Hold onto your seats, September is here

Thanks for the new Blog, Ms. Rogers.

jeffrey d You don’t play the lottery because McCann wears contacts?

I don’t play the Lottery because I don’t need something else to be wrong at!… But I’ve been spreading mis-information…I could work for the National Media!!…

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Thanks CR! Go Braves.

We will not collapse this year, Bank on it!!!

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Thanks, Carroll!

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Go Canes!

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Usually every season when the Braves play the Phillies on FOX the game is aired in my area, always… But not anymore now that the Nats are the best team in the east.

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Repots from last blog
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jeffrey d

September 1st, 2012
2:40 pm

George George – why are you on the blog? Shouldn’t you be at work?

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count_s When you see McCann do that bug out thing he does at the plate, he’s trying to juice the eye. It’s a combo itch/burn.

Yeah. It did seem liked it’d been more pronounced lately…

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September would start well with a win. Last night was terrible.

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Still plenty of time to hold on to the Wild Card.

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“Repots”? Is that kinda like you’re “replanting” the post?…

haha! Doh!

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I do dislike it when the Braves are on FOX. The game is rarely televised in my area and the game is blacked out on MLB.TV, thus preventing me from watching a team that I watch play everyday. At least I have MLB Audio.

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You mean this thing?

Darn you, jeffrey d!!…

haha! Doh!

Heh heh…

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Holy cow Christian LeMay is skinny

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It’s time to turn the page of Sept., and win this month. Time to shake off the bad Karma, and play some good baseball. Braves could sure use a change of course.

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Being able to watch just about all of the Nationals games and knowing alot of fans and so on.. I really think Michael Bourn is a Nat next season. They lack a real leadoff man and a real CFer, there willing to spend money, plus there GM Mike Rizzo has always been a huge fan of Bourn. He’s attempted to trade for Bourn in the past. Also has a ton of interest in the now injured Denard Span. I believe they will be determined to land him. Even if it means they will have to figure out how to handle LaRoche and Morse going forward.

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Im Back!

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I’m a Braves fan and Miami Hurricanes fan. I gots no place to hide.

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Sure FOX won’t show the YANKEES against whoever instead of the BRAVES. After all, they’re playing the PHILLIES. Not much interest in NYC where the O’s are the opposition.

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It sure has been discouraging lately…

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I admit I was wrong about Hurtward. So far, THIS year.

September folks. Keep the sharp objects away and hope our Braves hold on.

This past week in SF. Many of the Braves players could not have been nicer to my wife and I. Lots of great memories and momentos.

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Heyward is good to go for the next decade. He will only get better.

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Thank you, Carroll.

Go Braves!!!

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hide the kool-aid c is back

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Here we go another popout fest from Mac…it would be nice to move the runners over…that means bunt! Play small ball if your gonna win guys come on its seriously pissn me off!!!

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John Mayberry is a below average player, yet he continues to kill the Braves.

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I am only listening on the radio, but it seems that Dan Uggla’s failure to turn the sharp grounder from Howard into an out was costly.

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That’s it, Uggla is officially worthless.

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Thanks 4 New Blog!

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Uggla was officially worthless before that………….

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Well, we knew Uggla couldn’t hit the ball, he could at least have the courtesy to catch it.

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Did Lee even break a sweat in the first?

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Thanks Carroll..

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Choke #1–First inning. Uggla drops a grounder and ends up costing the Braves a run.

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Since I’am not a braves fan It’s easy for me to see the stupid decisions that have made the braves a second rate team…cowdogit

if you are not a Braves fan (no surprise) why are you here pestering us with your foolish comments?
just askin’

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Hey guys in Atlanta….The Games is on Fox….what announcer did get …..I live outside atlanta and i hear the Phillis announcer on Fox…Including that bozo of Mitch William

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Hudson o you wish you were pitching against the Braves . Hell if we cant beat SD the Phils should kick are asses. We will get are wish this winter by firing Freddi and blowing this team up . Bourn good-bye you cant hit in Aug. and Sept. Need a catcher not a DH and a second baseman that can hit is weight. Sorry but we will hace a hard time beating the Rockies next .

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Prediction: The Braves back into the wildcard play-in game, lose, and all during the offseason Frank Wren gives us all a big “told ya so” about how his stand-pat offense and five #3 starters got to the playoffs.

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No. We’re rooting for another collapse so Wren can go get a guy HE actually wants to run the dugout.

Looks like the Braves players want that too. Because that’s the road they are going down.

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C’mon, we all know that they will never win another game….

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Chipper has cooled considerable lately, as has the whole lineup for that matter though.

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Whoo-hoo. Way to go, Freddie! Now McCann and Uggla can strand you on first.

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See, nolie, I don’t say things like that, b/c even though I’m kidding and everyone knows it, things like that have a tendency to turn out to be true.

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I disagree on the muscled up issue….but neither of us can prove it…………

I agree though on the muscle between the ears……………AWOL

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Please pooch kick his ……

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Please pooch kick his ……

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Did anybody else’s game feed on Fox just die?

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Wow.

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OK, it came back on just in time to see Huddy throw a gopher ball

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Our big bats will get these two runs back…no problem.

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seriously, how long can the Braves continue to carry McCann ? when is enough?

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yep….Fredi’s running Danny back out there and he’ll hit a dinger to go with his 27 strike ous…..

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We Need Pitching…

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Ah….the asture baseball wisdom of Mitch Williams…..how can we be so fortunate……

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What going in on with The Phillis Announcer on Fox……McCarthy/William…..

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We have 29 games left after this……..Next year we need offense though. We need to be patient. Yeah it’s tough, but I’m trying…….Peace, and talk later”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”

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Penn State’s morale must have already been devastated

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old cliff has got us right were he want’s us behind

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why would anybody use an axe to chop rocks?

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The Braves big bats have Cliff Lee trembling.

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Cliff Lee makes it look so easy at times

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Phils look like they are playing 2011 baseball. Unfortunately the Braves look like they are playing 2011 baseball. SEPTEMBER 2011.

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Boy these Braves can really hit.

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I don’t care what the Braves say to the media, they are playing tight and that September fade is resonating.

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0-1 in September.

4-10 over the last 14 games.

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Once again Jason Heyward is in another slump 1 for his last 19……. Pathetic…..

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Tehrehan Delgado and Garrin From AAA is all we have the rest should be released. Same as Moylan what the hell is so great about him.McCann and Uggla should sit there asses on the bench maybe the Dodgers would want them. Look how the Nats finished putting there team together it started with D Johnson not no lame duck guy we have.

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Chipper for batting coach in 2013

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Mac needs to do something here

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oh well

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This team is just terrible offensively right now. Way too many weak pop outs and ground outs. Why does this team never perform well down the stretch. The past four seasons they have faltered badly in September.

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Well said SOS Braves lol

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careful, SOS, posts like that can get you banned

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I am sorry. Just want McCann to be banned from the Braves forever.

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Do I really need to ask who the blithering IDIOT was that started an ailing McCann against the lefty Lee???

“September’s here” is RIGHT, and the bats have started hitting the snooze button right on cue.

WAY TO GO, FRANK!!!

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And I guess he isn’t banned, that’s fine… just tone it down on the posts.

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Do I really need to ask who the blithering IDIOT was that started an ailing McCann against the lefty Lee???

McCann 6-18 (2 doubles) with 1 RBI, 1 BB, 5 Ks .333/.368/.444/.813

BMac might be ailing, but he has a track record.

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I have seen a whole lot of worse comments. Kind of touchy today.

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If fredi plays mccann and uggla and they hit below .200 for the month he needs to be fired.

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And this inning began with so much promise with Lee and Rollins hitting weak grounders to second base. Hudson continues to give up runs in odd-numbered innings today too. No way the Braves score more than three runs today.

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I’m not touchy at all, just giving you a heads up, and that post was deleted. Do whatever you want

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We’re gonna get shutout today. You just feel the futility with the flip of the calendar page; it’s like replaying the same car wreck you’re involved in, in slow motion in your head.

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The TV announcers just said McCann is throwing better than he ever has. That the shoulder has nothing to do with his throwing at all.

Braves people are going to have to have a meeting and get their stories straight on the downfall of McCann.

New excuses are starting to overlap each other.

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zippety do dah…..down by three….gotta ‘em where we want ‘em now eh Fredi?

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I meant whoever banned that comment was touchy.

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they said before that it bothers him when he swings, not when he throws

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It’s just 3-0. Our big bats will surely make that up and more, most likely in this next at-bat.

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Mac can’t pick the ball up out of the pitcher’s hand. Gotta be part of it. Thus, the glasses we now see, which have yet to help. Thus, you wonder if it’s more than that.

Frankly, it’s getting to the point of who cares.

Meanwhile, ole Uggla is doing his part to help drag the Titanic to the bottom again. It’s unbelievable to me that he still plays each day.

This lead guy on the telecast has a nice, calm, even approach to calling the game. I like him a lot already.

And the collapse is underway. We can’t hit so how are we gonna win consistently?

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As Dandy Don used to sing, “Turn out the lights … the party’s over”

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Moylan!!!

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“At least the Cards are winning”

Yep – means they may host the Pirates or Dodgers in that one game playoff

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Moylan already….

Please spare us another worn out, injured, washed up Moylan appearance!

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If the Braves exercise the option on McCann for 2013, Frank Wren should be banned from baseball for life.

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The noose is tightening…..tick, tock, tick, tock….

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After all this and the horrid season the Phillies have had and the Braves STILL can’t beat the Phillies when they need to.

Direct reflection of the manager and his lack of urgency.

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Pardon me if I feel zero excitement about Moylan being back on the active roster.

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Manager’s lack or urgency is evident by him sitting Bourn today. Fredi needs to go.

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It is unbelievable how this city can put up with this year after year choking…SOS

what other option do they have? Cities have put up with a lot worse teams for 100+ years

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Losing series to teams under 500 this late in the season is what will cost us a playoff spot.

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whatever happens, happens

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Yes I guess I prefer the Braves over the Cubs. Still frustrating. I thought things would be better after Bobby Cox retired.

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I thought things would be better after Bobby Cox retired….SOS

I didn’t

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The Phillies might finish in second place, after all…

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I’m in receipt of a $46.00 Braves tic to a future game….I look at it along side y coke and Planters jar; I am compelled to tell you all, when I look at it—I see a ‘bluelight special,’ sans K-Mart.

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There’s nothing “the city” can do about the lack of superior results with our teams other than not go to the games.

That isn’t happening in large enough numbers, so accept what we’ve got. Might as well.

We can gripe, gripe, gripe but it’s pointless, aside from maybe getting the idiot manager fired.

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It will not change until the idiot manager is gone.

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Here we go again.

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Here we go again?

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the truth…

September 1st, 2012
5:28 pm

Does Mitch Williams irritate anyone else besides me?

ME BIG TIME…..He talk that he was a Big Time HOF Pitcher…sheeeeeeee

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Thanks for the solid outing Hudson, glad to know you are there when they need you, chief.

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Way to go, ace.

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What a hot load of garbage the Braves put out on the field today (and last night). SMH.

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Even if we made the one game play-in…we’d roll out Huddy before a hot Medlen.

This is mighty discouraging. I’m cheering for the Nats, that’s how bad it’s got!

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I smell sarcasm, Lakewood.

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I’m going for a run in this 100 degree heat factor mess outside….

It will be far more enjoyable than watching more of this bulls*** effort.

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that’s it……C.F./////////////I’m seeking refuge from refuse.

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If there is anything positive about this year’s Choke its that the idiot manager may be, just may be, run off. I hope.

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Juan,why because he’s an x Phillie. Homer Simpson and most of all Chip Carey is the worst announcer I’ve ever heard and I have MLB so I’ve heard them all.

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Get your playoff tickets before there all gone . ITS Sept stay home and watch golf

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Walking Lee with the bases loaded is embarrassing.

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Just watched Ice Cube beat down Debo. Reminds me of what Fredi is doing to the Braves.

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Match up Freddie….Bring up a Righty in this situation

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The luck for this team is absolutely awful another slow roller that might have been a double play had the ball been hit with more authority. This team is painful to follow, yet we all still follow them.

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go polish your head huddy

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I hope everyone enjoys football season.

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Even the ball boy stinks.

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The Braves game is just something to do until Alabama-Michigan.

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Maybe Fredi Gonzalez should be canned after this game. Might as well be proactive and change something before it unravels too much.

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“I hope everyone enjoys football season.”

Happy Hurricane fan here – Duke Johnson is the truth.

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hate to suffer through september.

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announcer saying this is a shut down inning ha ha

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Cliff Lee at 73 pitches…

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Two years of top level talent is on its way down the drain. But no worries guys, we still have guys like Matt Chernoff to tell us we still have a winning record!

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Fox announcer is an Idiot saying to go after Freeman with mac on Deck. Mac has done nothing.
and in last at bat vs Mac that same announcer said that he should walk Mac because he is so dangerous and should face Uggla.

THE ANNOUNCER IS RETARDED GIVING MAC THE HYPE. MAC HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING.

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NO Glasses for Mac

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not to worry mr lee

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Come on!! Really?!

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And the patheticness just goes on and on…these Braves aren’t man enough.

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Veer…..His name is Tom McCarthy….he’s a Phillis play by Play

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Great Hit Mac. You Are No Good!

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Will the real Brian McCann please stand up. Who is this imposter?

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I’m done with this team. They suck!

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Uggla Janish and ?Hinske? up in the 7th, so…

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Why is Mccann playing when we have a catcher that is a better hitter and fielder? Mccann doesn’t have an extra base hit in over a month. Mike Minor has more than Mccann. Fredi playing favourites.

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In my head I hear the voice of Buck Belue on his radio show calling McCann the “Siiiilvah Slugaaahh”

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Avilan is a decent pitcher. Was he unavailable last night when Philly had those 3 lefties up that were hitting under. 200 against lefties? Just wondering…

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Sitting Bourne down for Johnson, how is that decision working for you so far FG!

You have no problem leaving Uggla in the lineup despite his stats. Let me guess who is closer to hitting 300 right now Uggla or Bourne….hmmmm?

Day 1 of the September swoon! FG for coach of the year, heck why not the decade!!!

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I suppose Luis Avilan has thrown the ball pretty well today.

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The Braves need to bench McCann for the rest of the season. I am sick of this fat ass’ selfishness and demanding to play through injuries that are clearly affecting his ability to play.

I would sacrifice a family member to get David Ross in there everyday.

In fact, I hope the Braves decline McCann’s option next season if he’s going to keep screwing up like this down the stretch every season.

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If the Braves collapse again this year, next year might be a great year to rebuild. We have a lot of salary coming off the books and hopefully more with McCann and Uggla out the door. I think we should trade Hudson and Maholm and go with a rotation of Medlen, Hanson (gotta give him a chance to get back on track), Minor, Delgado and Teheran. Let’s give them a year to mature with little to no pressure to win. Keep Heyward, Freeman, Simmons and Prado as our offensive core then try to find some additional pieces to round out the team. Maybe try to pry Upton from Arizona or take a shot on some other guys.

I wonder if Liberty would roll-over the savings from one year to the next? I hate to see this team have a down year, but I don’t see us being all that competitive next year anyway. I don’t see why we can’t rebuild for one season with an eye towards 2014.

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The bottom of the 7th should progress quickly for Lee with Uggla, Janish, and a pinch hitter due.

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McCann 6 lob

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McCann needs to sit and watch for a while! MERCY

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Strike two was a fastball down the pipe. I guess Uggla doesn’t like those.

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As a Braves fan going back many years, I think it might actually be better for the club if it did NOT get a wild card, Obviously, Atlanta is a better-than-.500 reasonably good team but NOT among the top tier and would have little or no chance in the playoffs. Fredi is a nice guy who would be successful as a coach, but, truthfully, he needs to be replaced. If the Braves get a wild card, he will be around next season. The team needs to be restructured, bring in some new faces. This bunch collapsed BIG TIME last year and seems quite ready to do it AGAIN with the same manager and most of the same players. Use the core of good players, get a new manager, and get rid of some dead wood.

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Should of pinch hit for McCann see if we could hurt his feelings. Please Carroll do you have to get postgame comments. We know Freddi will say Huddy gave us a chance to win and we had a few chances to score but the ball didnt fall in the right spot. Maybe Freddi should have someone kick him in the ass instead of patting him in the back. But all we have to do is lose every series and we dont have to look stupid like last time we made it. This team needs to be blown up. Keep Freeman,heyward, Prado, Simmons, Medlen Krimbel and O Flaraty and the hell with the rest. OH FIRE the loser .

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Every call went against Vandy. That non-call on the pass interference was absurd. The conferences have too much invested in the top ranked teams winning.

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How do all you positive McCann lovers feel about him now?

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Seriously, didn’t any of you see this weekend series shaping up like this before it started? Fans were idiots to think that the Braves would continue to dominate the Phils. The Phils are playing free and easy and better and the Braves are playing like they have a chicken bone stuck in their necks.

It’s not fun being right when you say the Braves are gonna choke again, but the proof is playing in front of you right now.

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I like McCann. I’m not happy to see his shoulder injured and suffering eye issues. He’s suckin’, but I take no pleasure in that.

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PETAH MOYLAN

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Solid season debut for Moylan.

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Good Job PETAH MOYLAN…..welcome Back

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Let The Collapse of the 2012 Atlanta Braves commense immediately.. this team is a joke…. Same Manager that didnt deserve to be brought back whatsoever after last yr…. same core of players.. equals collapse # 2

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Johnny Bench was largely done at 33 and Javy Lopez at 32. McCann looks like he’s in trouble at 28.

Braves have been pretty blessed at catcher over the years though.

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The Fredi Face is back. The blank stare. The clueless look. Wren can’t be liking this. Let’s let TP fire this bunch up. Fredi must go.

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Someone on the blog or the one before this one called today’s game a 5-1 loss………..Prado may have sealed the deal……

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Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!

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DOB – Truth is September arrived about 10 days ago.

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I can remember when I used to get excited when the 3 – 4 – 5 batters were coming up. Really, for years, there has not been much of a difference between them and 6 – 7 – 8.

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I seriously think were gonna miss the playoffs. You can see it on there faces.

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Uggla is so pitiful. If I looked at a box score and saw that he went 3-4 or even 3-5, I’d rub my eyes and look again to make sure I read it right. Then I’d check another paper or web site to see if it was a typo. Then I’d check to see if they were errors that the scorekeeper, Mike Uggla, gift wrapped for him.

Lord that 6,7,8,9 canyon in the order is where rallies go to die.
It’s hard to see how this team competes in the playoffs.
Right now, Uggla and Mac look completely washed up.

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Seriously, will Heyward ever figure out to take those sliders off the plate from lefties. He is extremely susceptible to that slider off the plate, almost the point where you can predict that he will strike out whenever he faces lefties on that pitch.

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I guess the only way the Braves can score now is hitting a HR.

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Phil,
And Mac’s body has taken on the unmistakable pear shape. Although to be fair, wasn’t the curvy, hourglass body contour considered quite attractive in the 40’s and 50’s?
On women.

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One person got excited over Prado.

One.

Yeah, sure most on this blog don’t think we’re sinking in the do do again.

One.

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Dammit.

Mac is throwing away his career and shortening his life. It really does bother me. The life part especially.

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Same with Hinske…..

You get attched to these doofs on some level, ya know?

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The mentality of this club in general…..hold hands and all together now…..slump!

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I am sure the intentional walk of Howard will backfire for Batista.

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Who said the braves are the best sports team in atlanta?

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This team desperately needs to cut down on their strike outs.

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Fire sale will start on 04 OCT. Maybe we can find a sucker like LA to take our dead weight.

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FIRE FREDI, FIRE FREDI, FIRE FREDI.

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Gonzalez might make a good mortician.

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Dan! Yay!

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Single should keep him over .200 for another day or two.

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The Uggla tease….bet Fredi just saw it as….”Danny’s making progress there in the ninth….gotta keep running out there…..gotta get him going down the stretch….”

Fredi….the stretch is here and Uggla ain’t goin’ nowhere

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Game over. Yet another loss. This team refuses to win.

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Backfoot slider….gets back@ss batter to end one boring MLB game…..Poooooo!

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Many sabergeeks around here would NEVER call it a choke. It would be called…. a malfunction.

Can’t wait for the analysis from the Star Trek convention tomorrow.

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No not end of season. We still have CHIPPER night to look forward to.

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George-George….noticed that the ones who atttacked me last night are not on here tonight. I’ve been a Braves fan in 1970’s, but just don’t care much anymore. I felt Chipper was selfish to keep coming back for the big money instead of retiring a couple of years ago and letting someone else have the opportunity. this has become a sad franchise really.

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Well that was certainly inspiring. Go Braves!

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It’s all good…folks, do be careful driving home, and thanks for coming–thanks for supporting these 2012 Atlanta Braves. Our Champions Deck seats for the game Monday are on sale at ticket booth kiosks by the stadium exits….Y’all, again, take care….hope you enjoyed your 3oz. $15.00 Rathburn steak sambich today as well. ,,,,,,And, GO BRAVES,,,,,,

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Wren has to seriously consider firing Fredi and NOT exercising the options on Huddy and Mac. simply wasted money.

If he can find somebody to take Uggla off his hands at about half the cost? DUMP HIM.

All this time there really never has been a fire sale in Atlanta. Always just trying to hang on and kid themselves they are 1 or 2 minor tweaks away. Not willing to take 1 step back to take 2 or 3 steps forward.

The bottom line is that the most worthless guys on the roster right now are the ones making the most.

Kind of sad actually.

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Grandpa…..best comments I have read here. and how generous of you to give those tickets to those kids.

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Going on sale at your Braves Clubhouse collection store. The Atlanta Braves 2012 Deja Vu Tour t-shirt so you can enjoy the 2011 collapse all over again.One size fits all ,just a little tight around the neck opening.

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You are ‘cookin’ @GrandPa! Excellent Post sir!

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The day Wren said he thought The Braves have what it takes to be a World Series team, I thought…oh no. They’ve been sliding since then. I wonder f Gonzalez has the make up to keep a team stable when it comes down to brass tacks ? I sure don’t feel ESPN’s math showing a 80+ percentage probability of the team making the playoffs is at all accurate when the human element is factored in. I wouldn’t give them better than a 50/50 chance.

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Stop your belly aching. If Howard and Utley were healthy all year and Halladay didn’t miss 2 months and the new best catcher (pudgey wudgey isn’t top 5) Ruiz played all year these games would be meaningless as the Phillies have owned the Braves with the exception of beating their second string this year and the Braves would be what’re the Phillies are and well you guys are real juggernauts in September. If the Phil’s fall out of contention ( ‘07 7 out with 17 to play but nobody between them and Muts. Phillies basically can’t stand a loss. What’s disconcerting without getting into details is a month ago he was auditioning guys. One game in particular up 4-1against Brewers and instead of bringing in Papplebon for 4 out save he leaves one of the new phucks in and he loads bases and Hart hits grand slam to beat them 5-4. Be happy you’re in the hunt. Pirates will wilt, Dodgers have no pitching, and well you’re still in the drivers seat but for those who like me get too involved ( it was actually enjoyable when it didn’t matter if the Phil’s won) Now they put me back in the pizza oven. If they drop 2 in a row from here on in they’re done. If you blow it this year again there’ll be an job opening in the Atlanta area.
If you blow it you all may think back to the shot heard round the world by our 3rd string catcher. You still do have the best closer from April – August 30th.

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I think DOB posted something similar about percentages last year at this time. People blamed him.

Phooey.

Blame is on the culture created here by the manager. And allowed to occur by the GM. They’re starting to get flashbacks and Gonzalez has no chance of pulling these guys out of it.

Maybe they’ll hang on. Who knows. But it will be because of the fading veteran leadership — not the overmatched field commander. Nice guy — brutal strategist and motivator. Awful.

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Philly Phanatic — IF you didn’t eat so much cheese wiz, you might not have HIGH CHOLESTEROL and SLEEP APNEA.

Get lost and wait for the next snowstorm.

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Could we sign the imaginary guy sitting in Clint Eastwood’s empty chair to play 2nd base?

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Uggly IS the imaginary guy….

Might as well be.

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Hey there @The A Bomb; Is it not amazing we can’t seem to hit certain pitchers we have seen many time before? Adjustments folks???

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Well at least the collapse this year will be just a regular one, as opposed to the epic variety.

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I’m all for SEC teams getting their due…nationally ranked, what? No. 9…..Dawgs looked more like a 19th ranked squad today…..how ’bout those Bulls from Buffalo?

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I’m just glad the NFL kicks off Wednesday night and I can see if my G-Men can win back-to-back. Now, there’s a team that knows how to show up when it matters most.

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Not a giants fan, but true, they show up when the games matter. Exact opposite of the Braves.

Chipper is really gonna look back at all these regular season wins and realize how little they accomplished outside of those games. Terrible.

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I was at the Braves game today and after the game ended a Phillies player came out to visit family. I was able to get an autograph however I have no idea who he is. I got him to autograph the program. Does anyone know of a way to identify the signature? I woul greatly appreciate it.

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So to the 25 man roster……..if the same results as last September, Fredi is gone.

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The Collapse has begun….Go Falcons.

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I know people are eager to ditch Fredi at the end of the year, but that’s not the way to think just yet.

If we’re firing him it means we didn’t make it and we are watching a meaningless end to the Chipper era. Very sad if you ask me. I’ll worry about Fredi after that year……but this season is on McCann and Uggla never getting it going. Whole year wasted by two guys we were counting on. Fredi was counting on them, the organization was counting on them….and they failed to help.

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Help…that wasn’t a Phillies player that signed your program – it was a bat boy and his name is ‘Who Cares’

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Help – I’m not the one asking people on the blog how to identify a signature they can’t see and don’t care about. Why don’t you go on a Philly blog and ask someone who cares? Or better yet figure it out on your own

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Flash to the future September 2013 ,DOB interviewing Fredi . DOB do you think it is time to sit Uggla(2013 stats .155 batting average ,5HR and 22 RBI, 225K’s ) I’m going to keep running him out there he is bound to get hot and carry this team out of the cellar and into 4th place.

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A week ago, according to projections, the Braves were on pace to win around 93-95 games.

Right now, I doubt they can win 90.

With 29 games remaining and the way these guys are playing, the best we can hope for is a 15-14 finish.

And that’s me being optimistic.

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great idea here…….in case you didn’t see it before

Busch Leaguer

September 1st, 2012
7:50 pm

Fredi,
There is still time to salvage the season. Walk into Frank Wren’s office tomorrow and tell him you are naming Prado your starting 2nd baseman ,Ross will catch 6 games a week ,Boscan will be his backup. McCann will assume Hinskie’s job as left handed pinch hitter.Your other option is to do nothing go and keep running Uggla and McCann out there every day and watch your playoff chances slip away again this year.And Wren will turn you into a 3rd base coach in another MLB organization.might be the best thing for your long term health.

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TheOnlyBravesFan

“Huddy with a less than stellar performance today… he sure didn’t fool anyone”

Yes, He can”t be counted on to start that Stupid one game playoff for the WC. Good Teams can beat him because he is predictable because he has been around the league for so long

And If I’m not Mistaking Huddy doesn’t dominate in big games in Sept and October since he has been here????

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Martin tipped his hat…. bad boy Martin

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And If I’m not Mistaking Huddy doesn’t dominate in big games in Sept and October since he has been here????

Not really sure, but I did check his career splits on BBRef…. Sept/Oct. is Hudson’s worst month in terms of ERA, oppo. avg/obp/slg/ops, and WHIP. He has pitched the most games for his career in May and Sept./Oct (both with 71 career starts)

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WTG Braves for wasting a roster spot PLUS MONEY on Lyle Overbay. Can’t believe they’re paying this guy to do anything even remotely related to baseball. He’s that bad. You should’ve heard the Pittsburgh sportscasters talking about his contract a couple years ago with the Pirates right after they signed him. They said Overbay probably hung up the phone after being told about his contract with the Pirates and said to his wife “I can’t believe they’re going to pay me five million dollars to play baseball in Pittsburgh! I sure fooled them!” It was a bad signing for the Pirates and its a bad signing for the Braves especially since he’s a couple years older and a couple years worse. Why does Wren covet all of these old washed up guys who don’t help the team win ANY games AT ALL?

I can think of too many examples of this: Derrick Lee, Troy Glaus, Overbay, Livian Hernandez, Batista, the list goes on and on. Every year we make this same mistake. Over and over.

Spending on these old guys who can’t play anymore is our biggest problem. I think Wren honestly believes if he pays these old men enough money they’ll suddenly find the fountain of youth and revert back into the player they used to be a decade ago and play well. This hasn’t worked out for us the way they’re doing it. Its the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. That is exactly what we’re doing here folks, every single season.

Its much better to call up some younger guys who can impact the game and let them sink or swim in the big leagues. We let our decent prospects who aren’t quite good enough to be superstars grow cobwebs in the minors for 10 years before calling them up and give them a couple chances and release them when they don’t do well. Its just the wrong way to do things. Please get rid of Wren and Fredi if the Braves melt down this year again and miss the playoffs. After signing Overbay the Braves are clearly making desperate moves and that scares me.

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bullcrap. Overbay hit .292 .367 .448 .815 in Arizona, and even a bit better the end of last season out there. Sure as hell can’t be any worse than Hinske and he is only costing them 170 thou or so

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Speaking of Overbay, the front page says he’s looking forward to a “chance at postseason play”. The ironic thing is that he would have a much better chance if he were still on the Pirates.

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Overbay is pretty good vs RHP

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I’m starting to worry…but always there’s a chance to improve, if the phil’s are playing good with bench guys, bring to the field this line up:
CF. Reed
RF. Constanza
LF. Hinskie
C. Ross
1b. Overbay
3b. Fransisco
2b. Pastor
SS. Janish
Mccan, chip,heyward and uggla need a break…the bench have to bat better unless they get 9 zeros…man this could become the biggest shame of MLB history, two colaps in a raw, it can be true!

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might not do much, but he is cheap and likely will do better than Hinske would

You can take out the likely…. not hard to outperform Hinske for the last 2 year, unfortunately.

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On a positive note, Bama is stomping Michigan.

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last year having a big lead the team thought it was safe. No way to blow a lead that big. Maybe in a strange way having a smaller lead will get these guys to step it up. Though it hasn’t seemed so in the last few games.

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TheOnlyBravesFan
September 1st, 2012
8:40 pm

someone must not be checking the stats… Overbay hit .292/.367/.448/.815 with Arizona… he’s a bat to replace Hinske who has sukked all year. We need a lefty off the bench, hence Overbay was gotten. Great move imo, and he’ll be cheap.

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how bout a damn lefty in the lineup?

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Can you smell that smell.

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how bout a damn lefty in the lineup?…phil

not sure what that means in the context of discussing Overbay?

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My doubts are about uggla and mac…..

You guys can have your bench boy Overbay. How does he help with those two?

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phil — with the new monicker “vitriol” it would probably be better if you limited your posts from 6 a.m.-12 noon so the Einsteins could have a word to discuss once the recorded episode of Star Trek concluded.

Wow. Vitriol. Wonder what some of those guys think.

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All Overbay is — 1) a replacement for Hinske. 2) Someone to mindscrew Freeman (one of the young guys).

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Diamondbac k Mac – I can’t throw many k’s

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Give Fredi three steps and you’ll never see him no more.

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well we now have Baker to play once in a while instead of a lefty hitter. yeah its frustrating, I just refuse to allow it to get me all that upset. Life is too short

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how is he gonna mind screw Freeman?

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The moves Wren has made so far were the moves that I thought were needed to be made before the season. I said we needed to improve our bench depth. I thought picking up Hinske’s option was a mistake, figured we’d choose to go younger and more athletic instead of paying 1.5 million for Hinske…

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Oops

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I thought Hinske coming back was a mistake too

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Maybe Fredi should ban twitter like Paul Johnson

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The A Bomb

Very telling when the vet leader says something like that publicly.

All it tells me is that like most of us he wants some down time to relax after a hard day at work.

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Mac — then don’t Tweet it. Sends out negativity to a) teammates and b) fans.

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it “tells” you what you already believe….

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Is there a mercy rule in college football Okie State 63 Savannah State 0 ,11:33 left in 3rd quarter. And guess who Savannah State plays next week? Florida State.

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Hudson yucking it up with Medlen on sidelines at auburn, clemson game…..

No wonder he stunk today. Head not in OUR game.

Makes sense, right? No, it doesn’t….

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Actually, I just want to see SOMETHING between the lines that gives me any hope.

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hope kills the soul, better to live in despair and not get disappointed……

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I just want to see consistency out of this team for a season — doesn’t matter about playoffs.

The last 2 seasons with pretty good records BTW have been pretty painful to watch at times.

The one thing you know I agree with Fredi about is “moving the lineup.” That’s much more entertaining (to me).

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DiamondbackMac – Thanks for posting that tweet. Chipper’s earned his right to relax with that icepack on his shoulder and knees. I don’t know if you 40 or +, but I don’t see how he still does it.

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The A Bomb

I posted Chipper’s tweet because I’m an Alabama fan. And, I didn’t see anything negative about the tweet. Apparently you’re the only one who can find negativity where none exists. That is very telling.

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nolie: I hope you are watching “Copper” on BBC Amercia…it’s outstanding and a lot better than some of the reviews.

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saw the first episode ken, looked promising. reminds just a bit of Deadwood and Hell On Wheels,, in the dreariness and dirt of the settings./ Makes me appreciate not having lived in those days.

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Fredi said on the post game press conference that our offense isn’t doing it’s job and that we have to do something to get them going. Uh, you mean like sitting McCann and Uggla down the rest of the year Fredi?

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I’m on Netflix, just started watching a series called “Jericho” only 2 seasons and got cancelled but its pretty good so far into 2 episodes.

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But you have to be careful what you post on social media —ABomb

again I fail to see ANYTHING negative about what he posted. a perfectly normal human reaction. and like I said, if he did not display any emotion, you would be finding all kinds of dire aspects to that

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yeah Jericho was decent. second season is short. I think they made a major mistake in the last episode of season one. see if you pick up on what I mean when you see it

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We are 2/3 of the way through this sweep that I said was gonna happen. Frankly, it doesn’t really matter to me if we make the playoffs or not for one simple reason. I heard the other day that Fredi intends to try to manipulate the rotation so that Hudson pitches that one-game wild card playoff. That is just plain dumb to me. The Braves have only one pitcher that can be counted on to win that game, you we all know that it is Medlen. If anyone else is selected, then the Braves deserve to get their asses handed to them.

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Medlen isn’t pitching tomorrow. It’s Maholm.

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I like the get with it path too.

We clearly aren’t.

But i don’t read much into what chipper said.

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Lousy BUMB game by the hometown BUMBS today and they got what they deserved.

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Just as I leave — KUDOS to the KING OF BUMBS for correctly predicting the final score.

He deserves to be Booed.

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Of course he’ll want to pitch Hudson in a one game playoff…..

Why should results matter?

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If, and that’s not even a real stretch, the Braves choke during this stretch drive for the second consecutive year, I can’t wait to hear the players once again state how they have forgotten all about the previous two chokes.

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I like to Boo, it will add 7 yrs to my life.

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Is there a mercy rule in college football Okie State 63 Savannah State 0 ,11:33 left in 3rd quarter. And guess who Savannah State plays next week? Florida State.

Well on their way to the National Championship game. Let’s do this. Go ‘Noles!

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Anybody going to see the new Clint Eastwood movie? Looks pretty good. Being a Braves scout helps, but Gran Tarino was real good, so I’ll try this one.

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Some of you need to realize what will happen, will happen. We have no control, though I know you still want to scream and punch a wall LOL! Just except something out of your control might just happen. Really, it sucks I know, but in the end it’s just a game.

I still think we make the playoffs, but maybe not. Aw well, still gonna have bills coming in regardless.

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My prediction is more like 5-24 the rest of the way.

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Full flaps tip stall…bravos playing with half a lineup 6-9 is vapor

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Ah, you’ll be 5-24 in your predictions Disgusted? i’ll take that. That might get us the division right there!

Expect 16-19 wins…. more if we get hot.

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we all have times when we feel pessimistic anyway

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