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DawgNole
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
JipWiz
September 12th, 2012
9:43 pm
Is it me or did the Bravesvjust become the Cubs?
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It’s you. Except for ‘95, they’ve always been the Cubs.
Bronke
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Wasting my time with this game, is there any football on?
Ric Flair to Right
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Quite possible the worst bullpen management I’ve ever seen!
DOB would it be to much toask for you to not throw softballs at FG tonight and ask WTF HE IS DOING!!!!!!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Bring me up to date. Exactly why is Simmons not playing tonight?
Heard that he has an ankle sprain.
Great work, Cmart. Great work. Keep raising your oppo. OBP against ya.
old man
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
By the way, nice to see Uggla sporting that .364 average over the last 10 days. How does he look tonight?
Take my word, he is soon going to settle back in to his .200 and below routine. Soon, as in tonight.
The A Bomb
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Those of you who say managers have little effect are full of crap. Really full of it.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Unexpectedly Revised Downward)
September 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Can anybody throw strikes? Pathetic.
sid
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
with a couple of exceptions this team needs to be cleansed…..so much dead weight.
sg10
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
It seems the Braves are anti-Philly come September? It is sad to watch sitting here in a Philly nation.
count_schemula
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
“Let’s not forget, Maholm is basically a Cub. Cubs don’t play post season baseball.”
Except that one year they played the Braves and…
Same for the Astros, and Giants, and…
Argh, the aughts !!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
Maholm 4.1 inning, 6 ER. Dayum. His ERA is gonna take a hit. Was already at 3.48 since joining the Braves, and he’s already had a stinker!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
CSB- Classic September Braves!!!
perk
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
last 2 nites – fredi left the starter in too long. blowing it again
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
6 game lead gone by end of next week? Could it be?
Yogi Berra
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
agree N8
Capt.Mudd
September 12th, 2012
9:50 pm
To: Chip Caray……Memo…….Lauding the opponents doesn’t make our poop smell better!
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
9:50 pm
Yep, Maholm shoulda been pulled much sooner. He was obviously fighting it with every pitch. He got rattled. Fredi gives the vets way too much credit just because they’re vets. Very silly.
NorCal Brave
September 12th, 2012
9:50 pm
Bourn must be thinking “well at least the fans can take it out on somebody else for a while.”
Chas
September 12th, 2012
9:50 pm
Junk Ball / Gopher ball Paul Maholm + E5 HOF + Fredi managing = Brewers Sweep.
Bourne continues to suck, suck, suck at the plate.
Game, Set, Match THANK YOU PAUL MAHOLM. As usual, Fredi G. is right on top of things!
FREDI will have him pitching great, in the quotes tomorrow.
Paul Maholm joins the CHOKERS that are your 2012 Atlanta Braves…The same Losers of the EPIC CHOKE of 2011.
Thank you Braves. Keep pissing down your leg! Losers to a man, and from the top down. A 8 run inning…
What a pukin’, pathetic joke.
monarch
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
Braves have enough players to get into the playoffs, but we don’t have a COACH
Maholm Bomb of The Night
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!
Maholm Bomb of The Night
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!
Maholm Bomb of The Night
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!
tiger297
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
lets go offense…
Maholm Bomb of The Night
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
Lol
gcs
September 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
So, what do you all think of the Paul Maholm trade now?
I said it was a bad trade then and I am proved more right with each lame start he makes.
Remember the name Arodys Vizcaino. That is what the Braves gave up for this dead arm.
BravesFanSince80s
September 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
@the A bomb: well said. I don’t really see how any of you pro-Fredi guys CAN defend him now at this point…
N8
September 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
My Chiefs got their asses handed to them at home by a very good Falcons team. Definitely an embarrassing home/season opener.
But they had 4 defensive starters out. 2 of them prow-bowl players.
This Braves team makes me proud to be a Chiefs fan. The Chiefs are less embarrassing…. and they have the worst record in the AFC since 2007.
Fredi Gonzalez’s team management skills makes Romeo Crennel look like a genius.
Carroll Rogers
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
Line on Maholm: 4 1/3 innings, nine hits, eight runs (six earned), two walks, two Ks, one home run. 86 pitches (54 strikes)
LPPNYC
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
This is plain embarrassing.
Jasons Shrinking Waist
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
Have u noticed everytime the braves went on a tear this year and won six or seven in a eow they immediatly turn around and lose six in arow..lits incredible.
If they come out friday night and Meds gets shelled…its a sure sign that this ship is sinking faster than the Titanic
I mean, im just sayin…..
DawgNole
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
N8
September 12th, 2012
9:47 pm
If Wren has any balls, he’d fire Fredi TONIGHT! Show this sorry sack of losers that losing is NOT acceptable two Septembers in a row.
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Remember, you’re talking about Losersville here, where losing not only is acceptable two Septembers in a row, but also in 154 of 155 seasons of pro sports competition over nearly half a century.
You should never underestimate just how truly acceptable losing is in this city.
njbraves
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
Eight effing runs…give me a break. This team and this manager are a joke.
GoNatsGo
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
OUCH. And to add insult to injury, the Nats are up 2-0 in the 8th.
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
We do have three hits.
We’ll build on that and get em friday.
Philly Phanatic
September 12th, 2012
9:53 pm
Can I ask you guys something. who is your ace? Right now we have 4 of them. Yes, Kendrick would out pitch any Brave right now. 6-2. Wow. Don’t let last year get too far from your memory. the way the Phil’s are playing and the Brewers the 1 game playoff may be in Philly. Don’t laugh. A year ago if I said the Braves will not make WC you.’d have laughed. in ‘07 the Rockies went 15-1 to end the season. Why can’t the Braves go 1-15. If anybody can do it it’s the historically choking Braves. 7-2 now. You may as well turn off the sets. They have a better chance of beating Phil’s in a one gamer than winning this guy. I asked for one thing please beat the Brewers when it was 2-0. Somebody give me 100-1 that the Phils catch the Braves. Look what happened last year, the Braves went 10-21 in Sept. I can see them so snakebite now that that Atlanta Braves crysong ‘choke’ is in their head. If that were to happen and I were a Braves fan it wouldn’t last long. They phuckig suck.
bitman
September 12th, 2012
9:54 pm
It must be September. I hear a choking sound.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:54 pm
Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin
Paul Maholm’s line: 4.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 86 pitches (54 for strikes). #Braves
Yeesh. Thank goodness for some calculus homework, gives me something to do. This game isn’t helping my mood, unfortunately.
http://t.co/Tr0g7rYf Funny pic
NorCal Brave
September 12th, 2012
9:54 pm
I’ll save you all the trouble reading tonight’s Braves quotes: “Things just didn’t go our way.”
hick
September 12th, 2012
9:54 pm
P— on fire and call the dogs. The hunt’s over.
Capt.Mudd
September 12th, 2012
9:55 pm
@Bronke…..Re: 9:48 post;
Yeah, I think the Bronkeoooooos are on!
count_schemula
September 12th, 2012
9:55 pm
Strasburg is prolly, like, eh, maybe they don’t need me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TBbravesfan
September 12th, 2012
9:55 pm
we bat like we got lead in our pants
The Broom
September 12th, 2012
9:55 pm
Someone looking for me?
count_schemula
September 12th, 2012
9:56 pm
Is it still the SI jinx if you only write a back page article?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:56 pm
Yep, Maholm shoulda been pulled much sooner. He was obviously fighting it with every pitch. He got rattled. Fredi gives the vets way too much credit just because they’re vets. Very silly
I wouldn’t say it’s silly, but yes your post is pretty accurate.
Dang you Ishikawa.
DawgNole
September 12th, 2012
9:56 pm
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
6 game lead gone by end of next week? Could it be?
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Absodamnlutely! You don’t have to look any further back than a year ago to see that’s it’s not only possible, but likely.
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:56 pm
Fire FG!!
Dum-Bass
September 12th, 2012
9:57 pm
All you guys who were saying what you did last week about the Braves having a lot of games left with sub .500 teams, got the guts to repeat it? You know who you are so let’s discuss it again.
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
9:57 pm
SAME TEAM AS LAST SEASON!
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
9:57 pm
Got to respect how Chipper runs out those groundballs though.
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
9:57 pm
CORRECTION: SAME OFFENSE AS LAST SEASON MINUS GONZO!
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
9 years ago today we lost the namesake of the blog…RIP MIB…
njbraves
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
Christian Martinez is just awful too. Every time this guy comes in he gives up runs… Every damn time.
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
THE COLLAPSE HAS ALREADY STARTED FOLKS.
Biff Pocoroba
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
Gotta tip your hat to the Brewer, Phillies, and other teams that are peaking in September while Fredi leads this bunch of washed up quitters to their annual predictable collapse. I feel sorry for people who bought playoff tickets today since Ticketmaster won’t refund the service charge when Fredi finishes destroying this team with his idiocity. It is time to trade Heyward while he still has trade value and try and build for the future before the rest of these clowns rub off on him and he starts loafing on every play like the rest of these cheap Wren bums.
count_schemula
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
zinfandel and jager/gin shots !!!!!!!!!!!!
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:58 pm
But I thought we had a 99 percent chance of making it in? We probably will just thx to the ineptitude of our closest pursuers, assuming the brew crew or phillies don’t overhaul em by next week.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
You know who you are so let’s discuss it again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
haha, we’ll be so lucky to make the playoffs. flat out pathetic effort. we can’t even win 1 game out of the 3 vs the under 500 brewers…. how are we gonna win a 1 gm playoff vs a good team?? lol this is a joke..
Rico
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
Manager lost control of this game. Should have pulled the pitcher after the fourth run.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
Nats Beat Writer…
Amanda Comak @acomak
Sheesh. Look up an inning ago and the #Braves are up 2-0 on the #Brewers. A few minutes later it’s 7-2 Milwaukee.
Fredo
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
“4 1/3 innings, nine hits, eight runs”
so 13 earned in his last 11 and 2/3 innings pitched, meh .. could be worse
Tomahawk Mafia
September 12th, 2012
9:59 pm
The Brewers strike for 8 runs in an inning while the Braves struggle to score 8 runs in a month.
Kris
September 12th, 2012
10:00 pm
Maholm is a bum and always has been a bum. If Sheets feels ok – replace Maholm’s spot in the rotation with Sheets, hell replace Maholm’s spot in the rotation with Delgado or Teheran!
Veer
September 12th, 2012
10:00 pm
This loss is on Chipper. Makes error then next play dives for ball but cant even bother throwing and then can’t throw our Rameriez. Instead of being so consumed with Twitter he should sit on focus on his defense. I would take Fransico and his 0-4 with 4k’s over this type of pathetic Jones performance.
banned poster
September 12th, 2012
10:01 pm
Well I think there have been enough starts now by Maholm for me to come out and crow a bit about how I was right and that he would revert back to his historical form just when the Braves needed him the most. He has been terrible and Wren should lose his job for not wrapping up a trade for Greinke or trying again to get Dempster. Anything less than a first round series win should have Fredi and Wren looking for work elsewhere in 2013. Chipper, I feel for ya man because you deserved so much more than this incompetence of management during your farewell tour.
phil
September 12th, 2012
10:01 pm
And on this losing night, sleep well those who bother…..
See ya.
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
10:01 pm
Is anybody REALLY surprised? Maholm’s numbers vs Milwaukee’s were downright brutal. This game was a loss before they even took the field.
And now, they get to go home and lose AT LEAST 2 of 3 to the Nats.
Yep, racing towards that finish line, aren’t we, boys?
This team will be lucky to exceed last year’s 89 wins at this point.
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
10:01 pm
Who cares if the Braves collapse again? Life will go on for everybody. LOL! You really think the players will sulk over it for very long? Life is busy, busy.
count_schemula
September 12th, 2012
10:02 pm
The nice thing about last year’s collapse? How relaxing the postseason was.
This year, we have to endure a 1 game playoff, and help our soul should we win that…
And then Fredi lives for another year and we perfect our Cubs strategy.
They spent their load on Soriano, we have Uggs.
The A Bomb
September 12th, 2012
10:02 pm
Gonzalez finally grew some last week, and you saw the result. But for some reason he has gone back to his godson Uggla with all the love and support a .215 hitter needs to feel warm and fuzzy.
6 good weeks over 2 seasons $13 million. Love and support. What a joke.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:02 pm
Christian Martinez is just awful too. Every time this guy comes in he gives up runs… Every damn time.
Not every time, but he’s had 50 appearances, pitching 70 innings. Allowed 33 runs. That’s about every other appearance. Hence he’s a long reliever.
Kris
September 12th, 2012
10:03 pm
Can’t wait to face the Nats this weekend, because we all know that we own the Nats. 6 game losing streak coming right up.
MDBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
Ok, so we are down to one pitcher that we can count on. Not sure this will be enough to back slide into the playoffs. Pitiful. Yes, I’ll remember Vizcaino. Seems a bag of balls and some bats to the Cubs would’ve been too much.
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
I have never seen somebody mess with their eyes as much as McCann.
TBbravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
C T B-
You are right while me and you are working during the winter these poor boys will be home counting there money.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Furman Bitcher
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
Last time I checked the Phillies only have 1 ring to show for their little run so when they are sitting at home this yr watching the Braves in the playoffs they can wonder what happened with their bloated payroll. They are the chokers.
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
SINCE 1991 THIS TEAM HAS WON ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE COMMEN THREAD IS TO STOCK UP WITH PITCHING, PITCHING AND MORE PITCHING AND SOME 20 YEARS LATER, THIS ORGANIZATION IS STILL IN THE TANK CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANY FREAKIN IDEA OF HOW TO BUILD A WINNING TEAM CAUSE THIER IDEA IS TO OUT PITCH EVERYBODY ELSE!
AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE FINDING WAYS IN SEPTEMBER TO COUGH IT UP. THIS TEAM WILL BE SITTING AT HOME AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
SINCE 1991 THIS TEAM HAS WON ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE COMMEN THREAD IS TO STOCK UP WITH PITCHING, PITCHING AND MORE PITCHING AND SOME 20 YEARS LATER, THIS ORGANIZATION IS STILL IN THE TANK CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANY FREAKIN IDEA OF HOW TO BUILD A WINNING TEAM CAUSE THIER IDEA IS TO OUT PITCH EVERYBODY ELSE!
AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE FINDING WAYS IN SEPTEMBER TO COUGH IT UP. THIS TEAM WILL BE SITTING AT HOME AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
Bmac with an eye issue…
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
SINCE 1991 THIS TEAM HAS WON ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE COMMEN THREAD IS TO STOCK UP WITH PITCHING, PITCHING AND MORE PITCHING AND SOME 20 YEARS LATER, THIS ORGANIZATION IS STILL IN THE TANK CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANY FREAKIN IDEA OF HOW TO BUILD A WINNING TEAM CAUSE THIER IDEA IS TO OUT PITCH EVERYBODY ELSE!
AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE FINDING WAYS IN SEPTEMBER TO COUGH IT UP. THIS TEAM WILL BE SITTING AT HOME AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!
NORRIS CHUCK
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
SINCE 1991 THIS TEAM HAS WON ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE COMMEN THREAD IS TO STOCK UP WITH PITCHING, PITCHING AND MORE PITCHING AND SOME 20 YEARS LATER, THIS ORGANIZATION IS STILL IN THE TANK CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANY FREAKIN IDEA OF HOW TO BUILD A WINNING TEAM CAUSE THIER IDEA IS TO OUT PITCH EVERYBODY ELSE!
AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE FINDING WAYS IN SEPTEMBER TO COUGH IT UP. THIS TEAM WILL BE SITTING AT HOME AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
Vabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think maholms option doesnt look so good now. anyway this team obviously isnt gonna get the job done and is gonna fail and choke again.
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
I love how people are talking about the one-game playoff like it’s a foregone conclusion. Last I checked, the Braves have not clinched anything. And also last time I checked, these are the same Braves that coughed up the wild card last year.
tmc
September 12th, 2012
10:06 pm
something i haven’t seen with the Braves team for many years is a REFUSE TO LOSE attitude… and resilience. (not 1 game, but every game)
It is the reason this team is so soft, so fragile and can not win consistently.
Both have been missing for the last several years.
And is the MAIN reason this team has not reached it’s expectations.
tmc
September 12th, 2012
10:06 pm
something i haven’t seen with the Braves team for many years is a REFUSE TO LOSE attitude… and resilience. (not 1 game, but every game)
It is the reason this team is so soft, so fragile and can not win consistently.
Both have been missing for the last several years.
And is the MAIN reason this team has not reached it’s expectations.