Comments on: Next hurdle: Josh Johnson

By: Dorothy Davis

Dorothy Davis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:24:59 +0000

Enter your comments here FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THOUGHT THE MARLINS WOULD BE FLAT BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT OF CONTENTION, GUESS WHAT..THEY STILL HAD SOME PRIDE, UNLIKE THE BRAVES, WHO WERE THINKING ABOUT “HUNTING AND FISHING” AND GOLF, AND OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL ANYMORE. NEITHER DID THEIR COACH, WHO PUTS IN A 130 HITTER WHEN HE HAD BETTER OPTIONS ON THE BENCH. SO NOW THEY CAN GO GET THE REST THEY DO NOT DESERVE. JUST NOT ENOUGH EFFORT PUT INTO THE LATE GAMES. THAT IS IT IN A NUTSHELL.

By: Dorothy Davis

Dorothy Davis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:19:12 +0000

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By: Paul Lentz

Paul Lentz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:16:07 +0000

I’m not going to knock Matt Diaz so much as I’m going to knock the WHOLE BRAVES TEAM when it comes to “knowing how to run the bases”. It’s like a freaking virus that the whole freaking team got this year.

Simply put, that blunder right there is the reason why we are not going to make the playoffs. Not because of that single play……..but because of our inability to run the bases with any intelligence.

I remember last month when Chipper Jones was at third, and Brian McCann at second…..Chipper was in a run down between third and home……Chipper was trying to give McCann enough time to go to third………yet McCann goes back to second, lol.

I’ve never seen a Braves team that made as many blunders running the bases as the 2009 Braves. Yet according to some on here, it’s not the manager’s job to “teach fundamentals or even go over them in practice”. I guess that the only job of a manager is to “stay positive and calm”, lol. If that is the case, Tony Robbins should get into managing, lol.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:27:13 +0000

Mitchell: “I can’t believe all the people citing the 15 and 3 stretch as evidence that there are no problems whatsoever with the line-up. We were playing the Mets and Nationals. Give them credit for finally beating inferior teams for once if you want to but the three times they faced good pitching they couldn’t do…”

I don’t think anyone is saying this lineup doesn’t have any problems. But the FACT of the matter is that since the all-star break, the Braves lead the NL in runs scored… and they’re 3rd in the league in post-all-star HR’s and team AVG.

And that offensive success really goes back to June 28th, when this excellent stretch of baseball began. About 1/2 of a season has passed since that date. This is NOT a substandard offense. This is a very GOOD offense.

Can it improve? CERTAINLY. Should it be improved this winter? Of course… and it will be, I’m positive. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that the Braves have been one of, if not THE best offensive team in the NL over the past 80+ games.

Replace Garrett Anderson with Jason Heyward next year, resign LaRoche, and the offense will be in good shape for next year. Now IF they get a chance to add a big RIGHT-handed bat… that would make this lineup that much better. But even if they don’t, I won’t be worried.

By: Joe With Shoes On

Joe With Shoes On — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:53:27 +0000

Here’s another possibility: Rockies win all their games, win the West, and the Braves then have the Wild Card.

By: Random

Random — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:12:05 +0000

Nova Scotia Steve (September 30th, 2009 2:42 pm): “Random comment here…How about Mike Hargrove as a replacement for Bobby Cox.”

“Random” response here — isn’t Mike Hargrove the pitiful lackwit (per Robert) that Cox outmanaged in the 95 WS?

Isn’t he on Robert’s short list of who all should NOT be allowed to mmanage the Braves?

(Along with Bobby Valentine and Cox himself — and I think that’s all.)

By: BL

BL — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:50:02 +0000

is it me or does it take anyone else 3 clicks to navigate anywhere on AJC.com. We may have the cheapest paper/website in the country. I know the one I get to the house just keeps getting thinner and thinner but adding more crap and crap.

By: DAP

DAP — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:48:22 +0000

mitchellI can’t believe all the people citing the 15 and 3 stretch as evidence that there are no problems whatsoever with the line-up.

how about 52-31? thats a good sample size, hunh? not saying there is nothing wrong with the offense, but this team is pretty good as is.

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:16:54 +0000

I can’t believe all the people citing the 15 and 3 stretch as evidence that there are no problems whatsoever with the line-up.

We were playing the Mets and Nationals. Give them credit for finally beating inferior teams for once if you want to but the three times they faced good pitching they couldn’t do $***.

Still no reason to possibly experiment with the line-up at all? No?

Hey, at least we got more hits than Monday night.

By: RHR

RHR — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:09:42 +0000

I’ve never been afraid in the area around turner field before or after a game. Would I stroll around down there alone at night when the braves weren’t in town? Absolutely not but during/after/before a game? You buncha pansies.