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General Understanding
April 20th, 2009
10:39 pm
jonatuga
No.
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:39 pm
Is that what he said Stephen? I heard the Bobby Cox part but nothing else hahaha. We must have a blogger in attendance.
cabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:39 pm
guess that answers that question:)
Tom O'Hawke
April 20th, 2009
10:39 pm
Can anyone else tell, that’s listening to the Nationals’ TV broadcast, that Rob Dibble is an ex pitcher?
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:40 pm
Is there anything more annoying than Verizon commercials? Oh wait..yes, there is. AXE man perfume commercials. But other than that…no.
MariettaDerek
April 20th, 2009
10:40 pm
Who else would you bat clean up right now? It’s not like we have one guy getting really double pits to chesty with the bat.
Murph Rocks
April 20th, 2009
10:41 pm
Brandon — oh, it is definitely some good ‘que for up there. It was started by three God-fearin’ Tennessee boys, so it definitely was a home away from home for me while I worked on the Hill. Our office would go there twice a week sometimes!
zmerk13
April 20th, 2009
10:41 pm
jonatuga, that rule only applies when a runner is going to first. They have to be inside the 2 lines. Anywhere else, when the ball hits the runner (unless the runner does it intentionally) it is not an out. Otherwise in rundowns you could just throw the ball at the runner for an easy out.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:42 pm
Carroll not to be picky but Medlen didn’t start his first appearance. He came on in relief of Hanson. So hes only started 2 games
Bubdylan
April 20th, 2009
10:42 pm
“Is there anything more annoying than Verizon commercials?”
Yeah, Verizon’s actual service. Evening Free time starts at 9:00 pm.
NINE O’CLOCK PEE EMM!!
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:42 pm
Lowe looks done.
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
Kawakami could bat cleanup…
Tom O'Hawke
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
Thanks, again, McFann. I just happened to remember that you had that “Geico” thing going. Not that I’m superstitious.
jonatuga
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
zmerk
thanks for the explanation.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
Tom what makes you say that? O you mean that curveball that was a foot inside to Chippper that he said was a strike.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
Lowe is not on his A game tonight. Lucky 4 us he’s going up against the Nats…
Mekons
April 20th, 2009
10:43 pm
BTW, the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is one amazing show. The first few were just good but the last two have been amazing.
Brandon
April 20th, 2009
10:44 pm
Murph Rocks…my dad worked @ the Pentagon for a couple years. In all honesty RH&B ‘que is nothing to compared that of Fincher’s BBQ here in Middle GA.
bravos2249
April 20th, 2009
10:44 pm
that throw looked in time…did Casey hold onto the base?
Phantastic Phillies Phan
April 20th, 2009
10:44 pm
I never watched The L-Word, but I have enjoyed the first two seasons of LIFE and I do hereby swear my eternal love,devotion and adulation to Sarah Shahi. I is smitten
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:44 pm
Bub! You’ve been missed. Busy with school?
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:45 pm
Man, I see the Blow-pen Looming, Not good…! Lowe is losing it quickly…
Salt life
April 20th, 2009
10:46 pm
A mediocre Lowe is still better than most anything we’ve run out there in a while. Diaz looks good out there. He’s making GA obsolete. Dammit Chipper……you gotta charge those.
FaninFaytown
April 20th, 2009
10:46 pm
YES the stupid geico commercials with their 67 different mascots and what not
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:47 pm
I like the quote of the day…I wish Our coaches would use the same philosopy on our blow-pen…
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:47 pm
I’m a very optimistic person, really I am, but I would be shocked if we got out of this without a run scoring…..SEE? as I was typing lol
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:48 pm
Groundballs as a result of the sinkers are ineffective if there are runners in motion and the defense isn’t positioned accordingly…
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:48 pm
Win or lose, the heckler has been the most entertaining part of this game by far.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:48 pm
he beat it into the ground but found a whole. 3-2 nats
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
10:48 pm
Why is Chipper playing on the line on that? it just opens up a huge hole at third? Is that what they are supposed to do?
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:49 pm
hole
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:49 pm
What does DLowe have to do to get out of this game? Raise his hand? FFS Bobby, take him out.
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
10:51 pm
Our pitchers…have got to get their pitch counts down…they have got to start going 7/8 innings some nights.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:51 pm
Bring on the Blow-pen…And Watch us make the Nats Bullpen look dominant, and I hope they prove me wrong
But the offense is still struggling, barring one game…
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:52 pm
How many more pitches before his arm falls off? 1? 2?
bravos2249
April 20th, 2009
10:53 pm
At least we don’t have Blaine Boyer anymore…esp. against Philly
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
10:53 pm
I feel like I’m watching Old Yeller being put out of his misery.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:53 pm
Nice Damage Control by Lowe…
Offense…COME ON!!! We are not gonna get our a..ses handed to us this series, Come On!
ncgary
April 20th, 2009
10:53 pm
time for the nats give it boys to come on the scene
Bubdylan
April 20th, 2009
10:54 pm
Run Heap Run, yeah, finals coming up. (Studying now… sort of….) Thanks, tho!
cabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:54 pm
Run Heap Run-
There’s a nice happy image for you
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Brandon
April 20th, 2009
10:54 pm
Finals suck…
Shot Thru the Lockhart
April 20th, 2009
10:55 pm
Alex Cintron is still in the Bigs? Do the Nats have Karim Garcia hiding on their bench too?
Salt life
April 20th, 2009
10:55 pm
Fanin………I will never have geico insurance nor eat at sonic. Congress should outlaw both of them from ever airing commercials. Hideously stupid.
Phantastic Phillies Phan
April 20th, 2009
10:55 pm
But, for those who constantly point to MP’s minor-league slugging, it sure seems to me, from watching his ABs with the big club, that he might’ve improved. I’d say he can hit a ton of doubles, and perhaps 10 HR per 500 ABs. Whether he could do this exposed everyday is another question, but I believe the man has better-than-average 2B pop. (BA STEVE)
good post. I pretty much agree. Let’s be happy we have all 4 of those guys..KJ,MP,YE,OI
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
10:56 pm
Excluding Yesterdays game, I believe the braves have scored 2 runs in 26 innings, but don’t quote me on that….
Murph Rocks
April 20th, 2009
10:57 pm
Salt life — c’mon, you have to admit, the Geico one where the CEO wants to do the “trust fall” with the gecko is kind of amusing. C’mon, maybe a little?
Tomas
April 20th, 2009
10:58 pm
Derek was really laboring. Wasn’t as sharp today, had to work hard. Now the bulpen needs to hold the Nationals right were they are.
BaseKnock
April 20th, 2009
10:59 pm
Hopefully Schafer can walk so Norton can come up and pop it up.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
10:59 pm
lets see a hit and run or just straight steal here
ABravesFan
April 20th, 2009
10:59 pm
can Schafer steal a base please
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
11:00 pm
Cy Zimmerman, dealing against our offense…Its been at least a 15 year trend of struggling against pitchers making their MLB debut, WTF!
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:00 pm
or another first pitch out right after just threw 4 straight balls
Braves Dead in Water when Trailing Late
April 20th, 2009
11:00 pm
Braves down only one run in the seventh and this game feels beyond OVER.
ABravesFan
April 20th, 2009
11:00 pm
hahaha nevermind lets just swing at the first pitch again
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:01 pm
Hard for the bullpen to screw up when you swing at everything and make easy outs after easy at bats….just bad baseball. Let them walk you. Notice…as soon as he got pressured…the pitcher…walked Schafer.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:02 pm
just remember even if don’t get anything in the 8th that the nats “closers” gave up 3 games in the 8th/9th inning versus marlins
mbatl
April 20th, 2009
11:02 pm
Braves see 8 pitches from castaway Kip Wells… and that INCLUDES
Salt life
April 20th, 2009
11:02 pm
Murph……They lost me with the caveman. I have honestly never even smiled. They lower my IQ 50 points and I can’t afford that.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
11:02 pm
Tomas…As regards to your 10:58 Quote
“Now the bulpen needs to hold the Nationals right were they are.”
I hope You know that is asking a lot out of our Blow-pen…I can’t believe that Simpson had the nerve to call their bullpen horrible…
Raining in D.C., Not Good!
zmerk13
April 20th, 2009
11:03 pm
i have no idea why Schafer wasn’t attempting a steal there… Seemed like an ideal spot as Ross is a pretty good hitter, but no we swing at the first pitch and the nats d still almost screws it up…
ABravesFan
April 20th, 2009
11:03 pm
Lowe really coming out for another inning after 115 pitches?
MariettaDerek
April 20th, 2009
11:03 pm
EOF better make this a quick inning, or we may not get another at bat with the rain the way it is. A called game would definitely NOT be double pits to chesty.
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:03 pm
It amazes me…atleast the Nationals take pitches….the Braves just wont do it…I dont get it…a walk is as good as a single.
mbatl
April 20th, 2009
11:04 pm
Braves see 8 pitches from castaway Kip Wells… and that INCLUDES… (oops, was trying to turn the caps off)
And that includes a 4-pitch walk to Schafer.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:04 pm
even if he did try to steal it wouldn’t have mattered bc ross swung at first pitch zmerk
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
11:04 pm
Looks like it’s raining hard…game could be called any minute. Dang it.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
11:05 pm
Funny after the 5-1 Start this blog had 2000 posts daily, now that number has been cut in half after the last week…These offenseive performances displayed by our anemic offense makes these games boring as hell to watch…
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:05 pm
A called game…would at least mean the game was only a one run game.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:05 pm
nice pitch eric
Yawza
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
So Bobby is the players manager and one of the BIG things that makes him effective (or so the players have reported) is that he will get out there a fight for you!
So I wonder if there was some mumbling in the dugout and by Ross when Cox didn’t feel the need to at least go out there and question the ump or request he get some help on the call?
1995
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
The Cubs blame a black cat 40 years ago, a goat and a fan going for a foul ball as their curse. The Braves curse is our manager.
Gambino
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
The effing Nats. Seriously? I thought we were better than this.
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
Tomahawkin, find out who the real fans are when teams going bad
Atlanta Braves 2009
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
Working the count? Screw that noise! Walks are for candy-as*es! Swing all the time! Francoeur and his one walk rock!
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
11:06 pm
Good luck, Bubdylan. I’m somewhat of a career student myself so I know all about those finals. This is the first semester in I don’t know how long I haven’t had at least one class. I have degrees in business, accounting, and working on one in nursing.
Some day I’ll figure out what I really want to be when I grow up.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
11:07 pm
MBATL…
Yea, We used to Kill Kip Wells when he was with the pirates…Only our struggling offense we have right now would make him look good…
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:07 pm
This ump is blind…he calls strikes on the left side of the plate…and not the right (looking straight at the plate).
Salt life
April 20th, 2009
11:08 pm
I would be watching this game from the comfort of my home………. Oh wait…… I am.
ABravesFan
April 20th, 2009
11:09 pm
Oh is this what an at bat looks like? (Zimmerman vs Oflatery)
vabravesfan
April 20th, 2009
11:09 pm
wow chip no hurry on that throw
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
11:09 pm
Wow that looked really close, but I’ll take it.
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:10 pm
Wow…he looked safe at first.
Tomahawkin
April 20th, 2009
11:10 pm
VABravesFan, That’s exactly the point I was making…Sometimes you have a way with words!
As much as I’m Bashing the Anemic offense and the Blow-pen…I’m still being loyal to my roots
Same goes for the Hawks…Most Atlantan’s here now from other areas of the country didn’t know that the Hawks existed til last year when they made the playoffs…Go Figure…?
Offense, COME ON!!!
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
11:10 pm
Chipper shouldn’t be getting wet, he might rust.
Tomas
April 20th, 2009
11:10 pm
Rafael Soriano should pitch today. Eric O’flaherty, Buddy Carlyle, and James Parr are just not trustworthy. Moylan is getting much better, he is excused because he still recovering from Tommy John surgery.Gonzalez is great in save situations, and if Soriano is healthy, he is the best out off the bulpen for the Braves.
zmerk13
April 20th, 2009
11:11 pm
vabravesfan, I realize that. I am saying have Ross take and Schafer steal. He should have been taking til he got a strike after the 4 pitch walk.
Tom O'Hawke
April 20th, 2009
11:11 pm
MLB has this new technology, this year, to replace their Ques Tec. It’s called ZE (Zone Evaluation System). I know it has only been a few weeks, and I’m not talking about just the Braves’ games, but it seems to me that there is a smaller strike zone than I’ve ever seen before. This could be just my imagination. What do you think? We could use a stat-man, to check out the walks, this year, as opposed to the same time last year. RANDOM, where are you when we need you?
Carroll Rogers
April 20th, 2009
11:11 pm
yep it’s raining. hard to tell how hard from my vantage point up here, but it looks like a big cloud out there.
yep, VaBrave you’re right. two starts and a relief appearance. I blame the release. but i should have caught that
Yawza
April 20th, 2009
11:12 pm
lol Heap!
Ron Paul 2012
April 20th, 2009
11:12 pm
Who pulls a pitcher before the inning starts like that? Pretty sneaky Acta, praying for that rain.
Mitchell
April 20th, 2009
11:13 pm
I’m amazed that dumbass ump at first base called the runner out on that play since for some reason Elijiah Douche was somehow safe. Same play only he was called safe and shouldn’t have come around to score.
WE CANNOT FREAKING LOSE THIS CRAP
Tomas
April 20th, 2009
11:14 pm
Good outing by O’flaherty, he actually threw strikes.
Mitchell
April 20th, 2009
11:14 pm
Here comes the rain and a loss.
sullyzz
April 20th, 2009
11:14 pm
Don’t worry guys….we will lead through two outs in the 9th and then give you the win. I sat in Nats Park for two straight days and watched the Marlins do it. Very frustrating being a Nats fan right now. BTW…how’s Sutton doing? I loved him at TBS during the Braves glory years, and really enjoyed him here in DC. Much better than Dibble.
Ugaman
April 20th, 2009
11:15 pm
I think that was the first inning pitched by a relief pitcher for the Braves that was 3 up 3 down. Things are looking up folks!
Run Heap Run
April 20th, 2009
11:15 pm
Too bad this will almost certainly get called, I think we have a shot against their pen but I don’t want anyone getting hurt for a win that means nothing so whatever.
Tom O'Hawke
April 20th, 2009
11:15 pm
I’m no expert, but I think the rain and fog favor the pitcher.
Ugaman
April 20th, 2009
11:15 pm
That is, not named Soriano:)
MFin04
April 20th, 2009
11:15 pm
The offense is depressing. The starters pitch count is just as depressing.