Did you see the Braves’ comeback?
The Braves scored seven runs in the ninth inning to stun the Reds Thursday at Turner Field.
We have three questions for you, Braves fans.
1 — Where were you? At work? At home? Listening on the radio?
2 — Did you give up when they were down 8-0 in the second inning and miss the whole comeback?
3 — If you watched it, is this the greatest comeback you’ve ever seen? What others would you compare it too?
If you did miss it, Sport South will replay the game at 11 p.m. tonight.
Also, here’s the view from photographer Curtis Compton: and a recap from the AJC’s Carroll Rogers.
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Mike Luck
May 20th, 2010
5:52 pm
Television Southern-Style: Thanks for the correction.
To all: Sport South will replay the game at 11 p.m. tonight.
Cmdatl
May 20th, 2010
5:52 pm
1. At the game – invented an imaginary “appointment downtown” for the whole family …. Mom, Dad and kids …
2. Of course we stayed until the end … what kinda question is that? Eight year old (true believer, never doubted the Braves would win) kept saying “why are all these people going to miss the Braves win at the end?”
3. One of the best – if not the best – comeback ever … at least so far this season ….
Mike Luck
May 20th, 2010
6:00 pm
More great photos from the AJC’s Curtis Compton: http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/sports/braves/braves-reds-05202010/
Change Turner Field to Aaron Stadium
May 20th, 2010
6:01 pm
1) Working from home
2) Turned off the TV after the 2nd inning, but turned on the radio and listened until the 9th, and then turned on the TV again.
3) The Braves have had so many comebacks already this year, but this is without question the best of the bunch – so far!!
southern hope
May 20th, 2010
6:03 pm
I am literally still shaking over this game. I can see the stadium from my office….we were looking out the window & screaming (forget about work)…do u think there’s any way to see this on TV…..will they rebroadcast it?
George
May 20th, 2010
6:04 pm
This was completely and utterly awesome. My girl’s step father ( from Cincinnati ) called me when the Braves were down 8-0 and proceeded to talk trash. Honestly I don’t even watch baseball but the fact that they won in the 9th was all I needed to call my Buckeye friends up and do a war dance!!! HAHAHAHA Eat that MIKE !!!!!!! ahhh the tears of unfathomable sadness….mmmmm … yummy ….
OptimisticInTexas
May 20th, 2010
6:04 pm
Dammit!
I missed it because I was at work and GameDay said it was 9 to 5, bottom of the 9th with 3 outs. Audio was on commercial, so I figured it was over! A text message from a buddy later told me what I had missed! bummer….
terry
May 20th, 2010
6:07 pm
pressure washing my driveway after seeing it was 8-0, mad that they’d just reach .500, the best comeback to me was pendleton with the double in right off drabek in ‘92 nlcs, and cabrera’s single with bream scoring
TM
May 20th, 2010
6:11 pm
ROW 5 behind the camera-well between home and Braves dugout.
Yeah, I gave up. I admit it. I was sitting on I-75 just off Stadium Ave. watching a Car-BQ! (car on-fire under a bridge)… couldn’t believe what i was seeing or hearing.
Go Braves!
JJ
May 20th, 2010
6:12 pm
1. Home
2. I turned it off for a while after the 2nd inning, but turned it on when checked ESPN and it said bases juiced 9-6.
3. Greatest comeback ever
Pete
May 20th, 2010
6:12 pm
I was driving in the Johns Creek area……………almost drove off the road when I heard the anouncer say the ball flicked off the webbing of the outfielders glove and hopped over the wall for a GRAND SALAMI !!!!!
This is the sort of thing that always happened AGAINST Atlanta teams not FOR them !!!
GO BRAVES !!!!!!!!
Dan Bowling
May 20th, 2010
6:15 pm
At game, left after Bobby pulled McCann and Chipper. Figured I could give up if he did. But heard it driving home. Actually glad Conrad was up in Chipper’s spot.
Pete
May 20th, 2010
6:15 pm
The game is being re-broadcasr on SportsSouth TV starting 11PM Thurs. nite.
RECORDING the last 30 minutes.
Yeah But..
May 20th, 2010
6:20 pm
Great comeback today, but one other thing is clear and that is Tommy Hanson ia NOT a stud. At least not this season. We need JJ to hurry up and heal.
Ace
May 20th, 2010
6:28 pm
I was in Sec 117, Row 7. Perfect spot to see it. It’s a memory I’ll have for awhile
Legend of Len Barker
May 20th, 2010
6:32 pm
1 — Home
2 — I missed part of the middle of it. Judge Judy was more entertaining than the middle innings. I did catch all of the 9th, beginning with Kimbrel taking the mound.
3 — No. The game against Cincinnati in 1991 where Charlie Leibrandt gave up a 1st inning grand slam to Joe Oliver to put us down 6-0 and David Justice hit a 3-run bomb in the 9th was bigger. It meant so much more to us suffering Braves fans. “Braves lead! Braves lead! Braves lead!”
Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS was also a nifty little comeback and better than this one.
Jane
May 20th, 2010
6:33 pm
1. I watched and ironed up until the 8th inning, when I went to run an errand.
2. I kept it on the radio and was in the car when Conrad hit it out. I lost it and screamed like a maniac!
3. It’s probably the biggest comeback I’ve seen, but I was at a game once where Javy hit a grandslam walkoff in the 9th which was pretty epic.
eastbound and down
May 20th, 2010
6:33 pm
1. work
2. yes
3. the MLB network had the game on and i set my dvr. watched the 9th inning twice. great comeback. better then when i was watching brian jordan hit a home run to beat the mets in the 9th.
DC73
May 20th, 2010
6:34 pm
1 – Home (I live in Europe)
2 – Truned the game on when it was 8-1 and followed it until the 7th inning, because I thought how cool it would be to come back from 8 runs down….. Then my girlfriend came home and we wanted to have dinner, so I shut my laptop down……
3 – Didn’t see the comeback:-(((((
GO BRAVES
40 winks
May 20th, 2010
6:49 pm
Home sort of taking a nap with the game on in the background. Heard the play-by-play, opened an eye after the bases were loaded. But, when J-Hey struck out, figured it wasn’t going to happen and rolled back over. Then, when I heard the crack off of Brooks bat I sat straight up – and bam!!!
Best comeback win in many years…..
whoopee do
May 20th, 2010
6:53 pm
Nope Miss it all turn off was on you tube awhile…Miss did see cubs choke again 2 men on no outs in 9th see Lou Pinella fired soon be here managein us in 2011!
Mr Charlie
May 20th, 2010
6:54 pm
Well, this team is for real. I believe in destiny, and I think the baseball gods are rewarding Bobby Cox for all the bad karma they have reaped on him.
Innocent Bystander
May 20th, 2010
6:55 pm
1. Was going to attend the game, but decided to instead go out to lunch when we couldn’t get tickets online. Listened to the 2nd inning on the radio (was glad I didn’t go to the game) and got home just in time to watch the bottom of the 9th inning.
2. I kind of followed along with the score from my phone, but didn’t think they would come back like they did.
3. It was up there. I was at the 3-HR comeback on April 20th, but that game didn’t really allow the tension to build like this one.
Dawgs Run This State!
May 20th, 2010
6:58 pm
I was a little deflated when Heyward K’d so that made it even better when Conrad came through. This team battles till the end. All the one run wins this week show it.
Jack
May 20th, 2010
7:00 pm
1) at home
2) like everyone else I turned the channel after the second
3) changed back in the 9th with the score 9-5. I kept hoping but had never seen a Braves comeback of this magnitude and I have been here since they came in 1966. Maybe the last two nights will kick start them on a winning streak!!
Tara
May 20th, 2010
7:00 pm
At the game.
Warned others not to leave saying, “All we need is bases loaded, and it’s on!”
Best come-back I’ve seen.
Cora in Roswell
May 20th, 2010
7:04 pm
1 — I was at home “working”
2 — I get all the games from Direct-TV so I was flipping back and forth between the Braves and Phils, hoping the Phils would lose (they didn’t)
3 — The tension was so great, I walked out to my driveway… then from the tv sound that was leaking from the window, I could hear all the cheering, so I ran back inside. I couldn’t beLIEVE it! I started jumping up and down in my family room.
Mr Charlie
May 20th, 2010
7:04 pm
1. Saw Shultz article about being live.
2. Around 2 PM realized it must be a day game, check in on the internet when it was 5-0, then 30 seconds later. Saw the cryers on the blog, but knew that was a lot to play, that it could be a crazy day.
3. Check in later, it was 9-1, still knew anything is possible.
4. Saw the score 8-3, but know time was running out. But still thought it was possible.
5 Saw the 8th inning turn over as I left work, thought it was probably not our day.
6. Check blackberry, saw the headlines of the comeback, for some reason, was not too suprised.
The K
May 20th, 2010
7:13 pm
Ha Ha! My wife and I were there! Alas….we left in the 5th inning. We thought it was over. We thought we would finish some errands. What a fool I am.
Braves #17 fan
May 20th, 2010
7:17 pm
I was in the car with my son listening to Jim Powell and Mark Lemke on the radio. They painted a perfect picture. I especially liked when Powell said something like this: “Heyward’s just five batters away. What’s he going to do this time? Hit a two-run homer? A grand slam? Maybe he hits a six-run homer?”
I’m proud to be an avid Braves fan and would have been there to the end. So tonight, I can tell the boys, “Yes, it’s okay to watch Baseball Tonight this evening.”
As for the greatest comeback, this ranks among them for sure. That Phillies-Braves game mentioned above ranks among them as well. I remember when I was 12 or so and saw the Cards-Braves go extra innings. I can’t remember the year. It was in the seventies.
In 92, we were only down one run when Bream slid home, but there was so much at stake in that game.
Deanna
May 20th, 2010
7:21 pm
1 — I was watching on the TV at my desk at work and shouted out a dirty work in exclamation when Conrad’s homer cleared the fence!
2 — I didn’t think they could come back from that deficit, but I’ve learned not to give up on this Braves team.
3 — I’ve played in a bigger softball comeback, but I can’t think of a bigger Braves comeback.
Braves #17 fan
May 20th, 2010
7:22 pm
I find it annoying that http://www.MLB.com currently features an article about Pettitte and the Yankees taking on Tampa Bay. It seems the Braves achieved something incredible that would be worthy of the top story. Or, at least feature the story about Hanley being scorned by Dawson and Perez.
t
May 20th, 2010
7:24 pm
i was there with a friend who is a cinci fan. we left in the 8th. fml
bostonbravo
May 20th, 2010
7:33 pm
probably greatest Braves rally I ever saw in last 20 yrs. (every minute , every inning).
STILL…would rather have less heart attacks if ‘we’ cut loose of Nate & Chipper. Sorry, Chip..you need to go coach 3B.
ATL-Dolfan
May 20th, 2010
7:36 pm
1.I was actually at the game, it was awesome too bad a lot of people left early. If I was going to take a half day of work, I definately would spend it at the Ted.
2 I wasn’t happy, but baseball and beer are always good. It was nice to see a lot of the young pitchers. Jesse Chavez did real well and throws real hard for a little guy.—
3 Its definately up there, especially live. The walk the Ross had and McClouth’s double were all clutch. I can’t compare it to anything live.
AZBravoFan
May 20th, 2010
7:37 pm
Was following on MLB Gameday at work. Stopped paying attention when it was 9-1. Went to lunch, came back to check the score and it was 9-6 with the bases loaded and Conrad up. Fired up MLB.TV just in time to watch the walk-off granny. Unbelievable.
Anyone remember that game against the Padres a few years ago where the Pads made a bunch of errors and the Braves came back to win in the 9th on a Diaz hit? Seems like they were pretty far down in that game too.
mscoastbrave
May 20th, 2010
7:37 pm
was at home following the game here on the net, because our crappy cable system doesn’t carry sport south and just canceled PTV last week.
Dreman1731
May 20th, 2010
7:39 pm
1. I was home and watching.
2. In the 2nd inning I turned back to The Crew on AMC.
3. I flipped back when I got notifications on my phone that we scored. And that had to be the 3rd most amazing Braves moment I’ve ever seen.
1. The Slide’ 1992
2. World Series win. 1995
3. Conrad Brooks Pinch Hit Grand Slam 2010
4. Otis Nixon’s catch 1992 “HE CAUGHT THE BALL”
5. Andruw Jones’ two home runs in game 1 in Yankee Stadium World series ‘96.
Glenn & Hayden
May 20th, 2010
7:42 pm
I took a half day and picked my 7 year old up from school and took him to his first Braves game. Left later than I wanted and we got in our seats in the 2nd inning down 8-0(driving from Ringgold). We planned to stay and make the most of it being it was his first game. We moved closer to the field in the 7th and stayed put for the rest of the game. He and I cheered our hearts out!! It was the best comeback I have ever witnessed and being it was his first big league game…well. It was truly amazing and I’m so thankful I was able to share this moment with my son! GO BRAVES!!
joe
May 20th, 2010
7:42 pm
Left game in the 8th inning….can’t belief I missed it.
Pi$$onaDAWG
May 20th, 2010
7:42 pm
Like Chipper I was resting my GROIN. I was doing the TIGER WOODS thing and checking my money. I was just pulling a Bobby Cox and taking a NAP hoping not to have a nightmare.
StephensCountyMiddle
May 20th, 2010
7:44 pm
We were AT THE GAME with a large group of 6th and 7th graders, now they have a Braves memory to keep and retell for the rest of their lives. Thank you Brooks Conrad! Go Braves!
(My first game as a kid was when Bob Horner hit 4 homers, but this is my new story to tell!)
southern hope
May 20th, 2010
7:48 pm
hey, smart people, is it possible to find a radio broadcast of the game? (don sutton)
doris
May 20th, 2010
7:58 pm
I was home enjoying the game as I always do and I never give up until the game is over. WHAT AN END! I love the braves.
max
May 20th, 2010
8:04 pm
1. Radio
2. Was leaving school when i turned it on right as conrad came up to bat
3. right up with Frenchies walk off slam a few years ago
Ken
May 20th, 2010
8:06 pm
Home, yes, I did give up after Heyward wiffed. Most improbable comback I have ever witnessed in 50+ years of baseball.
Conrad’s parents must have ESP to name their son “Brooks” and see him become a major league 3rd baseman, ala, Brooks Robinson, the best who ever played the position.
Rob
May 20th, 2010
8:11 pm
1. Home, but left to run errands after 2nd. Something told me to come back home just in case…good decision!!!
2. It was still early and given recent results, anything was possible. Was just thinking about Conrad going yard when………
3. Greatest comeback in recent years!!! I was jumping up and down around the TV when it was over…then had to go back out to finish errands!!! Great day to be a Braves fan!!!
BRAVES WIN!!!
May 20th, 2010
8:13 pm
I was actually at school taking my last final. After I was done, I thought to myself that I hadnt gotten a text update in a while. I just figured that the game had already gone final…. Then I felt my phone vibrate. I read the text that says Braves win 10-9, Conrad hits GW GS. I immediately started jumping up and down and shouting! right in the middle of the hallway!!!
CLIFF
May 20th, 2010
8:22 pm
I was at work watching on tv when Heyward struck out.Then it was time for me to leave and I was driving home and I got a call from one of my sales reps asking me did I get to see what happened. I said no and he gave me a recap.What a Awesome win.Wish I had been there.GO BRAVES!!!!
Arcadio
May 20th, 2010
8:45 pm
1 — At work, having lunch – Los Angeles, CA – I was able to watch the whole 9th inning.
2 — I never give up on the Braves
3 — This is by far the greatest comeback!