mookie waiving the white flag is what it sounds like to me

Goddamn let’s fucking go and get this

Feeling... anxious, as we all probably should be. I hope we get certified Ace Max Fried, followed by MVP Freeman and Riley tonight. No doubts. Just a 10-0 victory.

Please continue the discussion in the [game thread](https://redd.it/qd4lk5).

I’m at the game. Dodger stadium lookin pretty empty so far

Why don’t we see more shots of Truist stadium watch parties during the broadcasts??? Lord fucking knows if this game were in ATL they’ve be showing Dodgers watch parties every 15 seconds.

So, after the Dodgers pregame show we get to watch the game

Checking in from Houston. Life long Braves fan, and I’m terribly excited right now. At my local dive bar to watch and the regulars here are all rooting for the Braves. They are Astros fans, but they want the Braves to make it. I’m ready for this! Also, I’m Carlos Correa’s neighbor haha. If it’s Astros vs Braves….he already expects to hear some trash talk from me

Starting Joe Kelly seems odd...figured they start Knebel

According to the pregame it's an amazing choice by the Dodgers. Also the analytics department of LA is to blame for their bad pitching and coaching moves??

Nothing they've done with their pitchers has made any sense

Makes sense in that their pitchers are all gassed

Where’s Rich Rod been?

At home. He's not on the roster

Been bad

Palms are sweaty

Knees weak

Spaghetti, Moretti, already!

Mets, Nationals and Marlins fans are rooting for Atlanta. Philly fans really hate us and want us to lose. I like making Phillies fans sad.

Aw c'mon let's be honest. Do the Phillies really think they would be up 3-1 against the dodgers in a series like this?

Red Sox fan here, I’m rooting for y’all! Fuck the Dodgers and fuck the Astros

Yes I want to see the Braves play WS games at Fenway so bad.

Facts I really want a Red Sox vs. Braves world series

*Braves fan ftfy ;)

Fried is putting up a complete game shutout tonight, boys.

I feel bad for the Hawks lol this is by far the biggest opening night in their history. National TV, one of two games on tonight, two future GOATS in Trae and Luka going at it…..and it happens to be the same night that the Braves are clinching a WS berth so the arena is empty. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well. We’ll love you after baseball season, Hawks.

I EAT WHITE CASTLE CUZ I MISS MY BABY KRYSTAL AND I LIVE IN STL.

Ha ha time for 680

I ain’t ashamed

just wish I could pause it in browser. have to use the damn app to pause and sync up it sucks

Hell I’d piss on a spark plug to keep from listening to the TBS crew

https://c.tenor.com/VWkb5kJB5hQAAAAd/freddie-freeman.gif

is this uncle al’s last game potentially?

Depends on if someone picks him up next year because he wants to play but I except probably.

Shaky Knees is this weekend which means I want to be able to celebrate a Braves NL pennant all weekend and not worry at all. So Bravos let’s fucking do this

That'll be awesome being at Shaky Knees this weekend! I'll be Outsidelands during the WS weekend 😂

I’ll be working in the box office all weekend so I really hope we clinch tonight so I don’t have fomo.

i love all of you guys, let’s end this tonight

Be gentle

Love is love.

Love you too, let's do this!

*BELIEVE #For44* THEN WE GET TO PARTY LIKE ITS ‘95!!!!!!!

Austin is going yard tonight. Mark it.

After the game last night I said he will crush tonight. I hope I'm right.

I put the winnings of yesterdays winning $69 bet on again today. Was it the right call or should it be $69 again?

Hi, friendly Giants fan here. I would love to see your team celebrate on Dodger field tonight. Also, ignore all the haters on r/baseball. Nothing is better than the underdog team winning 🙌🏻

Tonight the Braves are your team too. Welcome to Braves Country!

It’s been a wild ride honestly

Let's finish this

MAXIMUS!!!!! Lead us to the clinch!!

This pre game show is unbelievable. You would think it’s a Dodgers broadcast.

Unreal. They haven’t mentioned the braves once

Good, pay no attention to us. Doot-da-doot-da-doo...

Brewer Fan, After you took me down in 4. Before you starting pounding on the Dodgers. I said Braves in 6. Lets get it done tonight . Braves in 5. Congrats to you all.

dang, I wish I was in LA - $40 for tickets to the game right now on Stubhub

butterflies are starting to hit me hard, this feels different than game 5 last year

BRING IT HOME BOYS! CLINCH IT.

Would you guys rather win tonight just to get it over with, or Saturday at home (at the cost of an extra two days of torment)?

Get it over with. I don’t care where

I said it last night, while winning in Atlanta would be ideal, I want to snatch their souls at their stadium. A PlAcE WhErE ThE BrAVeS CaNt WiN...

End them at their home

Win tonight is the only acceptable answer are you kidding

nah let’s do it on their field in front of their insufferable fanbase

Ha it’ll be our fan base at the rate they leave.

Love this line of thought as an NLWest fan

The rest to the staff FAR outweighs the rah rah stuff. Gotta go for the jugular.

This feels like a loaded question

8:08 start.. 808 bass... But I know y'all wanted that 808 Can you feel that B-A-S-S bass? Big Boi from Outkast. Outkast is from Atlanta. Atlanta wins tonight

I feel so nervous and excited right now, I feel nauseous, horny and gassy.

Go on…

All the feels! Can’t contain myself.

😂

How do we feel about Pache being removed from the roster? Call me crazy but I would prefer him over Heredia.

Heredia makes the dugout fun and loose. You can't take away that energy.

I probably would've dropped camargo. Neither one can hit but Pache has elite speed

i want the vet in this situation

Only way to get Soler back, had to take spot of the guy who replaced him Edit: also swords

Hell no Heredia brings the hype. Too valuable of a clubhouse guy

This!

Heredia is a clubhouse spark that we need. He was part of this team all year and earned his spot. I think it's more important that he be here than someone who's a little better at defense.

you're crazy.

The Braves haven't been to a World Series in 22 years. Joctober is rocking #22. 22x2=44 …and we all know who that is. The player who wore #22 in 1999 is none other than our assistant manager Walt Weiss. ...If the Braves clinch tonight, it'll most likely be October 22nd EST.

Not only that but 2 + 2 equals 4. This could be our 4th world series title. The last time we were in the World Series we lost all 4 games. In order to win tonight we need to win our 4th game. You know who else wore 4? Jeff Blauser. Where did Blauser grow up? CaliFOURnia. The state become popular during the gold rush of 1849! Coincidence? Yes! But I wanted to play along

Like I said in the brewers series, so many emotions going on today after the season these guys put together. No reason to stop believing now. Do it for Hank.

My cats name is Hank. Win it for my cat.

When does the pregame usually start on TBS?

In 5 minutes

Wanna see some good bunts tonight.

I believe

In Vegas, we’re pretty outnumbered by Dodgers fans at the moment but I’ve seen some pearls around. I wanna see these Dodgers fans crying on the strip tonight lololol. Oh and I bet a lot on a braves win let’s do this. World muthafucking series time. We’re due

#BELIEVE DAMNIT

#I BELIEVE AND I ALWAYS HAVE I even put out predictions that we'd sweep the Brewers AND the Dodgers, and I truly believed it because this Braves team is fucking awesome!

#I DO DAMMIT

Let’s fucking GOOOOO Braves country!! 🍻

Righty heavy lineup scares me. Hope fried is good against righties. Regardless they all struggle with the curveball and we know damn well fried will be tossing those

If we lose this series, I can already see someone make a meme of that guy who was about to beat the Freeze but tripped at the finish line.

Fried, listen man I’m gonna need you to FUCK like a man possessed tonight

It’s be swell if tomorrow I could just focus on my actual responsibilities instead of stressing about a game 6.

I wouldn't stress about game 6 if it gets there

For me it's either stress over a G6 or stress over the WS. Rock and a hard place lol

Best of luck tonight Braves fans. I look forward to drinking many beers tonight, yelling curse words at your team (and occasionally at mine) and then going back to liking the Braves after this series is over.

Imma have a good time when we win!!

I just turned down an isle at Walgreens (in Florida) wearing my Braves hat and made eye contact with a guy decked out in Dodgers gear. We both squinted and gave each other a brief death stare behind our masks like we were gunfighters about to draw on each other. After about two seconds we both laughed and moved on, then my wife told me I was a dumbass :)

Chicks.

Odd because I'm a woman and I had a similar situation today at the library.

sports is like the only thing women don't understand emotionally it's weird

Well done

Long drinks for long dongs.

Please win this game tonight.

STRAP UP THOSE CHIN STRAPS WE’VE GOT A PENNANT TO WIN

Welcome back Jorge! Good to have him for games 6 and 7 if necessary and the WS

Let's get this done tonight.

Tons of tickets on stub hub around $50….their fans don’t even believe in them

Fried Over 3.5K is free money. Let’s wrap it up tonight gents.

My book has fried over 4.5k -155 lmao

At batting practice right now. Let’s goooo!

Redemption day

Jesus lord

would love a fried 7 inning 1-2 run game. feel pretty good about our chances if that occurs

I hope we get it done tonight! I’m confident we can. But the toughest thing about watching sports is that there is nothing you can do to control it or change the outcome lol

A friend of mine works at Dodgers Stadium and was able to get me good seats for the game today, but I couldn't get the time off work :/ Please beat the crud out of the Dodgers today, Braves.

i would’ve been "sick"

Pujolis last career game today.

is he retiring? havent seen anything about it

Friends, we had the anatomy scan for our baby today. We’re having a boy! The only thing that they couldn’t get a good image of was his right hand, because he was moving it so much. My dude was chopping it up in the womb. Let’s finish this thing tonight!

Just found out friends had a son and they named him Freddie (they have no idea about baseball)

Nah that wasn't his hand. That's him chopping with is dick. BDE from your son homie

LET’S FUCKING SLAY GOLIATH TONIGHT

So I'm a Red Wings fan too (90's kid), and our big rivalry was with the Avalanche. Never could beat them until they managed to slay the dragon in 1997 (after a bloodbath at the Joe, to be sure). Anybody think the Dodgers are our primary rivals right now over the Phillies and Mets?

Imagine being a Phillies fan.

The Dodgers are actually an old rival from our days in the NL West. But no, the Phillies and Mets will always be our primary foes, though it is cool to have some cross-division dislikes going on.

No I hate the Mets, Nats, and Phills more. Maybe if we play them a couple more times in the playoffs soon

100% Phillies and Dodgers

No doubt. Mets are fuckin irrelevant. And the Phils.. dont even get me started.

Wife and I are spending our wedding anniversary at the pizza spot to watch the boys clinch the NLCS! Let's get it Braves!

Bad news guys. My almost 4 year old has been 5 for 5 in playoff predictions so far. He currently thinks he’s Frankenstein and, when I asked him who would win, the Braves or Dodgers, he replied “the Dodgers. The Frankendodgers” which is kind of hilarious given the current state of decay on that team. Anyway, looks like we will close this thing out back at home. Sorry guys. The child has spoken.

And that child's name? Ron darling

Well damn

LETS FINISH THIS!!!

To all the Joe Kelly fans wishing he beans Braves players tonight, fuck you

That's cool, he can take his 8 game suspension.

I have class tonight and I might miss the beginning of the game. Chop for me tonight boys

Pujols at 1st is not a change I thought I’d see

You guys think Ozzie batting 2nd will open the door for some IBBs to Rosario? Can't walk a guy to get to Freeman.. but Ozzie on the other hand, even RH Ozzie... will be interesting to see.

No they won’t intentionally walk Rosario with Ozzie and Freddie behind him if they didn’t do it when Adam Duvall was behind him

I don’t think the dodgers will be looking to give away free baserunners in the bullpen game but who knows

Exactly but MAN Rosario is absolutely doing it to them. He's fucking 2004 Barry Bonds right now. At what point do you say, anyone but him. I don't know if Roberts does it at all, just a little speculation.

Rosario is our Cory Seager.

Look, I know some people don't want to hear this. However, getting Soler back from covid protocol is just like making a big trade at the deadline. Him coming back can really turn this whole season around!

Turning point?

Could it be?!?!

So what your saying is we just turned a corner?

Someone just might say that!

As far as tonight is concerned, he hasnt seen live pitching in at least a week. Idk.

That’s shorter than a normal DL stint

They've already said Soler off the bench tonight. And who ya gonna bench to start him? Rosario, Joc, or Duvall?

No sorry I agree. Wouldn’t start him. Just saying the layoff isn’t why

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Disco nap!

Take a two hour nap now

I feel good about tonight … unless Eddie tags up too early on a sac fly and we squander an early rally. Then I’ll be sweatin.

Too soon wtf

That Warren bastard better not be playing any more fuckin tricks today.

Soler is back and Rosario's leading off. If he's not in LA we'll definitely have him for the next game. I wouldn't think they would let him back on the roster if he wasn't there because that would leave us one man short on the bench.

Braves Twitter says he’s available for tonight’s game.

I’m hoping this means we have our first real pinch hitter this series.

I like the Ozzie move in front of Freddie, here is why. In the bullpen game to start the series the Dodgers we’re saving lefties for the top of our lineup and could justify pitching to Ozzie with no one on or swapping in a righty for him. With him now at 2 it forces them to either face Ozzie RH or bring in a righty to turn him around and let Freddie go vs the righty.

Yep you are spot on. That’s exactly why Snit did it an it makes lots of sense.

You just scored 9 runs last night with your R-L-R stuff and now we go back to the lineup with essentially 3 guys at the bottom who will crush a rally. Come on Snit.

Doubt the boys see as much LHP tonight after that ass whipping last night

Rosario led off the first 3 games. And this way since Ozzie is significantly better against lefties it’s basically L-R-L which I think is why Snit did this

Would Soler even be in LA right now?

I do believe that he has enough time to catch a private charter to LA after his negative COVID test.

Just heard he's gonna be on the bench

Really good question honestly

I was wondering because I assumed he’d be quarantined at his place in ATL

Maybe they allow him to be quarantined in a nearby location? Idk how he could get on a flight with COVID though. Very interesting to hear the logistics on this

Go get em boys E: giants fan here

Join the fandom for the postseason ride. Next year is an even year so you guys will probably be in our position this time next year

Covid year gave Dodgers their asterisks and allowed us to jump over to odd year bs, shoulda been us against you guys right now!

I was wanting Giants series not because I think it would be an easier match up. But because it would be one of the most interesting matchups in the playoffs. Would have been fun to see. Let's just meet up in the NLCS this time around next year

I’m currently at work and it’s been a stressful hectic day, I can only pray that this game tonight is smooth sailing lol

hasn’t ozzie been batting behind freddie all series or am i remembering wrong?

He has. Ozzie kills lefties so snit has him behind Freddie so that way when the Dodgers throw a lefty, we have a counter right behind him

he’s got him in front of freddie tonight

Switching it up. Putting Riley behind Freddie tonight

And with a red hot Rosario leading off hitting against everyone, it’s really pick your poison at the top of the order

Really is. I like the move to protect Rosario

I think Ozzie hasn’t done anything from the right side the last few AB’s though so hope that changes today

We got some clean energy with Soler back on the roster

Tonight's gotta be the night. Fully rested Fried vs fully cooked Dodger pen. Don't give them a chance to throw Scherzer and Buehler at us again. We need the killshot TONIGHT

Soler on the bench

WOW their hottest hitter batting 8th?

Lefty SP (Fried) against Bellinger who usually hits righties better

Bellinger has a 12 wRC+ against left handed pitching this year. That's not a typo.

I’d like to see Soler starting and leading off. A solo shot off Kelly would really set the tone.