lol
I'm squeezing the last couple of years of homerism out of them before they move to White Flight Stadium and I become a Pirates fan. My wife suggested I become a Cards fan but that whole conversation ended with her saying "okay, okay, jeez, you weirdo."
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Saturday, 14 June 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
I don't want to overdo the "omg Andrelton" stuff but this one is worth it.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_13_anamlb_atlmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33684561&tcid=vpp_copy_33684561
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Saturday, 14 June 2014 12:49 (nine years ago) link
braves 'considering' calling up christian bethancourt, moving heyward to center, jupton to right, oso blanco to left, bupton to bench
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I saw that this morning. I mostly agree with the Talking Chop guy who said it would make zero sense -- I would upgrade that to very little sense.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
paplolbon
Ryan Doumit is a creepy-looking motherfucker -- his eyeballs are solid black, no whites.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
hahaha, I googled him and it autocompleted to "ryan doumit eyes"
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Doumit-Ryan.jpg
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:20 (nine years ago) link
I think this team has had its last look at 1st place in the division this year.
http://i.imgur.com/vI0KPD5.jpg
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Now that it's happened on the Fox game of the week, I expect some national press about the ongoing friction or miscommunication between Gattis and the Braves starters (Teheran and Santana in particular). It's been going on for a while. Tonight at one point Gattis went through a series of signs, Teheran shook them all off; Gattis went through a bunch more, Teheran shook them all off; then they just had a staring contest for a while. It felt like forever, but was probably between 5-10 seconds. A couple of weeks ago, Gattis and Santana were so off the same page, I swear they were having a couple of mound conferences per batter.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 22 June 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
File under "are you fucking kidding me?" -- B.J. Upton is batting leadoff tonight.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Tom Hart, the Barveses field reporter, is in the booth tonight. (Joe Simpson is still out from achilles tendon surgery.) I would say that anything that takes oxygen away from Chip Caray is a good thing, but Paul Byrd has been the main fill-in for Simpson, and he's been terrible. Hart is good, though.
Unfortunately, Uggla's still on the team and Stella! has the night off.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Friday, 27 June 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/138139087/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/FCC-Red_01.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 July 2014 01:04 (nine years ago) link
Ha, might get one of those.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 4 July 2014 01:22 (nine years ago) link
I have no idea where this gang of run-manufacturers came from, but suddenly their percentage of runs from homer is way down and they're 9-1 in their last 10. Admittedly vs. Astros/Phils/Mets, but still, I love this crazy "put the ball in play" concept.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Saturday, 5 July 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Lol, Gerald Laird, master of the bunt single. (He just got career #44.) They never expect it!
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
It works approximately 24.6% of the time for the .246 lifetime hitter.
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Phil Gosselin called up from AAA; the corresponding roster move is that Dan Uggla has been suspended for one game by the team. Fredi won't say why but Dave O'Brien at the AJC says it's for being "late."
After sorta Kawakami-ing him for a month and a half, it looks like the Popeye era is nearly done.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Sunday, 13 July 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
rosenthal saying uggla is done, though whether dfa'd or outright released remains unclear
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
plz SOMEONE snap him up so I can at least get another 25 HM points
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
xp - I've been waiting/hoping for that news today.
― catfishers of men (WilliamC), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
No amount of La Stella is going to fix this team.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:10 PM (2 months ago)
...although I'd love to be proven wrong. STELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!
― WilliamC, Sunday, 20 July 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
btw this 20yo ss jose peraza is tearing shit up
no power and he doesn't walk, but it's less of a big deal when you hit .350
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
also he doesn't strike out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm terrible about following prospects -- I've heard a little about Peraza but not a lot. Just read his profile at Talking Chop and they've moved him from SS to 2B, with a timeline to reach the bigs in 2016.
no power and he doesn't walk, but it's less of a big deal when you hit .350 -- he'd fit right in with these weird nu-look small-ball Braves. Homers way down (only 7 in July), slash numbers all up.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 02:02 (nine years ago) link
Simba Is Not Human, 7/22/14 edition: http://deadspin.com/andrelton-simmons-makes-another-superhuman-defensive-pl-1608860163
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
Went to the Friday night game -- too bad the Braves didn't show up. I'm done paying to see these guys in person.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
https://sports.vice.com/article/baseball-erotica-1-john-smoltz-and-tom-glavine
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Pete Van Wieren died of cancer today at 69 -- RIP.
After moving back to MS in 2001 and making a point of going to a couple of Braves games a year, I briefly had the idea of getting the four main broadcasters' (PVW, Simpson, Caray, Sutton) autographs on my glove. The Professor's was the only one I got before I gave that up.
― rockist papist scissorist (WilliamC), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
But getting back to this year's Braves:
http://funnyasduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/funny-cat-pushing-things-off-table-fuck-this-animated-gif-pics.gif
― rockist papist scissorist (WilliamC), Monday, 4 August 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
BJ Upton is batting eighth today.
The apocalypse is nigh.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
sombrero for jupton
also i saw la stella dive for a grounder that was probably five feet away lol
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Penance for last night.
The upside is that they're making it really easy for me to shift from watching games to watching movies.
― Harper Valley PTSD (WilliamC), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
So glad the collapse is happening in the first half of August instead of the second half of September.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link
so you can put your Falcons stuff on? :)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
Gaaahh, no, I gave up American football 3 or 4 seasons ago. The only "protect your goal/put the ball in their goal" sport I mess with is soccer.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
i was riffing on an old Larry Jones crack
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
All the way over my head, stand-up triple. Good work.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/naked-idiot-on-turner-field-delays-athletics-braves-gam-1623037704
Funny thing is that this didn't really delay the game at all -- Bob Melvin had come out to pull Sonny Gray when the streaker ran out, and in the last video linked, you can see Otero running in from the bullpen and crossing paths with security and the streaker. Better entertainment than the jumbotron during a pitching change.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Sunday, 17 August 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
Perhaps that's the solution to the longer games controversy, naked men running around.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 17 August 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Attendance would go through the roof!
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Monday, 18 August 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
This game baffles me more every day.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 01:58 (nine years ago) link
you buried em and they rise from the grave, simple
when i bury the Mets, they stay buried
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
pirates are even curing bupton
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 01:05 (nine years ago) link
Lorenzo's Chaw
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
happy 30th birthday to bossman jr.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Hope he gets a (shaving cream) cake (in his face) for his birthday.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Simba with his best of the year: http://braves.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?c_id=atl&gid=2014_08_27_atlmlb_nynmlb_1&lang=en&content_id=35722799&mode=video
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 28 August 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
Wood vs. Eovaldi was great.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Monday, 1 September 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
Jose Constanza was used to pinch hit for a healthy Justin Upton
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BweeulECIAAjq-_.jpg
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
http://funnygifs.co/gifs/pinata-fail.gif
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 12:49 (nine years ago) link