R.I.P. 2 the Greg Norton Era: Atlanta Braves 2010

Kenshin Kawakami, Jair Jurrjens

GOD DAMN BLACKOUT RESTRICTIONS

yeah, game's not sold out, let me drive over there real quick and catch the last...oh wait, it's a FIVE HOUR DRIVE.

heyward, man

Cable co. called me up and said "Mr C, it turns out the game wasn't blacked out, somebody just didn't switch the feed to the game, just as you thought. It's on now."

So, uh, I chewed out the CSR pretty thoroughly.

great at bats from heyward tonight -- oppo HR & oppo single w/ 2 strikes against a lefty to put the braves up 2

yesterday they KILLED him on low & outside pitches and he really roped an important single on a low & outside slider

Bought a ticket to see him play today and of course it's probably going to be rained out. :(

is this game gonna happen today

There's no effing Braves-Giants on Extra Innings, I guess cuz of ESPN exclusivity on Sun nights?

i was picking it up earlier on mlb tv

I was getting the game via EI as late as half an hour ago (not in front of the television at the moment)...

That's weird, I'm getting it fine on FSS. They shouldn't be blocking it just because it started late.

is there a padres thread? anyway theyre up 14-0 in the 5th

Regression candidate Jair Jurrjens

Of course Blanks is riding my imaginary team's pine tonight

Oh damn, JoJo Reyes given up as a human sacrifice.

Hinske hitting clean-up?!

haha, it seems to be working out okay

<3 pogoing J-Hey

.gif or it idnt happen

another two out, two strike rbi off a lefty

3 out

Classic BBTN move: running stat comparison of the first 12 games of Heyward and Hank Aaron.

Glaus, you syphilitic cock, get off my tv.

^^^thought for a sec this was a cankles post

u owe that syphlitic cock an apology it appears

From the bottom of my heart, I beg the syphilitic cock's forgiveness.

been reduced to a dormant herpetic cock

Taking the walk-off celebration to the tunnel was pretty funny. I wonder if the Phils will be all sour and think it showed them up more than doing it at home plate.

Yunel Escobar seems to be one of the more stupid players in the game today.

That tunnel celebration jinxed the whole damn team.

Heyward not quite looking like Aaron the last week.

Definitely not. The plate discipline is still there, but when he chooses to swing, he's popping it up a lot.

you know it's rough when AJC commenters' traditional hatred of Cox, Chipper, and Wren has finally engulfed McCann, who's one of the more lovable guys in the game.

Looking great against Houston, but, yknow, it's Houston.

Chip Caray's latest verborrhea: he's starting to say "moundsman" instead of "pitcher."

J-Hey's getting his swing straightened out.

I hope Infante takes Escobar's job away from him. For one thing, he and McLouth are a good leadoff-spot platoon. For another, Yunel's a moody, stupid asshole.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/05/cocka.jpg

LOLLLL

That makes McCann 0 for 2 on the Lasik thing.

McCann's pressing so hard he could swallow charcoal and shit diamonds...Johann struck him out to end the inning and you could hear the "FUCK!!!!!" in every seat in the stadium.

how many times do you see it, a catcher takes a foul ball to the nards and leads off the next inning with a clutch single

I switched to the game during a "Lost" commercial just in time to see that -- OWWWWWW.

WATCH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12wyT6utRw

omfg

Don't miss the highlights of this one, guys.

nice one. down 8-0 in the second too. usually teams just give up.

Dusty Baker is such a fxxking moron. He couldn't have handled the ninth any freaking worse.

Well, I just registered for the SABR convention, so unless my life goes south before I can go South I'll be in ATL in early August. Mets are in town when I arrive.

holy shnykies!!!!

Chavez/Venters/Kimbrel deserve the game ball as much as Conrad.

Cox, you dickhead, let Hudson have his fucking CG shutout. Jeez.

^sentimental about junk stats