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ray k
September 2nd, 2012
6:05 pm
My friend, a Cubs fan, just sent me a LOL followed by, “Hope you’re not surprised. The Braves are as typical as the tide.”
I replied, “F you, and F your boy Maholm. And the tide at least hits the shore; we don’t hit anything.”
74bravesjersey
September 2nd, 2012
6:05 pm
I’ve harped so much, I’m the only Knucklehead that keeps bringing up the big “E” boys, Ernesto Mejia; .296 avg. 24HR 92RBI’s, Could’ve been xtra rh thumper off the bench, but heres the kicker, Evan Gattis, could’ve played LF, .304 avg. 16HR 61 RBI’s, SO only 40 times in 263AB’s, kid’s got some heck of a plate discipline, that seems foreign to quite a few on this team. Just been wander’n why these 2 couldn’t been called up. It wouldn’t broke the bank on the organization would it? Frank wren, give these 2 a shot. Gattis is only 25yrs. of age, was hurt quite a while this year, but both these young sluggers hit close if not .300 avg. & bring big threats from the right side. What we got now beside Reed Johnson ain’t much.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm
CMart up in the ‘pen again… that can’t be good for his arm to have him going up and down…
Mark
September 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm
Someone needs to be loosening quickly in the pen
IlliniBrave
September 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm
J-MAN: in the words of Daryl Hammond, impersonating Sean Connery on SNL, “I think you might be certifiably retarded”
J-MAN
September 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm
Well IlliniBrave you can be racist to blacks but not to latinos. I’m not particularly calling the Atlanta Media racist but I think there is something to look at.
ACE
September 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm
I haven’t seen any blogs about the Hawks beat reporter going on a Harley ride with him.
bitman
September 2nd, 2012
6:07 pm
McDowell must have been working with Maholm this past week. It shows…
jeffrey d
September 2nd, 2012
6:07 pm
Bobby Cox would have never let this team tank last year o this year…say what you want but BC knew how to motivate and pull a team together…Fredi is as bad at this as I’ve ever seen!
What about 2009 when the Braves came close to catching the Rockies and then fizzled?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:07 pm
Maholm is done… he sure had a tough night.
Luck isn’t here tonight, right under Chipper’s glove
Thank You Fredi
September 2nd, 2012
6:07 pm
One run. One run in two REAL opportunities.
It’s September. With unlimited expanded rosters, you should have enough bodies in that pen to cover any situation. If you don’t , it’s your own fault. Maholm should not have even have swung the bat. Should have pinch hit for him even if it was only the second since you were still down by 4.
So you send Maholm back out and all you get is giving up more runs.
Now look……stupid.
Brava
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
About time, Fredi.
njbraves
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Be nice if Chipper could field a few of those.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Maholm hits in the bottom of the inning and doesn’t record an out in the top of the inning. Good move Fredi.
ChattTownBrian
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
can somebody give me the latest on who’s behind us in the WC race and by how much? Thanks.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Maholm’s sterling ERA took a hit… soft tossing pitchers.
Mark
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Today is a reason I hate nibblers. Umpire is tight or their control is a little off = DISASTER
Ric Flair to Right
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
On to the players…b-mac,uggla,bourn were the hell are you? Its astounding how bad these guys are right now and for two how bad they have become! We all talk about how this team loks on paper, to be honest if you know anything about the game on paper we look pretty bad. This team has many holes and if there ever gonna move back to competing for division title and not WC play in games they have to abandon the whole homegrown scouting and good ol boys mentalty. In a off season with a ton of cash moves have to be made.
phoenix
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Yeah. It’s the ump’s fault. Sit down, Maholm, you couldn’t get out Aunt Betsy.
J-MAN
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
At the end of the day all I’m saying is that Fredi Gonzalez deserves more heat than what he is getting. And I’m just drawing Larry Drew as a comparision
kelevra
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
chipper is a terrible third baseman…how many of those has he let get by him the last 2 weeks
Tomahawk Mafia
September 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
Chipper has got to come up with that smash down the line. His defese has been crap over he past few weeks.
njbraves
September 2nd, 2012
6:09 pm
Martinez sucks..He’ll screw this up.
tony austin
September 2nd, 2012
6:09 pm
Chipper is 40 and has bad knees, give the man a break.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm
If the Braves collapse again, clean the house!!!
Say good-bye to Fredi Gonzalez, Brian McCann, Dan Uggla .
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm
@ What about 2009 when the Braves came close to catching the Rockies and then fizzled?
LOL how is coming back from a 9 game deficit and then falling up short the same as blowing a 10.5 game lead in one month.
74bravesjersey
September 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm
@Skeezix; Very valid points my friend, very valid, good read.
bulldogbubba
September 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm
In the words of the immortal Paul Simon – “Slip sliding away , slip sliding away “……
WTFredi???
September 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm
Sooooo, only one more month until Fredi is gone, or will Frank Wren keep him because they have a winning record and almost make the playoffs? I’m seriously worried it will be the latter.
For that matter, maybe one month until Wren is gone? He is responsible for Uggla.
Ric Flair to Right
September 2nd, 2012
6:11 pm
What about 2009 when the Braves came close to catching the Rockies and then fizzled?
Jeffery d are you old enough to remeber 2010?
jmor
September 2nd, 2012
6:12 pm
There is a reason you don’t see any 40 year old 3rd baseman…No reflexes.
jeff
September 2nd, 2012
6:12 pm
this team is done.. twice in 2 innings theyve had runners at 3rd with less than 2 outs Neither Swing for the fences Freeman nor maholm can even hit the baseball.. thats 2 runs they could of scored but dont.. and wow chipper way to lead by example.. bad fielding techniques create bad habits.. this game is over… Nothing will change until someone is held responsible..
IlliniBrave
September 2nd, 2012
6:12 pm
Great call-out on Chipper’s defense. As someone who has two surgically-repaired knees, I can tell you that it is really hard to make those quick lateral moves. That’s why it’s time for Chipper to retire.
IlliniBrave
September 2nd, 2012
6:12 pm
Great call-out on Chipper’s defense. As someone who has two surgically-repaired knees, I can tell you that it is really hard to make those quick lateral moves. That’s why it’s time for Chipper to retire.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:12 pm
Martinez has a terrible stat line this year (opponents hit almost .280 against him)… Hope he does okay.
Ryan
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
We had a hard time getting Ruiz out now this Kratz . Good bye Maholm cry to the ump you loser didnt even cover first. Glad I have direct tv switch watch Dodgers and Az is better than watching a Freddi run team but dont worry he will get his ass fired again and should never get another job mananaging
Ryan
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
We had a hard time getting Ruiz out now this Kratz . Good bye Maholm cry to the ump you loser didnt even cover first. Glad I have direct tv switch watch Dodgers and Az is better than watching a Freddi run team but dont worry he will get his ass fired again and should never get another job mananaging
ACE
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Where are you Fredi
CaptainMudd
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
It has been addressed I know…but just having a bat in his hand [Maholm] never mind he actually walked to the box; Fredi has to have his well u know what in his tuchus!!!
Brava
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Un-freaking believeable.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Like I said… CMart isn’t great.
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Simmons will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow with Miss. (AA) at Mobile. He will play with Rome (A) on Wed. and with Lynchburg (A) on Thurs
njbraves
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Christian Martinez ladies and gentleman.
CaptainMudd
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
It has been addressed I know…but just having a bat in his hand [Maholm] never mind he actually walked to the box; Fredi has to have his well u know what in his tuchus!!!
njbraves
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Christian Martinez ladies and gentleman.
Brava
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Un-freaking believeable.
jeffrey d
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
For that matter, maybe one month until Wren is gone? He is responsible for Uggla.
Holy crap, I hope you’re joking. When Wren traded for him (for not much at all) Uggla was coming off his 4th consecutive 30 HR season.
ChattTownBrian
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Oh well. Life is full of punches in the gut.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Pitcher on an 0-2. LOL this team is a joke.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
That is why the intentional walk is a stupid strategy. It bites the Braves in the butt way too frequently. What is the deal with the pitcher hitting a ground-rule double on an 0-2 pitch anyway. Martinez is awful.
George_George
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
Bobby Cox would have never let this team tank last year o this year…say what you want but BC knew how to motivate and pull a team together…Fredi is as bad at this as I’ve ever seen!
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YUPPERS Players would go all out for BOBBY. Worst thing BOBBY ever did was recomend FREDI for the MGR job.
Bill
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
I know its time for Fredi to go but Wren is the one to blame for the sorry a@@ players on this team. Fire both!
JC Brave
September 2nd, 2012
6:15 pm
At least they’re not the Red Sox, right?
njbraves
September 2nd, 2012
6:15 pm
Three straight change ups to the opposing pitcher…not sure if you can be any dumber than that.
least of the east
September 2nd, 2012
6:15 pm
they insist they aren’t choking. oh, really ? down 5-0 after 1/2 inning ? how often does that happen ?
they are the worst home team that is battling for a playoff spot.
Phils are a sub .500 team and they are going to sweep us in Atlanta !
put in Uggla and Mc Cann and let them get some practice trying to hit a baseball.
they should start Delgado, Teheran after 9/3., also call up Hale and Gilmartin.
maybe Fredi G should be reassigned and they promote the Richmond mgr on 9/4 also
tony austin
September 2nd, 2012
6:15 pm
And that should about take care of any comeback hopes. Pirates and Cards already lost, LAD trailing by one, hopefully today won’t cost the Braves much in the WC standings.
Kat
September 2nd, 2012
6:16 pm
I like this… “@DAVIDCARROLL3 Old #Braves: Spahn & Sain, and pray for rain. New #Braves: Medlen. And just pray.”
ray k
September 2nd, 2012
6:16 pm
MVP Heyward,
I don’t think we will be saying good-bye to Mac (his affordable 2013 option will likely be picked up) or Uggla (no one is going to eat even half of his ridiculous contract).
Fredi, however, is at 2-1 odds of getting the axe if they fail to make the playoffs.
Jay Dubu
September 2nd, 2012
6:16 pm
Chipper needs to remember that he’s 40 and have bad knees when he’s pointing out how everyone else (”players that are paid to hit…”), is not getting it done.
I know he’s a fan favorite, and we would all like to see him ride off into the sunset with at least a playoff appearance, but if he can’t do it anymore, he has to not try to the detriment of the team.
Trey
September 2nd, 2012
6:16 pm
We need to stand pat if we don’t make the playoffs this off-season. We have a team capable of making the playoffs, as we have shown.
Ric Flair to Right
September 2nd, 2012
6:16 pm
Hey Chipper, hey Fredi you might wanna reconcider that team meeting!!!
George_George
September 2nd, 2012
6:17 pm
Bobby Cox would have never let this team tank last year o this year…say what you want but BC knew how to motivate and pull a team together…Fredi is as bad at this as I’ve ever seen!
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YUPPERS Players would go all out for BOBBY. Worst thing BOBBY ever did was recomend FREDI for the MGR job.
rr
ACE
September 2nd, 2012
6:17 pm
There must be 50 ways to lose a game.
braves team
September 2nd, 2012
6:17 pm
do you think F. Gonzalez have the fault about this performance’??? ,, do you think Joe Torre was a good manager????…. lol
he you have a mediocre players you will look like a mediocre manager (F Gonzalez)
he you have a good players you will look like a good manager (Joe Torre)
so?
all beggins with the owner and the effort for build a good team….
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:17 pm
It’s been tough for the last week, but once we start hitting, we’ll go on a tear… The Rockies will help us!
This was Maholm’s first bad start for the Braves, and first bad start for a while for the year… give him some slack, he’s been good.
Ric Flair to Right
September 2nd, 2012
6:17 pm
The question is…if the braves do back in the play end game..does Fredi stay…I hope the hell not
Why?
September 2nd, 2012
6:18 pm
The decision to not PH for with a runner on third and one out looks good after he can’t get anyone out in the next inning.
Mark
September 2nd, 2012
6:18 pm
Cmart throwing changeups back to back to back to back = Pitchers bouncing balls over the wall
ray k
September 2nd, 2012
6:19 pm
My cable went out 20 minutes ago.
Are the fans at least booing them mercilessly?
David O'Brien
September 2nd, 2012
6:19 pm
Maholm: 2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 3 BB, 1 K. Threw 42 strikes in 72 pitches
Bronke
September 2nd, 2012
6:19 pm
Just got in and turned on the game. Wow is this really happening again? Should’ve stayed out on my bike enjoying a cool evening than come back and see this.
NorCal Brave
September 2nd, 2012
6:20 pm
@Amber Girl: if you’re still in the vicinity, are you beginning to understand the frustration?
CaptainMudd
September 2nd, 2012
6:20 pm
C. Martinez=Garbage time hurler…..or in a similar sense, an added ingredient: like the Butcher puts with the hamburger=PinkSlime!
Jay Dubu
September 2nd, 2012
6:20 pm
Fredi should have brought in a pitcher that he thought could get out of this inning without giving up any more runs, and then went to C-Mart.
The way the Braves are hitting, there is no way they can score enough to win now.
74bravesjersey
September 2nd, 2012
6:21 pm
Got my Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers playin’ in the back “Free-Fall’n” . Looks like right after this malcontent season, wonder what kind of letter of apology is schurholtz gonna’ come up w/ now to the fans? Hmmmm, he’s thinking, he’s stinking, I mean he’s thinking, bette get off the john, John, & think fast. What to do, what to do.
mike
September 2nd, 2012
6:21 pm
All this talk about the Rockies, I think they will do good to split the four games with them. Looks like the last 3 with Pitt is going tomean something.
George_George
September 2nd, 2012
6:21 pm
jeffrey d
September 2nd, 2012
6:14 pm
For that matter, maybe one month until Wren is gone? He is responsible for Uggla.
Holy crap, I hope you’re joking. When Wren traded for him (for not much at all) Uggla was coming off his 4th consecutive 30 HR season.
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But DAN sure got old once he got here. It is time both he and FREDI got booted out of town.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 2nd, 2012
6:21 pm
I wish the season would end at the All-star break because over the past few seasons that is the time when the Braves stop playing good baseball.
kelevra
September 2nd, 2012
6:22 pm
i assure you if this team doesn’t make the playoffs their will be MAJOR CHANGES my guess would be mccann uggla fredi wren hanson bourn all gone next year. any contract can be traded…if you need examples i can provide them. im not saying they will miss the playoffs….given the two wild cards and our lead it’s unlikely….but if it happens…their will be some big big changes
Dum-Bass
September 2nd, 2012
6:22 pm
Braves’ fans who would be AT the game don’t have any long, complicated 3 letter words such as “BOO” in their limited vocabularies. That’s why you don’t hear any booing.
J-MAN
September 2nd, 2012
6:23 pm
For those that are defending Fredi by saying that they have the 3rd best record in the NL need to remember that they had a BETTER RECORD last season and had a much bigger Wild Card lead. Remember that.
braves team
September 2nd, 2012
6:23 pm
time for give a chance to Boscan, Baker, Constanza, Pastornicky and Overbay to play some innings…
ray k
September 2nd, 2012
6:23 pm
Is next year an option year for Huddy?
Personally, I wouldn’t pick that or Mac’s up. Not because I don’t think they can be helpful next year. As a matter of fact, knowing the personality and luck of this team, I bet Mac goes on to have a good year elsewhere, if and when he departs.
I’d just cleanse the clubhouse. Use the $ to sign Bourn and a LF. Get the youngsters in there.
tony austin
September 2nd, 2012
6:23 pm
When you’re a starting pitcher and you know you have to be almost perfect to have any inkling of a chance to win the game, you make mistakes. Maholm wasn’t sharp today but if the offense wasn’t completely tanking his outcome may have been different.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:24 pm
Everyone!!! We will be fine.. we had a rough series, but the Phils have been good since July 31. We will still make the playoffs, and hopefully make a run. We’re too good not to
Go Braves
jeffrey d
September 2nd, 2012
6:24 pm
Oh, you don’t like Fredi, George George?
Bill
September 2nd, 2012
6:25 pm
If Braves made wild card it would be one game and home the way Braves playing.
Del
September 2nd, 2012
6:25 pm
going, going, GONE. Don’t look now but the Braves are about to fall to 5th place in the wild card standings. How the “mighty” have fallen! Maybe this season will convince JS that it is past time to reload with the younger generation, including the GM, Mgr, all coaches and most of the veterans. I would keep Jason, Prado, Simmons, Freddie, Medlin and any of the younger pitchers who show promise. Enough of the current edition. They have worn out their welcome.
JC Brave
September 2nd, 2012
6:25 pm
Not saying it’s gonna happen again, but has there ever been a MLB team with collapses in back-to-back seasons?
Jay Dubu
September 2nd, 2012
6:26 pm
Phillies are only 10 games behind (9 after today) the Braves. They just may catch the Braves in the standings.
ACE
September 2nd, 2012
6:26 pm
Fredi has never managed a playoff game or played in one in the Majors.
ChattTownBrian
September 2nd, 2012
6:27 pm
Dumb and Dumber is on. Might help watching something else.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 2nd, 2012
6:27 pm
Not saying it’s gonna happen again, but has there ever been a MLB team with collapses in back-to-back seasons?
None that I know of…. which is why we’ll make the playoffs. Think positively
Lee in S GA
September 2nd, 2012
6:28 pm
damn this team is going to chock again…with 2 wild card spots
ray k
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
kelevra,
Moving Uggla would be near impossible, unless we were willing to eat many millions of dollars. What examples are you referring to? I’m sure the Yanks or Sox may have moved a guy with a gigantic contract at one time or another, but they had endlessly deep pockets. We don’t. Look at the Cubs over the past 7 years or so and all those ridiculous contracts to Soriano and co. It hog tied them. Only now are they starting to emancipate themselves from that fiasco.
Oh and Hanson is gone, in my opinion.
ACE
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
Simmons maybe the only brave to play in a playoff game. He will be playing for the Rome braves this
Wed when the playoffs start.
CaptainMudd
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
Braves have a sh*t on…..yeah
Ryan
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
Krimbel 0-2 homerun Maholm 0-2 bases loaded double Martinz 0-2 to pitcher this team is a joke. To many fans at the game we play better in front of 18;000. Watch Nats sweep Cubs while the Braves fight for a split with Rockies.Cards and Dodgers get hot while while we only get FEARLESS FREDDI postgame comments why his team cant win in Sept. Its going to be a great winter to see if we can blow this team up what we should of done last year .We have 3 more losses coming from the Phils and 2 from Nats.
Trey
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
I can’t stand Martinez pitching style. He looks like he is trying to practice Karate, and is about to lose his balance.
Mark
September 2nd, 2012
6:29 pm
Every Brave player has performed to the level most would have predicted before the season started with a couple exceeding most expectations based on last year(Jhey – good comeback year and Chipper – healthy for the most part).
Everyone else has been what would be considered steady for them.
The problems and reason for sub par year so far this year is the poor play of Uggla and McCann – Unfortunately these two are suppose to be run producers and they just haven;t gotten it done(Mac can’t see and has had injuries and Uggla has been, well, Uggla)
jeffrey d
September 2nd, 2012
6:30 pm
damn this team is going to chock again…with 2 wild card spots
chock (ch k) n. 1. A block or wedge placed under something else, such as a wheel, to keep it from moving