Gonzalez backs friend Van Gundy in tiff with Dwight Howard

Fredi should focus on learning the game of baseball so he can make fewer management blunders. One of the worst managers in the league. He has no idea what he is doing.

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Fredi needs to go coach basketball so we can get a real manager in here to do something with this crap they want to call a team. Someone needs to call Lou Brown at NTB and see if he wants the job after he gets off the other line with the guy about some white walls.

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Yeah so after 2 terrible games to start the season who is going to stick up for Freddie and Frank.

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Thanks to all previous posters, you took the words right out of my mouth !!
Freddi, get your house in order, then worry about basketball.

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told you losers you would miss Bobby…

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You know, I think the Braves might be better off with Ozzie than Fredi.

(Ozzie is that OTHER Bobby Cox managerial protege.)

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[...] Gonzalez and Van Gundy have a relationship that dates back several years according to the report that ran in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. [...]

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Wonder if any of the AJC sports guys will have the guts to check out what FG said after the game. He said so very intelligently, “the team that scores first usually wins the game”. Is that just another brilliant thought he had to impress the writers or is it really fact? Would be interesting to know. Of course, they will probably let him slide as usual.

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I’m not really one to bash Fredi Gonzalez. My problem is primarily with the media in Atlanta.

I say that because last month I heard Mark Bowman report to Buck and Kincade on 680thefan that Fredi Gonzalez never had any faith in Scott Linebrink (safe to reveal now that he’s gone, of course) last year from day one.

Part of me then thinks upon hearing that, “Well why the hell did he let him pitch to Hunter Pence in the 13th inning with a runner in scoring position and Michael Martinez on deck?”

That move had been made twice already in the game, to walk Pence, and worked in our favor each time. The question(s) I think most people would ask is, “Was he basically throwing in the towel by choosing to have Linebrink pitch to Pence and not walk him to face Martinez or did that represent a mental lapse and if so can he really be counted on next time around to make the right calls in the critical moments of must win games at the end of the season or in October?”

Okay, so that’s a lot of questions and I know we’re just little old Atlanta and not a real sports town but you’d think one of them, Buck or Kincade, would have been inclined to at the very least to follow up with one or two tiny follow up queries.

Nope.

The real problem is where it comes from. Mark Bowman had the information but it doesn’t come out until after it would have been relevant. Just like last fall when he went on 790thefan to reveal that players came up to him in April expressing their dislike of Larry Parrish.

When do we hear about that? November.

Fredi Gonzalez may be an idiot but it’s the media that’s the problem.

Until the members of the sports media in this town feel it is to their advantage to call Frank Wren out for his BS, Fredi’s not on the hot seat and neither is Frank Wren.

In the meantime I’ll just keep writing these insanely long posts like some Bill Simmons wanna be.

I’m not trying to be like Bill Simmons. I can’t stand that guy actually.

He’s a gigantic douche. A rich, gigantic douche though now that I think about it.

Hmmm.

I’ll stop now.

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lastmanstanding

told you losers you would miss Bobby…

Wrong.

I’d rather have Fredi Gonzalez for the next five years than another day of Bobby Cox.

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Mitchell is really dumb. Bobby had some management issue but Fredi is one of the worst managers in the league. He over-manages and keeps his team tight. One of the worst managers you will ever see.

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DOB- love ya, but this doesn’t feel right.

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Patheic!!!!! How about somebody actually talk about the collapse and te fact that the Braves did NOTHING about it. They keep Fredi Gonzalez, they dont sign any free agents and they expect different results. But what makes me sick is that D.O.B., Mark Bradley or Jeff Schultz will not point this out instead there too busy being buddy buddy with Fredi Gonzalez, Frank Wren and Liberty Media. But Schultz and Bradley will attact the Atlanta Spirit Group (Which they should) but Liberty Media is making the same kind of moves and are praised for doing so. Thats the problem with Atlants sports, the beat writers and fans never criticize their teams (Especially the Braves) and just come to the games to hang out rather to cheer and BOO their teams. The Braves choked a 10 1/2 game lead and all that was said was “Tip you hat”. D.O.B. your my favorite writer by far but even you need to stop drinking the Fredi Gonzalez Kool-Aid, he is a awful manager and makes bad manageral moves all the time.

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Dwight is getting stranger everyday. He is so confused. He is looking for self gratification and can find no one to suit him.

He is a jerk and he is proving it everyday. He hits people in the face and screams at the refs to call a foul.

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iSiTi -
correct,

Mitchell –
Do you think anyone would read such a long post? Most commenters didn’t even seem to have read the entire story – such as it was. Keep it short and sweet – remember the ’skirt rule’ of writing.
The Braves –
too early for panic – right on time for worry.
DOB –
you are an able fellow and try hard to cover your beat. Too bad about your employer, though. As for the ’story’, who cares? It’s the NBA – ‘Nothing But A-holes’.
FIRE LIBERTY MEDIA!

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“So if you’re not interested, why would you keep reading?”
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You tell em, DOB.

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Oh boy. You guys have got DOB angry. I used to follow him on Twitter and I can tell you from that experience, people that question him get yelled at. So just red his posts, Tweets etc and enjoy reading about horrible music and shut up. He doesn’t care what you think.

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WOW, I thought Freddi was stupid for commenting on non-Braves matters…………I just read about Ozzie Guillen admiring Fidel Castro. How stupid can he be? I guess Miami wil be the first to fire their Manager!

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This article just shows the stupidity of not only our glorious manager, but the people who write dumb ass articles about him.
Who Cares what Fredi says about anything? He is a short timer here at best, with the results he is putting on the field.

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FG should worry about his own job. In my opinion, he should have been fired after last years collapse, and he has done nothing this year to change my mine. In two games, he has had a man on 3rd with less than 2 outs, and failed to get him home. Hell- just bunt him home and get a run, I dont care who is batting. You have a knucleball pitcher on the mound yesterday, and no attempts to even steal a base. The Braves have to be more aggesive to score runs, and FG looks scared to even come out of the dugout to argue a play at homeplate or at 1st that could have changed the game. My patience is also wearing thin with our GM. Dias is over the hill and should have been cut.Parraz and Durrango were both better. Constanza should be in AAA. Durbin was a waste of money. We had pitchers we sent down that were better, and the money should have been used on a hitter. Finally, look at the guys he has let go- both Francour and Melky are doing great, pobably because they have managers that make them get in shape and coaches that know how to coach them. Its time for the GM, the manager, and most of the coaches to go!

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A lot of Fredi bashing as usual today. Probably the same folks that bashed Bobby Cox and will bash the next manager, you know the folks that sit at home with a 6 pack in front of the TV and think they could manage an MLB team.

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DOB,

Why would you not treat these comments like you did those of
John Schuerholtz? Remeber, “heat of the moment?” Am I to reason that you think more of folks
here than you do Braves brass? Can’t have it both ways. I for one like great info like this piece, but it would nice if it were accompanied by an actual look at this team and how this team did nothing to improve itself in the offseason.

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Just Popped in to say Hi and wish everone Happy Easter. Go Braves.

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Everyone has a right to his or her opinion. Everyone has a right to keep some of the opinions, to themselves. See FG.s opinion. That said: Here is mine; Fans do not go to basketball games to see a coach coach. The G in Orlando is going to follow the other G who was in Fla.

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lets get Francona

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Smoltz for Manager

Chipper for hitting coach and still on roster to play

Greg Maddox for GM job

Fire frank wren and Fredi

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Freddie likes Jeff so well, he should go back to Miami……neither one of them will ever win a championship….

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Why don’t you spend more time on the Braves and your lack of management skills instead of wasting time on talking to the media about something that is irrelevant in terms of what you need to be doing. I know, lets hire Stan Van Gundy as Braves manager, sure cannot be any worse.

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Didn’t Magic Johnson get Paul Westhead fired in a similar manner to what Howard is doing?

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Hey Fredi quit worrying about your friends jobs and worry about yours. Losing 2 to the mets is unacceptable.

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Worthless.

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NOT only TWO losses, now with Fredi’s nephew Matt Diaz and Jack “Julio Lugo Lite” Wilson in todays starting lineup… that’s TWO SURE OUTS.

Matt “rakes lefthanders you know.”

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I am sick and tired of jim powell making the braves into the 1927 yanks.This guy is a terrible replacement for pete and skip.At least with them you knew that they would call the game right and not slanted toward the braves are getting no calls crap.That jim powell does.Oh grandma giffen is a transvestite too.

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Durbin & Hernandez are this year’s Linebrink & Sherril. Get everbody on the cheap including the
manager who is a joke. Averaging 1 run per game will keep the fans away.

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I guess I don’t mind the story, but Fredi’s decision to comment on the irrelevant, and DOB’s peevishness about being questioned are both par for the course. I can’t believe any of you are actually surprised by either. I suppose it beats answering/asking a few probing questions about some very odd bullpen and PH decisions though.

Nice day though – who’s up for a motorcycle ride?

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Someone mentioned earlier amazement at the Cox worship cult here in Atlanta. The reason is simple. Prior to the Cox era the Braves were horrible. Bobby (B manager) had the good fortune to manage some great A+ rosters to good B+ results. The natives were crazy for it. The Braves were relevant. Winning division championships became a supreme achievement – regular season champions! The fact that Bobby was a poor playoff coach was discounted. In a place that wont settle for B+/second place, this kind of performance is not acceptable. In Atlanta it is the golden era of Braves Baseball.

Now we have a C manager and a C- roster. And we are expecting A type results. Bobby could squeeze maybe 5 more wins out of this bunch

Say what you will about Bobby’s managing, but he was a genius to retire while his halo was so bright.

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Wow. Y’all are a lot of fair weather morons it looks like. You think just cuz Freddie knows what’s going on with his friends and some reporter asked about it it means it’s all he’s been focusing on? Absolutely not. 99% of the questions he answered the other day had to do with baseball. This one didn’t. So what? The guy has been Our manager for a year and had a pretty solid year at that last year. Yeah there was a bad collapse at the end, but it’s not like he was the one swinging the bats and throwing the pitches for the players. Y’all are very very dumb (most of you)

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DOB, the bloggers are right about the accountability issue. You should do a monthly review of the Braves’ performance. Look for consistency in offensive strategy and execution; afterwards the results should be presented to Gonzales and see how aware of those stats he is. People are critical of his performance because they don’t believe he has developed a versatile strategy or that the one he has lacks sophistication. Bobby was definitely on top of his options- even when people disagreed with them. We knew what the team would do and just waited on the result. Fredi is trying to be more diverse in his choices (which i like) but he does need to tighten up on the on base matchups and how to coax in more runs aka dictate to his batters more

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And what in the heck is Livan Hernandez doing on the team. The dude cant hardly break 80 with his FB. He aint even a decent high school pitcher! Geez….this could be a long year.

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I still think the season is 162 games…….

I read this blog only to see what whiners are blabbing about after an 0-2 start. Get a life idiots…..

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Mitchell you are an idiot if you expect that any sportswriter can write what people tell him. Do you really think baseball people are generally talk to sportswriter during the season about what they really think. If a ballplayer has a relationship with people in the sport it is because they respect the difference between what is said in private and what is not.

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Braves win today, and Minor looks real good!

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Fredi is a third base coach that got lucky. Send em back to waving runners in!

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DOB: You are the man!

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Not sure Fredi needs to play Wilson to “keep the bench sharp” on day number 3 of the season. I would rather see the regulars “get sharp” before being concerned about “keeping the bench sharp.”

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Fredi should shut his mouth. He was at the helm for the biggest choke job in NL history. He’s got this years team contiuing that same style of play. His comments after every screw-up loss are nothing but positive player spins. Fredi talks pretty tough from the outside. When it’s his own garbage, it’s a different story. He’s a joke.

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Come on DOB, you’re better than this. I would expect this from a “rookie” writer. This is totally irrelevant and pure garbage!

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What will it take to make you forget about the collapse?

The collapse put the continuing downfall into perspective. League pennants, division winners, first round exits, wild card, more first round exits, then the wild card collapse. Now that there is no passion in ownership, the budget is tight and hamstrung with the gift of HR or K/fly out Dan Uggla to Fredi, and the games are slow watching paint dry affairs, I’m not sure what it will take to get me back into the fold. I’ve seen Larvell Blanks and Mike Lum play live, loved Pepe Frias for his name, been one fan on a night with 5,000 in attendance, but this is the first real crisis of fandom. I spend good money for good seats when Lincecum, Kershaw or Halladay come to town, but I did not watch one playoff or World Series game, almost quit my roto league, and barely followed any news this off season.

I have my tickets to Chipper’s last home game, the question is, will I attend a game before then?

So, I ask you, what will it take to get back behind this team?

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never mind..just saw on TV Wilson SS and Diaz in LF..O-My God..Pray!

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Does Coach Van Gundy need a job next year ,I think there will be an opening in the ATL very soon.

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For those who missed J-Man’s post at 4AM(and you may have) go back and read it. It’s well worth the time as he “hit the target dead center”. May make some people mad, like AJC sportswriters, but it’s the truth. These are the same guys who were saying spring training games were no big deal when everyone was ranting, but now looks like we all knew what we were seeing and they didn’t.

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Diaz in RF? Wilson at SS? Pastornicky is a kid, he does not need rest. Why is Francisco not at 3b and Prado in LF? It’s not fair to Prado to bounce him between 3b and LF. It’s crap like this Fredi…

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The Mets are starting a left handed pitcher. I guess Francisco is only going to play against right handed starters. Any way isn’t Chipper coming back on Tuesday.

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Francisco hit lefties fine in the minors. Well, .269 anyhow. That glorious Diaz season was like 5 years ago or something. Just leave Prado in LF everyday, leave Diaz on the bench and play Francisco when Chipper needs a spell. Next season it’s Francisco v. Terdo for 3b, so, let’s see what we have.

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Over/under 3 for runs scored by Braves today?

I say under since it’s a lefty pitching

Hope Minor and the pen can shut them out today or the Braves will be heading to Houston 0-3.

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Well I have apparently become “The voice of reason”……..and thats sad lol. But the fact is Braves fans are upset with lackluster performance, not just from the team on the field but the front office and ownership. That 10 1/2 game choke job still resinates with Braves nation. And the fact that ownership did nothing to improve this team has mad an overwelming majority of Braves fans weary. In the entertain industry such as professional sports, perception soon becomes reality and soon we will see all-time attendance numbers. This team is not a exciting team and they lose. Which is a bad combination.

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Well I have apparently become “The voice of reason”……..and thats sad lol. But the fact is Braves fans are upset with lackluster performance, not just from the team on the field but the front office and ownership. That 10 1/2 game choke job still resinates with Braves nation. And the fact that ownership did nothing to improve this team has mad an overwelming majority of Braves fansare weary. In the entertainment industry such as professional sports, perception soon becomes reality and soon we will see all-time attendance numbers (in the wrong direction). This team is not a exciting team and they lose. Which is a bad combination.

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Me too corn….

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Yea, tell FG ST is over.

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Right, J-Man, and if the AJC writers were telling it like it is and putting some heat on LIKE THEY DO IN MOST MLB CITIES, then some changes might be made. The writers have direct contact with the fans and are our sounding boards. Doesn’t seem like this is getting passed on to the brass at the top. Everything is just “peachy” as far as they are concerned. I am still wondering if the AJC sports guys are going to let FG get away with what he said last night, or will check it out. Once again, he said, very emphatically that “most teams who score first win the game”. It would be interesting to know if that is correct or he just pulled it out of the air, as he does sometimes. I’m guessing it’s about 50-50. We can’t check with Elias Sports Bureau, but sportswriters can. How about it, DOB? Is that a fact or not? Inquiring minds would like to know.

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Uggla is Prado’s problem. We spent what little money we had covering a position we already had covered. And by Uggla, I mean management, I don’t seem to dislike Uggla personally, but, he’s a high K all or nothing .260 hitter. Yes he has power, but I was cool with Prado hitting .310 from the 2b position.

I like Francisco, that pick-up has every potential to be a good one. His biggest problem was Dusty Baker. Just play him. Of course, with Uggla, we’d have two high-power high-K guys, but whatever, this is still a sketchy 3HR kinda offense.

Frenchy was a football player out of high school and saw very little minor league action. His problem was combining that lack of fundamentals with a hard head. If Heyward pans out, and I have not lost faith in him, RF is covered for 10 years.

The correct lineup, given what we have now is Prado in LF everyday, Jones/Francisco at 3b.

What I would give to trade Diaz for Gregor Blanco for that role.

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Niese can’t find strike zone.

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0-11, nice . Blow this team up and start over

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Just now watching yesterday’s game, since I don’t have cable TV. Nice snare by Francisco on Wright’s liner in the 8th. We have the 3b platoon covered with this guy. Just let him play.

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TEJADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Great start #36! Game over

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Settle down, Minor.

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I have never seen so many bandwagon jumping crybabies in all my life. You only support when things are going great. Another example of “everybody should get a trophy, and if it’s my fault, it isn’t” mentality. Yeah, it’s time to panic!!!! Only 160 games to go!!! You Johnny come lateleys are so spoiled. If you werent around for the Braves in the 70s and 80s, I really don’t want to hear you bitching about a bad team.

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Looks like the village is missing its idiot.

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Unfortunately that was good baseball by the Mets to score the leadoff double without any problem.

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Diaz stumbling around LF, awesome.

I’ve been a fan since 1979. Loved Garry Mathews. Thought Bob Horner was the answer. Witness the Len Barker deal go down in real time, was running around Peachtree Street drunk in 1991, crying when the Yankees busted us up, twice, and watched in horror as the Astros, Giants and Cubs all sent the Braves home early in the playoffs. So, you have to put up with my kvetching.

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DOB is being a little testy today lol

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Yea fundamental baseball………We havent seen that in a while. In fact we havent seen that since Bobby was here.

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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/gary_matthews_autograph.jpg

lol

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DOB is upset at me because I kinda exposed everything with my 4 am post.

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Heyward sucks. What a piece of shyt. Im so sick of this loser. Get rid of him PLEASE. BUST!!!

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Greg Walker is not hitting..J-Hey is..consider who he has to work with.

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0-12 RISP this year, and counting. Nice

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I don’t know if it is cool, horrible, or embarassing but in the 3rd inning of the third game of the season I am still tied for second on the Braves in RBI and tied for first in hits with RISP.

All from the comfort of my easy chair!

Oh and Heyward has a hitch in his swing.

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I have faith in Heyward. Too many people in his ear. He’s gonna walk. Let him get back to swinging at his pitch and he’ll be fine. Every busts on him, but they forget how electric he can be. He’s freaking 22 years old.

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Same team…same results. Who would of thought?

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Yea most 22 year old players are in Double A so I feel Heyward is just fine

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agree count-S..

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Minor backed off Tejada and let him get away, but he has looked good since then. Going after the hitters now.

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@ Who Me? …….Its my fault I just opened Pandora’s Box by pointing out the way the Atlanta media coddles Fredi Gonzalez. And I pointed the people are Fed up with Fredi. Besides he wouldnt be getting mad like this if there wasnt truth to what I’m saying, because people come in here all the time and ramble, myself included. But DOB tends to ignore them as he should when they have no relevant point. But I do and he doesnt like it.

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Bourn is playing his way right out of a big Boras contract……he has for the most part been disapointing since he arrived.

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Coming up next: Fredi weighs in on the 2012 presidential race and the Trayvon Martin situation. Beth Keener reads a tweet from Kelli G “woo hoo go braves u r awsum”

Anything but real managing and real critique and analysis of baseball. This franchise is fast on its way to jokedom.

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Nice inning! Mac is a tool.

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If Mauchzalez announces at a news conference tomorrow that a bunch of us want him out, I’m sure all of us wouldn’t mind showing up to CONFIRM that.

Unlike that wussy Dwight Howard did with Van Gundy.

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How about an idea. Trade some of this great pitching ( I guess ) for some hitting.

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*braves fan (iPhone autocorrect)

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To be fair, pitching has been very strong for the first weekend of the year, but the hitting has been non-existence in all areas since July of last year.

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At least Freeman stopped the strike out streak, although it was with about the weakest ground ball that you will see in the major leagues…

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The no no is alive.GMAFB.

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I will give us fans credit. No “I told you so” with Melk Dud. He was miserable when he was here.

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Melky — enough said. Always will be fat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufICeiWz56A

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Judging from your tone, you might want to consider getting a bike (motorcycle). Great way to relax.

Thanks for your concern – I have a ‘55 pan, ‘93 FXRP, and ‘01 FLHRPI. They are most relaxing. Judging from your tone, I am going to assume you are on the road without one. Shame – seems like you couild unwind a bit yourself.

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7-5-6 DP. I’ll take it.

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Bobby was great. He made baseball a reality in Atlanta, but, the peaked in the early mid-90s. He gave us solid regular season baseball year in and year out though despite what people said about him not having to do anything due to the big 3. About redi [sic] for the Francona era actually.

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Don Sutton beginning to tip his cap to Niese a little early on the radio side of things…

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The manager is like a president: they get too much credit when they win, and too much blame when they lose. This goes way beyond Fredi. It’s a systemic problem now. It’s the post HOF pitching, post Bobby, post 100 million plus payroll era, and things are going to be different.

Raising our pitchforks and torches and demanding DOB storm the front office like the sheriff of righteousness, and asking questions like, “What were you thinking today? Diaz in the 9th? Why! WHY!” is very misguided. We think the reason we all clamor for DOB to tackle Fredi and start pummeling him about his head is we want some accountability–some fair minded journalism, damnit!–but if we stop and took a breath we’d realize we are giving in to a much more primal uncivilized emotion: revenge.

After the parade of division titles, we have become so conditioned to winning, anything resembling mediocrity becomes unacceptable.

And we want someone to pay for taking that euphoria away from us! We don’t have an access card, so we heave this grotesque responsibility onto DOB to make the pain go away under the pretense of asking hard hitting questions. This is the guy who has recently come to loggerheads with Chipper Jones and a slew of others over the years and still has to work with these people daily.

I get worked up almost daily watching these games, and I spew my share of sarcasm–mocking Diaz’s ineptitude is within the spirit of the blog, I think–but asking DOB to be our union representative and to take our demands to Fredi is when we become a bit unhinged, I think.

It’s not as though we aren’t armed with our own rebellions. We can NOT go to games. And the best part about that is it sends a message AND it restores our emotional balance.

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Are you kidding me? How fast was that half inning? I turned the station to watch the Masters for what I thought was five minutes and I come back to see another Braves player striking out.

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Braves fans are pissed plain and simple.

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How can one of the teams that invented the TV revenue stream give themselves the shaft like this? The Braves own the Southeast. There are no other teams down here other than the Rays and Marlins. Braves Country is Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, both Carolinas and lot of Florida.

For a corporate team run by bean counters, a Media bean counting outfit too no less, it’s inexcusable to hamstring the team like this. As attendance dwindles the revenue stream will only continue to shrink. Enjoy Uggla, his modest signing is the last FA we are likely to see for a while. And, yes, that goes for McCann unless his hometown discount is some kind of extreme.

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I was watching the masters for an half an hour and foolishly clicked back to see how my Braves were doing. I realized the Mets already scored and we cant. Game OVER

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J-Man,Love your passion and fire.Something this organization lacks top to bottom.

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damn it

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I said that the Mets would win 4-1…….well I got the 4 covered now if we can score 1

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We need more bunts and to stop valuing OBP so much.

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SO much cap tipping after this game! Can’t wait–I’m ready. I’m grabbing two hats–two-fist the cap tipping.

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The Mets pitcher looks better at the plate then the 9 knobs Fredo has thrown out there.

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Maybe the Braves front office can give away 25000 Braves Caps for the 1st home game so everyone can “Tip their cap” at the end of the game

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Definitely want to hear the ol’ PR machine saying it’s only one weekend of baseball.

This team will not play for this manager. Plain and simple. He doesn’t have the locker room, except maybe for his godson Uggla.

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New Braves cap should have a hinge built into the visor to facilitate E-Z tipping.

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We didn’t need to get a power bat this offseason, oh no. Our offense is great.

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Collapse, followed by season opening sweep and a possible no-hitter? Riot mode in effect.

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The A Bomb is on to something.They don’t play for Fredo,plain and simple.I know this is a terrible offense but they have zero pride as men and so called elite athletes.It has to be the manager.

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J-MAN

Do you honestly think 25 thousans people will show up even for a free hat?

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When is the last time the Braves opened a season by being swept by a bad team? After finishing the previous season with a losing streak? I know it’s a long season, but this is the same team, performing in the exact same way. The only thing that has changed is the pitching, and it has gotten worse.

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Pretty pathetic effort so far. Everyone looks like Cy Young and Rolaids Firemen Relief pitchers of the year against this lifeless, punch and Judy bunch.

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Leave him out there Fruti, save th.e bullpen

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Dr. John Z…..’87 Braves got swept by Chicago to open season — bad team. Went 0-10 to start.

Finished 54-106. The horror. But as a tribute Minor sort of has Zane Smith stuff.

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Next big idea … Four hitting coaches.

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DOB is in the tank fore Braves Management just like the AJC is in the tank for Obama.

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pathetic

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and now they’re talking up how great the Mets are. When on earth is someone going to blame this team for its own failure? Nauseating.

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Bring yourself forward DOB and hold Fredi accountable

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braves slump stoppers and ralley starters.

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We about to sweep your sorry Braves. But WE were supposed to finish last in East ? We’ve got minor leaguers better than Jason Heyward.

I see somebody bailed Christian Martinez out of jail for that DUI ? He is pitching like he is still hung over…

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Well I was wrong I though the Mets would only score 4 points. I’m also wrong because I thought the Braves would muster up 1 run………See DOB thats how you admit your wrong. Now try it with Fredi Gonzalez. Trust me the TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.

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Does anyone have any question now as to wheather or not Medlen should be in the rotation?

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Mr. Met, nothing you could say at this point. And don’t be hatin’ just cuz’ we’re talking your spot in last place.

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Done with this. Happy Easter, everybody.

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Fredi forgot to say his “you know what”.

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BETH: Yay Braves! Yay!

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Everyone keeps saying the Braves will finish fourth in the NL East. Who’s supposed to finish below them?

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DOB,You win a Pulitzer, if you can find anything besides the back of the bully that is major league on this team.

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why do we have to have tweeting on tv. if you are going to do that, show some of the glass half empty tweets. only pollyanna tweets make it to tv.

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Nothing more to watch. Except the post game PR machine.

Man. 69-93 with this talent.

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@ rugburn. I pointed that out that they are only posting the “Fredi friendly” tweets. In fact if they posted some of the majority of tweets they would not like it

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Wait Chip….we’re down 7-1 and THINGS ARE GETTING MORE INTERESTING IN NEW YORK????

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Thank you, Lucas Duda, for preserving the no-out situation.

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Not to rub it in Mr. Wren ,but DLowe just went 7 innings in Cleveland and left wit a 4-2 lead.

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This team sucks

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Who else thinks the new social media Twitter thing is idiotic? #fsnbraves

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what has freddi g done to run his mouth. If the braves missing the playoffs(more than likely), he should join van gundy in the unemployment line.

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With that SF, Jack Wilson has more RBIs than Brian McCann during this series.

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Collapse? Oh yeah, that was just one aspect of the oil stain that has been growing larger by the year since Ted Turner sold the Braves to empty suits. I stopped giving money to the team in 2001 when it became clear to me that the team was going to let three hall of fame starters rot on the vine without a real WS threat. As of today’s dysfunctional ownership group, I expect nothing. They have proven to be even worse than AOL Time Warner. We have a GM that seems to be a blithering idiot, but a press savvy blithering idiot nontheless, and lastly a press corp in Atlanta that doesn’t know or care about anything but amateur football in Athens so no tough questions are asked and nobody catches heat for our professional baseball team transitioning itself into a third rate organization I’m increasingly having trouble finding on a cable or satellite programmer. This organization right now… this ownership group right now… reminds me of the second-class, backwards group that used to have Jim “Hey Vern” Varney as their red-necked mascot before Ted Turner got serious about running his club to win championships. This ownership group is a poor joke, their management is a joke, and I will never part with one dollar of my money to give to Liberty Media.

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Costanza is a tool

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Why use Medlen next? Its not a 1 run game. If you dont trust Durbin or Livan enough, why have them on the team? I have a feeling that Medlen will be the first bullpen arm burnt out this year.

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Neise got tired and had an outfield error other than that it still would be 7-0. How in the heck did we make Manny “Gascan” Ascosta look like Mariano Riveria

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Bring back that white trasher Schafer.

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Heyward generated that last run with the stolen base, otherwise, he would not have scored.

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Constanza has managed to parlay a hot week or two into a sinecure with the cash poor Braves.

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Pitcher’s have a mindset that they have to pitch a shutout in order to win and it gets them in trouble. Pitching is not the problem. They need a makeover, starting with Fredi G., McCann, Bourn and J.J. Throw in their best player, Prado and something might happen. They are going nowhere with this bunch of clowns. The only way they can score if the other team makes an error.

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Look on the bright side..We’ve improved our run scoring each game!

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@reality… i hate tweets on tv too. if we had good players on the bench, us idiots on here would question why they weren’t playing instead of the guys out there losing now.

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So now Meds is being spent for tomorrow. Super move.

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it does seem like a “seamless transition” from last season to this season, doesn’t it? that ’s what happens when you keep a team together.

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The rah-rahs will be arriving in 3….2….1…….

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I’m gonna be pissed if we lose 7-6

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Rah-rahs?

Not everyone is so jaded as to not cheer when their team is actually showing signs of offensive life.

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So bases loaded and McCann pops out but with nobody on down 7-4 in 8th he hits a solo homer ? That’s like throwing a glass of water on a forest fire…

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Uggla looks just like he did this time last year

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J-MAN – Five runs is pretty good in light of the last two days. Three hits is troubling no matter how you slice it.

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well if Duda doesnt drop that ball its only 1 run for the Braves. Boy Duda is gonna get hurt out there in RF

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“Well we tried to comeback, but you gotta tip your cap to a World Class team like the Mets. One game doesn’t really matter, oh except for last season when one game did matter, but it doesn’t really matter. All the guys on our team are really nice and we are all friends so winning isn’t important, even though we are getting paid $83million to win.”

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Maybe since it’s Easter they can rise from the dead.

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Well get your Caps ready

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Another 1 bites the dust

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Solid command of last place.

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The Astros are sportin wood just waiting for the Braves to hit H Town.

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Everyone wants to fire Gonzalez, but no one really mentions Wren. He’s the one that decided not to get a bat this past offseason.

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Is Jack Wilson really worse than Tommy Gregg or Greg Norton?

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Good year to be a parent of kids. Should be plenty of sparse crowds and lots of tickets all summer long.

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Maybe the Braves can play like the September 2011 Braves all year, and increase ticket sells by marketing their games as a comedy routine, rather than as a serious sports team.

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Sweep! Now the team can get back to their phones and resume their Words with Friends games.

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A bomb with the Yay! bomb.

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I’d say Fat Fredi would do well to worry about his own job…..

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Frank is a master;
At creating disaster:
The Braves can’t win;
and he signs has-beens;
Can he be put to pasture?

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Tampa just bent over the Yanks for the 3rd straight day.That is a very nice team on a budget similar to ours.

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Last years excitement that turned to dread in the playoff chase has continued at the start of this season.The fans and the players will soon realize that a change will need to be made.And you can’t fire all 25 players ,so Fredi will be the first casualty.
The Braves and the Yankees are both 0 and 3 ,who is feeling more heat Fredi and Wren or Giradi and Cashman.At least the Yankee fans know that changes can be made to improve their roster ,the Braves will stand pat ,maybe change the manager but nothing that will add payroll and cut into profits.

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Francona watch is on…

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In the NBA, you have to feed the egos of the top players.

Cannot blame Fredi for supporting the coach, but the NBA is different than any of the team sports. Its an individual star driven league and you have to kiss the better players’ tail to some degree.

I don’t see how coaches do it, unless you have the right players being an NBA coach is thankless.

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Time to give Fredi his walking papers, I’m sure he can get a job with the Magic!

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Fredi’s comments were making sense until he brought up Majic Johnson. Does Fredi not remember Majic getting Paul Westhead fired? Doe your homework before you open your mouth.

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Fredi, fix the Braves and let the Magic’s management fix them.

You continue saying that September 2011 is over…make sure the the team knows it, as plays like it. What we have here, is the same thinkg we saw in September 2011, and there’s no silver lining.

Chipper and Huddy coming back may lend a brief spark, but this team, the lineup in particular just does not look that good.

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I am late to the party on this one but so far all Freddie has proved in Atlanta is the then Florida Marlins were correct in his firing…. All leaders need to take a stand…. If Van Gundy does not get respect it is a Gundy thing….. Freddie is fast losing my confidence and perhaps that of his players if we look at the team over the past 3 months of baseball spring training included…… We miss Bobby and all the Bobby haters take note Freddie got work to do or he needs to look for work!

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DOB You said Having a motorcycle was relazing,Tell that to Bobby Petrino!

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