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DAM
September 10th, 2012
10:29 pm
Is Ross unavailable? Unless that’s the case, we should have had Constanza running for McCann and then brought in Ross defensively.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:29 pm
after his throw to nail prado at 3B dont think they would have sent man of the braves there…maybe bourn/constanza/heyward/simmons
or maybe that is a reflection of our overall team speed
ChattTownBrian
September 10th, 2012
10:29 pm
Bourn is a bum!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:29 pm
McCann’s lack of foot speed hurt us there…
not sure
September 10th, 2012
10:30 pm
Isn’t Bourn’s value starting to go down?
Capt.Mudd
September 10th, 2012
10:31 pm
Please Chirp…no jinx us dummy
T-Dawg
September 10th, 2012
10:31 pm
I guess the aberration is when his team hits…..at all.
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:31 pm
McCann’s lack of foot speed hurt us there
Not sure the list of people who would have scored on that hit is long…
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:31 pm
Ross was unavailable as that thought never crossed FG’s mind to begin with.
Of course, Fredi knew Boras would make an out for sure anyway.
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:31 pm
ok so now Jonny scares me….
Bronke
September 10th, 2012
10:32 pm
Bourne and Freeman really struggling. Need to come up with the big hits. How long can this team walk the tightrope?
ChattTownBrian
September 10th, 2012
10:32 pm
Jonny might be the worst fielder in baseball.
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
We can’t keep winning 1-0 games….
Bad feeling.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
might not be so comfortable on this next bunt attempt…
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
might not be so comfortable on this next bunt attempt…
ChattTownBrian
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
Game is about to go bad real quick
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
might not be so comfortable on this next bunt attempt…
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
This is the old Jonny, I’m afraid. Gotta be sharp man, it’s only a 1-run lead. This is almost a must-win, Washinton won.
NorCal Brave
September 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
Can someone explain how Freeman’s gone from RBI machine to out machine? Yet there he is right in the middle of the order. Another 0 for RISP in the works tonight.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:34 pm
Enter your comments here
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:34 pm
BALLGAME!!!!! all them missed opportunities sukk
ChattTownBrian
September 10th, 2012
10:35 pm
I have a feeling Jonny is a bit of a head case.
Fredo
September 10th, 2012
10:35 pm
no need to make this game any more interesting
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Geez…. Come on, man. The play is at 1st there.
Wake Up Jeff! (and Freddie)
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
What a head case.
Sopheee
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
That wasn’t so smart.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
who the hell yelled 3 there dangit..
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Like I said
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
rats.
ncbravesfan90
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Wow. That’s why its not good when you have 8 hits and 1 run to show for it. Got to add on when you have chances….
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Very bright…
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Ooopsie
Mark
September 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Just take the out they are giving you!!
GEEEZ
Trey
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
Not good.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
that was a bad throw but chippers still gotta catch that ball…
njbraves
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
Venters is just brutal. I have zero confidence in this guy.
JC Brave
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
Missed opportunities always come back to bite them.
ChattTownBrian
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
Wow is he just a terrible fielder in all aspects. Thanks a lot dude.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
who the hell yelled 3 there dangit..
Probably Mac, he is the “crew chief” on the infield… bad decision there though. At least it’s just 1-1. Hold them here, come back later.
Wake Up Jeff! (and Freddie)
September 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
Good throw doesnt get him. Wrong base in the first place. Pressure due to walking the second hitter. If they want to give you an out, take it!
I repeat, head case.
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
The run is unearned and thus meaningless…
kerryb
September 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
Johnny Venters has been a worthless bag of crap all year. No way he should have ever tried that play. He had no chance at all of making it!
Halbert
September 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
Well that’s that. The wins lately have been nice, but was only a matter of time before the pitching stops masking this dreadful offense. Can’t win 1-0 all the time.
Capt.Mudd
September 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
Comical and very sad to have it go that way with the run scoring on a 90 mph zinger to 3rd
Tomahawk Mafia
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Venters is an awful fielder. First, the lead off man should have been out if Venters actually could field his position. Second, there never should have been a walk to Segura. Third, Venters had no play at third on the bunt. Terrible.
not sure
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
ugh
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Where’s Kimbrel, dangit!
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
think I might squeeze on the first pitch here…
Pete*
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Just me or anyone else notice JV smiling after that brutal throw? Very cool
TBbravesfan
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
monday
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Chipper?
No one catches that ball…
Bronke
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Ugh! Venters total meltdown !
Bat Masterson
September 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
Now I’m a little blue, DbMac
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:40 pm
that was a bad throw but chippers still gotta catch that ball…
No offense, but that is ridiculous…
Capt.Mudd
September 10th, 2012
10:40 pm
can’t win 1-0 if the damn score is now 1-1……pick another set of numbers please
T-Dawg
September 10th, 2012
10:40 pm
This is the same JV as before. He has very little control. You just have to hope opposing hiters swing at the sinker in the dirt. Everyone did in his 1st year….not so much now.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:40 pm
If they want to give you an out, take it!
^^^
ray k
September 10th, 2012
10:40 pm
Just turned on the game. 8 hits and 1 run, huh? Typical Braves line.
How many did we leave in scoring position tonight, 100?
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
vj – piss off dude
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
JV often smiles like that…..a nervous nellie…gearrin does that crap too….andruw did it.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
We complimented Fredi and his decisions over the past week and then he brings Durbin into a high-leverage situation.
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
that is the scenario way too often with this team, missed opportunities early and late losses because of it.
I hate waiting to the last innings to lose
ray k
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
We all knew Venters was a head case. I had no idea he was a moron, too.
ncbravesfan90
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
0-2 to a walk….not good
Fredo
September 10th, 2012
10:42 pm
well this inning hasn’t been fun
TBbravesfan
September 10th, 2012
10:42 pm
undone
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:42 pm
that was a bad throw but chippers still gotta catch that ball…
Nope… Chipper wasn’t catching that… not even Bourn if he played 3rd. You can’t throw a ball that badly and expect it to be caught. Also, the ball should have never been thrown there.
I think that this might be our meltdown night from the pen… we’ve been so good lately, too good.
kerryb
September 10th, 2012
10:42 pm
I’m sick of watching Venters walk guys all over the place and making fielding errors. He is not the same pitcher since August 2011. They were trying to give him an out and he walks the F’n guy to start this mess. It’s become his usual outing.
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:42 pm
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:41 pm
vj – piss off dude
Disagree with you once and you say that? Wow – you are immediately unfollowed…
Fredo
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
strikezone must be MIA
Tomahawk Mafia
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
Ridiculous how Durbin walks a guy after jumping ahead 0-2 inexcusable. Put him away.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
nolie – my grandmother used to watch the game like that…after the throw by venters she would have said – tiger turn the durn tv off…they make me so mad.
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
What a baby…
Sopheee
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
I didn’t think that was catchable either. He dove and still didn’t come near it.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
Damn….
kerryb
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
Thank you Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 You piece of garbage.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
still nobody out
ncbravesfan90
September 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
That’s why adding a bullpen piece or two at the dead line would have been nice……….was saying that all through the month of July but even many folks on here said there was no need for it….
ray k
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
The Braves had bases loaded top of the 7th and didn’t score?
LOL – this offense is brutal. Just brutal.
TBbravesfan
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
that is the way you do it
T-Dawg
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Falling apart at just the right time. We really need our bullpen to collapse like this. Good thinking.
tiger297
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
yeah big man there -
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
This is the same JV as before
B4? You mean B4 as the two seasons that he totally dominated the NL?
M.V.P.Heyward
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Durbinator is not an answer, period.
Mark
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Literally a “BULL” pen tonight
phil
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
The japanese version of Harper…..
Dude makes me nervous for good reason.
And this IS Durbin pitching….oh well, we can’t win em all as so many always say.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Aoki scared me there… he proved it.
Hopefully we can attack the Brewers’ “weak” pen… unfortunately, their pen has been much stronger lately.
Venice Jim
September 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Seriously tiger – you really think Chipper should have caught that? Explain how he can dive 5 feet to his right as hard as Venters throws the ball…
not sure
September 10th, 2012
10:45 pm
Congratulations on wasting a magnificent effort by Minor!
ncbravesfan90
September 10th, 2012
10:45 pm
Braves- 1 run on 8 hits
Brewers- 3 runs on 4 hits
Something wrong with that picture right there…..
Tomahawk Mafia
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
Durbin has been terrible lately. No way he should have been pitching to Aoki. O’Flaherty should have been pitching to him. Poor bullpen management in that situation to along with wasted scoring opportunities.
njbraves
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
You can thank Venters for this mess. He can’t field his position and he walks way too many guys.
nolie
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
nobody including Minor has had muck if any control tonight
Mark
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
Nolie
Correct
We are never going to see the B4 Venters again. He was as untouchable as any reliever for a while but unfortunately he is that no longer – since end of last year
Semper Fi Braves Fan
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
Best way to loose a ball game???? Have JV walk a couple guys and bring in Durbin behind him.
I said on here a few days ago Jonny needed a different role than 7th inning guy. He already lost the set up role to EOF, he needs to loose that 7th inning job. Hell Martinez would be a better option.
TBbravesfan
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
load um up again burdin
Wake Up Jeff! (and Freddie)
September 10th, 2012
10:46 pm
Can’t excuse Venters and Durbin’s inability to find the plate then having to make fat pitches, but lotza folks here right about the offense. No offense puts a lot of pressure on the pitching staff.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 10th, 2012
10:47 pm
Guys, seriously, the bullpen had to have a bad night at some point. They were unhittable for much of August, and practically all of September so far. They saved us quite a bit last week in those 1-0 (and any other 1run) games. Just hope that they keep it close enough.
I just feel sorry for Mike M. He pitched too well to not get a win, and to have the team possibly get a loss out of it.
kerryb
September 10th, 2012
10:47 pm
I hope we never see JV again this year. He completely sucks now.
Fredo
September 10th, 2012
10:48 pm
that Durbin inherited runners stat taking a bit hit this inning