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Steve from OH
August 25th, 2009
8:44 pm
Norris–nope, just Paul Lentz. Not the blog in general. Just Paul.
PS–chill out and vent? Oxymoronic…
blazon
August 25th, 2009
8:44 pm
latos pray…
Heath
August 25th, 2009
8:44 pm
The second-most important game of the night just got underway…
NORRIS
August 25th, 2009
8:45 pm
cool steve. I understand with Paul. He is weird.
blazon
August 25th, 2009
8:45 pm
latos now praise famous men..
munz
August 25th, 2009
8:45 pm
i just want to thank everybody here … in all seriousness … i work nights mostly, and watching the game is frowned upon where I work … so, what do I do? i continually refresh this blog, and am able to follow the game just as well … i keep the game-tracker on as well, but when things slow down there, or something happens that the game-tracker doesn’t illustrate, I can always count on you guys … thanks again!
JayDubu
August 25th, 2009
8:45 pm
Why is it that th Braves allow average pitchers to shut them down time after time?
Kurdt Kobain
August 25th, 2009
8:46 pm
According to wikipedia, the guys name is Matthew Latos, so its technically NOT his parents fault he spells his name with one ‘t’. For what thats worth…
Poopy Pants
August 25th, 2009
8:46 pm
Good thing Loaf didn’t have to move too far
Bat Masterson
August 25th, 2009
8:46 pm
vent and chill out….. healthier
Heath
August 25th, 2009
8:47 pm
Dodgers up 1-0 in the 1st.
Heath
August 25th, 2009
8:48 pm
Middle of the lineup…let’s do something here guys.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
We’re going to score here….I’m feelin’ it!
JayDubu
August 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
third time looking at the Pads pitcher, and the Braves do nothing different from the 1st two times.
McFann :Ô:
August 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
DOB It would appear the Braves are Latos-intolerant….
Ow…ow ow ow…
Steve from OH
August 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
We can agree on that one Norris, LOL! Weird…is a bit nice, but hey, you’re probably nicer than me too.
Runnin
August 25th, 2009
8:50 pm
JJ’s cruising now. He could probably go another inning. Good comeback after his long, 26 pitch first inning. The dude is a stud.
Now let’s score some runs for him!
Heath
August 25th, 2009
8:51 pm
That’s the third or fourth time they have started the inning with that shot… at least the SS guys are good at their jobs… Which is more than I can say about the Braves offense tonight.
McFann Ô
August 25th, 2009
8:51 pm
OK, Chipper, BMac, Anderson…hmm.
Well, BMac had the good game on Sunday, but he’s been having trouble putting together a few good games in a row…Chipper, don’t know what’s wrong with him…
?
August 25th, 2009
8:52 pm
i can’t even believe this is happening tonight. big game. knowing we can gain ground. after a day off. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bat Masterson
August 25th, 2009
8:52 pm
If a moral victory for you is a walk why in the hell to you keep swing at the first pitch………..damn chipper
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2009
8:52 pm
VJ-
christina who? I am unfimiliar with this name…
Chucktown Brave
August 25th, 2009
8:53 pm
Wow, we suck
McFann Ô
August 25th, 2009
8:53 pm
Like I said…
David..(Athens, AL)
August 25th, 2009
8:54 pm
so chipper is tired … work maybe 3 hrs a day
JEFF
August 25th, 2009
8:54 pm
wow we are 7 innings in and a rookie is shutting us out.. against the freakin san diego padres.. come on..
Chucktown Brave
August 25th, 2009
8:54 pm
We are just getting embarrassed by a rookie on an awful team. He is making our batters look stupid.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
8:54 pm
OK…..maybe not.
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
8:55 pm
From the manager, all the way down to the lowly Ed Norton, there’s no inspirational leader on this team
Paul Lentz
August 25th, 2009
8:55 pm
This is starting to get pathetic. Lucky for us that Jair Jurrjens is keeping us in the game.
McFann Ô
August 25th, 2009
8:55 pm
Yeah, .285 now…he just can’t seem to get it to go up and stay up!
Poopy Pants
August 25th, 2009
8:56 pm
Chipper checklist:
1. Go to Hooters after game
2. Chew another piece of gum
3. Swing at first pitch
Chucktown Brave
August 25th, 2009
8:56 pm
If GA doesn’t hit a HR here… the game is over
Steve from OH
August 25th, 2009
8:56 pm
Paul, I’m waiting…
Couch Tater
August 25th, 2009
8:57 pm
Latos are not to be latrifled with.
JayDubu
August 25th, 2009
8:57 pm
Man this pitcher just beat the Braves on Aug. 3, pitching 7 innings of 6 hit 2 run baseball.
Tonight anothr gem agaist our Atlanta Braves.
Kurdt Kobain
August 25th, 2009
8:57 pm
At least he worked the count a little bit…. but in the end, he’s just making up for Chipper swinging at the first pitch, so the net result is another easy inning.
Heath
August 25th, 2009
8:57 pm
Braves are in a hurry to lose. Game is 15 minutes shy of 2 hours and we’re already in the 8th! Yikes.
Poopy Pants
August 25th, 2009
8:58 pm
Move on Steve. Like to Ohio
Braves Realist
August 25th, 2009
8:58 pm
Playoffs!?! Playoffs!?!?
MurphyRules
August 25th, 2009
8:58 pm
This is pitiful. If you’re serious about making the playoffs, you don’t let the second-worst team in the league and some no-name thug come into your house and shut you out.
Two more innings to go, Bravos. Wake the *&#! up!!!!
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2009
8:58 pm
Chipper now 1-for-27 with one RBI in his past nine games.
Something tells me he will be out of the lineup tomorrow, Infante at 3B, Church in CF.
JEFF
August 25th, 2009
8:58 pm
getting 2 hitted by a rookie and one of the worst teams in the league wow… just awful..a chance to make some ground up against a bad team and we are losing.. love adrian gonzalez but hes the best player on that team and the only one.. the day off made them leave there game and the bats home..
?
August 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
better get a run next inning. bell is pretty tough. EMBARRASSING
N Nine
August 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
Where did Jurrjens4CY go?
No More, No More Bobby
August 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
obvously this lack of offense is all bobby’s fault, why doesn’t he teach them how to hit??
MrNeutral
August 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
Here’s a good PSA for teens (or anyone doing it) about texting and driving.
http://www.parentdish.com/2009/08/25/will-bloody-texting-psa-get-the-message-to-teens/?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl5|link1|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentdish.com%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fwill-bloody-texting-psa-get-the-message-to-teens%2F
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
8:59 pm
Somebody in our dugout should be cussing and throwing things! And preferably breaking stuff!
McFann Ô
August 25th, 2009
9:00 pm
Refresh, DANGIT! Did you eat my post??
Kurdt Kobain
August 25th, 2009
9:00 pm
Rockies and Phillies losing.
Paul Lentz
August 25th, 2009
9:00 pm
That was a generous strike three call for the first out of the 8th.
No More, No More Bobby
August 25th, 2009
9:00 pm
and why the heck hasn’t jeff321 been on here hatin, there’s plenty of hatin to be had right now…
McFann Ô
August 25th, 2009
9:01 pm
Yep, you sure did.
I’m really bored. When does the game start?
tvsportscaster
August 25th, 2009
9:01 pm
If anyone thought this is a playoff team, this game is proof they’re not. It is inexcusable what is going on tonight. They are being 2-hit by a freakin rookie on the second worst team in the league. Playoff caliber teams come out and go for the juggiler against these type teams. What do the Braves do, they sleepwalk, unforgivable.
Braves Realist
August 25th, 2009
9:01 pm
Chipper better be off the team come next season.
munz
August 25th, 2009
9:01 pm
JJ might be the best bad (record) pitcher in baseball …
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
Latos hasn’t pitched more than seven innings in any of his seven starts.
Braves are first team he’s faced a second time. Would also be the first he’s beaten twice, obviously.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
ok time for a 5 run eighth.
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
LOL@McFann
Jeffro
August 25th, 2009
9:02 pm
Atlanta Braves baseball…..Playing without a sense of urgency since 1996.
CaliChopper
August 25th, 2009
9:03 pm
Shamus – dugout is yours, tear it up, just don’t wake up Bobby
Kurdt Kobain
August 25th, 2009
9:03 pm
This game is 1 out of 162. It is proof of nothing, other than Mat Latos is dealing through 7 innings, Jurrjens through 8.
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
9:03 pm
Does anybody disagree that Bobby can’t inspire a team, even a little?
Blackbird
August 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
This is more pathetic than our normal patheticness, I really feel for the poor people who actually paid for tickets to see this mess. We are what we have been for the past three years, a mediocre, slightly over .500 team. We just happened to bundle a year’s worth of wins over the past 2 months.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
Shamus Thacker –
This is why I’ve never liked their “not too high…not too low” approach they’ve adopted long ago.
No passion
No fire
No broken coolers
Anonymous Caller
August 25th, 2009
9:04 pm
We can beat Santana and Lincecum but can’t hit Latos.
CaliChopper
August 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
Thought that was what he does when he gets kicked from a game…?
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
This game has playoff implications, and we’re playing it like we’re 20-games out.
Heath
August 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
Joe -
The Braves need to get better offensively next year, too. So, let’s stop worrying about the Padres.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
9:06 pm
JJ’s doing his job. Gotta give it to him…..and get him some runs!
Kurdt Kobain
August 25th, 2009
9:06 pm
Mixxo, pretty sure I saw on Baseball Tonight Derek Lowe throw a cooler in the dugout after he was taken out Sunday.
Paul Lentz
August 25th, 2009
9:06 pm
Jair may be running out of gas right now. He’s up to 112 pitches.
Heath
August 25th, 2009
9:06 pm
Alright, time to take out JJ.
CaliChopper
August 25th, 2009
9:07 pm
Mixxo – but hey the pitchers are learning to give the position players snotty looks, does that count?
Steve from OH
August 25th, 2009
9:07 pm
Does anybody disagree that Bobby can’t inspire a team, even a little?
Well, I haven’t seen him stand on the dugout railing and give an inspiring soliloquy in a while…
“They can take our bats, but they can never take our…sense of urgency!”
[Inspired cheering]
bigdave
August 25th, 2009
9:07 pm
smart move Bobby
Heath
August 25th, 2009
9:07 pm
JJ can’t be frustrated with himself…he has to be frustrated with his teammates.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
9:07 pm
Head up JJ. Not your fault we’re not hitting this bum.
Cheese
August 25th, 2009
9:08 pm
Rockies and Phils down currently
ChurchMan
August 25th, 2009
9:08 pm
can the pen hold or will they put it out of reach ….
Poopy Pants
August 25th, 2009
9:08 pm
Maybe the pitchers should start swinging rather than bunting since they already doing all of the work anyway
Mario Mendoza
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
Someone give Chipper a Hooters discount card, that’s his Mecca. He needs to get refocused!
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
CaliChopper -
Actually, it counts for a lot! Glad to see it too.
Blackbird
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
So once again, maybe an opportunity to pick up ground, but nooooooooooooooo
Heath
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
Everyone except JJ deserves a big
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shamus Thacker
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
Bobby’s the one who should be cussing and throwing things; show a little passion dammitt…
JayDubu
August 25th, 2009
9:09 pm
Chipper will be the first one giving a quote tonight after the game.
Rodney Derrick
August 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
Amazing what announcers say– “JJ just frustrated with himself”. Are you kidding me? His team scores no runs, and he has to pitch around a lazy left fielder adding base runners and more pitches to his pitch count.
Soph
August 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
Poor JJ. Feel for him.
CrimeDog
August 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
Shamus-
Since we’re blaming outside factors other than the players themselves on this offensive showing, I’ll go with blaming the fans. After all, this is a game with playoff implications and there’s only 15,000 in the stands. It’s the fans who are to blame for not firing this team up. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the players’ faults.
Mixxo
August 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
C’mon Eric.
Madre Padre
August 25th, 2009
9:10 pm
This is a great game. All we need now is for our BP to shut you guys down.
Soph
August 25th, 2009
9:11 pm
Whew. Runs, please!
Poopy Pants
August 25th, 2009
9:11 pm
Maybe more fans would come out if the hitters did their job
JayDubu
August 25th, 2009
9:11 pm
Boog just said that the Padres ar clinging to a 1 – 0 lead. The Braves have 2 singles!
Paul Lentz
August 25th, 2009
9:11 pm
Nice job by O’Flaherty. Time for the offense to “pick up the pace”. Our pitching is giving us a chance to win this game.
groundfog
August 25th, 2009
9:12 pm
no adjustments at all by anybody at the plate tonight
CaliChopper
August 25th, 2009
9:12 pm
Outside factors? 2 hits? Then it must be blame TP day
Paul Lentz
August 25th, 2009
9:13 pm
Mario Mendoza……….Does Chipper like to go to Hooters? I wasnt aware of any Hooters controversy concerning Chipper.
ChurchMan
August 25th, 2009
9:13 pm
moment of truth inning, if they can’t score here in the bottom of the 8th I don’t see them scoring in the 9th