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Lou Vales
September 29th, 2009
11:50 pm
I just had a worrisome thought. Since Hudson just got punked by a collective group that couldn’t score in Amsterdam on Freebie Night, you don’t think he will seek to ease his fraustration by seeking out a sports writer 20 years younger than he is and deriding him in public?
Carroll, How do you feel about a colleague of yours being punked by a pro athlete because he did his job? I would find it discomforting having to get quotes from a guy who misses equivalent of an entire season and yet still has the energy to blame a journalist for the machinations of another athlete. I’m betting Timmy would not have got away with punking you! i’m betting the AJC may have done the right thing by coming to your defense OR failing that I bet a relative or friend would have had something to say.
So Sad!!
MurphyRules
September 29th, 2009
11:50 pm
God this home-plate ump blows!
A FAN
September 29th, 2009
11:52 pm
if its not down the middle it isnt a strike ju
st awful!!
MurphyRules
September 29th, 2009
11:53 pm
I’m I the only one watching who feels like every single Rockies player is 50-50 to hit a home run to end this thing?
Lou Vales
September 29th, 2009
11:53 pm
Dear Matt, You did not get 4 runs off of Josh Johnson.
Dear Fat Boy and Joe, Hanson is a GREAT young pitcher BUT I really don’t think it would be that out of the question for a guy currently 5th in the NL Batting Race to be Rookie of the Year. By the way, when did you two clowns turn into Larry Munson and The Hawk??
Bat Masterson
September 29th, 2009
11:56 pm
on to the 11th
groundfog
September 29th, 2009
11:57 pm
Top of the 11th coming-baseball Gods not giving up on us?
Dumbfound
September 29th, 2009
11:57 pm
on we go to the top of the 11th.
BravesChick
September 29th, 2009
11:58 pm
Can’t believe they tied it up, right when I was gonna go to bed.
Dumbfound
September 29th, 2009
11:59 pm
If the rockies lose, it would be like a win for the braves won’t it ?!
N8
September 29th, 2009
11:59 pm
MurphyRules, in that park, Norton would have a 50/50 chance. Well…..30/70 at least.
Jake W.
September 29th, 2009
11:59 pm
Rock on, I think you have to take payroll into consideration and if Hudson is willing to take a hometown discount which means we can spend more money elsewhere like for the outfield, 1st base, or the bullpen you have to do it. Hudson is still a very good pitcher. My only preference is the strikeout pitcher over another sinkerballer. I hope Wren can find a way to keep them both, but more specifically I hope Wren finds a way to improve this team offensively without having to give up Vazquez who has been great this year.
N8
September 30th, 2009
12:00 am
Hey, worst case scenario, let’s hope this thing goes 17 or 18 innings and the Rockies bullpen is spent for the rest of the week.
What would be perfect, would be a 19 inning loss. Hey, a guy can dream, right?
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:01 am
Brewers are friggin teasing us this is torture
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:01 am
Oh God, Weathers is warming up for the brewers.
N8
September 30th, 2009
12:02 am
Is that Matt Belisle, the former Brave, pitching for the Rockies?
RHR
September 30th, 2009
12:03 am
Lou Vales – ha DOB wishes he was 20 years younger than Huddy. DOB is old enough to be his older brother. Like the older brother that was in college when he was born.
But you’re one of those people who doesn’t understand the business. Pro athletes are typically a-holes to the media at one time or another. Just another day at the office.
N8
September 30th, 2009
12:03 am
He looks like he’s got nasty stuff going.
MurphyRules
September 30th, 2009
12:03 am
It’s amazing how when you watch games in Colorado and Philly how the perspective changes. It’s like a college basketball team that shoots lights-out from three-point range. It’s almost a completely different sport.
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:04 am
bottom of the 11th
RHR
September 30th, 2009
12:04 am
Dear Matt, You did not get 4 runs off of Josh Johnson.
Dear Fat Boy and Joe, Hanson is a GREAT young pitcher BUT I really don’t think it would be that out of the question for a guy currently 5th in the NL Batting Race to be Rookie of the Year. By the way, when did you two clowns turn into Larry Munson and The Hawk??
?????
What?
Can somebody translate?
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:04 am
Here come the rockies now-luck may be running out
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:05 am
What did I miss with hudson and DOB?
uga-brave
September 30th, 2009
12:05 am
just got back from the ted, those that were there were into it.
couple of quick observations, the braves have managed by my count one hit in 18 innings with runners in scoring position, and that was diaz’s dinger.
hudson nor kk could seize the momentum. both times we scored they gave back runs in the following inning.
nate seems to have a hole in his swing above his hands.
chipper missed two balls in the ninth that he used to handle.
hey nobody expected us to be in it so at least enjoy it till it is officially over.
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:06 am
Believe?!?!?!? B!tch, puh-leeeeze!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMaYLrl3mU
MurphyRules
September 30th, 2009
12:06 am
Yeah, what’s this DOB-Hudson stuff?
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:07 am
hide the donuts, here come David Weathers.
N8
September 30th, 2009
12:08 am
Hey everybody! I’ve found Dan Kolb. He’s going as David Weathers for Halloween. Good god. Please tell me our possible post-season life isn’t riding on 83 year old David Weathers, he of the 8.89 ERA???
That would be like…. well… Never mind. I can’t think of anything more frightening than that. LOL
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:08 am
BS, damn that was strike
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:08 am
walk ,geez here we go
Jake W.
September 30th, 2009
12:08 am
N8, what would be perfect is if the braves won out and after tonight win or lose for the rockies, they lost out. 5 straight wins for us and 5 straight losses for them, it could happen. Would be nice if the losing for them started tonight.
Oh and RHR, translation, the Marlins need a blog so that a certain someone could have somewhere else to vent his frustrations over the fish.
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
12:10 am
Ervey !!!
Tomas
September 30th, 2009
12:10 am
Fielder GDIP.
To tell you the truth Hudson has had only 1 dominating start, that was against Cincinatti. He has been erratic in each of the others, and getting hammered but with luck, meaning the defense either makes a great play or it’s a rocket hit to Escobar for a double play. Like I said I’d rather have Kawakami, who is already signed for 2 more season and is making considerably less. And being the first Japanesse pitcher to play for the Braves it would look really bad to trade him after just 1 year, in which he pitched okay. That’s my opinion, but I know the most probable thing to happen is that they will sign Huddy to a long term contract, mainly because Bobby loves him, and he is good for the Team Chemistry.
If Hudson leaves the Braves free up 11 million, which they can use to sign Laroche and a couple of quality relievers. And hopefully call up Jason Heyward to be the starting right fielder and move Matt back to left field. The Braves will basicly have somewhere around the neighberhood of 15 million, it depends on ARB raises and possible non-tender candidates(Kelly, and Church). They should be able to resign Laroche and sign two relievers.
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:10 am
one down
David O'Brien
September 30th, 2009
12:11 am
Mr. Enigma, I hadn’t seen what you were referring to until I read your comment a half-hour or so ago. I think you’ll find it’s been taken care of, and you shouldn’t be seeing any more similar comments from that person. If you do, please let me know.
FEAR
September 30th, 2009
12:11 am
got Roidambi out
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:11 am
Just got back from The Ted myself. Missed the Diaz homer though because I was climbing a ladder and felt something splatter. The last time I drove a Chevy and felt something heavy at The Ted, McCann homered a few weeks back. My thinking is I’m gonna have to bring Exlax the rest of the season, and run to the porcelain crown at the Ted every time the Braves come to bat.
LOOGY
September 30th, 2009
12:14 am
ITZ OVAH
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:14 am
Thank you Mr Weathers, you bum
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:14 am
Damn!
OptimisticInTexas
September 30th, 2009
12:14 am
OK, i guess they got i guess… boo
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:14 am
oh well lol
MurphyRules
September 30th, 2009
12:15 am
How does David Weathers still have a job?
N8
September 30th, 2009
12:15 am
That’s fricking BULLSH!T. He went on that previous pitch. Unreal. HORRIBLE umpiring in the 3 innings of this game, that I saw.
Gotta give the Rockies credit. They didn’t miss their opportunity.
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:15 am
they are clutch we are not
FEAR
September 30th, 2009
12:15 am
never fails a freaking .225 pinch hitter hits a homer
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:16 am
The Braves did not get to hit against D Weathers, how is that guy still in the league?
Will
September 30th, 2009
12:16 am
god what a crap ending to the night! I had my hopes again after brewers tied it
OptimisticInTexas
September 30th, 2009
12:17 am
I like listening to Bob Uecker, and his famous calls. But. Not. This. One. They’re still Di*ks…
a643dp
September 30th, 2009
12:17 am
The ump for the Rockies games was f#cking horrible
Tomas
September 30th, 2009
12:17 am
Rockies win
ChurchMan
September 30th, 2009
12:17 am
well it’s only natural colorado wins. With any luck the Braves win and the Rockies lose tomorrow and the false hope bringers are back in business!
Jake W.
September 30th, 2009
12:18 am
Sounds like the umps may get affected by things in Colorado too. How many big calls have they blown there? Street gets a save without recording an out. Knew the odds were against us then, but as I recall didn’t the rockies go on a losing streak after thier last walkoff at home. Hope for it again I guess.
Mike in LA
September 30th, 2009
12:18 am
do they call check swing strike threes in the major leagues anymore? what a joke!
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:18 am
I’m so friggin’ tired of the out of towners saying they woulda been there. Why aren’t you supporting some team near you instead of hanging around a blog all day and night complaining about people around here doing the very same thing you are obviously guilty of wherever you are?
groundfog
September 30th, 2009
12:19 am
You need hr hitters to be a legitimate playoff team
Bat Masterson
September 30th, 2009
12:19 am
Ah, go screw yourself, ChurchMan.
FEAR
September 30th, 2009
12:19 am
oh well……..Im’ still thinking the dodgers can sweep them. we just gotta win these last 5!!!!
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
12:20 am
I wondered what Bobby cox did when that homerun was hit.
Mitchell
September 30th, 2009
12:21 am
Game over. Season over.
The 2010 season that is. The ‘09 season ended a couple hours ago.
Bobby Cox does it again. He’s not insane, we are. Each year we expect a different result but Bobby and the Braves always find a way to disappoint.
That’s an entire decade with one playoff series win. Why is he still here?
He’s doing a disservice to himself to come back. Usually people want to go out on top but that only happens for a select few. Why choose to go out at the very bottom?
He’s still headed for the Hall of Fame I suppose but finishing your career like this can’t help the overall perception of your career.
Ten years of coming up short. It’s amazing.
BravesChick
September 30th, 2009
12:22 am
Didn’t really expect anything else…
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
12:22 am
I still say the rockies will lose the next 2 and go to la and get swept. The problem is what will the braves do. how do they repond.
Chris
September 30th, 2009
12:23 am
Those 2 blown games at Colorado were huge, right before the AS break.
BravesChick
September 30th, 2009
12:24 am
And Mitchell, you need to just step away from the computer, and come back in few months. Maybe.
Will
September 30th, 2009
12:26 am
Braveheart,
Are you serious about “out of towners” comment? I have been a braves fan for 28 years and now live in illinois, so should i just become a cubs fan. I would have gone to the game tonight no questions asked. I have driven down 9 hours to ATL watched a playoff game and then drove straight back. But its not very many towns you can snag 2 playoff nlcs game 5 tickets at face value on ticketmaster.
Mitchell
September 30th, 2009
12:28 am
Why? Am I wrong?
No.
Why do we continue to settle for this? Deon’t expect next year to be any different but hey, if you’re satisfied with it…
bravesgirlnc
September 30th, 2009
12:28 am
It was a wild night at the Ted for sure. Glad I got to be a part of it, but sure wish we could have won that one. That HR by Diaz was just amazing.
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
12:29 am
I hate the rockies ! They just know they can’t be caught !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RHR
September 30th, 2009
12:30 am
So….Huddy or Javy? Discuss.
OptimisticInTexas
September 30th, 2009
12:32 am
ON A POSITIVE NOTE: The thing we have going for us is that the Rockies may be overconfident. And lose a couple a games. OK, 3 out of 5. Hey, it’s very possible. Gotta live up to my nick on here…
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
12:33 am
The brewers are 0-4 against the rockies this year ! The luck is about to change. the brewers will win the next 2 !
OptimisticInTexas
September 30th, 2009
12:37 am
ALSO: It would have been really bad to have the Braves in the playoffs and only have 20,000 people at the stadium. Isn’t the city still recovering from the massive floods? Perhaps next year is better timing. OK, can’t come up with any better now…
Tomas
September 30th, 2009
12:39 am
This season it’s not over, like Yogi used to say it’s not over until it’s over, there still hope.
After Hudson perfomance today I’m fully convice the Braves would be stupid if they pick up his 12 million option. I’d let him leave, along with Anderson, Soriano, Norton and Gonzalez. I’d resign Laroche to three years 24 million, and sign John Grabow or Gonzo, and Rafael Betancourt, Brandon Lyon, or Latroy Hawkins.
RHR
September 30th, 2009
12:40 am
Why aren’t you supporting some team near you instead of hanging around a blog all day and night
Well damn. I spearheaded a one woman campaign to move a professional baseball team to guntersville alabama but for some reason it just never took off. Fishing is popular here, I think. Maybe I should just get out the boat and follow the fishermen around all day. Baseball is stupid anyway. Thanks Braveheart.
rico carty
September 30th, 2009
12:42 am
There is a good base of Braves fans in Atlanta, around 15,000, but far and away the best support comes from other towns throughout Georgia and the Southeast. Disappointing crowd tonight, but not as disappointing as how things turned out.
Cry me a river now. The Braves were just unlucky that they started the Division Series concept during their incredible run. The Braves had the best record in the NL in 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 02, and 03. Of course pre-1969 that would have put them in the WS, and pre-1995 would have at least got them into the NLCS all those years (missed 02 and 03).
Woulda, coulda, shoulda. What hurts, still hurts, is the hanging slider to Leyritz. We should have won that 96 WS in 4 or 5 games, we were way better. Hard to believe that Game 2, 1996 WS was our last WS win.
This year’s team is far inferior to those truly great teams of the 90’s. Guess we can’t expect this team to accomplish what those loaded teams could not.
I love Bobby too, but I think we’ll win WS the year after he retires. Like Orioles did in 83 with Altobelli after Weaver stepped down. Sometimes the baseball gods are not fair.
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:43 am
Are you serious about “out of towners” comment? I have been a braves fan for 28 years and now live in illinois, so should i just become a cubs fan. I would have gone to the game tonight no questions asked. (WILL)
Many of the people who live here are just like you. They are not from here. They are from out of town themselves, with allegiances to the teams from where they came from. Many of them especially are from Northern cities with generational ties and loyalties to the teams in the cities they came from. Are they just supposed to become Braves fans and Believe? Sure, many will jump on the bandwagon when there’s some cool, hip vibe going on with the Braves, but otherwise they are just like you wherever you are and really just don’t care about whatever the local team is doing because they’ve got some traditional familial loyalty to some other team a thousand miles away.
Braveheart
September 30th, 2009
12:54 am
Listening to these out of towners scold and lecture those of us who live here is like getting scolded and lectured by some teenaged virgin about how wrong it is to get drunk, high, fight, and screw. Yeah, yeah, yeah, kid, whatever, stop wasting my time, check in with me in about 10 or 20 years when you’ve had the opportunity, and been put to the test, we’ll see just how darn pure you are then.
Jake W.
September 30th, 2009
12:55 am
Well, if they make the playoffs or not the braves made a great run these last couple of weeks. Unfortunately for them, they didn’t have a 2007 or 2008 Mets like performance from the team they are chasing. Still time left though but when you are the chaser sooner or later you have to have the team in front of you stumble or you don’t have a chance. The phillies run in 2007 at the end of the season was only great because the mets took a run in the other direction. That would have been just a great run met without a postseason berth if the mets would have actually beat the marlins or nats and simply won one or two more games along the way. Still a great run that the braves went on whether they make it to postseason play or not. Thats all for me tonight.
bird
September 30th, 2009
1:00 am
Am I the only person who thought it was a bad ideal to start huddy tonight(before the game started)? This is our playoffs right now.Whoever else had the most days rest should have started, Lowe, big red, whoever..We could not afford to start hudson tonight bottom line. The man is fresh off of tommy john rehab. A big risk that backfired. Hudson vs the other teams ace down 2 games with 5 games left in regular seaqson, are you serious??
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Moving, Counting, Believing Brave {UNTIL THE END!}
September 30th, 2009
1:17 am
Isn’t it funny how Chipper is the leader of this team, yet, his leadership is apart of the reason we lost this game?
Jurrjens4NLCY - Fight Like A Moving, Counting, Believing Brave {UNTIL THE END!}
September 30th, 2009
1:21 am
*a part
NO MORE BOBBY
September 30th, 2009
1:41 am
Just got home from the game. Where were you tonight Atlanta? Kinda sad how this town does not support it’s sports teams but complains when we lose. I do my fair share of complaining but at least I show up and support.
sum guy
September 30th, 2009
1:44 am
if i lived anywhere close, i would have been there
RHR
September 30th, 2009
1:52 am
How’s that, JJ? Did his leadership give up 5 runs? Did his leadership set the matchup so that braves faced the marlins ace but the marlins faced braves #5 man? Did his leadership leave 10 men on base by 3 of our hottest hitters? Was his leadership on hiatus the last 7 games when they were gaining 6.5 games on the rockies but it just came back tonight for the loss? I mean really? If anyone thought it would be easy to beat Johnson even without giving up all those runs, well, I don’t know what to tell you. I guess you haven’t watched much baseball this year.
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
2:12 am
Everyone went to sleep ?! I’m to upset to sleep ! Anybody there ?!
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
2:20 am
Crickets chirping…..
Mike S
September 30th, 2009
2:26 am
Just got back from the game. Took Marta and went to Taco Mac afterwards to catch the end of the Rockies game. Ugggh. That couldn’t have worked out worse. Man, BMac’s bases loaded popup vs. Johnson (after being ahead 3-0) and Esco’s groundout to Pinto on the first pitch with two men on the next inning sure hurt. Just when we had come back to tie it up, and they take the lead back, we couldn’t quite get it done to take the lead back. Lot of chances. Just didn’t happen. Oh well. Doesn’t look good now, but stranger things have happened…
Mike S
September 30th, 2009
2:31 am
And agreed, RHR. How can people possibly be questioning Chipper’s leadership??
Yea, he struckout and GIDP in the late innings, but what does that have to do with leadership? He certainly did not lose us this game. There are at least 4 other people you can look at first before you look at Chipper as the goat.
Will
September 30th, 2009
2:36 am
There is no questioning Chippers leadership. The poor guy that cant hit a baseball anymore, but he is still a leader. I do have to say though that DP in the 9th was just pathetic, but other then matt diaz braves lose handily tonight.
Dumbfound
September 30th, 2009
2:41 am
Right Mike, This thing is not over. The Brewers are 0-4 against the rockies this year. I really, really do not believe the rockies are going to swept the series 6-0. The time is leaning on the brewers to snap out of it and win the next 2. Fielder and Braun are do a great game. Then the rockies have to go west to play the dodgers. The dodgers have own the rockies this year beating them 12 games out of 15 this year. I believe the rockies after tonight will win only 1 more game. That win will be against the dodgers. The set up the braves to win the rest of their games and they can even aford to lose 1 more game which will cause for a 1 game playoff. But the braves need to play to win every game and they will win the playoff spot by 1.
Frankie Knuckles
September 30th, 2009
5:03 am
Just woke up and saw the Rockies score. I’m still mad at Hudson. Maybe he will take a Braves friendly extension so we can dump Lowe. Dump Lowe and KK and get a bat – Holliday or Bay, then call up the stud in Gwinnett. Go Braves.
Random
September 30th, 2009
6:06 am
Mitchell (September 29th, 2009 11:02 pm): “Does anybody remember all those games we won at one point when Chipper was out of the line-up?
“We can win without him. I ain’t mad at the guy, he’s at the end of his career. That’s why if nothing else he shouldn’t be batting third.”
In the last seven games before last night’s, Jones hit .308/.438/.615 with 6 RBIs.
Yeah, sounds like he’s through to me.
(And if you whine about “AAA teams”, name me the Brave(s) who did as well or better during that stretch.)
Random
September 30th, 2009
6:45 am
Mitchell (September 29th, 2009 10:38 pm): “This line-up is ineffective. Lead-off hitter isn’t hitting. Number 3 hitter isn’t hitting. Homerun hitter, batting 7th. . . . But hell, he’s not hitting either. Bobby Cox is clueless.”
Aside from the previous notes that this line-up has won — what? — 15 of the last 18 games? Aan aside from the fact that this line-up scored four runs last night.
McLouth’s OPB for Sep is .385, and he’s the Braves’ best SB threat. That’s what you want from a lead-off hitter — getting on base and making things happen with his speed.
In the last seven games before last night’s, Jones has hit .308/.438/.615 with 6 RBIs. Name me the Brave who has done as well or better during that stretch.
Marc in FL
September 30th, 2009
7:09 am
The shortest “Believe” campaign ever?
Well, we’re not technically done yet, but as before it would pretty much take a miracle. The Rockie are just as good if not better than us, and have shown it with most of a season worth of good baseball. If only we needed to catch the Dodgers instead, they’ve absolutely started to melt.
Steve from OH
September 30th, 2009
7:35 am
Wow. You people really melted down last night, huh? I think I even saw Chop Chop make a serious post…
richbrave
September 30th, 2009
7:45 am
One hit—–ter short all night. If any one game showed what the offense needs for next year this was it. On defense, HUDSON didn’t look good. Hope he’s alright. He give the appearance of being one of the individuals that takes an eighteen month period to come back from Tommy John surgery. Well, the BREW-CREW must take two or we’re through. But I expected one loss along the way to the FISH. I guess we’ll see what DEREK is really made of tonight. Or are we going to skip his start, and go back to the top of the rotation?
O.J.
September 30th, 2009
7:50 am
Why did my post not show up?
braves4ever
September 30th, 2009
7:50 am
At the start of this season if we had known that 90-91 wins was going to be our total most people would have been happy. I see us winning the next 5 and finishing with 91 wins , not bad ,not to shabby.
A very good finish and certainly a lead-in to next year.
I Believe too,in this year and next!
O.J.
September 30th, 2009
7:50 am
Oh well, its early
richbrave
September 30th, 2009
7:59 am
O.J.:
STOP it, or I’ll spike your juice.