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SOS Braves
August 29th, 2012
8:26 pm
Every time i see Fredi sitting on the bench I want to puke.
Powder Blue
August 29th, 2012
8:27 pm
Needless to say Hanson’s not helping the team right now.
Fredo
August 29th, 2012
8:27 pm
Padres setting the Braves up for a knockout punch
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:28 pm
Stults has carved up Freeman (1-7, career) I don’t think PH’ing Freeman woulda helped there. We also need defense the rest of the way, so Prado/Pastornicky at SS wouldn’t have been ideal.
M.V.P.Heyward
August 29th, 2012
8:29 pm
No more excuse! Joe & Chip.
The Braves should beat the Padres, period!
Mark
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
2 out rbis?????????
When and who came up with that stat? RBI is an rbi whether it comes with 0, 1 or 2 outs.
I doubt any 3 hitters lead in that stat. They don’t hit with 2 outs as often
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Nice grab Rossy!
MIBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Lance – just giving Freddie the day off against a lefty who is tough on lefties in general, and Freddie in particular (see TOBF’s post above).
Lance
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Ross always brings it!!!
Brava
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Great play, Rossy!
MIBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Great job Dan and David!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
and a great call by Eric Cooper (Umpire)!!!
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Ross wouldn’t let the Gold Glove godchild Uggla blow another one.
Lance
August 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
Thanks MlBravesFan
njbraves
August 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
So lucky…great play by Rossy. Uggla is just the worst.
Tina
August 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
IF we had a bench Janish should never be allowed to bat .Black takes his pitcher out with a lead next it be Layne another three strikeouts. Still keep saying we get wildcard and lose that game as are offense forgets to show up and Freddi for the last time will have to tell us how the guy was unhitable.Padres will get this team to the top with new owners and Black and Braves with no owner and Freddi OH WELL. Nice play by puss arm Uggla.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
That was a brain dead slide there by /maybin that helped us out. Slide right toward the only spot Ross could tag him
njbraves
August 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
Great play Dan??? You’re kidding, right? He almost threw the ball to the backstop.
Chas
August 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
What a brutal ball game to watch. Janish with a brain dead at bat, with the bases loaded…first pitch pop-up. What a complete idiot. Not a brain in his head.
Little league defense, a pop fly on the in field. Really. What a choke job joke.
Ross, terrible at bats, with runners on. Prado cuts off an out at the plate. Is his head in the game? Where?
Hanson…can’t field, sure can’t pitch. No command at all @ 88 mph. Loser.
This team of Braves is not a playoff team. They are the CHOKERS 2.0 The Collapse Re-Visited. It’s who they are.
Once again the Braves spit it out, as the season wanes. They are the same Braves as last September.
Good teams find a way to win. The Braves find ways to lose. Tonight is a perfect case in point.
Lance
August 29th, 2012
8:33 pm
I know that Ross has to always be ready as back-up to McCann in every game — but having Ross learn 1st and having both in the lineup could be a good thing
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:34 pm
Good jobs Uggs, and relief…. the Padres lead, and when they lead after 6, they are virtually unbeatable. Let’s bust that stat tonight!
MVPrado14
August 29th, 2012
8:35 pm
So, anybody really surprised that the Braves are well on their way to dropping two of three to the Padres?
Didn’t think so.
So much for … “well, the rest of the season is basically against teams under .500″
Doesn’t matter if the Braves drop series to them.
Collapse part 2 is still very much alive thanks to the Bravos inability to take care of business.
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:35 pm
I see we’re laying another egg….sigh.
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
Can’t believe Braves got out of that inning without giving up a run, but they sure better take advantage now if they hope to pull this out.
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
Uggla is a virus.
toast
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
i miss the 2010 comeback kids that use to win games late.
1st game in DC. ace huddy on hill and lay a friggin egg. comeback to tie game and in control of the game and fail to capitalize and lose in 13. set the tone for the trip. the very good teams win those games.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
Halladay, Lee, and Hamels. We might not score a run the next three games.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
Let’s go REV, my boy… get this rally train started.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
The Braves Specialist is in for the Padres in the 7th innning.
MIBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:37 pm
Not this kid again!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:37 pm
It’s so not our night… Damn
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
8:38 pm
Pastornicky might start getting a shift put on him. To the oppo side.
Fredo
August 29th, 2012
8:39 pm
Bourn has 5 hits on this road trip
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:39 pm
This guy would win the Cy Young if he faced the Braves every night
MVPrado14
August 29th, 2012
8:39 pm
“but they sure better take advantage now if they hope to pull this out.”
Gotta love when this supposedly good team has to “hope to pull out” games against lesser opponents!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:40 pm
All the luck is on the Padres side tonight…
Bronke
August 29th, 2012
8:40 pm
3 runs in 3 games so far. Hmmmm recipe for some soul searching!
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:40 pm
Chas = zero redeeming qualities…
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
“All the luck is on the Padres side tonight…”
Not to mention the Braves have scored 3 runs this entire series so far (25 innings)…..that’s something the Padres or Astros or Cubs should do…..not a playoff contending team.
sid
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
if this is a playoff calibre team, then MLB baseball has become the NBA.
1991 braves
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Hanson is the reincarnation of Lowe. And Fredi will continue to trot him out every 5 days, and he will give the braves zero chance to win. The guy can’t throw strikes, has an 87 or 88 mph fastball with no movement, and he hangs curves 3 or 4 times every start, which lasts 5 innings. This guy never gives the braves a quality start, he over works the bull pen, and he is a cancer. He tells the manager and pitching coach to fuc- off, and yet he still gets to pitch every 5 days. This guy should be sent to Gwinnett, and to hell with him and his attitude, and his terrible delivery and his diminishing talent For everyone assuming the braves are in the playoffs, wouldn’t print tickets yet. After all, the braves have 2 starters now that they can hope will get them a quality start. If Minor continues to improve that would give them 3. But it will be hard for the braves to beat out L.A. or San Fran, for the 2nd wild card with 2 pitchers. The Cards are going to get the other wild card spot, you can count on that. So since Fredi never learns from his mistakes, he will continue to send out this head case minor league talent in Hanson, and expect a quality start. That will not happen anymore with this guy. Braves can only hope Minor keeps improving.
Juan
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Did we skip the 7Th?….wow i just went to the Kitchen and Padres Bottom of the 7th
What Happen?..
Fredo
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
“Halladay, Lee, and Hamels. We might not score a run the next three games”
the good news is that with this series they’ve allowed the fans to adjust to the possibility of that happening (3 runs in 25 of 27 innings)
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
The Daily Durbin in to pitch 7th for Bravos
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Our hitting failures are not exactly news….
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
8:44 pm
Do you realize Kimbrel has been used 10 times in the past 5 weeks?
EOF and Venters — not much more.
Day off tomorrow.
Time for this metrics-driven robot to be dismissed. No emotion. No drive. Nothing’s big. Guy should be an accountant with that type of competitive drive.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
August 29th, 2012
8:45 pm
I think it’s at least a 2-2 game if Fredi pinch hits for Hanson in the 4th like he should have. He’s managing like it’s still April.
mpimentel
August 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
I would like to see the braves make a run to sign bourn,btw, I told you guys uggla will get hot just in the coorect time!…go braves
Mr. Wednesday
August 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Kryptonite for the Braves appears to be a left hander that can throw a curve ball.
MVPrado14
August 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Once again we see the futility of even hoping that this team makes it to the postseason. Why? So they can get carved up against playoff caliber pitching and get embarrassed on a national stage?
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Luck?
We’re playing like crap tonight…
rc35
August 29th, 2012
8:47 pm
Anybody remember the end of the “Who’s on First?” skit by Abbott and Costello? One ending was “I Don’t Care!” to which the other replied, “Ooh–that’s our shortstop!”
On the Braves, it’s the second baseman.
toast
August 29th, 2012
8:47 pm
i miss beachy.
i miss someone off the bench getting big hits like brooks conrad delivered two years ago
i miss
not getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about this team right now. hope september has a different vibe.
would be a total shame for baseball fans across the country not to have opportunity to watch craig kimbrel pitch in the offseason. chipper is a feel good story, but kimbrel is the real story of the braves this season
Tina
August 29th, 2012
8:48 pm
Thanks Medlen for saving are sorry ass offense from having Padres from sweep us. Lee, Holladay and maybe now Hamels could be long week-end. Come on Freddi pull big man pants down and check and see if you have BALLS.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
August 29th, 2012
8:49 pm
This is the Tom Layne Show. It’s not the Layne Tom Show.
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
8:49 pm
Padres got some pitching!
sid
August 29th, 2012
8:50 pm
now the “I couldn’t care less” hall of famer.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:50 pm
“Padres got some pitching!”
Against the Braves they do….
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2012
8:51 pm
Chipper gets another standing O, then singles up middle with 1 out in 8th inning. Braves down 4-1
Mark
August 29th, 2012
8:51 pm
Looks like all our hitters keep gearing up for that 94 mph FB on the inner half against these nibbling lefties even though they never get past 89-90 and only throw about 3 of those per inning.
MIBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:51 pm
Nicely done, Chipper!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
8:52 pm
Chipper with a hit in what is probably his last AB at Petco…. nice stuff
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
8:52 pm
That guy coming in to pitch looks like a Civil War ghost.
anti-negative guy
August 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
Every time I see SOS on the blog I want to puke
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
Chipper can’t carry this bunch anymore….
No one wants to step up, or just can’t.
We’re about to lose the best offensive thing we’ve ever had. Sad.
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
I remember that show Unsolved Mysteries ghost episodes and one was a Civil War ghost special. That’s this guy!
Jaded
August 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
This guy looks like the Matt Stairs of pitchers.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Team leader in double plays…..
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Good grief…..prado is a double play machine.
Arghhhhhh!!
Bronke
August 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Prado, the double play king!
Mark
August 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Padres have been the best team and the most fun to watch tonight.
Sad though
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
This loss will sink us into a spiral of non playoff baseball again! Braves are toast!
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
“Padres have been the best team and the most fun to watch tonight.”
All series….held the Braves to 3 runs total.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
I don’t think we win another series the rest of the year.
kdawg1017
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
i dont care what you whiners complain about. this padres team is no joke they pitch well and play amazing defense. thats a recipe for success and is something we dont have consistantly so therefore we lose 2 out of 3 whats not to get.
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
I was posting Maddux I swear
toast
August 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
mccann and uggla. if you don’t get those guys hitting next month, you can trot out medlen’s on a daily basis and won’t help long term. the braves success rest with getting those guys to produce. simple as that.
MVPrado14
August 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
3 little old outs away from a very impressive and inspiring 4-6 road trip.
Bring on the 2-5 homestand!
brian
August 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
when is the ETA on Simmons?
JC Brave
August 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
Most frustrating team ever.
Fredo
August 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
“this padres team is no joke they pitch well and play amazing defense. thats a recipe for success”
if they weren’t 11 games under .500 I might be willing to take them a bit more seriously
njbraves
August 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
This game was over the second the score hit 4-1. This team was never going to come back.
toast
August 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
cardinal fans feeling pain as braves fans. everytime you think they are ready to take control, offense deserts them and hard to understand. pirates helping the braves again tonight.
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
9:03 pm
kdawg1017
August 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
i dont care what you whiners complain about. this padres team is no joke they pitch well and play amazing defense. thats a recipe for success and is something we dont have consistantly so therefore we lose 2 out of 3 whats not to get.
*********
another excuse maker…..sigh.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
9:03 pm
Toast hit on something tonight that some of us have said for a while. No way a team can compete at a high level consistently with 2 “have to be run producers” hitting 205 and 225.
Just can’t happen
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
August 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
4-8 over our last 12. Back to losing 2 out of 3 like we did last year in crunch time.
DAM
August 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
TOBF, sure, you need great defense until you’re down 3 in the 6th inning or later. Then you have to start sacrificing some of that D to get some runs across. Can’t win the game if you don’t score.
MVPrado14
August 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
“pirates helping the braves again tonight”
Not exactly. They are simply positioning themselves to be the team that drives the final nail in the coffin known as “Braves Collapse Part 2″
jerry
August 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Will Janish have served his purpose when Simmons comes back? Oh no, the Braves can always use another .200 hitter on the bench.
Tina
August 29th, 2012
9:05 pm
Mlb network gives Freddi credit how hes managing the bullpen this year hell when your losing after six you can save them. Hell maybe to hard on Freddi when Cox had Maddux, Glavine. Smoltz and Chipper and ONE WS shame on him.
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
9:06 pm
toast
August 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
cardinal fans feeling pain as braves fans. everytime you think they are ready to take control, offense deserts them and hard to understand. pirates helping the braves again tonight.
**********
probably just delaying the inevitable…..we have no offensive consistency and several monster black holes in the forms of Uggla and Mac….sigh.
kelevra
August 29th, 2012
9:07 pm
wow kind of glad i wasnt around to watch this one….im sure it has been pretty frustrating
JC Brave
August 29th, 2012
9:07 pm
About to become a blow out…
*sigh*
Bronke
August 29th, 2012
9:07 pm
Anyone still watching this sh$t game? : )
Mark
August 29th, 2012
9:08 pm
jerry
I love the way Yawnish has performed for us but I don’t think there is no way you can justify keeping him on the roster. Can’t take up a spot for a defensive replacement that can’t come in and produce offensively off the bench. I’d say this is Skis last hoorah as a Brave as well
brian
August 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
wonder if the BRaves will give Teheran a shot in Hanson’s spot. Teheran showing signs of life. Hanson not so much
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
9:10 pm
I thought somebody said Jonny Venters was back?
brian
August 29th, 2012
9:10 pm
it is funny when they give him credit for how he has managed the bullpen this year but don’t go off on him for the way he abused the bullpen last year.
vitriol spewer (phil)
August 29th, 2012
9:10 pm
Yes, kelevra, i think you could say frustrating…..
As two more score….ugh.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
9:10 pm
Venters isn’t the Venters of the last 2 years obviously.
That said, he needs to come in to start innings not with runners on. Throws way to many balls with runners on