Braves need Bourn to heat up; Chipper in SI

Thanks for new blog Carroll!

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Atlanta Braves ‏@Braves
Tonight’s lineup at MIL (8:10, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Heyward 9 Jones 5 Freeman 3 Uggla 4 McCann 2 Janish 6 Maholm 1

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You’re right Carrol. Gotta get Bourn going. Ironically, I think he should get the night off. Looks exhausted.

Got the new SI and can’t wait to read it. Going to come to a game this weekend to see Chip and the boys again, and the last game vs. the Mets as well.

Let’s get it going all!

Go Braves!

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Has anybody actually communicated with Mixxo to know for sure he was banned? He said something about leaving the blog not too long B4 he disappeared. Or is this just more speculation accusation?

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Wow, is Simmons sore, you think?

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Has anybody actually communicated with Mixxo to know for sure he was banned? He said something about leaving the blog not too long B4 he disappeared.

Geez, who cares why that guy is MIA? Good riddance.

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Why is Simmons out of the line up? He got two hits last night! Unless he’s sore, he should under no circumstance, be out of the order.

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nolie – it would be an amazing coincidence if he left on his own after those last 4 posts…

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I don’t know VJ, he mighta used that as a parting shot not planning to come back.
I never actually saw the posts, but I get tired of all the unproven accusations that some folks love to spread around

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( this was not directed at you specifically, T’H, but at the minions.),,,raleigh

it should have been, he is one of the premiere football mentality guys on the blog, always has been

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nolie – Yeah, it’s a lot like certain politicians lately…some people just say schydt with no basis in reality.

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best records since the All-Star break in NL -

Reds 39 19
Nationals 39 20
Phillies 34 21
Braves 35 23
Padres 34 22
Giants 34 22

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Look on the bright side. With Bourn struggling, that should bring down his price tag in free agency.

Bourn has played in all but one of the Braves games this year and started all but three..

Also, is it possible he is overused/worn out?

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“and made lots of money for the guy that bet on Cards last year.”

Yeh, well I went all in on the Cardinals last year and it still didn’t make me very happy.

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raleighbravefan

“T’Hawkin – “it’s a curse” ….or a slump. By the way, ALL baseball teams have slumps and losing streaks. It baseball. Long season. Hitting is streaky. Great pitchers have bad games. Sorry pitchers have great games. Too much Football mentality around here. ( this was not directed at you specifically, T’H, but at the minions.)”

Yeah Man, Most Braves Fans are Hardcore Fans of The SEC, and Atlanta is The MECCA of the SEC

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yeah I made a killing on the 96 series but it didn’t make me happy. did alleviate much of the pain though….

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Brewers own us

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Collapse will be in high gear WHEN, not if, we loose tonight. That’s just the way it goes. BANK on it!

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Two games, no XBH’s.

It’s real hard to watch them right now. But, I feel obligated to.
I love baseball and I’m a lifelong Braves fan.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a Cubs faithful.

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Jimmy – Difference is NOBODY expects the Cubs to win.

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scoots – Man, you are on a roll today (even more than usual).

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( this was not directed at you specifically, T’H, but at the minions.)…scoots

true dat. saddle bronc ridin’ ain’t so awful bad, bareback is right tough, bull ridin’ is a stone bitch….

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No, MFin, I was doing a ****-kicker paraphrase of Sun Tzu, you dolt.

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yeah raleigh, that is at least partially true, after a long enough time being bad I think it hurts less that when your team has an actual chance fairly regularly, and gets bucked off

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raleigh – I guess it’s not as bad if you go in expecting to lose. Expectations sets the bar.

And honestly, it’s not just the Braves losing that gets to me, it’s how they do it. Frustrating as heck.

Like having a first and goal at the one… and not scoring. Now, repeat that two or three times in a game.

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Jimmy – I understand completely (although, there goes that football mentality again. )

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You have to beat the best to be the best…..or you could just get REAL lucky.

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Great blog Carroll. Any idea what the Brewers are going to do for Chipper’s last appearance?

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lower expectations – secret of happiness

Or what passes for happiness, I guess. Me, I always like to look around for the Blue Label before I settle for something else in my glass.

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Brewers and Phillies are making a push? Yep those 3% to 4% chance of making the playoffs are really exciting for them, let me tell you.

I’ll take my 99.1% chance of making the playoffs and take it to the bank, invest it in a CD at 1% for the next 10 years and ROLL in the dough!

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…and some guys are afraid to go to the dance, period.

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gotta try to be a bit more original than just quoting mf

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Has anybody actually communicated with Mixxo to know for sure he was banned? _ nolie

Not likely to get an answer to that type of question. Now if you asked “did you hear so and so got Mixxo banned, that SOB”, you would get plenty of replies saying “hell yeah”.

If I remember correctly someone said something along the lines of ‘if you hate it so much why don’t you leave, Mixxo’. And he replied with something like ‘don’t worry chief, I’ll be gone for good soon.’

Maybe he committed blog suicide. Maybe he just split. Maybe something else, who knows.

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Is there some STUPID frigging reason Fat Fredi is starting no hitting Janish over Simmons tonight? Does this guy just not frigging get it!?

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“But then the turbines get reversed when the home team bats.”

No joke. Wouldn’t be surprised, they are the same team that juiced up Braun right? Or was it the FedEx guy? Wait I forget?

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Come to think of it Simmons made two throws last night that were not his usual quality. Could be something wrong with his hand/arm. Did anyone see him throwing in those minor league games?

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From the previous blog which had 1,056 comments, TheOnlyBravesFan led the way with 71 posts. There were 155 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:

Rank Poster Frequency

1 TheOnlyBravesFan 71
2 Disgusted 38
3 cabravesfan 36
4 Mark 35
5 MFin04 33
6 ChattTownBrian 32
7 Efrim 32
8 Venice Jim 31
9 ncscoots 26
10 Brava 22
11 phil 22
12 FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ 21
13 brian 21
14 nolie 21
15 Capt.Mudd 20
16 Tomahawkin 20
17 tiger297 20
18 Hugo Z Hackenbush 19
19 TennesseePaul 19
20 ncbravesfan90 18
21 Heath 17
22 VaBravesFan 16
23 sometimesiwonder 14
24 ACE 13
25 Lew 13

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One of those throws was because of a poor feed from Uggla that would have ended the inning. But then that would have only made the final score 2-0.

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death by (blog) cop

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In the meantime I’m getting pretty much fed up with not scoring some runs.

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Janish is playing, so we will score!

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Janish? I thought Biff was the run midas

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Simmons sitting does seem odd. Not like he needs a rest. He only drove in the lone run scored in last 2 games and had half the team hits last night. Guess maybe the rest of the guys had relaxed thinking Simmons is back and he will carry us the rest of the way.

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He only drove in the lone run scored in last 2 games and had half the team hits last night.

Well there you go. Sitting will teach him a lesson about hotdogging

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People are still concerned with Mixxo’s disappearance? I say good riddance!

By the way, as a team the Braves hit .252/.333/.353/.686 against Gallardo in 139 ABs (and have drawn 18 walks). Struck out 37 times against this guy. Bourn has hit this guy hard, going 11-27, with 5 RBI, 2 BB and 10Ks against him. (.407/.448/.444/.893

Uggla is 4-15 with 1 BB and 2Ks

Chipper is 3-11 with 3 BB and 3Ks

Janish is 5-8 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI for the person who asked why he’s starting

We will win tonight, hope the bats do lots of damage. Later folks, Peace.

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Is MIxxo the same as the free mike vick dude(dudette)?

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Matthew Diaz ‏@diazfoundation
remember that time the offense was struggling in Milwaukee and then Martin Prado hit a bomb and the offense got hot for a month? I do!!

Let’s hope lightning strikes twice.

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This offense was hot…when Uggla and McCann got on base 9 times in a game, since then all downhill.

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Let’s hope lightning strikes twice.

i’m afraid that retractable roof will block that lightning..

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The Braves are due for an offensive explosion. I’m calling over 2 tonight.

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“I’m calling over 2 tonight.”

Two would be a good enough explosion for me.

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hits?

Fly balls caught on the warning track?

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i’m afraid that retractable roof will block that lightning..

cricket downer.

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If Bourn makes us go (or not)…. who is gonna make the offense go next year with no Bourn and no Chipper?

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Welcome aboard, brian.

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“Cardinals presently have five .300 hitters in their lineup.”

And they have CARLOS BELTRAN. Don’t tell him it is the playoffs or that he is playing the Braves.

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Bat – never left my seat on optimism train. but that can’t come in way of making joke

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If Bourn makes us go (or not)…. who is gonna make the offense go next year with no Bourn and no Chipper?
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that is why it is this year or bust…at least for a couple of years…

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Jason Martinez ‏@mlbdepthcharts
#Nationals RT @MarkZuckerman M. Morse has a torn sheath in addition to bone bruise in L hand. Will rest 2 days, try to take BP on Friday.

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This is an example of where Fredi is a scew up………..

Simmons to the bench after a two hit night on Tuesday-HALF OF THE BRAVES OFFENSE…!

Drove in the only run Monday night-no rbi because it was a double play but got the run across..

So now Fredi sits him????????????????

Absurd Fredi Gonzalez……………….absurd….

If it was up to me, I’d sit Bourn for a couple of nights to give him a breather and play Reed or Prado in center…..

Bat Simmons lead off…..he gets on base and is fast enought…..

Can’t do worse than Bourn is now…..

Keep Simmons on the field !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I would think by now there should be some comment regarding Simmons?

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Certainly the hat.

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Kevin McAlpin ‏@KevinMcAlpin
Andrelton Simmons is day-to-day after rolling his right ankle going back to second base last night on a pick off move. #Braves

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finger? ankle? pulled peg leg? They need to get their story straight.

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Kevin McAlpin ‏@KevinMcAlpin
Andrelton Simmons is day-to-day after rolling his right ankle going back to second base last night on a pick off move. #Braves

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David O’Brien ‏@ajcbraves
#Braves were concerned last night it was a high ankle sprain for Simmons but examined today it wasn’t that bad. Big relief for Braves

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gotta go … time to cook

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Boy, I sure hope the Phillies don’t end up with the second wild card.

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Breathe, Veer… and read.

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Geez! Is Simmons related to Chris Chandler???

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They’ve played 5 games (2-3 record) over the past week+ where they don’t have an RBI and in those 5 games Bourn had 5 hits in 17 at-bats

*although the way this month has been going if he had been getting on consistently I’d bet Prado would have taken care of that with some double plays

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Kevin McAlpin ‏@KevinMcAlpin
Simmons: “I want to be out there but I guess they want to be more careful with a day off coming, give me two days straight” #Braves

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Kevin McAlpin ‏@KevinMcAlpin
Simmons (on his right ankle): “a lot better. It feels good. Woke up really good” #Braves

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Ok, so the bats are cold and we are facing a very good pitcher. So…..I predict we score 6+ and salvage a game. Remember, I posted this at 6:32, with out the the aid of an adult beverage.

If we get our brains beat out, please do not bring this post up.

Honestly, I’m expecting the unexpected tonight. For some reason.

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nolie, why are we even interested in the game tonight anyway? They’re gonna get swept anyways, right? I mean we both called it.

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Faith, Hope and Charity TCB

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sheeesh typos sukk. CTB not TCB…

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You can call me what you want … just don’t call me late for dinner!

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If you’ll be my bodyguard,
I can be your long lost pal!
I can call you Betty,
And Betty, when you call me,
You can call me Al!
You can call me Al …..

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Braves have scored 1 run in 18 ing, WOW!!!!!!!

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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with Janish back if he stays healthy you ain’t gonna see Prado at SS often if at all I’m guessin’

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nolie, Janish is batting .188.

Why not starte Prado at SS he just as good, and let Constanza play LF, i hope Simmons is allright.

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!

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no he is not just as good, Janish plays much better defense and the Braves have always valued defense there.
and like I said, I’m just guessing what they will do from previous experience, I might be wrong this time

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The made the vets look bad by over doing it and getting 2 hits! They complained to management and thus sat the over achieving short stop before it got out of hand.

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Janish Defensive WAR .4
Simmons Defensive WAR 1.5

Yeah Janish is the better defender.

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Wait… I thought the old guard here said the Phillies were washed up, were done, were not a threat.

What happened? Technically they got worse at the trade deadline, yet are playing their best ball of the season right now.

(yes, I’m going to keep bringing it up until someone tells me I was right and they were wrong… ahem… Efrim/Lew/scoots/et all).

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They meant between Janish and Prado at SS.

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Whoa….. robdawg08

Long time no see.

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(yes, I’m going to keep bringing it up until someone tells me I was right and they were wrong… ahem… Efrim/Lew/scoots/et all). _ Murph

You were right and they were wrong………………. maybe

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Thanks Carroll

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Why is SIMMONS not in lineup?

George,

Simmons needed a day off.

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Monday night was a hick-up, Tuesday night was a burp. Please FREDI don’t let tonight become the start of total indigestion. Play your best players.

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According to George, nobody should ever take a day off. He once went to work with 2 sprained ankles, a punctured lung, and his hair on fire.

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On a Saturday.

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Close enough Bat, thanks. Now I can go back to talking about the Sopapillaporium.

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For what reason BAT? He can’t play two games in a row?

George _

Kids these days are just lazy. What are you gonna do

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Holy crap, Simmons sprained his ankle and is coming back from hand surgery you slave drivers.

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Then why can’t we have someone who can hit a little [like MARTIN ] at SS? Hitting is what we need right now.

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He once went to work with 2 sprained ankles, a punctured lung, and his hair on fire.

George is old school.

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Hey look, George George made a friend

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3 or 4 runs???? ya wanna give me a stroke from astonishment? I’m an old man, not sure I could take all that excitement

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FREDI will do his best to see we don’t get past that silly one game play-in to get to WC.

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Micky Mantle was also my boyhood idol and like Chipper’s dad I took my son to meet him at a card show, paid 35.00, stood in a long line, and when we got up to Mick, he was talking to someone else behind the table, he barely looked at us and said nothing to us, just continued to talk to somebody else, We have to be careful how high we put these guys on their pedestal, just because they can swing a bat dosn’t make them complete heros. Just sayin..

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Simmons had many awkward looking slides last night, especially on pick off attempts. I know he wants to protect his hand but not at the expense of messing up his ankle. There has to be a protective brace he can put on when he reaches base

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FREDI will do his best to see we don’t get past that silly one game play-in to get to WC.

Oh, did you not think that Fredi would win the one-game playoff? Well why didn’t you ever tell us that???

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VJ and cab kinda do.

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I think you are ok George. At least you don’t get on here and go nuts with insults. You are a lil’ obsessive about a coupla things but nobody is perfect….maybe not even me…

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Will Just making the playoffs be enough to for Fredi to keep his job? If he goes one and done is he done.

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@Ace

LOLOL

The Braves never hold any players accountable.

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Ron Gant got caught looking ticked off at something. Camera got on him and he did a fake smile. I bet Gant can get really nasty if he wants to.

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Gant is a bad ass. I always liked the guy

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nolie, Bat and Lew tolerate me.

Ah come on, George. I like you just fine.

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Thanks Bat.

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Simmons had many awkward looking slides last night, especially on pick off attempts. I know he wants to protect his hand but not at the expense of messing up his ankle.

The most awkward looking play on his wrist was on the DP that he did not turn and a run scored on. He got his legs taken out from under him and he landed on both wrists.

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I bet that hire involved John S too Efrim.

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nolie @ 6:37 pm

gutsy call Jimmy, especially without an adult beverage as an excuse

nolie – For some reason, I don’t expect the usual tonight. On paper, we get spanked like Pamela Anderson. I just have a feeling, something happens tonight.

Just wanted to drop in before the idiots get in here full swing. Good to see Bat and Murph have clocked in. I miss the regulars when they aren’t around.

See you good folks later. Again, somehow, some way, the Braves score 6+ and win.

It is 7:50 and an adult beverage WAS involved in THIS post. But, I’ll stand by it.

Later.

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Sure thing, George.

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Looks like the BRAVES will get past my predicted 85 win season.

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there are a dozen or so who hate Wren, thankfully they seldom show up in droves…
sure he has made a few booboos, every GM who ever lived has. I certainly don’t think he is the bestest greatest GM around, but he is aggressice about acquiring what he thinks he needs and can afford, and has made several absolute steals and a number of other decent trades. B+

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Jimmy_

Good to see you, too.

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I bet that hire involved John S too Efrim.

Why? Does he ride Harleys?

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Good to see Bat and Murph have clocked in. I miss the regulars when they aren’t around.

I’ve been working OT for the last 2 months, no end in sight. Well, actually, the end is in sight, it just is likely to be after the regular season is over.

I’ll be back on more during the offseason, just in time to throw some ridiculous names into the FA/trade pool.

GO BARVES!!!

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Well Peanut needs walk so outta here for game. WE NEED A WIN TONIGHT. Wishing MARTIN at SS, JOSE C in LF. Nite all.

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Kurkjian_ESPN Tim Kurkjian
Three AL East teams are separated by two games. That’s the tighest this division has been this late since 1993

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nolie, what coach in there right mind would starte Janish, Prado just as good.

look no one is looking for Ozzie Smith type defense, Prado is a solid player who play good defense also have above AVG BAT.

When your struggle to score runs like the Braves playing .188 Janish will not improve that at all.

Look for your boy Janish to have and 0 for 4 night.

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don’t think anyone is suggesting Janish start and Prado sit on the bench. Prado’s bat will be in any line up, but SS is not his best defensive position and Janish is well above average there.

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JHEY!

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I’d just like people to know that I just turned on the game before that HR.

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Carry On My Heyward Son

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Hahaha. I was just ready to scream and cuss if he swung at 3-0. Oh man……

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A good coach would bring Janish in late inning for defense only if your winning.

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!

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Ugh, Janish in the lineup just cuz Simmons is hurt. Just another reason Fredi should give up and shop for a coffin.

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Bourn could have been on base….someone has to have a big-time talk with Michael….he has to know this slump is stealing money from his future investment endeavors.

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I wish Michael Bourn was actually an effective component of the Braves lineup. At least Jason Heyward went ahead and scored the Braves alotted one run tonight.

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Returning for a quickie to remind you all that….

HEYWARD SUCKS — ZERO-TOOL PLAYER!

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I don’t know what you are talking about with Bourne. This is what he is. He was playing over his head i the 1st half. Give him a 5 year 90 million dollar contract if you want but just know this is what you’re getting. A .275 hitter with .350/.350, 50 sb’s, and excellent defense.

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O.K. Paul,there’s your one run.

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Just plunk Roid Braun and go after the next guy.

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Aww come on Paul!

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Y’all know I love ‘teen ‘teen but that’s why Janish is at short today.

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WOW!

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Don’t let Aroidis beat you. I would say don’t let the Brewers roiders beat you but that’s half their team.

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Tight zone tonight. Hopefully Maholm doesn’t give in and starting serving up Meatballs.

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Paul helping Paul there.

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Here’s bettin the Phillies pull out that second wildcard. Won again today and now riding a 7 game win streak. All the WC teams above them lost. Phils may be the Braves nemesis again this year looks like!

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Was Aramis Ramirez on roids? Didn’t know that. Never really liked the guy for some reason and not just because he hits us well. Just he has a look of arrogance.

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@chatt

He was implicated in that big list of players from 2003.

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Boog never shoulda left. Hope he’s really happy where he is…

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I don’t know about the rest of y’all but I’m really glad The A Bomb pointed out Heyward to the Braves.

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Late slide though.

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Boog is at ESPN at probably double or triple the pay he received in ATL, plus he gets to live in NY. I doubt he ever looked back. He is a smart kid and a terrific announcer.

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Special K

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I don’t care what Boog is making. This is about Me and My needs. And I need a world class play-by-play guy because I deserve it.

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Michael Bourn sucks again.

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TheOnlyBravesFan (September 12th, 2012 11:46 am): “Just
looked at stats for all LF, Willingham leads the way in RBIs with 102. And
yet he’s hitting only .261. Get him Frank!”

TheOnlyBravesFan (September 12th, 2012 11:54 am): “Alex
Gordon might likely be available as well. I’m sure the Royals will want/need
to call up Wil Myers. That might make Gordon expendable. He’s up to a
respectable .293/.362/.449/.811 line with 11 HR and 63 RBI this year. . . .
He has dropped off from his HR and RBI numbers last year (23 and 87), “

Dude, would you please stop looking at RBIs to evaluate an individual
player’s productivity? They are an unreliable and invalid gauge for that.

I suggest instead that you use Baseball Prospectus’ RBI Opportunites (OBI%)
stats — check them out here (they’re eminently sortable):

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=1119832

This goes for you, too, DOB, and for anyone else who’s
listening.

Josh Willingham’s OBI% is 16.2%, which is tied for second lowest among the
the top 30 OBI producers. Indicative that he’s not so much productive as
the beneficiary of more RBI opportunities.

Compare that to Freeman’s OBI% of 17.4%, or any of the following: DWright
(17.2%), RBraun (17.5%), AMcCutchen (17.8%).

The best run producers this year have OBI%s of 20+ — JHamilton (22.8%),
AGonzalez (21.1%), MMontero (20.8%), JLucroy (20.7%), MCabrera (20.6%),
TColvin (20.6%).

Alex Gordon has an OBI% of 15.5% — compare that to Prado (15.9%), Jones
(15.8%) and Bourn (15.7%).

Other Braves’ OBI%s — Uggla (13.2%), Heyward (12.4%).

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Makes sense to me,Hugo

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Offense looking to be in its typical slumbering malaise tonight. They have already met their quote of one run.

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Thanks Bat.

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History will honor Janish’ willingness to sacrifice his body for the good of this team. Thanks, Paul.

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Sweet, SD beat the Cards 3-2, so that helps us and Philly

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Our pitching staff needs to work on their fielding….Janish could prof course in off-season?

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We’ve decided to take our struggles into the field.

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Byoki

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AWFUL! SUCKS! NO TOOLS!

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Super star!

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6′5″….no jive

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Nice D, Heyward

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JASON!!!!!

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Interesting…. talking about Rays game, but nice little tidbit about Huddy

Tim Kurkjian ‏@Kurkjian_ESPN
Cobb is done. The Rays pen has a 1.33 ERA in his starts this year. Only Tim Hudson and Bronson Arroyo have gotten better pen support

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We need the filthy Mets to score some runs on the Nats. Mets kid pitcher Harvey Ks 10 in 5 innings, but runs out of gas at 106 pitches an 1 R.

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Heyward made a nice catch. It looked like that might have been a homerun.

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See? I knew you were the same person.

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TOBF – and they were both hung up in the blogosphere for a minute – amazed they both appeared – one of us usually would get a “posting too quickly” notice…

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FF!! (nice job, CJ!)…

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Schafer sure looks different. Must been all the cocaine and weed he has been on.

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The dreaded 1st and 3rd with no outs……why God? Why do you do this to us?

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They score a run, yet still shoot themselves in the foot.

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All righty then at least we got another run, but geez why the hurry BMac and Uggla (3 pitches between them.

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If I had my choice of a guy to start a team around and a non pitcher I’d take Heyward in a second. Lefty, speed, great fielder. Stanton whiffs too much and hits too many homers when the Marlins are getting killed. Need I say more. C’mon, we’ll see how clutch thay are. Never mind useless just hit into
DP. Why would you even play him. You’ve got a lineup with Prado at 2nd and me in left would beat useless.

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1st and 3rd with no out, and 4 pitches later inning over.

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Good start, Pauls…

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I think Uggla is waiting for Godot

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Mikey!!!

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The guy is still so valuable.

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Great catch Bourn….

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Nice catch, bourn

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white zinfandel !!!!!!!!!!

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Oh, We’re very lucky for Michael not be injured.

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Bourn will get around 13-14 mill is my guess.

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Frank:
Please trade Uggla. He has been a huge failure and look what you are paying him. You move Prado to play everywhere in the infield and LF as well and he has played daily and given over 100%. Move Prado back to second and unload Uggla during the off season. And one other thing, if the Braves go to post season, do us all a favor and leave Uggla off the post season roster. Maybe he can get a personal trainer job since weight training has apparently taken the place of batting practice.

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“Please trade Uggla.”

Uggla gets a run across and has raised his average 8 points in the last few weeks, and this how you you do him?

Some friend.

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Good thing Bourn has been working with the hitting coaches.

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rj, if they traded Uggla they’d still be paying the majority of his contract. It would not free up much cash and they would then need a LF and 3B instead of just one.

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Ike !!!!!!!!

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Shucks

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Don’t eff around?

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Nice job saving his own run…(dum-dum-da-dum) for now….

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Those wily Japanese, and their wily Japanese hitting styles…

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Boom!

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Crap!

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Two balls that don’t leave the infield then a HR, WOW

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Make that a triple sigh…..

BALLGAME!!

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Not surprised at all….Maholm is terrible.

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Makes you want a true offense, dont it? GEEZ

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It is so hilarious that 10 games can shorten the length of a contract 4 years, cut the value of it $50 million and get a guy released instead of having his arb years bought out.

Or so some bloggers think, if you call what they do thinking. A new set of morons every week.

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Oh. So this is what a clutch-hitting 2nd baseman can do. I see.

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Fredi get off ur @ss

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What rhymes with chokers?

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Pretty deflating.

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2011—version 2.0.

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Maholm reminds me of Livan. Sit back and crush off speed.

I wonder if Chipper will call out Chipper?

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What rhymes with N8? Hate.

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Shoulda pulled Maholm after the HR…. he’s getting hit! Geez, only now are guys getting warmed up in the ‘pen.

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This team is playin ugly right now.

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Dont think the Phillies arent watching this game with interest…they know they will be within eight games after this loss

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top two guys in the brewers order are getting on base and knocking in runs, the braves top 2 are not … that’s why the brewers are now in a good spot to finish the sweep

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At least the Nats are coming to town….lol

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Well, at least the Cardinals lost. Hopefully the Dodgers will lose again too.

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“Don’t let the fielding percentage fool you. This team is FAR from the best defensive team in the league.”

That’s about like saying we have the 4th best offense because we’ve scored the 4th most runs….not even close to the 4th best offense….

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Why is he still in the game?

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And three games to play IN PHILLY next weekend….ouch

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Sheets? Y not??

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And the only out was on the pitcher sacrificing. Pathetic.

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It’s gonna take a Chipper miracle !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Braves may make WC, but we are one and done

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Chipper not being capable of playing decent defense is evident virtually every game now. Seems like he’s making at least one play a night where he boots the ball. Some are called errors. Some are generously not scored errors. I suppose that is in defference to the future hall of famer.

Chipper should speak to reporters tonight and tell them how HE contributed to this loss instead of insinuating someone else isn’t producing. He’ll probably blame it on Janish like he did when he dropped a pop up a couple of weeks ago.

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No worries….

Playoff tickets now on sale!!

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Maholm is Denny Neagle without the lame ass train whistle.

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This is on Fredi. Why didn’t he pull Maholm out sooner? At least TRY to keep it close!!!

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Thought the Braves were past the September swoon thing. Obviously not.

I mean, we’re playing Milwaukee for Christ’s sake–a sub-.500 team entering this series. They didn’t even bother to wait til the 7th inning to blow us out tonight. What a crock.

ATL’s pro teams are simply incapable of taking that “next step” toward a championship. After nearly a half-century of this incompetence (excepting ‘95 Braves), you truly have to wonder if it will ever happen.

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This just happens way too often.

HEADLINE: Manager grows nuts, sees them fall off

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Please fire freaking Fredi. He has no clue when to take a pitcher out.

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Maholm sucks and clueless Fredi should be fired. It was obvious that Maholm had nothing left, but dumb Fredi waits until the game is totally out of hand before he pulls him. The guy is an awful manager.

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Does someone care to remind me as to why there were not changes to a team that blew a huge lead and collapsed last season????

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Fredi G. is always one step late.

Why did he leave Maholm in there?

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It must be nice to have a legit offense….

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Thanks Chipper

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What a Joke for a team…Fredi & Roger don’t have a clue when to change a pitcher.This team is getting funny.

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Jasons Shrinking Waist
September 12th, 2012
9:39 pm

And three games to play IN PHILLY next weekend….ouch

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that’s three more near certain losses, much like the three to come with the nats.

We’re quickly getting in trouble. Sad.

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Hey the bright side is I dont have ro stay up late on worknite tonite, lol

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Every night fg leaves pitchers in too long and this is the result: meltdown III
as I said 2 weeks ago. Its done, we just to have to wait until the last week of the season to be out of the playoffs.

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Ok Fredi….let’s go with….”The Beer Polka,” wiff Mitch Miller…..feel free to ’sing-along!’

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All those people that were so excited about the Paul Maholm signing are now wondering what happened.

We traded for an over 30, soft tossing pitcher with a career ERA well north of 4.00…and I ask you, what exactly were you expecting? Surely you weren’t thinking that the hot streak he was on was anything other than just that…a hot streak. Welcome to reality and the real Paul Maholm.

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Even the pitcher hits…. CMart blows again. Told y’all he’s not that good.

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Infield defense is very worrisome.
Dan Uggla & Chipper among the worst. FF has been shaky.

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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.

Do it Wren. Might be what you need to save your own ass.

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Off goes the game, on comes the porn….lol

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“Maybe we need to trade for Braun and try to improve the chemistry of the team.”

He’s signed to a great contract for the Brewers.

“Or maybe just get some from his chemist.”

He had herpes. After this year’s MVP, the ‘roid jokes should be even less funny. He’s just a LF the Braves could only dream about.

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old man, Simmons hurt his ankle last night.

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C. Martinez…good call; we’ve been down this very same road before….and, regretfully, we step in the same deep mudhole everytime.

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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.

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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!!!!!!!!

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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.

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Can anybody throw strikes? Pathetic.

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It seems the Braves are anti-Philly come September? It is sad to watch sitting here in a Philly nation.

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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!

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last 2 nites – fredi left the starter in too long. blowing it again

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agree N8

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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.

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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.

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You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!

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You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!

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You knew it was coming! If he’s in your rotation, it’s gonna happen! Boom! There goes another gopher ball!

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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.

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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.

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This is plain embarrassing.

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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.

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OUCH. And to add insult to injury, the Nats are up 2-0 in the 8th.

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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.

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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

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P— on fire and call the dogs. The hunt’s over.

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Strasburg is prolly, like, eh, maybe they don’t need me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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