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Jimmy Joe
August 30th, 2009
9:30 pm
This team is going no where if Chipper and McCann don’t hit.
Paul Lentz
August 30th, 2009
9:30 pm
Gov Clinton Tyree………Smoltz was a young pitcher back in 1991 with GREAT stuff. A lot of his problem back then was “mental”. He’d be cruising along for 4 or 5 innings, pitching lights out, and then have a BLOW-UP inning.
It got to the point where he had to go and see a shrink in order to get his head on straight. Smoltz’s problem wasnt lacking talent. It was mental. Whatever he did with that shrink, it helped turn his second half around.
Kelly Johnson has NO WHERE near the talent that Smoltz did.
bravesgrl4life
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
so I take it there was an outstanding play (with Roach in the mix) that ended what looked like a very scary situation.
ChurchMan
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
Mac not having fun against Philly pitching this series
Soph
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
At least make Blanton work! We’re making it too easy.
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
Anybody that pitches on Sunday night seems to deal against the Braves.
CaliChopper
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
cabravesfan – SC? awww thats a shame….
Chong
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
bravesgrl4life
August 30th, 2009
9:31 pm
so I take it there was an outstanding play (with Roach in the mix) that ended what looked like a very scary situation.
bases loaded, no outs. pitcher lined out to Roachy who then stepped on first for double play. no runs scored
Shamus Thacker
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
Frenchy? Y’all know he’s gonna stink coming out of ST next year. Why the continued fascination? He’s on a trade high. It’ll wear off this winter. Specially after he buys a few more toys in NY; then he’d rather eat fricasseed horse sh_t than swing a bat…
Heath
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
cabravesfan -
My g/f is aggrevating as hell with her lack of knowledge…. Just as an example, she asks me all the time (seems that way anyway): “Are they playing at home?” I have explained it to her with looking at the jerseys, looking at who is listed first on the scoreboard…. drived me bonkers.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
They blitz C Lee for six runs and then make Blanton look like a Cy Young winner. These guys do not have clue!
Heath
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
typo
drived = drives
Soph
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
Good eye Loafy.
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:32 pm
Garrett with two walks in one game?
Is that a first?
Efrim
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Blanton is a lot better than some here think.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
chilidog75 (August 30th, 2009 9:31 pm)
Anybody that pitches on Sunday night seems to deal against the Braves.
Good point
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
I guess I should give Blanton some credit here but where are those bats?
Come on Yunel.
We gotta get that mo’ back.
VaBraveFan
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
we got lucky there didnt we lol
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
CaliChopper-
you are not a fan of that other team are you??? Oh the HORROR!!!
Kurdt Kobain
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Geez… take some pitches, people.
ChurchMan
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
inning over and the Famine lives on
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Yunel seemed to run harder for those flyballs in the first inning than he did on that.
The_Superhoo
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Whats the point of being patient on the first pitch, if you swing at crap on the next one? That first pitch was his.
Soph
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Ay-yi-yi. No comment.
“Now the big hitters!”
Thank you Jon Miller.
Frankie Wren
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Luv Esco but how many 6-4-3’s has he had this year? Got to be one of the leaders, yikes.
bravesgrl4life
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Heath, my hubby would not be able to tell either.
K_Chub
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Hello – offense wake up!!!
Jake W.
August 30th, 2009
9:34 pm
Now they cheer, gotta love it.
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:34 pm
What the hell?
Doc Holiday
August 30th, 2009
9:34 pm
Which Philly do you hate the most:
a) Rollins
b) Howard
c) Victorino
d) John Miller
e) c and d
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:35 pm
Heath-
I have learned that sometimes knowing more then the guy I am talking to is not a good thing…but I just cannot pretend I know nothing…oh well
atlwolf
August 30th, 2009
9:35 pm
N8, don’t forget that Vazquez was traded for BEFORE the Braves signed Kawakami. To me, KAWAKAMI was the one we didn’t need. We should have spent his 3 year, $23 million contract on that bat we so sorely need.
Doc Holiday
August 30th, 2009
9:35 pm
I cant stand how immature yunel is at the plate………cant he take some pitches?
jeffrey d
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
ahh yes. I remember Fourcalls triple play
CaliChopper
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
cabravesfan – no worries there, think the PAC is a weak confrence and SC over-rated because of it.
Soph
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
Doc -
All of the above?
N8
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
braveheart
Too funny. Have you seen the Brett Favre one that I linked the other day? If not….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfHnCwLp14
Anyhow, I’m not really ranting. I just think it’s funny that people would rather gripe about the coverage and/or respect that the Braves get from ESPN or other media outlets. Cracks me up.
The people griping about it are either too young to remember the way ESPN gushed over the Braves for year (though Morgan has always questioned them winning only 1 WS under Bobby – who hasn’t?), or they are those kind of people who are too selfish and aren’t willing to accept that the Braves are no longer the “hot ticket” of MLB and that other cities have good players too.
I don’t particularily like that ESPN is all about the Yanks/Red Sox either. But I remember how much coverage the Braves got for a decade, so I “get it”.
Shamus Thacker
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
Loaf is sick of hearing us describe Ed Norton as a professional walker. Loaf wants that action…
Vinings Jim
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
cabravesfan – I suspect any guy who is fanatic about his own team would understand you going to your team’s games – as long as you take him with you
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
Jurrjens gettin tired?
Seems like he’s throwin more balls…or maybe he’s just bein careful?
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:36 pm
1-2-3 JJ, let’s go.
We have to get Blanton out of the game.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 30th, 2009
9:37 pm
Y’all know the old adage that if you keep making the same mistake over and over that it’s a sign of insanity. . .
I guess we’ll see Greg Norton PH in the seventh. . .
Heath
August 30th, 2009
9:37 pm
bravesgrl4life
August 30th, 2009
9:33 pm
Heath, my hubby would not be able to tell either.
I’m OK with her not knowing…. I just wish she’d stop asking me as if she cared.
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:37 pm
CaliChopper-
I am not going to rant to you because you seem like a really nice person
Let’s just say I will kindly disagree with that statement 
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:37 pm
N8,
Not only that but they just replayed the Furcal triple play and Miller almost had a coronary when he was calling it! Guess, for that one night at least, he was ok with the Braves. He didn’t hate them.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:37 pm
Nice play Adam
Doc Holiday
August 30th, 2009
9:38 pm
LaR is an octopus !!!!
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:38 pm
VJ-
USC is a hot ticket these days…He would have to make it worth my while
David O'Brien
August 30th, 2009
9:38 pm
We’ve got ourselves a good ballgame here, folks.
Anyone seen the trailor for the new movie by the director of Old Boy (and if you haven’t seen Old Boy, by all means rent it immediately).
His new one’s called Thirst.
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:38 pm
I do like that McCann has actually set up inside on Howard a few times tonight. Make him see something different.
CaliChopper
August 30th, 2009
9:39 pm
cabravesfan – LOL, we can save that talk for the off season
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:39 pm
See. He doesn’t handle inside stuff at all. Why in the world has it taken the Braves four years to figure this out?
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:39 pm
You’re cheering for that Phillie fans?
I’m cheering for that.
Paul Lentz
August 30th, 2009
9:39 pm
Bad luck there.
Vinings Jim
August 30th, 2009
9:40 pm
cabravesfan –
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
Just a dangerous line-up…top to bottom
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
CaliChopper-
One question and then we will file that topic away for a slow November day…who is your team? (just out of curiosity are you a famale? OK that was 2 questions…)
N8
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
“Guess, for that one night at least, he was ok with the Braves. He didn’t hate them.” chilidog75
Yeah, but I’m sure Cardinals fans were livid at the bravado in which he made the call, as though he was rooting for it to happen.
Rob from SC
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
Chipper, stop being lazy on your throws already
Paul Lentz
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
Looks like Chipper took some throwing lessons from Casey Kotchman.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
Wow, Chipper’s whole game is falling apart. What an awful throw!
Damn bunions.
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
I wonder if Blanton has figured out how he’s going to pitch Gorecki.
That’s probably been bothering him for three innings now.
RHR
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
7th already? This one is zipping right along.
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:41 pm
*female
Chopdawg
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
Hope the Braves do something that would require Jurrjens not to hit, this inning
Jake W.
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
“N8, don’t forget that Vazquez was traded for BEFORE the Braves signed Kawakami. To me, KAWAKAMI was the one we didn’t need. We should have spent his 3 year, $23 million contract on that bat we so sorely need.”
And then we would be saying once we had to rely on Kris Medlen or Jojo Reyes as our 5th starter and rush up Tommy Hanson that we should have gotten another pitcher. Kris Medlen has been better since he’s been in the bullpen. With Campillo going down and Carlyle being hurt don’t know who would have done better in their than Medlen. Down one serviceable starter and still having to deal with the struggles of Frenchy, KJ and Schafer who would have been here regardless, don’t know if one hitter would have made that big a difference when you take all those things into consideration.
Heath
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
My tummy hurts….I ate too much blackberry pie.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
RE: Just a dangerous line-up…top to bottom
Been clenching my butt cheeks all game..8O
CaliChopper
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
cabravesfan – Bama and male
GamecockBrave
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
DOB… Saw Inglorious the other day… loved it! What did you think about Mike Myers’ part?
Also thoughts on Fox Bros BBQ on Dekalb?
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:43 pm
Okay… now let’s get some runs.
Nevermind. Gorecki, just don’t hurt yourself up there.
Chong
August 30th, 2009
9:43 pm
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:42 pm
RE: Just a dangerous line-up…top to bottom
Been clenching my butt cheeks all game..8O
major league TMI
David O'Brien
August 30th, 2009
9:44 pm
My bad. That was wrong Thirst. That was some cheese flick. Here’s the one I’m talking about. This trailor isn’t nearly as intense as the trailor we saw for it last week at Midtown Art Cinema. Movie looks terrific, and trippy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG2NCsz1mFc&feature=related
Cheese
August 30th, 2009
9:44 pm
All in All I’m happy with how JJ has handled the first 6 in the phils lineup
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:44 pm
I really miss Jeff Francoeur here, He has the cutest look and tightest buttocks I would love to massage..After a nice shower and oil him up.
Mitchell
August 30th, 2009
9:45 pm
Wow, I thought Gorecki was leading off.
Shows what I know.
Okay Reid. You’re up.
Doc Holiday
August 30th, 2009
9:45 pm
What is it about this creep that we cant hit him!!!!!!!!?????????
bravesgrl4life
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
NS Steve – TMI, dude, TMI
Braveheart
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
N8, too funny with Hitler and Favre. And, yeah, you do rant. What’s wrong with ranting?
cabravesfan
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
CaliChopper-
That’s unfortunate and my bad- sorry!
(it was just pointed out to me that I should have phrased that differently- no offense meant!)
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
Wow…He hit it
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
Rollins has got a family to think about!
Wow. Surprised he stayed in front of that rocket shot.
Hugh Jazz
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
News Flash – This offense is horrible.
SRF
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
Blanton looks like Cy Young
Nova Scotia Steve
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
Sorry dudes…
Just a little nervous…
MiaBchBravesFan
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
Everyone is pull-happy in this lineup. Adam, they throw two pitches inside to ya. He’s gonna go outside on the sequence. Why don’t you hit away to the opp. field?
Cause you’re not thinking. Like the rest of your hitting mates.
WHAT!?! No Norton!?! ACK!!! ARGH!!!
ChurchMan
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
maybe they can get going against the philly bullpen
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
well, at least they made him throw 111 pitches.
RHR
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
Joe Blanton is a fat bastage.
Braveheart
August 30th, 2009
9:47 pm
Saw Inglorious Basterds this weekend. Very entertaining flick
chilidog75
August 30th, 2009
9:48 pm
Cy Young WISHES he had Blanton’s unhittable stuff.
Guy is electric.
Gov Clinton Tyree
August 30th, 2009
9:48 pm
It’s been said a thousand times, but I still marvel -
Man, did Wren hose Dombrowski on the Jurrjens deal.
Gamec0ckBrave
August 30th, 2009
9:48 pm
DOB great call on Inglorious Bastards… Did you like the odd semi-awward scene with Mike Myers?
Also what are your thoughts on Fox Bros BBQ on Dekalb Ave?
Chong
August 30th, 2009
9:48 pm
SRF
August 30th, 2009
9:46 pm
Blanton looks like Cy Young
I was thinking more like the Michelin Tire Man
Kurdt Kobain
August 30th, 2009
9:48 pm
I thought so too, Braveheart
Cy Young
August 30th, 2009
9:49 pm
I do not look like Joe Blanton.
bigdave
August 30th, 2009
9:49 pm
jekyll and hyde braves bats…
Gamec0ckBrave
August 30th, 2009
9:49 pm
Cliff Lee wears Joe Blanton PJs!
Paul Lentz
August 30th, 2009
9:49 pm
This series, our offense “bashes” Cliff Lee……….yet we make Pedro, Jamie Moyer, and Joe Blanton look like Cy Young candidates.
It is baffling as to how the Braves offense can “get up” for good pitchers…….yet mentally “take the night off” against BUMS.
How does a “rational” person explain that?
CaliChopper
August 30th, 2009
9:50 pm
cabravesfan – Unfortunate? And none taken, I’m pretty secure in my football and sexuality