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FEAR
September 28th, 2009
9:52 pm
oh any houston is throwing a beat down on philly
A-ville Ranger
September 28th, 2009
9:52 pm
Question for anybody, The Braves finished the season going 51-19 after trading for Mcgriff on july 18th 1993.What is the best shorter run they’ve had.I recall a 22-3 run (or there about) back in the 90s…how about it, got some info for me ?
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
9:53 pm
Party at D.O.B.’S House for Halloween…!
I’m in. A few days ago he mentioned that he lives on top of a hill, so that narrows it down a little.
Of course, we’d have to have a limit on the number of Loaf costumes. Otherwise it’d be all Garret Andersons.
richbrave
September 28th, 2009
9:55 pm
We win on a FIVE hitter, and they throw a THREE hitter at us and lose. WOW! The stars have aligned. BRAVES 2009 are a team of destiny.
bravesgrl4life
September 28th, 2009
9:55 pm
I’m in for a party at DOB’s
McFann, we’ll make sure you stay out of trouble 
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
9:56 pm
A good idea for a couple (VJ and CAB maybe?) could be MFIKY and the guy MFIKY killed.
richbrave
September 28th, 2009
9:56 pm
NYTOL
Tomahawkin
September 28th, 2009
9:56 pm
Jeffrey D.!
Right On! A-Lot of “McCann’s Cann’s” Will be there…
And I bet D.O.B. has a(n) old school turntable, ya know he’s into the old collectables…
RHR
September 28th, 2009
9:56 pm
MFIKY’s face shoulda been on that believe sign. I may or mat not make a better one. The blog version if you will.
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
9:57 pm
I’m on it
The A Bomb
September 28th, 2009
9:57 pm
Where the heck was everybody tonight?
Must’ve gone to see their local high school football team lift weights?
Someone needs to call out the people of Atlanta! $1 seats? $5 seats?
Marketing department: DO SOMETHING BESIDES A SIGN ON THE WEB SITE.
COME ON!!!!!
Daybed Wagmoe
September 28th, 2009
9:58 pm
I love Braves baseball!!!
Now all you fans in Atlanta — GET YOUR A$$ES$ IN THE SEATS!!! Come on Braves fans!
Sgt. Pepper
September 28th, 2009
9:58 pm
Chipper doesn’t sound like himself at all. Is he drunk?
Tomahawkin
September 28th, 2009
9:58 pm
BravesGrf4life…
Of Course a Halloween Party at D.O.B.’s House wouldn’t be a party without chicks and Jungle Juice…
LOL
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Perpetual Moving, Counting, Believing Brave { UNTIL THE END! }
September 28th, 2009
9:58 pm
“Updated Possible play outs for the season:”
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc75/dx4life69/Record-1.jpg
bigdave
September 28th, 2009
9:59 pm
pull a David Justice Chip…
richbrave
September 28th, 2009
10:00 pm
Glad to see the BRAVES reach my prognostication in wins so early. Let’s win 92 and take the division outright.
Mitchell
September 28th, 2009
10:00 pm
Way to play inspired baseball tonight Braves.
No reason not to win out or to belive they can’t. Pitching is just too good. It’d be nice if they could hit the damn ball every once in a while.
Our pitching is amazing. Can we lock D-Lowe in a storage closet the rest of the week?
Tomas
September 28th, 2009
10:00 pm
Josh Johnson is gonna throw a mucus ball tomorrow
Frankie Wren
September 28th, 2009
10:00 pm
DOB, need to get in contact with D. Justice and let him talk about our fans to rile em up. Heading out to the Ted tomorrow night.
McFann :Ô:
September 28th, 2009
10:01 pm
bravesgrl4life I’m in for a party at DOB’s
McFann, we’ll make sure you stay out of trouble
Hmm…you’ll have you work cut out for you, then!
NO MORE BOBBY
September 28th, 2009
10:01 pm
YES WE CAN!!!
Hey it worked for our President.
Vinings Jim
September 28th, 2009
10:01 pm
jeffrrey d – I think we might go in a different direction for a costume (strangely enough, we will probably be together on Halloween)
beachcomber
September 28th, 2009
10:02 pm
I really want to believe. Tonight’s game is a game we almost always lost over the past three years – letting a pitcher off the hook time after time. Now, if we can beat Johnson tomorrow night, I’ll start making some post season plans. Go Braves!
Louis
September 28th, 2009
10:03 pm
I still am regretting the Cardinals not winning yesterday. I still feel like that this is going to be tough to pull off…
TnBrian
September 28th, 2009
10:03 pm
sisslidkid, me & my girlfriend have decided to head to Atlanta Friday to fill up at least two seats at Turner. I guess it’s only fair.
Virginia Ranger
September 28th, 2009
10:04 pm
Brother and Sister Bloggers.
Usually about this time of the year I go on vacation for a couple of weeks. It seems the further I go the better the Braves play. I left for PAris on the 19th and just got back. Am I to understand the Braves went something like 8-2? I would guess Kelley Johnson hit about .450 during that time. Can someone give me just a quick synopsis of the last 10 days, and who(m) have been the heroes. I don’t even know what happen tonight yet. I know we were ahead 3-0.
Hope all is well down there. It may the news in Paris about the disasterous flooding you were having.
I also understand the Lions beat the Redskins. Just be lucky Little Danny Snyder doesn’t buy the Braves
JEB
September 28th, 2009
10:04 pm
Two weeks ago I heard the sound of the water going down the toilet
on this season…
In the last few days – we are finding out that someone stopped up the toilet!!
TnBrian
September 28th, 2009
10:05 pm
Louis, yes, it’ll be tough, but the Braves have earned a ton of respect from a lot of people(I hope) that playoffs or not, they should be very proud of themselves.
Rock On......
September 28th, 2009
10:06 pm
Just score 4!…oh, wait, they did and on 3 hits no less. Sweet.
Tiger Woods
September 28th, 2009
10:07 pm
Just got of night class but was following the game on my phone. Shhhhh don’t tell anyone. Go Braves looked liked JJ was dominant again the offense did what it needed to. Lets go Huddy tomorrow come on we can do this. BELIEVE!!!!!
HAL
September 28th, 2009
10:07 pm
Enter your comments here duke i agree about your comment of some of the posters showing just how much baseball knowledge they have compared to mr cox umm well comared to mr coxs shorts maybe lol or his old san sox
RHR
September 28th, 2009
10:08 pm
Home Of The Brave
If the Twins make it into the postseason, it will be amazing. But if the Braves make it, it will be downright historic.
This team was 8½ games out in the wild-card race with 21 games left in the season. And now, with seven games to go, these same Braves are only two out in the loss column.
Atlanta Braves
So if they can stampede back this week to overtake Colorado, the Braves will go down in history.
The Elias Sports Bureau reports that before this outfit came along, only one club in history — the 1964 Cardinals — had ever been 8½ games back in September and lived to make up that entire deficit and play a postseason game. So the Braves would tie that record if they win the wild card.
But the last date on which those ‘64 Cardinals were 8½ back was Sept. 5, when they still had 27 games to play. So the Braves would be the first team to trail by that many games as late as Sept. 11 on the calendar, and with just 21 to play on the schedule. Oh, and one more thing: If they somehow blow by the Phillies and win the NL East, they’ll own all these records unto themselves, since they were a whopping nine games behind the Phillies after games of Sept. 9.
The Braves have made up this ground by going 14-2 over the past 2½ weeks, with both losses coming against Philadelphia last weekend. The Braves finish the season with three home games against Florida (the Marlins are 4-2 at Turner Field this season) and four at home against Washington, a team they’re 5-0 against in Atlanta and 9-4 against altogether.
bravesgrl4life
September 28th, 2009
10:09 pm
TNBrian, maybe I’ll see you there. Hey, an
All us bloggers that will be at the games this week and weekend, we should hold up signs that say “Proud Member of the DOB/CR AJC Blog” so we can identify each other.
Sgt. Pepper
September 28th, 2009
10:09 pm
Interesting to hear Bobby discuss the cold effecting JJ’s control. Remember how Kawakami struggled in April because the cold affected his ability to grip the ball? Something to keep in mind this week.
sidslidkid
September 28th, 2009
10:10 pm
TnBrian, Atta Boy!!!!!!!!!
Mitchell
September 28th, 2009
10:10 pm
Speaking of locking something.
How about they shut the bar down at the freakin’ Chop House? If they’re going to complain about attendance, close that place down and make ‘em sit in the damn seats.
Those people are worthless drunk losers.
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:10 pm
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=53472692450&view=user#/photo.php?pid=51006722&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=53472692450&aid=-1&id=4907817&oid=53472692450
Virginia Ranger
September 28th, 2009
10:10 pm
So you are telling me the team that lost 90 last year may win 90.
Remembr some of those nights we should have been managaing?
It all came together when the blogges got their way,
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:11 pm
strangely enough, we will probably be together on Halloween
wHoa….I didn’t know you actually saw each other. Nice.
O.J.
September 28th, 2009
10:12 pm
Jair for player of the game!!!!!!!!!!!
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Perpetual Moving, Counting, Believing Brave { UNTIL THE END! }
September 28th, 2009
10:12 pm
BELIEVE!
bravesgrl4life
September 28th, 2009
10:13 pm
Okay, shuttin’ it down tonight, guys. Have a good one and I’ll see you for tomorrow night’s game. I kinda like this 1-9 schedule on Mondays & Tuesdays (for my hubby at least
)
McFann :Ô:
September 28th, 2009
10:15 pm
Ah, boo-yah! The Fillies lost, too! And the Nats won…they cann sweep the Mets for all I care…just don’t beat us!!
It’s happenin’, people.
Katie
September 28th, 2009
10:16 pm
jeffrey d-
I just “liked” your pic on facebook
McFann :Ô:
September 28th, 2009
10:17 pm
OK, I gotta shut down, too, I guess. Nice win…stinks that BMac’s hitting streak ended. But it was the Marlins, so……
Night, all!!
Mitchell
September 28th, 2009
10:17 pm
Why do I get nervous after the game?
This is when I start to freak out. I don’t know why.
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:18 pm
You spelled whoa the way Random likes it.
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:18 pm
Night, McFann!
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:18 pm
That must be what that red notification is.
I couldn’t find a better shot of the scowl with MFIKY in a Braves hat.
Cox can't interview without touching dat grande nose.
September 28th, 2009
10:19 pm
Braves/2009
Believe!
2009 change is coming. Believe.
Frank Wren
September 28th, 2009
10:19 pm
Virginia Ranger
Right Virginia Ranger. Maybe you should apply for the managers job its going to be open soon. Im sure your more qualified than Bobby Cox who has been in the game since the 60’s
Chris
September 28th, 2009
10:20 pm
4 games behind the phillies now… it’s still a long shot, but it’s nice to see how close we are to 1st.
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Perpetual Moving, Counting, Believing Brave { UNTIL THE END! }
September 28th, 2009
10:21 pm
jeffrey d,
He needs to be scarier!
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc75/dx4life69/MFIKY.jpg
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:23 pm
Not to sound creeperish but Katie you look familiar.
Couch Tater
September 28th, 2009
10:24 pm
McFann, I forgot my pre-game warmup boo-yaa!
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:24 pm
lol, well JJ he’s not Satan.
Like I said, I ran an image search of “Rafael Soriano” and the best shot of his scowl was in a Mariner’s hat. I still can’t believe we got him for Horacio Ramirez.
Katie
September 28th, 2009
10:24 pm
jeffrey d “that must be what that red notification is”
sarcasm noted (that was sarcastic right?)
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:27 pm
No, not sarcastic. When you said you “liked” it I checked my Facebook and saw that red bubble. Just typing out my thought process.
njbraves
September 28th, 2009
10:27 pm
Great win by the Bravos, but a pathetic showing by the fans in Atlanta. It continues to amaze me that no one shows up to these games. It’s embarassing. Look at the scene in Colorado tomorrow night…the place will be packed. Atlanta really is one of the worst sports cities in America. It’s no wonder other fans make fun of our fans.
Richie
September 28th, 2009
10:27 pm
Great Win Tonite Bravos!!! My apologies for being away for so long fellow bloggers. Had a couple of family issues to attend to but still followed the Braves on the mobile. Had a great feel to the game tonite. I definitely have the playoff bug, and I am getting antsy. Braves got to make Johnson, if he pitches tomorrow, work for everything. Wear him out. Come Braves, I believe in ya!!!
O.J.
September 28th, 2009
10:27 pm
If we could just pull even within the next two games, then i dont care what the team does, as long as it keeps pace with the Rocks, meaning, if after we pull even and the Rocks win, we win, if they lose, i dont care if we lose. As long as we can force a 1 game playoff, i feel pretty good about our chances in that game as our starting staff is so deep. It looks like Vazquez would start that one game playoff as well, and I like those odds.
Katie
September 28th, 2009
10:28 pm
ok gotcha, wasn’t sure. and yes, its kind of creepy that I look familiar to you,lol
Dumbfound
September 28th, 2009
10:29 pm
That’s a good one No more Bobby. “Yes We Can” !!!
Louis
September 28th, 2009
10:29 pm
had we swept the phillies too last week we would be tied with them right now!
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:29 pm
I’m printing that sign out and putting it up at work. Scare some co-workers.
The A Bomb
September 28th, 2009
10:29 pm
I truly believe if seats were free the game still wouldn’t come close to selling out.
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:30 pm
I figured it out. A friend of mine dated (and married) a red headed Katie. I’ll stop the creepin for the evening.
brian
September 28th, 2009
10:30 pm
I was disappointed to see so many empty seats on TV with the Braves making this run. Those that were there made a lot of noise and were great fans – we just need more there.
The Braves still need to do better making themselves available to fans pregame and postgame than they have done. A signed ball or a picture taken with a fan, especially someone’s son who is a fan would go a long way to making a fan, a dedicated, rabid fan
We all BELIEVE...
September 28th, 2009
10:30 pm
Been fun…and we are almost there…
A.J.(I can do it all…) Green, A great day to play 2…, Al (Hungo) Hrabosky…, Bobby (I manage on instincts and my (rather rotund) gut feeling…alone) Cox, Bring back Luman Harris…, Baseball (no explanation needed…) god’s, Bob (Heinekinitis) Horner, Baseball has been verry verry good to me…, BELIEVE (yea, all of them…) BELIEVE, Carl (1970 ROY) Morton…, Chipper (lost my viagra…) Jones, Chris Chambliss, yes, I have 6 world series rings…, Chuck (I have as many WS rings as Bobby Cox…one) Tanner, Chuck Tanner, Claudell (still looking for that white line…found it most of the time!) Washington, Dennis Menke, Derek (fingers & hand…) Lowe…, Eddie Mathews calling Chipper on the psychic hotline…, Earl (Mr. Atlanta Baseball…) Mann, Earl (I loved to argue with the Umpires, too…) Weaver, Earl Craig Williams Jr., Eddie (Chipper could not hold my jock) Mathews…nor my drink(s), Ernie (A great day to play 2…) Banks, FOX can kiss my A$$…, Greg (”Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.”) Norton…, If I had my choice of managers…, Joe D. loves Marilyn, Johnny Schuerholz, Joe (I helped the Braves make it in 1982 homerun v. Dodgers…last game…but I really suck as an announcer) Morgan…, Joe (Ted Turner’s worst mistake…besides Jane Fonda) Torre, Kelly (Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?”) Johnson…, Ken (how in the hell did I stick around for 16 seasons) Oberkfell, Luman Harris…I could out manage Bobby Cox today…and I have been dead for 12 + years…, Larry Jones, Sr., Leo (If I am a ‘rockin…don’t bother knockin…) Mazzone, Larvell (Sugar Bear…love to crap, I mean camp…in the Canadian Woods…) Blanks, Mike Lum, Orlando (Cha – Cha) Cepeda, Pacual (love that Perimeter thing you got in Atlanta…I-285) Perez…, Pete (I played more games than anyone…and gambled too!…) Rose, Paul (can’t believe I hit only 4 HR’s in 8 seasons…) Runge, Paul Lentz…starring in “The Jerk-off”…playing the title role as…himself…, People…this half game crap will be going away after tonight’s win!!!, Pepe (1 HR in 9 seasons) Frias…, Roger (Leo, you couldn’t hold my jock…) McDowell…, Rufino (love my name) Linares…, Rafael (hardly ever confused with Manny) Ramirez, Rainman…, Reid (”This is like deja vu all over again.”) Gorecki…, Rick (The Trion man…look good in stripes) Camp…, Skip (If I knew that I was going to live that long…I would have taken better care of myself) Caray…, Scott (players love me…GM’s and owners fear me…) Boras…, Tom (does anyone wish I was still pitching for the Braves?) Glavine…, Tommy (another 1st round bust…but blame Texas, not Atlanta) Boggs…, Who do we catch first…the Rockies or the Phillies?, Yogi (”Baseball is 90% mental — the other half is physical.”) Berra…, Yogi (”It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.”) Berra…, Yogi (”The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”) Berra…, Yogi (I do it in the woods…) Berra.
More to follow?
BELIEVE…(but who are we going to catch first…the Rockies or the Phillies?)…
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:30 pm
I’m printing that sign out and putting it up at work. Scare some co-workers.
I’m putting it in my rear window. Nobody’s gonna tailgate me tomorrow.
brian
September 28th, 2009
10:31 pm
MFIKY??
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:32 pm
MFIKY.
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:33 pm
Ooh, good idea. I’m going to make a bumper sticker out of it. We should make t-shirts!
Brandon from Warner Robins
September 28th, 2009
10:34 pm
Loaf hasn’t been on his blackberry in a while…
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:34 pm
You guys hold off on printing that out. I found a better scowl
Joe D. loves Marilyn
September 28th, 2009
10:34 pm
Regular moniker…
Ain’t copy and paste a wonderful invention!
BELIEVE…
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:35 pm
I wore my Chipper shirt and he hit a homerun. What now?
David..(Athens, AL)
September 28th, 2009
10:35 pm
getting noticed on ESPN … just finished interviewing Brian, keeping saying we are now 2 back in the WC race ..
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Perpetual Moving, Counting, Believing Brave { UNTIL THE END! }
September 28th, 2009
10:36 pm
lol, well JJ he’s not Satan.
I’m sorry…
Did you not see him pitch the ninth?
Looks pretty satanic to me…
Try to find one where his gives a Whoopi Goldberg’s look…
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Perpetual Moving, Counting, Believing Brave { UNTIL THE END! }
September 28th, 2009
10:38 pm
Ooh, good idea. I’m going to make a bumper sticker out of it. We should make t-shirts!
OMG! That would be sooo perfect!
ChurchMan
September 28th, 2009
10:38 pm
Still a two tough games remaining:
Can’t underestimate Josh Johnson, whose been sick. A sick pitcher can usually pitch their best on those days. And Nolasco can be night and day in any start.
Just like JJ tonight, pitching will be big. Huddy needs to keep getting better and Javy still needs to keep doing what he’s been doing.
Only thing that needs to change is scoring with runners in scoring position, it could have easily cost them the game if JJ didn’t do such a great job when he put runners on.
wiki
September 28th, 2009
10:40 pm
They had a 27-5 run in April/May 2003….of course the 15-0 run in May 2000.
Virginia Ranger
September 28th, 2009
10:40 pm
Frank I can retire 2/2/2011. So I could go right to Spring Training. Great. I have been in the game since 1961.
Actually I would rather win the Lottery and buy the Braves. Boobie Cox would definitively have a job in the organizations, so would you, Hank Aaron, John Schurholtz, Bill Acree.
No big changes. Just some more enthusiasm and crowd support.
Thanks for the offer
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:41 pm
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=51007741&l=bcd29dddef&id=4907817
DAP
September 28th, 2009
10:41 pm
jeffery d and katie… you guys know you can just chat on facebook, right?
Katie
September 28th, 2009
10:41 pm
I’ll probably just tape the believe sign to my shirt, haha, that sounds easier
Virginia Ranger
September 28th, 2009
10:42 pm
Frank by the way you can call me Ranger
Katie
September 28th, 2009
10:43 pm
“jeffery d and katie… you guys know you can just chat on facebook, right?”
sorry to bother you. I guess we’re the only two people to ever have a conversation on the blog
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:43 pm
Very nice, jeffrey. Definitely a better scowl.
Frank Wren
September 28th, 2009
10:43 pm
I have been in the game since 1961.
In what capacity? Fed ex me your resume I look forward to reading it.
rico carty
September 28th, 2009
10:43 pm
Have to admit I thought Braves were done weeks ago. This is just an amazing stretch run. I became a fan in 1970 (Rico Carty .366) and this is really only the 5th pennant race since then. 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993 we were within 3 games of the lead heading into final week. Most years ATL won division they were comfortably ahead heading in, and last 3 years obviously not close.
If we can just get in….there would be zero pressure on us during the NLDS. So painful 2002 through 2005, with 100 win teams in 02 and 03 losing to vastly inferior teams, and 04 and 05 cheesy losses to Houston. I have little doubt we would beat LA in the NLDS. I think we also can handle STL, not sure about the Phillies. But isn’t it great to be consumed like this, with 6 games to go? Go Braves! Go Brewers!
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:44 pm
What sucks is by the time we got all this Believe stuff made, the season would be over.
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:45 pm
We’d be rooting for the Braves to start off sucky next year so we could wear our Believe stuff again.
Ron in Mobile
September 28th, 2009
10:45 pm
What a fantastic night. JJJ is letting Tommy know there is more than one young ace on this team. Does anybody in baseball have two staters this good under the age of 24? So nice to be having this much fun on September 28.
If we just had Milton Bradley we might go all the way!
Joe D. loves Marilyn
September 28th, 2009
10:49 pm
Just the facts, Ma’am…
ESPN has the Braves now with a 23% chance of making the playoffs…
Braves team ERA…has dropped to 3.59…2nd best in Major League…
We now have the 8th best record in all of baseball…
Run Differential…between the Braves and the Phillies has narrowed considerably….
Phillies + 108 and the Braves +103…
Do you BELIEVE?…
jeffrey d
September 28th, 2009
10:49 pm
All the way to anger management.
Vinings Jim
September 28th, 2009
10:50 pm
cabravesfan passes on her best wishes to the blog – her computer at home has decided to take a sick day or two – which also gives me the liberty to say things tonight that she can’t yell at me for until tomorrow…
sidslidkid
September 28th, 2009
10:52 pm
Soph, you’d better wear 9 shirts tomorrow.
Mixxo
September 28th, 2009
10:52 pm
Soph
September 28th, 2009
10:35 pm
I wore my Chipper shirt and he hit a homerun. What now?
Hey now! Don’t take it off!!