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VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
4:59 pm
LOL Little League Braves.
the truth...
September 15th, 2012
4:59 pm
Heyward and the sun………………once again………………
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
4:59 pm
Heyward has a ton of problems with the RF sun. That runner will score.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
4:59 pm
Hanson with another poor start, what’s new?
And what did happen to Mac? missed it
Ryan
September 15th, 2012
5:00 pm
Francisco would be a starter next year he would set the strike out record. Fredi should of pinch hit for Hanson because the BUM is going to give up another homerun as everyone knows except Fredi.
SOS Braves
September 15th, 2012
5:00 pm
Way to go Heyward. Why is it you always have problems with the sun in right but no one else does?
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Tommy is a good picture with a bad pitching mentality and mechanics.
Defense is deplorable today. JHey lost a sun ball, ugh!
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Tommy is a good picture with a bad pitching mentality and mechanics.
Defense is deplorable today. JHey lost a sun ball, ugh!
kerryb
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Tommy Hanson is this years Derrick Lowe. He’s pathetic.
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Tommy is a good picture with a bad pitching mentality and mechanics.
Defense is deplorable today. JHey lost a sun ball, ugh!
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
We just need to hit some flyballs to RF and we’ll be able to score some runs.
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Tommy is a good picture with a bad pitching mentality and mechanics.
Defense is deplorable today. JHey lost a sun ball, ugh!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
T-Dawg: Huddy ain’t getting traded… he has 10-5 rights. He’d likely veto any trade.
SOS Braves
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Thats chicken S*it.
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
Go ahead and give the man 3rd base this one is already over anyways.
UKUGA
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
HP umpire was at first last night. He’s terrible.
BTW, we haven’t caught a break in about a week.
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
September 15th, 2012
5:05 pm
Sorry for the duplicate post! Glitch in THE MATRIX!
T-Dawg
September 15th, 2012
5:06 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:03 pm
T-Dawg: Huddy ain’t getting traded… he has 10-5 rights. He’d likely veto any trade.
Maybe….but if this team would have played like this in the 1st half, I think he might have considered it.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:07 pm
Come on. Stop with the first-pitch swings and the weak grounders.
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
Fransisco put up a pathetic at bat I mean down 4-1 runner on 2nd base and no out . You need to get the runner over and give Simmons a chance at a sac fly but Fransisco didn’t attempt to move the runner over. He didn’t sacrifice himself and instead was taking his usual homerun swing.
I mean I don’t think we want a player like this in our post season roster.
SOS Braves
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
Heyward. Sun in your eyes?
phoenix
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
Hit it to right field, Braves. If the “best right fielder in baseball” can’t handle the sun, surely a mere Nats RF can’t handle routine flies either.
Double Zero Eight
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
Hanson needs Mazzone to help straighten out
his mechanics.
Hanson is the “wekest link’ of the rotation.
UKUGA
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
It’s silly to think we should’ve dumped talent at the deadline.
This team is one of the best in baseball, current slump, or not. The Braves are a middle payroll franchise, and until that changes, we can’t just “punt” on a season, because we are not THE BEST team in baseball.
This is the best team we’ve had in a while and we have a puncher’s chance to win the WS. Why think it would be better to keep kicking the can down the road? We needed to go for it this year.
Mitchell
September 15th, 2012
5:10 pm
I don’t believe in getting thrown out for it’s own sake but right now, sixteen games left, Fredi needs to look into it seriously.
Darren Sutton is a tool.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:10 pm
What an easy inning for Jackson with the top of the order at the plate. None of them worked the count or appeared to have much of an approach.
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:11 pm
It’s silly to think we should’ve dumped talent at the deadline…UK
actually it is WAY past just being silly
truth5
September 15th, 2012
5:12 pm
No way I’d run hanson out there in this big of a game. I’d go with sheets, teheran or delgado over hanson. he blows.
T-Dawg
September 15th, 2012
5:13 pm
UKUGA
September 15th, 2012
5:09 pm
It’s silly to think we should’ve dumped talent at the deadline.
This team is one of the best in baseball, current slump, or not. The Braves are a middle payroll franchise, and until that changes, we can’t just “punt” on a season, because we are not THE BEST team in baseball.
This is the best team we’ve had in a while and we have a puncher’s chance to win the WS. Why think it would be better to keep kicking the can down the road? We needed to go for it this year.
There are so many incorrect assumptions here I don’t know where to begin.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
September 15th, 2012
5:13 pm
WHAT THE CRUD?? WHY IS ROSS PLAYING?????
UKUGA
September 15th, 2012
5:14 pm
We didn’t give up a “bunch of talent” for Bourn last season, when he had a full year left on his contract.
If he (and the team) had performed “like this” in the first half of the season, then he likely wouldn’t have netted us that much in trade.
Hanson can’t be worth too awful much in trade either. He doesn’t look good.
Hudson might net a decent return. But would it really be guys who would step in and make a solid contribution next year? If so, why would a contender trade them for
Tim Hudson?
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:14 pm
Hanson’s poor fielding ability on display with that liner from Lambordozzi.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:15 pm
At least the Ks are still there with Tommy…
BravesfaninWis
September 15th, 2012
5:15 pm
Ha ha, Tommy Hanson f’n sucks. Has that guy pitched a single game this season where he hasn’t given up a homerun? The guys just flat out sucks. From his pitching motion, to his giving up homerun after homerun, to his errors, the dude sucks. For the love of god, let this be his last season in Atlanta. Trade him, demoted him, dfa him, just get that worthless waste of space off this team. Hopefully after this latest collapse, we will get a real coaching staff with some real results. By that I mean finish a f’n season for once. You can be 20 games over .500 every year, but when you collapse year after year, that is all you will be remembered for.
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:16 pm
Why is Mac out?
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:18 pm
McCann’s last 8 games he’s 7 for 31 (226 AVG)
Ross’s last 8 games 7 for 28
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:18 pm
Nice job Rossy! What an arm.
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:19 pm
Also McCann cannot throw to 2nd like the 36 year old Ross can.
Bobby's Cox
September 15th, 2012
5:19 pm
Bourn Pre All-Star Break: .311/.366/.817
Bourn Post All-Star Break: .226/.319/.632
Yikes. How many of our hitters are under .230 post All-Star?
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:20 pm
a 4 way tie for the 2nd wildcard would be nice at the end of the season. Cardinals, Dodgers, Pirates, and Phillies
Sopheee
September 15th, 2012
5:20 pm
Ay-yi-yi, see I didn’t miss anything fun. Watching Medlen pitch one game and Tommy the next is like a rollercoaster ride. Highest of highs then lowest of lows.
Ryan
September 15th, 2012
5:20 pm
If we have Sheets and Maholm in are rotation Phils and Nats finish ahead. Nats are build for the long haul.Medlen is the only one that could pitch in that rotation.Thats why I cant understand how we only won 1 WS with Maddox Glavine Smoltz and Chipper all going in hall of fame. Must of been old Bobbys fault wonder how he sleeps at night.
Couch Tater
September 15th, 2012
5:20 pm
What happened to McCann?
T-Dawg
September 15th, 2012
5:21 pm
Hey Cletus……two words….copy and paste. Check your quotes.
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:21 pm
Drama-Queenism must be addictive….
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:21 pm
Overall as a team the Braves had a 259 AVG and 732 OPS in the 1st half, but now in the 2nd half 237. AVG with a 698 OPS
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 15th, 2012
5:22 pm
@Cletus
O’Flaherty has been just as good as Kimbrel this half.
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:23 pm
and contagious
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:23 pm
Fab5!!!!
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:23 pm
you go Freddie
BFChris27
September 15th, 2012
5:23 pm
Freeman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO MORE FREDI
September 15th, 2012
5:23 pm
Hanson is negative energy and should not take the mound again this season. Hope we trade him before 2013.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:24 pm
If not the errors, it’s a tie game. Errors hurt big time.
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:24 pm
Freeman has a great shot for the cycle today.
Mitchell
September 15th, 2012
5:24 pm
Love those solo bombs down three runs.
Bravefaninok
September 15th, 2012
5:24 pm
Damn first pitch swinging Freeman…..
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:25 pm
Freddie Freeman trying to redeem himself a bit.
UKUGA
September 15th, 2012
5:25 pm
Van Cletus,
Braves have the 4th best record in the NL. If that doesn’t qualify them as one of the best, then it at least qualifies them as one of the “better” teams. Performance over the past week is not very good, but over the course of the season, it’s been very solid.
We have a good handful of guys who could get hot again. This is a slump. It happens. If it happens for two more weeks, I won’t call them one of the best, or better teams in baseball.
Right now, it’s a short-term slump that happens to lots of teams. With the current payroll limitations in place, it is unlikely that the Braves ever build another true juggernaut with no holes. Nonetheless, they’ve got a team that should make the play-offs and will have a chance at a title. Wishing that they would’ve dumped talent and to push for the future is silly.
The Braves will have plenty of seasons going forward that will be down, struggling to play .500 ball. This was not the year to look to the future. They needed to try and win now. This is arguably the best team they’ve had since 2003.
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:25 pm
wouldn’t that be something, that a guy as slow as Freddie would get a cycle. not exactly who you would think of as having a realistic shot most days
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:26 pm
Cletus is obviously a SEC fan….
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:26 pm
Yeah, so where’s BMac???…
Sopheee
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
And a San Franciscan
or is it San Franciscoan?
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
If Francisco had grounded to second in the second inning, this game might look a little different.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
At least, Freeman makes up 2 runs.
BravesfaninWis
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
Bronke,
I truthfully would do a back flip if Tommy Hanson is off this team next year. I haven’t liked him since the day he came up, and really believe that the wins he has had in the big leagues is nothing more than luck. He sure has never looked like a 12 game winner to me. The guy sucks, and I hope like hell this is the last we have to see of this guy.
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
Fransisco is pathetic not even hustling down the line. Why can’t Prado start at 3B and someone else in LF? Fransisco should not be on the post season roster with his attitude
Bobby's Cox
September 15th, 2012
5:27 pm
Four Braves regulars have hit under .230 after the All-Star Break. No one has hit over .280 (Heyward .277, Chipper .276, Prado .274, Freeman .265)
Bourn: .226
McCann: .217
Janish: .186
Uggla: .199
Simmons is at .444 but that’s only 3 games.
This is a very weak hitting team.
T-Dawg
September 15th, 2012
5:28 pm
Cletus…..what the heck are you talking about? Check who you are quoting. I never said this was a great team.
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:29 pm
Out cause David Ross is the better option right now. Almost would like to see McCann get about 5 or so days off in a row for a good rest.
Bat Masterson
September 15th, 2012
5:29 pm
Cletus?
Yeah he’s an SEC fan. He’s also Paul Lentz
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:29 pm
Should start warming up the bullpen this inning. Hanson is due to get a knock out punch
Animus
September 15th, 2012
5:30 pm
Mac started – played the first two innings and there’s been no word as to why he was replaced. No shot of him in the dugout after FF’s homer – so….DOB????
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:30 pm
Overall the Braves have a 646 OPS in September. But we had a 699 OPS in August, and before that every month was 728 OPS or better.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:31 pm
It is the 5th inning and an inning after the Braves have scored, this is a recipe for Hanson to struggle.
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:31 pm
VaBravesFan Out cause David Ross is the better option right now
After playing 2 innings? That doesn’t make sense…if that was the case, Ross would have just started…
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:31 pm
Nats have 5 hitters with over 100 Ks, so I guess Ks caint be all bad…..
Couch Tater
September 15th, 2012
5:32 pm
79 was the year I was born
Well, you know how those wild college days are. It was a different in 1978. Free love and all that. I didn’t know.
I was drunk.I knew our personalities were similiar.Seriously, I did not know.
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:32 pm
AND WHY IS TWITTER NOT WORKING???? I need to follow the game somehow… For the love of all that is holy…this is REALLY annoying…
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:32 pm
they have not yet said what is wrong with Mac
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:33 pm
Also the Braves overall have had a 504 OPS in pinch hitting (32 for 192) Only 8 XBH from PHers.
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:33 pm
Thanks, nolie…
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:33 pm
McFann, I’m being sarcastic lol, but my best guess is the shoulder is bothering him.
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:34 pm
phooey, all the Hanson haters are mad again cause he got through the inning……
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:34 pm
Ok, Hanson made quick work of the Nationals in the 5th inning.
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:34 pm
Micheal Bourn a table setter? The way he has been playing lately maybe he ought to be setting tables as a waiter at Earls
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:35 pm
Oh, sorry, VaBravesfan…:) Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking, too…
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:35 pm
Bourn is hitting about 30 points lower than Prado and also has struck out about 100 more times but is within 10 points in OBP with Prado still.
Joey
September 15th, 2012
5:36 pm
Mac’s pg and fixing to go to hospital for c section…
Sopheee
September 15th, 2012
5:36 pm
Fine, I’ll be nice. Good job, Tommy! I still don’t like watching you pitch though.
flange1
September 15th, 2012
5:37 pm
Any update on McCann?
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:37 pm
Hanson is settling in but the damage has already been done. Most likely he won’t make it threw the 6th as usual. But who knows. Maybe he can buckle down and give us another scoreless inning.
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:37 pm
At least Tech’s kicking butt…
Tomahawk Mafia
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
That was a terrible at bat by Simmons.
Veer
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
What the hell is Simmons today? New Franceour?
Swinging at everything?
nolie
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
Tommy acyually did ok
Bat Masterson
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
Come on, Biff
Capt.Mudd
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
OK….everyone–including myself, has been a tad pissed today…..however, we could stage a comeback now that Hanson has been retired. That was mean–change it to I feel some sort of comeback is in the air tonight.
McFann =Ô= =Ô= =ô=
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
flange1—
Not that I know of…
VaBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
Nevermind on Hanson. Surprised Constanza didn’t bunt like most of his PH chances lol
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 15th, 2012
5:39 pm
Good work Tommy… only allowed 2 ER. Even if I don’t like your mechanics…