Braves @ Buccaneers (Also NAHWAL)
by yondaime4 on May 10, 2008 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintAtlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates, May 10, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Wow, so this road record thing needs to get straighted out. We have been better at home the past couple of seasons but this year is just ridiculous. For the last three or four years we have been right around the .500 mark on the road but 4-12 just can't cut it. Luckily we are 14-4 at home. This has to balance out a little at some point.
Chuck James tosses again tonight. His ERA looks pretty rough so far but if it hadn't been for all those bad games he pitched it would look a whole lot better. Seriously though, he walked too many guys last time out and gave up a 2-run homer. I like Chuckie but I don't know how much faith I have in him right now. I guess we just cross our fingers and hope for the good CJ.
Tom Gorzelanny throws for the Pirates (he is the guy I was thinking about while writing yesterdays post) and his season has been almost as rocky as James' so far. His ERA is a large 6.91 and he is walking a man an inning and has 10 less K than walks. Yikes. Some people here would have me believe that a poor K/BB ratio isn't a a big deal, but I dunno, walking as many men as you sit down doesn't seem to be a great way to go about your business. Thats just me. Gorzelanny does have a back problem and there are some concerns that he may not start but all signs are saying he will at this point. The guy has talent so our hitters still need to stay on their toes against him.
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First Picker
1. 31,111
2. Diaz
3. Moylan, back from the office of Dr. Andrews, spends the game in the Outback Steakhouse overlooking the field, drinking Foster’s with his left hand.
picks
1. 22,500
2. Frenchy
3. Chipper reaches base at least 3 times
NAHWAL
1. 25,908
2. Diaz
3. Braves score 5 or more runs in one inning.
Lowered Expectations
1. 30,001
2. Greg Norton
3. Braves get swept due to the fact that the Pirates are the fucking Dbacks all of a sudden, and with their army of left-handed starting pitchers, Chipper and Teixeira will be neutralized, as will McCann, and Francoeur will GIDP or ground out 5-3 or 6-3 every time, and Mark Kotsay will miss his wife and slump, the umps will call Kelly Johnson out for never swinging, and Bobby will get thrown out of every game with hopes to inspire his team, and will watch from the locker room as they lose the next three days 4-3, 3-2, and 7-6.
Oh wait, I don’t qualify for a point on losses?
Okay then. Matt Diaz gets on base 3 times today then.
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Reverse Psychology
It’s one of those things, where I put myself in the line of fire by making all these pessimistic expectations, and when the Braves end up winning 13-3, everyone can point and laugh at me, but I will secretly be happy, while I click the code away to post the picture of Jamie Kotsay in celebration of the win.
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picks,
1. 27,510
2. Kotsay
3. Chipper makes up for the 0-for last night and gets on base at least four times, mostly by hits.
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Picks
1. 34,775
2. Chipper Jones
3. Royce Ring comes in to face a lefty and gets him out
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Picks
1. 29, 361
2. Texiera
3. Tex homers and has 3 RBIs for the night
Picks.
1) 26,435
2) Tex
3) Chipper raises his average with at least 1 single, 1 extra base hit, and 1 walk.
Picks.
Another QS for Glavine last night. That’s 3-6 on the season, which doesn’t include his 5 IP, 1 ER game against PIT at the beginning of the year. For all the people in the off-season who raised hell about picking him up…he’s doing what we got him for, you should start blaming the offense now.
1. 31,001
2. Yunel
3. Gorzelanny has more walks than Chuck has strikeouts.
Picks
1. 27,500
2. Chipper
3. Ring strikes out Laroche
Picks
1. 23,283
2. Matty
3. Lord Almighty and Matty combine to drive in 5 runs.
I know it isn't likely
but we had better be patient tonight.
Gorzelanny in 2008:
27.3 IP, 27 BBs!
So, obviously his WHIP is 1.902 and ERA at 4.10.
Only 17 Ks and 0 of the 27 were IBB.
I love how ron gant claims to be Yoda-esque.
He is always giving advice to braves players, and when they do well, its because they heed his advice.
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yes, Jeff took a walk because Ron told him to be patient.
The other day he claimed that chippers performance was a result of him talking to chip in ST. :-)
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this night is already off to a lousy start for me. my net has killed my radio feed twice already. and the blog is freezing up. LOVELY.
Chuck James
chuck comes up big today, I can feel it.
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no doubt
The rays have a log jam of young pitchers
Kazmir
Sheilds
David Price
Wade Davis
Jake Mcgee
Andy Sonnastine
where are they going to put them all?
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its apparently god’s edict tonight that i can’t download music, download porn, AND listen to the game. gotta pick and choose.
music can wait...
porn and the Braves are most important. might be impossible to chose between those though.
The Montgomery Biscuits...
...TB’s AA farm team have been pretty good for a while (Southern League Champs ‘06, ‘07). This is just down the road from me, and I’ve got a buddy from there. They have definitely been building. I would love to see the Rays take a team of no-names and win the AL East.
Chuck
As long as he keeps his pitches from getting too much of the K zone, he should do OK today. So far, he has been.
So these Pittsburgh announcers are talking about
the pin in Infante’s hand, and one of them says, “What’s your pin number.” The other one was absolutely silent.
I have the atl game on tv, and the rome game via webcast…
It’s a beautiful thing.
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no, even with the pick off, the homer would still count
if the guy is called out, bay still bats
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So far we have a bullet that was caught by Gorzo
that turned into a DP. Now a blown call by the first base umpire. Plus we have the dreaded one run deficit. COOL!
Bunting....
I think the team needs to spend all of tomorrow batting practice doing nothing but bunting…
It's the anti-Braves again...
Do y’all recognize it yet? I do. The total lack of ability to put anything together offensively, the bad calls, weird shit, bad luck etc, etc.
But I prefer
to use the ampersand (&). It makes it look like an ice cream company or something.
Chuck & Suck.
quit hating on chuck
this start for chuck isnt bad, i dont understand why you guys are hating on him.
honestly, going from majors to minors so much, what do you guys expect
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WTF
Left the house when it was 2-1, and now the Braves are down by 1 already??
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The Vidros just keep piling up.
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That makes...
34 Vidros. Catching up to the Cardinals for the NL lead.
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Impossible
The would disrupt the space-time continuum and the flux capacitor would fail and we’d be stuck in 1955.
That would've been
Another Vidro, if there were one out.
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Wheres bigjoe
This miller chill shit isn’t half bad
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Does it NOT have an aftertaste of ORANGE GATORADE!? that was seriously the first thing I said when i drank it for the first time.
I’m drinking its bastard cousin, Bud Lime, tonight. Very mild on the orange, but you can definitely taste the lime.
It kind of does
I’m on my third of the night
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I like
How no matter how fresh REitsmop is, Bobby would rather go with a old and busted Bennett every time they need a righty
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Makes sense
we can’t beat either team anyway, so it doesn’t matter
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That
Was so not a strike but who cares
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SportsSouth
Is talking about LaRoche’s pitching ability.
A year or two ago, the pirates and astros went like 15 innings, and LaRoche was about to come in
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ronny paulino isn’t even their starting catcher. CHUCK AND SUCK! CHUCK AND SUCK! CHUCK AND SUCK!
bring in reitsop. why the fuck not.
I always thought
That Michael Barrett did.
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I need
Another beer and another one of those commercials with Natalie Gulbis
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never i thought id see the day...
when diaz watched three straight strikes and not take the bat off his shoulder
This montage of Vidros
Just made me grab two beers from the beer fridge, because I know one is not going to cut it.
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Look at the bright side
As long as we stay .900 at home, we’ll still be in the playoff hunt at the end of the year.
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rev = revelation. we got him for nothing, and he’s been amazing. the very definition…of a REVELATION!
i thought
he was REVOLUCION because he’s mexican
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I just called him...
the 2008 Oscar Villarreal
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Tayshaun is all lanky and freaky looking
He’s like gumby or something, and when he shoots a three, his whole body wobbles around like a rubberband
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mets-reds
tied 1-1, at the great american bandbox, with pelfrey and arroyo pitching…who wouldve thought
remember
last year when scott thorman sat on the tarp and reached in and got a pop foul? that was badass.
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Come on now
He hit a huge homer of Francisco Cordero in septemeber last year in extra innings. I was at that game, and it was miserable until that happened.
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Score some damn runs, Braves...
Quit acting like you’ve never seen a left handed pitcher in your life.
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comon, we need more runs
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i want to see a player with the last name "Cash"
So that all baseball literature will have to be changed when someone is traded for cash.
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Kind of looks like it
Seeing as how Marcus doesn’t seem to exist anymore right now
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Every time
I look at the PNC Park outfield, this is all I ever see.
I swurr PUJOLS FUCKING DAMN IT VIDRO
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As I was saying
The bushes in the outfield grass out in PNC looks like the Turtles logo.
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$10 says
games ends on a Vidro
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Of course he can
Being from Mexico, he can also fill in at short stop and play in the outfield if necessary.
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I got it
Chipper and Teixeira will get on base, and Francoeur is going to kill a ball right into an unassisted triple-play.
You can’t get better until you’ve hit rock bottom.
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Except that the ball Frenchy kills actually hits the ground first
but the umps say that it was caught in the air.
You see that?
He gave a prayer to Pujols. he is blessed, and will be perfect.
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Chuck James
Does the trend continue, does he get sent back to AAA tomorrow and Stockman get brought back up for bullpen help.
If so, will Morton get called up the next time the 5th spot comes up in the rotation?
Chuck did a decent job tonight...
... and Bobby should have known better than to leave him in much past 5 innings. The offense killed this team tonight—not Chuck James.
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I cant wait until....
this guy is called up
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I don't care
what you come up for everything but the TEd is the technodrome
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with jamie kotsay as the bigass eye on top
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bigjoe
the harder you chug a miller chill the more it tastes like gatoradde at the end
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how come
we can always beat the johans, the johnsons, the dontrelles
but then always job to the gorzelannys, the snells, the odalis perezes, and all the other dingleberries of MLB?
ps. mark redman
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The braves
should trade the farm for Josh Fogg, and rename ourselves the dragon slayers because we can seem to handle the dregs of anyone’s rotation, but always rise to the occasions against all the aces
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Don't worry, he will be penalized by MLB
whatever the fuck that means, but it is not going to change the fact that the asshole cost us more game
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I nominate
August 2, against the brewers as the TC meet up day.
it is a day game, and we can make t-shirts with the jamie kotsay picture on it to symbolize our bretheren, and then get completely sloshed at the game when ben sheets goes 8 innings, and we get embarassed by not blowing a save for eric gagne, and some of us get arrested.
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OH
the front of the shirt can have the jamie kotsay picture on the left chest side, so it can be subtle, and the back can have “J. KOTSAY #11” on it
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pujols damn it
fucking asshole friend changed some server configuration and now nothing i upload works
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Nah
Dudes who wear anything with 69 on it are screaming “I’M A TOOL”
no offense to anyone who has naything with 69 on it
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Need to erase that background and make the image a vector so it can be stretched to take up most of the shirt without becoming blurred.
-RETIRE, BOBBY COX!-
If it were
Only so easy to vectorize an image that small. The only thing is to find the original file, and even that has its limitations.
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Good
But it’s got a Braves logo on it. That’s a no-no, especially if we want to wear it at the Ted, where Braves employees work. That shit is liable for copyright infringement, especially if we were to post details of it being sold online.
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Lik eI said
I do this shit for a living. I’m a marketing guy,a dn i can do this shit half asleep, tipsy or both
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We got plenty of time
I do this shit for a living, and i’m sure we can toss some ideas out via fanposts or what not.
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I'm sure
The ladies will love it, so I’ll throw out some ideas with the Teix-ass as well.
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I guess I don't get it
When did Tex become such the hottie for the “ladies”? Looks like a preschooler to me and waaaay too much handling his own stuff…
yeah
He’s the quintessential cutie of the team, and huddy’s got the preferable slim build, but both are married and I’m trying to avoid the proverbial lightning strike, so I’ll stick to that guy over there on the right.
You guys are just too funny!
getting fancy
but we could also do the TC logo on the sleeve or something…
cut out of background of course.
gondeee
Never got back to me with some new logo ideas I sent to him a long time ago.
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Likely
But I sent it a significant while ago, so I’m sure he’s seen them.
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what if
we get enough people on board, and order them to be done professionally? I’d pay like $15-20 for a decent looking shirt.
Need a good amount to do a wholesale
I think I can still make a few calls to some printer connections and see about getting a small run.
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Cafepress
might be the best option. they’re non discriminate and we’re not infringing on any copyrights or anything, and it ensures that only the people serious about wanting a shirt can pay their own $16 for their own shirt
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that's why cafepress is the most sense
it’s free to submit a design, and only those who want a shirt can pay for a shirt
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jug
Where’d you get the Tex images?
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Hmm
Curious to know if the original posters are savvy enough to keep the large originals and are also willing to give them away for goofy purposes like this one.
Finding an original of the Jamie Kotsay picture would be much, much harder.
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They'll...
Overcharge. Most online companies do. Seriously, the way it works is that you have to order like 500 shirts, and you can get them for like $3 a shirt. Naturally, then you can sell the shirts for $10 and actually make some profit, but the trick is finding 500 willing people to pay.
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I know what you mean
If anything, we can always cafepress it. Then we can be assured that we’d all be paying $16 a shirt, and there would be no profit involved.
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quick quote
if we did your shirt design at customink, on white, we could order 35 and get them for $19.65/each
Well
seeing as how there is no game to celebrate, and i need something to do besides drink to help me forget about a shit game, i’m going to play with some ideas here. catch you gentlemen (and lizziebeth) later. will share ideas as they complete
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I am soooo tired of turning on the radio or getting home and checking the web, only to see we lost to some guy who should be beating up on. I know this has already been expounded upon in this thread, just want to say I agree with the sentiment.
And I am eagerly awaiting any and all J. Kotsay t-shirt ideas.
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