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Lawton
May 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
*with a shutout
BFChris27
May 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
Pirates win
Venice Jim
May 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
Nats lose!
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
GAME OVER PADRES WIN
BFChris27
May 17th, 2012
10:07 pm
YES!!!!!!!!!!
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:07 pm
I was watching another game what happened??????
Lawton
May 17th, 2012
10:08 pm
Oh snap, some one calling Ballgame in the Padres game in the 1st inning.
richbrave
May 17th, 2012
10:08 pm
Back into first !
JC Brave
May 17th, 2012
10:08 pm
Nats lose.
Back in 1st.
Phillies about to win and get above .500 now. Damn it!
BFChris27
May 17th, 2012
10:09 pm
I hope Braves buckle down and quit playing hot potato with the lead in the division
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
Yeap I F’d up oh well
monty
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
Big Boy lineup and Big Boy pitching = easy win.
richbrave
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
Better……4-7 in the division. Amazing what great starting pitching does. Bullpen all rested for this upcoming series with the RAYS.
Let’s GO BRAVES
nolie
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
mitchell will likely complain that he shoulda been taken out around 100 pitches, being the contrarian that he is….
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
Damn Drinking and Bloging
Trey
May 17th, 2012
10:11 pm
So perky.
Venice Jim
May 17th, 2012
10:12 pm
George will point out that we would have won last night if Bourn had played…
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:12 pm
I personally think the “100 pitch” Barrier is dumb you should just look at the players and you can tell when their done. Also leaving them out there when there getting lit up because they havent gone 5 innings is really dumb too.
Venice Jim
May 17th, 2012
10:14 pm
Teddy Cahill @tedcahill
McCann on Beachy: “he’s a specimen.”
Maybe he said “spaceman”…
monty
May 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
Damn Drinking and Bloging
LOL!
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
Pitchers throwing deep into games saves your Bull-Pen in the later months in the season.
Venice Jim
May 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
One more post before I go to do calculus in hopes of cracking the top 25 for a change…
monty
May 17th, 2012
10:17 pm
My computer is acting like it’s on speed. IS there a virus that speeds up your computer, got a fast trigger.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:19 pm
Boy, sounds like we had a great game! I DVR’d it, so I’ll prolly go through the highlights tomorrow or something…
Ah, Nolasco…he’s a good one. And allow me to fill in a couple blanks I left…
1st inning: Ah, boo…
3rd: RBI DOUBLLLLLLLLLLE!!!
AVG up to .256!!!
(Why the crud isn’t Gameday working, anyway? Two nights in a row already…)
End of the game: YAY, BEACHY!!! You ROCK!! CONGRATS!!!
There. That covers the basics, I think…
CaptMudd
May 17th, 2012
10:21 pm
When pitching an activity to others: I would think a day at the beachy would be quite desirable.
N Nine
May 17th, 2012
10:22 pm
Take Minor off the front page and put in BEACHY!!!
cabravesfan
May 17th, 2012
10:24 pm
McFann-
You missed a GREAT Mac smile as he walked off the mound with Beachy
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:25 pm
Minor needs to see how Beachy approached innings 4-9 tonight and see the kind of adjustments Beachy made
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:26 pm
WHY AM I GETTING NO PICTURE FOR THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS????? What is wrong with this DANG Gameday crud??
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:27 pm
Right now the Braves have the pitcher with the best and worst ERA in the NL Starters
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:28 pm
cabravesfan—
Aaaaaaaawwww!!…It’s a good thing I was at Church, or I’d be REALLY peeved!!…
I’ll have to watch the DVR tomorrow, because apparently the Gameday highlights don’t want to work… 
CaptMudd
May 17th, 2012
10:29 pm
Y’all take care…goodnight!
Sopheee
May 17th, 2012
10:33 pm
All the guys we complimented this afternoon came through.
richbrave
May 17th, 2012
10:37 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
GWINNETT
G-Men drop a 2-4 decision to the BISONS. TERHERAN suffers through another hit-fest and brief start. 86 pitches roughly half for strikes. Not good, not good at all.
RHSP JULIO TEHERAN [L 3-2, 3.31 ERA] 2.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R/ER, 5 BB, 2 SO. I’m sure somebody will spin some silver-lining out of this line. My comment….MEH!
RHRP BUDDY CARLISLE [1.80 ERA] 2.1 IP, no hits, 3 SO. Great middle-relief stint by BUDDY!!!! Kept the G-Men in it.
RHRP JAYE CHAPMAN [1.86 ERA] 1.0 IP, no-hits, 1 BB, 2 SO. Solid as a rock.
RHRP CORY GEARRIN [1.19 ERA] 2.0 IP, no-hits, 1 BB, 4 SO. Sa-weet!
The relief corps was exemplary tonight.
C J.C.BOSCAN [.205 BA] 2-3.
PH JOSE YEPEZ [.230 BA] 1-1.
LF STEF GARTRELL [.257 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B [6]. 1 BB. STEF’s on a tear raising his average almost forty points over the past couple of weeks.
1B ERNESTO MEJIA [.296 BA] 1 2B [11], 1 RBI [30], 1 DP unassisted. Looks like this guy’s for real folks. Performing at a carbon-copy rate same as last year in AA. I don’t know where the BRAVES will stash him, but that bat is going to be hard to keep out of an everyday slot in the majors by next year this time…..
RF CHRIS MARRERO [.259 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [6], 1 RBI [13].
3b JOE TERDOSLAVICH [.201 BA] 2-4. he breaks through the mendoza-line and in just three games raises his BA 21 points. Maybe he’s put a patch on that hole in his swing. One can only hope. Now if we can just get the leather out……
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:40 pm
Sopheeee All the guys we complimented this afternoon came through.
Ah, yes! We must do that again sometime…
nolie
May 17th, 2012
10:43 pm
Meija vs Gattis = Godzilla vs Gorgo
J-Man
May 17th, 2012
10:44 pm
Well Julio got lit up a tad……..This could be Todd Redmond’s chance if Minor Struggles anymore…..Or maybe Oswalts phone could be getting a call.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:46 pm
I’m getting really peeved at the non-working highlights. I’m getting sound, but no picture—that’s what I had on the radio, idiot! Now I want to SEE stuff…
Somebody fix this…
Hope it’s not my computer. Guess it could be the browser. Have I mentioned in the past week that I despise Google Chronium? ‘Cause I do. AnNOYing…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:48 pm
Oh well…I think it’s time for bed…NICE GOING, Bravos! Now go beat up on Florida’s other team…Last time the Braves went to Tampa Bay, they snapped their 10-game losing streak, if memory serves…That was in 2006.
Night, all!!
nolie
May 17th, 2012
10:48 pm
Chrome is the best browser in creation… I’ve used every one that has ever been available
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:49 pm
nolie—
Really? Well, to each his own…It’s the only one that wants to “work” for me, so I have no choice it would seem…
cabravesfan
May 17th, 2012
10:50 pm
night McFann!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 17th, 2012
10:51 pm
Night, cab!
keylargo
May 17th, 2012
10:52 pm
I’ll have to agree with you Nolie, especially since I figured out how to make the AdBlock Plus work. I still like Mozilla but Google Chrome is #1.
MikeInFl
May 17th, 2012
10:53 pm
Not working for me either, McFann, using Firefox…. good to see your boy go to left field a couple of times tonight (his double was fly ball right on the LF line)
Bat Masterson
May 17th, 2012
10:57 pm
Looking forward the series with the St Pete Pensioners.
nolie
May 17th, 2012
10:58 pm
used FireFox for years, got tired of all the craziness everytime the open code was updated by some idiot
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:00 pm
St Pete Pensioners…Bat
hey I resemble that remark. I watch a lotta Rays games, they are hot again after a small cold spell
cricket
May 17th, 2012
11:03 pm
hit pensioners on arm, they fall down
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:04 pm
yeah, Rhymes sure is a sissy, no doubt. there is no fainting in baseball
richbrave
May 17th, 2012
11:04 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
MISSISSIPPI
TENNESSEE bests the Bandits tonight 3-2.
RF KEENAN WILEY [.353 BA] 2-4. Moved out of the lead-off slot and hitting eight, but remains hot as a firecracker at the plate.
Lead-off CF TODD CUNNINGHAM [.337 BA] 2-4, 2 R. Move one hot hitter out, move another hot hitter in.
2B PHIL GOSSELIN [.254 BA] 1-4, 1 RBI [15].
LF ‘Big Jim’ GATTIS [.315 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [5], 1 RBI [14].
3B JOE LEONARD [.243 BA] 1-3, 1 BB.
RHSP ZEKE SPRUILL [L 3-4, 4.03 ERA] 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 E [3, missed catch at first]. Good enough for a win. Not great, but good enough.
RHRP ‘Aussie ANDY’ RUSSELL [2.45 ERA] 1.0 IP, no hits, 1 SO. Good stuff.
RHRP CORY RASMUS [1.56 BA] 1.0 IP, zeros, 2 BB, 1 SO.
RHRP MARK LAMM [2.45 ERA] 1.0 IP, no hits, 1 SO.
Great relief job, but the bats don’t overcome two errors, and two unearned runs.
Bat Masterson
May 17th, 2012
11:06 pm
They shoulda let me name the team, nolie. Woulda been a hit with the shuffleboard crowd.
I think their record is pretty much the same as the Braves.
Bat Masterson
May 17th, 2012
11:07 pm
cricket, are you going to any of the games?
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:09 pm
yup it is. they were very hot for a goo0d while and then lost 6 of 7 or something like that. now have won 4 of last 5 I think. could be a good series
cricket
May 17th, 2012
11:10 pm
Bat, I am planning to go to at least one game – most prob. saturday. can’t make it tomorrow.
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:10 pm
I call the the shuffleboardders to tease my aunt who is a fan
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:12 pm
if I can get away, I might try to get there Sunday for a game
Bat Masterson
May 17th, 2012
11:14 pm
Hope it’s a good one, cricket.
MFin04
May 17th, 2012
11:15 pm
Brandon Beachy….gotta tip your cap to him!
Wow!
Bat Masterson
May 17th, 2012
11:16 pm
Ah, good deal, nolie. Hope you get to. Are you taking the aunt you tease?
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:17 pm
gotta give Fredi some credit for sending him back out there every inning
nolie
May 17th, 2012
11:17 pm
if I can work it out Bat. 50-50 at this point I guess
MFin04
May 17th, 2012
11:21 pm
“gotta give Fredi some credit for sending him back out there every inning”
Only Bobby Cox would’ve pulled Beachy in the 7th for Durbin.
Lawton
May 17th, 2012
11:30 pm
Phils almost blew a 5-run lead in the 9th
Carroll Rogers
May 17th, 2012
11:43 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/05/17/braves-postgame-quotes-following-7-0-win-vs-marlins/
postgame quotes are up
Carroll Rogers
May 17th, 2012
11:43 pm
final game story is up
http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/beachy-pitches-shutout-to-1439771.html
Moe Berg
May 17th, 2012
11:43 pm
SBerthiaumeESPN Steve Berthiaume
#Braves 18-5 when Chipper Jones starts. 6-10 when he doesn’t.
ajcfan1
May 17th, 2012
11:46 pm
Bourn(57hits) and Prado (46hits)=103 hits. The best one-two of NL.
Congrats!
GO BRAVES!
uga-brave
May 17th, 2012
11:47 pm
cab, you asked what a #1 starter looked like. you saw it tonight.
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:50 pm
damn nolie here is hoping you make that game…if you need a ride I’ll fly down and rent a car and drive you
uga-brave
May 17th, 2012
11:50 pm
grinch and I defended beachy last season after a rough start and got blasted.
i have been his biggest supporter. the dude has mound presence.
reminds me of mike mussina.
Moe Berg
May 17th, 2012
11:51 pm
David Schoenfield’s Brandon Beachy, baseball’s underrated ace.
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:51 pm
ok maybe thats too much work
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:52 pm
uga – not saying beachy isnt awesome but you need more than 1 CG shutout to be a #1 starter. He is well on his way but still a long way to go
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:53 pm
nolie – seriously if you can make it let me know and I’ll reach out to someone and see about getting you tickets to the game
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:55 pm
and I really like the guy as well BTW
cabravesfan
May 17th, 2012
11:55 pm
Kings win again. Morphing into one of the best play-off stories in quite a while…
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:55 pm
man empty room and it ain’t even midnight
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:56 pm
cab – and you said last night they are playing the clippers? or is that the next series?
cabravesfan
May 17th, 2012
11:56 pm
The game was the first of six playoff contests in four days at Staples Center, where the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers will host back-to-back second-round playoff games this weekend. The Tour of California – the nation’s largest cycling race – also finishes outside the arena about 30 minutes before the puck drops on Game 4 Sunday. .
cabravesfan
May 17th, 2012
11:57 pm
tiger-
no! The Kings are hockey.
uga-brave
May 17th, 2012
11:58 pm
aint it great to see prado back to what makes him really good.
spaying the ball to all fields.
last season he got pull happy. now 12 doubles and 2 trips.
tiger297
May 17th, 2012
11:58 pm
really the sacramento kings left the NBA and started playing hockey…I woulda thunk them tall fellers would have a tough time on skates. I might want to watch one of them games
Carroll Rogers
May 18th, 2012
12:00 am
My work here is done. DOB will be rejoining y’all from Tampa….Good night!
cabravesfan
May 18th, 2012
12:00 am
The Sacramento Kings are still attempting to play basketball (I used to be a huge Sac Kings fan…). The LA Kings are making an incredible run to their first Stanley Cup Final in 19 years
cabravesfan
May 18th, 2012
12:00 am
Thanks Carroll!
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:00 am
uga – you think pull happy was the issue last year? I havent looked at his spray chart (guess I will now) but I was thinking the injury had a bigger impact.
uga-brave
May 18th, 2012
12:02 am
tiger, name the last nine inning game anyone one this team has thrown?
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:07 am
well its about time gretzky gets another cup
uga-brave
May 18th, 2012
12:07 am
tiger, check it out. check out the doubles last season,
he is on pace for 50 doubles. that is a huge number.
40 in 2010. 26 in 2011.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
May 18th, 2012
12:07 am
“In every state……there’s a station……..playin’ Cash, Hank, Willie and Waylon”…..
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:10 am
martin
LF/CF/RF
2011 26%/56%/18%
2012 23%/54%/23%
definitely different results not sure I would call 2011 pull happy though – but I do love to watch him go the other way. Maybe he has cranked more inside pitches for HR’s this year so pitchers are pitching him the other way?
I dunno I’m no expert will have to let nolie opine
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:12 am
uga – agree he is hitting a ton better not sure it has to do with difference in approach but in health I guess
uga-brave
May 18th, 2012
12:15 am
cmon, tiger prado is back to being what prado should be. the dude is spraying the ball where it is pitched with authority.
the two most important offensive guys we have are hitting 1&2.
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:20 am
I agree he is back all I’m saying is numbers don’t show its because he was pull happy last year
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:24 am
braves had 3 CG last year 2 by JJ and 1 by huddy. and again I think beachy is awesome but not because of CG’s.
Hell Vazquez had 3 in 2010 for us and I don’t think I would consider him a #1 starter
uga-brave
May 18th, 2012
12:28 am
tiger, maybe he thought most guys that play left have to hit 20 bombs.
i am a huge prado fan. i think he is now more comfortable in his role.
injuries aside. very possible. the dude is a spray hitter. line to line gap to gap.
uga-brave
May 18th, 2012
12:29 am
hell tiger, did you watch vasquez’s last start against us last season?
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:32 am
he is definitely one of those I love to watch play…especially love it when they shift on him or play way off the line
tiger297
May 18th, 2012
12:33 am
yep I did