed that one.
It’s not about lacking premier players so much as it is having, at any given time, upwards of four exceptionally bad players in the lineup. The Giants don’t have very many “premier” hitters, but they have solid major leaguers up and down the lineup.
Lee has had a pretty good September, also. Unfortunately, McCann, Heyward, and Infante are all slumping now, which leaves Lee, who isn’t exactly hot either. Therefore, we won’t score again in 2010.
Ok, here we go.
Come on, Jason. Big AB here.
Two on for Heyward with one out. This is theoretically exciting, right?
Now or never, ladies.
Here comes the double play…
I feel theoretically excited.
Oh my god. *Sigh*
192- I’d say thanks a lot, but we all knew that was coming.
Now I feel actually depressed.
Oh I know, it pretty much goes without saying these days.
When he slumps…he slumps, but he’s only 21 y/o.
Anyone see any good movies lately?…
Flight of the Conchords is very funny. There was an episode on tonight.
This has got to be one of the worst showings for a team in the playoffs in history.
Why am I watching this?
I’ve no idea. I’m working through the DVR, already knocked out two shows.
Reds have us beat, IMO. Of course, it’s like Sheets vs. Randy Johnson against us that one year.
@ 201
The two worst lineups ever seen in postseason play are tonights braves lineup and last nights braves lineup.
I think it’s best I keep my cynicism to myself…
There’s a report floating around twitter that Cain is a belly-itcher and may be merely posing as a pitcher. That may prove to be his undoing.
Due up: Out 1, Out 2, Out 3
At what point do we all start rooting against the Braves scoring runs? A three game shutout over a playoff series would be historical.
209- Not quite. The Dodgers were shut out in the last three games of the 1965 World Series. It’s the failure to ever score a run that would be the Braves’ skid mark on history.
Lee’s on second! Yay! Or is that, Boo!
I might rather have the Nats or Fish field players with our pitching staff than these misfits coached by Terry P
Does anything think the Marlins would not have scored at this point?
Lee!
What’s that? We caught a break?
This has got to be one of the worst showings for a team in the playoffs in history.
That’s because it’s one of the worst playoff teams in history. Seriously.
This stings, but I’m still thankful that we’re relevant again. There’s quite a bit to build on, here.
And what an era it was.
A run!!!!!!
A run!
OMGOMGOMG
Bring in a reliever? The Giants should think about cutting Cain after he let our team score.
IT WORKED IT WORKED!!!!!
McCann?!? Now our historical significance has been erased!
HOLY SHIT, A RUN!
Cats and Dogs living together!!! Go Braves!
4-1 AND HERE COMES MELKTOBER!
Woohoo! No longer shut out for the series.
Runs!
Here comes Melky to restore order.
dont swing melky.
Anagrams for “Melky Cabrera”:
Ramble Creaky
Baker Male Cry
Baker Lame Cry
Amble Yack Err
Ramble Car Key
good god, he’s fuckin’ horrible.
The announcer said the tying run is at the plate? I guess he knows Melky counts for two.
Melky makes me so angry, so so angry.
just Melky being, well, fat.
Do Dick Stockton and Chip share a brain? Makes sense with TBS wanting to scale back the baseball operations.
Melky isn’t the tying run Dick. Not really ever, but especially not down three with one baserunner.
Is it too early for Folk Hero?
I’d say it’s too late.
Yes.
It’s kind of funny that a player as mediocre as Conrad has captured so many hearts and minds.
Melky-Conrad-Gonzalez is such an awful trifecta that it’s almost comical. That is, it’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
234- Or too late in the season.
and back to staring at balls down the middle and swinging at balls out of the zone. boy does our 5-8 hitters suck something fierce.
Which is worse, tonight’s popups or last night’s strikeouts?
Why do Brooks and AAG keep swinging at that high fastball? They can’t hit it.
We have to deal with Agony next year too? Damn..
241- Unless you think we can go with Hicks or Diory.
I miss Yunel. But hey, that chemistry!
@241, I wonder. Do they trade Infante while his stock is high or dump AAG and give SS to Omar?
I’m really not that stressed. My expectations were so low coming in. This is not the lineup that got us to the post season.
Nice play Conrad.
@244
you must remember that AAG’s stock is high also.
and we get a prime example of why Melky should never be playing in this game….
Lee and Bmac both put up good ab’s and we score. They are holding Bmac and Melky gets a 2-0 count. The right side is completely open for him to try and turn on a pitch. He is late and hits a lazy fly to LF….go eat another cheeseburger
also, Im sick of AAG’s act. After every popup, K, weak grounder…he’s slinging a bat or helmet. Someone needs to remind him that he sucks
I would hope that if it came down to Omar or Agony, they’d pick Omar. All that is assuming Chipper plays next year.
I missed the McCann RBI single. Seems like TP hasn’t thoroughly corrupted him yet. *Rolls eyes*
And with that single NLDS run, my highest expectations for Braves 2010 baseball have now been met.
Melky, go get the damn ball.
AAG’s stock is not high. He has a .250avg .294OBP and the .676slg% in Atl is what everyone will expect from him
Not sure how this is TP’s fault. This is a AAA line up. We lost our two best hitters. Chill.
Early Cake BM
252- That still leaves five guys who would have started in the good old days of May, June, and July. That shouldn’t leave a lineup that scores .5 run per game.
252–He was being sarcastic.
ah shucks, I missed an R.
Not counting pitchers, how many of the playoff roster do we want to see on the opening day roster next season?
I think Alex was being facetious.
if Wren wants to get back to what made this team successful, he’d cut AAG, Melky, Farnsworth, and Rick Ankiel before the plane gets back in Atl
Maybe he’ll cut them on the flight home. But we’ll give them parachutes first. Well, except maybe Melky- his bloblike form shouldn’t incur any damage when he hits the ground.
How many times in this series have the braves struck out on chin high fastballs?
I’d like to see a baserunner on before I burn Hinske.
Melky coulda done that.
Geez – How many popups have we hit exactly right there this game?
Rob, he did last inning
CSG…to follow-up on Agony, every time he Ks or pops up he slings the bat as if he just missed the pitch. C’mon Agony, you are not fooling anyone. We know you are horrible.
Throw Melky off the plane, just not over Nebraska, we would lose acres of valuable land.
@261
I think it’s about a 10,000% increase since we got AAG and Ankiel (and Lee, but he’s somewhat useful when not swinging at face-high pitches). Conrad playing every day just adds that much more.
I didn’t realize the Giants had a bullpen.
Heyward really needs to get on base here
Take a walk Heyward, the way he is swinging he is not going to hit the lefty. Dammit, I knew it would be Lopez.
They have a good bullpen.
I feel sorry for the Padres now… they could at least put up a fight against someone
Not a strike.
Too close to take
How was that a strike?
another strikeout looking….Heyward is either just worn out from the length of this season or he’s in an awful slump
We got that same pitch called earlier….cant complain about it now
Heyward is definitely a Brave.
Too close to take, probably a tad low though. That was an OK AB for me, that guy is death to lefties. Not gonna do much unless he makes a huge mistake.
Definitely too close to take.
It’s not too close to take if it should have been called ball 4. Heyward did his job.
278—We did we benefit from a called strike, thrown under-handed, that never got as high as the strike zone?
Or maybe the ump is calling ball 4 a strike.
Braves: 1 run on 7 hits.
Giants: 4 runs on 6 hits.
So it goes…
Fumble by Omar…my Lord.
Their bench is so much better than our starters (in the outfield).
I dont know why I care, this game was over in the 1st
Rowand sucks too, that was just a lucky hit.
Me neither, but I can’t stop watching it. “Hi, my name is Brian, and I have a problem…”
@287, I hear you. For a guy who’s “just happy to be here,” I’m pretty unhappy.
It’s a bummer that more than 40 Million of next years payroll are going to be tied up into a pair of pitchers and a pair of position players that will combine, at best, give us league average production.
Now, how thoroughly can Melktober screw us ober? I mean, over?
Hey! Nobody out and coming up is….fuck.
Lean into one, Melky.
Melky with a chance to prove his worth.
Melktober time.
Can Melky hot into a triple play here?
San Fran has only had two games since August 30th where the opposing team has scored 5+ runs
Odds on Melky hitting into a triple play?
Tonight feels much more familiar. A bunch of hits and one run.
297 – Jinx – But it was so obvious.
Wow, Wilson looks like a complete douche.
Melk Man v. Beach Boy!
one out here from Melky is a plus
melky in “defensive swing” mode on a 1-1 count. that’s about right…
ive never seen a player be so late on so many pitches
pay attention, Wilson throws fastballs….one after another
Geez those beards are a travesty…
Is he dying the beard?
And Melky… fails to fail! We’re through the looking glass, people!
Hahahaha!
WOW!!!
hey, a correct call for once
Did…Melky accidentally get on base?
HOLY JESUS CHRIST MELKY GOT AN RBI WITHOUT GETTING OUT
THE WORLD IS ENDING
Wow. Melky beating out an infield hit.
FAT PANDA VS. FAT MELKY, ADVANTAGE MELK-DUD
MIND = BLOWN
SEND ONE INTO THE F*CKING BAY, CONRAD!
Oh. Bad throw.
Why bunt with your third best power hitter?
Hey Brooks, AAG is behind you….swing
Bunting for Gonzalez and Ankiel? Come on.
EDIT: OMG.
He’s bunting… for AAG? Yikes.
Nice, Brooks. Do something, Alex.
anyone else thinking that melky is about to get thrown out at home?
STOP SWINGING AT HIGH FASTBALLS!
Great Job Agony!!
AAG!!!!!!!! Oink, flap, oink, flap…
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
holy crap!!
OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL TEAM IS THIS!
AAG, all is forgiven.
OH MY GOD
Melky jibes might need to be temporarily suspended.
REDEEMED!
Unreal!!
I don’t believe what I just saw.
Okay…who are these Braves, and where did our real team go?
YEEEEESSSSSS!!! We’ve fallen through a worm hole. Everything is different.
How about one more hit?
Now, this loss is going to be painful.
I think if Ankiel got a hit there, the universe would have imploded.
We need this run.
I’m stunned that Diaz isn’t swinging at these pitches.
Nasty pitch.
Teases.
getting called on to pinch hit and being afraid to swing the bat….unreal
freddie would have been nice in that situation, but i guess it’s necessary to have the lisp or diory…sigh.
344—He wasn’t afraid; he was just fooled.
Is Hinske dead?
why not hinske there unless it was a double switch with wagner pitching 8th?
Bullpen hold, top of the line-up in the 9th…
I don’t quite know how to feel about this run scoring thing we just did. Seems unnatural.
Hinske was already used.
Let’s hold them!
338 — Yep.
What inning do you guy think Farnsworth loses this game in?
The inning ends with the bat on Diaz’s shoulder….
Still, hard to imagine that we got three runs….
oops
Have fun with our bullpen, Giants.
Diaz never takes 5 out of 6 pitches…he shouldve been sitting on that 2-0 meatball
#323–maybe he lost the count….
Let’s just hope we don’t bring Farnsworth in, under any circumstances… I’d be more comfortable with Melky pitching
i’m scared for kimbrel
What a pitch…
361—Me, too.
tough task here for Kimbrel
Before it gets lost in the shuffle, I just wanna say — though I didn’t agree with the attempt — that was one helluva bunt by Brooks Conrad.
i just cracked open a beer. the name: “victory” lager.
awesome
366- Ahhhh! Don’t jinx us!
he’s getting the fastball timing down. throw hims something else.
I believe that’s 14 straight fastballs from Kimbrel.
Kimbrel-Posey is intense.
what a battle.
that graphic about the IF was amazing.
Damn, this is an epic battle.
NASTEEEEE
WOOOOOT! FRICKIN’ PUMPED!
The future’s looking bright.
And Kimbrel wins the battle of wits!
I may be falling in love with Craig Kimbrel.
Uh, Kimbrel. Wow.
Kimbel is THE NASTY.
Kimbrel is the new K-Rod.
Kimbrel is the shit.
kimbrel ate his DIRTY-Os this morning.
our future closer boys
Kimbrel is Rambo
btw Kimbrels better, kimbrels better
i’m almost finished with my first beer and i just want to say how much i love all of you guys…
1 for 52!!
I really wish we hadn’t yanked Hanson after 4 innings, right now.
how many pitches did Wilson have to throw last inning?
Oh…mar.
that was bad Omar
shades of Frenchy….
Wilson seems to still have his velocity.
They’re pitching Heyward way in or on the outside corner. Be nice if he were willing to drive that outside pitch the other way, like he was doing in April and May.
And back to sucking.
@396
yeah, it seems like he’s locked in on pulling the ball.
I have a feeling we’re gonna see Farnsworth tonight…
#396 – yup….whenever he starts driving that outside pitch to LCF its going to be awesome
Heyward has been pretty useless so far this post season.
If Lee were a Yankee or Phillie, he’d be on first base now.
cmon Lee, lets get to BMAC
Not to excited about trusting the game to Farnsworth and the Lisp. We have to get the job done here!
derrek lee looks he’s going to get out.
Holy geez, I was doing some design work and check on here to find that we’re back in it. GOOOOO!!!!
Review, please.
Nevermind.
But i will trust the game to Bethany’s treadmill.
Bobby’s still managing this game, by the way.
Who else has a bad feeling about this one?
This is really going to hurt.
I really dont see how Wilson is so effective. He leaves a lot of pitches up in the zone….it works for him somehow
Bethany, I think you need to get on that treadmill
Id let Kimbrel go for another inning
I have a good feeling about this one. The Braves will win this game. Count it.
I think it has to be Wagner time. Let Melk-tober end this thing
414- Which is exactly what we do.
I’m having a Charlie Liebrant flash back
PIGPEN!
My God!
Nice play all round there
Lee is a freaking pickin’ machine.
man, lee is good.
Lee is really saving AGony’s bacon.
great pick DLEE
Lee has made a lot of fine scoops tonight to keep our infield from looking like its usual awful self.
Give Lee some credit. He’s holding this infield defense together.
Walk Ross
I really don’t want to see Cody Ross right now.
Oh my god I’m going i’m not going to stop until we pull this out.
That was strike-effing-three.
Wow! Missed that one
Brenly just makes it up as he goes along.
That was a strike ump.
oh my, that was strike 3
All the Giants have to do is hold us in the tenth and it’s Farnsworthless Time.
strike 5 to cody ross
You’ll regret that around the 14th inning, Bethany.
Craig Kimbrell = Bowel Locker
D. Lee has great hands at 1B. If he is cheap, he would not be a bad keeper to help ease Freeman into the big leagues next year.
The Home Plate umpire is awful
alright, lets go get Kimbrel a win
yep, its 100% official…Kimbrel is my favorite brave
strike 6 on ross retires the side
Kimbrel is the shit and the tits!
Melk-tober for the win
New hero. Finally someone on our staff that can paint an accurate picture of Cody Ross.
I love Pigpen. He’s my new favorite.
Thank God For Kimbrel. I was expecting the homer there from the Braves Killer.
Kimbrel. Is. Awesome.
Lee is an excellent defensive 1st baseman, Kimbrel is a BEAST.
Kimbrel is almost unfair.
Farnsworth better punch in the face whoever hits the homerun off of him. I want him all in on this one.
I know it’s a dumb idea, but my inner seven year-old wants Kimbrel out there for a third inning. That was awesome.
beer #2…braves win #1 coming next.
Okay, here’s the inning… McCann walks. Diory runs for him. Melky hits into double play, then Conrad triples. AAG and Ankiel strike out.
Rather use Beachy than Farnsworthless at this point.
McCann has justmissed a couple tonight.
SOB, fake fences.
Damn, I thought it was gone.
Speaking of bowel lockers.
adam r…i hope youre right about kimbrel.
This is reallyreally going to hurt.
That is gone, it went at least 400 feet to the alley. He didn’t miss it, SF just commissioned a ballpark that demands years of meticulous roiding to hit one out to that part.
He missed it. You could see it in his reaction off the bat; he knew.
If we get beat with Wagner on the mound: so be it. If we get beat after Wagner goes an inning or two: so be it. But, if we get beat with Farnsworth or Martinez on the mound, and Wagner still on the bench, I am going to be pissed!
braves have to go to Wagner for 2IP now
McCann hit that ball like 800 feet
barry bonds had a .609 obp in 2004. that’s stupid.
At least if we bring Farnsworth in, the loss will be unsurprising and therefore less painful. If Wagner blows it…
Not Renteria. Glaus at third?
I have a baaaaaad feeling about Glaus.
ive got a bad feeling about this half inning
wow, Glaus to 3b
ummm, what the hell?
Glaus in at 3rd?
Troy @ 3rd. Wow.
Glaus at 3B. So… that’s interesting.
There’s your Glaus at third, for all you Conrad haters.
with billy in there, it’s ok. uhhh…nevermind. geez.
if you are willing to bring Glaus in here, why in the hell hasnt he started?
Chadahia going all in this inning
Smart play
Wow, that mistake didn’t take long to manifest itself.
Glaus can apparently play third in the highest of leverage, but not at the start of the game.
Smart move by Renteria. Ugh.
wow
That was pretty smart. Damn.
*headdesk*
There was no play, no matter the 3B there.
oh my god.
Oh great…
Just good execution by Renteria. Maybe a little luck.
Oh crap.
NOOO…wagner looks hurt
Wagner hurt.
I don’t think we have a third baseman who makes that play, though. It was pretty perfect.
And we’re done. Hate it for Wagner that he goes out like that.
fuck…farnsworth.
Oh. That is bad.
Well, hamster-balls.
Ugh.