8/24/13 Vs. St. Louis Smugs

[Julio3000]

The 2013 Atlanta Braves: now featuring more Johnsons than a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit.

LF Jordan "You put your marijuana in my peanut butter!" Schafer. Not Jordan Parraz.
RF Diesel Upton. Not nitty, not gritty.
1B The Fred. Not Ike Davis.
3B Lord BABIP. Not Juan Francisco.
C Brian McCann. Not Stoppable.
SS Andreltron. Not Not Simmons. All your hits . . . will be lost in his glove. Like . . . tears . . . in rain.
CF Weasel Upton. Not himself.
2B Some Johnson. Not really.
P Julio Teheran. The Jive Turkey. Baby Pedro. Don Cartagena. Future Plunking Ace. Not giving a ****.

Redbirds
3B Carpenter
RF Beltran
LF Holliday
1B Craig
C Not Brian McCann.
CF Jay
2B Wong
SS Descalso
P Miller

[The Chosen One]

Dude gets thanks just for starting up a GDT.

Unreal.

[Dalyn]

Dude gets thanks just for starting up a GDT.

Unreal.

Behold the monster you created. Behold and tremble!

[Mrs. Meta]

Dude gets thanks just for starting up a GDT.

Unreal.

Almost to 1,000!:Alone:

[NinersSBChamps]

I am in a good albeit exhausted mood tonight. Will be around a little bit tonight perhaps. Let us start winning! Go Braves!

[Runnin]

Swing the freaking bat.

[The Chosen One]

Save us Freeman.

Save us.

[Runnin]

Swing the freaking bat.
Thank you.

[mfree80]

Interesting comments by the announcers about last nights ejection.

[Lville21]

Time to get Joey T more starts:

Schafer now 3-31 with 11 K and only 3 BB since coming back from the DL.

[Teheran_49]

Is there any disputing FF is our best hitter? To me consistency is what makes a hitter great and Freeman is the only consistent hitter we have.

[The Chosen One]

One thign that annoys me about Molina, is the way he receives and just flicks the ball back to the pitcher.

McCann is so classic with the setup, receive, and throw back.

[The Chosen One]

Time to get Joey T more starts:

Schafer now 3-31 with 11 K and only 3 BB since coming back from the DL.

Buh Buh Buh Buh Buttttt Schaferrr.

Nevermind.

[The Chosen One]

Now that we have 3 Johnsons, when is Freddy coming up to make the Tri-Fecta. Has there ever been a team with two sets of triplets?

[mfree80]

Both Gattis and Schafer were playing well until an injury forced them out of the lineup. They have both struggled to get going again. That could mean they were fools gold and would have come back to earth soon anyway, or it could mean they need a Spring Training to get ready. Either way, they need to get it going again.

[Runnin]

Interesting comments by the announcers about last nights ejection.
Yeah, sad they have to protect childish behavior from both Justin and the ump.

[The Chosen One]

I really really hate that Carpenter guy.

[The Chosen One]

Yeah, sad they have to protect childish behavior from both Justin and the ump.

Cocaine throwing off their perception of reality.

[mfree80]

Yeah, sad they have to protect childish behavior from both Justin and the ump.

I agree. Justin needs to control his emotions. Umpires, though need to be held to an equally high standard, if not higher. It is their job to keep the game fair.

[jpack1]

Teheran needs to scrap the slider. It is far and away his worst pitch.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Just heard Doug Eddings is the home plate ump. Never a good thing

[tvsportscaster]

That's the third time in this series, that Braves pitchers have given up a run immediately after their team just got them one. They've got to have some shutdown innings to have a chance.

[thewupk]

Time to get Joey T more starts:

Schafer now 3-31 with 11 K and only 3 BB since coming back from the DL.

I agree. He's back to what he's always been.

[thethe]

BJ has no clue what a ball or a strike is right now.

[Lville21]

Time to get Joey T more starts:

Schafer now 3-31 with 11 K and only 3 BB since coming back from the DL.




The problem with my previous post is that BJ is now 1-25 with 12 K and 1 BB in that same time span. Schafer has 4 SB to BJ's 1 during that time, so please hurry back J-Hey and Reed!

[Julio3000]

Just heard Doug Eddings is the home plate ump. Never a good thing

Even odds he ejects Chipper from his living room.

[holden]

something about the phrase "so-and-so says thank you to so-and-so for this useful post" is hilarious to me

[jpack1]

Quit calling that dang slider. I guarantee 90% of his homers are sliders to LH.

[Julio3000]

Quit calling that dang slider. I guarantee 90% of his homers are sliders to LH.

The slider was working really well for him earlier.

[nsacpi]

Lord BABIP

[jpack1]

He throws some good ones but he throws a lot of hangers. Too many. His fastball is really good he should use it 80% of the time.

[tvsportscaster]

B.J. is just absolutely awful, it's unbelievable how bad he is and the even worse news, there are no signs he's breaking out of it.

[thethe]

Tehearn is hitting a wall. We are in a lot of trouble come postseason time.

[weso1]

B.J. is just absolutely awful, it's unbelievable how bad he is and the even worse news, there are no signs he's breaking out of it.

He has to just completely retool his swing in the offseason.

[weso1]

Tehearn is hitting a wall. We are in a lot of trouble come postseason time.

Teheran on the other hand is doing quite well tonight.

[jsebe10]

How des does a team just stop hitting?!?!?!?

[tvsportscaster]

I don't know what outfielders are available out there right now, but the Braves better be looking because they don't only need one, they need two, CF and LF right now are black holes and Justin ain't so hot now himself. Heck, at this point, I'd stick Todd Cunningham out there tomorrow and see if he can provide a spark.

[jsebe10]

No! There wil be no spark provided from Terdoslovich or Cuddingham. Just gotta play through it.

[jsebe10]

Piss off High Up Anus Jay

[thethe]

The Heyward injury seems to have sucked the life out of this team.

[jsebe10]

BJ. Lol.

[tvsportscaster]

The Heyward injury seems to have sucked the life out of this team.

If true that's unfortunate, they are professionals and just have to deal with it. I know the circumstances were different but they played through Heyward being on the DL earlier this year, they just need to do it again, or else Jason won't be coming back for anything until 2014.

[TXBravesFan]

I know Teheran finished the 6th strong, but not sure about leaving him out here for all these pitches.

[tvsportscaster]

I know Teheran finished the 6th strong, but not sure about leaving him out here for all these pitches.

And he's paying for it in this inning.

[jsebe10]

I know Teheran finished the 6th strong, but not sure about leaving him out here for all these pitches.

Noooo!!! Kwis Medwen says dat Fwedi was sendin a bad messwage by not wetting dem pwitch outa twubble....Cause Kwis and baby are having a stellar season.

[TXBravesFan]

Nice play by CJ.

[weso1]

Great play by CJ on that one. Made it look easy.

[TXBravesFan]

Well so much for that...

[Julio3000]

****ing Cardinals.

[Julio3000]

Great play by CJ on that one. Made it look easy.

Yes, it sure was.

[jsebe10]

This offense needs to feel completely embarrassed to these pitchers....piss poor run support as and lack of competitiveness.

[CrimsonCowboy]

We know some guys need to step it up with Heyward gone. B.J., Schafer, and Gattis better start doing so.

[tvsportscaster]

David Carpenter sure isn't fooling anybody tonight. Glad there is football on, because this game sucks

[jpack1]

This team is laying down like dogs. Manager needs to get these going again.

[weso1]

Playing at St. Louis was not exactly a great situation for us following Heyward's injury. They're pretty clearly a better team than we are when Heyward is on the DL and all their guys are healthy.

[KayJayNZ]

Post Heyward: 0-3, 4 runs scored.

:Sad:

[buck7580]

Playing at St. Louis was not exactly a great situation for us following Heyward's injury. They're pretty clearly a better team than we are when Heyward is on the DL and all their guys are healthy.

Indeed

[jpack1]

Welp. 12 game lead.

[gtcway]

Suddenly, there's not much to be excited about with this team. Heyward's injury sure deflated the team and fans. I honestly believe the Nats have a good chance of catching us now. The Braves are in a bad spot and I can see it lighting the "fire" under the Nats' butts to play better. Hope it doesn't happen, but unless Heyward can come back for the post season and pick up where he left off, do any of you see us making it past the first round?

[Teheran_49]

Suddenly, there's not much to be excited about with this team. Heyward's injury sure deflated the team and fans. I honestly believe the Nats have a good chance of catching us now. The Braves are in a bad spot and I can see it lighting the "fire" under the Nats' butts to play better. Hope it doesn't happen, but unless Heyward can come back for the post season and pick up where he left off, do any of you see us making it past the first round?

Not no but hell no. I think we may be fighting to make the play-offs. This offense is terrible.

[Julio3000]

La Russa'd.

[jsebe10]

La Russa'd.

Elliot Johnsoned. That guy. Blows.

[bravesnumberone]

This team is absolutely dead since Heyward went down. It's going to be a long September if **** doesn't correct itself in a hurry.

[Julio3000]

Elliot Johnsoned. That guy. Blows.

I think we can put the "Bench Uggla in favor of anyone" line of argument to bed.

[Bdawg2309]

Playing at St. Louis was not exactly a great situation for us following Heyward's injury. They're pretty clearly a better team than we are when Heyward is on the DL and all their guys are healthy.

and the last series vs them, weren't they missing molina?

[Runnin]

The Heyward injury seems to have sucked the life out of this team.
And the life out of the GDTs as well.

[Julio3000]

And the life out of the GDTs as well.

I have doubts if you even like GDTs.

Dang. It's just not the same without Jason.

[jason27nc]

I have doubts if you even like GDTs.

Dang. It's just not the same without Jason.

The funny thing is he never gets the credit he deserves unless he is hot. He is a guy that does so much even when he isn't hitting the ball well.

[The Chosen One]

And the life out of the GDTs as well.

I think many of us are just depressed to see the team is super depressed about his injury.

We're 0-3 in games not started by Heyward since his injury. That should bump his WAR +3.

He was making a strong case for MVP imo. Before he was leadoff, we were a good team. When he went to leadoff, our record with him there and his numbers were amazing.

[nsacpi]

Fredi deserves a lot of credit for perceiving that hitting in the #2 spot was depressing Jason. None of us saw that. Hitting second can be very stressful.

[The Chosen One]

Fredi deserves a lot of credit for perceiving that hitting in the #2 spot was depressing Jason. None of us saw that. Hitting second can be very stressful.

I'd imagine it must've been stressing him out.

When the guy ahead of you isn't getting on base and is expected to get on base (Schafer, Simmons), the pressure falls on you to get on for the big boys.

AT least when he was in leadoff, he could freestyle. Hit a homer, get a single, take a walk.

[nsacpi]

I'd imagine it must've been stressing him out.

When the guy ahead of you isn't getting on base and is expected to get on base (Schafer, Simmons), the pressure falls on you to get on for the big boys.

AT least when he was in leadoff, he could freestyle. Hit a homer, get a single, take a walk.

Jason would never blame a teammate for his problems hitting second. He was just scared of the responsibility.

[zitothebrave]

Good job Schafer.

Also lol Beltran.