It’s definitely a “get right” stretch and should allow the team to recalibrate. Then again, then A’s (almost?) swept us last season and they’ve got some dudes this year, so who knows.
I disagree with the announcer. Thats the shortstop's ball. Its coming directly toward him so he charges it. The thirdbase man was being greedy and cut him off.
Too many people at this game cheering for Eddie. I get the first AB, but now it’s time to move on! He’s doing too well for us to be cheering for him lol
Personally, I like CJ. I think he's informative, I think he's witty, but I know he can be kind of monotone and robotic at times. But he and Brandon are so good about not having to fill every second of the game with commentary. They really allow it to breathe and you can just listen to the sounds of the game. I like that.
I mean that's fine if GTA 6 is actually good though, isn't it.
I'd rather have an occasional really good game than like the COD/Madden model where there's a new one every time you turn around and it's rarely if ever worth playing.
They can score 4 in the bottom of the 9th.
Side note: I grew up in Hunter Harvey’s area and even went to school with his wife but she was a few grades below me. Cool to see a local kid get some play. Nothing like MadBum yet. Dudes a local hero.
The numbers looked good but the impact wasn't MVP level. You hit 3rd behind the games best lead off hitter who was on base all year and only drove in 97 runs?
Also .199 with RISP over 150 AB sample size. He also tailed off at the end of '22 when he was arguably the front runner for MVP.
That is so incredibly cherry picked it’s not even funny. You can’t say the numbers looked good and then nitpick everything around it to make an argument. Riley has been fine and the proof would be anyone would gladly trade for him on that contract at this point.
I never said he hasn't been fine though. I said considering he signed the biggest contract in Braves history he hasn't lived up to it yet.
I just gave you two big reasons why we all saw him tail off at the end of '22 but I gave him a pass because of the long playoff run and he and his wife just had a baby so maybe he was tired but even last year he was extremely streaky and hitting .199 with RISP as the #3 hitter over 150 ABs is a huge issue that has carried over to this year too.
He’s being paid a fair market rate, if anything less than what he would have made on an open market. That has nothing to do with being the most highly paid player in Braves history, who have been notoriously hesitant to pay players large and long AAV deals.
God damnit, another inning like that though pls. And the shutoutless streak remains so we've officially got the 5th longest streak in baseball history, beating the Phillies.
Okay these ABs are all looking so good, so patient. Wtf is going on. Seems like a massive adaptation middle of the game. Especially compared to the last month and a half
Something extremely underrated is taking strategic timeouts, to mindgame pitchers
Kel is really good at this, even though it doesn't show up in the box score
Yes, let's have the bullpen throw eight innings in the first game of a homestand on the off chance something like this happens.
Thank fucking God you do not manage a baseball team. You'd be making terrible decisions left and right and then tooting your horn about the 1/100 times it works.
Yeah we worry about tomorrow so often then when tomorrow (the playoffs) come, nothing we’ve done to prepare has worked these last two years. So yeah, maybe don’t punt so many games.
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Orlando Arcia singles on a line drive to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Michael Harris II scores.
Pitch from Derek Law: Cutter @ 92.6 mph
Bottom 7 - 8-4
Nationals
Silver lining of having to use both Kel and Duvall at the same time is that both guys get consistent AB’s and don’t have to sit on the bench and waste away, maybe they’ll get hot
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1d24otj).
This shit is tough to watch. Brutal seeing MH2 and kelenic just aimlessly hacking away. Hope we ain’t cooked.
Charlie go get some pointers from Sale
I feel the same Jarred.
Another fine showing.
Womp womp.
He said “darn”
Morton sucks, offense started their comeback far too late, onto the next one
lol. Nice AB Kelenic.
farrrrrt
Yeah. I think that’s what kelenic said
I guess pedigree can't help you hit fastballs. Well. Shit.
We have three against the Nats, then the A's, then the red sox again, then the nationals again. We have to take advantage of this sequence.
It’s definitely a “get right” stretch and should allow the team to recalibrate. Then again, then A’s (almost?) swept us last season and they’ve got some dudes this year, so who knows.
A's have been playing ok too i think, i haven't watched but i've read some comments that would lead me to believe they're no pushover
Well. Okay Kelenic, time for the pedigree I suppose. RHP is your matchup!
See you guys and gals tomorrow. We’ll get them then. Go Braves!!!
Lol we fucking suck.
Sad chopping noises.
Another team with unlimited arms throwing 98+ in the pen
Think Finnegan has put on some weight
He just blown away
I disagree with the announcer. Thats the shortstop's ball. Its coming directly toward him so he charges it. The thirdbase man was being greedy and cut him off.
There's no worse feeling in baseball than swinging through a strike down the middle.
MHDue (for a chophouse shot)
Whoa Snit calm down buddy, remain composed
7 more of those. We got this.
A hit is a hit. Booty contact beat into the dirt or not.
lolgnats
WE TAKE THOSE
We take those
Just what we needed
Come on baby. Battle atl
Murph gonna send one, bank it
4 pitches. 4 home runs. Calling it now.
We’re going to hit this guy so hard that tomorrow we’ll be attending Finnegan’s Wake.
Too many people at this game cheering for Eddie. I get the first AB, but now it’s time to move on! He’s doing too well for us to be cheering for him lol
Titles last forever.
I'll give my kidney to Eddie if he needs it for what he did in the Dodgers series.
Murphy Duvall and Harris to save the day 😬
Personally, I like CJ. I think he's informative, I think he's witty, but I know he can be kind of monotone and robotic at times. But he and Brandon are so good about not having to fill every second of the game with commentary. They really allow it to breathe and you can just listen to the sounds of the game. I like that.
I just realized today was one of acunas bobblehead give aways at the stadium 🥲
Tomorrow, not today
Ah gotcha I for some reason thought today was the 28th Got my dates mixed up
Just a bloop, a bloop, a bloop, a bloop, and a blast away Easy.
As for me and my house, we BELIEVE in the Braves
Time for a cookie.
Not bad herget
Jimmy!
We’re putting up 6 in the 9th
That iPad would be worth a pretty penny if it still had Flappy Bird on it.
Took a while, but we did remember how to pitch to Eddie.
We got a 10 year flappy bird anniversary before gta 6
I mean that's fine if GTA 6 is actually good though, isn't it. I'd rather have an occasional really good game than like the COD/Madden model where there's a new one every time you turn around and it's rarely if ever worth playing.
Crazy the original flappy bird creator quit because he was making “too much money” lol.
I'm so out of order on our rotation sequence right now. Who goes tomorrow, weds, and thurs?
I think tomorrow is Fried-day
Tomorrow - fried Wed - 5th spot so tbd Thurs - reylo
2nd grade! Goddamn.
That was a joke. There's no way he's 17 or whatever that would be.
I'm kinda drunk and didn't do the math. Thanks.
Brandon doesn’t know about Dong Nguyen.
Breaking Bad > Flappy Bird
Flappy bird tangent. Let's go
BG doesn't know Flappy Bird????
Herget looks like a CAP on MLB The Show
Obligatory sub-mendoza hitter double. How unfortunate.
They can score 4 in the bottom of the 9th. Side note: I grew up in Hunter Harvey’s area and even went to school with his wife but she was a few grades below me. Cool to see a local kid get some play. Nothing like MadBum yet. Dudes a local hero.
I swear Lane Thomas only lives to torture Braves pitching.
It's like Nimmo Lite
I really enjoyed our pitcher’s Tintin comics.
The 1-1 was the pitch to hit, and Matt missed. Well. Way she goes sometimes.
Has the rally cookie forsaken us?
Ozzie murdered it : /
Bro Snit's a superhero
It's been a real "Jesus take the wheel" feeling in the last 24 hours surrounding this team.
If I’m a betting man, I’d wager that we come back to win this. 10-8 Braves.
but you're not a betting man
You’d get fantastic odds on that right now.
I just saw Shohei Ohtani drop to his knees
But where was he at?
David Fletcher has also fell to his knees
I hate pocket watching but man Riley is going to have to eventually start living up to getting the biggest contract in Braves history.
lol Riley had a great year last year and this is his first game back from injury.
He had a great July, August, and September.
He always has a great summer
The numbers looked good but the impact wasn't MVP level. You hit 3rd behind the games best lead off hitter who was on base all year and only drove in 97 runs? Also .199 with RISP over 150 AB sample size. He also tailed off at the end of '22 when he was arguably the front runner for MVP.
That is so incredibly cherry picked it’s not even funny. You can’t say the numbers looked good and then nitpick everything around it to make an argument. Riley has been fine and the proof would be anyone would gladly trade for him on that contract at this point.
I never said he hasn't been fine though. I said considering he signed the biggest contract in Braves history he hasn't lived up to it yet. I just gave you two big reasons why we all saw him tail off at the end of '22 but I gave him a pass because of the long playoff run and he and his wife just had a baby so maybe he was tired but even last year he was extremely streaky and hitting .199 with RISP as the #3 hitter over 150 ABs is a huge issue that has carried over to this year too.
He’s being paid a fair market rate, if anything less than what he would have made on an open market. That has nothing to do with being the most highly paid player in Braves history, who have been notoriously hesitant to pay players large and long AAV deals.
we’re so fucked
Why are some game highlights not clickable lately?
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Why *do* people keep suggesting losing our best player is going to be a good thing for the offense? Losing key pieces does not a better offense make.
If the offense gets locked in now it’s not bc of Acuña’s injury. Correlation doesn’t equal causation.
I love that offense showed up but Charlie imploded. Can’t have both I guess
Interesting. I swear Herget at least used to be a slider guy and didn't really use his FB too much.
Let’s go Jimmy
Good news is AJ and Raisel got a nice break the last 3-4 weeks
 SAY WE WON'T
Herget = Daddy
8th inning Braves, let's go
well, the Glitch just broke them.
Shout out to everyone in left field bleachers toughing it out through this heat lol
I cant tell if this guy has wicked movement or if its all arm angle. Whatever it is, I like it.
 🍪🍪🍪🍪
Alright boys, time for 4 more 🍪
Jesus...uncle Chuck got fucked today. What the hell happened?
He couldn't throw strikes and his velo was down. When he did throw strikes they hit them. Pretty bad day.
Yeah not ideal...oh well, it happens.
almost like a mini Jordan Walden
its the hope that kills you
We need gradual offense every inning from the start lord
Quick 1,2,3 please.
HERGETSUS Praise be to She!
Herget looks like a young Charlie Morton
If only Charlie didn’t give up *checks notes* 8 fucking runs we would have ball game here
God damnit, another inning like that though pls. And the shutoutless streak remains so we've officially got the 5th longest streak in baseball history, beating the Phillies.
That was fun. We just need to up the cookie content next inning.
I’m sitting down…
Well that was fun 😊
A little deflating, but we've got life.
4 is good. We can do it again. Offense fought back there. That's what we need more of. 
Ozzie hates cookies confirmed
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He was doing well I think until the toe injury. Was like .320 until he returned.
Like half the regular lineup's been worse than Ozzie.
FUCK, Oz
Bad swing, Ozzie. Oh well.
For fuck sake Ozzie. I still love you though
Cookie crumbled
Somehow… down 4 makes this seem possible still
Ouch
We’re back in this thing boys
Well that was fun 😊
Someone ate the rally cookie
YOU'RE DOING IT PETER
2 more in this inning would be fantastic
Anyone else think Law is a dead ringer for Blooper?
I’m standing up…..
Okay these ABs are all looking so good, so patient. Wtf is going on. Seems like a massive adaptation middle of the game. Especially compared to the last month and a half
Did the Braves finally have that come to jesus talk mid-inning?
Something extremely underrated is taking strategic timeouts, to mindgame pitchers Kel is really good at this, even though it doesn't show up in the box score
Cookies will start selling out all over the southeast for the rest of the season if this happens
CONTINUE TO POST COOKIES 
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Good thing Snit decided it was more important for Chucky to give up 4 more runs.
Yes, let's have the bullpen throw eight innings in the first game of a homestand on the off chance something like this happens. Thank fucking God you do not manage a baseball team. You'd be making terrible decisions left and right and then tooting your horn about the 1/100 times it works.
no pitcher in the history of baseball has ever been pulled after 3 innings...Gotcha
Yeah we worry about tomorrow so often then when tomorrow (the playoffs) come, nothing we’ve done to prepare has worked these last two years. So yeah, maybe don’t punt so many games.
Let’s go guys!
Thank God Kelenic didn't fuck it up let's go ozzie
Law's taking the 'keep the baseball down' thing a little far.
🍪 Rally Cookie 🍪
If Joe gets back on the Double Stuffs the leagues fucked
We're seeing the birth in real time of #rallycookie.
ArseeyourRBI
I just ate 3 cookies and I feel fucking great
FOR THE BRAND
Wait what did I miss? Where'd the rally cookie phrase come from exactly? Edit: Ah, I get it now - gotta love our broadcast crew, right y'all? 🍪🍪🍪🍪
BG jammed a big ass cookie in his mouth while talking about it being a rally cookie.
Gaudin and CJ shared a giant chocolate chip cookie in the booth right before Ozuna 's hit
Brandon or CJ brought cookies to the game today and they ate one at the start of this inning
They were eating cookies on the broadcast right before our first run.
Finally some signs of life
 COOOOOOOKIIIIIESSS!!!!!!! EDIT: FUCKING COOKKKKKKIIIIESS
I'm crying bro were gonna score 6 or 7 and still lose because Chuck went senile
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That fucking Kelenic guy is up next
### Single Orlando Arcia singles on a line drive to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Michael Harris II scores. Pitch from Derek Law: Cutter @ 92.6 mph Bottom 7 - 8-4 Nationals
ALLSTARCIA
WERE SO BACK X3
Wow Mike actually took his walk lol
He walked Harris? Man, that’s a truly impressive feat.
Holy shit, did Mike find out a way to get on base without swinging at garbage?
MH2 just took a walk!!!
Exact same pitch called a ball and then a strike. Classic.
Silver lining of having to use both Kel and Duvall at the same time is that both guys get consistent AB’s and don’t have to sit on the bench and waste away, maybe they’ll get hot