I’m currently zonked out on morphine and percoset, and waiting an X-ray. Let’s just say that I am not currently functioning at 100 percent. Call it Snitker Mode. I also have the manual dexterity of Brooks Conrad playing short, which limits my typing. More later.
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Is it snowing where any of you are living? Or raining frogs? What we have seen is divine intervention.
Kidding
Every good thing that happens is ruined by Chip. He needs a sub.
Alright fellas, I need to sleep. Let’s get a run.
*giggle* Just like Proctor drew it up!
A no-hitter for Jurrjens/Hudson/Hanson = two scoreless innings for Proctor. Same level of accomplishment relative to skill level.
I gave up at the bar, so I assume Freddie got a lineout DP of some kind?
Don’t show Satan’s spawn again.
Would harpy be a little harsh?
lol proctor survives another inning.
The best part about this game going so long is that those of us watching on mlb.tv don’t keep getting annoying popups when highlights happen in other games. They’re all done.
spike, no just a rocket hit at him with 2 outs.
as skip used to say “never in doubt.”
0-9
Prado deserves every bit of that 0-9
Prado: 0-9
So… what happens now? Is Proctor going to pitch a 3rd inning? Just tempt fate? Is there no way to get a starter up?
That kid is out in LEFT FIELD.
What’s the biggest story tonight? McCann’s injury? The 18 innings? The performance by Lisp? Proctor surviving two scoreless innings? Or that girl?
I vote the girl. I find her legitimately unsettling.
That boy looks like I feel.
Please hit a walk-off home run off that kid’s head.
At some point you have to put in today’s starter and call someone else up for the start.
I think chip just suggested david kill that kid.
Braves should just give up and let the girl have her win. The Braves don’t deserve to win another game all season.
521- We reached that point three innings ago, and let Proctor into the game anyway.
523- Neither do the Pirates. Proctor just pitched two shutout innings against them.
That kid is picking up steam.
I’m guessing her father kept her in an isolation chamber with only generic Pittsburgh sports chants piped in at high volume.
Please Dan!!
Let’s go parents, indeed.
It would seem that the advantage should have swung decisively to pitchers at this point…all the hitters are dog tired, you would figure their visual acuity, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor control would be shot.
How about some player specific chants? Seriously.
Great, now they IBB Uggla to get to AAG. Dont understand that steal.
edit: apparently, the Pirates arent paying attention
Yeah, awesome, let’s get AAG up here.
The Pirates do know that only Freeman matters as a base runner, right?
Let’s go Pirates
Yeah, you’d think she’d find something different to scream once in a while.
Mike Minor’s scheduled start is tonight anyway. If the Braves don’t score here, I say put in Jair and call up Minor for tonight.
but now here comes Agony again in a big spot…ugh
So I left for an hour and missed nothing. Great!!!
Unwise, Dan. Now AAG will ground out and Proctor will turn back into Proctor.
I bet Pirate Girl ends up as their GM soon enough.
We need Elias or Stats Inc. to tell us the last time someone went 0-for-9.
Why do you conference on the mound? Just to make fun of AAG? Pointlessly cruel.
“So I left for an hour and missed nothing. Great!!!”
You missed two miraculous Proctor scoreless innings and ear-raping chanting of a young girl in left field.
I mean, Agony can;t get a hit here, right?
Let me just say, solid work by the posters here tonight. Got to be way past bedtime for most of y’all.
I’m pretty sure Francoeur did it for the Mets a couple years ago.
Weak grounder to short?
edit: nope, hard grounder to short
This seems like the twelfth time tonight that AAG has come up with two on and two out and failed, and he didn’t even enter the game until the ninth.
I hate Chip…what an idiot
Well, that was almost not an out. Very close, Alex.
Oh screw you, Caray.
Chip Carey should be fired.
“LINED CF…picked up by Cedeno at SS….”
Nice Chip, you tool
That will be AAG’s best effort for the week…
Wow, must be tough for a SS to force someone on a liner to center. Although AAG’s listlessness brings a fresh horizon of possibilities out there.
lol Chip that one didn’t even make it to the outfield
This must be what they were talking about in Inception when they referenced limbo. Time is standing still and my brain has turned to mush
If someone would give that kid a ball, she would probably shut up.
Baseball-Reference has Trot Nixon going 0-9 against the White Sox on July 9, 2006. The Dodgers’ John Shelby was the last guy to go 0-10, back in 1989.
This has got to be the longest game thread in several years.
Hahaha. “Lined to center field!… and picked up by Cedeno just shy of the grass.”
A classic Chipism.
Chip sucks.
But I’m voting for Pirate Girl for president. Good night, folks.
“Lined Centerfield”…Chip can’t blame his stupidity on being tired.
AAG swung at the first pitch after 2 straight walks. He also pulled a pitch to SS that was a breaking ball a foot outside.
“Freddie Freeman” and “Scott Proctor” are trending worldwide on Twitter. And this game deserves so much better than Chip Caray.
AAG now has an OPS below .600. I sure hope he keeps everyone in stitches in that locker room.
Guys, haven’t you learned? Turn on MUTE!!!!
Caray was fired from TBS for his infamous “line drive, base hit…caught!” call.
Screeching girl > Alex Gonzalez
oopsssss
Fortunately, screaming pirate girl seems to freak them out as much as it does us. We still have a chance.
Why is JJ “not a candidate” to pitch tonight?
Don’t encourage the management’s lack of creative thought Joe. I mean I know you haven’t had one since 1983, but that doesn’t mean you have to encourage it in others.
Screaming Pirate girl has a higher OPS than AAG
At some point, Jair has to come in this game.
@572- seriously. It’s not like this game becomes throwaway just because it’s in the 19th- D-backs are only, what, 3 games behind in the WC right now?
That had home run distance, just all vertical.
Screaming Pirate Girl is (blessedly?) absent from the radio feed.
In other news, I think and hope they’ll suspend before opening the 21st.
Proctor gets a 1-2-3 inning. We are now through the looking glass, people.
Amazingly, Proctor has thrown as many balls as he has strikes in his 3 scoreless innings. Smoke and mirrors that leaves the Braves’ brass oo-ing and aw-ing.
Is there a curfew, or do they just keep playing?
Proctor has thrown three scoreless innings. WTF?
Nothing has surprised me more than proctor throwing 3 scoreless innings tonight, even if they gave him 2 outs.
Nothing has surprised me less than the AB AAG has put up.
Btw, the Pirates haven’t brought in Hanrahan yet. You know why? Yep – because they’re in an extra-inning game on the road, and you can’t bring in your best pitcher until you have a lead.
Not that it matters. Only two or three Braves ever seem to hit the ball out of the infield.
I’m hearing the Pirates kid on the radio feed. It’s not significant enough to comment on, but it’s definitely noticeable.
@580, Someone said 2AM was the cutoff. I dunno.
Gnats becoming a factor.
Pirate Girl has gone national.
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/7/27/2296824/its-the-top-of-the-nineteenth-inning
Cup guy > Pirates girl
Go cup guy!
That girl is on meth.
Typically, Chip loves the Pirate girl we all hate
Lugo has been on base four times tonight.
That’s a good two weeks for AAG.
cmon we need post #600….too much for me, night everyone
I think she just did a vocal slow clap.
Maybe Jair will not be necessary.
591 – I’ve almost grown to like her. It’s like Florence Nightingale syndrome.
GO BRAVES!!!!! Come on, let’s finish it!
Best part about MLBTV on PS3 is you can get the radio feed instead of the two monkeys.
What we need is run #4- and thanks to Schafer, we’re one base away.
Calling it: GIDP.
Adam, more like Stockholm Syndrome.
Risky business here. One out, so the runner at third could score… but not on a DP. Two outs and Prado wastes it. Tough call.
Pirates Girl is a new meme.
Delayed double steal. The answer.
Too late.
Reversing previous call: IBB to get to Prado.
601 – Right, my bad. It’s late!
SAFE!
WOW!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
PROCTOR!!
still dont like you…
WTF?
Ump is ready to go home. That is such a crap win.
What.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Wow, Jerry Meals.
What a gimme there.
You can’t be serious. Not like that.
LOL!!!
Kept Prado from the 0-10
LOL WTF??
Worst call Ive ever seen I think
If I was Hurdle, I would probably assault him.
YEAH!
Oh wait, we’ll never be rid of Proctor now!
ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
If Hurdle kills him, no jury could convict.
Holy crap
I can’t stop laughing. That is such crap. Of course, I’ll take it.
If he’s not fired then MLB has a serious problem.
Ridiculous ending to a ridiculous ballgame.
Awful tag, though. But he made it.
SPG better get a load of signed swag or Pirates deserve to be erased from history.
Also the ump deserves to be fired and never allowed into a stadium again.
It looked bad live, but it looks even worse in slow motion.
That plate ump is horrible.
Scott Proctor Knows How To Win.
OK for those of us following only on the internet, what the hell happened?
Yes!! That is possibly the worst call I have ever seen….
I feel awful for that girl we all hate.
Proctor faceplanted out of the box, by the way. Perfect.
How can you get away with a call like that? Definitely the worst I’ve seen.
633- Lugo was out by 3 miles and the ump calls him safe.
Pirates girl would have made the right call there.
@634 No “possibly” about it. Jerry Meals just made last year’s World Cup referees look competent.
My blind grandmother would have made the right call there. It was not close.
Oh lord. That didn’t just happen.
I really have not laughed out loud this much about a baseball game ever.
Slow ground ball to the left side, Lugo was dead to rights, he did some weird, shy away from contact, weak, fall backwards slide and the catcher glanced the tag on his leg and waved the glove over his arm a couple times. He was obviously out, but that was a terrible tag on a play that shouldn’t have been close at all.
Meals is terrible.
DId any one see proctor belly flop out of the box?
What’s remarkable is that he is definitely going to become THE story now for every sports outlet tomorrow. This was a 19th inning game(!)–everybody will see it now. I’m baffled by that call; there was absolutely no possible way to see Lugo as safe.
633 — Proctor hit a grounder to third, Lugo came home, Alvarez threw to the plate and the throw beat him, the tag beat him, he didn’t make it to the plate until a minute later, and the umpire called him safe.
Worst call I’ve ever seen?
Mmmmm, Top 10 at least.
Put it this way, how catchers frame pitches to get called strikes? McKenry did the opposite on that tag and made it look like a whiff, though it should have been obvious from five feet.
Lugo was out, but thank goodness it is over.
Thanks guys- SC is showing commercial after commercial and now some X-games crap. Hopefully they’ll get around to showing a Braves highlight for once- but being ESPN, I won’t hold my breath.
My prediction about someone killing an umpire almost came true sooner than I thought.
If we make the playoffs by a game and the Pirates lose out by a game, it will be a shame.
Sorry about their luck, but I will take it.
LOLOLOLOLOL
That is, without a doubt, the worst call I’ve ever seen. Without hyperbole, Jerry Meals should be fired after that game.
Based on the replay I think he was safe, but Lugo’s reaction is all you need.
Proctor hit a weak GB on an 0-2 pitch to the SS, Lugo broke for home nevertheless and was a dead duck at the plate. The catcher tagged him with a swiping move on several parts of the body for the out and blocked the plate so that Lugo never touched it. When the play was over and everybody expected the ump to call Lugo out, Lugo – who still stood next to home plate – almost incidentally stepped on the plate and – to his and everyones surprise – was called safe to end the game.
Thank you, ump.
Holy cow, what an abrupt end to the game. I’m actually kind of bummed about it.
I’ve never seen a worse call, at least at such a juncture in the game. If we were Pirates fans, we would bring this up for years.
One of the worst calls I’ve seen outside of balls and strikes.
I just knew the first play at the plate would be called safe no matter what. I’d be seething mad if I was a Pirates fan…or player. They wanted to murder him.
Not quite a call that costs a pitcher a perfect game, but definitely bush league…
Martinez is my player of the game. So awesome.
Yes, I stayed awake too and yes, Jerry Meals maybe getting death threats from enraged Pirates fans. They may in fact be even more enraged that Jerry Meals turned Scott Proctor into a game hero.
That was as bad as Eric Gregg’s strike zone.
Clint Hurdle turned a nuclear shade of red which is not too far off from his usual shade of orange sherbet
Proctor is getting interviewed postgame. What were the odds?
jerry meals should be fired. now.
Finally saw the highlight. As the Trailer Park Boys would say, “Oh my fuck.” That was unbelievable. I can’t wait to see what Clint Hurdle says about this- he should be able to rip Meals with impunity for that garbage.
Why do they have to bring up the Farnsworth game? Why do they have to go there?
#636–Yeah, that was pretty rich…..with Proctor on the ground the Pirates should have had the DP….
Jerry Meals = the last remnant of Saddam’s Iraqi Republican Guard. But hey, the Braves got a win…
The braves did not win that game. I am speechless.
And proctor would’ve still been out at 1st.
Pretty sure the tag only glanced his leg and didn’t get anything else (brushed jersey possibly?). The catcher made a bare minimum effort on an easy play and got burned.
This is usually the kind of call that goes against us, isn’t it? my god…. that has to be one of the worst calls of all time
After my comment at #59, I went to bed. I woke up five minutes ago, grabbed my iPad in full anticipation of another loss, saw “3-3, 19th inning” on the scorebord, logged into MLB.TV and watched Scott Proctor coming to the plate. Still half asleep, it dawned on me that I might be watching something out of the ordinary.
Morning recap indeed, I guess.
Great to have you back among the living, Mac.
666- Same odds as a post about Proctor would be number 666?
Hurdle gets kicked out during the lineup card exchange tomorrow, count it.
I think I would have killed the guy if I was the Pirates. I really do.
The Eric Gregg game was the worst game I ever saw. I hated him so much that when he died of a heart attack, I laughed my ass off. I still do.
If I was a Pirate fan, Jerry Meals would rank up on my hate list like Gregg does mine.
Surely this means we get instant replay next year…
Funny how the real call sounded like one of Chip’s call. Tagged out, he’s safe.
You gotta love that it was comment 666 about Proctor getting post game interview.
Keep in mind Freeman saved Proctor’s mediocre ass two innings earlier with that line drive take away.
And now, the worst analogy ever, courtesy of Peanut on Twitter:
“Proctor completes a third scoreless inning. Those doubting him were probably the ones calling for Falcons to trade Favre”
So our bullpen was pretty good tonight, eh?
13 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 5 BB (3 IBB), 14 K
Everyone looked shocked – Lugo, the catcher, Alvarez, Proctor. At first I thought the safe sign was just an odd out sign. I need to sleep. I hope I’ll be able to sleep.
680 – Wow. Just. Wow.
#676
The difference is that as angry as the Pirates have a right to be tonight, Fat ass Gregg cost us the 1997 NLCS and possibly our 2nd world series championship.
There’s a special place in HELL for Gregg – I will never forgive or forget – just like I will NEVER forgive the Ump who called Ron Gant out after Hrbek lifted him off first base in 1991 – or forgive the Twins for making a 20th anniversary bobblehead of that horrible cheating moment this year.
When Mac sees what happened he may think he is having a reaction from his pain killers.
Peanut is good enough to be a ML ump. Full of bs.
Peanut just climbed a mile on my list of dumb assholes. Not past Eric Gregg though.
Jerry Meals is trending worldwide on twitter.
the best part is when mac wakes up in the morning and sees 700+ comments on a Braves-Pirates Tuesday night game; then he sits to read some of them and finds out that Scott Proctor threw three shutout innings and had the game winning RBI – and most of us want to give it back…he’s gonna wonder if he’s back under the anesthesia or something…
#685
This game was drugs.
I talked to Mac on the phone today and he and I joked that the Braves performance is what’s keeping him down right now. I’ll look forward to calling him tomorrow with the details on this one.
680 – Yes, because Brett Favre was the football equivalent of a journeyman reliever whose career FIP was about 5. Peanut may actually be mentally deficient. Like, he might require someone to clean up his chin after he eats, and dress him, and make sure he doesn’t hurt himself with something sharp when unattended.
Does that make Peanut dumber than Chip? Peanut’s seen our games. He knows, or ought to, that tonight only lowered Proctor’s ERA to 6.48, and that required a great play by Freeman in the 18th. And he compares Proctor to an all-time great? How does that make sense, even when sleep-deprived?
#689
Hilarious and SO true.
Great shots of the tag.
http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/8119426885/the-worst-call-i-have-ever-seen
I think the Bowman/Favre thing was tongue in cheek. Maybe that’s too much credit.
What a game. What a thread. Thanks for sharing the experience guys. Sleep well everybody.
Animated .GIF on final play for those that missed it:
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/670132/HomeTag2.gif.opt.gif
http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/8119426885/the-worst-call-i-have-ever-seen
Even Buster Posey thinks it was a bad call.
HE WAS OUT!!!!!!
I haven’t seen the ending, but I had so much fun reading you guys’ comments.
I still say the tag was iffy. Lugo says he didn’t feel it, LOL.
Prado was good for it, anyways.
Cup guy.
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/7/27/2296835/rally-giant-stack-of-cups#storyjump
No one in the world blames Hurdle for turning into this: http://tinypic.com/r/2ivb782/7
Definitely the most memorable game of the year, glad I stayed up
Obviously Jerry Meals was paying homage to Dock Ellis by calling a game on LSD.
Well, goodnight folks, it was a wild one.
Rob Neyer on twitter saying lugo was safe.
In other news, Rob has been drinking tonight.
Good morning from Switzerland. Didn’t expect to catch the last inning of Braves baseball when I arrived at work this morning. Just scrolled through this thread. Awesome guys!!
Jerry Meals’ explanation, per Peanut:
http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2011/07/27/meals-explanation-of-his-game-ending-safe-call/
“I saw the tag, but he looked like he oléd him and I called him safe for that. I looked at the replays and it appeared he might have got him on the shin area. I’m guessing he might have got him, but when I was out there when it happened I didn’t see a tag.
“I just saw the glove sweep up. I didn’t see the glove hit his leg.”
So in other words, he admits he saw the tag, but called him safe anyway. Freaking buffoon.
http://i54.tinypic.com/2qajrko.png
#710–A minor classic….
Everyone click on Catz’ submittal @710 – hilarious.
If someone could overlay Skip’s audio from The Slide onto video of that play, it would make my life.
Heyward gets crap from Joe Simpson for sliding head first all the time, but he didn’t say a word about Proctor doing it. I think we all recognize the insidious double standard here.
@713
That would be great.
@710: that was just Proctor starting his 75-foot slide to first base.
LOL! I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
Bethany and Dan,
Thanks for those shots of the tag. DirectTV cut off our MLB feed sometime around the 17th inning, so I had to listen to the rest of the game on the radio. What a wacky finish!
Go, Braves!
Morning after reflection: That has to be the least satisfying epic win I’ve ever experienced as a fan of any team.
“Morning after reflection: That has to be the least satisfying epic win I’ve ever experienced as a fan of any team.”
….because of McCann’s injury?
I think he was out, but I don’t think it was even close to the worst call I’ve ever seen. Meals was in a good position and I believe him when he said he thought the catcher swept past Lugo without tagging him. I would still be mad if I was a Pirates fan, but with so many bad calls going against Atlanta this year, I’ll take this one with no complaints.
Does anyone realize that Brian McCann is going on the disabled list? What is going on with this team? Is the training staff this bad or is it simply incredibly bad luck?
As bad a call as it was–clearly the umpire wanted to go home–neither team has a right to complain about losing when they go 14 innings without scoring.
@720, that’s about half of it. The way it ended is the other half.
@722
That was just bad luck on McCann’s part. I think this forces Frank Wren to get a bigger bat.
Replay would have not reversed the call because it was inconclusive. From the outfield shot it could have been an ole’
Ross is best back up catcher in baseball. I worry about CJ and Success if CJ misses games. Gutty game for Success. No balls were hit to him for 10 innings!!
Saw the replay from behind the plate. I can understand why that call was made, but that was still a terrible call.
The more I watch it, the more uncertain I am of whether he was out or not. I agree that replay would not have been able to reverse the call.
I’m happy with the win, but all in all I feel unsatisfied. McCann got injured, both Prado and Heyward look horrible, and the whole country feels badly for the Pirates now. Plus, somehow Scott Proctor may have solidified his spot on the roster. The man has a 6.48 ERA and a 5.91 FIP. Please let him be gone soon.
Like Remy, I lost the DirecTV feed at 1 AM, but continued “watching” on the ESPN cellphone gamecast-like app.
My only comment: as a longtime Braves fan (since ’66) who still isn’t certain Sid Bream was safe, I have to say that if there’s a close play at the plate (or even a not close play) I want to be playing the Pirates.
Pirates should have played percentage and walked Proctor to set up force at home. (J/K)
Excellent work last night, Braves Journalers. I went to bed at 11 Central and still had hundreds of hilarious comments to sort through this morning.
@731 – Seconded. Excellent job guys.
Lost in all of this is the fact that Uggla was actually above the Mendoza line for most of the game last night! It lasted from the 2nd inning to the 16th inning.
Wow, fun to read the posts of those of you endured last night! Have seen the replay from several angles and from one angle it does appear that the tag might have missed him or barely grazed him. Proctors face plant is epic!
Last night is what makes you thankful to have David Ross (and even J. C. Boscan).
Folks, don’t become convinced he was actually safe. First, Lugo clearly knew he was out, based on his reaction. Second, Meals called him safe before he even touched the plate. Plus, I’m not sure what angle you guys are seeing it from, but watching it last night, there was no question the tag was applied.
Also, Pirates fans are obsessed with the Sid Bream play. You’d think, if he were actually out, we’d have heard about it by now.
There are many, many things about which I am uncertain in this crazy world, but one thing that I know absolutely to be true: Sid Bream was safe.
@737, the safe call was made right after Lugo’s foot stomped on the plate. He just stomped on it again, reflexively, I guess, after the safe call was made.
To me, he was clearly out live and in every replay. The best still shot I’ve seen on the web is here: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post?urn=mlb-wp13987
Regarding Fredi and Proctor, I am comforted by the fact that the former held out 16 innings before using the latter.
You can’t be mad because we won, but offensively, this team is currently held together by a thread.
Just thinking out loud: This is the kind of blown call that will give catchers incentive to block the plate with their bodies to leave no doubt of contact. After all of this post-Posey talk about proper technique and applying swipe-tags, this game just showed why catchers elect to stand on the baseline.
@740, Fredi was in the clubhouse. He didn’t refrain from anything.
@739 That two dimensional shot merely show that glove was above leg, not that it was in contact. Inconclusive
Fredi was in tunnel and in charge.
@737
Lugo’s right foot ends up standing on home plate after the slide, before he was called safe. And I’m sure Lugo expected to be called out since he shouldn’t have run anyways, so I’m not sure that cinches it either.
Agree that the tag was applied, but the TV view closest to Meals’s angle looks like a pretty big whiff with maybe a slight touch to the leg–once, not two or three different places like some have said. If you aren’t going to give an automatic, “neighborhood” out call, then it was tough to tell if the tag was applied. A lot of that is on the catcher for me, who had plenty of time to not make a ridiculous swipe that grazed Lugo (also probably would have been easier to knock loose since he one-handed it). It’s clearer from the third-base side view, but that’s not where Meals was, nor should he have been.
On it’s own merit, the call wasn’t that bad. Add in that Meals probably shouldn’t be that picky on a tag on that type of play and the inning/result, and it gets worse, but still not historically bad. Maybe just run-of-the-mill bad.
MLB.com replay
I did a recap.
I went to bed after the 16th (figuring Proctor = loss). My wife wakes me up saying the morning newscasters were mad the Braves won, I first go to Braves Journal and see over 700 posts, then check the highlights. I’ve seen some bad calls, but for one single call, this had to be the worst, but I’ll take it, we need it with McCann going on the DL.
Watching the MLB.com replay above.
At 1:17, you see McKenry swipe across his body, and it sure looks like he tagged him.
But at 1:40, they show a longview of the play from the third-base line, and at 1:47, you can see McKenry alligator armed the tag. I’m not sure the tag didn’t just go over the top of him.
Meals can umpire. Meals likely needed a meal after 6+ hours. Steak, he deserves it.