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DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:13 pm
I can see it now: Mitchell is on his mom’s computer composing a 5 paragraph report on how pathetic and embarrassing this loss was for the Braves.
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:13 pm
Mixxo – you have jumped the shark tonight – I knew you were a lowlife cretin, but you exceeded my lowest thoughts tonight…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:13 pm
It must be wonderful to live in “la la land” and a “dream world” like TOBF does every day.
Probably better than being filled with anger/disappointment after every loss like you idjiots seem to be…
I don’t live in a dream world, but in reality. And the reality is that the Braves are a pretty good team. It’s my opinion that only the Nats are in our way. Knock them off and barring injuries/slumps, we can get to the WS.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 12th, 2012
11:14 pm
Wow,”Breaking Bad” took a really dark turn tonight. Not quite as dark as the blog, but still…
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:14 pm
worst part of espn sunday night baseball…i’ve been watching since the game ended 2 lazy 2 change station…kobe is on I’m not that lazy so now I’ll change it
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:15 pm
tiger
Not really interested in being a twitter guy just yet…….
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:16 pm
Mixxo told me he is easy to find. He said he will be getting off one of the short busses on the first day of school.
I doubt someone like him even goes to school…
TuffShhhtuff
August 12th, 2012
11:16 pm
VJ, nowhere in my posts did I “root for the Mets”, just down on the Braves when they assume the role of a AAA team. Just realistic instead of a “dreamer”. Been a Braves’ fan for many years, and have seen these years go just where this one is heading.
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
u shuld b…much more civilized than the blog
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
Ok everyone, I just talked with Mixxo’s parents and they are restricting his computer access for the next week. So, one fewer idiot online for the next series.
Get in touch with Mitchell’s parents next please.
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
tiger
I really enjoyed a lot of the Olympics coverage this year, but I have to admit I was hoping those pre madonna’s would have lost that game! Call me un American, but I do NOT like Kobe or Lebron.
brian
August 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
If sheets has a dead arm, he could probably use his next start off or a DL stint for his dead arm. Enter hanson
john doe
August 12th, 2012
11:18 pm
Well, Mixxo and Mitchell got the comments to go over 500, but if you take away the idiots (Mixxo and Mitchell) there were only 300
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:19 pm
tiger
I am in the process of moving back to a personal phone (and not a corporate phone). Maybe when that happens, I will consider it.
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:19 pm
Thomas Boswell @ThomasBoswellWP
Mets relievers should arrive in a clown car.
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:19 pm
can somebody help me out
how many games over .500 are the braves?
how many series have we played since we lost one?
what is our record in the last 35 games?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:19 pm
u shuld b…much more civilized than the blog
In terms of childish attacks, yes… But I still see the fire FG rants after the team loses…. #DumpUggla was going around during his slump…
Mark
August 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
DS1
No way to prove it either way but I’m on the side of thinking theirs no way these guys would beat the 92 team!
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
brian
I’m guessing that Fredi and Roger will do just that. Give some of these guys a little extra rest during this 20/20 stretch.
Ward
August 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
Hello everyone! For just one post……. I called it a night, but the Braves came back a little, and that pleased me. It’s hard to win 3 game series all the time. Braves came back, and made it interesting, and that’s good enough for me. The Sun Will Come out tomorrow……Peace my friends, and Braves did good to come back, and almost take it! Talk tomorrow, and “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
TuffStuff – I realize that – you are just one of those people who takes delight in the Braves’ troubles to prove that you are right in being pessimistic…
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:22 pm
I watched more olympics this year than I have in a long time-trying to let the little one get into it (i think womens beach volleyvall was his favorite)
john doe
August 12th, 2012
11:22 pm
Venice,
Classic comment from Boswell, that was funny.
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:23 pm
how many games over .500 are the braves? I dunno, maybe 8?
how many series have we played since we lost one? we’ve won some?
what is our record in the last 35 games? 18-17…
Mark
August 12th, 2012
11:23 pm
brian
Sheets threw just like he has been throwing tonight. Looked identical to every other start with maybe a little less command hitting spots. He threw well with bad luck!
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:23 pm
TOBF – yeah but I can block the schmucks on twitter-I only see what you have to say if I want to see it
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:24 pm
Boz tweets rarely, but they are usually worthwhile (when not Nats’ related)…
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:24 pm
and obviously I didn’t intend that towards you
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:25 pm
can somebody help me out
how many games over .500 are the braves?
how many series have we played since we lost one?
what is our record in the last 35 games?
Not enough! the idjiots yell.
Braves are 18 games over .500
Haven’t lost a series since July 21-23, when we played 4 games, lost 3 (and JJ started)
25-10 over our last 35.
20-9 since the ASB, 7-4 in August…. yea we just sukk.
john doe
August 12th, 2012
11:25 pm
Well goodnight all, here’s hoping for another good series and hopefully one without the M & M idiots.
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:25 pm
tiger
Yeah, yeah. We’ve had a good stretch, but we let Jonathan Frickin Niese pull our strings tonight! That’s embarrassing and unacceptable!!!
C’mon man, get w/ the negativity!
TuffShhhtuff
August 12th, 2012
11:25 pm
“VJ”, had already figured out that Cpt. Mudd was a lawyer based on some of his posts, but just now realized you are either a psychologist or a psychiatrist. If the latter, you could self-diagnose(and treat).
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:26 pm
TOBF – yeah but I can block the schmucks on twitter-I only see what you have to say if I want to see it
True.
and obviously I didn’t intend that towards you
Thank you, I appreciate
monty
August 12th, 2012
11:27 pm
BIg Ben couldnt put hitters away with 2 strikes on them tonite. And everytime they got a runner in scoring position they got a dinkie hit.
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:28 pm
bad news for the blog-after this 4 game set with the padres we have 10 games with tough teams
anything better than .500 will be a good showing which means we migh lose one of those series…gonna be some bad nights on the blog then
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:29 pm
The Womens Beach Volleyball was also my favorite!
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:29 pm
DS1 – we lost to a major league team…it happens sometimes (as much as I don’t like it) after 30 years of watching baseball I understand it
enjoyed my 4 hours of entertainment this evening
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:31 pm
best line from him the other day as we were sitting down to eat dinner I said-I think volleyball is on tonight. As I turned it on he said – this isn’t the women can we watch one of my shows…
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:33 pm
tiger
That next stretch after the Padres series is going to be exciting. We’ll see what these guys are really made of………
If you think your good, you can’t be afraid of some good competition. We probably won’t play 750 ball, but if we approach .600 it’ll be a good run.
tiger297
August 12th, 2012
11:34 pm
when its sleepy time down south…
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2012
11:35 pm
PRADO on his double in ninth and whether he thought it might get to corner and bring in three runs to tie
“Yeah, man. But they were playing deep. The only thing I could do was go to second and try to get them to throw to second and Michael try to be aggressive. I knew he was running fast and we’d have a chance. But there was no chance because they he didn’t want that run to score. He threw to the cutoff man.”
“I love this team because we battle all the way to the end. We came up short, but we tried. We played hard. That’s all that matters.”
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:36 pm
kids can say the darnedest things. My wife was reminding me of something our middle son said to her when he was in the 3rd or 4th grade. Summer was getting close and he said, “Mom, you’re so lucky. You get me ALL day long during the summer!”
And he was serious….. and correct!
BF54
August 12th, 2012
11:38 pm
Amen Marteen keep on pluggin we’ll get em
Mark
August 12th, 2012
11:39 pm
Braves made it interesting!!
Work dat tomorrow after a great day today.
Prayers All
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:41 pm
TuffShhhtuff – no, just someone who has followed the game for enough years to realize that there have been relatively few undefeated teams over the course of a season…
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:42 pm
later tiger and Mark
You are correct BF54
ACE
August 12th, 2012
11:42 pm
add on runs are killers. This time it was the one ine eighth.
ACE
August 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
Great at bat by Cisco to keep that inning alive.
Venice Jim
August 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
Of course. it would be incredibly difficult to discern what I do without reading way between the lines on the many posts I transmit from my place of my workitude…
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
Anybody that’s still blogging have a good recipe for a multi cheese mac and cheese dish?
Saw on Adam Richman’s show this afternoon an outfit that ground up their mac and cheese and made a waffle out of it.
Me and two of my boys want to try that tomorrow night for dinner……..
ACE
August 12th, 2012
11:46 pm
These are the games that the Cards won in Sept last year while the braves were melting down.
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:46 pm
ACE
Too many of those Mets runs scored after Sheets had them on the ropes with 0-2 counts; or were dingers just barely past an infielder or bloops.
When at team is scoring like that, it’s hard to overcome when their pitcher is on his game.
ACE
August 12th, 2012
11:49 pm
For many us we have been Braves fans since they arrived in Atlanta. We know only one season did not end in a loss. This team has to make up ground when it has a chance.
JC Brave
August 12th, 2012
11:50 pm
Unable to gain any ground on the Nationals…
Shocking…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 12th, 2012
11:50 pm
“I love this team because we battle all the way to the end. We came up short, but we tried. We played hard. That’s all that matters.”
This!
Mixxo: Yes, you are.
ACE
August 12th, 2012
11:52 pm
Moral victories do not equal making the playoffs.
DS1
August 12th, 2012
11:57 pm
It’s a baseball game………..
Nite folks.
Bo Graves!
TuffShhhtuff
August 12th, 2012
11:58 pm
Speaking of cheese, and sorry I can’t help, but am allergic to it, but I went to Wendy’s this afternoon for the first time in over 5 yrs. I had a coupon for free drink and fries with that new Son of Baconator(sounds profane don’t it?) That dang sandwich(it’s small) was still $3.99, but I held my tongue. What made me really mad, was that after I told them “no cheese”, I got home and there was no lettuce and tomato on it. That is SACRILEGIOUS not to put lettuce and tomato on anything with bacon in it. I called them and they said “no, we don’t put L&T on it unless requested”. I said “yeh, but if I had asked for it, you would have charged me extra even though I had the cheese left off”. She said, “yep, sure would”. Besides that, my sweet tea only lasted halfway through the burger cause it was full of ice. The fries were over-cooked and had lots of bad spots on the potatoes too. Threw a third of them away. I got the last word in though. I said, “lady, it’s been 5 yrs. since I was at a Wendy’s and it will be at least 5 more before I’m back.” That’s my rant for tonight, at least it got me off the Braves! Who brought up cheese?
DS1
August 13th, 2012
12:00 am
If you gave some folks a new car, they’d complain about it being the wrong color. Glass half empty……..
MiaBchBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:06 am
Tuff: loved the anecdote! All the fast-food places have service that borders on the insane. It shows what a Pavlovian addiction Americans have to cheap, crappy food when these “businesses” still manage to turn a HUGE profit despite their incompetence.
All of ‘em SUCK. Pays to eat at home every time.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:07 am
That’s why Wendy’s sukks…. Chick-Fil-A or Zaxby’s is better.
Venice Jim
August 13th, 2012
12:09 am
So must be the cheese…
DS1
August 13th, 2012
12:09 am
I gotta tell you, that most of the fast food places out in the northwest offer decent to very good service.
DS1
August 13th, 2012
12:12 am
TOBF
Zaxby’s is da bomb four shore! When I get off the plane in SC to visit my folks, the first place I go is to Zaxby’s!
TuffShhhtuff
August 13th, 2012
12:12 am
Yeh, love me some Chik-Fil-A or Zaxby’s. Will stick with them from now on. They’re closer to me anyway!
Venice Jim
August 13th, 2012
12:14 am
Mixxo – admitting that you are the scum of the earth does not absolve you from being the scum of the earth…either proffer an apology for your despicable comments towards me and tiger, or be ready to suffer the inevitable consequences…
TuffShhhtuff
August 13th, 2012
12:15 am
Most people don’t know it but Zaxby’s started in Statesboro, GA (home of GA Southern) where my son went to school and still lives. Those college kids made them a huge profit there and they just re-invested and kept re-investing.
TuffShhhtuff
August 13th, 2012
12:16 am
OMG, what are “inevitable consequences”? I want to hear this!
David O'Brien
August 13th, 2012
12:16 am
Braves quotage
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/12/braves-quotes-after-sundays-loss-to-mets/
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:18 am
Interesting, Tuff… gotta go there more often, helping a “local” company
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:20 am
Ben Ingram @IngramRadio
Biggest difference: 22 fewer walks, 15 fewer HR’s allowed, 24 fewer runs allowed in those two spans.
Ben Ingram @IngramRadio
#Braves pitching May 29 – July 5: 32 G 285 INN. 129 R 102 BB 36 HR 3.60 ERA
July 6 – Now: 32 G 288 INN. 105 R 80 BB 21 HR 2.99 ERA
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:22 am
Chipper Jones @RealCJ10
Gave em a scare in the 9th. Still a good road trip. Won both series. Free stays hot w/ a #yaya! Gonna ride him til he bucks us! Pads tmrw!!
MiaBchBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:22 am
RE: Heyward’s approach in the last at-bat, I think he was trying to get a base hit and not swing for the fences. Unfortunately, I did not see anyone go to Heyward to give him the heads-up on Rauch, that he was a sinker/slider pitcher. The last pitch swung at was Heyward just swinging from “below the waist”, as opposed to using his brains and looking for a pitch over the plate to drive.
He had seen that sinker earlier in the count. The last pitch broke early. Poor pitch recog at the most critical part of the game. Situational hitting is waiting a pitch out and going to the opposite field when a simple base hit will do. Heyward needs to learn situational hitting, to wait a pitch out, to go to the opposite field in a critical at-bat…
Very much like Prado did.
Venice Jim
August 13th, 2012
12:26 am
It is unfortunate that he is so inferior to you as a hitter…
MiaBchBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:37 am
WOW! Just saw Breaking Bad!!! That was some evil, EVIL stuff!!! This show does NOT end well.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
12:49 am
V-Jim: no need to overreact or get snarky. Just an observation. My opinion – it was a bad swing.
King of Carrot Flowers
August 13th, 2012
1:18 am
Heyward looking Uggla-esque tonight. Gotta have more contact from a 3-hole hitter. Time to return Chipper to his old spot, with Freddie at cleanup.
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:13 am
well, that sukked. Hope its not an omen of how the season ends…..
David O'Brien
August 13th, 2012
7:18 am
Braves 9th-inning rally falls short in 6-5 loss to Mets (updated game story)
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/12/braves-ninth-inning-rally-falls-short-in-6-5-loss-to-mets/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog
David O'Brien
August 13th, 2012
7:19 am
What, is everybody still SLEEPING!?
Come on, wake up, people. New week starting.
BravesFanInMaine
August 13th, 2012
7:27 am
DOB even though they lost I think it was a good game… they almost came back to tie it up and if the braves lose all I want to see is effort instead of giving in….. GO BRAVES!!
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
8:07 am
Well, we can’t afford to lose when the Nats win. And we can’t afford to lose when they lose. Guess we gotta win ‘em all.
Props to Mike for a succinct and pinpoint summary of the “realists” attitude prevalent here.
Tomahawkin
August 13th, 2012
8:10 am
Better Handle The Padres This week…Gotta go 3-1
As For the Game, Last Night, I turned it off in the 6th inning…Decent comeback that was aided by Francisco…
I couldn’t tolerate the BSPN Commentators….
And what a suprise we sucked again on National TV…Better start wearing the socks high when we are either on FAUX or BSPN…Maybe we need to start sacrificing things when before we play a game that is on National TV
Tomahawkin
August 13th, 2012
8:16 am
18 Years ago yesterday the 1994 strike started…No way the Braves would’ve caught the 1994 Expos much like we are not catching the Curley W’s This year
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
8:20 am
Freddie Freeman in his last 47 games since coming back from injury: .321/.419/.530 – 198 PA’s.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
8:24 am
Jason Heyward’s last 40 games – .245/.324/.409 – 19/53 BB/K – 179 PA’s
Heyward since July 1st(37 games, 164 PA’s) – .260/.339/.432
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
8:29 am
Heyward since the start of the Houston series: .194/.256/.417(9 games, 39 PA’s)
I’d say it’s time to give Jason a little breather tonight or tomorrow. I think Fredi had mentioned that he wanted to do so and one of the next two games vs. a LHP would make some sense.
Three Strikes They Are Out
August 13th, 2012
8:34 am
The wife asked me something last night that I thought was telling. She said, “does it affect the Braves when they are on national TV? Are they more nervous playing on Sunday night?’
I didn’t have an answer for her but there were some bats that sure came up “small” last night.
Chipper, swinging early in the count except for the final walk.
Uggla, looking like the Uggla without a clue with the bat we have grown to love over the past few months.
And Heyward. JHey has been playing well but good grief, his AB’s last night were pathetic.
I swear, my exact words to the wife when he came to bat in the ninth were, “games over honey. Heyward will strike out swinging. And so he did.
If Heyward gets two strikes in a game situation late, he is going to K. Seen that movie lots. Last night wasn’t a surprise.
If Heyward doesn’t strike out in the first and Chipper doesn’t hit into the DP with the first two men in the inning on base, could have been a different game.
Glad to see Freeman punishing the ball.
Sheets was bound to come back to earth sometime. Hope last night was just a stinker that everyone has to throw during a season. The Braves need him to be “real” if they are going to contend.
Today is another day and another team. The Braves just have to keep plugging.
But my wife’s question is still resonating with me. Do the Braves have trouble playing in the NATIONAL spotlight?
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
8:42 am
If Heyward gets two strikes in a game situation late, he is going to K. Seen that movie lots. Last night wasn’t a surprise.
I’m not sure about game situation, but it does seem like Heyward is a goner when he has two strikes on him lately. Seems like a K is the only scenario with him when he’s down in the count. His strikeouts are bizarre. 115 in 407 at bats.
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
8:45 am
Do the Braves have trouble playing in the NATIONAL spotlight?
The answer is “no”, so now you and your wife will be able to sleep easily.
Considering how many bizarro concepts posters here have concocted, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that “bad TV juju” is among them. But asking Brian to research the games to disprove the fallacy would be giving such a notion much more shrift than it deserves. Have mercy.
Mixxo
August 13th, 2012
8:48 am
Do the Braves have trouble playing in the NATIONAL spotlight?
Yes they do. Always have.
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
8:52 am
but it does seem like Heyward is a goner when he has two strikes on him lately.
Everybody is a goner with two strikes, especially down in the count.
Jeff R
August 13th, 2012
8:54 am
Do the Braves have trouble playing in the NATIONAL spotlight?
I think the Braves simply lost the third game of a series they won against the Mets in the Mets’ park.
Teddy B
August 13th, 2012
8:55 am
Huge homer last night for Freeman. Glad he’s coming around. Was it me or does it look like Heyward needs a day off? That throwing ‘error’ could’ve easily been charged to Janish for missing the ball entirely but ok. Heyward didn’t look as sharp last night at the plate thing its time for a breather and get himself together.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
8:57 am
Everybody is a goner with two strikes, especially down in the count.
That’s fair, but the K’s aren’t a little bizarre to you? I don’t mind them overall, however it’s just a strange trend since he moved up to the 3-hole – 215 K pace over 162 games.
TennesseePaul
August 13th, 2012
9:00 am
So far in August…
_________AVG__OBP__SLG__OPS
Freeman .308 .413 .564 .977
Heyward .227 .292 .409 .701
MFin04
August 13th, 2012
9:00 am
Depressing loss. Not much else to say.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
9:01 am
So far in August…
Freeman is just a better player. Heyward is sub-optimal……
Hah! J/K.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
9:03 am
Depressing loss. Not much else to say.
Aren’t they 24-9 in their last 33 games? I’m okay with them losing once and a while. Just gotta bounce back. And they have lately.
Jeff R
August 13th, 2012
9:07 am
Come on, one loss? The expectation is for series’ sweeps? Err, just a bit unrealistic?
The Braves have been winning series. That’s the key.