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Jeffro
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
The new job I just started shares the same building as Baseball America’s HQ….hell we share the same toilets. Got any questions to pass along?
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
lol… what is Cabrera doing? Doesn’t he know who’s in our outfield?
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
Wow. Great throw.
Thanks for not running.
Ballgame
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
dang, i better change my name if we get one more out.
Chop Chop
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
The Padres are such a bad team, folks. I don’t know how some of you can hunker down like this game (or the next one, or the one after that). Look at Cabrera. What the f*** is he doing?
Mixxo
August 26th, 2009
7:24 pm
Nice throw Loaf!
:facepalm:
Chop Chop
August 26th, 2009
7:24 pm
like this game is Armageddon*
The rest of that would have helped, but it was kinda cool not finishing the thought.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:24 pm
Come on KK.
They’re still the Padres.
Kenshin Kawakami on an iPhone 3GS 16G from the pitchers mound
August 26th, 2009
7:24 pm
I got a quesion why dey hatin on me?
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
Chop Chop
LMAO thats great just sitting there afriad to run on Loaf
Count Chocula
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
GOD!!…Why can’t we show up when playing sorry @ss teams??
Roman Gal
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
[exhales]
Ballgame
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
Damn it
Luke H.
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
good work KK
Mixxo
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
Way to get out of it KK.
pryguy
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
great work from KK…he’s proved alot so far this year.
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:25 pm
Way to get out of it KK!
San Diego doing their best Atlanta Braves impression! Thanks!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
Kawakami, you’re my hero.
Let’s get some runs for our best pitcher.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
WOW…yup…I did hear the crows…I mean crowd.
PS
This guy is like a monkey playin with hand grenades…but he got outtaf it
Vinings Jim
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
this could get ugly fast here…
this is gonna get bad real quick…
Good calls!
bigdave
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
the throw wasnt that bad… KK’s glove hit it cutting it off… that changed the trajectory…
Cheese
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
well that just shows how bad the padres are…I mean the bases loaded no outs for the middle of your order and you get 3 lazy popouts
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
great work KK way to get out of that inning staying composed. now we gotta wake the bats up!!! come on Chipper!!! snap out of it!!!
SouthernBelleBrave
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
Glad you pitched outta that one, KK!! Would’ve been a bad way to start this one…from behind.
Paul Lentz
August 26th, 2009
7:26 pm
David O’Brien……….I’m with Bobby Cox on this one. He’s totally right in keeping Chipper in the #3 spot in the order. While his production has tapered off, he still is able to draw walks, plus his presence in the order puts stress on the pitcher on the mound.
Not enough emphasis is being put on his presence in the batting order. Teams pitch him carefully, even when he is struggling, because they know he is capable of busting out of his slump at any time.
Some slumps last longer than others. However, until Chipper shows by his play that he isnt able to properly bust out of slumps, I see no problem with Bobby keeping him in the line-up in the #3 spot in the batting order.
Chop Chop
August 26th, 2009
7:27 pm
Based on what I saw in that inning, Everth Cabrera doesn’t have any heart. In fact, I’d say that Headley, Venable, and Kouzmanoff have no heart.
keylargo
August 26th, 2009
7:27 pm
C A B
I would have put in Kelly Johnson. He is the fastest man on the roster with McLouth out. I also think it would have been very close one way or the other, but worth the try for the win.
Chris
August 26th, 2009
7:27 pm
Vinings Jim- only way to assume that it was gonna be bad quickly with no outs and bases loaded after the first three batters in the game right?
CW
August 26th, 2009
7:27 pm
Is it wrong that every time I hear Kawakami I think of Bob Uecker in Major League making the Cowabunga call?
Great comeback by the way by KK.
Kenshin Kawakami on an iPhone 3GS 16G from the dugout
August 26th, 2009
7:28 pm
I ain’t did nothin to em but count dis money and put my team on now my whole click stunnin.
pryguy
August 26th, 2009
7:28 pm
Vinings…
Reason I said that was bsaed on the bases loaded with no outs and KK getting a few unlucky breaks/calls. But I appreciate your humor, or lack thereof.
Soph
August 26th, 2009
7:28 pm
That last inning for the Padres felt eerily familiar. Like deja vu…no?
Paul Lentz
August 26th, 2009
7:28 pm
Meanwhile, nice going by Kawakami. Escobar’s decision to go to second didnt help his cause. However Kawakami was able to work out of it.
Hopefully we can pounce on this BUM the Padres have on the mound tonight.
Kelly's Johnson
August 26th, 2009
7:28 pm
ONLY one that couldn’t score from 3B on that throw by Loaf….would be….Loaf
Tiger Woods
August 26th, 2009
7:29 pm
munz
August 26th, 2009
7:23 pm
KK gets out of this, Braves make the playoffs
Sure as hell hope you are right sir!
Rodney Derrick
August 26th, 2009
7:29 pm
I suppose the fact that they did not run on Loaf means that their announcers, who were describing how bad Loaf plays in the field, must not talk to the players and coaches on the Padres. By now, anyone not aware of Loaf in the field has to be blind.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:30 pm
Great start Matt.
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:30 pm
Chipper should be in the 3rd spot every night regardless
Nova Scotia Steve
August 26th, 2009
7:30 pm
Cheese (August 26th, 2009 7:26 pm)
well that just shows how bad the padres are…I mean the bases loaded no outs for the middle of your order and you get 3 lazy popouts.
RE: Sounds like a team we all may know…’cept for the 4-6-3 double play…but AT LEAST we normally get one run out of it…
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:30 pm
Anybody else watch Garrett Anderson’s Know Your Braves and were surprised when he didn’t say his nickname was “Loaf”? I hear/read him referred to that so much… it was strange to hear him say his nickname was something else. Like his initials, which is not really a nickname.
I didn’t know the guy could smile.
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:31 pm
that was interesting seeing Cabrera hold up on a throw from Loaf. Have the Padres done any scouting? Good job by KK getting those flies. And alright, Martin!
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:31 pm
And when we do get a run with the bases loaded, its usually on a walk.
Tiger Woods
August 26th, 2009
7:31 pm
Roach still batting 7th what a joke. Good work Bobby.
Roman Gal
August 26th, 2009
7:31 pm
Oh, Chipper! How I miss you so!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:31 pm
There goes the perfect game.
How about a stolen base?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
RE: Tiger Woods
You missed it…Golf talk was last night…
Unless your sticking around for golf day at Turner Field that’s coming up…SERIOUSLY Golf Day at Turner Field…
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
moral victory for Chipper!
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
Alright, Mac, 3-fer here, come on, baby.
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
Chipper being pitched around once again…… even in his horrible slump!! Come on Mac!!!
Vinings Jim
August 26th, 2009
7:32 pm
pryguy – definitely humor – a good opportunity to enjoy an outcome that, I will admit, i was not expecting
Vinings Jim
August 26th, 2009
7:33 pm
MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff321
August 26th, 2009
7:33 pm
Mac yanks it!
Tiger Woods
August 26th, 2009
7:33 pm
MORAL VICTORY WOOT!!!
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
MAC!!!! Thank you, baby
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
Come on Brian.
Ballgame
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
Luke H.
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
haha where are the haters RIGHT NOW
CW
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
Big Mac!
Ballgame
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
Okay, now BALLGAME.
David O'Brien
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
Crush job. Mac is hitting them a country mile when he hits ‘em these days.
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
bravesgrl4life called it
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
boom…….. ballgame …….
munz
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
i think KK can make that stand up
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
BMAC hell yeah!!!!!!!!!! he has a decent shot at reaching 100 rbi if he keep swing the big stick
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:35 pm
Right you are, Kurdt. McFann, could it be I’ve got some mojo for our boy?
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:35 pm
That low and in breaking pitch… mac just crushes those.
Braves fan in Nebraska
August 26th, 2009
7:35 pm
Nice bomb McCann!
SouthernBelleBrave
August 26th, 2009
7:35 pm
WAHOOOO MCCANN!!!!!
Paul Lentz
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
Pete………why would Bobby pinch run for McCann in the bottom of the 9th, but not Garret? Given Garret’s ailments, I actually feel that McCann is more a fleet of foot than Garret is at this point of the season.
One bad move can change the course of a game.
I play a lot of no-limit poker tournaments. One can play well for hours and build a nice stack of chips. However, if you misplay one hand, it can cost you the tournament. When you play poker, you have to be focused every single hand. On slip and you could be busted.
I feel that this Braves team loses it’s focus at times.
Meanwhile……………..NICE GOING McCANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! McCann is falling in love with the 3-run jack.
Even tough Chipper is struggling, the Padres pitched him so carefully that he walked him on 4 pitches. Meanwhile, McCann comes to the plate and gets a hold of one.
I have been adamant on keeping both Chipper and McCann in the #3 and #4 spots in the order.
Ballgame©
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
guy at 7:34- I’m the only ballgame here
pryguy
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
Well in the words of Frenchy…..WHAT A RALLY KILLER!!
Best trade idea in the history of trade ideas!
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
KK for A Gonzalez straight up!
CW
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
Loaf wants to steal second
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
good job Loaf keep it going!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
That’s my all star!
IT’S THE PADRES, BRAVES!!!
IS IT THAT HARD?
Roman Gal
August 26th, 2009
7:37 pm
Poor Stauffer. I can’t believe they don’t even have a picture of him in their media guide!
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:37 pm
Better trade idea: Greg Norton for Albert Pujols straight up.
Ballgame©
August 26th, 2009
7:37 pm
I love McFann
Paul Lentz
August 26th, 2009
7:38 pm
CharlieAlphaBravo…………your 7:06pm posting shows that you havent been paying attention. I have REPEATEDLY stated that Bobby should have used Javier Vazquez to pinch run. I gave my reasons why in previous postings. Please scroll back and look if you want to see my explanation.
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:38 pm
so much the mound visit did lol cant even throw a strike lol
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:38 pm
left side of the SD infield… solid defensively
McFann ;Ô;
August 26th, 2009
7:38 pm
YABBA-DABBA-DOO!!!!! Sorry for the delay!! THat was a SWEET swing after looking kinda funny on that foul ball.
bravesgrl4life–
That may be…stick around, will ya?
Fred
August 26th, 2009
7:39 pm
McFann, Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the “you don’t make friends with salad” line was from Cheers.
VaBraveFan
August 26th, 2009
7:39 pm
Yunel does that way to much he leads the braves with 15 Dp’s this season
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
Plannin on it sister
I do believe that’s twice I’ve asked for a 3-fer and gotten it. I think the first time I got it as a 3-for-3 at bats, but hey, I’m not complainin’. 
Kelly's Johnson
August 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
If Esco hit “behind” somebody like Chipper…he would lead the known universe…in GIDPs…
Chauncey Gardner
August 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
I like to watch.
McFann ;Ô;
August 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
And KK did a great job getting outta that jam…so nice that the dude on third didn’t try to score on that second fly-out!
That’s an even 70 RBI for BMac now. 365 for his career.
bravesgrl4life
August 26th, 2009
7:41 pm
I’ve asked my husband for a jersey for Christmas. It must might have to be McCann’s. Was thinking Hanson, but I might be changing my mind on that.
CW
August 26th, 2009
7:41 pm
KK trying to figure out what the 3 is doing on the scoreboard
bigdave
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
look at grandma’ eating her hotdog… behind home plate…
McFann ;Ô;
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
Fred–
Eh…I don’t know. I’ve seen like, one episode of Cheers in my entire life…
bravesgrl4life–
Good! NOw ask for some doubles!
(He needs 18 more…)
Sick of this government
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
Actually Prado is the thing that happen here. We put Prado in and made him the starting second baseman and brough LaRoach back. The team started to win. Then Prado got hurt, Church got hurt, Anderson got hurt and here you go. Back in the lineup goes Johnson, and some rookie who has no power. We need strong hitters and we just dont have that. Chipper is not the hitter he used to be and he hurts this team now more then helps. I am sick of seeing him go o for and he has done that a lot lately. We have some strength but not enough.
I hope in this off season the braves dump Lowe, and KK and start the season with Hudson, Hanson, Jurrjens, Vazquez and Medlin. Lowe is not a ace and KK is ok but the other guys are better. So trade those two pitchers and get some hitting. We need a outfield and a bench. Norton hitting 150 is not a bench. Good players filled in with trash does not make a good team.
Ballgame
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
Holy crap…unbelievable
Kelly's Johnson
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
The Loaf flashes some leather !!!!
Kurdt Kobain
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
Professional catch.
Ballgame©
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
GA refuses to slide.
CrimeDog
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
The Braves are winning by a score of 3 BTUs to 0. Oh, they’re called runs? But I thought fire won ballgames?
jaduba
August 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
KK did well to get out of the 1st with no damae, but he needs to get into a grove, and pitch 5 – 6 more scoreless innings.
Supes
August 26th, 2009
7:43 pm
McFann,
I fully expect B-Mac to lead the club in RBI’s this year. I also expect him to lead or be 2nd in HR to LaRoache.
I had brian penciled in for 20+HR, 35+ Doubles and 85+RBI when the season started.