Padres fall to Braves 6-1. Noisemaker effects in full effect.

by Dex on Apr 15, 2010 9:23 AM PDT

It wasn't necessarily a bad game except for the losing part and the generally not being able to score runs part. Tommy Hanson is a good pitcher and there was just a brief lapse of not being able to keep it together.

My in-laws were fully decked in Atlanta Braves gear to root Brooks, but they probably didn't have to cheer quite as loud as they did when Troy Glaus absolutely crushed the ball somewhere into the jumbotron to put the game out of reach.

One disheartening thing was that the scoreboard I had been ignoring during the home opener came into full effect telling me to Make Some Noise and Stomp My Feet and Roar While Clapping. I readily admit that the crowd buys into it and responds, but it's distracting for those of us who are bored with the game and are playing with our fingernails to suddenly hear cheering only to realize that the Scoreboard has decided to order its minions into a frenzy to watch Everth Cabrera foul off a 2-0 pitch.

There are enough people who find baseball boring to not have to highlight minimally entertaining bits of the game. That's just proving the opposing case.

/rant

GO PADRES!!! RUBBER MATCH!!! WE'VE GOTTA WIN ONE SOMETIME!!!

Final - 4.14.2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	6	8	2
San Diego Padres	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
WP: Tommy Hanson (1 - 1) LP: Clayton Richard (0 - 2)

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They brought out that "Get Loud" shit it in the second inning!

Later when the situation actually warranted getting loud the prompt was nowhere to be found

California, what have you done to me?

by CurbEnthusiasm on Apr 15, 2010 9:35 AM PDT reply actions

dude

when the friar does the creepy ears thing, i have to look away.

its so disturbing.

you guys know what im talking about right?

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by justdave on Apr 15, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions

I do,

but I wish I didn’t

California, what have you done to me?

by CurbEnthusiasm on Apr 15, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

ugh i can see it in my head now

MAKE IT STOP!!!

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by justdave on Apr 15, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions

He reminds me of Sloth from Goonies

Only not as lovable or funny.

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by Padres_Hobo on Apr 15, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

I sure do – I posted just that same thing the other day in the thread about opening day. Can’t STAND it.

by scout1222 on Apr 15, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Here's what I hate most about the "Make some noise" idiocy...

It’s a 3-2 count… batter steps out of the box. Pitcher is wandering around the mound. Graphic pops up on the screen: MAKE SOME NOISE!!! The crowd starts cheering… apparently many of them having no idea why they’re cheering.

Batter makes a couple more practice swings. Pitcher leans in for the sign. Graphic goes away… AND THE CROWD STOPS CHEERING. Pitcher is still looking in for the sign. By the time he throws the pitch, the crowd is just as quiet as it was before the stupid “Make some noise” graphic appeared.

I have a theory that if you get rid of the graphic… people will start cheering when the batter steps into the box and the pitch is about to be delivered. Instead, we’re left with crowd noise that sounds like it’s not properly synced with the action on the field.

Embarrassing.

by theodore donald kerabatsos on Apr 15, 2010 9:37 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Thank you

I have been pointing this out to whomever I attend a game with for the last four years. Only they don’t seem to notice/care.

by unclemoe on Apr 15, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Listening last night

The crowd doesn’t need it. There are cheers when batters are announced, cheers when the opposing pitcher falls behind in the count, boos when close plays or calls don’t go our way. Fans seemed to have an idea what they’re doing, and they were quiet because nothing exciting happened in the game.

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by Axion on Apr 15, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Glaus

My in-laws were fully decked in Atlanta Braves gear to root Brooks, but they probably didn’t have to cheer quite as loud as they did when Troy Glaus absolutely crushed the ball somewhere into the jumbotron to put the game out of reach.

I didn’t know your father-in-law was Dick Enberg.

by Drama on Apr 15, 2010 9:38 AM PDT reply actions

Wasn't that just great

Viva la hysteria!

by Demoira on Apr 15, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

I was so mad last night.

I’m still mad.

by Drama on Apr 15, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions

not sure the Dick Experiment

is going to work out. I know he is a legend and all, and he sounds real smooth but…..

the booth has little personality right now, as Mud is finding his way.

Dick seems to miss the ball last a lot. Home opener on Agon’s Double he thought it was a homerun at first, when it clearly bounced in front of the wall.
Last night I notice at least 3 clearly foul balls that he thought were fair at first and seem confused for a second when the fielder flipped the ball to the ump, or didn’t go after it.

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Apr 15, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Anyone know what time the gates open today?

California, what have you done to me?

by CurbEnthusiasm on Apr 15, 2010 10:34 AM PDT reply actions

I'll be at the game again today.

WOO! Let’s win the series!

"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers

by jodes0405 on Apr 15, 2010 11:55 AM PDT reply actions

I spotted one GLB shirt yesterday

and my brother spotted the contingent of Conrad jerseys.

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by Axion on Apr 15, 2010 11:58 AM PDT reply actions

I found one thing pretty funny last night...

When Mark Grant convinced Dick Engerb that he had never heard of the song Greeens Leaves so that Dick would sing it…… Dick kept saying he couldn’t and kept commenting on how he couldn’t beleive Mud had never heard of it, until finally it was just too much for him, and he started humming the tune……. I found it pretty funny.

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by cubbuster on Apr 15, 2010 12:46 PM PDT reply actions