Tonight's Braves Game Will Be A Father-Son Game

by gondeee on Jul 7, 2010 3:16 PM EDT

I came across the probable pitchers page on Braves.com and the photos of Kris Medlen and Jamie Moyer next to each other made me laugh out loud! Moyer looks all down-trodden and over-it, Medlen looks really excited to be taking a picture. Medlen was born less than a year before Moyer made his Major League debut.

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Looking forward to seeing if Diaz can do anything with Moyer.

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on Jul 7, 2010 3:35 PM EDT reply actions

nice prediction

by CoxXx on Jul 8, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

wow...that guy is old!

I can never say this anymore.

by Jaghomer on Jul 7, 2010 3:39 PM EDT reply actions

Moyer reminds me of the old pitcher from Major League. Watch out for any vaseline balls… lol

Lead off walks usually lead to runs, unless they don't. -Joe Simpson

by Chapel420 on Jul 7, 2010 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

Anything to give him another 5 or 6 inches drop on his curveball.

"Give him the heater Ricky."

by Pavy848 on Jul 7, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I vaguely remember Uecker referring to it at the KY special haha

HansonManCrush

by HansonManCrush on Jul 7, 2010 4:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

You tryin' to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

C’mon Harris let’s not make this a holy war here

by kreese555 on Jul 7, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

So ridiculous.. Jesus up there trying to hit some dingers

by joshmaurer on Jul 7, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

If you ever see him with a jalapeno...

You’ll know why.

"Sometimes you forget, with all the nostalgia, just what a poor game manager Bobby is." - Fred Pen

by Sam Jethroe on Jul 7, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Vaughn: What’s that shit on your chest?
Harris: Crisco… Bardol… Vagisil. Any one of them will give you another two to three inches drop on your curve ball. Of course if the umps are watching me real close I’ll rub a little jalapeo up my nose, get it runnin’, and if I need to load the ball up I just… …wipe my nose.
Vaughn: You put snot on the ball?
Harris: I haven’t got an arm like you, kid. I have to put anything on it I can find. Someday you will too.

by cmdpsu15 on Jul 7, 2010 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

nicely done

by kreese555 on Jul 7, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I dearly love

The way Sheen emphasises the word “snot” in that sequence.

Having Vaughn be a broken down ex-fireballer, a la Frank Tannana in the late 80’s, would be a great place to start if they ever wanted to crack that piggy bank open again.

"You were not brought upon this world to 'get it', Mr. Burton. " - David Lo Pan

by Sam Jethroe on Jul 8, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Funny!

Chelcie Ross (the guy who played that old pitcher) was born 10/1942. The movie was released 4/1989 and presumably filmed prior prior to his birthday in 1988, so he actually would’ve been 46. Moyer is old balls.

by joshmaurer on Jul 7, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Bartender...

…JoBoo needs a refill

"It said 'Bear Left,' so they turned around and went home...." - John Smoltz

by bashby20sh on Jul 7, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Moyer would smile but he forgot to use Poligrip this morning. Also dig the curved bill on his cap compared to Med’s flat bill style.

A baseball diamond is, most simply, the intersecting of four 90-foot baselines, and, most powerfully, the intersecting of seemingly random lives.

by adc62 on Jul 7, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

11 year old pitching against a 97 year old.

"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones

by MBL1 on Jul 7, 2010 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

Hopefully Medlen’s run support owns up to this fact.

Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.

by Joseph_C on Jul 7, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Looks like Med’s hat was his elementary school graduation gift

HansonManCrush

by HansonManCrush on Jul 7, 2010 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

GWINNETT BRAVES

on MLB network right now. Getting slammed.

by traphicg on Jul 7, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

Like I ever needed to see Reyes on the mound again.

Anywhere.

"Sometimes you forget, with all the nostalgia, just what a poor game manager Bobby is." - Fred Pen

by Sam Jethroe on Jul 7, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep,

JoJo looked just as bad for the G-Braves as he did for the A-Braves. :(

Washington Tribune, June 29 2010 – "The stonecutters carving Stephen Strasburg’s name onto the Washington Monument have been directed to await further instructions."

by HEYJUDE on Jul 7, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

Go Meds!!

"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
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I see a troll under that bridge!

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jul 7, 2010 4:50 PM EDT reply actions

"Now, you boys stop hiding daddy's shoes from him!"

“I mean it!!

"Sometimes you forget, with all the nostalgia, just what a poor game manager Bobby is." - Fred Pen

by Sam Jethroe on Jul 7, 2010 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

i love the way medlen wears his hat lol

by sepulcher on Jul 7, 2010 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

Not-so-random fact: Medlen is undefeated as a starter and the Braves are 9-1 in his starts.

The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.

by TonyAlmeyda on Jul 7, 2010 6:05 PM EDT reply actions

And Gregor Blanco HITS LIKE AN ALL STAR!!!!!!! !!! !! !!!!!! !

Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 8, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions

its going to be a good game. i still dont think phillies pitching staff can keep up with the braves hitters and the braves pitching, well they havent done to bad this year. GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Big Daddy Cox on Jul 7, 2010 7:12 PM EDT reply actions

I'm hoping for a better game against Moyer tonight

than the last time we faced him.
Go Braves!

Washington Tribune, June 29 2010 – "The stonecutters carving Stephen Strasburg’s name onto the Washington Monument have been directed to await further instructions."

by HEYJUDE on Jul 7, 2010 7:20 PM EDT reply actions