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SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2009
9:52 pm
Big spot for the kid here.
Heath
August 21st, 2009
9:52 pm
Well….we did get back in the game…though, they did extend the lead in the 7th.
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2009
9:52 pm
2 innings to get 2.
Original Jon
August 21st, 2009
9:52 pm
fckn Gorecki, really.
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
9:53 pm
Esco,or should I say Ricky. My wife thinks you are Ricky Escobar, you are a little young,and wouldn’t you really rather be appointed by a Republican President?
Of course since the SC starts meeting teh first Tuesday in October and Boobie doesn’t like to manage in October, maybe there is hope.
N Nine
August 21st, 2009
9:53 pm
Fire Chip
Rafael
August 21st, 2009
9:53 pm
Interesting. It might keep me watching for a little longer.
Debate- what a bootleg version of “The Hangover” or watch the end of the game? The wife is getting impatient.
TnBrian
August 21st, 2009
9:53 pm
Wish Bobby had put Moylan in there to face Hanely right about now. Guy’s a great hitter but I would’ve taken my chances with a fresh ground ball pitcher to very tired Javy.
RHR
August 21st, 2009
9:54 pm
I think I need a translator on the blog tonight. I’m having a hard time with my reading comprehension.
Rafael
August 21st, 2009
9:54 pm
spell check- what=watch
Chris K
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
Win? With payroll limitations we have? Time for a Tampa Bay……
1. Bring up the kids. All your studs at AA & AAA. Get them used to real baseball for 2 years.
2. Hopefully your competitive the 2nd year with a cheap payroll and you can sign 1 or 2 good ballplayers to complement the kids to play just .500 ball
3. Then win. With a new manager, hopefully 1 not born before 1885 who can relate withthese kids and at the same time show discipline, start a ballclub who will go for the wildcard every year.
Thats all you can do for $ 80 million a year
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
Rest of the game Rafael
Its for Yunel Escobar for Supreme Court Varginia.
Soph
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
1-2-3 please EOF.
CrimeDog
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
SoWeGa-
Don’t you know that no Braves team has ever scored two runs in two innings…ever? The blog proclaimed “ballgame” innings ago. They are just playing the final two innings for TV obligations.
semiballcoach
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
carroll/dob
please get the kangaroo court to fine chip for saying “steps on the pillow”
groundfog
August 21st, 2009
9:56 pm
If the braves don’t offer Laroche a contract, screw’em. The rook won’t be even close to ready and he aint Heyward.
Bat Masterson
August 21st, 2009
9:56 pm
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
Virginia Ranger , I heard Adam L was ADD, not dyslexic.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
9:57 pm
groundfog-
I think they will, they pretty much have to who else is going to be out there?
Louisville brave
August 21st, 2009
9:57 pm
To all Cox apologists…
It’s a fair argument to say that, once again, he has dropped the ball on when to take your pitcher out. Should’ve taken him out after the Helms double if he had any sense of urgency.
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
I just don’t see it Esco..Don’t know why
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
I think we should trade Gonzo and use O’fla in his spot.
Soph
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Very good EOF. I like.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Chip, please quit reminding people you’re a Georgia grad. You’re embarrassing us.
Manolo
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Same game as in NY, after we leave the pitcher get killed, then our relievers do a great job. If only we’ll have a manager…
Bat Masterson
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Hum, what did I just do?
Heath
August 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Who pinch-hits? Norton?
Brandon from Warner Robins
August 21st, 2009
9:59 pm
Lets go Bravos!!!
Doesnt this game have a similar feeling to the game against the Cubs back in June?
Louisville brave
August 21st, 2009
9:59 pm
KJ to pinch hit if its a righty
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
9:59 pm
Bat. Sorry for the mis-diagnosis. Crap I’m being a Doctor,a Lawyer, a journalist and a baseball fan all in one on this blog.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Please don’t be Greg Norton….
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Oh Bobby….
N Nine
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Yes, Cox dropped the ball again.. ..and some still in denial.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Auto-Out
TnBrian
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Louisville brave, who are the “Cox appologist” around here besides Steve From Ohio? Very rarely will you see written on here how Bobby pulls so many right buttons? But, yeah, you’re right about keeping Javy in there to face Hanely.
KnightInATL
August 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Just ran out to pick up the winning Mega Millions ticket after LaRoche’s HR. Guess I haven’t missed much.
Mike J
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
I would love to find a way to keep both Laroche, Javy, and Huddy next year.
The thing about Huddy is that he is an ace. And we need one at the top. A guy other teams fear facing. And when Huddy is on, which he was beginning to be again, he is great.
Bat Masterson
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Norton has pinch appearances, not hits.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Imagine that
Chop It Up All-Stars
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
The great Greg Norton, 53 at bats and 9 hits.
Chris K
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Im an idiot?
How bout all of us who keep our hopes up waiting till 3 weeks left in the season to get in dashed.
That includes you.
Lose the 1st 6 games of the year and get my veteran or rookie QB in the game this year and build…………
OR
Go 3-3 and get your hopes up (knowing you can’t really compete) and finish 6-10 with your alleged ‘playoff team you assembled before the year.
Manolo
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Watching La Russa manage a couple of years years ago, his LF Taguchi was 3 for 3, but they were down 1 in the ninth. The other team brings their right hand closer, and La russa says, the heck with 3 for 3, and pinch hits Chris Duncan, who homers to win it. That’s managing.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Norton has pinch appearances, not hits.
Ha!
Mitchell
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Always great to start the inning with an out.
Jeffro
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
So far the Mets are doing us a favor….4-1 over Philly…..lets go Braves…..frickin fight!!!!
RHR
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
If thats the same rain we had here it goes from “light rain” to “flash flood” with the quickness.
Original Jon
August 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
fckn norton
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
Well Greg Norton got out. Did anybody see that coming?
Oh wait, you did? EVERYBODY but Bobby saw that coming? Hmm….
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
Mike J, I agree Huddy is an Ace and thats why we have to find a way to keep him.
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
CrimeDog
August 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
SoWeGa-
Don’t you know that no Braves team has ever scored two runs in two innings…ever? The blog proclaimed “ballgame” innings ago. They are just playing the final two innings for TV obligations.
My humble apologies to the blog genuises…gag, cough, cough, sputter…
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
Carrol or DOB have you asked Boobie why Norton still is on the big league team? Does he have pictures ( of some one in a compromising position?) What an at bat to waste an out
Mike J
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
Can Bobby PLEASE get rid of Norton and bring up someone that can hit.
Bat Masterson
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
Virginia Ranger, no problem, I can’t seem to cut and paste anymore.
Carroll Rogers
August 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
OK it’s starting to rain, or about to. big clap of thunder and a flash of lightning.
VaBraveFan
August 21st, 2009
10:03 pm
come on bats we need 3 more runs!!!!
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:03 pm
Like conrad
NO MORE COX OR CHIPPER!
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
JV’s ERA took a big hit tonight. Its up to 3.14. I lost a little bit of respect for him after he seemed to just give up and throw it right down the middle for Hanley. Thats the difference in the ballgame.
N Nine
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
I ask again….Why is Norton here and not Conrad. I get no answer that satisfies. What morons.
AndyC
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
Get ready for a rain delay.
Vinings Jim
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
absolutely pouring here, 12 miles from stadium
Rafael
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
KnightInATL
Just ran out to pick up the winning Mega Millions ticket after LaRoche’s HR. Guess I haven’t missed much.
So you are saying that I wasted my money?
Carroll Rogers
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
not raining yet i guess, just the precursor. be nice to get seven more outs. the official scorekeeper has been watching the radar and predicting this.
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
Profound Jeff D. Are you Jeff Doyle that works for me?
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
some 2 out magic
Original Jon
August 21st, 2009
10:05 pm
Fckn Infante
SOS
August 21st, 2009
10:05 pm
We dont need to get rid of Norton. We just need a real manager and that will take care of itself, AND we would be winning games like this. F–Bobby Cox.
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2009
10:05 pm
Start it again, Churchy.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:05 pm
N Nine
I know I had a huge convo debating that today Conrad makes much more sense
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:06 pm
SOS
Bobby cant help Norton get a hit Norton is terrible
Mitchell
August 21st, 2009
10:06 pm
If there’s ever a time when I don’t like three run homeruns, it’s when you’re down by five.
Manolo
August 21st, 2009
10:06 pm
see, there’s nobody on. Why change the pitcher, why not wait to see if he gets in trouble and then remove him? Again, wait a minute, this game is important. Every run counts. Again, there’s a manager.
Chopdawg
August 21st, 2009
10:06 pm
Hope y’all in ATL don’t get what we got in Rome tonite…absolute worst storm I’ve ever seen at the ballpark, power got knocked out, trees down all over town
SOS
August 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
Cox does not care about winning. He only cares about taking care of his boys, who would not be on any other team.
Chop It Up All-Stars
August 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
Got to give it Bobby Cox, with his players, the man has the patience of a monument. On any other contending team, a guy like Norton would have been gone.
Burl Ives
August 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
They never let poor Conrad…
Play in any big league games…
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
Manolo
Bobby should have pulled him yes, but thinking that he can will Norton and these guys to hit he cant.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
I’m gonna be honest…I had to Google Jeff Doyle.
But no, I am not the former St. Louis Cardinal/Nanaki Hawk.
Chopdawg
August 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
Mitchell, yeah, you need five-run homeruns when you’re down by five
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
SOS
He cares about winning he just doesn’t know how to anymore. He has lost his touch.
Mixxo
August 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
weak eighth.
Heath
August 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
lightning distracted church before that 1-2 pitch.
Original Jon
August 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
fckn church
SOS
August 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
Escobar for Supreme Court. You are right. But that old fool does NOT have to put the POS in the game. Come on.
Rafael
August 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Chopdawg-that bad? I work out of Rome. I guess I need to call my employees.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Norton ruined the inning
Virginia Ranger
August 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Noah. Break out the Ark. A hookl echo at Lucky and Pine St. NW moving South east.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
We’re finishing this game.
I don’t care if it’s the end of the world tonight, we’re playing 9 innings.
F Matt Diaz. That guy just pisses me off sometimes, I can’t even explain it. Swings at the worst pitches. Totally squandered the momentum.
F this.
Braves suck. They deserve to lose. Losing to inferior teams. It’s what they do.
ChurchMan
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
the difference in the game is that 2-2 pitch that Vazy gave up to Gload, that scored a run and then 2 more scored after it on the homer.
And the wild pitch that contributed to the first Marlin run didn’t help matters either
NO MORE BOBBY
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
I think I hear the fat lady warming up folks.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Damn Medlin is ripping since the break
NO MORE COX OR CHIPPER!
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
No playoffs for 4 years in a row, im starting to feel like a Pirates fan.
Bat Masterson
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Heath
August 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
lightning distracted church before that 1-2 pitch.
Yeah he was afraid the Pinto would explode.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Then one foggy Labor Day, Bobby came to say
GLUG GLUG GLUG
Conrad with your nose so bright, won’t you drive me home tonight?
SOS
August 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Bottom line is this. Cox has is a MORON and needs to go.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
No playoffs for 4 years in a row, im starting to feel like a Pirates fan.
LOL seriously?
Soph
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Little Med. Love this guy.
braves70
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Somebody wake up the relic Cox and tell him its raining or he might drown.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Mitchell
Heyward is coming up
Tomahawkin
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Med’s Come On, U can’t walk Waste Helms!
Brandon from Warner Robins
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
C’mon Kris we need a quick inning. Big hitters up in the 9th.
Chris
August 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Ramirez gained 25 pounds in the off-season?! All natural I guess.