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Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
I would of left Hanson in. Why not? He was dominating.
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
almost every noght MLB.tv screws up the audio by doubling the stream and it takes forever for their stupid audio crew to notice
archie
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
Impact Player Dan Uggla. All-Star. $13 million a year. Money well spent. He and McCann should both be hitting their weight any day now.
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
Can’t believe we only had 3 hits through 6 against a pitcher struggling as bad as smarjza
Mark
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
Uggs makes decent contact. Thats improvement.
Braves A Month From Now
July 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
Samardzia is pitching like Cy Young. Of course he is getting raves from the folks on Foxsports.
Instead of it being a case that the Braves offense is pathetic…. the storyline is that this guy is pitching the game of his life! It’s just odd that this guy ruled the Braves earlier this year and is doing it again after he has been getting lit up by most teams!
The Braves are pathetic, being embarrassed by the worst team in baseball.
Brava
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Uggla is making contact more. Sign that he’s about to break the slump?
Tomahawk Mafia
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Awful at bat in a situation where Freeman could have moved Chipper over and that flyball could have scored him. I hate this team right now.
TheTed
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
archie
July 2nd, 2012
9:06 pm
CNN is reporting the Braves will win tonight.
As reported by Kyra Phillips in the bathroom, with a live mic.
TBbravesfan
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
boy we can look at some pretty strikes and swing at some bad balls
The A Bomb
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Pulled. again.
Capt.Mudd
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Hey, how ’bout Fredi take ‘em all to Chucky Cheeses…….for a ‘team social’ and some R and R; they’ve earned the equivalent of 5 chips each tonight for this brilliant effort. Go Graves!!!
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
archie.. hah, good one.
TNScott
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Fair enough, Powder. But all things considered would you rather have Fredi or Francona?
ncbravesfan90
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Im not sure a trade for an ace pitcher will make that much of a difference considering this team needs so much more than that to even be competitive at this point.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
I WANT BMAC BACK!!!!!
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
Its Getting bad when people dont even pretend to do the Tomahawk Chop No More
I noticed that when I was at the Chophouse and they have the Loudest Fans!
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
my 9:09 was in reference to the CNN jk.
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
yeah he usually dominates thru 6, and very seldom gets thru 7 cleanly
ChattTownBrian
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
Chipper just gave MCcann the stink after yet another poor pull swing. Shyt is getting old. CJ needs to hold a team meeting.
abeeewright
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
How frickin’ long are these slumps going to go on?
Mark
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
McCann must have took Nate McClouths pull every pitch at any cost philosophy!
JC Brave
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
The life this team shows on the field is so overwhelming that it amazes me!
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Braves are “definitely” interested in Greinke and that they’re willing to trade their young arms to facilitate a deal.
The A Bomb
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
I know beer was banned from the clubhouse….
WERE BONGS?
DAM
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
We have all the talent in the world, but we don’t do the little things well enough. This should be a 4-3 game now. We should have been able to score Simmons from 3rd with 1 out, and we should have been able to advance Chipper with nobody out and get him across, but we couldn’t even move him off of 2nd.
David O'Brien
July 2nd, 2012
9:11 pm
Chipper leadoff double in the 7th, and he’s at 2nd when the inning ends. Cubs lead 4-1. CMart in to pitch 8th for Braves.
TuffShhhtuff
July 2nd, 2012
9:11 pm
That’s CNN for ya’. Had another one come out of the “closet” today. Pretty soon they will be coming out of the woodwork at the AJC maybe!
Tomahawk Mafia
July 2nd, 2012
9:11 pm
nolie
That seems odd. I never have any problems with MLB.TV. I wonder what is causing that to happen for you.
kerryb
July 2nd, 2012
9:11 pm
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Braves are “definitely” interested in Greinke and that they’re willing to trade their young arms to facilitate a deal.
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I hope so because their young arms don’t look as great as they are touted to be.
T-Dawg
July 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
God this team is bad. Way too many problems to address with just a few million. I wouldn’t be surprised if management just stayed put.
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
yeah he usually dominates thru 6, and very seldom gets thru 7 cleanly
So, you would of pulled him after 75 pitches through 6 innings?
TBbravesfan
July 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
I can’t see going to a braves game any time why would you go on mondays
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
I don’t think the braves are answering DOB’s question ” but what of the offense”
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
TuffShhhtuff … wow.. you don’t get the CNN joke do you?
Ron Roberts
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
Hey, whaddaya know; lead-off double nets 0 runs for a Braves’ squad insistent on not moving runners over. Uggla’s popout to CF might’ve gotten Chip home.
monty
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
What would the Cubs record be if they didn’t have the Braves to beat up on?(Would they have any wins?) They might of just lost the 1st pick in the draft.
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
Sigh!
“This Bores Me! Is Anyone Up for a Game of Basket-Ball?”
Mitchell
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
TNScott
July 2nd, 2012
9:00 pm
Well, Powder, Francona did more in 8 seasons with the Red Sox than Bobby did in 25 seasons with Braves and with equal or less talent.
Yeah, but they only won the division once in all that time so like, it’s not the same.
Bobby’s team won 14 in a row. That’s way more than the World Series titles Terry Fancona won as their manger.
14 vs. 2. That’s like 12 more.
Plus Bobby Cox managed in Atlanta where the media occasionally questions managerial decision making, like every third full moon per season and a half.
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 pm
no I woulda had a much quicker hook though
Robert
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 pm
Things we wish would happen. Bryce Harper interviewing Bobby Cox
Harper – So, what happened out there tonight
Cox – Well, Reitsey and Kolbey looked great out there, It was just one bad pitch
Harper – That’s a clown answer, bro
Powderfinger
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 pm
TNScott—If it’s either/or, I’d take Fredi. He hasn’t been supplied with the $$$ players that Francona was (and it’s only been 1 1/2 seasons). I don’t agree with a lot of his decisions, and I’m getting more and more aggravated every day, but I’m not ready to boot him yet. And if we do, it had better be for someone other than Tito Jr…
Braves A Month From Now
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 pm
“Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Braves are “definitely” interested in Greinke and that they’re willing to trade their young arms to facilitate a deal.”
Hey Braves! Don’t waste your talent on a trade this year. Pathetic team. Pathetic leadership. Wait until you lose some of those big contracts and find another manager. A team that has better talent but is being ruled by the worst team in baseball has some problems with leadership.
BTW….. nice play Freddie! You look like an Atlanta Brave on that one!
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 pm
TuffShhhtuff considering what your 9:11 comment said … yeah I’ll just not comment.
Charlie
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
Freeman…3 K’s…sucks Great defense Freeman (error #2 tonight)…can’t field / can’t hit…no brains. Typical
Worthless Dan, with RISP equals Worthless Dan.
Brian McCann is a joke. As usual, Brian fails…Same Brian that spit out last September. What a joke of a line-up.
The quotes should great tomorrow…Fredi was make it sound like the Braves almost won.
Fire Fredi, and sell out this loser group at the trade deadline; then can Franki Wren.
This team is a pathetic bunch of losers.
archie
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
Too bad for Freddie Freeman. He’s saved a ton of potential bad throw errors for Uggla, Chipper and Pastornicky, and he probably blew his chance for a Gold Glove in one night.
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
nolie..
MLB.TV is always a mess. What are you watching it on?
Fresh Meat
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
The Braves have waaay too many players that strike out waaay too many times…& btw…if the other team put their entire squad on the right side of 1B…would McCann STILL pull everything…inquiring minds want to know…(PLUS…stay at home Freeman…you PLAY 1B…NOT 2b….tia)
SMOLTZ 29
July 2nd, 2012
9:16 pm
B-Mac is now hitting a “sterling” .100 with runners in scoring position and 2 out! MERCY
monty
July 2nd, 2012
9:16 pm
Efrim-”So, you would of pulled him after 75 pitches through 6 innings?”
I wouldn’t have pulled him after 6, I don’t think that’s what anyone’s is saying. But after the 1st 2 got on with no outs is good enough for me, surely after the 3rd batter was walked.
Capt.Mudd
July 2nd, 2012
9:16 pm
Cubbies just look more focused…..even when they K
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:16 pm
Chrome
Bronke
July 2nd, 2012
9:17 pm
Sad team. What more can be said? Think Freddi will still have a job after this mess? Go McCann and that 224 batting average. Cubs are mocking the Braves in their dugout right now!
braves rule
July 2nd, 2012
9:17 pm
are we even trying to win this game. doesn’t seem like it.
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
July 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
BOOOOOOOOOOO, HOOOOOOOOOO!
ChattTownBrian
July 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
Hey Joe, if LaHair isn’t worthy of of All Star selection “due to his bad struggles lately” then neither is Uggla. What a one tracked mind, ignorant assed fool.
archie
July 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
Dear Chip & Joe: stop raggin’ on Bryan LaHair, and deal with the fact that very few Braves can play this game.
TuffShhhtuff
July 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
“Kat” yep, I got it, just took the opportunity to throw in an additional two cents worth. All I need is just a crack to jump in!
monty
July 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
Hanson’s 4th loss to the Cubs, with no wins.
TNScott
July 2nd, 2012
9:19 pm
Mitchell- I will take two World Series titles in 8 years over 14 straight divisions any day of the week as Terry Francona over Fredi.
DS1
July 2nd, 2012
9:19 pm
Will Samardijza (sp) go out for the 8th? If not then that helps us a bit. We still have 2 innings to go folks.
We may not win, be we damned sure haven’t lost it yet.
keylargo
July 2nd, 2012
9:19 pm
BravesfaninAugusta – The Braves have an option in 2013 on McCann for $13M and will exercise it. Hopefully, though, they will trade McCann in the off season for a couple of starters and use the $13M they save on signing a couple of more young, athletic players that will make the Braves exciting again. Brian is a seemingly great person and I wish him the best. Spending millions and millions of dollars for his salary extension seem like one of the worst ideas imaginable.
kerryb
July 2nd, 2012
9:20 pm
What is it about this team that not more than 2 hitters can get hot at the same time and the others struggling terribly? I thought this Walker guy was such a great hitting coach. When they do manage to tie a game up the pitcher immediately goes back out there and gives it back. I’m getting to where I’d rather watch wrestling than a Braves game.
Braves Bats Made of Balsa Wood
July 2nd, 2012
9:20 pm
Wow! Glad the Braves got Walker and Fletcher to straighten this team’s bats up! I remember six weeks ago when they were the gods that had found the Braves bats!
If they are going to get the credit for the good times, who is going to get the blame when the Braves offense dies? Like now?
ChattTownBrian
July 2nd, 2012
9:20 pm
Our announcers making jokes and all crack up laughing every 10 seconds makes me wonder if they even care anymore.
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:20 pm
Mitchell- I will take two World Series titles in 8 years over 14 straight divisions any day of the week
Really? That seems kinda silly
Powderfinger
July 2nd, 2012
9:20 pm
Shaun— I guess it’s a good thing it didn’t take any range from Freeman to field that ball! It was hit right at him!
abeeewright
July 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
I’m sure the Braves are trying. They’re just not playing very well right now.
Most of the guys are going to “get their numbers” this year, except for McCann, who’s having an out-of-this-world bad season.
Jerry
July 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
I sure the media is wrong and Wren doesn’t get his hooks into Greinke. It’s not that I have any great love for Teheran, Minor, Degado, or any of the young pitchers, because I don’t. But I can’t see resigning Greinke for the $20million a season that he’s gonna want to re-up with this team with the huge holes we have throughout the 25-man roster. And if he doesn’t resign, it will be one of the worst trade deadline deals we ever done, rivaling the Tex deal. Greinke is not gonna put this team over the hump. Mark that down.
Brava
July 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
Good job. CMart.
DS1
July 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
CTB
Who’s the dum azz? Uggla was voted in. LaHair was selected by LaRussa. LaHair didn’t have to be selected. Uggla was an automatic.
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:21 pm
I wouldn’t of pulled Hanson after the 2nd single. Probably the walk to Barney, but I’m not blaming Fredi too much. Hanson just lost it.
Bat Masterson
July 2nd, 2012
9:22 pm
Kat _
Yes a team has lost all their games on one day of the week before. I think it was Brian from SC that looked it up. I can’t remember the teams but I think the 62 Mets were one of them.
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:22 pm
nice job FF keeping his head up – great lesson for my son who just saw him strike out again and commit his second error of the game. We just finished talking about keeping your head up during and after a bad game, everyone has a bad game, etc. when FF saved a run and robbed the Cub of a double
nolie
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
given his history, second single and he’s gone AFAIC
David O'Brien
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
Samardzija’s out after striking out a career-high 11 in 7 innings. Allowed 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 run.
ray k.
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
Why do the Braves always have some peculiar ignominious streak going that ESPN can mock us about? Consecutive one run losses, can’t win on Mondays, even Ugglas hitting streak came during his lost season.
How many times over the past few years has DOB posted some bizarre head scratching stat about the braves or a particular braves player, beginning like: “Since May 10th…(fill in the blank)” that leaves us collectively shaking our heads. I realize our payroll is not what it once was, and we are a mid tier organization now, but is there another team that puts its fans on the emotional see-saw the way this one does?
iTiSi
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
“CTB” I was thinking a few minutes ago that they have become immune to it. It’s just a job to them, and they still get paid, so what do they care!
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
C Mart never walks anyone. Like him as a long man, even next year.
Capt.Mudd
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm
Well I am shutting the audio….the picture is clear enough and, listening to the announcers rattle on with whatever abstract nonsense—well, enough for me tonight.
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm
if the Braves can get Greinke this year and lock him up for 5 years without gutting the farm then do it. Braves have sorely missed the anchor man to the rotation
kerryb
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm
Yea Chip, Samardzija was brilliant tonight but then again the Braves are making a lot of pitchers look brilliant lately.
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm
any relation to rick camp??
monty
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm
I’m not on here every day bashing FG, but you got to know tendecies with your guys. Work off of that.
abeeewright
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
If the Braves were doing the little things in this game, it’s probably 3-2 cubbies or 3-3.
Couldn’t score Simmons from 3rd with one out. Couldn’t advance Chipper’s lead off double.
Heyward/Freeman comedy act on the bases clearing double probably gave up an extra run.
ncbravesfan90
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
That kinda thing happens when your playing like crap!!
Venice Jim
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
All the great 100 meter sprinters slide headfirst across the finish line…
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
cannot slide there Simmons!!!!
tmc
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Wow! that was a hell of a play by the 2-bagger.
JoeBrave
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Damn just damn, this team blows in every way possible! at least the Hawks have competent leadership!
Braves Bats Made of Balsa Wood
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Chip Caray, ” Jeff Samardzija was brilliant!”
I just have to laugh considering he hasn’t been brilliant against anyone but the Braves this year! lol
This guys has been meat against everyone else in the last 6 weeks!
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Gawd Damn! The Iowa Cubs Are looking Playoff Caliber AGAIN!
That Pis..es me the F off!
Mark
July 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
Great hustle but quit sliding into 1st.
That would be a good thing for
freddi or one of the other guys just breathing over ther.
brian
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
great point VJ
Powderfinger
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Man, I hope Simmons doesn’t hurt his hand sometime sliding head-first…
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Ten more games left to play on Monday………
abeeewright
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Quit hitting the ball to Barney!
TNScott
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Nolie- The MLB doesn’t give out a trophy after the last game of the season to a team that wins a division. It’s about the rings.
Kat
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Thanks Bat!
The A Bomb
July 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Barney is Satan.