Billy Wagner on Clemens, Bonds, steroids
DENVER – We’ve got a quick turnaround from last night to today’s day game, so I figured I’d skip some usual blather and share a few stories that Billy Wagner told the other day on the bench before a game at Wrigley Field, when the subject of Roger Clemens came up.
Clemens was indicted last week on charges that he lied to Congress in his 2008 testimony after Clemens was among those named as a steroid user in the Mitchell Report.
Billy Wagner says it's "hearbreaking" that some of his heroes, including Roger Clemens, may have used steroids.
I don’t mean to be too Wagner-centric on this road trip, but the man is unique in that he’s got a lot of interesting stories, and both the gravitas and willingness to tell them. Not often can we be privy to this kind of stuff, and I figured a lot of you would appreciate hearing them, too.
So here goes.
On superstars alleged to have used steroids:
“I told Barry [Bonds] this,” Wagner said. “I said, man, if that comes out that you did this it would break my heart. Because I always thought you were the best and I was competing against the best. Because my game got better when you stepped in the box.
“To know that you’ve had to do something to play at my level? That’s heart-breaking.”
I asked Wagner what Bonds said in response.
“He didn’t say anything.”
Then he paused, smiled, told a Bonds story. (Wagner loves telling stories like this, about facing a batter in a big situation, giving up a homer, striking a guy out, etc. He doesn’t always have the dates exactly right, but the details are otherwise always accurate, from the several times when I’ve tried to research the incident after Wagner has told a story.)
“Barry got in the box one day in Houston,” Wagner said. “It’s 2-1 ballgame, and I told Jimy [Williams, then-Astros manager], I’m not walking him. I will not walk him.
“I faced him and struck him out, and hit 102 [mph]. I got to the clubhouse and he calls me and says, ‘You son of a bitch.’ I said, dude, you didn’t think I was going to bring my ‘B’ game for you, did you?”
Another story:
“He hit a home run off me at [San Francisco], the second-to-last time I faced him. We had discussed it before, he said, ‘What are you going to do if I hit a home run? I said, it’s no big deal, Barry, you’ve hit a million of ‘em.
“I said it’s no big deal, but I will get you if you show me up [celebrating]. If you make this out to be bigger than it is – keep it within reason. I said if it’s a game-winner, I understand, you should be happy.
Wagner recalls telling Bonds that he'd hate to find out Bonds did 'roids.
“But he tied the game. And he ran all the way around the bases [without showing Wagner up]. I watched him. And he called me afterward and said, ‘I knew I was going to get you.’
“I said, I felt sorry for you. That was when he wasn’t getting any hits or doing anything. I said, ‘I had to take a little off so you could catch up again.’
“But, I mean, we had a really good time together. I remember when he was going for his [homer] record in Houston. We were losing, and I come in to get an inning, and faced him. I’m amped up. My first two pitches are low and he steps out of the batter’s box and tells me to slow down [Wagner demonstrates how Bonds motioned to take a deep breath].
“So I threw the next one and he rolled over [grounded out]. I get the ball at first base and he says, ‘That’s better, that’s better.’”
Then we got back to talking about Clemens, the original subject that morning.
“My first All-Star game was at Boston, where they presented the All-Century team,” Wagner said. “He comes out and they’re going to introduce him. We had been playing basketball against each other in the offseason [in Houston].
“And he comes out there and he’s probably three or four guys away from me, and he kind of looks at me, tips his cap and winks at me. And it’s like the greatest thing. It’s like, how awesome is this? It’s the greatest thing in the world.
“So then when you hear these guys and there’s that thought that they could have done something [performance-enhancing drugs], it kind of hurts your feelings.
“It’s heartbreaking to know that your heroes, the guys you looked up to and wanted to be like, to think they’ve done this….”
Wagner didn’t finish that sentence before another upbeat story about his buddy came to mind. Wagner laughed softly and told this one, perking up as he got into the details.
“[Clemens] told me a great story,” Wagner said. “We were at an exhibition game, Yankees were playing Houston, and we were all getting innings. Clemens is in the dugout, [Derek] Jeter is on deck, and I was pitching. Jeter looked at Clemens and said, I’m going to turn that [Wagner] fastball around.
“So I faced him and struck him out. And the next day Clemens tells me that story, what Jeter had said. He pulls me out to left field while [the Yankees] are warming up and I talk to him….
Wagner smiles slyly as he prepares for the kicker to this story, which is clearly one he relishes telling.
“[Batting practice] ends and I run back [from the outfield]. Jeter’s at short, and I run by him and I go, ‘Hey, you might want to start a little earlier.’
“He’s looking out there [at Clemens] like, I can’t believe you told him that.”
Wagner paused, smiled.
Wagner: "The expectations that he felt were on him to be Roger Clemens-successful, a 20-punchout guy ... that's hard to live up to."
“That’s the greatest,” he said. “That’s the greatest part about baseball.”
That’s the part Wagner’s going to miss when he retires. The camaraderie.
He won’t miss the unseemly stuff. Like steroids, and the mixed emotions he has – anger and disappointment that guys did them, sadness to see what some friends and others he respected so much as players are now going through.
I asked him if it was rough watching Clemens go through what he’s going through, regardless of whether the mess was self-inflicted.
“It is hard, because he worked hard to get where he was at,” Wagner said, “and it’s just kind of unfortunate that he had to take – possibly take – steps to stay on the field. That’s why this is a battle. It’s not easy to go out there and pitch every day, and to be good.
“The expectations that he felt were on him to be Roger Clemens-successful and known as a 20-punchout guy. That’s hard. It’s hard to walk out there and to live up to that.”
See, I told you they were good stories.
♣ OK, we’re about to start the series finale here in Denver, on what has to be the prettiest day we’ve had anywhere all summer. Stupendous weather, 70 degrees or so and sunny, with low humidity and a light breeze.
The Braves will turn to Jair Jurrjens as they try to avoid their first three-game losing streak since June 22-24, when they dropped all three in a road against the White Sox.
That was also the Braves’ only time being swept in a series since it happened in back-to-back series at New York and St. Louis during the nine-game losing skid in late April.
The Braves are a terrific home team (majors-best 44-17) and a mediocre road team (29-36), and they’re facing a Colorado team with a similar disparity, but even more extreme.
The Rockies are 40-20 at home and 25-40 on the road. They’ve hit .314 while going 17-6 in their past 23 home games, including nine wins in their past 11.
On the road, the Rockies have hit .218 while going 7-17 in their past 24 games.
To repeat, that’s a .314 average in their past 23 home games, and a .218 average in their past 24 road games.
“At some point we are going to have to win on the road,” Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told the Denver Post after a 5-2 win against the Braves on Tuesday night. “But we are giving ourselves a chance here.”
The Braves know the feeling. Fortunately they survived the worst part of their road schedule in the first half of the season, and are still in first place despite their ongoing road woes.
The Braves are 34-11 with a 2.86 ERA and .269 batting average in their past 45 home games, and 17-9 with a 2.33 ERA in the past 17.
But on the road? Oy. The Braves are 15-19 with a .256 average and 3.77 ERA in their past 34 road games, including 7-11 with an ugly .232 average and 3.87 ERA in the last 18.
OK, let’s get ready for a game. Enjoy these new songs from Ryan Bingham off his new, T Bone Burnett-produced album due out Sept. 7. There a re two videos, here and here.
And let’s close with some REK.
“OH ROSIE” by Robert Earl Keen
I’m long past hungry
I need a bed
I got some real wild things
Runnin’ through my head
Oh Rosie, don’t forget me now
♦
I’ve been to Tulsa
And New Mexico
Still got Tucson and
Colorado left to go
Oh Rosie don’t forget me now
♦
Do you remember
Our lucky star
We gave all our wishes to
Now I’m in Denver
In this old bar
Tryin’ to do anything to hang on to you
And not be blue
♦
It’s all-night TV
With nothin’ on
I should be goin’ but I’m
Too far gone
Oh Rosie, don’t forget me now
♦
There’s rotten singers
Lousy art
Western swingers
And my old broken heart
Oh Rosie, don’t forget me now
♦
Do you remember
Our lucky star
We gave all our wishes to
Now I’m in Denver
In this old bar
Tryin’ to do anything to hang on to you
And not be blue
♦
It’s a hard old highway
A long slow burn
I think about ya Rosie
At every little turn
So don’t you worry
Please don’t cry
When we’re together
That old time will fly on by
Oh Rosie, don’t forget me now
♦
Do you remember
Our lucky star
We gave all our wishes to
Now I’m in Denver
In this old bar
Tryin’ to do anything to hang on to you
And not be blue
♦
It’s a hard old highway
A long slow burn
I think about ya Rosie
At every little turn
Oh Rosie, don’t forget me now
3,208 comments Add your comment
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
3:10 pm
It’s too dark to put the keys in my ignition.
And the morning sun has yet to climb my hood ornament.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
3:13 pm
Triple?
WOW
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:14 pm
Blasphemy
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
3:14 pm
Where is everybody….
HELLLLOOOOOOOOO
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
Yea Marteeeeen!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
Good job Prado.
We need this.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
U kiddin’ me????
An early lead?
Amazin’!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
I would love to go to Colorado for a ball game. It looks beautiful there.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
His name is Marteeeeeen.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
C’mon Joke!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
Alright BMac!
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
Nice job, Heyward and Prado. Great to have a 1st inning run.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
Braves bats are lively so far in this first inning
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
Obviously, my radio link is lagging a bit because you guys are letting me know what happens before I hear it. Fun.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
Nova Scotia Steve -
Colorado is gorgeous! Never been to the park, but the city and especially the surrounding area and mountains are well worth a trip
DAP
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
scoots, i get your point just fine, and your assertion is ridiculous. parameters are when they give up EXACTLY 4 or 5 runs, they need to win 50% of the time to have a sufficient offense? thats just silly. first of all, having a sufficient offense is directly related to how good your pitching is. seeing that the braves have won 73 games so far, the offense has been sufficient.
but, i ran those numbers. braves are 12-15 when they give up exactly 4 or 5 runs. they are 4-3 when giving up 4 runs, 8-12 when giving up 5.
but how dumb is it to judge an offense based on how many games the team wins when pitchers give up 4 or 5 runs? what does the pitching have to do with how good an offense is?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
Darn right Braves will take that!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
Lee poundin the ball for RBI # 999.
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
Soph – my radio link is ahead of the TV, so I feel prescient…
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
ugly, but we’ll take it.
Heck, we’ll take about anything right now.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
Can we change the rest of the season schedule to day games? It’ll be hell on my productivity at work, but the Braves seem to play better in day games.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
Melky!!!!
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
Melky!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
Liking the way the ball is bouncing today so far!
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
SWEET!
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
Boys off to a good start today
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
3 runs in the first….
THATS more like it!
Why can we only do this about every 5-6 games?!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
How many Rockies does it take to pick up a ball?!
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
I just think day games, with the heat, are harder than night games. This day game is going good in this first half inning. Now, if defense works like the offense has so far, we’ll be okay.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:21 pm
A freakin’ long time Chip….that’s when.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:22 pm
cabravesfan – Right on. I’m surrounded by pretty picturesque mountainous landscape as well living close to Alaska – so not to say that would not excite me.
But i’ve seen it ya know – lol.
But there’s something that makes me want to go visit. Potentially when the Braves are in town would be most desirable.
But i have to decide whether i want to go back to Atlanta to see the Braves or visit another ballpark i haven’t been before.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
Braves can’t possibly lose now, right?
This one’s in the bag.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
Why can we only do this about every 5-6 games?! – P-towny
Because we’re not the Phils, Pads, Yanks or Rays…..or Rangers?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
Great way to start the day…..hopefully they can start turning things around today.
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
“To know that you’ve had to do something to play at my level? That’s heart-breaking.”
That’s a fantastic quote. Puts it in such a great context, while subtly showing how confident he is in himself.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
Melky did something (good)? Yay.
What did he do? I missed it.
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
scoots, i get your point just fine, and your assertion is ridiculous.
Certainly no need to carry forth the conversation, then, so I’ll just let that go.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
Nova Scotia Steve -
You can always go to take a tour of the Coors Brewery in nearby Golden
(they used to give free samples in full 16 oz. glasses at the end…not sure if they still do, but it always seemed like a not great idea, considering you have to drive back down a mountain to get to Denver 
)
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
.579…wait haven’t the yanks been fighting all season for 1st place with the rays?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:25 pm
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
Melky did something (good)? Yay.
What did he do? I missed it.
Bloop double RBI
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:25 pm
For the love of Pete…don’t steal!
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
3:26 pm
man, i missed the first.
was mancrush heywards trip a liner to the gap or a deep fly that just missed getting out?
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
3:26 pm
For the love of God, why can’t we have a 1-2-3 inning after scoring?!
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:26 pm
Thanks, MIBraveeeeeesFan. I guess I have to be nice to him today.
Darryl Blackberry
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
Great article, DOB. The sense of humor and camaraderie are what I love about baseball above all other sports, so reading these kinds of stories really reinforces that.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
I’m just glad they braves aren’t behind already…lets keep it going
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
Jurrjens must feel like it’s his birthday. Has he had this big a lead all year?
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
p-town
i hear ya on the 1-2-3 after throwing some runs on the board
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
Katherine – Sure they have, but they’ve also won 77 or 78 games too.
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
3:28 pm
DOB
keep those waggs stories coming amigo…love to read’em
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:28 pm
Watch the runner, JJ…
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
Yes .579 i can read the standings too lol
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
For the love of God, why can’t we have a 1-2-3 inning after scoring?!
See my 3:23
bravofan
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
nice job Bravos gotta love jumping out to an early lead!!
30-24 Dawgs - We Run This State!
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
Pullin’ for Wags to break the Strikeout record – TODAY
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
3:30 pm
DOB, I really enjoy the inside stories. Thats something us common folk can’t get from just watching the games, looking up stats, etc. Thanks again…and…Go braves!
ECU Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:30 pm
Anyone have a radio link?
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
3:30 pm
Shut up Nick, you’re an idiot.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
Good job JJ
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
The Topic of this blog wow just gets me riled up. talkin about cheaters. Now I was at the Hall of Fame last week at the Cooperstown DreamsPark . Its a complete Shame that Mr Bonds the 2nd biggest fraud. This man used steriods and his records prove it.,Mr Sosa, Mcgwire, Palmiero, and The biggest loser of them All. Alex Fraud Rodriguez. Every one of these men are not deserving to be there whatsoever. Its a shame we allow cheaters into that Sacred Building. Hank Aaron is the True Home Run King and no one else.Clemens haha same thing A fraud. Not a Hall of Famer in my book.
lexbrave
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
looks like the braves are off to a good start in trying to secure a win for philly tonight.
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
Listening to Jim and Don talk about Saito’s vision problems, I can’t help but hope this somehow leads to him wearing Army style glasses with a skull and crossbones on the bridge, channeling Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn from “Major League”.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
http://radiotime.com/station/s_22221/WQNT_1450.aspx
ECU Alum
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
DOB,
Ever heard of a southern rock band called Blackberry Smoke? I heard/saw some of their music on youtube yesterday for the first time. Not bad. Straight-ahead, old-style, no-nonsense southern rock
Here’s a taste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOuTV6eF1-U
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:32 pm
Tuck in your shirt.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
3:32 pm
RC-
Who doesn’t have vision problems on the team?!
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:33 pm
Alternate radio – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/1570-wcle-am-cleveland%2C-tennessee
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:33 pm
Maybe Saito should cut out the caffeine like mac….
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
come on jj……
Darryl Blackberry
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
Nothing ever comes easy for JJ, does it?
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
P-Town Brave,
Chipper has 20-15 vision, but that doesn’t help us all that much now unless he can steal the other teams signs or something.
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
I saw Bonds and Clemens play before they got a lot bigger from steroids. What makes me mad is that both were hall of fame players even before doing the roids. 500 hr and 500 stolen bases wasn’t enough. He had to have the records. Hammerin Hank is the homerun king still in my opinion
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
uh oh jurrjens in trouble..
The Bravery
August 25th, 2010
3:34 pm
Does anyone know what kK has been doing?
bravofan
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
the bravery: sucking it up at AAA
Darryl Blackberry
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Whew.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Nice….dp for us for once
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Tulo scorched that ball
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Good defense (let’s keep that up, please)!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Yes! Braves turn a DP on the Rockies for a change!
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
5-4-3 screw job great job J.J.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
3:35 pm
Nice DP!
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:36 pm
We have got to keep these guys off base. Great DP there!
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:36 pm
Nice DP turned for JJ there
We get out of the inning without giving back one run or more. Gotta like that, even though it wasn’t an easy inning.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:37 pm
If Bobby Cox were managing the Rockies, he’d say, “Well, Tuley hit the ball hard in that first inning. Hit the ball awfully hard.”
The Bravery
August 25th, 2010
3:37 pm
bravo: haha thats all I needed to know
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:37 pm
I was picturing a double play there but hoping we wouldn’t flub it the hell up.
Good thing it was hit to Martin and not Gonzo.
Hobo
August 25th, 2010
3:37 pm
Great stories from Wagner, and agree with him here: “That’s the greatest,” he said. “That’s the greatest part about baseball.”
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
Good job, Newer Guy!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
Rick!
Brava
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
Way to go, Ankle!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
And Jurrjens is out of trouble. The double play – a pitcher’s best friend.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
Why would Jim Powell want the Rockie’s pitcher to erase his memory of the first inning?
Ankiel with a Double
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen him go the other way with power. Coors field.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
Ankiel is officially a beast. No one can stop him.
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
cmon… simple fundamental baseball here
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
These guys are looking like the Braves in the outfield.
Brian from SC
August 25th, 2010
3:38 pm
A little oppo action…nice.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:39 pm
VJ, don’t you love being able to know when to look, and when to look away?
Roy Hobbs
August 25th, 2010
3:39 pm
Great stuff from Wagner, DOB. And that picture of Bonds is almost surreal. Can’t wait for the new Bingham album as well as the Justin Townes Earle album later in September — supposed to be great. Way to put a few on the board early for JJ Bravos!
The Bravery
August 25th, 2010
3:39 pm
That may be the first ball Ive seen him hit the other way as a brave
Nova Scotia Steve
August 25th, 2010
3:39 pm
Kawkami has an ERA of 4.11 in four starts at AAA and has given up 17 hits and 4 HR’s in 15 innings.
He’s only walked 4.
Not exactly lights out….same ol….same ol from Kawakami….
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
3:39 pm
This team is so lousy at bunting…why even try
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
another braves pitcher who cant bunt.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Simple fundamental baseball?
You weren’t talking about the Braves were you?
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Bat
@ 3:30 : Force of habit or something?
Darryl Blackberry
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Terrible. I’m not a TP hater by any means, but it’s his responsibility to drill the pitchers on bunting till they get it down.
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Ankiel is officially a beast. No one can stop him.
Found the right test tube in the chemistry set, I reckon. Or maybe the guys finally took him to dinner with them. One or the other.
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Way to help yourself out JJ… I cant remember the last time a clutch SAC bunt was layed down by a pitcher… maybe Huddy?
Venice Jim
August 25th, 2010
3:41 pm
Leeee – I do – unfortunately, I’m about to leave for a couple of hours of math tutoring, so I’ll be watching the rest on TIVO, so I’ll be way behind…
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
3:41 pm
SB _
Warming up.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:41 pm
Thanks for the Wagner stories, DOB. That was awesome.
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:42 pm
uhoh the Braves lookin like there old selves again… leaving leadoff runners on base in scorin position
Brian from SC
August 25th, 2010
3:42 pm
No worries…just the guy we want up at the plate here in Heyward. He’s really seeing righties well right now.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:43 pm
Ankiel is a Brave, scoots.
Worship him as such.
Brian from SC
August 25th, 2010
3:43 pm
Darn…nothin’ to hit.
Did you know only Melky Cabrera has hit worse than Prado this year with RISP?
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
3:43 pm
DOB
Please, may you have very less time several times in the future so that you can give us more of these stories. Thoroughly enjoyable. Probably someday you will write a book with all these stories.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:44 pm
It’s really hard to be mad at Omar and Martin but they’ve had some bad at-bats in recent games.
It really tests you faith in humanity Martin especially makes an out.
It’s just not supposed to happen.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:44 pm
Brian from SC, unfortunately, he saw him throw a bunch of pitches outside the strike zone. Let’s go Prado!
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:44 pm
Terrible. I’m not a TP hater by any means, but it’s his responsibility to drill the pitchers on bunting till they get it down.
I don’t say this to be obnoxious, but is that the hitting coaches responsbility? I do not know how that is split among the coaches, but if anyone has knowledge of that I’d be interested in knowing. It could be the hitting coach for all I know.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:45 pm
BMac’a got a 3 game hitting streak now! He hasn’t gotten a hit in 3 straight games since his 4-game hitting streak July 21 through the 25!
Brian from SC
August 25th, 2010
3:45 pm
I’m pretty sure it’s most definitely not TP’s job to teach bunting. They have other guys for that.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:45 pm
When the tomahawk shirt is donned, mere mortals are transformed into god-men.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:45 pm
McFann, are you a girl?
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:45 pm
Right here.
Home run.
BravesDA
August 25th, 2010
3:46 pm
Anyone got a radio link for today’s game? stuck at work…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
3:46 pm
we’re gonna score 12-15 runs today and 1-2 tomorrow.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:46 pm
Fan interference?? Let Heyward score anyway…
CraZyTraDEMaN
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
MARTEEEEEEEEN
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
Looks like this might be one of those games where u wish they could’ve spread the runs out among a few other games.
NCATLFTL
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
Anyone remember another team where the first four batters in the lineup are all allstars?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
Great job Marteeeeeen! And finally a good umpiring call!
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom–
Yes. Why…?
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:47 pm
This Rogers guy doesn’t seem to have anything for us today.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
Dan-82ndAirborne-
I bet they don’t score tommorrow at all (they are off
)
Crime Dog
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
So if the Braves hold on to win, do the Phillies even need to play later or do we just automatically give them a win?
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
I just always assumed you were….no reason. just curious.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
BMAC!!
Brava
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
Glad to see B-Mac hitting again!!!
ReddJonn68
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
Wow can you believe it the umps got it right !!! Martin is a stud !!!
CraZyTraDEMaN
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
Heyward would have scored anyway. Good call Umps!!!!
Jeff
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
where has this Been for the Last 2 days..
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
YAY!!!!!! RBI SINGLE!!
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
I like saying Apodaca.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom–
OK.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
Lowe is crying and screaming at everyone in the dugout.
“OMG why cant you guize do this for me I hate mah life”
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
Feast or famine with these guys, isn’t it?
ECU Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
Thanks for the link Bat!
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
It’s not Terry Pendleton’s job to teach bunting?
Then what is his job? Certainly not teaching these guys how to hit.
Wait, I spoke too soon. Clearly he put in some extra hours last night.
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:50 pm
BravesDA, listening at work myself:
http://www.wjdx.com/mediaplayer/?station=WJDX-AM&action=listenlive&channel_title=
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:50 pm
Derreck, feel free to get a hit one of these days.
Brian from SC
August 25th, 2010
3:50 pm
Well, the Braves were facing a tough lefty yesterday…you don’t really expect to score as many runs in a matchup like that. Today they’re facing a mediocre righty…it’s not all that surprising, really.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:50 pm
where has this Been for the Last 2 days..
_____________________________________
It’s “us.” Inconsistency.
We’ll score one against the fish Fri.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:50 pm
Great to have a big lead early. Especially on this team. I have a feeling we’re gonna need every one of them later.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
McFann, were u trying to jinx McCann’s streak?
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
If the Braves win..the phillies win
If the Braves lose…Phillies lose
What happens on Braves day off…I bet their game gets rained out
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
wow this is awesome.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
Run, Mac, RUN!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
Mitchell,
Ask and ye shall receive.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
Who’s says he can’t score from first?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
Just call it the hit parade! This is great!
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
BALLGAME!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:51 pm
Rogers is not fooling anyone today.
ReddJonn68
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Way to go Lee !!! We need you down the stretch !!!
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Brian McCann is so slow it’s not even funny.
Actually it is. At least when he scores.
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Not surprising to score like this at Colorado, but it is surprising that it’s all being done with no home runs.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Keep pouring it on guys!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
bahahaha 1 and 2/3 and they yank him.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Oh, come on Jim Tracy! He wasn’t that bad!
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
I wish you fans would quit complaining about the offense. Look at how good it is.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
Awe, why they gonna take my favorite Rockies’ pitcher out?
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
3:52 pm
GT Fan–
What do you mean?
The Bravery
August 25th, 2010
3:53 pm
I wonder if opposing pitchers think that D Lee’s scouting report is wrong. They have to question the nothing but fastballs down the heart of the plate approach
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:53 pm
uh oh. My dog just ate a whole sponge. is that bad?
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
3:53 pm
Coors field is double and triple central….They have a huge outfield
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
3:53 pm
awesome
i look away for a cpl mins and we jump up by 7
nice getaway win is just what this team needs
Will
August 25th, 2010
3:54 pm
I think i just spotted Jair crying tears of joy in the dugout due to the fact he got run support for the first time in 18 months!!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:55 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom
Lowe has no room to whine about run support. He was the only guy getting runs early this season, so he was picking up wins almost every time out despite posting an ERA near 5.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
3:55 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom -
Not yet
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
3:55 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom, My dog ate a sponge once and it clogged up his intestines. I took him to the vet and they said it was going to be a $1500 operation. I called a friend and they told me to feed my dog a can of pumpkin. It worked and it was pretty funny when my dog had a pink sponge pooped out. Cost me less than a $1 instead of the $1500 the vet said
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:56 pm
Braves on pace for 31.5 runs today! Get ready for those oil changes tomorrow.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:57 pm
pumpkin? srsly?
oh and GT fan i make no excuses for Lowe. I hate Lowe.
.579
August 25th, 2010
3:58 pm
LOL…… “pump”kin.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
3:58 pm
like the same pumpkin you use for pie filling? I actually have some of that.
southern hope
August 25th, 2010
3:58 pm
hey, i had my oil changed when they hit 16 runs on Monday….maybe I should have waited….
RC
August 25th, 2010
3:58 pm
Based on live tracking on fangraphs.com, the Brave’s now have a win expectancy of 93%. I’ll take those odds.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
3:59 pm
Dan Kolb’s mom, He’ll prob be alright, as long as you didn’t have any kind toxic stuff on the sponge.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
3:59 pm
McFann -
Nevermind, I misread your post.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
3:59 pm
I don’t want to jinx anything, but it doesn’t appear as if Wagner will get any work in today.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
4:00 pm
the sponge was clean and dry. i dont really understand why he ate it.
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:00 pm
The canned pumkin. Promise it worked
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
4:00 pm
JJ knew he left that one up
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:01 pm
I’m wearing the same underwear since they scored 16. Looks like it finally paid off.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:01 pm
Seth Smith kind of reminds of a left handed Carlos Quentin. Slumped stance at the plate and a vicious swing.
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
4:01 pm
damn 2strike count again
for some reasons we havent been the greatest at putting guys away once we get 2 on em
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:02 pm
Dan Kolb’s mom, My friend that told me about it worked at a dog kennel…She used to tell me about dogs eating rocks, balloons, etc..They are like little kids and will eat anything
bfred
August 25th, 2010
4:02 pm
Don’t rub it in DOB. The one time I tried to go to a Rockies game it got snowed out. 6″ fell between the time we got to the bar around lunchtime for pre-game warmups and the first pitch at 2:00.
SeATLite
August 25th, 2010
4:02 pm
Well, this is kinda fun. Not “watch Ryan Howard lose his crap and get tossed” fun, but fun nonetheless.
I’m starting to get the impression Seth Smith is going to be a pain in our rears for quite some time to come, though.
Tom
August 25th, 2010
4:02 pm
Billy’s heroes have diminished his (their) profession. Whereas Bonds and McGwire broke HR records, Clemens contributed to strikeout records being broken, and now we’re told through use performance enhancing drugs as well. The Cleveland Indians pitching staff of 64-68 (McDowell, Siebert, Tiant) set a number of team strikeout records that lasted well into the steroid era with a single-season mark finally set by the Clemens-Pettitte-Yankees of 2001.
“OH ROSIE” shouldn’t be the lyrics of the day. How about “Act Naturally”?
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
4:03 pm
Derrek Lee’s two RBI today give him 1,000 for his career
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:03 pm
The Braves need to keep pouring it on. No lead is safe at Coors field
Daniel
August 25th, 2010
4:03 pm
Well, we need to get that run back, just for good measure.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:03 pm
As long as we keep the Rox off the base paths, a single jack every now and then won’t hurt.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
4:04 pm
GT Fan–
OK!
Fischerking04
August 25th, 2010
4:04 pm
Can someone give me an update? scores, big plays/playmakers? I’m “watching” on the blog today. no sound
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:04 pm
I’m feeling a Phillies loss tonight.
I think JA Happ is going to enact a little revenge against his old club. I did predict a sweep before the series started up but I thought it was a three gamer.
I still have two chances to be right.
Seriously, nothing makes up for a bad Braves loss these days like the Phillies losing.
It would be nice to have more than a 2.5 game lead but I don’t really find it disappointing if both teams lose on the same day. It’s one more day off the calendar.
It’s not really so much if the Braves lose but how. They’ve really been playing like crap. Even if they do win it can sometimes be a frustrating watch.
Maybe they can start turning it around starting hoy.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
4:05 pm
Hope BMac smacks one-a those Doubles before the day is done!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:05 pm
Good job by both AGon and Ankiel
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
4:05 pm
Corpas is the guy who broke Omar Infante’s hand last year, right?
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:05 pm
Would that have been a hit without the fan interference?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:05 pm
Lazy Turtles…
Congrats, Lee!
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
Halladay going for the Phils tonight……..Phils will win.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
My God, they’re not totally sucking today.
It’s amazing.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
YAy! Radio props for DOB’s blog.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
Jax – a double without fan interference
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
DOB, those were really great stories from Wags, thank you!
I always thought Clemons was a jerk but he’s right, it is sad. Still, he did do it to himself. Bonds, too.
Are all the haters on here – what are they griping about in this game? Too many runs? Hey, does Melky run funny or what?! Hope they don’t let up the rest of the game…
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
Yahoooo!
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
JJ!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
JURRJENS!!!
Brava
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
Heck Yeah, JJ with a double!!!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:06 pm
Alright, Infante. Get a hit here and make sure you’re not the guy that gets stuck with a doughnut today.
The Bravery
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
I feel like Happ has been looking forward to tonight for a while too. Tough draw with Halladay but maybe it will be a pitchers duel
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
Thanks MIBraveeeeesFan
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
Alright now the resemblance to Quentin is complete.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
Alright JJ, way to get that run back
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
OMAR!!!
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
OMAR!!! This is FUN!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
Brava
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
Wow! Omar!!!
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
JJ was mad about having to bunt at coors field…ha ha
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
4:07 pm
way to get one back jj
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
ha! and some more on top
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
BALLGAME?!!!
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
.579, sure glad we don’t smelliblogism. That was gross dude!
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
Did someone spike Infante’s cereal with HGH?
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
Guess TP’s been too busy teaching the pitchers to do that to teach them how to bunt.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
Hell yeah.
I was thinking how bad ass it would be to see JJ hit one to the outfield for an extra run.
I didn’t necessarily expect to see that.
It’s opposites day for the Braves.
0˙3 ʞɔıu
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
¡¡¡¡¡¡ǝɯɐbןןɐq
Will
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
This is fantastic! I was just bout to say get infante outta there if he cant join the hit parade ha ha
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
Celebratory Skittles…
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
At this rate oil changes will be free tomorrow….
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
10 runs?!?! Dammit, I missed ALL of it. Holy geez.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:08 pm
I ALMOST feel sorry for the Rockies…NOT!
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:09 pm
Do they have a run rule like the LLWS?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:09 pm
For those of you who are “watching” on the blog, AGon opened with a ground rule double, Ankiel moved him to third, JJ hit a double driving in AGon, Omar homered
TM
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Happy for JJ getting some runs.
It looks like tomorrow could be a great day to get the oil changed!
Keep ‘em coming.
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Celebratory Skittles…
A blog first?
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Braves are turning this into a laugher! Bwah,ha,ha,ha
1957 Braves Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Wow! Every Braves has a hit today!
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Everyone has a hit today and there is 1 out in the 3rd….Amazing
Someone look up the last time that happened
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
all mancrush does is get onbase
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Every player in the lineup, including the pitcher, has a hit already. At least we’re closing the series out strong.
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
DOB: great job on the Wagner stories. Thanks for posting those. It’s always amazed me that we haven’t heard more outrage about the “enhanced” players from all the other guys who hit the field and just try to do their “unenhanced” best. If I was playing my heart out, I’d be pissed at the guys who were cheating.
Putting clubhouse solidarity aside, you’d think the normal guys would be able to get their feelings out of the clubhouse through some unofficial sources. It would just be hard to keep my mouth shut while watching a cheater go out there and collect all the accolades, pumped stats and awards for their trophy cases.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Jason has been an On base machine recently.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Thanks for the info, ramblingman.
RC
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Statistically Braves now have a 98% chance of winning this one….time to just sit back and have fun with it.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Heyward walks
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:10 pm
Everyone in the lineup has at least one hit including the pitcher
Bobbeeee's Cox
August 25th, 2010
4:11 pm
Every Brave has a hit in 2+ innings to start the game…
Surreal.
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:11 pm
Heyward has already been on base 3 times
andy
August 25th, 2010
4:11 pm
this is amazing and I’m not trying to be negative at all but with Halladay going I wish we could shoved a few of these runs up the rocks ass last night
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
4:11 pm
Omar homered
Payback to Manny Corpas for the broken hand last May.
Fischerking04
August 25th, 2010
4:11 pm
thanks ramblingman!
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:12 pm
I would get Heyward, Prado, and Lee out of the game…Give them the extra rest with tomorrow being an off day
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:12 pm
Payback to Manny Corpas for the broken hand last May.
Ah, I was racking my brain trying to figure out who the Rockies hurt on our team last year. Omar! Duh to me.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
How dare he ground into a double play! He sucks!
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
Every Brave has a hit in 2+ innings to start the game…
REHIRE TP!!
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
tale of woe – a lyric from boomer’s story?
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
Nick 3.0, how did you do that upside down trick?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
Prado hits into DP, end of inning, Braves 10, Rockies 1
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
Hmm, how long before Tracy makes another walk to the mound?
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:13 pm
See – Prado sucks
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
4:14 pm
Stats are padded enough, so make some outs and get on the charter.
Crime Dog
August 25th, 2010
4:14 pm
Man, they left another guy on base.
Bobbeeee's Cox
August 25th, 2010
4:14 pm
Someone bookmark this game for when Shaun says we don’t have problem scoring runs cuz we’re pretty good in the runs scored department, even though we go weeks with offensive futility.
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
Ok…Kidding about Prado
TheAntiMe
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
Way to go, Bravos. Where is that crybaby Robdawg08, now? I’m sure he could find something to complain about. I can hear it now:
Those sorry Braves could only score 10 runs after 3 innings. And how could they give up that 1 run to sorry Colorado?
Hillbilly
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
Soph,
I had to look it up, but I knew there was a reason I was supposed to dislike Corpas. I just couldn’t place it.
0˙3 ʞɔıu
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
/bɹo˙ʇxǝʇdıןɟ˙ʍʍʍ//:dʇʇɥ
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
Hillbilly A blog first?
Quite possibly. I don’t have an Icee.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
bottom of third, JJ has 24 strikes in 34 pitches so far
BBFCFM
August 25th, 2010
4:15 pm
so I randomly happen to be home on a braves weekday game, and I cant find it on direct TV. any suggestions? It is blacked out I guess on my FSS
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:16 pm
Tale of Woe, don’t forget McCann. He needs extra rest too. Right McFann?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:16 pm
Corpas grounds out, 1 out
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:16 pm
Hillbilly I knew there was a reason I was supposed to dislike Corpas. I just couldn’t place it.
Hahahaha! Don’t you hate that? I get it all the time.
hmmmm......
August 25th, 2010
4:16 pm
speaking of roids manny is on waivers i say we make a deal.
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:16 pm
I could not believe it after the game last night, I went to check the final on the Philthies game and they were still playing!! And, it perked me right up when they lost too.
Looking forward to watching them in person, the last 3 games of the season in ATL. They’re gonna be worn out, especially after they get to town. 24 games in the last 23 days. We should be ready for Philthies annihilation in October.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:17 pm
Leeeeee don’t forget McCann. He needs extra rest too. Right McFann?
Yes, but he hasn’t hit a Coors Field Double yet…can’t take him out now!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
My sentiments exactly cabravesfan.
Bobby should bench his @$$.
I have a question. Why don’t you spell your screen name to CA bravesfan, or California Braves Fan?
For the longest time I kept thinking of Francisco Cabrera when I would see it. Something about the “cabra.”
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
Young grounds out, 2 away
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
Fowler grounds out, end of 3rd, Braves 10 Rockies 1
JonnyVenter'sLeftArm
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
I bet the Rox still wind up making this one interesting as I’m sure The Farnz will come in and do his best to give ‘em a few.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:18 pm
Celebratory Skittles…
Celebratory homemade peanut butter shake for me.
Or, a dreamsicle.
iFrech
August 25th, 2010
4:19 pm
if i’m not mistaken. the braves have had 3 10+ run games in the past couple of weeks.
yeah…this team totally sucks and cannot bat ¬¬
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
4:19 pm
bottom of third, JJ has 24 strikes in 34 pitches so far
Might as well throw anywhere near the plate; everybody on both squads is swinging early from here on out.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
If we win, of course.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
Does Carlos Gonzalez have a nick name?
Do they just call Car.Go or something?
How about “The Freight Train” (Freight=Cargo) and he could walk up to Metallica’s “No leaf Clover ”
Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way
Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way
It’s comin’ your way
It’s comin your way
It comes!
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
So far, JJ with 30 strikes and 12 balls….very good ratio
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
Sopheeee–
Peanut butter shake…?
Dreamsicle sounds good…
Daniel
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
Wow we are 6-12 with RISP. I might soil myself.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:20 pm
OK, can Matty and Hinske and some of the others get in on this, too?! No fair letting the starters have all the fun!!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
There’s your double McFann!
NCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
McFann, he does now!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
OK, there we go.
I CALLED IT! 100 hits…
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
McCann’s leadoff double in fourth gives him a 3-for-3 day so far
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
top 4th, Mac doubles
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:21 pm
Mac must be tired from all the running around the bases, today Ha ha!!!
atlantabravesfan1995
August 25th, 2010
4:22 pm
BRAVES 10
INFANTE NOW SHOWS POWER :p INCREDIBLE
ROCKIES 1 LOL!!!!!!
INFANTE IS A NEW SLUGGER FIRST BAT CLUTCH HITTER ETC ETC JAJAJA COOL
MARTIN PRADO ROCK’S THE BALL :p AND HEYWARD ON BASE PCT ITS UP EVERY
GAME
LETS GO!! GO BRAVES!!
Daniel
August 25th, 2010
4:22 pm
Man, Mac is 3-3 in 4 innings. Maybe he will go 7-7 today…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:22 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan, NCBravesFan–
Oh HECK yeah! He’s. Coming. Baaaaaaaaaack!!
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:22 pm
screen says injury delay but don’t know who
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:22 pm
Sopheeee–
Peanut butter shake…?
Yes, good stuff. I made one last night – tastes like a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup shake. Yum.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Now we get to see all their mop up pitchers so more runs hopefully will abound!
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Mactastic.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Ok I fed him the pumpkin
Now we play the waiting game
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Nick 3.0 – How do you do that?
hansoal
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
every Braves starter has an extra base hit with no outs in the 4th!
JonnyVenter'sLeftArm
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Who is injured?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
third pitcher in for Rockies, Matt Reynolds
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:23 pm
Daniel–
That’d be totally sweet!
JeanE–
It’s a good kind of tired.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
ramblingman – Rockies pitcher
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
Corpas delicti is being removed from the scene of the crime.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
Sopheeeeee tastes like a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup shake. Yum.
Oooooo!
JonnyVenter'sLeftArm
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
I’d come up with an injury, too, if I gave up 10 runs in 3 innings…
BravePack
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
Looks like BMac has his swing back.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
I seriously think Mac sees better during day games, at least it seems like it. This is way more fun than losing. Even Bitchell sounds slightly less negatory. But give him time…
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
must have been Corpas injured, Lee up with Mac on 2nd
JML
August 25th, 2010
4:25 pm
Hey DOB. Do you know when the last time everyone in a lineup had an Xtra base hit?
SUPERBRAVES2010
August 25th, 2010
4:25 pm
wowww all braves have one hit or more in this game and is a top 4th and no out jaajajja
goooo braves!!!!
0˙3 ʞɔıu
August 25th, 2010
4:25 pm
LuisG, http://www.fliptext.org/
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
Mitchell -
honest answer re: my screen name? I was too lazy to capitalize the CA (and I rarely use caps when I type anything other then formal e-mails…) It does auto capitalize when I post from my phone, which I actually find kinda annoying but oh well
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
Aaaaah! That 20 Doubles looks so much better. He may not hit 30 like he usually does, but at least he finally got outta the teens!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:24 pm
Corpas delicti is being removed from the scene of the crime.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
Lefty, put Matty in NOW!!!
bravesbraves
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
BATTING PRACTICE IN COORS FIELD :p
timthebrave
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
7 hits in a 9 inning game would tie him for the record.
BBinSC
August 25th, 2010
4:26 pm
One of the most enjoyable blogs I’ve read in a long time.
By the way, Feelin’ Good Again is my favorite Robert Earl Keen song. I’ve seen him once in person at The Handlebar in Greenville, SC and I’d love to see him again.
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
One positive Reynolds can take to the mound with him, he can’t do any worse than Corpas.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
With his first inning hit today Prado reached 150 for the year.
The longer the game goes on, the better it is for Infante – more PAs.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
JeanE I seriously think Mac sees better during day games, at least it seems like it.
For real. Maybe Bobby really was just saving him for the day game when he sat BMac last night…
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
We are so going to score about 3 runs for the whole MArlins series
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
Well, the pitching change gave Mac a chance to catch his breath. Now bring him home, Lee!
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
I seriously think Mac sees better during day games, at least it seems like it
Jean, everybody sees better in day games, but I get your drift. That may have some bearing on why Bobby is resting McCann in games other than a DGANG, I suppose.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:28 pm
Corpas only gave up 3 runs in 1.1 innings, he did not start.
Lee grounds out, Melky up, 1 out
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
4:28 pm
I’d say give Jurrjens a chance to pitch 6 innings or 90 pitches, and then handle the ball to Christhian Martinez for a 3-innings save.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:28 pm
McFann, sorry,I forgot about your two double minimum for Brian.
Daniel
August 25th, 2010
4:29 pm
My only fear is that they hit like there’s no tomorrow, and not save any hits for Friday. Remember. On Sunday we scored 16. On Tuesday, we couldn’t hit and were bone dry.
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:29 pm
I think Mac’s vision is still bad – that is why he hits better in the daytime. He can see the ball better
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
4:30 pm
Nick 3.0 – ןooɔ
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:30 pm
Melky grounds out, Mac still on 2nd, 2 out, Gonzalez up
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
4:30 pm
Ah, a LHP, the Braves’ neutralizer.
Nice offensive day Braves, WTG!!
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
4:31 pm
I had Lasik and the nightglare after that was awful, much better during the day, even if it’s sunny.
Glad their winning wearing the blue jerseys, they don’t wear them much and I like them. It’s very slimming on certain players (won’t say who, Melky, cough).
We always do this after struggling. We are just self-correcting, I guess. Lovin’ it!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:31 pm
Too bad that ball in the dirt didn’t get away. I’d love to see Mac run home on a WP.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:31 pm
That may have some bearing on why Bobby is resting McCann in games other than a DGANG, I suppose.
What a load of tosh! Bobby doesnt discern such things. Quite often he doesnt even know how many hits the players got that day.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:32 pm
I leave for a little while and the braves explode…..good to see the bats start to wake up yay
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:32 pm
AGon walks. Reynolds is not going to have a good day. Only his fastballs are getting over the plate, and they are all at 90-91 mph. Hitters are going to tee off on him if he does not mix it up.
Ankiel up
JonnyVenter'sLeftArm
August 25th, 2010
4:32 pm
I know that you know, that we know, that Bobby knows that he’s gonna put Farnsworth in this game come hell or highwater.
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Dan Kolb’s mom: ever see the tv show “Your Dog Ate What?” Unbelievable stuff these dogs wolf down and somehow live through. Most have to have surgery though, except the one that ate an engagement ring!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Ouch!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
cheap shot….
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Leeeeeee I forgot about your two double minimum for Brian.
Haha! Well, I’ll take one, too…but no fewer!
He’s got one now! That’s 4 for the month!
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Ankiel hit by pitch…a slider….Reynolds can’t get anything over except the fastball.
JJ up
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Way to take on for the team Ankiel.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:34 pm
I really hate that I got a phone call in the 2nd that has CONSUMED me during this run
Is it still 10-0?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:34 pm
Tale of Woe I think Mac’s vision is still bad – that is why he hits better in the daytime. He can see the ball better
Quite possibly. But why think about that now?
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
4:35 pm
I’m surprised that the Rockies have an 11-man pitching staff. I would have thought they would have wanted a full bullpen to go with Coors Field.
southern hope
August 25th, 2010
4:35 pm
BravesGirl – it’s 10-1…but the bases are loaded with Braves at this moment.
BBFCFM
August 25th, 2010
4:35 pm
so you guys must all be at the game and not watching it on TV, cause no one wants to respond to my query.
To repeat,
Does anyone know what channel the braves are on w Direct TV in area code 30152? I would be very grateful for a response. Thanks in advance
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:36 pm
Gotta love how JJ’s making the opposing pitcher work. A 7 pitch AB – not bad.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:36 pm
JJ fouling off four fastballs and one slider for a ball. then fouling off slider. finally strike out on slider.
Mid of 4th, Braves 10 Rockies 1
zenman
August 25th, 2010
4:36 pm
What teams pitcher staff has the best batting average?
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:36 pm
You should always think about that after a 3-3 day
FEAR
August 25th, 2010
4:36 pm
Where’s Tomahawkin? Because we are clowning these guys!
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
don’t know what channel it’s on, I am watching gameday online at work
CraZyTraDEMaN
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
12 runners left on base this is terrible!!!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
BBF….im watching on sports south on charter, so I have no idea what channel it is on on direct tv sorry
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
BBFCFM, actually, I think most of us are in the office trying to find a radio feed, Gametracker or any other way we can follow this game.
RC
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
CraZyTraDEMaN, that made me laugh.
BBFCFM
August 25th, 2010
4:37 pm
thank you for a response ramblingman
RC
August 25th, 2010
4:38 pm
DirectTV is channel 649 or 646…can’t remember which.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:38 pm
I think mac does still have eye problems, and they are working on it. Someone was calling him fat and lazy last night and it really made me mad.
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
4:38 pm
BBFCFM – not in your zip, but watching on DirectTV at 649.
RC
August 25th, 2010
4:38 pm
One is Sports South and one is FSN South.
BBFCFM
August 25th, 2010
4:38 pm
see that my normal MO….figures I get an off day and I cant watch it on TV. thanks to all for your responses
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:39 pm
I doubt we will see don today or nick unless the rockies come back
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:40 pm
bottom 4th, Carlos Gonzalez grounds out, 1 out, Tulo up
brian
August 25th, 2010
4:40 pm
it was easy to talk about trading Jurrjens in the offseason for a bat when he was injured.
I had forgotten how good he really is
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:40 pm
lol wow…melky does look ridiculous out there sometimes
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:40 pm
Tulo doubles, Todd Helton up
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:40 pm
http://www.wjdx.com/mediaplayer/?station=WJDX-AM&action=listenlive&channel_title= for anyone looking for an audio feed.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
After last night’s Phillies loss, don might’ve thrown his computer out a window.
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
Gawd Melky is rough out there in left.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
Okay, JJ, lets not let that double hurt.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
Quite possibly. But why think about that now? _ McFann
There ya go Scarlett.
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
here they come!
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
Gawd Melky is rough out there in left.
Oh geez, I’m glad I missed whatever he did. VJ would have to check me for being mean to Melky.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
Helton singles, Tulo to 3rd, one out, Ian Stewart up
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
They don’t quit.
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
This would be a great game to get KK some work….hahahahahahahaha
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
BBFCFM – I’m watching on MLBTV online so can’t help either
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
come on jj
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
brian -
You were the one suggesting that? I remember telling someone he was out of his mind for suggesting that, just didn’t remember who.
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
OK, got them set up for the DP.
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
4:42 pm
anyone else notice after every play that involves melky, besides a routine fly ball, he ALWAYS watches the play on the big screen no matter where he is?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:43 pm
.579…are you a braves fan?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:44 pm
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:41 pm
Gawd Melky is rough out there in left.
He’s even worse in center!
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
4:44 pm
It’s still hard for me to fathom that the Diamondbacks had both Carlos Gonzalez and Carlos Quentin in their org at the same time, and traded both within a year of each other. I know they were both young at the time and all, but still…
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:45 pm
Stewart sac fly to Ankiel, Tulo scores, two out
Seth Smith up
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:45 pm
Yes Katherine, I am Hon. Thanks for askin’.
tristan
August 25th, 2010
4:45 pm
I am watching tape delay back to the third inning. Infante’s HR was against Corpas.
Corpas is the guy who beaned Infante last year in a blowout causing Infante to miss something like two months last year. Infante was hitting .349 at the time too. It isn’t much payback, but it helps.
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
If he is a Braves fan, he is a annoying one.
Here they come…… Old man.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
tristan meant to put back name (Hootdaddy-21)
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
lol ok dear just asking…couldn’t tell by some of your comments
Corky Miller's Beer Gut
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
i forgot the game time and am shocked to see the score….
CraZyTraDEMaN
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
ncscoots, Maybe we can get the d-backs gm to replace FW.
Tale of Woe
August 25th, 2010
4:46 pm
Who knew Saito has a vision problem?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
Smith two quick strikes, two fouls, then ball and strike three.
end 4th, Braves 10, Rockies 2
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
tristan, keep watching. Don’t know exactly what happened, but the baseball gods may have evened things out further in the fourth.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
Katherine Someone was calling him fat and lazy last night and it really made me mad.
Oh yeah. Somebody calls him that every other day practically. So infuriating…
Bat M. There ya go Scarlett.
Haha… “Scarlett”?
Now see, this weekend it was a totally different story–when he’s going bad, you think about it. When he’s going good, you don’t.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
Quick – someone steal CraZyTraDEMaN’s name! It’s not copyrighted anymore.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
corky…but it’s a good surprise at least
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:47 pm
JJ up to 42 strikes out of 60 pitches
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
4:48 pm
this is like….the greatest game ever
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:48 pm
Nick 3.0, thanks for the link. Still not sure I know how to make it work. I’ll have fun playing around with it.
NC State Nate
August 25th, 2010
4:49 pm
Not trying to be Paranoid Patty but I would like to see the Braves keep scoring here at Coors. Never really feel like a lead is safe.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:49 pm
how is dan kolb anyway? he sure sucked it up when he was a brave
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:49 pm
Quick – someone steal CraZyTraDEMaN’s name! It’s not copyrighted anymore.
I would if I knew how to do those TM, R and copyright symbols.
CraZyTraDEMaN ©
August 25th, 2010
4:49 pm
NO!!!!
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
4:49 pm
Kolb’s mom !! No Lowe, yes Kolb’s mom. Good afternoon
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:50 pm
DFA Infante!!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:50 pm
I said good day
® CraZyTraDEMaN © ™
August 25th, 2010
4:50 pm
Extra protection!!!!
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
top 5, Omar strikes out. The only non fastball pitches that Reynolds has gotten strikes on are two sliders that JJ and Omar swung at.
Heyward up
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
J-Hey is SO baaacck!
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Well, I guess I won’t have to call “BALLGAME” today, at least not against us. Sure would have been nice to get some of these runs yesterday. At least we won’t have to worry about Halladay pitching tonight. Would be great to see Happ beat his old team, but I don’t that to happen. On the bright side, Wandy Rodriguez goes against Kendrick tomorrow and that could give Houston the series. Here’s hoping for the best.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Is J-Hey gonna hit for the cycle today?
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Hate to wish bad on someone, but you know what? Corpas is going out injured, something he did to Infante last year. Karma dude, karma !!!
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
I am smelling a cycle
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
I don’t know how to use them either, Snot.
CraZyTraDEMaN, teach us?
JaxNCBravesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Jason is on a tear.
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Heyward doubles.
Prado up, one out
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
Did they put a box of doughnuts on the 2nd base bag or something? Everyone is in a hurry to get there.
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
Heyward just got his avg back up to a very respectable 270. Way to go, young man.
ncscoots
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
Heyward with the hard half of the cycle.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
Carp…it’s a lefty!
BMac’s 4 for his last 4! Can’t ruin that NOW…
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
How good is J Hey going to be. Stay healthy, this guy will be a superstar.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
It was really funny…on big brother they were talking about baseball and who is in first place now since they have been there for a couple of months now…..they were saying the mets LOL that made me genuinely happy.
.579
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
Frankie Wren – Gotcher “old man” right here chief….nuzzle up!
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
J-Hey needs a homer and a single to hit for the cycle.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
4:53 pm
8 doubles, a triple, and a homerun and only in the 5th inning…
Quite productive today…
Too bad no one on the team besides Infante and Prado understand the word “consistency”
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:53 pm
Prado K’s on a called slider. Two out.
Mac up
the real Old Gold
August 25th, 2010
4:53 pm
I already have your taste in music.. now how do I get your job?
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
4:53 pm
Katherine, he still sucks. He sells tires now and coaches high school ball.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
4:54 pm
Could Rapuano be any bigger of a jack*ss?!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:54 pm
Snap…put a good swing on it and ev’rehthang! :poutyface:
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
4:54 pm
Ok Mixxo,
What ever you say pal.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:54 pm
really dan kolbs mom?
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:54 pm
Looks like Reynolds found his way to getting sliders over.
Mac flies out to CF. mid of 4th, Braves 10, Rockies 2.
Okay, someone will have to take over for me. I have to shut down and head to the homestead.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
4:55 pm
But it wasn’t a K…there IS a bright side!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:55 pm
good job rambling or should I say chip
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:55 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
4:51 pm
J-Hey is SO baaacck!
I hope you’re right. It’s going to take a riduclous September for him to have a chance at winning the ROY award.
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
4:56 pm
Let’s see … the Braves pitcher has given up 2 runs in 4 innings (an “ERA” of 4.5): he must be horrible. One of the worst in the NL. Why did Wren every acquire this stiff ….
Oh, you mean the pitcher’s name isn’t Derek Lowe or Kenshin Kawakami … nevermind … this pitcher is great.
Funny how some run support changes the perspective of what it means to give up a couple of runs.
® CraZyTraDèèèèèMaN © ™
August 25th, 2010
4:56 pm
Alt 0169 = © — alt 0174 = ® — alt 0153 = ™
ramblingman
August 25th, 2010
4:56 pm
thanks, Katherine
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
4:56 pm
Heap slumping again, oh well … it was fun while it lasted
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
4:57 pm
He was never been a Braves fan ! Why don’t you take your behind to the phillies blog Mutt ?!?
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
4:57 pm
Ho sit down.
JASon
August 25th, 2010
4:57 pm
David, I don’t understand why you are so apologetic for writing an article that is actually interesting. If every article you wrote was about Wagner, you would not hear a complaint out of me. The guy is a stand-up guy, and one hell of a competitor. This team should have had a leader like him.
bravesgrl4lifeeeeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
4:57 pm
Okay, outta the office now and on my way to get my dive class paid for and get my equip for it. Lets hold this lead!!!
JonnyVenter'sLeftArm
August 25th, 2010
4:57 pm
Gotta go to the store, then evening commute, I’m sure it will be 10-9 after I get home; after Booby puts The Farnz in…
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
4:58 pm
johnny bite your tongue….hard
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
4:59 pm
Thanks Crazy.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
okay…we need a dp here
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
And Matt Reynolds walks in his first major league plate appearance. Must not have much of a scouting report on him yet.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
Time to take JJ out!
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
Sweet, thanks ® CraZyTraDèèèèèMaN © ™.
(I see those e’s!) Love it.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
Get him out of there, Bobby.
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
Fifth inning at Coor’s Field. Y’all think they’re done?
With our pi**-poor D?
NC State Nate
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
Like I said…
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:00 pm
seriously…melky nooooo noooooo
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
JonnyVenter’sLeftArm -
Thanks for finding a way to be negative when the Braves have an 8 run lead. Just goes to show some people just enjoy being miserable.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Why can’t our starters go beyond five or six innings?
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Not a good angle from Melky.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Good night, what the heck just happened? All I heard was “it’s gonna get past Melky…”
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Braves will lose this game.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
yea..i think jj is done…lets dont lose this
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
keystone cops out there
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Remember folks, this game is at Coors…
That means its never over til the 27th out…
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:01 pm
Wake up, Bobby!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
I’m blaming JonnyVenter’sLeftArm for this!
B.Packenwood
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
Somebody wake up Bobby!
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
@.576, To bad your phillies are still looking at our AZZES !! Huh ?!?
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
Time to get JJ before he blows this
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
nick can you just shut it for god’s sake…you are such a little turd
BC
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
Is Jurjenns serious? This game is very far from over
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
Sigh… 10 runs is NOT going to be enough in this ball game in this park
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
alrighty this game is officially not over
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
:ǝןıɯs:
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:02 pm
Time to pull JJ. Unbelievable that they he can’t hold a 9 run lead.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
Yikes.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
Fish…
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
That is it gramps. Just sit on bench and watch
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
Thank you!!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
Hey, cool!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
that was a gift
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
when jair gets to pouting (Hanson impression), he is so easy to hit off of.
Owl Hunter
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
How many people are rooting against the Braves here? Worst “fans” ever!!!
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:03 pm
That was Atlanta native (and MIlton High grad) Dexter Fowler doing damage against the hometown Braves with that two-run triple. (He scored on the E6 on the play)
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:04 pm
We just don’t have the urgency/killer instinct.
Also sad.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:04 pm
I looked at the stats DOB presented of our home/road splits the last month, in reality our hitting has sucked everywhere, but our pitching is what actually has lost us games on the road…the splits aren’t very good for our pitching staff outside Turner…
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:04 pm
Sophéééé,
there’s tons here’s a link
http://www.alt-codes.net/
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:04 pm
Oh, goody, Nick’s back. Bat, you all warmed up?
NC State Nate
August 25th, 2010
5:04 pm
Thanks Cargo..
Pull over… Pull over… No it’s a Cardigan but thanks for noticing. Pull you’re vehicle to the side of the road.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:05 pm
No one is owl…except nick..don’t start with the worst fans crap
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:05 pm
JJ ERA all the way back to 4.21.
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
5:05 pm
so how many times are we going to see differing variations of the inside the park homer from the braves? That’s at least 3 times already ….
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
5:05 pm
Nick-
We are still up by 5…
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:05 pm
I hope Bobby doesn’t think that bc we have a 5-run lead still that he can just leave JJ in there to his pitch count…
I’m not sure I’d be too keen on bringing him back for the 6th even.
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
5th inning and already 10-5. Wow.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
well .579 isn’t really a braves fan…hes a fake fan lol and nick is just a turd don isnt even here yet and mitchell is a hater too
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
Don’t panic people. Bad base running play. Now, lets get those runs back!
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
Every hitter in the Braves’ lineup has an extra-base hit, including pitcher Jurrjens (double)
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
10-5 is very coors field like
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
Is there any game footage in existence that shows Melky diving for a ball? He just isn’t going to do that, is he?
1957 Braves Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
So much for clowning these guys.
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
Now, wasn’t the bottom of the 5th inning a bit special? Maybe we shouldn’t assume we are actually going to win this game. Looks like we may need another 5 or so runs to get out of there with a win.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
No one is panicking…the trouble makers are just trying to do what they do best….lets get some runs back
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
@576, you mean your damn sorry azz phillies don’t have a killer instint !!
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
This is the defense that’ll carry us throughout post season….right?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
Jerry..we are going to win this game.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
my dog just hocked up about half the sponge and a lot of pumpkin. its pretty gross over here.
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
“..why dont you love me like you used to do?”
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
ERA – JJ 4.18, Lowe 4.33, Hanson 3.53, Hudson 2.28, Minor 4.00. Pitching hasn’t been as great as you guys think.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
gross…
Owl Hunter
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
We can win every game for the rest of eternity, and these baseball-illiterate clowns will find something to whine about.
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
5:08 pm
Don’t mean to sound like I’m complaining for I am very pleased with the offensive output. The Braves, again, are doing nothing against a LHP. What gives?
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Not “my” Phillies chief.
I’m a devout Braves fan!
Eric C.
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Gotta bad feeling this will be that historical blown lead the Braves have every now and then…remember 11-2 lead blown against Cardinals in 1992, 8-1 lead blown against Mets in 2000, 10-3 (?) lead blown against Phillies 2008 (?).
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Derrek needs to really get hot and get to about .265 – .270 by the end of the year
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
▓
MartΣΣΣΣn
Crime Dog
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
This is the defense that’ll carry us throughout post season….right?
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…..waaaaaaaaaaaah…sniffle….waaaaah!”
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Yet we are still ahead of the phillies nick…go figure ha
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
nick2.5
what exactly do you want? everyone with a 3era? it aint gonna happen
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Release Derrek Lee.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:09 pm
Eric C-
I dunno man, I don’t see Blaine Boyer coming out of the ‘pen
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:10 pm
my dog just hocked up about half the sponge and a lot of pumpkin. its pretty gross over here.
Pics!!!!!!!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:10 pm
you are not a braves fan .579 just a sad troll on a braves blog
Javy( steroids) Lopez
August 25th, 2010
5:10 pm
Bout time we scored some damn runs, I did roids with Barry, he had all flavors & it was sweet! We both got paid, BB was a Stud! Go Bravos
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
5:10 pm
We are goign to win this game Katherine… but we will need more than ten runs to do it
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:11 pm
Go play on 285, Chief !! You MUTT !
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:11 pm
Katherine – no doubt but even I thought the pitching was better than the stats say it is.
dickfer – Last season, we did with the exception of Lowe.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:11 pm
aaaaand theres the rest of the sponge. well it worked…sort of. sponge is out.
smells rough in here .i gotta go light some candles or something.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:11 pm
We can’t even properly blow a team out.
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:12 pm
I point out the truth……peeps get butthurt.
Can’t help that.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:12 pm
njbraves…are you serious? come on LOL wow
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:12 pm
Sutton says Melky is now 2 for his last 17…
Couple that with Derrek being 3 for 22(?) since joining the Braves…
Before today BMac was something like 1 for his last 14
LOTS of struggling going on with both the Braves and Phillies offenses…
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:12 pm
well .579 isn’t really a braves fan…hes a fake fan lol and nick is just a
Mixxo is just a ʎzɐɹɔ, fan……… Nick’s in fishing contest and fills his boat everyday.
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
Way to make up for the error.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
Choppinmama
August 25th, 2010
5:07 pm
Is there any game footage in existence that shows Melky diving for a ball? He just isn’t going to do that, is he?
No, but he’s an expert at a pirouette-like move!
Saw that one again today as he was turning to go chase a ball he took a bad angle on (again).
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
Heyward has reached base in all 4 PAs again so far today (triple, double, 2 walks)
Eric C.
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
P-Town Brave…hopefully no Farnsworth either.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
You’re right ! The pitching is not as good ! But good enough to win the National League East ! If they don’t do nothing esle, I would be happy that they won the National League East !
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
except you don’t point out the truth .579..and the only one butthurt is your boyfriend
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
The Braves are done scoring. Hopefully the Rockies are too but I doubt it.
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
….smells rough in here…
Wait!! I wanna smell!
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:13 pm
Well, we need a 1,2,3 inning now.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:14 pm
Dan Kolb’s mom, don’t clean it up yet. If things get bad, you may just be burning the house down today.
zenman
August 25th, 2010
5:14 pm
This team will make you crazy.
Eric C.
August 25th, 2010
5:14 pm
Great to see Heyward getting it back and keeping it
kurula
August 25th, 2010
5:14 pm
is anyone else concerned that this is the 7th straight game that the braves have given at least 5 runs?
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:15 pm
Sopheee when did MartΣΣΣΣn become Greek!!!!
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
5:15 pm
nick
did we have a guy with a 3.8 or 3.9 era? take jj’s terrible game against sd right before he was hurt out of the numbers and what does his era end up at? prolly pretty close to that 3.8range
so we’re essentially right back to last season
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:15 pm
ew dog barf is the worst smell ever..good luck getting that out of your house anytime soon
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:15 pm
Nick….They have the second best ERA in the NL.
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
5:15 pm
GO TO THE F@@@@@@ BULLPEN ALREADY
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
Mixxo you are one strange mofo, you really are Norman Bates aren’t you? There is somebody in your livingroom right now rocking in a chair, right?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
why is jj still out there…come on bobby
Eric C.
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
Kurula…only 3 runs last Friday, but it’s strange that they have given up exactly 5 in 4 straight and have given up five so far today.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
Katherine, I know you don’t panic. You are a true breath of fresh air on this blog.
dickfer
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
jj doesnt have it apparently
which means that he’ll be left out there at least one inning too many
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
time to really start thinking about that new pitcher ASAP… these games can makes any team get into a funk
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
Jesus, this game is getting so sour right now. And what about the great defense today, huh?
1957 Braves Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
Looks like we are done scoring for this game. Just when you start celebrating an early nine run lead.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
….And here we go….
I hope Roger is getting someone loose in the ‘pen…
This game is far from over!
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:16 pm
I wouldn’t mind seeing a Rox comeback. Maybe it will wake us up.
We’re in a world of hurt with the Fish coming up.
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
Okay, now I’m getting nervous.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:11 pm
aaaaand theres the rest of the sponge. well it worked…sort of. sponge is out.
Happy your dog is going to be okay. That sounded like it could be a scary situation. Learned something new today (the pumpkin remedy) – very good to know.
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
2 ⌂
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
GT Fan _
Dead arm, go get him……………
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
kurula —
A. Your fact is wrong. The Braves won last Friday 5-3.
B. I’m not terribly worried. The last six games have been at Wrigley and Coors. In this one and the last one at Wrigley, the Braves had big leads when the other team scored. Moylan gave up two runs on Sunday in the 8th when the Braves were up something like 13-3.
It does show that the pitching has cooled off just a bit.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:17 pm
You wouldnt mind seeing the rockies come back? lol that figures
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
That looks like a house.
ryan
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
FIRE COX
Snotboogie
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
JJ’s home – road ERA difference is getting a little worrisome.
Eric C.
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
P-town Brave…I take that back, would rather see Farnsworth over JJ right now.
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
the Rockies are good at comebacks, they’ve done it before
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:18 pm
Why don’t we just walk Helton automatically. That would be a whole lot better than homers and triples.
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
Come on Bobby, go to the pen
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
ok if we lose this i blame it on bobby..why the he** is jj still out there
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
Here they come!!
ryan
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
the braves better not lose this one
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
WAKE UP IN THERE BOOBY!
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
Wow, are you kidding me?
B.Packenwood
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
Somebody woke up bobby
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
Are you serious? You wouldn’t mind seeing the Rockies come back? FU!!
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
JJ now throwing BP out there
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
5:19 pm
They don’t slow their roll down, the Braves are gonna give this game right back to these idiots!
Hard to believe now that it was once 10-1. 
Wow..
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
Can anyone in the outfield play defense other can Ankiel?
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
David O’Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:06 pm
Every hitter in the Braves’ lineup has an extra-base hit, including pitcher Jurrjens (double)
Yes, that was like in the 2nd or 3rd inning.
BC
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
Rockies are so damn pesky. Embarrassing game by JJ. They lose this one it is on him
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
Nick –
You gotta put one qualifier on JJ’s ERA, though. His ERA before going on the DL was 6.38. Coming into this games, his ERA since coming off the DL was 3.02. Obviously, that’s going up, but there was obviously something wrong to start the season, and it’s still distorting his ERA for this year.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
that is what drives me crazy about bobby good lord….jj should never have even started the 6th
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
if they lose it’ll be 100% on JJ, they give him a 9 run lead and he can’t even make it to the 6th
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
Someone must’ve ballgamed in the early innings and jinxed us.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:20 pm
JJ is getting bombed. Our OF’ers take the worst angles on balls I’ve ever seen. It really amazes me that this team is in 1st. They do so many things poorly.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
JJ ERA up to 4.26 and I believe something over 6 1/2 on the road…
Quite scary for a team that doesn’t want to run away and win the division or the best record…
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
I really hate Coors Field, cannot wait ’til they get out of there! Balls flying everythwere, not always good!! I am trying to maintin optimism but time to stretch the lead again, boys.
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
Jurrjens mercifully replaced after allowing 5 hits including 4 extra-base hits in 5th and 6th innings, two of them triples to wall.
zenman
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
Open up an other can of pitchers!!!
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
Okay, now I’m officially upset. Just once, I’d like to be able to watch a game and not have to worry about the final outcome. How come these guys can’t come to the ballpark and click on all cylinders? Today, they got the offense, but the pitching and defense has sucked.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:21 pm
Nobody yelling at JJ? Lowe gives up three and he is garbage. Huddy gives up four nobody comments. Bunch of Lowe haters and I feel that he is being discriminated against. This outing by JJ is absolutely minor league. Terrible pitching and no the Rockies aren’t that good, if we get swept, blame BC for leaving JJ in there even though tomorrow is an off day.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
£
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
Petey! = more Rockies runs.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
Please dear God, can we not lose this game.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
It would be nice to see the late inning Braves offense wake up RIGHT NOW, as 10 runs might not win this game today with the way it’s going
kurula
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
sorry. i forgot they only gave up three next friday. so 6 out of 7 games. still. not a good trend.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:22 pm
stupid announcers…dont say that.ionetta doesnt have a hit this year against the braves….thats almost a guarantee he will get one
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:23 pm
Kolb’s mom has gone out to the shed to get her can of kerosene. Another run and she will be grabbing newspapers for kindling.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:23 pm
.579..why are you here…really. What is your motivation?
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:23 pm
Is there anything you morons don’t blame on Cox??
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
¢
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
Oh good, sir walks-alot is in the game, now I feel better.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
omg….moylan walks him…now i’m getting worried
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
one more base runner and it’s the tying run to the plate
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
Damn it.
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
Good job Moylan!!
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
C’mon you down under piece of shyt, throw strikes!!!!!!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
JJ is not an ace.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
oh jeez
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:24 pm
Is there anything you morons don’t blame on Cox??
Wins!
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
Where is Craig Kimbrel
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
petah just setting up the DP
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
H*ll, we could’ve let Bobby pitch if we wanted to walk a guy
tony austin
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
OH COME ON MOYLAN!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
@Sopheeee, It wasn’t me !
Ry
August 25th, 2010
5:25 pm
I think the early game hitting success was more a product of the sorry Rockies pitchers than it was the Braves bats coming to life. They will prob score 2 runs at the most in the next game.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
Moylan sucks. He has lost his shine of a few years ago.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
This game is either 1 pitch from getting away or 1 pitch from Moylan getting out of it…
Whats your guess?
Moylan has been awful lately
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
Defending Cox? Team doesn’t play for 48 hours and he is scared to go to the bullpen. Any other day Venters is in for an inning already. Next thing, Farnsworth will be in.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
Spilborghs (sp?) looks rather like a pirate,all he’s missing is the Jack Sparrow outfit. Come on Petey, put this guy away otherwise people will be calling you chubby again. I don’t think you are, though. That’s their fallback insult, though.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
Good one Bat!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:26 pm
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Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:27 pm
I think that is on bobby…why would he put jj back in after that horrid 5th inning?
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:27 pm
Why do I feel like we’re not going to score any more runs in this game?
The momentum is most definitely not on our side.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:27 pm
We’re gonna’ lose this game.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:27 pm
DA – - -!!@!
ryan
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
the braves are going to lose this game
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Does every Brave gain weight? BC will take his beer, food, and liquor gut out of town and we need us a drill Sgt as a coach !
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Wow!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
I can’t watch….omg
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
This is un-freaking believable! The Braves just squandered an outrageous lead.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
FISH!! What are you DOING??
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
lol they were not meant to win it soo obvious
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
The wheels are officially falling off ladies and gentlemen
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
WTF
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Crap, that damn pirate! I love Moylan but he is just not the same pitcher this year. Not sure why…oh boy, here we go. I wanna get off this ride!
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
This smells like a loss
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Yay! Moylan is dealing!
Way to hold them right there Moylan!!
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Unbelievable, this is becoming
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
As in…
OH NO, WE SUCK AGAIN!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Stop saying we are going to lose…come on you all have a little faith geez.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
I am done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
This team is not a playoff contender.
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
Rockies are going to win this.
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
what really pisses me off is now Wags will break the lefty reliever strikeout record on the road instead of home…
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
Holy cow! I can’t believe that the Braves are blowing this game. Coors Field or not, it is painful to watch a 10-1 lead dwindle to a 10-8 lead.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
This is sooo not funny…
Mike
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
I said we were going to get swept and I haven’t changed my position.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
I’d be shocked if the Rockies don’t win this game. Keep telling yourselves this team is going places. This is a mediocre team that has played well over it’s head for most of the season.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan _ Gracias
Oh well, blow outs are overrated anyway,
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
This is f*ing humiliating.
GarynBham
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
I can’t stand watching games in Denver. It isn’t baseball. It’s whiffle ball in a tornado. I just check the score now and then, because you might as well play with a beach ball out there.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
I was joking earlier but, those 14 runners left on base might come back to bite us.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
We are going to have to score more runs. Otherwise we will blow this.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
What is humiliating is the supposed fans on here….lets go braves!
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
JJ is nowhere near an ace. He should be ashamed of this performance. and Moylan? what happened to that great bullpen
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
Holy Balls!!!!!! Okay, that’s it. I’m calling BALLGAME!!!!!!!!!! We will lose this game. What a shytty team this is. We don’t deserve to be in first place. Those teams in the 70s and 80s play with more ferocity than these losers.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:30 pm
Maybe the whole team needs to do P90X or whatever it is. Even Matty looks like a little has crept back on and I’m his biggest defender. Road food, I guess. Come on, don’t you guys have any pride here????
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
We’re going to lose.
It’s inevitable.
braves70
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
Well it is Coors Field so you have to divide runs scored by 2. We are in a 5-4 game in reality.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
Wow we are looking HORRIBLE the past few games
Ron Roberts
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
Good grief, Charlie Brown.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
WTF happened? It was 10-1 when I left…
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
that missed by a foot
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
Good! Get that piece of sh*t Cabrera out of there…
That being said, what the h*ll business does Moylan have being in this game anyways?!
When the wheels are falling off he isn’t exactly my 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd option
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
Irish cutie in, come on EOF!! Heart ATTACK!!!!!!! Yikes. I can’t watch.
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Was that a defensive upgrade at LF?? Hahaha! Bobby is a genious! What a retard.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Katherine…. Your a moron. Shut your hole and keep pretending they aren’t going to blow this b
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
I got a bad feelin. This is going to be a heartbreaker
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Jerry…..way to support your team. They most certainly do and will win the division…and when they do you will be a “fan” again….
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Moylan has had some rough outings in August — and Bobby has been running him out there all that often. I hope he is okay and just going through a rough patch.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Braves pitchers sure don’t get any strike calls on the corners.
Line Drive
August 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
Can you say Meltdown!
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
was that a little YODA from DOB
Mike
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
I am sick of seeing our outfield run after balls. Cant they cut anything off.
The fact of the matter is that this teams confidence is shot. They are pressing in the field, on the mound, and at the plate.
Jason Williams
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
Is he trying to balk this guy to third?
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
And the entire board all commits harakiri at the same time.
kurula
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
wow. lots of jerks on here.
Andrew in PA
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
this is the longest half inning ever
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
Hard to keep the faith when you have a team down by NINE, and now you’re in a dogfight not to lose, where has the early offense gone, where has the pitching gone, and oh yeah, this has been a horrible defensive team ( especially in the second half )
All signs point to a loss for the home town team today, mo has left the Braves bench.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
Uh njbraves i most certainly will not shut my “hole” ass….I can cheer the team on if I want to..that’s what this blog is for GO BRAVES!!!!
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
This BS is exactly why people were still worried as soon as the rockies started cutting into the lead. Its not being negative its being realistic. Braves would of rolled over into a hole down 10-1
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
Not inevitable Mitchell ………. not outside the realm of possibilities either
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
This could certainly be that game that could be looked back on as the one that loses the division…
Possibly surpassing the game in Florida that we blew, as this one is just so much worse of a choke job.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
Wow… 10 runs may not be enough today…
Andrew in PA
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
oh god farnsworth is up
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
AN OUT!!!!!
Crime Dog
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
This BS is exactly why people were still worried as soon as the rockies started cutting into the lead. Its not being negative its being realistic. Braves would of rolled over into a hole down 10-1
Exactly. If there’s one thing this Braves team isn’t known for, it’s coming back from big deficits.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
See that, Melky? People don’t run on you when you don’t throw like a girl.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
This team just like Bobby Cox, lacks killer instinct…
No one to sever the artery or step on the other teams throat and not let up…
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
Might need the Vulture to work 2 innings today
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
2 down….lets get out of this horrible inning and score some runs
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
wow. lots of jerks on here.
Seems like a light turnout to me. Afternoon game?
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
Dont tell Katherine to shut her hole you butthead. That is no way to talk, YOU are the moron njbraves.
We are actual fans. Go BRAVES
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
Dan-
Thats Ankiel in CF…
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:35 pm
If Farnsworth comes in they might as well start loading the bus
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:36 pm
Will anyone get fired when the braves lose this game ?!?
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:36 pm
Sadly too, I think we are done scoring runs…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
5:36 pm
p-town, yes, that’s correct. That’s why I was using it as an example juxtaposed against Melky’s ability to throw. GJ!
braves70
August 25th, 2010
5:36 pm
Dan-82ndAirBorne: It must be your fault that you left and the Rockies scored those 7 runs. Now that you are back, everything should be o.k. Just sit there and do not move.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:37 pm
cant buy a strike call. jeebus.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:37 pm
DKM-
Farnsworth is bound to come in…
3 innings left and can’t use Saito on back to backs…
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:37 pm
Katherine…. Shut it grandma.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:37 pm
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
I can’t watch….omg
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:28 pm
Stop saying we are going to lose…come on you all have a little faith geez.
Yeah, have a little faith Katherine.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:37 pm
We will still win this game and the Phillies will lose later on tonight.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
DAn-
Ok…I was trying to figure how exactly someone could confuse the chubby slob with Ankiel
Line Drive
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Jair had a lot of run support today and pitched like a child…he is responsible for this meltdown
Toots
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
I said to myself by then… The score is 10-2 we need to get that run back…. and nothing……
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Gonzales will go yard watch -nice bullpen
zenman
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Well if this is not ****** up.
Ry
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Dumbfound – yes, you found it.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
No Farnsworth. Ankiel can pitch b4 Farnsworth.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Uh Oh
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Ankiel should be modeling underwear, not playing baseball. Melky should be in hotdog eating contests.
chris
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
Enter your comments here
David..(Athens, AL)
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
OH no Gono for them … tough out
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:38 pm
This bullpen is falling apart, tough to watch
Mike
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
WHY DO OUR PITCHERS SUCK TODAY!!???
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
Right in the fire now…
What happened to running away and hiding with this thing?!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:33 pm
was that a little YODA from DOB
I don’t know, but if it was, we need all the help we can get right now – might as well call on “the Force!”
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
Yay! A walk! Just what we needed!!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
This team’s going nowhere fast.
SG10
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
Now that lefty Reynolds is out of the way, may be Braves can start scoring again…On that thought, why would opposing team bring anybody but lefty against the Braves…
chris
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
i dont think any team has giving up a 9 run lead in a very long time….
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
JeanE…. You can shut your dumb mouth too. Last thing we need is two dumb broads running their mouths about supporting the team.
Line Drive
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Cargo is fixing to put the Rockies ahead
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Njbraves you tard i am not a grandma lol but you certainly an idiot.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
Not inevitable Mitchell ………. not outside the realm of possibilities either
Whatever you say.
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
would assume the Double Switch is so EOF can pitch more than 2/3rds of an inning so only 2 innings after that
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Groundfog-
Bullpen?
Bobby screwed this one up…
He left JJ out there to get shelled for 7 runs on 9 hits…
Pen so far is only charged with 1 run…
So this, is ALL on Bobby!
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
@Ry, explain ?!?
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
good pitch
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
EOF!!!
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
HEY WE GOT A CALL!!!! GREAT JOB EOF!!!
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Inning over!
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
O’Flaherty gets it done.
Ballgame.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
whew
MOAR RUNS
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:40 pm
Nice work O Flaherty
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
A miracle!!! :O
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Thank you, Eric!! Now we need More Runs!!!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Good strike out ! Now they need to add some runs this inning
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
BEAUTIFUL pitch.
braves70
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
See when Dan-82ndAirborne got back, the scoring stopped. He is our lucky charm for today’s blog.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Why is it that the Braves can’t screw up without fans blaming umps? I’d rather blame the players who are effing the game up.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Ankiel should be modeling underwear, not playing baseball.
What? Wait, I don’t won’t to know.
Couch Tater
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Someone fed punkin’ to the Braves pitching staff.
tiger297
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
is this a situation you use your closer in the 8th…with tulo/helton coming up to bat?
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Runs please!
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
How about some more runs
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Hope the bats pick up again, we need more runs
Toots
August 25th, 2010
5:41 pm
Let’s get those three runs back… now!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
dumb broads? seriously? that is very typical……..
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
NEED MORE F’N RUNS…
SO SICK OF LAYING DOWN FOR OTHER TEAMS!!
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
Way to go, Irish!!! EOF shuts it down. For 1 inning, at least! Time to regroup, boys and I hate to say it, nut up. Isn’t that the phrase?!
Go Braves….
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
tiger287
Venters
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
P-town..
Moylan cant get an out,Venters is struggling. I’m not feleing that dominance we had earlier in the season at all-fwiw but your right. JJ was done and should have been pulled
chris
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
i dont think the braves will score again today and the braves have to get 9 really hard outs… if they blow this, then i dont know…i just dont know.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
njbraves – no the last thing we need is a dumb sexist bleep shooting off his mouth trying to prove something
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
I can’t take much more of this game. it’s causing me to have chest pains!
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:42 pm
Let EOF go 1 more
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
5:43 pm
I wonder if any Umpire has laughed at the Braves lineup card these last couple of weeks.
southern hope
August 25th, 2010
5:43 pm
whew.
and njbraves , i know you weren’t joking and meant it seriously….but “two dumb broads running their mouth about supporting the team.” LOL That’s a scene out of Archie Bunker!
Hey, I think we’ll be fine….it’ll be a close game…that we’ll win.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:43 pm
10 runs is not going to win it the way this is going.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
The beginning of the end.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
The game is over.
The Braves will win.
Anyone who doubts this is not a true fan.
Period.
ryan
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
i will be surprise if we win this game
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Oh goodie.
It’s Matt Diaz.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Dumb broads?
You sexist pig prick.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Tulo and Helton will bat 1-2 in the 7th inning
IF O’Flaherty doesn’t stay in, then they MUST bring Venters in for the 7th…
Venters or O’Flaherty facing those guys (+ Stewart) in whatever inning is very important…
Let Farnsworth face the bottom 3
bird
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Just getting home from work. I knew the blog would be hot today but I didn’t know it was going to be on Fire! Yall off da chain today! Go Braves
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Rockies reliever Joe Beimel’s entrance music is Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down.” That’s extremely cool.
http://youtu.be/RG7aS07dAN0
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
yea southern…it was just hillarious……I’m am very sure that I know much more about baseball then that idiot njbraves….but its just SUPER funny when he makes those remarks.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
@ChopChop, Right on with your statement !!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
“I wonder if any Umpire has laughed at the Braves lineup card these last couple of weeks.”
I dunno, but I’ve cried over a few.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
I don’t want to be pessimistic but I felt at the beginning of this game that 10 runs may not be enough to win. I hope that I’m wrong. Baseball is a momentum game and the momentum is gone to the Rox.
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
They are not winning this game unless they put a few more runs up there its that simple
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
Stil don’t like the fact that the Braves are playing three 4th outfielders ( Melky, Ankiel, Diaz ) and one of those outfielders move with the speed of smell.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
Might be a 30 second inning…
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
surely the Vulture will work the 7th. I guess the 8th is Dunn or Farnsworthless
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
5:45 pm
Katherine – you are the definition of a dumb girl, nobody here wants to hear your little pom pom lets go braves, go get em guys wohoo bs . It gets really annoying, like those stupid cheerleaders on the side of football teams, they have no idea what is going on….
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Its all up to the ‘pen now folks…
Offense is toast in this one.
Nick 2.0
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
The Braves have given up. I knew it, I f**king knew it. Leave it to the Braves to blow a 9 run lead. Lead is down to 1.5 games.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
damn
ryan
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
braves offense is done folks
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Looks like the old bats are back.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
quickest inning ever.
SG10
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Here comes another lefty…looks like all that the teams need to do is stack up lefty pitchers and Braves will get themselves out..
zenman
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
No excuse for that pitching performance. Even with a nine run lead, you must bear down. Imature effort.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
ok they need to have a 1 2 3 inning…..
Moylan's Golf Instructor
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Is it just me, or is it time Peter Moylan came back to my tutelage and retired from the American pastime? He has been ineffective since before the All-Star break. Pretty sure that’s why we got Farnsworth (not that he has been a savior). DOB: Let us in on the TRUTH!
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Why in hell would Infante bunt there?
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
MiBraves fan…. Did I hurt your feelings loser?? I’m so sick of the idiots on here just pretending everything is fine with this team. Get a effing clue. This team is in trouble.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
We went meekly on the 7th… Maybe we can still salvage this game.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
That was quick!
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
WOW, funny how the Braves can’t seem to hit now, good relief pitching from the Rockies,
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
Omar wth was that? bunt with 2 outs come on man
Braint
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
Dumb broads??? Did I wake up in the year 1956?
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
Enter your comments here
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
If we can get through the 7th inning i have faith in us winning the game with Venters and Wagner
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
kwajbraves,
You werent being pessimistic you have just come to expect this watching this team the last few years
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
Broads? ….. Boggy¡
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:47 pm
Moylan does that. He is just as likely to walk 2 straight or give up a gapper as he is to get a ground ball.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
What are you, five?
Grow up Chop Chop.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
And here we go…
Like I said, offense is toast…
At least the Rox know how to get a 1-2-3 inning after scoring runs…
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
“the boss” I know exactly what is going on….so stfu Im tired of all you sexist pigs on these blogs…it gets old as well. I was just trying to stay positive..but you all have ruined that for me.
faninva
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
what the heck happened!? last i looked it was 10-1, went back to work, came back, and now this?
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
We have to remember the rockies have the 4th best record in Majors at home
Nick 2.0
August 25th, 2010
5:48 pm
Why would you call for your best hitter to bunt? I’m shocked. The Braves are gonna lose this game.
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:49 pm
Not to be the bearer of bad news but the braves offense is already on a charter halfway home to ATL, 10 runs better be enough!!
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
5:49 pm
Better pray that Glaus has something in the tank to play 3rd the rest of the year. Our LF is a total achilles. Infante needs to go out there fulltime. We cannot platoon Melky, Diaz and Hinske anymore. Glaus needs to get healthy and start hitting.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:49 pm
maybe the bullpen guys all started drinking when we hit 10 runs.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:49 pm
Wish I could say that JJ showed up today, it does seem like when he gives up a big hit, or there’s an error behind him ( every Braves pitcher should be used to that this year ) then he loses he composure and really falls apart.
braves70
August 25th, 2010
5:49 pm
like those stupid cheerleaders on the side of football teams, they have no idea what is going on…
Who cares what they know or don’t know as long as they look hot wearing those outfits.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:50 pm
-”The Boss” G- Who are you speaking for when you say nobody? I’m perfectly fine with Katherine and enjoy her comments, but could do without your sexist pig ranting.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:50 pm
At least throwing Everyday Jonny in the 7th was the smart move…
Hopefully it works out as nothing is seeming to right now
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:50 pm
-”The Boss” G-
I’d rather listen to her than all you melodramatic drama queens jumping off a cliff every time something bad happens. Seriously, you all need to watch that commerical with the former drill sergeant who became a therapist on that commercial and follow his advice.
Mitchell
August 25th, 2010
5:50 pm
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
We went meekly on the 7th… Maybe we can still salvage this game.
What part of going 1-2-3 in the 7th leads you to assume they’ll salvage this game?
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
5:50 pm
Mitchell,
I’m six. Shut up.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
5:51 pm
I was trying so hard to ignore the sad little man and his name calling but then he had to go and call us “dumb broads”
njbraves, just because you are a pathetic little buttmunch with no friends does not mean you have to try to make everyone else as bitter as you. Last time I looked we were still winning this game. Why should we assume we will lose? Why should we not just enjoy watching our favorite team, regardless of the outcome? It’s just a baseball game…no need to take it so seriously.
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
5:51 pm
Jurrjens’ not-so-attractive line: 5-1/3 inn, 9 H, 7 R (all earned), 2 W, 4 K
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:51 pm
God forbid Venters could get a day off. This kind of crap having to waste a day they could of rested the big dogs in the pen is gonna come back to haunt at some point
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:51 pm
Did the Braves hit for EOF or could he have stayed in the game? Why bring in a lefty for a lefty?
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
5:52 pm
You can shut up too brava, ive had about enough of you also! Both of you chics, andaleh andaleh onward and outward – to the kitchen!!
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:52 pm
Katherine, don’t pay any attention to these little 10 yr. olds. They haven’t even gone through puberty yet.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:52 pm
ok get helton out and I’ll feel a lil better
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:52 pm
DOB,
Have you noticed the same thing I have about JJ losing his cool on the mound this year when things havent gone his way in an inning??
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:52 pm
Brava-
Actually I will agree with Boss and some others…
I mean c’mon…who really is certain this game is in the bag?
And Chop Chop with the believe or you’re not a real fan garbage…
I’ve heard some really ignorant statements on here today…
Everyone has a different way of coping with whats going on, but denial is a pretty dumb one…
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
JJ sucks.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
and by cool I mean composure
Frankie Wren
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
Jonny Rocket going 2 innings today. He will pitch the 8th too.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
maybe the bullpen guys all started drinking when we hit 10 runs.
Some Coors
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
What part of going 1-2-3 in the 7th leads you to assume they’ll salvage this game? _ Mitchell
Still having the lead Mitchell?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
nice venters!
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
GT Fan – that commercial sucks d, who are you kidding bro!? Go design a railroad or somethin
benchwarmer
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
maybe they can start a hall of shame for these steroids guys, pete rose, and others who have thrown away there integrit. They would have been great without the drugs or other flaws. Like Wags said, too bad! Too bad for us all.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:53 pm
“Everyone has a different way of coping with whats going on, but denial is a pretty dumb one…”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
southern hope
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
Katherine, what can you do but laugh? In the 80s, guys like that were maybe a problem. Now, well, I just find them hilarious.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
If they can get anything for him, JJ needs to be traded after the season ends !! He is nothing no more !!!
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
Frankie Wren, Venters, Saito, Wagner
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
We can still salvage this game if we can score a couple more runs and hold the Rockies at 8.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
Venters needs to work the 8th too
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
CA-
I agreed with you til your last sentence…
I take these games very seriously…
IF I didn’t, then I wouldn’t care enough to bother watching or listening or making a lot of my schedule revolve around baseball or being on here.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
Venters looking sharp as usual today
Our HOF Manager
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
What I WILL NOT MISS about our HOF manager!
Leaving JJ in even through the 5th when he should have taken him out. Why? Cause Bobby is a players manager! If JJ got thru the 5th, he could get the win!
Starting the 6th with JJ because between innings Bobby seemed to suffer amnesia and forgot that JJ was POUNDED in the 5th!
IF the Braves lose this one, it is without a doubt on our HOF manager.
I WILL NOT miss that about Bobby. He’s always been guilty of letting his affection for some of his players affect his judgment when managing them.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
GT Fan Seriously, you all need to watch that commerical with the former drill sergeant who became a therapist on that commercial and follow his advice.
Leeeeeee
August 25th, 2010
5:54 pm
Finally, we get Helton out. Way to go Everyday!
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus),
Troy had a bomb last night!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
I’m not in denial….i’m just or was just trying to stay positive……i don’t say “oh it’s over” every time something doesn’t go their way.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
I don’t see Saito pitching in the 8th.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
no base runners Vulture
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
MFin –
I expect that Bobby had hoped that Eric would look better than he did. He threw 18 pitches to get two outs. One foul ball went a long way. He was having trouble getting a grip on the ball (going to his mouth on the mound — lucky he wasn’t called for a balk).
If Eric O had gotten out of the inning quickly, Bobby would have probably stuck with him.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
Frank Wren are you there ?!? Are you watching ?!? Will you be on the plane tonight ?!?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
njbraves – trust me, it’s not in your power to hurt my feelings, you frickin’ Cro-Magnon. Just keep talking. Maybe you’ll succeed in impressing yourself.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
He looks half decent at 3rd too.
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
They need to leave Venters in for the 8th.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:55 pm
beautiful. Venters outstanding as usual.
NOW PLEASE SCORE MOAR RUNS
Brava
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
Really, Boss G? Is that all you got? Shut up? Go to the kitchen?
Idiot.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
Good job Venters
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
Good work by Jonny V!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
I’d rather listen to her than all you melodramatic drama queens jumping off a cliff every time something bad happens GT Fan
Agreed … The other lady fans as well
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
“Troy had a bomb last night!”
And two errors. Still, I’d take the errors if he can hit like he did in May.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
Good job by both O’ Flaherty and Venters.
Time for the bats to wake up!
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
WOW, Jonny Be Good was that inning
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
Oh, great, we’ve got some fool who thinks he all boss and bad on here talking street. Isn’t everyone impressed?
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
5:56 pm
DKM-
He could, but I doubt they’d do that, and his spot comes up 5th in the next inning so there’s a chance his spot would bat if we got anything cookin…
That said, Farnsworth or Saito is what we’re lookin at…
A guy that is bad on multiple days working his 2nd in a row…
OR
A guy who has been awful since he came back to ATL and downright unpitchable at Coors.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
MFin04, You know how Bobby is. If you mess up one day he likes to get em back out there the next to boost confidence.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
I hope venters is in there for the 8th…
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
P-Town Brave -
There is taking them seriously and taking it way too seriously. I too take them seriously, hate watching us struggle and get frustrated when we screw up or leave guys all over the place, but I don’t feel the need to scream and demand people get fired or go on and on (and on…) about how much this team sucks and how sad they are and blah blah blah because in the end it is just a game…not going to affect my life one way or the other.
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
Leave it to the rookie Venters to pitch with a little pride. Unfortunately, he won’t be pitching in the 8th. It would be nice if the offense would wake up from their 4-inning slumber.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
P-Town Brave,
You’re not a real fan if you don’t blindly worship your team. Always remember that.
Mike
August 25th, 2010
5:57 pm
This offense scored their runs and went to sleep.
I have no confidence in our CF & LF offensively.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:58 pm
If his spot doesnt come up or there are 2 outs and no one on when it comes up, I bet he stays in
Noodle Leg
August 25th, 2010
5:58 pm
Dumb Broads” bahaha,,, what is this,, 1942,,, whos says broads anymore
Matt
August 25th, 2010
5:58 pm
You should talk Wagner into writing a book of these stories after he retires. I would buy it in a heartbeat!
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
5:58 pm
the reason eric didnt pitch the two innings is because he has pitched 3 days in a row pretty quickly after coming back from the dl
.579
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
Saturday’s game got bumped from Fox’s 4:10 start…..because we’re suckin’?
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
Well that inning made me feel better. Who will pitch the 8th? Saito had a week off before last night, but he threw 28 pitches. Farnsworth is rested, but his numbers at Coors are ugly. Venters has pitched a lot lately and is starting to show some signs of tiring. Tough choice. I might stick with Venters to start the inning, but not give him a lot of leeway.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
Can Saito really not work back-to-back days? why not?
Will
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
serious question do they have a hit since mccans double?
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
You’re not a real fan if you don’t blindly worship your team. Always remember that.
Then I’m not a “real fan”. In fact, I’m not a “real” anything because I don’t blindly worship anything, or anyone.
JeanE
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
nj braves, are you perchance from New jersey? Why am I not suprised…wish I could stay and trade insults with you troglidyte, but I have to go make dinner…And Mitchell, your day must be made. Matty is in the game for you to insults ad naseum. Go to it, dunce. Go Braves!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
Come on, now…
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
6 more outs…….
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
What an offense…
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
I hate Tulo-crapski. He takes so long to throw the ball to first…that he has to throw as hard as he can. Punk!
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
Jerry,
I’m disappointed in you. I fear for your eternal soul.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
offense has totally checked out. this ones up to the pen
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
Pretty swing Joke!
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
The offense has completely shut down. They scored 10 runs off a horrible AA pitcher and now that they have faced actual major league relievers after the 3rd, they can’t hit again. Don’t let the 10 runs fool you. This team choked. I’m done watching games for the season if they blow this.
bird
August 25th, 2010
6:00 pm
Whats the chances of Venters pitching in the 8th?
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
So its looking like Farnsworth for the last two batters in the 8th…
Anyone else nervous?
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
Are these guys in a hurry to get out of Colorado? Common a 1 minute inning?
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
This offense may not score again this season.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
No one said blindly worship anything…..just not say “oh the whole season is over” every time they have a bad game or inning.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
be very surprised if Johnny isnt back out there
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
P-Town Brave,
No matter what you believe, there is no need for sexist comments.
Too bad a few on here think female fans are somehow lesser than them. I’d love to meet you in person, I assure you.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:01 pm
Oh, Nick…if only that were true
Oh No!
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
Braves offense has absolutely quit. They are as tight as a banjo string. The Rocks catching them has turned their blood cold.
Hope the pen comes through cause ain’t counting on any more runs.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
Yes farnsworth makes me very nervous….i don’t trust him with holding any lead.
bgvt
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
With Seth Smith, a LHB, leading off the inning, I would start Venters to see if Tracy goes to a PH.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
4-hit game for BMAC!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
YES!!! 4-5!!
Beautiful hit.
MFin04
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
Can Derrek Lee hit for some power please!?!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:02 pm
this is the most nervous I have been about a game since our playoff marathon game in Houston way back when
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
4 hits for BMac…
Too bad that one couldn’t be a HR to get us a little more cushion…
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
Don’t let the 10 runs fool you. This team choked. I’m done watching games for the season if they blow this.
Damn, now I’m conflicted.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
McFann,
Does Mac send you cash every time he gets a hit?
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
I am the boss gt fan, and guess what?? Your puney, engineery ass is fired!! Now endalay endalay, join the other two chics in the kitchen and make me some damn pasta ! Primavera please!!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
I need to cook dinner but I cant stop watching this. Dan Kolbs Dad is gonna go hungry for a while.
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
6:03 pm
Four-hit game for McCann
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
6:04 pm
Gameday is so used to the Braves’ pathetic innings, that it showed McCann making an out whe he actually singled!
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:04 pm
Brava-
I didn’t mean to say I agreed with the sexist part…
CA and McFann can speak to my character on that…
I in fact have 2 sisters that are just as big of fans as I am…
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:04 pm
I’ve never been so nervous about another sporting event in my life.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:04 pm
lol bat
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:04 pm
OH…..MY….GOD. They were up NINE F**ING RUNS when I stopped listening. Jurrjens gives up 7 earned runs after given a 9 run lead. F**ing pathetic. He is no longer an ace. Give me Teheran over Jurrjens. GET IT FIXED, OR GO BACK TO CURACAO JJ!!!!!!
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
Lee up, inning over.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
So no, I don’t ever believe a female is lesser than I am…
I play not only mens but co-ed softball…
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
If he taters here I wont say anything bad about him for the rest of the year
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
Chop Chop–
No. Why?
DOB–
Oh HECK yes!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
The Braves are done.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
ok lets get the last 6 outs…come on
Oh No!
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
Glad Lee is in the lineup to provide the offense the Braves have been missing.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
Man, Lee just got under that one. Let’s keep the zero’s going…
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
Wooderson – A few days ago, I wouldn’t have traded JJ this coming offseason but after today, I’d trade him for a bat in a heartbeat.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
Oh sure, P-Town Brave.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
lets trade Lee to the Rockies for these last 2 innings
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:06 pm
I thought Derek Lee was a power hitter?
SG10
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
At least, Lee went the other way while making an out..it seemed like he was trying to pull everything.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
Brava, P-Town Brave’s not a bad guy
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
Thanks for clearing that up, P-Town Brave.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
Dan Kolb’s Mom, Tell his ♠§§ to cook for himself
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
If Lee can’t hit at Coors, he is truly done.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
Dames, broads, and skirts are worthy of the same amount of respect given to any man.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
6:07 pm
I would trade him now ! Put him on waivers !!
Frozen Rope
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
Boy,, these Dames sure get worked up over a baseball game huh….
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
i hope venters does as well as the 7th…..
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
Thanks, cabravesfan. I misunderstood and thought he was supporting the sexist idiot’s comments.
Salty Dawg
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
The offense has completely shut down. They scored 10 runs off a horrible AA pitcher and now that they have faced actual major league relievers after the 3rd, they can’t hit again. Don’t let the 10 runs fool you. This team choked. I’m done watching games for the season if they blow this.
Will you also stop posting on the blog? Oh please, please let the Braves lose this game.
Frozen Rope
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
Enter your comments here
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
gotta hold this down cuz JA is gonna mow down the Phillies tonight!!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
Venters is filthy. I seriously think he is the best rookie pitcher in baseball.
*knocks on wood*
*slams face against wood repeatedly*
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
McCann has a 4 run day. YAHOO!!
Come on, Braves, 5 more outs to go!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
Yea we do get worked up…just like you *ickheads, **sholes, and scumbags LOL
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
A lesson learned for our Braves pitchers is that they still need to pitch not just throw the ball when they have a big lead.
Dumbfound
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
No way the braves should extend JJ a contract !! And his agent is Scott Boras too ?!?
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:09 pm
Wagner for the ninth with a 2 run lead, please button your seat belts!!!!!!!!
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:10 pm
BIG BAD JOHN!!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:10 pm
come on 5 more outs
David..(Athens, AL)
August 25th, 2010
6:10 pm
Happy that JV is still pitching …
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
uh oh
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
grrrrrrr
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
Here we go!
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
God. Jonny Venters is the only pitcher we have with some freaking heart. He’s been overworked by Bobby, but still throws like a freaking champion. If only he could pitch every inning….
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
Dames, broads, and skirts are worthy of the same amount of respect given to any man.
What happened to chicks or babes …………..
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
Venters look tired… We need a quick inning..
jeffrey d
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
When I was listening to the game on my ride home, we were winning 10-1. I stopped in Wal Mart to pick up a couple things, get back in my car, and suddenly it’s 10-8??
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
In games like these walks always seem to hurt you. KEEP FARNSWORTH IN THE PEN!!
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:11 pm
That last pitch to Ianetta looked like a strike (GameDay)…
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:12 pm
More!
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
More great D!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
omg…i hope gonzalez is ok
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
That was a hell of a play by Alex
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
whoa
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Defense, Pitching, Offense all suck.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Oh Lord!!! DP ball come on!!
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Just gave the Rockies an extra out-gee I wonder what will happen next. This defense sucks
EJL
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
CMON REALLY….Walk a .200 hitter to put the tying run at the plate??
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
WOW, great play by Sea Bass, horrible throw by Omar
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
BOBBY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OVERWORK A YOUNG PITCHER!! Jesus Christ the kid has pitched 60 innings!!! DAMN YOU BOBBY! Tommy John here we come!!!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Great rescue by AGon!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Nice play, Alex!!
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:13 pm
Yikes…
Why do our games always have to be so close?!
Games like this and the games from my college bball team have taken years off my life…
And what in the world was Omar doing there?!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
i would actually bring in Farnsworth here
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
Wow! Alex just gets better and better.
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
Fowler goes yard here.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
i am so nervous….
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
We can’t even make normal DP, and everytime you give them a gifted at bat, they score.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
We need to put the a bandage on this bleeding… Common Venters get nasty.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
The walk by Venters was just awful-a .200 hitter
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:14 pm
This is by far the worse defensive Braves teams in recent memory
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
Well Venters struggling again
KnightInATL
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
No way would I bring in Fansworth to face Fowler.
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
Umps have blown this entire series.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
Don’t worry about the runner Jonny!
Get the batter and it won’t flippin matter!
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
sorry worst
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
noooo bases loaded omg i feel sick
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
Wagner?
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
this is intense
Frozen Rope
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
Hey Katherine,, settle down there tootsie,,, no need for name calling… by the way,, whats exactly is a ickhead,, OH!!,, i get it,, thats funny….
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:15 pm
It’s amazing, you use the word “broads” and people lose their minds. Last thing I need to see on a baseball blog is a bunch of know nothing broads telling me it will be ok. Take a hike.
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Damn bases loaded with 2 outs. ARGH!!!
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
oh goodnesss…and….here we go…AGAIN!
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
We could have an awesome 1-2 punch if we had someone to hit 3rd… Infante – Prado – .300/30/100 guy would really make this offense dangerous.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Pray!
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
This is by far the worse defensive Braves teams in recent memory
Easily….the worst.
Embarrassing.
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
BOBBY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OVERWORK A YOUNG PITCHER!! Jesus Christ the kid has pitched 60 innings!!! DAMN YOU BOBBY! Tommy John here we come!!!!
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Great…
Jonny is now struggling, so do you leave him in and bite the bullet against CarGo again?
Or do you bring in the Farns?
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Ballgame
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Not a playoff team.
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
see … weren’t meant to win
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
i hate my life
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:16 pm
Ballgame.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
THIS IS BS!!!!!
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Who didn’t see that coming? Absolutely pathetic
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Maybe y’all will listen now?
Nick
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
holy f-sticks
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Tie game…and I think I may puke
Mike
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
this team is a joke
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Njbraves……im sure you are single..and if not i feel very sorry for your wife….ass
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
There’s your walk scoring on the extra out the braves gave them on the non double play
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Fish.
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
lol
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Well there it goes! We ain’t scoring again this game.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
They wont bounce back from this loss
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
This team is a JOKE!
EJL
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
yeah..lets hope Venters comes out for the 8th..Great Call Everyone
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
If there was a game you had to manage smart, it was this one. And Bobby just sat and looked…
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
The Braves are PATHETIC.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
Time to walk the walk the dog… Wheels are comming off….This is just to painful to watch..
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
WTH!!! This is the kind of loss if we lose that hangs with a team for a while!!
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
GD MFer are you Fing serious?!!?!?!?!!!!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
worst loss of the past 6 years right here. I dont even know what to say. I give up.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
It’s tied..we aren’t losing…They can still win it…need to get this 3rd out bad.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
I told you broads they were gonna lose this game.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
This is why the Braves are not taken seriously by anybody in the media
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
Let the choke job commence…
This is what I call a signature Bobby Cox game if Ive ever seen one…
Only thing worse would be if Farns comes in and walks in the winning run
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
About time Bobby! A six year old has enough sense to get him out of the game now!
ryan
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
game set match.
Jinx
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
Wow. This is unbelievable.
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
love how someone like mcFann is all happy McCann is 4-5 but doesn’t care we blew a 9 run lead tooooo funny..WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO McCann is 4-5 yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahaahaha
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
Venters just (maybe?) learned why you don’t walk guys
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
Stunning collapse after 10-1 lead through 3 innings. Venters asked to pitch a second inning despite his workload, and it backfired today
Will
August 25th, 2010
6:18 pm
This is just absolutely sickening. This teams defense is a load of BS and its gonna kill em in the end. They cant hit the damn ball to save their lives unless they are pouring it on in a blowout. They have literally no chance to win this game at this point and this is the kind of game you circle on the calendar as the point the season went down the tubes
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
THIS IS ON BOBBY!!! WHY IN HELL DO YOU LEAVE VENTERS IN THE GAME???? HE IS THE MOST OVERWORKED PITCHER IN THE ENTIRE BULLPEN!! F**K YOU BOBBY!!!
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
And now bring in Farnsworth? How can this be happening?
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Should have pitched Saito!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
BOBBY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OVERWORK A YOUNG PITCHER!! Jesus Christ the kid has pitched 60 innings!!! DAMN YOU BOBBY! Tommy John here we come!!!
Mariano Rivera first full year ….. 61 games ……… innings 107.2 …. no starts …….. no Tommy John’s
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Okay koolaid drinkers. Let’s hear about how we are still winning. This will be the worst, most unforgiveable loss of the season and will be what defines this season for the Braves.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Taking out DLee for Hinske?
Yeah, thats real bright Bobby…
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Pathetic is not even a good word to describe this. Gotta love that braves bullpen
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Do not Enter your comments here
Couch Tater
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
noooo bases loaded omg i feel sick
Punkin’ pie?
James
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
THE CAMERAMAN DOESN’T ZOOM IN AT BOBBY COX THAT WHOLE INNING FOR NOTHING. IT WAS IF HE WAS SAYING WHY DON’T BOBBY GET HIS OLD SLOPPY A UP AND GET VENTERS OUT.
Brava
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
Why don’t you take a hike, njbrave? We have just as much right to be here as anyone. Sorry you just came out of your 40 year coma, but it’s 2010. Now go back to sleep so you don’t get upset.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:19 pm
This one as usual is on Bobby, he continues to keep pitchers in games for too long, especially today.
The Braves have the day off, one would have thought that it would have been all hands on deck at the first sign of trouble with the off day.
But I’m not an overated HOF manager
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
@ Katherine post at 528. Were you saying for the Rockies or the Braves?
TM
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
leading 10-1?
Do you think it’s safe to say that the Braves are in a “team slump”?
ɹǝʍsuɐ: ¡ɥɐǝʎ zןןǝɥ
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
Haha. Look at that CHOKE! I bet the phillies are LOL!
10-2 now 10-10. This will kill their self esteem. And they will lose this. But you already knew that!!
Keep pulling from these choke artists. I learned my lesson 12 years ago.
Frozen Rope
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
Njbraves is from nj i’m guessing,,, that about all you need to know about him
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
Farnsworth should have come in to face Fowler. Its not a great matchup, but you gotta play the percentages there. now you have the go-ahead run on 3rd
Joel
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
Why was Venters left in?
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
see!!!!!!!!!!! you dumb broads!!! We tried to tell u
ryan
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
someone is in denial they are going to lose this game i dont know why you people cant see that
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
now where the hell is my damn pasta!?!?
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:20 pm
if they lose this game to bad JJ couldn’t get the “L” .. he totally deserves the loss with his pathetic display
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Got a feeling this team just went down the sh*tter!
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
August 25, 2010.
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Why he did not use the righty when Ianetta came in with all of the righties following???????
Can’t wait for 2011, and anyone with a sense of urgency to manage.
IlliniBrave
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Perfect choice of words, DOB: STUNNING!
Wow, can’t remember the last time a Braves team blew a 9-run lead.
DOB: what do your stats-guys say?
bravos850
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Farnsworth has no worth with the Braves!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Who says I don’t care that they blew a 9 run lead? Great jumpin’ gosh almighty…
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
*when they lose now
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Game is over…………..sadly
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Defense sucks Defense sucks
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Unbelievable. This team f**king sucks.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
DING DING, BALLGAME!
braves29
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Worst defensive club in the Majors since the AS break!
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Whatever….you try to cheer for your team and you get called names by jerks on the blog. I am just at upset as anyone about this game but you don’t need to attack me….
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Prado should have had that you dufus
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
I hope we lose now
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
….and some of you idiots thought this was in the bag.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
This is reminding me of April 8th, 2009…
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Sigh.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
This game is going to haunt this team
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
not sure why Wagner wasn’t called in for one extra out
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Hahaha. Nice bullpen! Can’t hold a 9 run game. LMAO!! Idiots who root for this puke garbage team.
And if you do somehow luck into the playoffs, it will be a series just like the last one with Houston! How fun was that! Root against these losers and you will feel much better!!
J.J.M.
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
I hope the phillies catch the braves they seem to want it more this team is so pathetic
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Like to see Rox put up four more
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Braves will go quietly in the 9th. 1-2-3.
unbelievable.....
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
this sux
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Cox should fire himself after this implosion. Wait, isn’t that the trademark of his teams?
Frumpy
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Well farnsworth has been a great pickup
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
The Brave WILL NOT make the postseason. What we are seeing today is the end of the Braves’ season… they will not recover from this. Philly will be in 1st by the weekend. DAMN YOU BOBBY!! GOOD RIDDANCE!!
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Second loss for Venters in this series.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Circle the date: Aug 25th
Braves blow 9 run lead, game
This one will haunt folks
Will
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
A huge F-YOU to every person who got on those of us who were still worried earlier. I get sick of being right about this team year after year. This is just sickening
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:22 pm
Katherine….I told you honey.
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Laughable
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Let’s hear all you ” die hard” fans now, this has been a pathetic effort by the Braves, Bobby Cox included
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Rockies ain’t done yet suckers! Enjoy the pain losers!
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
you can turn the game off now, the Braves will be going 1-2-3 in the 9th
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
I HATE the Rockies!!
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
If you still have faith in BC, you are the smartest fan on Earth
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:21 pm
Who says I don’t care that they blew a 9 run lead? Great jumpin’ gosh almighty…
Consider the blog name of the poster. Sometimes a name says it all.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Oh for the love of PETE, Floyd!!
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
they call this a collapse
NO MORE BOBBY
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
A good manager does not let the team quit in the third inning assuming they already won the game.
Fall is around the corner because the Braves are starting to suck. Thumbs up Bobby!
BurtonCustom
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
FAILSWORTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
I dont know why I let this team do this to me.
You guys break my heart.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
jesus f’ing christ, is this the bad news bears? They look like a little league team… is it too early to say, “wait ’til next year”?
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Farnsworth sux. He needs to be cut immediately!
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Frank Wren what a great pickup Farnsworth was, you should get GM of the year just for that one.
Jinx
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
I don’t bag on Bobby much, but this was his game to lose. He screwed this one up.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
no way
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
This team is done. They won’t win the division. They won’t reach the playoffs. Done. Absolutely sickening.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Like I said before….either they don’t come back from this and the season is over…or they dig deep and have a good rest of the season just like at the beginning of the season.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Who couldnt see this with Farnesworth
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Cue the carnival music
Pierson Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:23 pm
Can’t we just DFA Farnsworthless?
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
what a pathetic group of f-ups!!!! You blow a 10-1 lead. Damn Moylan/Farnsworth
Mike
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
They should just play circus music. This team should be ashamed of themselves. FW totally screwed the pooch with the Ankiel and Farnsworth trade. We should dump them both now.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
This team is faltering
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
This is beyond humiliating. And we were making fun of the Phills last night. What a bunch of clowns!!!!!
Philly town
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
All I can say is thank you from the bottom of our hearts
Braves fan80
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Don
Could you tell me again who has been losing to the lowly Astros.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan–
That’s true.
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Gah Damnit!!! MARK IT DOWN WE WILL NOT WIN THIS DIVISION BC OF THIS GAME, SERIES!!! You just do not come back from somethin like this, and a few of us saw this comin all along……..PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JMOR
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
There is some chiking going on today…these guys do not look comfortable in tight race.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
No need to gloat Mixxo.
rabiddawg
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Didn’t we blow a big lead against the rocks last year right around the all star break? Kinda went in the tank after that.. Happens again!!!1 This is a season killer right here…
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Yeah that farnsworth was such a good trade! so was d lee! lol
11 unanswered! I love it! Breaking their comeback against this crap team. The loser braves! No playoffs for you suckos.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Way to go Douchebags. All of em. I’m glad I didn’t have to waste my night watching this!!
Look….. theres still enough light out to go hit some litle white balls.
BYE BYE
faninva
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
wow.
NO MORE BOBBY
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
TotalSchmuck – they call this a collapse
That collapse started in 2000.
JasonInFL
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Checked the score at work after 3 innings…needless to say, quite surprised we are going to lose. This may well be the loss that sends us spiraling.
Oh, and maybe Venters shouldn’t pitch so often. For all of you citing that he is like 16th in the majors in appearances…he’s first since the all-star break.
This is just awful.
chris
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
i can rest assure you that the braves wont be making the playoffs this year. no way you can have momentum after giving up a 9 run lead like that and have the 2nd best bullpen in the national league. i feel that this game is the turning point to the braves demise.
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
I hope they lose every game for the rest of the year. I’m so sick and damn tired of this team, year after year they suck me in, only to be disappointed. If the Rockies were up 10-1 on us after 4 innings, the final score would be 10-1 Rockies. Eff this team and eff all you idiots who don’t realize it’s over.
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Offense, pitching, and defense all suck. This team is a joke.
®CraZyTraDèèèMaN© ™
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Ohh… LETS GO JA HAPP!!!!
TOLD YOU SO!!
August 25th, 2010
6:24 pm
Ball game———-my arse!!!!!!!!!!!
SEASON OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jinx
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
Conrad still in the bag folks. Anything can happen.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
So a huge FU to those of us who were cheering the team on? That is special..I am so glad you are happy about being “right”……
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
At the end of September, we’ll be looking back at this series as the point where the Braves’ late inning luck ran out, and they were exposed as the poorly managed, sparsely talented team they are.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
bet you the Phillies will win tonight. what a joke, f-ing disgrace
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
Phillies with Halladay going tonight … it will be a total miracle if they don’t finally gain a game
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
For anyone, and I do mean anyone, who thinks BC is great, my middle finger is extended. Blame bullpens, blame hitters, but it takes a real manager to see problems and this idiot has lost touch. Liberty Media please fire BC now. Who cares if we don’t make the postseason, I have never ever seen it this bad. Ever.
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
Might as well leave him in. It’s not like the braves could score even 1 run in the 9th! I see a 1,2,3 coming
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
The Reds seem to have been able to manage blowing a 7 run, 2 0ut 9th inning lead…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
Huh, AWESOME…
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
I can hear the Phillies laughing. They were never worried about this team
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
Katherine…You’re so dumb I feel bad for you.
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
LOL, 12-10… that took long! Ha!
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
somebody explain to me why Bobby wanted to use his most overworked reliever for 2 innings???? He cannot justify this, Venters had already pitched 3 games in a row before this. F**k you Bobby
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:25 pm
I just can’t believe… This is beyond embarrassing.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
WOW, by the way, who didnt know 10 wouldnt win it for the Braves after five innings????
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
This is what happens when you have a sh1tty owner, an Orioles’ reject for a GM, and a bunch of castoffs and role players. This team will never win anything as long as Liberty Media is the owner. Never.
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
The phillies have to be laughing so hard right now knowing this will be an easy takeover.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
Anybody still want to blame ump for foul ball in Florida? You won’t need to anymore, you can blame BC for nine run blown lead.
ryan
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
the braves are done folks people who think they are going to turn it around are in denial
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
I REALLY hope this isnt the downfall
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
Will-
You get sick of being right about the team every year, well, I get sick of being right about that stupid old man every year…
I know we’re in first still, but I am so incredibly happy that he will be gone next year…
So happy that I am throwing a Bye Bye Bobby party as soon as our season is over…which by the way things are going, will be October 3rd.
Breeze
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
Mark this day on your calendar…..the day the Braves not only lost the division but dropped out of the playoffs!!!
J-Hey the Hero
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
This is one the most absurd spectacles I’ve ever witnessed. Kyle Farnsworth… I’d rather have a automatic ball feeder
4williec
August 25th, 2010
6:26 pm
Can’t wait to hear Bobby’s rationalization of this loss and his management of the pitching staff….
JasonInFL
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Disgraceful
BravesAC
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Defense, lack of hitting – except for 3 early innings this game, the Braves’ moves have not helped the lineup, an overworked pen….could be a tough stretch run for the Braves. But they’re still in first…and who wouldn’t have been happy with that, at today’s date, when the season started. It just seems with some hitting they could have been crusing.
chilidog75
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
The only person that screwed this up was JJ.
How many runs does he need?
10-1 lead in the fourth with a pitcher as good as he is …. should be lights out. Game over.
He gave them life and then the Rockies did what the Rockies do …. at home.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Now who are the idiots? That is right, the ones who were keeping the faith. You don’t hear a word from those idiots anymore.
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Ok i’m done with being attacked….this isn’t fun anymore…Enjoy being miserable…I’ll just root for my team elsewhere… go braves
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Hinske-Gonzalez-Ankiel …
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Farnsworth needs to be beating with sock in soap ala Full Metal Jacket. He should be cut before the 9th inning.
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Why did Bobby pitched to Helton with the pitcher on deck? Because he has no clue…
What did the Astros did last night with the pitcher on deck? Walk the pitcher, anyone with a little brain will had done so, specially when they had no one warming in the pen. And our great pen is left to???????????
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
lol we are getting swept by a team that was 3 games over .500 when we got here, and we had the salvage game 10-1 and blew it hahahahahah….hey but mcCann went 4-5 right McIDIOT
JMOR
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
the colorado line-up is so much better than Atlanta’s…THey hit the ball hard while most of our guys have warning track power.Surprised that not one pitcher today could stop them.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
This shouldnt be a surprise to any Braves fan, because for all of his great feats, Bobby Cox has never had a good grasp on how and when to use a bullpen
Christian Ponder
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Turning point of the season right there. Playoff calibur teams don’t play like this.
Oh No!
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
What an embarrassment to Braves fans everywhere
James
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Hey ya’ll I have a feeling this might be the turning point of the year for both teams. The Rockies could come out as the wildcard or more with this momentum. The Braves could crash, but I still got faith in them, they not the Mutts. This is just too much to take right now. Just wait til the boys on BB2N see this, they gonna clown us if they haven’t already.
Rob from SC
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
I feel sick
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Those who complain about not getting respect from the media, well this is why.No respectable playoff contender loses a 10 run lead.
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
I’ve tried to tell you idiots for weeks now this team is gonna implode. Stupid people like M bradley continue to try and pump the fan base. This is the same crap team it has always been. The SWEEP is here! And phillie is about to go on a tear.
jeff
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Yea thats a First place team for you. You blow a 10-1 lead… HAHA . This team everyone of them deserves pink slips. How in the world do u lose this game. In the Other Dugout = Better Team a team with Heart, passion and Guts. and a Better Manager. The Braves I cant say enough what a serious joke and embarrassment..
Jake W.
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Braves have a lot of pitchers who are sinkerballers. They never get hit this hard. Makes me think this is something indicative of the park and not the pitchers. Chalk it up to a fluke that wouldn’t happen anywhere but Colorado. Go home and be thankful that the roadtrip is over and that the phillies will soon be starting their march out west. Still in first, the way things went this series that didn’t look to good.
NO MORE BOBBY
August 25th, 2010
6:27 pm
Give me a O. O!
Give me a V. V!
Give me a E. E!
Give me a R. R!
Whats that spell? OVER! Say it again. OVER!
Like the way I tied in football with Braves for you rednecks?
chris
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
njbraves- virtually every year the braves have underachieved and have had bad luck since 2006. except for maybe a couple of teams in baseball, being a braves fan is about as frustrating as you can get the last four years. even though, it was great being spoiled for almost 15 years before that.
Bobby Cox
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
This is one lost. We are still in First. calm down we are going to the TED where we are awesome. Chill out. I know what I am doing.
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
Katherine what the hell are you still doin here!?!? >>>>KITCHEN>>>>>
njbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
A loss like this will haunt this team for the rest of the year. Cox and his entire team should be ashamed. It starts with JJ’s pathetic effort and ends with Cox for overusing Venters.
Dan Kolb's Mom
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
I just hope the Phils take 1st within the next week so I can finally stop watching these losers and concentrate on football
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
somebody explain to me why Bobby wanted to use his most overworked reliever for 2 innings???? He cannot justify this, Venters had already pitched 3 games in a row before this. F**k you Bobby!
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
No come back this time children
Bob Horner 101st Airbourne
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
Dan is right…..I’m afraid…but my AB unit is better….
BravesDave
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
Don’t worry, folks. Don’t you know that this team is resilient?
BoroBall3
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
So i go on my 50 min commute home… and find…. THIS?!
TM
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
first 3 innings: 11 hits 10 runs.
innings 4-8: 3 hits. (and we give up 11 runs)
That is a coaching problem.
Dawg '88
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
This season just ended! Total collapse is beyond indefensible. Forget this team its beyond hope now.
Craig
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
There is something lacking with this team. I know that they are in first place, only because the Phillies can’t take advantage of the Braves “CRUMMY” play. They deserve to lose starting with Jergens.
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
Katherine, you stink!
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
So I’m an idiot because I am not ready to call the season over when we are still in 1st place and there is a month of the season left? So be it.
jeff
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
Good this team deserves this. Bobby Cox needs to Go and Playoffs GOODBYE.
Christian Ponder
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
I think we are prime to go on a 7 game losing streak or so.
hootdaddy-21
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
These Braves need to hang their heads in shame. Seriously, they should really be ashamed of themselves. If this team doesn’t get reamed, then management hasn’t earned their dollar. I hope the plane in the airport is delayes and they can sulk around even longer.
JMOR
August 25th, 2010
6:28 pm
The offense shut down in the 4th inning,,,no comeback today.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Joe Simpson stfu-it’s not the ballpark. It’s lousy defense,pitching management and a bullpen collapsing at the end of the season from being overworked by Bobby.
bob
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
complete misuse of the bullpen
why did jj stay in for so long…..it is a tough place to pitch and he was having an off day.
venters did a great job of stopping the rockies in the seventh.
why have him try to do it again in the next inning…it is too much to ask of the kid.
and, why farnsworth?
i just do not understand the pitching substitutions in this game.
if braves lose today, this game and series will be the ones where the pennant chase ended.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
GAME SET MATCH FOLKS
Don
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Amen kolbs mom. Just stop now so you don’t have to anguish over this garbage anymore. Learn like I did several years ago. It’s much easier on the heart to root against these losers than for them. You will never be let down!!
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Way to go, Hinske. You stink too!
glove51
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Farnsworth should be DNA’d tonight. Stunningly bad.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
JJ should be traded. He will never be an ace. He doesn’t have the mental makeup to be a staff ace. This team is a joke.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
This team just folded just like the Yankees did on 04 with the Red Sox…
NO MORE BOBBY
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Just goes to show you that you can trade for any player in MLB (as we have done for the past 15 years) and as long as Bobby is running the show Braves won’t win. Nice trades this year Wren. Esco and Blanco would have been stars for our next manager. Have a goodnight everyone and stay away from sharp objects.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:29 pm
Where did the xtra-bases go?
Christian Ponder
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
COlapse in COlorado
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
Most embarrassing collapse i’ve ever seen. I hope the Phillies win tonight, maybe dropping to second will wake these clowns up.
Breeze
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
god$$%*&#@&@*@ sorry#@@$$#@@ mother%&#*#)(@)@ braves!!!
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
Now its time for Ankiel to strike out. Ankiel and Farnsworth are making my trade last year look so much better, though.
JasonInFL
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
disgraceful. wow, what a bad, bad, bad, bad loss.
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
This is an absolute EMBARRASSMENT!
They should kick their own *ss for a performance like this…
And Hinske? What a flippin joke! The guy hasn’t had a hit in close to 2 weeks!
Hinske + Gonzalez + Ankiel = Game Over!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
The Blog sure has gone to heck in hand basket…
brian
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
the Rockies own the Braves
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
Way to get on with that pop out, Hinske. Now let’s tie it with a 2-run solo shot! lol
glove51
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
DFA’s — sorry.
The Penant is over
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
Adios braves. This will kill your psyche. You kept it fun for 5 months. No mas.
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
Before today, Farnsworth had an 8.80 ERA in 11 career appearances at Coors Field
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
I’m kinda glad we lost this one.
Maybe somebody will wake up.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
I cant wait to hear the Post Game comments
snes
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
Failsworth = Braves lose
4williec
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
Phils have to be laughing their collective asses off….
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
BYE BYE DIVISION! BYE BYE WILDCARD! BYE BYE BOBBY!
The Penant is over
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
I could understand this happening against the rays or yanks but to this team? Pathetic
Jake W.
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
the colorado line-up is so much better than Atlanta’s…THey hit the ball hard while most of our guys have warning track power.Surprised that not one pitcher today could stop them.
Check the home road splits. Their offense ain’t so mighty away from that fluky park.
ryan
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
dont worry folks remember the braves are going to win this game. what a joke sarcasm applied
chris
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
it’s hard to imagine the braves playing well after this game. it really does feel like a 9 game losing streak all over again. overcoming a 9 game losing streak and then overcoming giving up a 9 run lead, in the same season, usually doesnt happen
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
Ankiel, you stink! P.U.
jim in colorado
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
how do you blow a big lead like that? play the rox in colorado…just ask the cardinals…never leave a rox game earlier boys
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
I want the team before the all-star break
StingerSplash
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
For the love of God, can the Braves DFA Farnsworth right freakin’ now?
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
If you are sick and tired of watching this team, then I wonder why you still are watching…and blogging..about them? Kinda stupid logic there bub.
The Penant is over
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
The only time D lee has a hit is when they score a lot of runs. And even then they lose
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Cabravesfan – youre a dumb sexist manbearpig…your an idiot
P-Town Brave
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Can everyone hear the brooms?
How about the Phillies?
tell it like it is.
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Braves won’t recover from this.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
fugging disgrace
jeff
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
this is not a playoff team and a division leader.. what a joke. This team no guts no heart no passion, nothing. this is completely Unexceptable. congrats to the Atlanta Braves wow. this is reminder of what COX did last year here. Ballgame. you guys suck.
ubama
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
the braves sux, go phillies!!!!!!!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
I miss Ted Turner.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Chipper makes that play that Prado whiffed btw.imo
Nick 2.5
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Last game I watch this season. No use getting frustrated over these losers. No talent, no heart, no pitching, no offense, no bullpen, horrible manager, horrible GM, horrible ownership. This team SUCKS! I’m embarrassed to be a Braves fan and you all should be too.
JMOR
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
This is not just a bad loss…it shows how the pressure is getting to many of the players with the bad throws, dropped balls etc.
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Attaboy, Ankiel, you idiot. Get back on the HGH, cheater.
ryan
August 25th, 2010
6:32 pm
Ha Ha f##king COCKS fire is F##KING ASS. No darn bullpen no defence no playoffs.
Wooderson
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
F**K this team. ABSOLUTELY NO PRIDE!! PATHETIC!! 9 RUN LEAD!!
Dawg '88
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Hey Don loser….where were you last night and the night before? You are a moron who only looks for his jollies at the expense of others. That makes you a complete jerk…And for the record how could you even be happy…the Phillies still trail this team despite their ineptness today and the other times that you have come to gloat over. What does that say about the Phils to be trailing such a poor excuse of a pro team?
snes
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Really disappointing game, I expected the Braves to lose yesterday with Lowe going and the braves facing a lefty, but I thought it was over when we were up 10-1 but… huge let down the pitching couldn’t hold them down at all.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Thanks DOB,
Just another reason why I wouldnt have put Farnesworth in.
But I’m not a future HOF manager.
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
I like the idea of DNAing Farnsworth. I’m not sure what it means, but it seems to hit at the genetic root of the problem.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
-”The Boss” G-
Ummm, what is a…manbearpig? and why am I one?
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Kaboooooooom!
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 25th, 2010
6:30 pm
The Blog sure has gone to heck in hand basket…
NO KIDDING, McFann!!
kerryb
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
I am completely ready for football season because I am not watching this anymore. A team that can blow a nine run lead does not deserve to go to the playoffs anyway. This is the kind of thing that will start a downslide. You got Peter Moylan that can’t come into a game anymore and not walk the first batter. Venters pitched that last inning like he was scared to throw a strike. I can’t believe you got beat walking a .200 hitting catcher twice. How pathetic. Then you walk Fowler on four pitches that is hitting .248. This is the most furious I have ever been watching a Braves game. I’m done!!!
Chop Chop
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Hell of a play by Gonzalez.
Gotta tip your cap, I s’pose.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Good grief!
GarynBham
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Embarrassing. The Rox are not a good team. How do you beat real contenders?
The Penant is over
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
What a fitting ending!
JC from DR!
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
This is what you get when your team is so unbelievably pathetic that all you can do everyday is hope for the second place team to lose their game so they cant gain ground.
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
Fitting way to end it.
B to the G.
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:33 pm
BALLGAME!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Can we DFA Cox?
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Braves swept…
Mike D.
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
BUNCH OF LOSERS!!!!!!…..NO PRIDE!!!!!!
B.Packenwood
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Bradley jinxed the Braves
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
This team is DONE.
Manolo
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Look at that defense vs our defense, and watch how their lefties hit lefties, vs ours. there’s your game.
MenVsBoys
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Stop the season. I want to get off! I will NEVER believe in this team again!
ubama
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
worst pathetic showing of a major league club—-always losing to inferior teams!!!!!!!!
Curt
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
This is all about having the wrong philisophy for handling pitchers. Everyone knows you treat every game in Colorado as a tight game no matter ow far you are ahead.
you’d think this was Cox’s first time at Coors field.
JJ should have been pulled much sooner.
JasonInFL
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
I don’t even know what else to say. Disgraceful! We will not make the playoffs now. I really believe that.
Gwinnett Braves Bible.com
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Folks, a postseason birth might have ended today. It’s going to be very hard to come back from this
The Penant is over
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
And get that stupid aussie off the team. They don’t even play baseball down there. So sick of looking at that FUGLY tattoed loser.
LuisG - Win-it-4Bobby-n-Chipper
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:34 pm
Can we DFA Cox?
Can we at least send him to the DL (like we did with Glaus)?
ccrider
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
This is the end of an exciting season. We have all marveled at the Braves great comebacks and the new faces in Venters and Heyward, but this loss will be the one that turns the tide. There is no coming back from a loss this horrific that comes during a pennant race
I am so glad Bobby Cox will be retired at the end of this season. I don’t think I could watch his mishandling so many games again.
To all Braves Fans: hopefully next season the team will spend some money, so we can compete with the best teams. It is a bitter end to a great run by an undertalented group of players. Congratulations on your great efforts, maybe next year those of you remaining will great some more talented help and a World Series could be seen again in Atlanta!
GT Fan
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Oh, great, the predictions of doom and gloom came true. Now the people who were making them are going to be even more insufferable (who would’ve thought such a thing was possible?).
Joel
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
This one is gonna be tough to get over, need to take the off day tomorrow to regroup.
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
JC from DR! – exactly! so f***ing sad
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Just another typical Bobby Cox team that folds as the leaves begin to turn.
Nate McLouth
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Bring back Glaus and McLouth!
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
first we had the streak of when WE score 5 runs it got broken….now we don’t even have the when the Braves score 10 runs hahahahaha
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
This team rolled over like a dog. Pissed off!
David O'Brien
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Braves lose 12-10, epic collapse. Ankiel flies out foul to end game, LF Carlos Gonzalez makes great catch to complete his Braves wrecking for the week.
Dumb@ss optimist
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
IT”S OKAY! WE”RE STILL IN FIRST PLACE!1!!!!!!
Timbo
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Humiliating defeat for the team, and even more so for the pitching staff . . .
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Fish…fish fish fish…
Ah man…and BMac left a man ISP with two outs…guess we cann blame this loss on him.
KB
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Unacceptable. FAIL.
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
here’s what stupid old bobby will say in the post game “JJ pitched the best game i’ve ever seen him pitch”
limp home stupid braves, if anyone had any sense they would make the whole team walk back home …
snes
August 25th, 2010
6:35 pm
Absolutely pathetic today
jeff
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
Just Unreal.. I am just out of words to say. This Team is Pitiful. and YES THE ROCKIES TEAM, LINEUP,OWNERSHIP are completely Better than This crap team called the Atlanta Braves. Ive had enough of watching this team Sputter, flounder against teams who no where near the playoffs. 10-1 and you allow colorado to score 11 UNANSWERED RUNS. makes me sick to be a braves fan.
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
DFA Chip Carey!! DFA Bobby Cox!! DFA Failsworth!! DFA Katherine!!! DFA Cabravesfan!!!
Just sayin'
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
The headline is “Braves blow 10 run lead.” A better one would simply be, “Braves blow.
chris
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
i did love the braves playing really well from may to almost the end of august. it has been a very good year and the braves might still get to 90 wins. next year’s roster will look really great and i’m excited seeing heyward, venters, minor, and freeman all on the same team for opening day. teheran might be come up next season. you got potentially a power hitter coming in the offseason. lots and lots of good things to look for next year. so i’m not disappointed with how things will probably end up for the rest of this season
hey hey hey good bye
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
No wonder all the sportscasters think that the Braves are going to fall completely out of the playoff picture. NO HEART TO WIN GAMES
chilidog75
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
Seriously. I would love to read the expert bloggers’ opinions on who SHOULD have pitched the eighth inning?
Wagner?
Saito?
Farnsworth?
Martinez?
Conrad?
Who would YOU have pitched?
Blame Cox all you want. I’m not sure how you can, but OK. Fact is his second-best pitcher had a 10-1 lead in the fourth inning and proceeded to get shelled. THAT lost the game. If JJ can go six or seven and give, I don’t know, a Derek Lowe type of performance … the game is over.
Frumpy
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
And what is Farnsworth’s ERA for the braves this year? Hinske hasnt had a decent hit in about 2 months, Ankiel has been a bust, Lee hasnt done anything thus far, Gonzo has been servicable.
Should have known this side would start to faulter eventually. We have consistently had 3 hitters in the lineup each game who dont look like getting a hit (McLouth, Ankiel, Melky, Glaus, etc)
TN Jeff
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
Hall of Fame managing there – bring in Farnsworth who has proven he can NOT get anyone out in a situation where you might want to bring in your Hall of Fame closer. This team is headed down the pike towards also-ran. What an idiot. Someone wake up Bobby & tell him the game’s over. Hope he enjoyed his nap.
Jake W.
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
how do you blow a big lead like that? play the rox in colorado…just ask the cardinals…never leave a rox game earlier boys
Thats the truth, those hitters tear it up at home then look like crap on the road. This same series with the same pitchers played in Atlanta is likely a win for the braves. We have a lot of pitchers who use the sinkerball and it just wasn’t doing that in Colorado and when it doesn’t sink its just sitting there waiting for them to hit it. All this series pitches were “left up”. I just think they weren’t sinking and the rox hitters took advantage.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
BravesQueen NO KIDDING, McFann!!
It’s ridiculous…
Todd Helton's Goatee
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
Wow. Go Astros.
B.Packenwood
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
Good news is even if the Phillies win tonight they are STILL 1.5 games back…and finally finishing up a honestand where they have played about 15 or their last 20 games at home.
As much as it stings, they are still in 1st. Its pretty amazing this bargain basement team is STILL competing with the NL Yankees.
Tim
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
I have said this, before. But, it needs to be said, again. Farnsworth just needs to be released. We’re in a pennant race, and this guy has been doing little except throwing batting practice since his return, here. We can’t afford losses like this. And, we can’t afford to let a guy like this pitch when it matters. Someone in the minors must be this good.
KnightInATL
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
BOTTOM LINE: Someone needs to step up and call a players only meeting. Whether it be Mac, Martin, or even Hudson. This type of loss has the potential to spell disaster from here on out.
I feel sick to my stomach right now.
Scott
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. NO EXCUSES FOR THIS. And I am sick of Joe Simpson trying to blame the ballpark for the comeback. Our defense stinks.
JMOR
August 25th, 2010
6:36 pm
The Braves are soft. Someone need to step out of that bullpen and do the job, and they all folded, especially Moylan. They are just playing scared, and that is not good.
faninva
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
guess i won’t be watching bspn tonight – this game will certainly lead the hour.
wish we could get that KC trade back…farnsworth and ankiel…wow. who says KC doesn’t know what they’e doing.
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
DFA MANBEARPIG!!!!!!!
Yunel Escobar
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
Bobby, Lou iscalling you to join him. Hahahahahahaha
hey hey hey good bye
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
I think someone paid Farnesworth to blow games for the Braves.
MenVsBoys
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
Can anybody really blame Braves’ fans for not showing to games, even though they’re a “first place team”? There’s just been too much of this kind of play the last few years. So much for that “great” bullpen! NOT!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
McFann _
Ain’t that the truth.
chilidog75
August 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
Well this one makes up for the Conrad granny against the Reds. One epic comeback. One epic collapse. All square with the baseball gods now.
kerryb
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
Buster Olney wrote in a column when the Braves traded for Lee that most scouts say that it looks like Lee’s bat has slowed down. Man were they right. The guy can’t even get around on a low 90’s fastball anymore. Either miss them or fouls them down the first base line showing that he’s late on them. Great trade Frank Wrenn. Yea, thats going to get us to the post season. The bad thing is that we gave away three pitchers for that over-the-hill bat.
kwajbraves
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
Plane ride is going to be a long one. Make this suckers walk from Colorado to Atlanta, Bataam Death march style.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
-”The Boss” G-
what the hell did I ever do to you?
Sopheeeee
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
cab’s been released?
Sigh.
I always thought she was the future.
J-Hey
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
it would be hilarious if they had these types of attendance numbers for the rest of year:
16,911 , 18,105 , 15,593
Yep
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
ugh……
BravesQueen (aka Dee)
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
Its all of you losers who are pathetic. So we lost…bad. We’re still in first place, even if/when the Phils win tonight. Get a life. One loss does NOT end a season.
hey hey hey good bye
August 25th, 2010
6:38 pm
I’ve held out this entire season and after this choke fest, I don’t feel like watching their games. Listening to everyone talk about how great the Braves are when they can come from behind. Now we get to see how the freaking Rockies, who were DEAD, just sweep the now DEAD Braves.
roja
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
I guess those folks calling for a power bat were right. We need to give our pitchers some RUN support!! However, we are in first place on August 25. GGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BBBBBRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!
TotalSchmuck
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
I can blame Cox for leaving JJ out in the the 6th…. chili…should have been over for JJ after 5 innings.
faninva
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
Well this one makes up for the Conrad granny against the Reds. One epic comeback. One epic collapse. All square with the baseball gods now. -chilidog.
ya know, i was thinking the same thing.
cheshire
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
Wow, a lot of things you can say after a game like this one.
I’m not sure whether we’ll make the playoffs – that’s been a huge point of debate between me and my friends for awhile now – but i’m beyond convinced this is a team that doesn’t have what it takes to win a championship. That’s not just the bitter rantings of a fan after a bad loss. I say that for a couple of reasons:
1 – This is a team that now finds ways to lose. If one element shows up, the other element decides to take the night off. They don’t play as a team anymore, and if you’re not doing it with THIS much on the line, you’re never going to do it. You saw it today – offense comes through and pitching just puts it in cruise control. In the first two games, it was the opposite. The pitching will rightfully get maligned for today’s performance, but the offense did the same thing – they score 10 in 3 innings, and then do NOTHING. Everyone just quits if they think someone else is going to do the job. That’s not what a championship team does.
2 – They have no killer instinct. They constantly play to the level of their competition and they refuse to put teams away. They’ve been doing that all year, and a lot of fans have ignored it because it’s led to some fun come from behind wins… but now in August it’s starting to bite us.
I’m excited about this team’s future, and we still have a shot at the playoffs obviously, but i have little hope for anything beyond that. If you are playing baseball at this low a level given the situation you’re in, i have little reason to hope.
bubba
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
Bobby”pitch count ” Cox does it again.Jurrjens gives up seven while running up the pitch count. Suprised he wasnt left in there for another ten pitches.Phillies are bound to win tonight.
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
Bat M.–
The guy is just a bust…
usnavyvolfaninva
August 25th, 2010
6:39 pm
okay, we get swept. Now,everybody wants to fire cox, get rid of the entire pitching staff.. I’m just as pissed as anyone else, but shake it off, and get ready for the Mets. They’re just going to have to work around the fact they can’t win on the road. But lets not all jump ship just yet (oh, man, just used a navy cliche! Crap!)
woodie
August 25th, 2010
6:40 pm
You people are amazing. Don’t let it ruin your life. There is always tomorrow.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:40 pm
Soph-
Apparently I am also a manbearpig, which I am still trying to find out what that is exactly…
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
6:40 pm
And there you have it people, your 1st place Atlanta Braves. Think about that as long as you can, because it will be a distant memory very soon. This team does not deserve to be in first. And for those that continue to blame Bobby Cox for this mess. STFU! Fact is, there is not one player on this team that plays like a winner and you can’t blame Bobby because he over uses Venters when he used to be the only reliever that could be counted on. And Wren, I hope you choke on your own vomit because you put together this collection of misfits who masquerade as a professional baseball team.
P Rose
August 25th, 2010
6:40 pm
It’s baseball, people. Geez. The Braves did the same thing to the Reds earlier this season. It happens. They’re coming home, where they have the best record in the majors, and they’re still in first place. Get a grip.
roja
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
I’m not sure what was more historic about this game. Blowing a 9 run lead or being swept in Colorado for the first time in history. I would have to say being swept as we have blown bigger leads.
kerryb
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Well, give it to the Rockies. They were drawing walks from our pitchers who either couldn’t our were scared to throw strikes and hitting the gaps and running. After the third inning our pathetic hitters couldn’t even get it out of the infield. Ready for Falcons football so I can forget about this.
groundfog
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Cheshire good point…
While the Braves can make the playoffs, i’m puting the championship dream to rest for good. No way a team playing this bad defensively can win a championship or even a playoff series.
cabravesfan
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Dee, I would stop with the logic before someone calls you a horrible name for not being misrable like they are
Jim Warren
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Well, at least now I can get back to my regular sleep schedule. No more watching the Braves until the 9th inning miracle. When I saw the score was 10 -2 in the 4th, I had the thought: “Watch…they will find a way to lose this game.” WHen I checked back…10-5. Later 10-8. Still later, 10 -10. Sometimes I hate being right. What an embarrassment this game was.
Also Ashley
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
And we can’t count on a Phillies loss to save our necks. Despite the MB column, the Phillies cannot lose every game we do. I wish they would. But I don’t think it’s statistically possible…
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
omg people ive just been havin fun who takes people serious on the internet!? Only manbearpig would do somethin like that
JP
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
What a bunch of immature, boorish, fair weather “fans” most of you posters are. If the Braves suck so bad, as you all seem to think, go cheer for the f’ing Yankees. Jesus, I thought this was a blog for Braves fans, not Braves haters….
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
You pollyannas go ahead and buy your postseason tickets. Clearly this is a World Series contender if I’ve ever seen one, what with their dedicated ownership, brilliant manager, juggernaut offense, and pitching phenoms.
chilidog75
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Yeah. JJ probably should have been pulled after 5. So what?
Who pitches then? Moylan? How’d that work out?
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
thanks usnavy..that’s what I was saying. This is absolute rock bottom for them now…they either man up and play like they did in may and june, or it is going to be over .
McFann Ô Ô
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
cabravesfan -”The Boss” G-…what the [heck] did I ever do to you?
Nothing…it’s prob’ly DOH in disguise…
Devildog
August 25th, 2010
6:41 pm
Hey, this will happen to any team during 162 games. The Chicken Littles should wait a little longer before predicting the sky is falling.
-"The Boss" G-
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
im not miserable i love my life, and seinfeld
roja
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
Maybe we can get Manny
Bird Dog'n
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
the sun don’t shine on one dog’s hiney all the time.
Jerry
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
woodie
August 25th, 2010
6:40 pm
You people are amazing. Don’t let it ruin your life. There is always tomorrow.
Tomorrow will bring more of the same from this team of losers.
StingerSplash
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
Relievers 6 trusts in the bullpen:
Venters (why in hell was he brought back for a second inning today, though?)
Wags (a couple of stumbles but still damn good)
O’Flaherty
Relievers who have pitched themselves into doghouse:
Farnsworth (duh!)
Moylan (seriously, 6, quit going to the Aussie. He’s got a .310 OBA in August with eight walks and two strikeouts. He’s got a WHIP of 1.5099 for the year. And you keep trotting him out there.)
hey hey hey good bye
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
I honestly hope that Liberty Media will be embarrassed out of their ownership of this team. They’re the reason for all of this. Frank Wren does what he can with the money he has. He can only get people who are decent on paper, but have literally no heart.
You can’t “Win one for Bobby” when you’re getting swept by a once dead team.
bubba
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
Let’s not forget about the great Failswort. You know Bobby concedes the game when he allows him to pitch.Heck, give Ankiel a shot at pitching.He could do no worse.
Tim
August 25th, 2010
6:42 pm
It’s not gonna ruin my life, or whatever. But, Farnsworth does need to be released. That move needs to be made immediately. We just sent a guy down, who hasn’t even given up a run!
You don’t perform, you go………
.579
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
BSPN and MLBN are going to have a field day with this tilt.
We’re already their laughingstock, they’re going to jump on this with both feet! lulz
spudrick
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
I can’t believe it…oh ahh I can believe. This Braves team looks tired. They do not look a like team that’s in first place. Boy, the Phillies will be in 1st place by this time next week. Every year at this time this team goes into a “no one can hit phase.” I’m beginning to think that it’s a curse.
JP
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
By the way Katherine and McFann, it seems that women truly are the fairer sex – in more ways than one. Stay optimistic, no matter what these Braves haters say.
just woke up....
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
I took a 3hr nap…the Braves needed a laugher….we were up 10-1 when I feel asleep….what was the final score..??
relax folks…we get healthy against the Marlins and Mets…while the Phillies head west (to play SD and LA)…but I have to warn you…the lead will be 1 game when we play the Marlins Fri. nite…..
ReddJonn68
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
This was the most mismanaged , mishandled debacle we have had in a long time. Errors have been a part of the game since the first pitch was thrown long ago. The way Bobby managed this game had more to do how this game ended, than what actually happened on the field. Can you say same old postseason results ???
Katherine
August 25th, 2010
6:43 pm
JP apparently if you try to be a positive fan, even in bad situations, you are called all kinds of