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

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

hahaha, fuck you. I don't care about junk stats, but if I were Hudson and was having a totally dominating game like this one, I'd want a chance to finish it.

heyward hit that ball hard

guy is unbelievable

<3 that dude so much, and not just because I have him on both my fantasy teams

One thing I love about him is that he uses bubble gum instead of tobacco.

Tough, tough luck for Kawakami.

i would be very sad if heyward dipped

what's next beyond the golden sombrero?

The "Olympic Rings" or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game,[1] while a horn (after Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles, who accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991) or titanium sombrero is bestowed upon a player who strikes out six times in a single game.[2]

^^^fact-checking wakeboarder

I'm not in any hurry for Chipper to come back from his poor achy finger.

<3 Omar

ya. he can play forever for all i care (omar)

hmm - thought this was another thread.

Brooks Conrad's really making the most out of his limited playing time this year.

Chipper hints that this may be the end

thank u jesus

la

rry

~~SHOCKED~~ the chris resop call-up didn't pay immediate results!

so Heyward is now at .259 /.378 /.473 . Nice season. Not an All-Star starter rookie season.

Yeah, he shouldn't be a starter.

I agree. He's K-ing his way into not deserving to be on the team at all.

J-Hey to DL (thumb), no All-Star Game.

nice save, Billy!

he was about one centimeter away from getting the loss

fucking Fish

LOL

can't even remember seeing the wheel play work on a bunt

oh for fuck's sake

The Braves have traded shortstop Yunel Escobar and minor-league pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes to the Toronto Blue Jays in a five-player deal that nets shortstop Alex Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, 33, is in the midst of one of his finest offensive seasons.

The Braves also got left-handed minor-league pitcher Tim Collins and minor-league shortstop Tyler Pastornicky.

Gonzalez entered the All-Star break with a .259 batting average, 17 home runs, 25 doubles and 50 RBIs. Gonzalez currently ranks tied for fifth in the American League with 43 extra-base hits.

“This trade improves our club for the second half of the season,” Executive Vice President and General Manager Frank Wren said. “We have been looking at ways to strengthen our club offensively and Alex Gonzalez is a proven veteran player who gives us added power. He is a winner and a solid offensive presence in the lineup as well as a quality defensive shortstop.”