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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Nylgia
May 20th, 2010
4:45 pm
1. I was at home. I was not feeling well and left work early. I put the Braves on as I dozed.
2. I did give up in the second inning and shut off the gamecast at work before I left. I just put them on for background noise when I got home.
3. It was the best comeback ever. I’m trying to find the six run comeback the Braves had back in the 90s. I think that was against the Reds too. I heard it on the radio at work.
ryguy
May 20th, 2010
4:47 pm
1. work
2. no
3. yes!
Kurt
May 20th, 2010
4:49 pm
I was at work and missed it. Glad that Turner South is replaying it tonight. I’ll surely set my DVR.
JK
May 20th, 2010
4:50 pm
AWESOME!!!!!!
1. work gamecast/radio
2. Never give up on the Bravos!
3. Right up there!
Bravos
May 20th, 2010
4:50 pm
1. At home.
2. I gave up and had an appointment at 2:30. I saw the 8 run inning and left disgruntled. I came back and saw the 8th and 9th innings.
3. Yes
Jason Foster
May 20th, 2010
4:50 pm
The biggest Braves comeback I can remember was when they overcame an 8-1 ninth-inning deficit to beat the Phillies in May 1994. That game ended up going 15 innings, I believe, with pitcher Mike Stanton getting the game-winning hit with a chop bunt over the infield.
John
May 20th, 2010
4:50 pm
What about the one against the Orioles a few years ago. (Last time the Bravos made the playoffs?) That one turned the season around, but still wasn’t as exciting as this one!
Kraci87
May 20th, 2010
4:52 pm
Work, was getting updates from ESPN after each score and turned to mlb.com for the last three batters, definitely one of the biggest and best in the 20+ years I have followed them
king of mean
May 20th, 2010
4:52 pm
I had just picked up my daughter from school. we were both listening to it on the radio and couldn’t believe what Jim Powell said. Grand Slam!!!
I’ve always said i’d rather be lucky than good…
Sandlot
May 20th, 2010
4:55 pm
1. At work, listening on the radio.
2. Never. I listened the whole way.
3. Can’t wait to see the rebroadcast tonight, because it reminded me of big rallies in years past!
Smack
May 20th, 2010
4:55 pm
@ work listening online! Literally jumped out of my seat and started jumping up and down! Great comeback!
John
May 20th, 2010
4:56 pm
1.At home and kinda gave up but the Yankees almost did this last night so I
2. watched the 9th,
3. 91 or 92? we had a great one like this.
Patricia Templeton
May 20th, 2010
4:56 pm
Heard the Reds’ grand slam on the radio on the way home (early). Turned TV on the top of the ninth. Best bottom of the ninth EVER!
MB
May 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
I was out hunting for a job
I’ll be sure to record the replay tonight, though! Definitely a keeper!
Trae
May 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
I was listening in Athens on the radio. When the guys started talking about how we had a chance to come back in the 6th or 7th, I chuckled to myself.
An amazing comeback.
a
May 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
i actually blame the AJC for me missing this.
i listened the first 8 innings at work and then had to step out briefly. when i came back, i logged on to check the box score and they had a zero in the bottom of the ninth column, so i thought the game ended 9-3. if the game is still going, don’t fill in the box yet!!!!!
great game, great win. let’s go get em on the road.
Smoltzfan
May 20th, 2010
4:58 pm
Simply amazing! I really hope this gets our season going. I also hope that Hansen hasn’t fallen off the wagon.
Playin' hooky
May 20th, 2010
4:58 pm
At the game, skipping work. Tempted to leave in the 8th, but stuck it out b/c of the nice weather. Wasn’t expecting the great comeback, but paid great dividends!
John
May 20th, 2010
4:58 pm
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Steve in DC
May 20th, 2010
4:59 pm
I was at work, watching the first few innings on MLB.tv, and then flipping over to radio once it got out of hand. I was trying to raise my brother on the phone who had turned it off to get back to work. (He’s already apologized to The Braves for doubting.)
When Conrad’s homer cleared the wall, I had to cover my mouth to keep from yelling out loud and outing myself for watching baseball at work.
So I just convulsed quietly in my seat at my desk.
WHAT A WIN!!! I feel some momentum for this team!
calibre lake dawg
May 20th, 2010
5:00 pm
1. work
2. absolutely
3. The only one that could compare is the one where we beat the expos in the ninth down 3. JD drew hit a 3 run shot followed by a solo game winner from chipper. It was great
Adrián
May 20th, 2010
5:00 pm
I´m from Ecuador. I love the Braves since I saw them for first time in 1992. I try to never miss a game even though I live in Ecuador.
1. At Work (Watching it on MLB.com)
2. No, but I had to stop watching it because I had a meeting.
3. From what I´ve read I think it´s the best comeback in Braves history.
I felt like the Fever Pitch Movie guy. haha. I can´t believe I missed this game!
John
May 20th, 2010
5:01 pm
1. I was at home on the couch, watched the entire game.
2. Well I kept watching the game but I thought there was no way the braves would come back, I did have my rally cap on though.
3. Its up there, but nothing tops 92 NLCS.
atljdawg
May 20th, 2010
5:02 pm
Was at home, never gave up. Turned hat inside out for rally after three were scored in the 9th. Best comeback I’ve witnessed! Go Braves!
Mike C
May 20th, 2010
5:03 pm
1. At the game on the patio of the Chop House skipping work – jumped up and down for about thirty seconds and then started high fiving friends and random strangers.
2. Obviously not – I was still there.
3. Easily the greatest comeback I’ve witnessed live. Complete awesomeness.
Lisa
May 20th, 2010
5:05 pm
1. At work, listening on my MLB iPhone app.
2. No. I never give up.
3. It’s absolutely up there and can’t believe I got to listen to it live.
Shaun
May 20th, 2010
5:05 pm
I remember back in the 90s a comeback late into the night started with a Ryan Klesko single. I think that was a 9 run 9th. Anyone else remember that game?
Atlanta Fan For Life
May 20th, 2010
5:06 pm
1. I was filling out college forms and watching/ listening to the game on TV and Radio
2. I don’t believe in giving up. You fight until the last second, minute, out, etc, whatever, until the game is over. I’ve always been a miracle man. (I’ve been through a lot as an Atlanta fan…)
3. This ranks most likely as the greatest comeback I’ve seen from the Braves in a long, long time. This ranks among the best, if not the best, in Atlanta sports history! GO BRAVES (I.E. AMERICA’S TEAM !!!! NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN !!!!
Jake
May 20th, 2010
5:11 pm
Anyone know what channel and when the rebroadcast will be?
aunt melmel
May 20th, 2010
5:11 pm
I was at home, and was jumping back and forth between a soap opera and the Braves as the later innings were winding down. Hey, in the 2nd and 3rd innings, I felt sure we could make up that gap! But down 9-3 in the 8th, I have to admit, I had lost my faith. Thank goodness I follow AJC on twitter and saw the alert that we had the bases loaded, no outs, and Heyward at bat in the bottom on the 9th. So long Port Charles, I had to see what was going on at Turner Field! Now THERE was some drama, from Heyward running the count full to getting struck out swinging by Rhodes….and Conrad’s fly ball looking like it was going to get caught at the wall (heck, he was making the turn for the dugout) to it bouncing over for the homer…yes, that is the kind of drama I adore! Go Braves! (and yes, Turner Sports, I will be watching again at 11 o’clock, you can tell your advertisers that.)
Shaun
May 20th, 2010
5:13 pm
It was May 10, 1994. Came back to tie in 9th down 7 and went on to a win in 15 innings.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199405100ATL
This might top that. Hate I missed it at work.
Steve
May 20th, 2010
5:13 pm
Well, I was at the ballpark enjoying a beautiful day, despite Tommy Hanson getting shelled for 8 runs in the second inning. Most of the crowd began leaving after the 7th inning, but we hung around to enjoy the rest of the afternoon. What a treat the ninth inning was! Everyone was chopping and chanting on the way out afterwards–you’d have thought we won another world series. Kudos to Bobby for letting Conrad (whoever that is!) pinch-hit at the last minute. Thrilling.
itsmeagain
May 20th, 2010
5:14 pm
1.At home watching on TV
2.I had just got up to go work out, it was only because my girlfriend called me and i had to sort some stuff out on the computer that i sat back down and started watching again.
3.Best comeback i’ve ever witnessed
David C
May 20th, 2010
5:14 pm
In Ohio..listening to Reds’ affiliate..heard the 2nd inning then checked in a few times..Brennaman is a good one like Carey and the professor..anyway..last heard in the 8th..went out to wash the car and checked in on espn.com and saw 9-6 then 10-9..best comeback for me since Justice in Cincy in ‘91. Came back in Sept. against Mario Soto…fan in N.C. was yelling “get out, get out” on Justice’s homerun..wife called 911 from the bedroom..true story
Mitchell
May 20th, 2010
5:14 pm
I was in my car riding on a spare tire. I was about to go to the gas station to have a nail removed from my flat but I had to come home to see what I knew would happen.
I knew that game wasn’t over and by the time we came up with about four straight hits, well, I knew we were going to win.
I remember a game back in ‘94 when they scored seven runs in the 9th to tie it and they won it in extras. I didn’t actually get to see it but I remember thinking at the time only a team as good as the Braves could pull off something like that.
But the game this one most closely resembles is one from September 2007 against the Phillies where I think we scored eight runs in the last two innings and it was capped off by a two out bases loaded double by Matty that just got away from the right fielder.
They play the highlight of Yunel scoring the last run all the time. It was pretty sweet.
I guess if you have to wait at least three years for games like these you can live with it.
RonnieFranchise
May 20th, 2010
5:15 pm
1 — At work – but work from home.
2 — The game was on, but I was paying zero attention to it. When Heyward struck out, I was sure it was done. The Braves are a double play magnet.
3 — Yup – and most improbably. Maybe there is some magic left for Cox’s last run
Television, Southern-Style
May 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
RE: “If you did miss it, Turner South will replay the game at 11 p.m. tonight.” – Mike Luck
Turner South?
Really??? I love that channel.
What year is this, 2001?
More incompetent reporting & uniformed from the Left-Wing AJC.
Springs
May 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
Checked in on it online at the office….saw we were way behind and forgot about it until the bottom of the ninth when a co-worker mentioned we were rallying. “Watched” the rest online and could not believe it when the score instantly changed from 9 to 6 Reds to 10 to 9 Braves. Co-worker in the next office came in, red faced from the sun….was at the game and LEFT IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH. He says this is the biggest comeback in 25 years when he also left before the game was over!
Shaun
May 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
Good Article on 9th Inning Comebacks and probabilities.
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/baseballs-biggest-ninth-inning-comebacks-385/tab/article/
Jay C
May 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
1. We were there
2. We hadn’t left but we were standing behind the right field seats. We had a great view of the game.
3. This ranks up there as one of the greatest. Hard to beat that Sid Bream slide home for the win in the bottom of the ninth in ‘92.
Glad to see young players like Conrad come through. Heyward is great, but we need other players like Conrad to give him a boost.
Mitchell
May 20th, 2010
5:19 pm
I felt like the Fever Pitch Movie guy. haha. I can´t believe I missed this game!
Good call Adrian. I was thinking of that myself. Good movie but man, I really liked the Red Sox a lot more before they started winning World Serieses. I was excited for them in ‘04 but then I was immediately like, “wait, that’s not supposed to happen.”
I rooted for them to beat the Yankees and that comeback was pretty amazing but somehow it felt right when they lost in ‘03.
Why the hell am I talking about the Yankees and Red Sox?
What is wrong with me.
Chris Maxwell
May 20th, 2010
5:27 pm
Came into town to speak at a conference. Almost stopped to see the game. Listened instead. Terrible start. Wonderful finish.
Douglas O
May 20th, 2010
5:27 pm
As far as the largest deficit, I was at a game in the late 70’s and the Braves were down 10 to 0 early and came back to win 15 to 12. Gary Matthews hit a homer. I cannot remember who the Braves were playing.
Connie in Canton
May 20th, 2010
5:34 pm
1. Home
2. NO, I did not quit watching
3. I love this team!!
4. TO ALL THE NAY SAYERS………..GO BRAVOS!!!
Mike
May 20th, 2010
5:35 pm
1. TV
2. Why would i there are 7 innings left to play
3. heck yea!!!
Webber
May 20th, 2010
5:37 pm
I get updates through ESPN text messages and was shocked when the Reds were up big early.
1. I got home and started watching while working at the top of the 8th.
2. I started watching because the golf tournament was in a delay.
3. It was a tremendous comeback because it gave great ups and downs with the bobbled ball at third and then Heyward up to bat and you knew it was over then but he struck out. Then another rookie Conrad was up against the Red’s closer with a full count. But wait, the ball has been caught…no! A grandslam…tremendous finish! Maybe the best ever in a regular season game.
Tami
May 20th, 2010
5:38 pm
I was at home trying to watch Simon Cowell on OPRAH today, while flipping back & forth between that show & the game. Needless to say, I only saw a grand total of maybe 15 minutes of the show. I jumped up screaming when the ball caromed off of the Reds’ OF’s glove. It was looking pretty good with the bases STILL loaded anyway, whether Brooksy could do anything on that at-bat or not. This win changes everything. The Braves are now one game over .500; they gained something in the standings (gotta check, though…the Phils won I think, though); and they go to Pittsburgh on a winning streak. When you have a team who has come back two days in a row in the 9th inning to win coming into town — as the Pirates have in facing the Braves — you better get real nervous. This was the largest deficit in FRANCHISE HISTORY that the Braves have ever overcome! Gotta love it, Braves’ fans!
SURFER MIKE LOVES BRAVES
May 20th, 2010
5:40 pm
1 — I was at home in sunny Southern California, watching the braves via mlb.tv on my crappy 13″ apple laptop screen. I was in the kitchen because my carpets where being cleaned and I couldn’t get into my room. I watch every game I possibly can and don’t ever give up on the team.
2 — I did leave for lunch and miss three innings but I came back and saw it all unfold, I knew we where going to have a good chance of actually completing the comeback when I realized Jason Heyward would get another at bat. Luckily, Brooks picked up Tommy and everyone else today. Good job by the bottom half of the order today.
3 — I think just because my affinity towards the Braves and in the stage it took place in, I believe this may be the greatest I have seen in a long time. Not to mention, this game puts them back over .500 and may spark the team to go on a big run.
Now…who else wanted to see Chipper up there at that at bat?
The depth of this team is phenomenal.
VaBravesfan
May 20th, 2010
5:41 pm
at work listening online
Tami
May 20th, 2010
5:43 pm
I’m laughing my head off at Steve in DC right now. I fortunately get to work the 7 – 3 shift, so I was already home. But, I can’t tell you HOW MANY times that has happened to me…ahem, at work. And, it’s been OVER the years as well. LOL. Convulsing in your seat…..good one!
))
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!
Lee
May 20th, 2010
8:46 pm
1. At home, watching on the TV
2. NO I WAS STILL WATCHING BECAUSE I’M A TRUE FAN!!!
3. Haven’t seen many comebacks in my short time of watching baseball, BUT that was pretty awesome.
Braves fans are horrible fans
May 20th, 2010
8:53 pm
“Where were you? At work? At home? Listening on the radio?”
I was on the toilet taking a huge dump. Won’t be eating Taco Bell for a long time.
Tom
May 20th, 2010
8:54 pm
At the Game
No, stayed till the end
Yes – took this picture http://www.mcdonaldphotography.org/Sports/Baseball/Cincinnat-Reds-vs-Atlanta/12254262_HN4zn#873553209_A37FC
Cody
May 20th, 2010
9:06 pm
1. At home watching…..(unfortunatly im currently unemployed).
2. I didn’t think it was over because there still was alot of game left. But after the 2nd inning, it did kinda become just background noise lol.
3. It definitley ranks right up there, there have been way too many over the years to say it’s the best.
Vicki
May 20th, 2010
9:14 pm
My husband and I were at home watching it. It was the greatest comeback we have ever seen. We really did not think they would win when they were down 8 runs and when they started scoring in the 9th inning, we still didn’t think they would win but we were glad they were making a game of it. When they did win, we hollered, you could probably hear us in Atlanta.
Gaheel
May 20th, 2010
9:30 pm
1 In a suite at the game – unbelievable!
2 Never. Give. Up. I told co-workers at the bottom of the 9th that it was time for a rally. They thought I was crazy. As each run scored…I counted down how many more the Braves needed to win. After the GS – my co-workers couldn’t believe “I called it”.
3 Greatest comeback I’ve ever seen! Historic & I was there!!
We all crowded around the suite TV to watch the replays. You gotta believe. Wow.
Pat
May 20th, 2010
9:32 pm
1. home
2. yes i gave up on them but was flipping back and forth and decided to watch the ninth…..good decision
3. oh yea
Jose Rodriguez
May 20th, 2010
10:01 pm
I was at school when the Braves were heading into the 9th. My last class of the day.
After the class was over, I ran to the train station.
After the 10-minute ride, the Braves were trailing 9-6.
I was humming the tomahawk chop. I ran from the train station to my house in 4 minutes – which is a 20-minute normal walk.
I rushed in my house, turn on the TV, and Conrad was rounding the bases. I slammed the table, went on my knees and say ‘Thank you God!’
I was screaming at my friend, who is a Reds fan.
Best game ever.
TennBravesFan
May 20th, 2010
10:13 pm
I was at home (had the day off) and I never quit watching but I had my doubts. It was the best Major League comeback I had ever seen but not the best baseball comeback I had ever seen. In high school in the regional round of the tournament my team was down 10 to 0 in the last inning (7th in high school) to a team that was not even close to being as talented as we were. NO JOKE the first 2 batters struck out and with 2 outs we scored 11 runs to win the game 11 to 10…it was amazing.
Nathan
May 20th, 2010
10:32 pm
1 – At work.
2 – I stopped watching for a few innings, but turned on the game when it was in the ninth. I had a little bit of hope, I just wanted to see we would score some runs. I was in shock as the whole comeback unfolded.
3 – This is the greatest Braves comeback I have ever seen. I love the way this team has been fighting for the last two weeks. I don’t know what I would compare it to. A walk off grand-slam, that is unheard of.
UKUGA
May 20th, 2010
10:43 pm
At work in Texas.
I called my brother in Kentucky, asked him if he could get the Reds feed on the radio, right after Heyward struck out. By the time he got the radio on, it was at commercial. ESPN Gamecast updated (finally), and I saw the 10-9 flash on the screen!!!!!
the real OLD GOLD
May 20th, 2010
10:51 pm
At work.. ESPN.com
Hawaii Brave
May 20th, 2010
10:54 pm
I gave up, you did too.
Monger
May 20th, 2010
11:05 pm
I was in the VIP room at Mardi Gras, with two blonde college strippers dancing on my lap. I had some very nice Peruvian on the table and a bottle of some nice cognac. I was jacked up for sure. Anyways, I had the plasma turned to Sportsouth, hyped from the Peruvian and Hennessey shots, I glanced up between some lovely booty cheeks to see Brooks Conrad hit the winning, walk off grand slam!!! I threw the two hoes off my lap, grabbed the Peruvian off the table, put on my pants, and bolted out the door with one shoe and one sock on, like a crackhead. I ran through the parking lot, weaving in and out of cars screaming ” Go you mutha #$%^ Braves!!!!”, did the stanky leg dance with some drunk derelict alcoholic, and revved up the moped, and screached out to my apartment, and passed out watching some fat chicks fight on tv….I was on Cloud 9 and havent come down yet…
Thats were I was, Thursday May 20th, 2010….
-The Monger
LuisG
May 20th, 2010
11:55 pm
1.- I was at home, both “watching” the game on Gameday and listening on the radio.
2.- At first, I wasn’t giving up. After the Reds’ 8-run 2nd inning I posted something like “let’s score 1 run on each remaining inning and don’t allow another one” on Carroll Rogers’ blog. Then, in the ninth, I thought “Man, if he gets through this inning he could get a 3-inning save. It s^cks for us”. Soon after that the Braves started the rally and started wondering “why isn’t Cordero up there for the Reds?”. During Heyward’s at-bat, I realized we only had Conrad and Clevlen available and thought “Conrad could do some damage if something goes wrong with Heyward”. But I didn’t expect a Grandslam out of him.
3.- This is the biggest comeback I’ve ever followed. I think the Mariners did something like this in 2002 or 2003, I think, but I wasn’t watching that game, just saw it on the news.
By the way, it was nice to see all the coverage the guys on ESPN’s SportsCenter did.
Amazing win.
bravefalconhawk
May 20th, 2010
11:59 pm
1-At home (in Canada) watching gamecast
2-Not gonna lie like some people on here, I stop watching in the 8th inn.
3-Oh yeah
bravefalconhawk
May 21st, 2010
12:09 am
FYI….Not worried about Tommy Hanson at all either.
scottbravesfan
May 21st, 2010
12:12 am
1. I was at the house for the beginning at end of it but had to listen to some of the middle innings in the car on the radio, had some stuff to do.
2. I didn’t give up on them in the 2nd inning but I was really pissed when Escobar and then McCann hit into those double plays. I thought we had blown or chances and then when Heyward struck out in the 9th I again thought it was over. When Conrad hit the ball and it bounced off the wall I was running around like a chicken with his head cut off could not believe it!
3. It’s the best comeback I can remember and I’ve been watching since 1988. We came back on the Orioles back in 2004 I think it was that was a pretty good one but this was unbelievable!
RHR
May 21st, 2010
12:13 am
AT WORK! ARGH!
I had been listening to it on the radio in my office earlier but the reception had a lot of static in it so I turned it off when the score was 9-3 and pulled up gameday to follow the score. Even when they started coming back in the 9th, even when they loaded up the bases, even when Heyward came up to bat with the bases loaded I didn’t bother trying to get my radio going again because I still didn’t think it was possible.
On my way home from work I got calls from 3 family members who had been watching at home asking me if I had heard about it yet. Haha awesome.
So many people had already left the stadium (it looked like on the replay) … I bet they are kicking themselves tonight!
scottbravesfan
May 21st, 2010
12:15 am
Monger,
That was priceless!
LuisG
May 21st, 2010
12:17 am
Tom – Nice pics!
Maurice
May 21st, 2010
1:50 am
I gave up on the Braves after the second inning to watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. My girl came home from her lunch date with the girls and had it on as background noise. It was 9-3 in the top of the ninth when I jumped into the shower. Expecting the game to be over when I got out, I was extremely surprised when I saw a 9-5 score with two on and no outs in the bottom of the 9th. I was glued! After Heyward struck out, I left for work thinking they had a good go at a comeback but it just wasn’t going to be their day. Then the Grand Slam! I tell you listening to the baseball game on the radio on the way to work can be hazardous to your health! Great Game Braves!
Keith
May 21st, 2010
2:38 am
I had the fortune to be at the game when Heyward had the walkoff the night before as well as the dramatic comeback vs Arizona last week.
I had acually not been able to watch/listen to the game UNTIL the 9th inning and heard hinske’s single to make it 2 on , 0 outs. History from that point on…
I must say that the drivers by might have thought that I was a little strange as I was dancing and screaming in my car….alone.
Don’t think it’s the greatest comback I’ve seen – I remember a game where the Phillies and Mets were playing and one team scored like 9 runs in the 9th….can’t remember who won – I was a pre-adolescent. But this is probably the best Braves comeback I’ve seen.
I can definitely sense a newfound excitement when I attend games this year (I’ve attended 7 to this point) as opposed to last year. I could feel it on Opening Day, and it remains as of my last game attended. I’m hoping it will be a special year as the players’ coach calls it quits!
GO BRAVES.
Joshua
May 21st, 2010
2:45 am
I had been listening on the radio but turned it off during the 2nd inning. My car battery was dead (from listening to the game last night while i was outside and didn’t turn the key all the way when I went in =0) and I was switching over the battery from my truck to crank it up. That battery hadn’t been used in over a year, and it was also dead, but it had JUST enough juice to pop on for that final pitch. Not 20 seconds afterward, the battery fizzled out and the radio went off. It was a remarkable coincidence and I certainly got the feeling that a higher baseball power wanted to make sure I knew the Braves were turning the season around right now. Go Braves!
BallHawg
May 21st, 2010
7:26 am
I’m a wuss, quit watching when 8-3, checked back in the 8th and gave it up. Scoring 7 in the ninth just don’t happen. Way to go Braves, sorry I missed it
The Golf Guy
May 21st, 2010
7:39 am
1. AT THE GAME! Once a year I drive down from Knoxville with 3 golf buddies — today was the day!
2. We spent all that money to get good tickets and 7 hours of drive — we were NOT going to leave!
3. Best comeback I’ve ever seen in person (lots of Braves games on TV) — Bob (the one of us who is a Reds fan) did not enjoy it!
bravesgrl4life
May 21st, 2010
7:58 am
1 – At work, tuned in to Rock 100.5 (bought a new boom box for my desk
for this reason)
2 – Nope, never gave up and kept the radio on the whole time.
3 – It is certainly up there with the best of them. My heart took a
long time to start beating at regular rate again
DoubleDownDawgFan
May 21st, 2010
8:00 am
1. On break at work (McDonald’s)…watched on Manager’s TV in back.
2. I managed to catch the 9th inning…I had taken my previous break when Hanson was in the 2nd inning….so, I figured it was over with.
3. It’s the best comeback I’ve ever seen. I’ve been graduated from UGA for 3 years now and it doesn’t get much better than this for a Braves Fan! Go Braves! Chop! Chop! Chop
Go Dawgs! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Tami
May 21st, 2010
8:21 am
Did ya’ll hear the latest on Hanson? Apparently he hadn’t been feeling well for a couple of days, and was dizzy throughout the game. I don’t know, but if you’re sick and your job is as an athlete, you should probably call in sick instead of trying to tough it out. Now he sees what happens when he does try to tough it out. He should be the most ecstatic guy on the whole team that he didn’t get a loss. His ERA sure does stink now, though.
JimT
May 21st, 2010
8:21 am
I was sitting next to a Dad and His Little Girl!!
She was attending her first Baseball game ever!!
The Reds were Kind enough to give her a couple of Balls for her first Game!!
What a Memory she will have!!
Joe
May 21st, 2010
8:28 am
I was actually at the game and was so blessed to see it all unfold… Yes I did give up after about the 5th inning. Me and my wife decided to tour the stadium. We came back to the field level to start the 9th inning and decided what the heck. We may as well watch the last inning before hitting the road… UNREAL is the only way to describe it. It was truely the greatest comeback I have ever witnessed.. Go BRAVES!!!!!
BallHawg
May 21st, 2010
8:29 am
JimT that’s why I love Baseball and stories like yours just proves it. Baseball Players overall are good guys and gentlemen unlike football & basketball. We forget that baseball is a kids game and we are all kids at heart if we love baseball. Thanks for your comment
BallHawg
May 21st, 2010
8:30 am
JimT by the way the Reds were kind enough to give the Braves a win at her first game
Let's Go Bravos!
May 21st, 2010
8:38 am
1. At work getting updates on my phone
2. After the 2nd, I checked my phone everynow and then. I just happened to check my phone and the bases were loaded in the ninth and McClouth was coming up. I got one of my coworker’s to turn up the radio for the rest.
3. Greatest come back I can remember, especially with that many runs!
Tami
May 21st, 2010
8:42 am
A lot of your stories here are just hysterical. Thanks for the entertainment. Now….I hope the boys are able to come back down to earth (and saved some runs in the process) and concentrate for a series win and/or sweep of the Pirates. Uhhh…the Marlins are next after the Bucs. You’ll be happy to learn that yesterday’s improbable win put the Braves 1 game over .500 for the first time in a month (I believe), and catapulted them in to third place. I believe they’re only 3 games out of 1st place now. GO, BRAVES!
Mixxo
May 21st, 2010
8:47 am
1. At home watching on TV while blogging on DOB’s blog.
2. I’ll admit, it looked pretty hopeless when it was 8-0, but I never “totally” give up.
3. Best comeback I can remember seeing since the Bream slide.
I’m STILL pumped!
Comeback Kid
May 21st, 2010
9:33 am
I listened to some of the game on my radio at my work desk. I tuned out when we got down early. Later in the afternoon I had to run a few errands in my car, so I put the game on the radio during the drive. I was fortunate enough to hear the entire 9th inning comeback, and I’ll never forget that feeling! Simply amazing! Darn near wrecked my car celebrating! I still remember where I was when Sid slid, where I was when Grissom caught the final out in 1995, and I’ll always remember where I was when Conrad homered! UNREAL!
GO BRAVES!!
Wulfsgirl
May 21st, 2010
9:36 am
We were at the game! It was awesome. Defintely ranks at the top of best comebacks ever. We were like Conrad… thought he had caught the ball and then realized he hadn’t and went crazy!!
myra
May 21st, 2010
9:49 am
I was at home and after TOM BOMB blew up I just got mad and went out and mowed grass. Its ironic that I was off and thought about going to a day game.Then, I thought to myself after the 3rd inning—boy Im glad I didnt spend the money to see that disaster!(we were losing bad of course).And then Cox brought in Chavez that had been burned bad the last time he pitched. I thought he’d give up more runs!
I finished up outside and came in to cool off. Flipped the game back on and Troy Gauze had just got a hit to start bottom of the ninth. Its funny but with each hitter, I felt both a sense of doom and a sense of ok-sumthins gonna happen!
WOW.
This win is right up there under the “Sid Bream slide” to beat the PIrates. It is the most unbelieveable,luckiest,most improbable hero since Francisco Cabrera and slow Sid Bream.
We all thought it was J-Hey gonna do it, not Brooks BAM BAM Conrad!!!!
Congrats: to those of u that stayed at the TED; to the Braves players;and to the Skipper.
Good pitching,great defense, and fearless hitting = lots of fun for Braves players,fans,and mama!
It was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woot
May 21st, 2010
9:55 am
1) Section 135, which was wide open as people retreated from the heat to the shade.
2) Of course not! An afternoon in the sun at a Braves game is ALWAYS better than a day in the office. And never give up, because…
3) When we left the Braves-Phillies game in ‘94 after the 8th, down 8-1, and listened to the comeback to tie in the 9th, I swore to never leave early again. Wathing the rest on TV until the win in the 15th was great….but would have been so much better at the game! But yesterday’s win was one of the most exciting I’ve seen!
Patricia
May 21st, 2010
10:05 am
I was there at the game–I did not leave early. After all I had flown in from Milwaukee for the 4 games Monday through Thursday and I was not going to leave early. What a thrill!
carl
May 21st, 2010
10:10 am
I was watching the game at home. When the score was 9-1, I decided to cut off the game and head to the gym after another errand. When I was driving into the parking lot at the gym, the radio announcers were talking about how the Braves were conceding 2nd base to the Reds’ baserunner and talking about how it is an unwritten rule not to run up the score. One of the announcers said it was dumb and asked if the team that is 6 runs down would agree also not to come back and win. When I left the gym, the game had just ended. I heard the replay of the granny and laughed. Way to go, Brooks!
jgsbirds
May 21st, 2010
10:11 am
i turned it on the radio as i was leaving work thinking the game was probably just ending. actually the 9th inning was just starting. for some reason i got a weird feeling that we may just give them a finish today. at the very point the announcer says, “well why don’t we at least give’em a finish.”
i have 30 minute commute to work and the ninth lasted just that long–all the pitching changes and the rally itself culminated with the grand slam as i was pulling into my subdivision. i’m not going to lie–i had goosebumps. couldn’t wait to see the highlights to see exactly what happened for myself. incredible stuff–the radio call was good but i don’t think the announcer had any idea the ball had a chance off the bat. something like, “conrad hits on toward left, back, back near the wall, did he catch it? no it’s a grand slam and the braves have won it 10-9.” at that point i was pumping my fist and laughing like crazy pulling into my driveway. great win!!!!!
Mike in Smyrna
May 21st, 2010
10:47 am
1. At work, listening on my MLB iPhone app. I was on the phone with a customer in the last inning. I was trying to listen to the customer but all I was hearing was the call of the grand slam. I had to have the customer repeat what he was saying.
2. The Reds scored all those runs early enough that I thought we could chip away at it.
3. This is something I never expect to see again in my lifetime.
Patrick
May 21st, 2010
11:03 am
I was on a business trip in Florida. I was North of Tampa, in Brooksville. I had more or less given up on the game. When I saw 8-0 and then 9-1, I was pretty much done. Even when I checked my blackberry and it said 9-3I might have been slightly encouraged, but still,”it’s over.” Anyway, I went into a meeting. By this time, I was driving on the Sunshine Parkway back to Tampa. I checked the score. “10-9.” Surely that can’t be right. I started texting my friends, “is that score, right?” Some of them had to go and check it for themselves because they too had lost interest in the game. Needless to say, everyone started going nuts on the blackberry. Awesome comeback. Big win. Got us over .500. Let’s keep it up…
P Rose
May 21st, 2010
11:06 am
I was on my way to work, listening on the radio, and was almost there when the comeback began – I pulled over to hear the ending. I walked into work feeling proud of the Braves.
LJ
May 21st, 2010
11:21 am
Was just leaving the Capitol building at 3:45 and was listening on the radio on my way home. I bet all those people who left early were kicking themselves.
Marc in FL
May 21st, 2010
11:29 am
1 – Work (watching on Gameday)
2 – No
3 – Not the greatest comeback, if it would have been a post-season game then maybe, but Sid Bream sliding across home is still more of a meaningful comeback than any I’ve seen since.
cooletstory
May 21st, 2010
11:33 am
1. In my car, stuck in traffic on way home, no radio, following game on iphone with baseball app, literally right outside of Turner Field on the highway, saw the score was 9-6 with bases loaded, and then I looked at the stadium and I saw the fireworks exploding from the coke bottle, AMAZING
2. NEVER GIVE UP ON BOBBY COX
3. Yes, it is the best comeback ever in baseball
indianman
May 21st, 2010
11:42 am
t was lying in bed i have had a lot headaches lately and i was watching in bed and was in a lot of pain
tampadawg86
May 21st, 2010
11:43 am
at home in my room. I was flipping back and forth to a movie I was watching. And then the 9th inning came and then after each runner got on base and then we started crawlin back and then when J-Hey came up was thinking wow we really are gunna win this game. And He struck out I still had the feelin it was going to be something special. Conrad came up with that 2 2 count and I was like omg thats gone isn’t it! I started sceaming and running around the house as he rounded the bases!! Simply amazing!
Nelson S.
May 21st, 2010
11:44 am
I was at a doctors appointment following on my iPhone and freaked out when I saw what happened.
Frank
May 21st, 2010
11:57 am
1) I was at the game sitting in the outfield pavillion in left field surrounded by Red’s fans.
2) Stayed the entire game. Once the bases were loaded, I knew the Reds were in trouble.
3) This is the best game I’ve witnessed live.
Beth
May 21st, 2010
12:22 pm
1. I was there!
2. I make it a rule never to leave before the final out. Lots of folks around us left, but I stayed. Lucky me!
3. This is by far the greatest comeback!! The stars aligned at Turner Field yesterday! Hopefully this homestand is the start of something great!
stuart
May 21st, 2010
1:23 pm
i was at the game… we got these home dougout seats 11 rows up. we got there right when the reds hit their GS. i said “its still early” when others doubted a comeback. we stayed till the finish. we were up in the 755 club when brooks hit it and that place went nuts. everybody was giving others highfives it was awesome. i have have never been a part of something as great as that.
abcdef
May 21st, 2010
3:04 pm
i was on a bus passing turner field and was looking at the braves score on espn.com on my phone. it was 9-6 bases loaded and then i looked at turner field and i saw fireworks going off. i figured they had won but i had to wait a few minutes before i realized it was a pinch hit walk off grand slam. Everyone on my bus started screaming when we found out the braves had won
bsd
May 21st, 2010
3:42 pm
I was @ work listening to it on the radio. Wow, what a game.
luangtom
May 22nd, 2010
1:21 am
Good for the Braves….1) at home 2) no, kept watching 3) Yes, the best comeback I have witnessed in baseball. Other sports, other great comebacks. But, this is the best baseball comeback I have seen.
JoeNun
May 22nd, 2010
9:04 am
They did have another excellent comeback against the Reds in the 90’s to answer the first post. I remember it vividly due to the fact my grandfather was rubbing it in my face that his team was beating mine. Was a great comeback both times.
JoeNun
May 22nd, 2010
9:08 am
it was Oct 1st, 1991, they faced Rob Dibble and were losing 6-0. Came back to win. It was during a critical point in the season too where the dodgers were right on their butt for the championship!!
college football
May 23rd, 2010
11:29 pm
who cares!!!!!
bully11
May 29th, 2010
8:19 am
Left the game after the 8th inning so we could head back to Mississippi. Listened on the radio and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Nothing like driving down the road with your twin brother (Reds fan) in the car listening to the comeback.