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Bravefaninok
August 4th, 2012
9:46 pm
Can’t win em all….tommorow is a must win now!
Tomahawk Mafia
August 4th, 2012
9:46 pm
Offense is to blame tonight, but I am having trouble getting over Maholm’s glaring mistakes to Justin Maxwell. He hit some bombs to left field and accounted for all three of the Astros’ runs.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
9:46 pm
every team hits inconsistently, its the nature of the fact that even the best fail two out of three at bats.
T-Dawg
August 4th, 2012
9:46 pm
no excuses, but I’m sure there will be.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
9:47 pm
Not a Fredi-basher at all, but I got to say, I really loved PHing with one of the slower guys on the team, in a situation where a DP ends the game.
bp
August 4th, 2012
9:47 pm
Pretty bad when the worst hitter on the team drives in both runs
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
9:47 pm
Better to pinch hit with Johnson first and then use Francisco.
Johnson is not that great against RHP.
Hmmmm
August 4th, 2012
9:48 pm
ok so if the Nats take the lead here in the 8th i’m just going to laugh it off as baseball being baseball
nolie
August 4th, 2012
9:49 pm
he ain’t that bad against them either, but Juan was the right pick
Venice Jim
August 4th, 2012
9:49 pm
Nats score on a play where tyne runner did NOT touch home…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
9:50 pm
Anyways, good game, shame that Maholm couldn’t win in his 1st game for the Bravos…. we’ll get ‘em next time.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
9:50 pm
Not a Fredi-basher at all, but I got to say, I really loved PHing with one of the slower guys on the team, in a situation where a DP ends the game.
Francisco is also the only guy out of the bench that gave them a pretty good chance of winning right there with one swing.
Or are you suggesting that Fredi should have foreseen that DP coming?
nolie
August 4th, 2012
9:50 pm
baseball gods are obviously Nats fans and not Braves fanf,VJ. Their bias is obvious tonight
phil
August 4th, 2012
9:50 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Pace
August 4th, 2012
9:51 pm
I just hope that this game really pisses the Braves off – start them on another long winning streak – gotta see more attitude from these guys.
Felix
August 4th, 2012
9:51 pm
Note to Maholm: Paul, normally giving up only 3 runs is considered a good start in MLB. But when you pitch for the Braves expect little run support. You see the Braves offense is puny. In fact the Braves offense has the unique ability to make the pitchers of the worse MLB teams all look like Sandy Koufax. So my advice to you is to not give up more than 1 run per game.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
9:51 pm
BOOM!
There are the Nats!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
9:52 pm
Johnson is not that great against RHP.
.267/.325/.382/.707 Career against RHP
.289/.354/.367/.720 2012 against RHP
Dawg '88
August 4th, 2012
9:52 pm
Embarrassing….losing to the worst team in baseball. The announcers even made fun of them. Well…who’s laughing now. Just plain awful effort against an awful team that has won 1 game vs a team with a winning record in a month.
To top it off Washington just tied their game. So we will lose a game in the standings because of this. I am pissed off! Terrible!!
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
9:53 pm
Damn what a crummy night. My steak wasn’t that great and the Braves lost. At least the salad was good.
Hmmmm
August 4th, 2012
9:53 pm
“baseball gods are obviously Nats fans and not Braves fanf,VJ. Their bias is obvious tonight”
them using former Brave Mike Dunn on top of it all is sick humor
DAM
August 4th, 2012
9:53 pm
Johnson against RHP this year: .289 BA, .354 OBP. Who cares if it’s all singles? Get on base and get the runner into scoring position. Last year: .312 BA, .361 OBP. Career: .267, .325. All of that is still better than Francisco.
MikeInFl
August 4th, 2012
9:54 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan, you did check Francisco’s splits against righties, right?
kevkat
August 4th, 2012
9:54 pm
3 games out…9-6 Nats
Venice Jim
August 4th, 2012
9:54 pm
Worthless Mike Dunn – stupid error leads to collapse…
Ward
August 4th, 2012
9:54 pm
Hello everyone! The good thing is Maholm pitched great, and bad thing is Braves bats went cold against a crappy pitcher. No hat tipping tonight, because the bats are to blame, but all in all not too bad. At least it was close. Get ready for Bitchell ……..All, I’ll talk later, and Peace my freinds, and Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
keylargo
August 4th, 2012
9:54 pm
9 – 6 Wash
Lakewood
August 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
When is the last time the Braves had a walk off home run? Don’t know why but I had a feeling this game was cooked after that guy I have never heard of hit his 2nd home run. I saw on sportscenter that the A’s have had like 13 walk offs. Talk about exciting.
Bravefaninok
August 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
Ballgame…espinosa just hit a 3 run bomb.
Hmmmm
August 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
ha, and now they do lead. Oh baseball you silly goose
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
Or are you suggesting that Fredi should have foreseen that DP coming?
No, I’m not, cuz I don’t hate Fredi…. I just didn’t want Juan to bat there.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
the smart folks out there should become nats fans and drop the braves like the lepers that they are
Jerry
August 4th, 2012
9:56 pm
Well, that game really sucked. So much a good first impression. Really disappointing that our offense could not muster more than 2 runs from Dan Uggla.
phil
August 4th, 2012
9:56 pm
I mean 13 hits one night, 4 the next….we’re masters at frustration.
At least we’re not the Stros, eh?
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
9:56 pm
Did anyone really expected the Astros to not have at least 1 of their 11 road wins, at Turner Field?
DAM
August 4th, 2012
9:56 pm
JC Brave, playing at home, you play for one run to tie it.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
9:58 pm
wait till we lose tomorrows too………
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
9:59 pm
dang, nolie, that hurts (coming from you)…
George
August 4th, 2012
9:59 pm
WHAT A TEAM
WON 35—— LOST 72
are they GOOD are WHAT.
T-Dawg
August 4th, 2012
9:59 pm
MikeInFl
August 4th, 2012
9:28 pm
This is pathetic. The Nats are giving the Braves a gift and they can’t beat the lowly Astros.
or, as a Nationals fan might say…
This is pathetic. The Braves are giving the Nats a gift and they can’t beat the lowly Marlins.
oooopppss. Guess it was too soon to call that one.
njbraves
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
Nats get 6 runs in the 8th. Back to 3 out.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan, you did check Francisco’s splits against righties, right?
Juan Career vs. RHP .289/.337/.518/.855
Juan 2012 vs. RHP .274/.319/.547/.866
Reed Career vs. RHP 267/.325/.382/.707
Reed 2012 vs. RHP .289/.354/.367/.720
Reed is hitting better this year (albeit slightly).
Lance
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
That does hurt nolie. This is my first night “participating” but I’ve been watching for a long time and you usually don’t give up, nolie.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
All of Francisco’s offense comes against RHP. But yeah, Johnson’s splits against RHP are a little better. Still, Francisco was the right choice there, to some extent.
VaBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
Not gonna win the east with a piss poor effort like that, gotta take care of teams like this. We just got beat by a AAA team…
DAM
August 4th, 2012
10:00 pm
MikeInFl, did you check his splits against righties?
phil
August 4th, 2012
10:01 pm
I’m depressed now…need some water. Maybe a few skittles….
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:01 pm
Just hope to win tomorrow, all I wanted was 2 of 3.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:02 pm
Reed is hitting better this year.
Career (bigger sample size) > Season (smaller sample size).
DAM
August 4th, 2012
10:02 pm
I’m not saying Francisco was necessarily a bad choice. I just would have played for another base runner and then used him, that’s all.
keylargo
August 4th, 2012
10:03 pm
Everybody with a TV saw that LaRoche never touched home ( with 5th run) but nobody on the Marlins saw it. All they had to do was appeal and they’re out of the inning. Every MLB team should have someone watching a monitor for a case like this.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:03 pm
JC Brave, playing at home, you play for one run to tie it.
Impossible; Fredi is Bobby’s shadow.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:04 pm
me give up? no way! just twitting the “sky-is-falling” crowd. too much fun to pass up
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:05 pm
The starter tonight, Harrell had a 3.03 ERA since July 1 IIRC…. was expecting a good performance from him, so not too surprised that we “only” got 2 runs.
MikeInFl
August 4th, 2012
10:05 pm
Yes, I checked, and I’ll take an .850 OPS vs a .700 one any time. You really don’t see an advantage to having a slugger up with a runner on, down by a run? Where a double, triple or homer ties (or wins) the game?
Whine away, guys. Fredi didn’t lose this. Good Houston pitching did. Come to grips with it.. or don’t. Whatever.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:05 pm
That Nationals performance was what I kept expecting to see from the Braves at some point in tonight’s game.
I guess the Nats have “more heart”.
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
10:07 pm
Thanks, nolie. My faith is restored. Now, how in the world can we ever win tomorrow? After all, the sky is falling, not to mention the hits from those mighty Astros bats…
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:07 pm
I’d have used Juan even though I’m not really a fan. he gave the best chance for a walk off and hopefully you still have Johnson on deck. sometimes you’re the winshield, tonight we were the bug. either way has its merits
Mixxo
August 4th, 2012
10:08 pm
JC Brave -
They’ve had ‘…more heart’ (and talent) all year… so far.
I dunno how hard that is to understand.
David O'Brien
August 4th, 2012
10:08 pm
Venters had some elbow soreness past few days, Braves say it’s nothing, that he threw a ‘pen today and should be available tomorrow.
Hmmmm
August 4th, 2012
10:09 pm
“Harrell had a 3.03 ERA since July 1″
and yet the Astros are 1-4 in those starts so at least some teams were taking advantage of that horrible bullpen.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:09 pm
See boys, that’s what I’m talking about.Baseball is only one half skill, the
other half is something else…..something bigger!
{sang
You’ve gotta have….Heart!All you really need is heart!
When
the odds are sayin’ you’ll never win, that’s when the grin should start!
You’ve gotta have hope!Musn’t sit around and mope. Nuthin’ half as bad as
it may appear, wait’ll next year and hope.When your luck is battin’ zero,
get your chin up off the floor. Mister, you can be a hero.You can open any
door.There’s nothin’ to it, but to do it.You’ve gotta have heart!Miles
and miles and miles of heart!Oh, it’s fine to be a genius of corse!But
keep that ol’ horse before the cart!First you’ve got to have heart!
Smokey:
A great pitcher, we haven’t got!
Rocky:
A great slugger, we haven’t got!
Sohovic:
A great pitcher, we haven’t got!
All:
What’ve we got?We’ve got heart! All you really need is heart! When the odds
are sayin’, You’ll never win, that’s when the grin should start!We’ve got
hope!We don’t sit around and mope!Not a solitary sob do we heave, mister
’cause we’ve got hope.
Rocky:
We’re so happy, that we’re hummin’.
All:
Hmm, Hmm, Hmm
Coach:
That’s the heart-y thing to do.
Smokey:
‘Cause we know our ship will come in!
All:
Hmm, hmm, hmm
Sohovic:
So it’s ten years over due!
All:
Hoo, hoo, hoo.We’ve got heart!Miles and miles and miles of heart! Oh it’s
fine to be a genius of coarse, but keep that old horse before the cart!
Smokey:
So what the heck’s the use of cryin’?
Coach:
Why should we curse?
Sohovic:
We’ve got to get better……
Rocky:
….’cause we can’t get worse!
All:
And to add to it; we’ve got heart!We’ve got heart!We’ve got Heart!
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
10:12 pm
Wow, nolie, now you hafta bring up those damn Yankees…
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8CpIg2fvU .. you gotta have heart
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:14 pm
You know some of you are a lot like me – you’re just a prisoner and you’re trying to break free.
VaBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:15 pm
Moholm gave us 7 innings only allowing 3 runs, plenty good enough to win.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:15 pm
Whine away, guys. Fredi didn’t lose this. Good Houston pitching did. Come to grips with it.. or don’t. Whatever.
I am to grips with it. I started my post by saying that I’m not bashing Fredi, but that I disagree with the move. Not whining. Geez. I know Houston pitched well, and I expected them to… I said on Friday, we will win at most 2 of 3 games. People were saying sweep or bust. I’m not one the lunatics.
brian
August 4th, 2012
10:15 pm
the way things are going with pitching injuries, Venters probably headed for Tommy John
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:15 pm
Mixxo,
The problem is not really about having more heart or a little less. Is just that the Braves, against this kind of teams, appear as heartless as one can be.
The Astros are so awful that even a Dominican Winter ballclub could tear them apart, and look at tonight’s result…
But F it… that’s baseball… (Braves’ baseball)
And kudos to the offense for keeping the “no run support for newly acquired pitchers” tradition going.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:16 pm
Four hits against the @#$%&?! Astros??? Mike Dunn COLLAPSES and gives the Nats a HUGE win tonight, right after the Nats saw that the Braves lost – WITH FOUR @#$%&?! HITS!!! – against the crap Triple-A Astros???
September is gonna be ugly with this sad-sack lineup. Tonight was unforgiveable.
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:16 pm
no urgency tonight
MikeInFl
August 4th, 2012
10:18 pm
I’m not one the lunatics.
Yeah, that’s what they all say
Hmmmm
August 4th, 2012
10:18 pm
ok I went back and read the blog story … can kinda see how they lost tonight. You jinx that much, no one is going to be kind to you.
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:19 pm
Agreed whole heartedly … the effort wasn’t there for our Braves tonight. They quit on not only themselves, but on all of us. Shame on all of them.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:19 pm
Wow. Four hits against the Houston Garbage and we’re reduced to show tunes on the blog?
Wow. Might as well replace the team’s red, white, & blue with lavender.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:20 pm
Yeah, that’s what they all say
LOL… I try to be calm (at least on here)…. I vent to my walls/TV, then calm down and think rationally for the blog
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:20 pm
Youre right, nolie. Urgency was lacking.
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:21 pm
You’re having a blast right now, aren’t you, nolie?
Venice Jim
August 4th, 2012
10:21 pm
Glad to see someone rushing in to overreact with over-the-top hysteria…
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
10:22 pm
I’ve been uneasy all day, because both the radio and tv guys have been hammering home just how bad the ’stros are. I know the players aren’t hearing it in the clubhouse, but I still hate poking fun at ‘em (guess it has something to do with bad karma)…
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:22 pm
Well you live in Miami, so you should be used to fruities.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:22 pm
Mark today as a very ugly turning point in the season. The Nats are gonna go on a ROLL, after muddling along the last two weeks.
Apparently, they CAN hit.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:23 pm
Wow. Four hits against the Houston Garbage
What, are the Astros not allowed to win once in a while?
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
10:23 pm
TOBF—M point exactly…
nolie
August 4th, 2012
10:24 pm
who lives in Miami?
David O'Brien
August 4th, 2012
10:24 pm
Maholm on the two pitches over the middle to Maxwell: “Yeah, obviously the two home runs were probably the only two mistakes I really made. The first one, a fastball ran back over [the plate], and the second one was a hanging curveball. And he did a good job of obviously hitting them a long way.”
Powderfinger
August 4th, 2012
10:24 pm
Make that “My point exactly”…
VaBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:24 pm
I really don’t see us getting ahead of the Nats. Look how great we’ve been playing and still 3 games back… We come out with a piss poor effort of 4 hits vs the Astros and lose, while the Nats come from behind in a exciting victory to gain a game.
Moholm pitched well in his debut, 7 innings only allowing 3 runs should be good enough to beat the Astros any night.
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:24 pm
Venice, like you rushed in to overract at me last night. Uh huh. Gotcha!
JC Brave
August 4th, 2012
10:25 pm
What, are the Astros not allowed to win once in a while?
Yeah, but in their own division only.
Ha!
MiaBchBravesFan
August 4th, 2012
10:26 pm
That’s sweet, CTBrian, but don’t take tonight’s loss out on me, bud.
Mixxo
August 4th, 2012
10:26 pm
“LOL… I try to be calm (at least on here)…. I vent to my walls/TV, then calm down and think rationally for the blog”
Works for me too!
Venice Jim
August 4th, 2012
10:28 pm
CTB – and I apologized for thinking you were serious even when you pretended you were not – are you serious with the nonsensical comments about effort, and your homophobic comment about Miami?
David O'Brien
August 4th, 2012
10:31 pm
Uggla on whether he feels like he’s making any progress, at least has driven in some runs in past week:
“Yeah. All I can do is keep going up there and battling, keep fighting, keep grinding. Because once it clicks… I’ve been feeling good, feeling a lot better the last week, two weeks. It’s still not quite right yet, but when I get hot I can get as hot as anybody. So it’s a click away. All I can do is keep grinding.”
Amber Girl
August 4th, 2012
10:31 pm
Thanks for eveything. May all of you walk in peace. Took a sleeping pill. Going to try to sleep. Good nite.
Busch Leaguer
August 4th, 2012
10:32 pm
Lighten up people,look on the bright side you could be a Red Sox fan 180M payroll and they blow another 9th inning lead to the only team lowlier than the Astros ,the Twins. Sox and their 180m payroll 2 games under .500 and in last place.
J-MAN
August 4th, 2012
10:32 pm
Just not a good night
ChattTownBrian
August 4th, 2012
10:33 pm
MiaBchBraves, I’m not. Just unfunny humor, something like that.
VJ, appology accepted. Just being frivolous about the game.
TuffShhhtuff
August 4th, 2012
10:35 pm
Apparently somebody posted DOBs article about how bad they are in the Astros locker room. When I was reading it earlier I was thinking “wow what have they done to the “StatMan”! He flat lowered the boom on them! But, I must admit they put it to good use.
Lance
August 4th, 2012
10:35 pm
I’ll be happy with a win of the series. I’d love it if we would sweep them all but lets be real … if we win many more series than we don’t then we will take care of business.