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M's @ Braves: Rubber Game

Seattle @ Atlanta


Was that a come from behind win last night? I tell you... strange things happen at home.

We needs ourselves a winning series against "the worst team in baseball."


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Seattle Mariners
@ Atlanta Braves

Sunday, Jun 22, 2008, 1:35 PM EDT
Turner Field

Carlos Silva vs Tim Hudson

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

 

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Great win last night...

...but one thing bothers me. Maybe it’s nothing, but it’s something I noticed. When the winning run scored, I didn’t see guys come flying out of the dugout in jubulation, excited because they just scored two in the ninth to win. Of course, maybe I just didn’t see it because of the highlight package I saw, and if that’s the case, I take this all back.

But, if they didn’t, I’m kind of disappointed. I guess I like to see guys playing with passion.

by VegasAces on Jun 22, 2008 11:53 AM EDT   0 recs

My take

There was a good deal of celebration, but PTV is on more stringent time schedules, and are desperate to get back to the already-airing of a Family Guy re-run, so they tend to rush through what they deem “unnecessary” television. If you were watching on PTV, you’d notice Skip Caray’s post-inning thoughts being cut-off, every time.

But if there was less than usual, I’d have to believe that when you’re free-falling, and need a late-inning rally to beat the worst team in the league, after almost losing to them again, there’s not much reason to celebrate.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 12:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You just missed it then.

Everybody came out hugging and high-fiving.

You can see it if you got to the official site and click on the clips from yesterday. I’ll try and link it, but I’m not sure if it will work.

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200806222980532

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 12:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess I should say

I didn’t think they lacked enthusiasm. But, that’s just me. Someone else might perceive it differently.

But, you’d better have stats to back it up…

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 12:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Amazingly

With the boos that our young right fielder is already receiving for his lack-luster play, Jeff Francoeur is already developing a FART rating, despite still being on the one and only team he has ever played for. Almost halfway through the season, the FART calculator has derived that he has a 0.054 rating.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 12:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's because

He STrikes-out IN Key Situations.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just some pics

From Braves Love



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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

On a totally different subject

Since you of all people would appreciate it more than anyone else, during the dregs of the middle-innings in last night’s game, I was looking up resource materials about a project that I’d like to do for myself – building a blackjack table.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 12:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

interesting

did you find it on Instructables? They have all kinds of good stuff on there.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 12:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/342709

This one looks nice, but there is one glaring problem with it.

The ugly-ass Cubs logo on the wall behind it.

My artistic-posterior will likely look at pictures for ideas, but pretty much go in my own direction on how I want to build one.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 12:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That is a nice table and game-room.

Why would someone deface the wall with that crap?

I am in Cubs-hater mood right now too, because I’m heading to Chicago tomorrow for a conference and my friend going with me is a Cubs fan. We’re going to Cubs-Orioles game Tuesday…

And to get off on a tangent…This is why I don’t like interleague play. Because I would love to go up there and cheer for a NL brethren, but no. Because wins affect the Wild Card standings so that can negatively impact the Braves. This is why I like college sports…Whenever Kentucky isn’t playing, I can cheer for an SEC team because when the SEC does well UK does well.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 12:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

WOO-HOO!

Scheduled off-day for Francoeur!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:03 PM EDT   0 recs

"much needed day off"

For the fans, or for the team?

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:37 PM EDT   0 recs

+1

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No Escobar

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:37 PM EDT   0 recs

Play ball!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:37 PM EDT   0 recs

"regroup"

Joe means “stop sucking”

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:37 PM EDT   0 recs

settle down Huddy

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

I would love...

to see, even with two outs, the shortstop field a grounder, toss to second, and second to first to go through the motions of a 6-4-3 Vidro, even though only one out is recorded, just kind of a way to say “what could’ve been.”

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Oh boy

Cy Young candidate toes the rubber.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Joe

really has a hang-up about Ichiro.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:49 PM EDT   0 recs

LOL

at Joe being infuriated with Ichiro’s first name being on the back of his jersey instead of Suzuki.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:49 PM EDT   0 recs

Imhotep!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:49 PM EDT   0 recs

not so much.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought...

Felix Hernandez pitched yesterday?

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:50 PM EDT   0 recs

He's such a stud

he goes 2-days in a row.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

1458 innings a year.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

600 Ks

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

...because

Yesterday he pitched LH. Today, he’s going RH.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn't know Felix Hernandez

was amphibiousambidextrous.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he is.

He’s only recently became ambiguous ambidextrous.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What the fuck is the internet?

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:53 PM EDT   0 recs

I want to make a bat

of balsa wood.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:55 PM EDT   0 recs

You would hit the hardest hit bunt dribbler in history, while clean, pale wood goes flying and clubs the pitcher while slapping him lightly.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

haha

“clubs the pitcher while slapping him lightly.”

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wouldn't a fatter dude

have more trouble in the heat?

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:57 PM EDT   0 recs

Such as RH Felix...

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 1:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I take it you didn't see any Baseball Tonight

Where CC Sabathia hit a tape-measure blast in 112F LA heat.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 1:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ha

actually I did.

Guess you’re right.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

AND

He pitched like the overweight, black version of Christy Mathewson.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

so...

we’re doomed, as 246 lb (ha, on a good day) RH King Felix is on the mound today, right?

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's about effing time

Thank you, Teix.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:02 PM EDT   0 recs

My thoughts exactly!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Teix's face when he swings

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:03 PM EDT   0 recs

LOL

Joe refuses to say Ichiro…”...to Suzuki who caught it.”

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:03 PM EDT   0 recs

LOL

At Joe giving me reason to post this:

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:03 PM EDT   0 recs

why didn't he slide?!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he ddidnt wanna repeat his slide from his triple

by chance13ga on Jun 22, 2008 2:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

My belief

Was that he was surprised himself at what he was doing, by the time he realized that he needed to slide, it was too late.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

A Vidro involving Vidro.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:06 PM EDT   0 recs

How ironic.

But I’ll admit, that was a hell of a 4-6-3 Vidro.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

That they show 2 Lincoln Navigator commercials every between inning break.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:09 PM EDT   0 recs

That tune is annoying

But what’s worse? That, or Carrabbas?

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh

Carrabbas, for sure. But, knock on Ichiro’s magical wood bat, I haven’t seen one yet today.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

does Jobu also bless Suzuki's bat?

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Who knows

But he comes out to the equivalent of Mega Man music at Safeco Field.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he kind of looks like Mega Man.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wonder if...

...we’ll get a chance to see Bjönes’s arm in this game?

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:12 PM EDT   0 recs

we saw Blanco's

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Is it that obvious?

That Blanco’s sissy arm is that bad?

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:13 PM EDT   0 recs

Kotsay irony

We need him to hurry back…but not to hurry his back

by OntheGo on Jun 22, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Come on

If you had a wife like Kotsay did, you’d be hurting your back a whole lot too.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+69

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Seriously

If Kotsay abstained from his wife during the baseball season, he would break Bonds’ fake records, Mays’ real records, Henderson’s steal records, bat .500, slug 1.000, OPS 2.000, win a silver slugger, gold glove, and win most improved record, as well as comeback player, just because of such a huge statistical improvement.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And just because

They’d throw in Cy Youngs, Rolaids Relief, DHL delivery, as well as MVPs for both leagues because he would be that fucking awesome.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

and when he jumped in water he wouldnt get wet, the water would get kotsayd

by chance13ga on Jun 22, 2008 2:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Impossible.

He would walk over 600 times, because pitchers would be too scared to pitch to him. Thus, he could not break Bonds’ records, silver slugger.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh this is what we could really use...

Vidro to Vidro, to bail Huddy out.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Wow

That’s a different kind of Vidro…

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:16 PM EDT   0 recs

shoot.....

i’m late. DAMN!!! Whats up everyone? Looks like all the major players are around and in good attendance. That friday night thread was hilarious for a few minutes. Ha.

What are the lineups? My gameday isnt working.

by traphicg on Jun 22, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Blanco cf
Infante ss
Johnson 2b
Teixeira 1b
McCann c
Norton lf
Gotay 3b
Jones rf
Hudson p

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Imhotep!

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Infante's new nickname

He looks like the guy from the Mummy.

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

check last night's open-thread for a graphical comparison

of Infante with the dude from the Mummy.

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by jug on Jun 22, 2008 2:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Go Imhotep!

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by royhobbs on Jun 22, 2008 2:24 PM EDT   0 recs

out of market woes/solace

St Louis is a great baseball town to live in if I cant be in ATL. I was wondering about other Braves fans that are transplanted – do you have much attachement or anything for your hometown teams? I at least got to see the BoSox get rocked twice from my couch.

by traphicg on Jun 22, 2008 2:28 PM EDT   0 recs