Braves slump into September – updated
The clock struck September on Saturday and the Braves are left trying to prove it’s not panic time.
They opened the final month of the regular season the same way they ended it last year, with a demoralizing loss to the Phillies.
Cliff Lee pitched seven shutout innings in a 5-1 win, handing the Braves their third straight loss and 10th in the past 14 games overall. The Phillies assured themselves of their first series win over the Braves since early May, while the Braves are assured of nothing better than a split in their past five series.
“I’m worried about our offense,” said manager Fredi Gonzalez, when asked about concerns of repeating a September collapse. “I’m not worried about the other parts of the game. I feel like we’re healthy where we weren’t last year. I feel we’re pitching well… But I worry about our offense. It seems like when it goes bad, it goes bad.”
Martin Prado homered for the second straight day and ninth time this season, but his eighth inning solo shot was all that stood between the Braves and a 12th shutout this season.
The Braves have scored two or fewer runs eight times in their past 13 games, leaving Gonzalez in no mood for “cap-tipping.”
“It’s so easy to say, ‘It’s (Roy) Halladay and Cliff Lee and whoever is throwing tomorrow and the bullpen, this and that,” Gonzalez said. “But we’re just not swinging the bats at all…. Enough of that. We need to take care of our end of the bargain and get better at-bats, get some hits with runners in scoring position, that type of stuff.”
The Braves have gone 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the first two games of this series and stranded 17 runners. Their best scoring chances Saturday kept finding struggling Brian McCann, and he popped up twice to end the fourth and sixth innings while stranding five runners.
Tim Hudson wasn’t sharp enough to keep pace with Lee, even though he didn’t exactly get pounded while giving up five runs in five innings. Hudson allowed nine hits, but only two were hit especially hard – Jimmy Rollins’ solo home run in the third inning and Chase Utley’s RBI double in the fifth.
Hudson’s afternoon dissolved after he loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth inning and walked the pitcher Lee on a borderline 3-2 pitch.
“It’s probably the worst stuff I’ve had all year,” said Hudson, who took his first loss since July 1 against the Nationals. “It was a battle.”
Reliever Luis Avilan did quality damage control, allowing only one more run to score when Juan Pierre beat out a potential double play ball. But the Braves were already well on their way to another loss.
The Braves remained within 6 ½ games of the Nationals in the NL East but watched the Cardinals pulled within two games of their wild card lead, and both the Pirates and Dodgers were inside of four games of the Braves entering Saturday night.
Hudson said the players aren’t concerned with thoughts of another September collapse, but fielding those sorts of questions isn’t how they wanted to start the month either.
“Obviously we’re concerned about winning ballgames and not losing, but we go out there and bust our butts every game,” Hudson said. “That’s all we can do.”
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Lakewood
September 1st, 2012
7:16 pm
Very frustrating. Come on guys, please try to get it together. Hard to have any confidence in you at this point..
74bravesjersey
September 1st, 2012
7:18 pm
Dang it; Those Mighty Fight’n fills just too much to handle. Heard the news flash, Overbay is an imposter, it’s really Greg Norton com’n back for a nother shot.
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
7:20 pm
C’Mon guys If DUMB Amber believes in them. Then you should too.
74bravesjersey
September 1st, 2012
7:20 pm
Can we dig up Dave bristol anywhere? At least he didn’t tip his cap to no one.
74bravesjersey
September 1st, 2012
7:25 pm
Is Grady little anywhere to be found? Wait a minute, just had a Russ Nixon sighting, mabey he can help fredi w/ that box of crackerjacks.
74bravesjersey
September 1st, 2012
7:27 pm
Where is Baseball, as Ernie,Skip,Pete use to say Braves Baseball?
Fredo
September 1st, 2012
7:30 pm
Phillies swept them in early Sept last year, looking to do the same thing once again this year
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
7:32 pm
@74bravesjersey Calm down my friend, They will be OK and so will you DUMB Amber is here for you.
Tired of excuses!
September 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
Yep…..They are circling the drain!
Papa Smurf
September 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
Help us Amber!
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
64 year Ct. Braves fan
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
Bunch of chokers. Losing 2 in a row at home to the crummy Phillie J V’s. Sit Uggla and McCann for the rest of the season.
southgabrave
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
The only way the Braves catch then Nats is next April when we all start 0-0. The Nats can go ahead and rest Strausberg because Fredi and the Bravos ae resting now!!!
There was a person on here the other day saying don’t worry about Fredi, he has lead the Braves to the fifth( 5th) best record in the MLB, well if 5th is good enough for you, great. How does that 5th best record (and falling fast) look to you now??????
Mail it in boys, no way they win in a playoff
southgabrave
September 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
The only way the Braves catch then Nats is next April when we all start 0-0. The Nats can go ahead and rest Strausberg because Fredi and the Bravos ae resting now!!!
There was a person on here the other day saying don’t worry about Fredi, he has lead the Braves to the fifth( 5th) best record in the MLB, well if 5th is good enough for you, great. How does that 5th best record (and falling fast) look to you now??????
Mail it in boys, no way they win in a playoff
southgabrave
September 1st, 2012
7:45 pm
Keep running Uggla out there hoping he turns it around, it has only been a 4 month slump…WOW!!! McCann has been hurt for 6 weeks and Fredi keeps stcking him in there. Fredi you are the best!
G2
September 1st, 2012
7:47 pm
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G2
September 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G2
September 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G2
September 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G2
September 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G2
September 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GSKY
September 1st, 2012
7:50 pm
THE BRAVES SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
7:52 pm
How can I help everyone? Would a big hug help?
Sav FAN
September 1st, 2012
7:53 pm
Please lighten up-they are only playing a game-
DOB has to ask TOUGHER Questions!
September 1st, 2012
7:54 pm
Folks, you have to tip your cap to the Braves again. Wow…folks…wow…I mean, folks, you see what they are doing, right here? They WILL NOT BE OUT DONE BY THE METS!
Thats the strategy, folks! The Mets choked back to back years. And the rivalry is so heated, that the Braves just will not let their fierce rival out choke them!
And for that, you have to say…ATTA BOY, FREDI! for keeping the rivalry fresh and exciting!
TL432
September 1st, 2012
7:58 pm
Another 0′fer for McCann – he’s 1 for his last 16. Not sure how much longer I can watch the automatic outs that are: Uggla, McCann, and Janish. It’s like having 2 pitchers in the batting order with Janish.
Melvin Flowers Macon Ga.
September 1st, 2012
8:01 pm
What i said yesterday the Braves are finish. uggla needs to sit out the rest of the season, he is finish.wash up.
September is ihere, they will fold again.
St Louis will past by the Braves by next Friday.
Sorry Fans It Over
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:04 pm
I guess my hug won’t help. All of y’all are a lost cause. I love my Braves. What about you?
Melvin Flowers Macon Ga.
September 1st, 2012
8:05 pm
Love Can’t Win A Championship. Hard Work Will.
Ryan
September 1st, 2012
8:08 pm
FREDDI MANAGER OF THE YEAR the ball less wonder
Largo
September 1st, 2012
8:08 pm
OK Chipper, you got a couple of hits today. You can REALLY tell these bums tonight how bad they are.
These guys (including the management) keep saying no way are they going to collapse like they did last year. Let me tell you, losing 10 of 14 is a pretty good start to doing just that.
Remember a couple of months ago when two of the announcers were saying McCann would probably command 20M on his next contract. He will be lucky if they don’t release him.
Don Meredith
September 1st, 2012
8:12 pm
…turn out the lights, the party’s over……
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:15 pm
ATTENTION EVERYONE!! CHILL OUT> IT IS NOT OVER.
bobbymahlon
September 1st, 2012
8:15 pm
I would not give up on that awful play in game because if Medlen keeps pitching the way he has been we might win it 1-0.
Lets go back to the lineup where we won some games but when we did win Freddi goes back to putting Uglla and McCann back in the lineup.
um
September 1st, 2012
8:16 pm
Deja vu? Have to blame leadership at this point….
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:18 pm
We all love em….
Doesn’t mean they aren’t falling apart again when they clearly are.
bp
September 1st, 2012
8:18 pm
Time to watch Breaking Bad reruns
Screwball
September 1st, 2012
8:18 pm
The schedule still favors the Hometown nine. But we have no manager. Maybe instead of sitting Bourn or Heyward, we need to sit Fredi for a game. Just give him a day to clear his head.
Shawdaddy
September 1st, 2012
8:19 pm
***sighhhhh***
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:19 pm
Mac and uggla obviously need to sit. Period.
Isn’t gonna happen.
Joey
September 1st, 2012
8:19 pm
There’s just no rationale for it, and it’s not Wren’s or Fredi’s fault, but Mac and Uggla are just lost. Bourn not much better.
If they all hit their career numbers, they are both geniuses . . .
Shawdaddy
September 1st, 2012
8:19 pm
I don’t think it will help, Amber, but I’ll take a hug anyway…
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:21 pm
Fire FG!!
Sequel
September 1st, 2012
8:21 pm
Enough is enough. Braves are jus not good enough.
ernisTbass
September 1st, 2012
8:22 pm
Buttermaker has popped open his beer and sent Kelly Leak and Amanda to the shower, well, not together
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:23 pm
Amber is 14…..
Careful.
bp
September 1st, 2012
8:24 pm
Sequel you are right on
Chas
September 1st, 2012
8:24 pm
The Braves collapse of 2012 is well under way. Fredi G. (The dumbest manager in the history of MLB) keeps McCan’t in the game against a lefty. McCan hasn’t hit for a year. (Look at his stats, from August 2011 to August 2012). They are nothing short of terrible. McCan’t is pretty much as worthless as Dan Uggla. McCan’t is playing just like last August, when he led nTHAT collapse. McCan’t is done, toast, a zero.Hudson contiues to prove that he can’t win big games. He’s a #3 or #4 starter at best. Walk the pitcher, with the baes loaded. That’s Big Game Tim Hudson. Unreal. There is no offense with this group, because they are a collection of CHOKERS. They were that, in 2011. They are that, in 2012. These guys will always find a way to lose, cause that’s their makeup. They are headcases, spit-it-out, chokin’ losers.
The good news is that Fredi will get canned after leading the 2012 collapse. Do a major blow-up of this roster. Start over. And please fire Franki Wren’s sorry behind.
Fredi and Franki…if there is a decision to be made, they will make the wrong one.
Ramblingbuzz
September 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
We can forget about the division and the wild card too. The sept. swoon has begun. As soon as football begins the Braves disappear. Take the TVs out of the clubhouse!
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
Thank you vitriol spewer. I am 13. I can sstill give people hugs without people making bad comments I hope.
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:27 pm
At least Chas hasn’t given up!
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:28 pm
@Shawdaddy HERE is your hug.XOXOXO
See YA FG
September 1st, 2012
8:29 pm
I have been saying for months that FG will destroy this team. The only good to come out of this train wreck is that fredi knows his days are numbered.
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:30 pm
13. My bad!
Just please be cautious here. Don’t EVER have a thing to do with anyone here beyond this silly blog.
Deal?
LaBrenda Chenile Watson
September 1st, 2012
8:31 pm
How about some fan “Quotes” after the game? I bet they could come up with some better observations than Fredi and Chipper. Also, I got to thinking, can the Chop be changed to the Choke?
DD795
September 1st, 2012
8:32 pm
Time for TP to take over.
phillies 2008
September 1st, 2012
8:32 pm
They are back and playing like the Phillies should. Best move was to shake up the club by trading Pence and Victorino and Blanton. Lee, Hamels, Halladay, and Kendrick are pitching very well over the last month. The bullpen has settled down. Utley and Howard are finally getting into shape. A very dangerous team right now. They will cause problems for everyone remaining on their schedule. Be happy you only have 4 more with them. nats still have 6 with the Phils.
vitriol spewer (phil)
September 1st, 2012
8:33 pm
Another thing we’re finding out…..
It’s not the hitting coach apparently. Sigh…
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:35 pm
@Mr vitriol spewer Deal Don’t want to. Have boyfriend if you want to call him that. I am just trying to be friends with everyone. Deal?
Teddy B
September 1st, 2012
8:40 pm
If the Braves blow it again this September it is seriously time to sit down with Wren and Fredi and cut the strings. Let them walk. If they can’t manage the teams money or roster efficiently then we’ll never win anything. We can’t keep dumpster diving to fill a roster when there are plenty of guys in the minors putting up good numbers. Lyle Overbay? Are you serious Frank Wren? I almost thought it was a cruel April Fool’s joke that was way late. When I heard that the Braves signed him I did a super-facepalm because only desperate teams would even consider signing his washed up ***.
mark
September 1st, 2012
8:41 pm
I’m about to the point where I want him to leave Uggla in the lineup ,that ought to put the nail in Fredis coffin
Bill
September 1st, 2012
8:43 pm
@8:33…the hitting coach said months ago, “Its tough to develope a mindset among the mindless.” meaning getting “quality at bats”.
Teddy B
September 1st, 2012
8:47 pm
We need the offense to wake up! Heyward, Freeman, and Prado can’t win us every single game. They win us a lot but not every night. Earth to Dan Uggla- Please come back and suddenly remember how to hit. Brian McCann- Please start playing how you’ve played your entire career and stop trying to be an offensive liability every day. These are good guys who have proven over the years that they can play, how did they both stop producing at the same time? Its mind boggling.
Its not just our offense, our starting pitchers need to throw some quality games from here on out too. It worries me that the front office keeps beefing up the bullpen, thinking that its more important than having good starters. Our bullpen shouldn’t have to come into every game expected to stop the bleeding and limit the damage that our starters have done while the offense tries to wake up and maybe get going enough to actually win the games. This is looking bad, and the most worrying sign to me is that they signed Lyle Overbay. That is a true desperation move. We may be in trouble.
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
8:53 pm
MR Teddy B Calm down. Have confidence in our team. Have a hugXOXOXO. Hope that helps.
GRAPHITE
September 1st, 2012
8:54 pm
Better get up to N.C.,find a Cherokee Chief,make a large donation to the Reservation and beg him to remove the curse….The spirits are angry.
Teddy B
September 1st, 2012
8:55 pm
At this point I’d seriously consider trying some of our higher end pitching prospects than letting Hanson make a mockery of our team every time he starts. Maybe let Teheran start in his place once, let Sean Gilmartin have a try if Teheran blows it after that, and maybe see if Delgado has things worked out. We have internal options that Wren doesn’t seem to remember about. We don’t have to let pitchers that aren’t throwing well start every game.
Same if Mike Minor starts to decline, let a younger guy spot start for him. We need to win games however we can at this point and the guys they are putting on the field day after day have proven they need help. Getting behind early on in all the recent games is bad for the team. Chipper always complains about it but he’s right. You can’t be expected to claw your way back into every game after getting behind early. Our offense needs to do a lot of work on their end to make sure we score first too though.
mark
September 1st, 2012
8:56 pm
any of yall want to see what a well coached football team looks like turn it on ESPN now
larry parrish
September 1st, 2012
8:59 pm
miss me yet
Teddy B
September 1st, 2012
9:00 pm
Amber Girl- I have confidence in SOME of our team. Not especially Wren or Fredi at this point or 1/3rd of the guys they are having start for us. How can we beat elite teams in the playoffs like the Yankees if we can’t beat the struggling teams like Padres and Phillies? We’d all like to see our team play better and send Chipper off with a World Series title but the way things are happening now I seriously can’t see it unless things turn around drastically.
We might get a shot at the 1 game playoff (if we stop losing) and after that I think we might be done unless the guys wake up, hit better, and pitch better. I can’t see us winning a playoff series right now how things are and that bothers me. I hope they win it all but I can’t see it happening like this.
jarhead
September 1st, 2012
9:01 pm
amber girl you are a smart young lady
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
9:04 pm
You guys are impossible. I think I will go get some ice cream. Have a good cry. Maybe I will feel better. XOXOXO to all BYE for now. Go BRAVES!!!
truthteller
September 1st, 2012
9:05 pm
Why does anyone expect anything else from the same players that fade/choke every year? This is the 4th year in a row for this BS. Hard to believe people continue to pay money to watch this crap.
IdahoBravesFan
September 1st, 2012
9:07 pm
Wow, our guys have gotten a great jump on the meltdown.
Coco
September 1st, 2012
9:08 pm
The braves should have roger McDowell wave a bat in the air and make lewd gestures at some fans while pretending it is his dingdong, it seemed to work last year.
Terry Pendleton
September 1st, 2012
9:08 pm
@larry parrish “miss me yet?”
Hey, it was my fault. Just like the fools on this blog said.
Dum-Bass
September 1st, 2012
9:13 pm
FG says: “It seems like when it goes bad, it goes bad”. Now that is one more brilliant statement from the managerial wizard. He must have been reading Yogi Berra’s book of famous quotes!
Felix
September 1st, 2012
9:18 pm
I like the Cherokee chief idea; or, maybe they need a Cherokee spirit guide. The Braves are again gagging eerily like 2011 …………. have to wonder if that Greek guy from Chicago hasn’t put a goat curse on Atlanta too.
don
September 1st, 2012
9:20 pm
Another swoon in September may be better than a one game playoff appearance with a loss to the Cardinals. They appear to be headed in that direction.
Vince Dooley
September 1st, 2012
9:21 pm
Thank goodness college football has started , won’t notice when the bravos choke on the chicken bone again
nashvillewill
September 1st, 2012
9:24 pm
McCann, Uggla, and Janish offer nothing offensively. Zero. That is killing any chances for rallies. Freeman, Chipper, and Prado have some prospects of success. Heyward is inconsistent but offers some upside. Heyward, Bourn and Uggla are all in the top 10 in league K’s (Uggla is #2). Uggla and McCann must be benched to give them any hope. Simmons will return and put Janish back on the bench. But Fredi’s inability to see reality is the real problem. Running out Uggla and McCann to fail and fail is ineptitude. If this team folds again, is Fredi gone?
Send in the Clowns
September 1st, 2012
9:28 pm
Dont look now, but here come the cardinals………….
Semper Fi Braves Fan
September 1st, 2012
9:30 pm
Uggla is worthless
McCann is making excuse after excuse *last week it was a shoulder, its his eyes this week, whats next PMS?*
Janish is just horrid with a bat
Pitcher spot
4 outs in every pass through the line up. I bet opposing pitchers laugh when they are preparing their game plan.
Opposing pitchers Game plan
Bourn high inside heat = K
Prado If bourn managed to get on throw sinkers and change ups for the double play
Heyward up and in
Chipper nothing to hit, or down and away
Freeman down and away (or pitch to one of the idiots behind him)
McCann LOL
Uggla ROFL
Janish LMFAO
Pitcher
Dum-Bass
September 1st, 2012
9:31 pm
Anybody besides me notice the body language and the facial “attitudes” of the Braves’ players. That includes Fredi J Gonzalez. Honestly not much spirit or exuberance there at all. I blame a lot of that on the managerial leadership. They seem to be in slow motion most of the time. About the only two that halfway show any spirit or energy is Martin Prado and Jason Heyward. Maybe the team should be renamed ”THE ATLANTA ZOMBIES”.
Amber Girl
September 1st, 2012
9:33 pm
Well I have had my cry. Got my ice cream. Don’t sound like you Brave haters haven’t got any better. You are pitiful. Mom says I am supposed to be nice. How can I be with you guys.
P Rose
September 1st, 2012
9:34 pm
Lynyrd Skynyrd rocked the house, so the cost of my ticket wasn’t a total waste of money.
Felix
September 1st, 2012
9:34 pm
It’s the manager’s job to get his team ready to play in the season’s stretch run. If things aren’t working he needs to find a solution. No motivation and no solution means someone isn’t doing his job.
rt
September 1st, 2012
9:36 pm
Felix, Great comment!
BillEGoat
September 1st, 2012
9:37 pm
I wonder how much money Bourn has cost himself with his post-All Star game performance? It is sad that this guy, with his speed, has 150 strike-outs so far. If he could have pit balls in play 50-75 of those times, he’s have a bunch of infield hits that would have been a lot of help to the team. He seems to be a strike-out machine against LH pitchers, and the whole team is basically awful against lefties, which, of course, the whole NL knows. With McCann, it is one of three things (1) His shoulder is worse than the team is saying, (2) His vision us sub-par–has not been the same since he was dumb enough to get Lasik surgery, or (3) He is just worn down by catching 140-plus games for the past number of seasons and will never return to his former self. The Braves need to be VERY careful in the contract they might offer to Bourn and what they end up offering to McCann. No more Uggla-type contracrs!
tru 404
September 1st, 2012
9:38 pm
I said it before and I’ll say it again, The Train Wreck is coming ! Let’s Go FALCONS
!
Bob from Cobb
September 1st, 2012
9:39 pm
Did aliens from another planet swoop down and kidnap our offense? And left this sad joke of a team of Pod Players in their place? This is only speculation but I don’t think there is any other explanation! Fredi. The fans are up in arms! Bench that dud of a second baseman(Ugly Uggla) and at the end of the season,trade him for starting pitching. ‘Cause our current crop of pitchers aren’t getting the job done.HEY! FRANK W.. NOW you know why the Marlins let Fredi go. Does the phrase “Wasn’t getting the Job Done” mean anything to you?
rt
September 1st, 2012
9:41 pm
If the Braves resign McCann & Bourn this team will never peform at the level needed to be contenders!!!!
mpimentel
September 1st, 2012
9:43 pm
Bring up to play the bench tomorrow…reed, constanza, overbay, ross, francisco, pastor, janish,(the dude from detroit)…I can’t even consider to think the posibility of another collaps…it could be the biggest upset of history…c’mon another blow lead in a raw?!!!
rt
September 1st, 2012
9:43 pm
Who would take Uggla and his salary come on!!!
Oregon Brave
September 1st, 2012
9:44 pm
Well now. Braves Meltdown Pt. I I. Great! Oh well, April is coming. The only thing left of interest to most Braves fans will be Chipper’s final days and this Monday’s game. We get to witness a paradox when the irresistible force (Braves don’t lose with Medlen) and the immovable object (Braves don’t win on Mondays) collide.
I’m kinda disgusted right now, but to me a successful baseball season ends in late October, not late August. I suppose I’m expected to say go Braves at this time. Go Braves.