Cards oust Braves 6-3 in controversy-marred game

One of the worst calls in MLB history.

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Yes starting a young pitcher in a one game series instead of a veteran and playing that idiot Uggla in the biggest game of the year are terrible calls. Hopefully Not Ready Fredi will be packing his bags and moving back to Miami next week.

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I am out of words. I am from Philly—came down to Atlanta to see Chip’s final series. Really thought we had a good chance tonight. Terrible call by the umps but also terrible defensive. Sad ending. Thanks #10 for everything!

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Sam Holbrook’s parents must be brother and sister to one another. What a pitiful excuse for an official and a man…..#smalljohnsonevensmallerbrain

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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Classless team followed by classless fans. You are a disgrace Atlanta.

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This is worse than Hrbek pulling Gant off of 1st. Both times it has killed a rally by the Braves and screwed us in the end.

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I am from Philly—came down to see the final series in Atlanta for Chipper. Terrible call, terrible defense. Really disheartening.

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chipper you suck, 10 year olds throw better than you!

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Going to miss you Chipper. Now time for the off season MOVES and waiting for spring!

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The NFL replacement refs would have got that call right.

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worst idea in sports is a one game playoff of a 162 game season

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Absolutely no excuse for throwing garbage on the field. I know never to let a child watch Atlanta play again…that is not the kind of sportsmanship I want them to learn.

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MEMO TO BRAVES, TBS SPSO ETC., FIRE JOE SIMPSON!

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Headlines is a fool. I would be censored for saying what he really is so I’ll have to settle for fool.

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Champagne for St. Louis and the usual Piss for Atlanta …

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This just in: The NFL replacement refs from the Green Bay / Seattle Monday Night game showed up to umpire the NL Wild Card game!!!

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should have been bases loaded 1 out and who knows what could have happened?

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Unbelievable. Horrible call, and I hate that the season ends like this for the Braves and a career ends like this for Chipper. All deserve better. What the hell, baseball gods?

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The most over-hyped non-clutch hitter in history. Chipper Jones

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Worst call in baseball! Had the NFL loaned the replacement refs to the National league. Many of the umpires calls are questionable especially balls & strikes but this missed call was open to all eyes.Anybody who thinks this call was right is going to vote for obama.

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We will miss u chipper! Who cares about the playoffs! It’s all about u chipper!

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we didnt have the pitching to win a world series. we have medlen and hudson and thats it. and we havent been hitting that well.

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People and pundits in other cities are always stating that Braves’ fans do not care. I think the influx of garbage on the field, even though wrong, demonstrates clearly that Braves’ fans care very much.

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Well, it is a tough loss for sure. But I am still proud of my Braves!

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I loved Freddi Freemans play……he should be the vocal leader now in the clubhouse.

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Medlen did fine, if it weren’t for Chipper and Simmons’ errors, the Cards would have only had 3 runs.

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Chipper is not reevant now and has not been for years. Good ridence, dude …. Probably be selling hot dogs at the Varsity next year. Better use of talent ….

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LF ump should not be making that call. since he did 1) SS was not underneath ball 2)made call way too late. Don’t tell me the SS peeled off because he heard ump call infield fly. SS never looked at ump when ball hit grass. Poor poor poor call. Almost as bad as Eric Gregg (RIP)

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GG STL. You played D better than my Bravos.

Please do not take the vital over the IFR call as being against the Cards. This issue is deeper and goes back to Hrbek pulling Gant, Gregg’s one-sided strike zone, and a number os slights/errors against the Braves.

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Sam Holbrook better run out of town F A S T

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This is why I gave up watching baseball after the last strike. Terrible play by all.

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BierBreth, sorry but I have to look down on your taste.

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This is just an other disappointment. I use to think it was Bobby Cox . Now I know the Braves are just losers. Two world series championships in 100 years when they should have had 15. I am just done with them. Chipper choked, Bourn choked, when it mattered most just like every other year. Good Riddance. I am going to read books , screw baseball.

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I just want to see if the media destroys the umpires and has them replaced. just like the replacement refs….Bet they don’t because the media is gutless. We should replace the current structure of our media, because of their bias. They should stand for truth and not favoritism of political parties, unions. They play an important part for our society…if they are consistent this game will be played from start from point of mistake and have the Braves load the bases, apologize to braves and tell them all close calls will go their way for rest of game (no bias here

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Sam Holbrook’s Wikipedia page has been locked since he made the bad call. Gee, I wonder why? Among his notable contributions in the field of aggressively bad umpiring, he is the fellow who ejected Greinke for spiking the ball in frustration, and action which was in no way directed towards Holbrook or the umpiring crew. He has a heck of a fine career ahead of him as an Eric Gregg impersonator — he’s already got the girth. Sure, the Braves were blowing the game pretty much every inning, so did Holbrook feel like the Cardinals needed any help? Rich Garcia, Don Denkinger, Jim Joyce, and the ghost of Eric Gregg are all thanking Sam Holbrook for positioning himself to be known hereafter as the worst umpire in baseball history. A thoroughly disgusting display of arrogant incompetence.

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Headlines, does your babysitter know you’re up?
I’m with Ebeneezer: FIRE Joe Simpson!

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A few observations:
1) The infield-fly call was questionable to say the least. The umpire raised his arm at the last minute, and neither Cardinal player could have seen it.
2) That said, this call did not cost the Braves the ball game. Terrible fielding by the Braves, along with timely hitting by St. Louis, did that.
3) The behavior of the Atlanta fans was disgraceful. Nothing can warrant the kind of boorish, low-rent acts that threatened the health of the players and delayed the game almost 20 minutes.
4) Farewell, Chipper Jones. It’s really too bad your last game will be remembered for such questionable umpiring and shameful fan behavior.

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I am a Mets fan, had the game on, yes, slopy play by the Braves, but THAT call
was awful…..I wonder who had that ump in his pocket….I am smelling a black sox sort of thing going on here….

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Hey Headlnes – how many times are you going to push that button. Talk about Classless. Impatient Jerk.

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TED, PLEASE GO SOMEWHERE AND TRY TO IMPREGNATE YOURSELF!

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Hey Braves .. tough!

“And left to wonder what might have been if not for that umpire’s call in the eighth”
field that ball correctly like you’ve done all year, and hit … well you haven’t hit good in a while so that’s pointless …. but field the ball correctly and you could have been riding Meds into the Division series instead of stewing over a call that shouldn’t have affected the game if you had just done your job right.

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I am a 15 year kid transplant from suburban Chicago that goes to Wheeler HS, cannot get a date, and have unresolved “growth” issues

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There is no way possible Uggla can stay an Atlanta Brave. Terrible signing and even worse excuse of a player. It has been two seasons now of not earning his keep. Heck, he even struggles just throwing the ball to first base.

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Three errors and terrible clutch hitting sank this season the call was awful but did not cost the game. Would have been better if Larry had oled that ball like he usually did. that’s ole

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Let’s face it – the Braves beat themselves in this game, bad call or not. Look at the replay of Chipper’s last at bat. He was TROTTING to first base. He was pulling up like he was already out. He was lucky to get that call. Just watch the replay. The Braves gave up.

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A shame that Skip Carey isn’t around to explain the infield fly rule to us anymore.

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Not that it means much right now, but the umpire who made the Infield Fly call in today’s game was the same Sam Holbrook that threw Mark McGwire out of a big Braves/Cards game in Busch Stadium in the bottom of the 1st Inning for “Arguing Balls and Strikes”. So, in a way Umpire Holbrook should have felt very comfortable with debris flying from the stands………..he generated that same response from Cardinal fans that Saturday.

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Worst call I ever saw in 52 years. Now, I’ve seen plenty of blown calls, but this one was with malice aforethought. That ball was in medium left field.
Let’s see if baseball has enough integrity to grant the protest. Not likely.
Still, go Braves, and thanks Chipper.

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Hey, that sucked for the Braves but how ’bout some love for the Giants? Come on baby, we’re looking good this year. Now all we need is an umpire crew that understands the infield fly rule……

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Regardless of what the fans did the players dont have anything to do with that and just the fans dont represent the whole city, and personally I have never seen a call so horrible inmy life and I hope they overturn it and give them the protest call bc who knows what could have happened with 1 out and the bases loaded it cld have shifted the momentum the braves way and they cld have come back bc they have done it the whole yr getting clutch hits and winning games whne they needed to and yes its very disappointing that they lost bc im sure everybody wanted Chipper to go out on top but hay who knows MLB my just uphelp the protest and we may get another game in tomorrow.

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BYE BYE BRAVES

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Regardless of what the fans did the players dont have anything to do with that and just the fans dont represent the whole city, and personally I have never seen a call so horrible inmy life and I hope they overturn it and give them the protest call bc who knows what could have happened with 1 out and the bases loaded it cld have shifted the momentum the braves way and they cld have come back bc they have done it the whole yr getting clutch hits and winning games whne they needed to and yes its very disappointing that they lost bc im sure everybody wanted Chipper to go out on top but hay who knows MLB my just uphelp the protest and we may get another game in tomorrow.

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we need to trade Uggla. Lets trade for Justin Upton, and
move Prado to second.

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I agree fire Joe Simpson. The umpires were the disgrace not the fans. Headlies you play with your Johnson way too much. Get a grip, get it

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I agree fire Joe Simpson. The umpires were the disgrace not the fans. Headlies you play with your Johnson way too much. Get a grip, get it

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Yes the call was bad,but the Braves were worse! The braves got beat by a better team.

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Yes the call was bad,but the Braves were worse! The braves got beat by a better team.

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I agree fire Joe Simpson. The umpires were the disgrace not the fans. Headlies & Jack
you play with your Johnson way too much. Get a grip, get it

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This is officially the night MLB died. Not that the Braves deserve the honor with their lackluster performance.

When you resort to desperate measures instead of enacting innovative change, you gwt results like this.

MLB is no more than the NHL was 20 years ago. Football, both College and NFL, has slayed it’s existence.

Maybe Obama can now turn Turner Field into a wind farm as this area has sucked for decades.

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This is officially the night MLB died. Not that the Braves deserve the honor with their lackluster performance.

When you resort to desperate measures instead of enacting innovative change, you gwt results like this.

MLB is no more than the NHL was 20 years ago. Football, both College and NFL, has slayed it’s existence.

Maybe Obama can now turn Turner Field into a wind farm as this area has sucked for decades.

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This is officially the night MLB died. Not that the Braves deserve the honor with their lackluster performance.

When you resort to desperate measures instead of enacting innovative change, you gwt results like this.

MLB is no more than the NHL was 20 years ago. Football, both College and NFL, has slayed it’s existence.

Maybe Obama can now turn Turner Field into a wind farm as this area has sucked for decades.

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This is officially the night MLB died. Not that the Braves deserve the honor with their lackluster performance.

When you resort to desperate measures instead of enacting innovative change, you gwt results like this.

MLB is no more than the NHL was 20 years ago. Football, both College and NFL, has slayed it’s existence.

Maybe Obama can now turn Turner Field into a wind farm as this area has sucked for decades.

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No reason at all to make that call. That’s what makes it such a bad call. I don’t care how bad we played at times to fall behind, we had the mo there, the Cards were freaked out and we very likely would have tied or gone ahead in the 8th. Was there any chance in the world the shortstop was going to intentionally let that ball drop and then try for a double play? Just a terrible call. Can’t say for sure it cost us the game, but it sure did ruin the game.

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“Headlines”- Nothing like some worthless loser coming on a Bravest blog & reposting the same stupid sh!! over & over again.

It’s an emotional game & fans are allowed to be pissed with what was a game changing call.

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Yeah, blame the umps. Let’s all let the braves off the hook. Anyone thinks umps cost braves the game is an idiot enabling dbag…just like chipper…who is a loser. Gaurantee that he would take that last hit over a braves win every time.

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Medlen really had a good outing, the defense just wasn’t there to help him. Fredi made the right decision starting him and Ross. That game was a joke and very embarrassing for Braves fans. An awful way for Chipper to finish. It will be a tough off season.

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Man. Man. I am glad so many care about the braves, as I. I am glad the fans threw stuff as well. If MLB is going to make an atrocious call and do NOTHING…..why not. Since rules dont seem to matter for one, but the atlanta fans should be embrassed. Sure. The braves lost this game. Not the umpires, but the umpires kept the braves from winning as well.

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Crow you can kiss my ass…I would of thrown my seat on the field if i could. I am proud that the city of Atlanta finally showed some emotion instead of bending over and taking it up the butt.

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Horrendous call but still they played true to form – kicked the ball all over & can’t get a clutch hit. Don’t worry Braves fans – there won’t be any casualties here. They will make the same excuses & point to their record. Maybe this year they will fire another coach. I’m sure there will be another offseason of McGurk’s arrogant dismissal of legitimate fan gripes & more of the same. We will watch Bourne walk because of the so-called limitations of a local tv contract (tell us again who negotiated that?) despite the fact that the new national contract doubles their take. The culture of acceptance continues. Happy trails Chipper & well done….

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I really think that Braves fans need to look at how they present themselves to the rest of the country. I mean, that chop thing has just made you all look like brain-dead lemmings. It’s gone on to long, lose it. Maybe some air-high fives instead? Or jumping jacks?
That was disgraceful behavior tonight, class and dignity were not shown……

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Well chipper won’t have to disappoint anymore!! Damn , I thought he was walking down to 1st base in the ninth.What a bunch of losers!! Now get a legitimate 3rd baseman and a legitimate right handed power hitting out fielder. But the losing tradition in big games never goes away. P.O. ed in Alabama.

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I will never watch another MLB game again

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Worst. Call. Ever.

But an equally horrible performance by the Braves.

The call wouldn’t have mattered if the boys had brought their “A” game. 3 errors in the biggest game of the year?

Thankfully we didn’t have to see the Cards celebrate on our own field. Please, somebody fire Fredi, and dump Uggla ASAP.

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BF – will root for your Giants. Will always remember them helping the Braves in 82 & 91 against the Dodgers. We gave Joe Morgan a key to he city!

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Atlanta fans should tune out the Playoffs for the rest of the season to protest the bad call. Just like Hrbek pulling Gant off the bag in 1991 WS and the 5 foot strike zone friar Eric Gregg gave Livan Hernandez in the NLCS… that changed the complexion of the game. CALLING ALL ATLANTANS TO AVOID WATCHING PLAYOFF BASEBALL FOR THE REST OF 2012.

PLEASE PASS THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, REPEAT IT ON BLOGS, EMAIL THE MESSAGE.

If you are a Braves fan, you know we have been jobbed for years by MLB umpires.

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We can complain about the umps all we want, but the Braves’ undoing was their own – shoddy fielding and a lack of hitting with runners in scoring position, which has been a problem all year long. Say so long to Chipper, Bourn, and who knows who else …

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And for those defending the atrocious fan behavior tonight you’re just displaying ignorance. It was a bad call. Is that the first bad call you’ve ever seen? Should all fans be allowed to toss all their debris on to the field to protest a bad call now?
It was embarrassing behavior from a fan base that, based on that obsession with the chop-thing, doesn’t really surprise me.

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MLB by rule has 24 hour to make an official ruling on the protest. Given the obvious need for speed, I believe the ruling will be made within an hour. The Cards have to know very soon because they need to catch a plane for Saint Louis and get ready for Sunday’s game one of the NLDS or a Saturday afternoon resumption of this game with Simmons on first and one out bases loaded.

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Well, you sure could say Simmons played a key role in the game!

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I do love Jason Heyward though. He was a freaking STEAL in the 9th round of my fantasy draft this year……..

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Fans only Reacted adequately to the Lame Umpire Crew… Atlanta Fans are Not ashmed Nor should they be… They Expected PROFESSIONAL MLB Umpires, what are these guys Leftovers from the NFL Replacements….. SORRY – A____ CALL. and the calling simmons Out at first Base….. Another Questionable call against the Braves… Hope the Cardinals get to get Their Crew with them through-out their next round… I Hope the Nationals Kick their A____ back to St. Louis.

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Thank you Chipper Jones for playing the game the way it was supposed to be played. NO steroids and playing hard and hurt when your team needed you. You deserved better from your fans tonight. Way to go Atlanta fans, stay classy.

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So long to the Chippa – he will be missed…although I do expect to see him now on a regular basis down at the local Hooters!! Meanwhile, I’ll see all you fans down at the Ted next year for the annual beer-throwing contest!!!

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The ATLANTA CURSE strikes AGAIN! Falcons will win the division and lose the first round.
Next will be the Hawks……..we always find a way to LOSE!!!

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Hey folks, errors are part of the game. Umpires calling balls and strikes are part of the game. Umpires making a bad call on a close play at a base is part of the game. An umpire making a call like that is absolutely a disgrace. Niether one of those fools were going to catch that ball and he throws his hands up to signal infield fly when thew both are peeling away from the ball. The umpire needs to be fired for such a idiotic call.

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The braves are hexed

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I hope that ump dies soon. And painfully

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GRISE UP!!!!!! GO FALCONS*************************

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GRISE UP!!!!!! GO FALCONS*************************

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I am so tired of hearing people call Atlanta and our Atlanta Braves losers and classless. It was a BAD call, there were errors made, but the passion the fans showed was awesome. Standing room only, 52,000 at Turner Field, that is off the chart. If you don’t like Atlanta, get OUT, leave, go find another city, I LOVE Atlanta, and I love our Atlanta Braves.

Chipper you gave us your all for your entire career. Tell me another player that has done that. There aren’t very many. We fell short, but MOST teams didn’t even get a chance to fall short.

I get really pissed with others talk down about our city and our Atlanta Braves.. If you don’t like it here, LEAVE. If you don’t like our Atlanta Braves, don’t watch.

I am thinking that the way most are talking that YOUR team has already won the World Series. NO ? What happen ? Yeah I thought so……….

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GRISE UP!!!!!! GO FALCONS*************************

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From the comments on here tonight I think a bunch of you losers are actually happy the season is over. It doesn’t matter if they played bad a true fan sticks with them no matter what. It was a great year, yes the new playoff format sucks but the Braves had a good year and that’s all that matters. All you junvenile half wits out there, turn the lights off, it’s past your bedtimes.

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I’m shocked at how many of you are whining about bad calls and some kind of curse against your team. Are you aware that umpires make bad calls all the time? It doesn’t just happen to the Braves? lol.

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I now know how the Green Bay fans feel!

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Chipper took the blame in his post-game presser. He also said that the call did not cost the Braves the game but was a judgement call. He also said, “You won’t be able to say that Braves fans don’t care!”

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Wish I could ask Skip Caray to explain the infield fly rule tonight

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TED, IT’S A GOOD THING NO ONE (TO MY KNOWLEDGE) HAS EVER DIED FROM ANAL/CRANIAL INVERSION!
SEE THE REST YA’LL IN APRIL!

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NBA admitted the Hawks were cheated by refs last playoffs and now this.
wow.

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Braves choked again. Pitching was decent. Got twelve hits. Our defense was horrible. I cant stand the heartache that the Braves give me. Post season just never pans out. Still a life long Braves fan but this hurts. Umps call was horrible. But the game turned when Chipper threw it into left field. Potential double play ball. Personnaly i think if they turn two there it settles Med-dog down and braves cruise but this is the so-called playoffs.Braves just cant seem to get over the hump. Id rather not make it to playoffs than lose like this. Any cities fans would have littered the field, so dont feel bad Atlanta. Whatever. Its football season.

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Mark, I agree. Get the message to Joe Simpson if you can at his new team next year—I hope.

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This is what you get when you put the whole enchilada on the back of a forty year old Chipper. Bad planning on the Braves part does not constitute an emergency on the Cardinals part. The braves got sand pounded up their rear end and deservedly so!!! Mistakes equals loss!! Lack of focus equals loss. Braves equal loss!!! To bad , they won on paper, but not on the field!!

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Same ole Braves – one and done.

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Okay, time to focus on football.

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this just in from skip carey, braves suck, braves suck, braves suck!

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Got a text from a buddie from New York after that infield fly rule call. (A Yankee fan, totally neutral on our game.) He said there would have been a riot if that call was made in New York. We’re both old men, and he said, and i agreed, that’s the worst call we’ve ever seen. That’s how bad that call was folks. You’ll be hearing about this the rest of your lives.

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Reminscent of Ron Gant in Minnesota 1991.

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Yeah, it looked like the IFR was in effect to me.

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Not sure if i blame the fans the wrost call i ever seen. The fans paided lots of money and should expected more from MLB. The umps should have all met and talked it over or maybe called the commish to see if it could be overturned.

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Turn off MLB playoffs.

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Jesus, one bad call and you all throw yourselves on a collective sword? What did you do from ‘91 to 2005 when they were busy failing to meet expectations over and over?
Growing up I liked Gary Matthews.
oneflapdown77.com

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Joe Simpson needs to resign immediately so he can find a job with another organization. He should have just kept his mouth shut, but he went on and on trashing the people who have to listen to him every night. I will not watch a single TV game next year if Joe is apart of the crew. Hello Jim and Don, i will be listening to you.

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BOOOGER- WHERE ARE YOU?????

Braves= biggest chokers in sports history. 1 title in 14 tries, then last year, now this. Could they have kicked the ball around and thrown it into the stands any worse???? CHOKE!!!

And bases loaded with 1 out isn’t that different from 2nd and 3rd (and then bases loaded) with 2 out. They still needed a hit that they NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ANYWAY, so BFD!!!

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The Atlanta Braves in an Elimination game. What did you think was going to happen????????????

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what? you suck, you suck? Thank you.
emmmm kay.

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Terrible call by the ump, atrocious behavior by the fans, and a Braves team that played like…..well the Braves. Not one hit with RISP, 7 left stranded in final 3 innings, and saving their worst defense for a do-or-die game. 25 out of 29 ESPN sportswriters picked Atlanta to win tonight; Have they actually seen any Braves games this year?

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You right wingers on here–some of you refuse to leave politics out of baseball–get ready for another loss on Nov. 6th.

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I really think that Bud Selig has destroyed baseball the way he has run the game the past couple of decades. Nothing more than a puppet for the owners. Seriously a 1-game playoff after the Braves finished 4 games ahead of St. Louis? Absolutely bogus. Should have been a best 3 out of 5 series.
No instant replay? What a joke. Letting the Yankees buy their way into the playoffs every year? That revenue sharing in baseball is working out real well. Baseball is going into the toilet like every other sport. Too much player turnover, prices are too high. I used to enjoy baseball but I can’t watch it anymore.

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whif, whif.

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smallmouth6, then enjoy another 4 years of total misery and further decline of national morals, ethics, and pride.

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Oh yeah and the defense collapses at the wrong time. I think I’ve seen that In Atlanta in October a time or two.

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Folks, the Cards’ shortstop gave up on the play and immediately looked at Holliday (left fielder). It is therefore clear that the shortstop heard a voice yell, and I am sure he thought it was Holliday calling him off. However, Holliday had given up on the play and got out of the shortstop’s way. So, the voice heard yelliing was the left field umpire.

Without that happening, would the shortstop had caught the ball? Entirely possible.

The fact also that the shortstop pulled off on the play concurrently with the left field umpires’ out call, seems to confirm what happened. This being the case, it could be argued that the Braves derived some benefit from the brutal call in that failure to catch the ball allowed Uggla and Ross to advance to third and second base.

BTW: I normally would never inject politics into this blog, but good grief, the Obama latest attack ad is just too much!

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mlb off

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“P” stands for PERFUNCTORY.

Only an *asterisk*, at best.

(Got my tickets for the ‘82 playoffs in the MAIL ! I knew this was a bad scenario 30 years later.)

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Man, some people down here are so stupid. I can’t believe anyone would have the audacity to bring Obama into this. I guess there are so many stupid people down here brainwashed and manipulated by FOX Noise into voting against their own economic interests. Disgraceful and sad.

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I agree with all of the discussion regarding Joe Simpson, he should be out of here as the Braves announcer after dissing our fans. Not only do I agree with the reaction, I was proud to see the passion of our fans!
I would have been there doing the exact same thing if the game wasn’t sold out except for SRO tickets by Monday, instead, I bought tickets for my family for Sunday’s game. What a disappointment for all of us to not be able to see Chipper play again.

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The call was pathetic, but that’s not what lost them the game. Giving up 4 runs due to 3 errors, and leaving umpteen men on base (as usual), is why the Braves lost. By comparison, as of the 8th, the Cards had left only 1 MAN on base!

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Braves were uninspiring all season – this one game season-ending fart was an appropriate finish. The humongous beer slinging debacle was the Braves fans getting 10 years of frustration out of their system and it’s the first sign of passion I’ve seen at a Braves game in years – Bravo!!!

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The Braves lost this game with uncharacteristic horrible defense! Kris Medlen deserved a better outcome, anyone who thinks he should not have started is insane and has not been watching the Braves this season! Stop blaming Fredi, the players lost this game. The infield fly ruling was one of the worst calls ever and should have been overruled by the head umpire, screw Joe Simpson, the fans had every right to express their displeasure! This new wildcard format is a joke! 94 win season over after 1 bad game…disgraceful! I wont watch another game this season.

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fredi worms uo huddy waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late.

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I have NEVER seen such a horrid case of poor umpiring in MLB!

hat tip to those fans in the stands who displayed their dismay and anger at such an outrage. What B-S!!!

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I, too, am glad the fans threw stuff. Wish they had rioted. This crud is not addressed without civil disobedience. Bring OWS and the Muslim Spring to MLB !

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David, I’m surprised you didn’t call out the home plate umpires mistake of granting a timeout even though Loshe had already started his motion. That should have been a strikeout thus negating the homerun. I’m sure it was an oversight on your part.

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Glad to see Larry go! Overhyped! Just like the Mets series years ago. Choked when we needed him. Such a choker! Hope Ugly , Burger King, and Bourn are all gone after this year! Nice clutch hitting michae1

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Situational hitting is a BIG part of baseball. Errors aside, the Braves had a chance to even the score had the right call had been made! This play was an error by St. Louis that could have been just as much of a swing play in the game as Chipper’s throwing error! The situation for the next hitter had a bigger impact! They were able to pitch around McCann as a result of the call. I told my son that I would walk McCann and face the next hitter. I coach High level Travel baseball 16-18U and this would be a gift to me as a coach! I would have walked the dangerous hitter and get out of the inning every single time! That’s what they did, inning over! Good coaching from the Cards to bring in the closer during the break. Braves got the shaft! MLB has a big problem on their hands! This call killed a probable game changing inning.

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FIRE JOE SIMPSON (and joe biden, too.)

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My personal view remains that it was a brutally bad call to make given that there was no chance for the Cards to make a double play.

It was also just announced that Frank Wren withdrew the protest. That is very interesting since the GM pulled the protest and not the manager, which is the normal outcome.

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Whattttt???? The Cards win – now I’m maddddd!

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I’m glad the Braves fans finally are showing some emotion—-they have been too laid back for years.
Horrible call—-I would have liked to have seen McCann up with the bases loaded. Then, Mott couldn’t have pitched around him. And the Braves get that OUT back and extend the inning.

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Well, let’s see…. USA blows the Ryder Cup. Braves blow the playoff, and Murray will probably give it away in Columbia. Not a good sports week for this old Dawg! However, maybe we will prevail in Columbia. Jackets have owned Climpson as of late, so maybe a double dip for the State of Ga after all? Stranger things have happened before!

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I have been a Braves fan since 1967….this one hurts almost as much as Game 7 of the 91 World Series, but we have a good young team and bad calls are part of the game….St Louis had their own in the 1985 World Series against the Royals and that cost them a World Championship. St Louis is a class town and great organization….good luck against the Nats

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No long term contract for McCann, Let Ross start

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Bad defense can’t hit with men in scoring position, and a history of choking, case closed!!!!!So long Chipper, good player but no hall of famer never did anything in post season games that stands out, and he played in alot!!!!!!!

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How many times have you seen bases loaded with no our end with no runs being scored? No one knows what could have happened.The Braves could have gone on and scored 12. It was sad to see the team lose, for their sake and the young fans. The pathetic fans who threw the trash basically stated, “Hey, kids, we don’t care what kind of role models we are. We don’t care about you.” You did a great job, participants, of putting on a show. If you don’t like it, too bad. You ruined it, and probably scared, many of the young fans. You are classless, and good for you for losing. You deserve it.

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Obviously, the key to putting together a good team is to emphasize really bad grooming….some of those Cardinals players have the worst looking beards I’ve ever seen. Now Freeman is on his way for us in that department,and Hanson too…so apparently there is hope.

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MLB umpire are just not that good. They miss close calls all the time! And this one tonight, wasn’t even close.

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Didn’t Torre earn his MVP as a Cardinal? Is there a connnection?

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October 5, 2012

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10167

Re: Braves vs Cardinals 10/5/12

Dear Commissioner,

My name is David _________. I am 45 years old and have been an avid fan of baseball for 45 years.

As of October 5, 2012, due to the horrible idea of the one game playoff and the horrible call by the officials in tonight’s game I am done with baseball.

Regards, David

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It’s called Adversity.

Good Teams overcome it.

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Please fire JOE SIMPSON. He is a very arrogant announcer. what is the deal? Do we have to suffer through him again next year? Please go……

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Freddie Mexican Gonzales IS THE WORST MANAGER IN BASEBALL, NO, HE HIS PATHETIC!! Time after time this year, he made CRAZY, YES CRAZY CALLS, (Like the bunt in the 6th) ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!! But this was just one of MANY SORRY CALLS THIS YEAR!! IF the braves don’t fire him, THE STANDS SHOULD BE EMPTY, Bobby Cox would have taken the 2011 and 2012 braves to THE PROMISE LAND!! GO BACK TO MEXICO FREDDIE, WHERE IS YOUR GREEN CARD??? I HAD TO QUIT WATCHING THEM THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HIM!!

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Congrats bud selig another stupidity made it by you cost badly to the ones who really cares THE. FANS!…everyting comes against you, a best winning record team are out, and an ump bad call was the highligth tonight. Taht’s beacuase you negative to introduce to the game a replay…f@c# you

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Protest upheld. They go back tomorrow and resume play

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Medlen deserved much better!!! Ownership and upper management got more than they deserved!!! The Braves team went as far as their overall talent reasonably should have taken them!!! Now they should trade Medlen to a team where his talents might get him to a championship!!! They deserved to lose today but not with the rip-off they encountered by the umpiring nor the subsequent lack of support and lip service that I am certain is forthcoming from MLB top management. Medlin came out too early, Simmons should not have bunted, and this icing on the cake should spell a well deserved managerial doom for Fredi!!! The players tried and fans can ask no more than that from them!!! No “Wait until next year!” It’s going to take much longer than that!!!

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Braves protest has been denied. The season is over. And the Chipper Jones Era is officially over. I grew up watching the 90s Braves and Chipper Jones with my pops. Those memories will forever be cherished. Thanks Chipper!

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A: if it had been called against the cards you’d have done EXACTLY the same thing…or worse…St Louis isn’t exactly the home of Miss Manners…
B: the umps were idiots and called a really, really bad game – they should be fired – it looks like they had it “in” for the Braves because of the non-calls and the botched calls..if you deny that then you are either bilnd or an obama supporter…
C: the Braves blew it: horrible pitching from the best pitcher in MLB and horrible D…Uggla MUST GO! Sorry folks, but the team had the deer in the headlights look from the first pitch…
THIS is why we ATL pro sports fans HATE the pro sports teams we have…no heart, cannot deal with adversity, unable to battle through it when the chips are down…the other shoe ALWAYS drops in the ATL.
ATL PRO TEAMS = MEDIOCRITY

And YES, the dirty birds will let us down too…

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BLA BLA BLA, MLB YOU SUCK FOR BAD UMPS! THANKS MLB.CRAP

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4 more years of Uggla – please! And I want him to be our final guy up every game (to help my insomnia problem).

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The phone call that crew chief Jeff Kellogg did take in the Braves dugout was with Joe Torre. Kellogg wanted to get feedback from Torre about how to handle the situation. Apparently, Joe Torre was communicating in that very phone call that he was going to disallow the protest due to the call being under the purview of umpire judgment.

So, Fredi knew at that moment that the protest would be disallowed.

I will give MLB credit. The two umpres at the center of the call, along with Garagiola and Torre at in front of the press fielding questions. That takes courage. No one in MLB is hiding under their desks over this. I think that’s a reflection of Joe Torre.

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I can’t believe the ignorance of the fans who are saying that throwing things onto the field is a good thing. I saw a few necks turning red as I watched the debris fly. No, I’m not calling georgians rednecks. I have lived her. My kids were born here. Rednecks are everywhere. They were especially present tonight in the form of debris throwing fans, and especially those who condone it.

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agreeded 55yrs!

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Didn’t see the game so I haven’t seen the questionable call yet, but I do know the infield fly rule. Where the ball lands (unless it lands in foul territory) does not matter in order for the infield fly to be in effect. If an infielder can make a play on the ball with “ordinary” effort, then the infield fly rule is in effect. Doesn’t matter if the infielder is in the infield, 10-feet into the outfield grass, 50-feet in the outfield grass, or 100-feet. Doesn’t even matter if an outfielder catches the ball. It only matters if the infielder can make the catch with ordinary effort. This is a judgement call and therefore would not be allowed in any sport (football, basketball, etc) which uses instant replay, nor should it. Again, I haven’t seen the play so I have no idea whether there was ordinary effort or not.

However, I do have 2 other things to point out:
1. A loss in the playoffs by the Braves is a poetic (if not tragic) way for Chipper to go out. He and the Braves have lost so many times in the playoffs during his career it seems fitting.
2. The behavior of the fans sounds atrocious. If Atlanta fans were really that passionate about the Braves (or any Atlanta team for that matter) then they would actually show up during the season.

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REPORTER: So Mr. Selig, in the very first single-game elimination wildcard playoff in history, the game, it could be argued, was decided by a, shall we say, “controversial” infield fly rule call.

SELIG: That’s the excitement of that extra playoff round; anything can happen.

REPORTER: Some Braves fans may not feel the same way right about now. I mean, this team beat the Cardinals 5 out of 6 times during the regular season and finished like 5 or 6 games ahead of them in the wildcard standings, and rather than play a series format as has always been the case in MLB, a single game determines the outcome, and under these circumstances no less. Do you really think that’s fair?

SELIG: Hey, it makes us more money and deludes more fanbases into thinking they have some semblance of a chance at a championship. What’s not to like? And besides, I’m the Commissioner; I can do whatever I want!

REPORTER: And what of the Braves’ playing the game under protest? Have you decided whether to overturn the umpires’ call and order a replay of the game?

SELIG: No way! In MLB we honor our traditions, and one of the biggest ones is backing the decisions made by our umpires, even if it means cancelling out somebody’s legitimate perfect game like I did Galarraga last season or not giving a team a fair second chance on a blown call, as with the Braves here. Time-honored tradition; it’s what gives baseball that special “charm”.

REPORTER: Um, having a one-game playoff isn’t exactly a MLB tradition…

SELIG: Sure it is! Our biggest tradition is making revenue, and if the game gets hurt along the way, hey, eventually the fans always come back and get over whatever their huff is. They always have and always will, and we just keep the tradition rolling. Ahh, gotta LOVE baseball tradition!

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fire freddi/wren/john s.

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MLB must at least show some kind of remore for the umpire’s call. At minimum, Sam Holbrooks should be removed from the rest of post season and probably suspended for 50 games in 2013.

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WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL. ONLY REASON FANS SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THROWING CRAP ON THE FIELD WAS IF THEY RAN OUT OF CRAP TO THROW.

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Clutch hitting was absent. Good calls, from the umps was more than absent. Good defensive play was absent. The fans were wrong to throw things on to the field, but I understand their frustration. Some really bad calls by the umps in this game. If Selig had any guts, he would have overruled that call right then and there.He wouldn’t, because he’s too busy thinking up what else he can do to destroy the game of baseball.

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162 games…Tell 2 teams…play one game to move on….Terrible call since the Reggie Jackson hip shot in 1978…Good thing it wasnt Philly or you would have seen the 9 volts flying. Josie Simpson should go work for MLB with that “embarrassment” he talked about. Maybe he can so somewhere else and work

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Chipper’s fielding, while often great, has been problematical for the last few years. He has made some remarkable plays at the corner, but a high number of his errors this year have cost games, as did this one tonight. Three years ago he had a fielding percentage of .930 – whoa! Then there was his error in Denver a dozen or seasons back when the Braves had a 9-0 lead. Of course that didn’t let in 10 runs, but the Rockies scored a bunch and the Braves eventually lost not only the game, but home-field advantage. I am NOT questioning for an instant his starting, but I am only saying that errors like tonight’s have always been a feature of CJ’s otherwise outstanding, first-ballot, HOF, career. Along with many head-turning fielding gems, Chipper has committed a shilll-load of costly, game changing errors.

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The end result of this game was ironic based on the comments made by Chipper back in September 21st. Talk about Karma.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/21/chipper-jones-thinks-the-wild-card-playoff-game-is-stupid/

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joe Simpson, ATL Braves equal losers. Joe, go somewhere else, you are an embarrassment to our city and franchise. Very sad….

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Uggla and Simpson. Please feel free to leave Atlanta. You won’t be missed.

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Tired of people complaining about the fans throwing stuff on field. The ump made the WRONG CALL. I’m honestly surprised no one ran on the field and tried to take that guy out. Especially since folks were drunk. As a fan when you get f#cked over by an official who makes a completely wrong call, not just wrong but a non-reviewable play since MLB is stuck in stone ages, you have every right to be angry and throw garbage at the loser who made the call. I will say they let it go one too long. It delayed the game longer than it should have. Too bad Chip goes out like this, just a shame.

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We don’t need a bunch more of these players chasing the tails wagging down at Hooters!

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Very classless comments to anyone bashing the braves organization.
It was a dissapointing end to a great season and a bad call from the umps.
Still love this team. Go braves.

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Jake… in your dreams

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I hope Sam Holbrook doesn’t have any plans to come to Atlanta to hang out or go on vacation. It could be a miserable situation for him.

Joe Simpson and Don Sutton should not feel bad for anything that happened tonight from the fans. I heard Don Sutton say that if the fans didn’t stop and the game had to be forfeited, that the fans would take game out of the hands of the players. No Don, the umpires (Holbrook) took the game out of the hands of the players BEFORE anything happened from the fans in the stands.

It is a shame that MLB won’t have the guts to overturn the ruling on the field in the protest and reset the game to where it was when that happened. The bases should be loaded for the Braves. That would mean they would have to overrule the umpires on the field. They don’t have the guts to do the RIGHT thing. Shameful, MLB.

It is a shame to see Chipper go out like this. He cost the team 3 runs on his error. He said earlier on the way to the game that he knew it was time to retire because he wasn’t nervous. Maybe he should have been.

Uggla and Bourn choked tonight offensively. They were not there when the team needed them. I think Bourn’s value has gone down as the season has gone along. He does not deserve an insane contract. Uggla does not produce for the money he is making.

McCann’s injury and struggles this year hurt this team. Hopefully, he gets all fixed up in the offseason and can return to be the impact player he can be.

David Ross is the man! He is a true leader. He plays with heart and passion. He is a leader on this team. He understands what it takes to win in the major leagues and what it takes to win in the postseason.

Constanza NEEDS to be on this team from the start. He can be a great asset for 162 games.

This team was better when Janish played SS than Simmons. Bring back Janish.

Bottom line…Umpires should not be noticed. When they are, they have done something wrong. This umpiring crew was incapable and played too big of role in the outcome of the game.

1-game playoffs are dumb when your whole sport is based on series. During the season every team’s schedule is based on 3-game series. You play three games then move on. In the postseason, you play 3-game or 7-game series. Then, you decide to pull a 1-game thing out of nowhere. DUMB!!!

I could go on and on.That is enough for now.

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I remember all the years we were out of the playoffs before the allstar break. To make it interesting to the end of the year is better than 24 other teams, just sayin and remembering the really bad days before the 90’s, thanks Chipper for all the years from Macon Ga. on up, go have a great time with your family and friends, thanks for being someone our children have always looked up to and wanted to be like as a team player, can’t say enough how true Braves fans appreciate you and your time, thanks again !!!!

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he did not have his herpes sore going on his lip so the braves lost. BU BYE AHOLE!

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Scrhew MLB. This is like ‘95

94 strike

Didn’t watch (only time ever) in ‘95…………………..and Braves win WS

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Dave we are lucky to have you.

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Joe Simpson you are an embarrassment, have never heard an announcer
bad mouth his team fans, I think that the fans that throw all that garbage into the field, did not act properly, but for you to continuous criticising was
to much. Hope we do not have to listen to you next year

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Fire Freddie! Fire Freddie! Fire Freddie!
When Freddie didn’t have the 3rd base coach go talk to Simmons with 1 out a runner at 1st and 3rd let me know the job is big for him. No excuse. Why wouldn’t you go have a 5 second chat with your rookie ss.

That was probably the weakest job of arguing an important call I’ve ever scene. The ball was more than 220 feet from home plate. He didn’t even go mark the spot in the outfield where the ball landed.

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MLB……………goodbye after 57 years

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My last comment on “the call.”

It was a bad call because had the shortstop tried to foolishly flop on the catch, what would have happened is precisely what DID happen — sufficient space for the runners to advance safely (both doing so standing up — not even an effort, including slow footed David Ross to second). So, there was ZERO need for the call as intended in the rule book. So, it remains a brutally bad call — absolutely not needed, and therefore it will remain immortal for its controversy.

However, the Braves lost this game for two reasons — three throwing errors resulting in four runs scoring when accurate throws would not have allowed them to score.

The second, and perhaps in the final analysis even more critical cause, is leaving 14 runners stranded on base and going hitless in about a dozen chances for hits with runners in scoring position.

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You have to be wound pretty tight to be bent out of shape about plastic bottles being thrown on the field during a sporting event.

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Good Bye Chipper !!!
Loved You Man!!
A Class Act from Day 1 until the very last out.

Good Bye Baseball.

My dad took me Ponce de Leon Park as a kid to see the Crackers and teach me the strategy of the game. Baseball stats provided me an intro to math, which led to very good things in life.

My favorite team was the Milwaukee Braves as a kid, when they beat the Yankees. Several years later they moved here to Atlanta. Definitely a kids’ dream scenario.

We saw Tommy Aaron hit the first Home Run at Atlanta Stadium, during the first preseason game in 1965.

We saw the double-header against the Dodgers when Koufax and Drysdale pitched. If my memory serves me correctly, the Braves split the double header.

We listened on the radio when Tony Cloninger, a pitcher, hit 2 Grand Slams against the SF Giants.

We went to almost all of the 1966 home games…and my grades in high school dropped.

I’ve been a lifelong Braves and baseball fan. Went to Fenway Park to watch the first Interleague Games against the Red Sox. Watch the playoffs and World Series, no matter who plays. I’ve got hundreds of other Braves memories, but too many to name off quickly.

Hate the NY Yankees.

Watch at least 100 Braves games a year on TV or live.

It’s been fun, frustrating, but always rewarding and a significant place in my life.

After today’s Wild Card Game, my 62 year old body has new adventures in my future.
The “Infield Fly Rule” call ended my lifelong love of the game. An awful call, particularly during MLB’s first “Play-In Game.”

I’ll start following college and pro football closer in September and October…instead of waiting until Novenber. Maybe check out the autumn leaves in North Georgia. And schedule trips and vacations around other things.

Always an optimist…like any other baseball fan. But now my optimism is focused on the other things I’ve missed in life.

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I wish the fans had burned the friggin place down…………………………(honor to McGriff.)

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Anybody else going to stand up and tune out the MLB Playoffs?

We got a movement going!

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Braves save their worst for last…all in all pretty much the norm.

Spot a team 5 runs, pretty hard to win. Bad call aside, they had the tying run at the plate the last 3 innings and couldn’t get a hit. Not much else to say. Hope they don’t break the bank on Bourn. Could’ve done this without him. He disappeared down the stretch.

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can’t blame the fans at all. you spend all that money to watch a team that can’t play under pressure, Chip i hate you went out this way, but your throw cost this game along with Ugglas and Simmons.The ump should be supended for a year. Atlanta sports fans have endured too many bad calls like forever. I’LL BE PULLING FOR THE NATS NOW, THEY HAVE NEVER WON A TITLE. ps every time their is a sellout game on the line , BRAVES lose.

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braves fans are repugnant…as always, when I was at Turner with a rival teams shirt on earlier this year a drunk BRAVES FAN got right in my face and yelled F… You B…., seriously I am a smaller size woman and this guy thought that was totally okay to do and probably even worse is that no one in his group of male friends did anything about it like even move him away from me! Truly LOW CLASS, REPULSIVE, DISGUSTING FANS, and tonight they put it on display for the whole nation to see. I won’t be visiting turner field again, no question about that, they are done getting any of my $$

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Fredi needed to get tossed to more strongly make his case. That was pathetic.

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Lesson to be learned here is to win the Division to avoid the umpires screwing you in a 1 game series. That means keeping Uggla out of the starting line up. Pinch hitting and spot starting should be his role with Braves from now on.

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FU(K THE UMPS! FU(K STL! FU(K UGGLA! DAN’S GOTTA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO NATS!!!!!!!!! SICK AND TIRED OF THE SAME OLD SH!T IN THE POST SEASON!!!!!!!!! FU(K SELIG ALSO!!!!!!!!! THIS ONE AND DONE BS IS BULLSH!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ashlee cry me a river! You Troll!

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Why do the media groups keep saying it was a controversial call? It wasn’t controversial. Call it what it was and that is a bad call. The ump that made that call should be dismissed from post season games.

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J J – losers again.

We have been losers since 1995. Just getting to the playoffs means nothing.

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go falcons go dogs oh well forget ga tech they need a coach to

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Ashlee,

Maybe you ARE a B. Just a thought. It might explain what happened.

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CHOKE! The call was choked horribly by the field ump as well as the Braves defense or lack of defense sucked as well. Bourn is a huge choke artist as well, striking out with bases loaded to end the inning. Find us a lead off man that puts the bat on the ball. Who’s filling third next year? I can’t say I look forward to spring training, who the hell knows what to expect. A lot of alcohol wasted in the Braves celebration to get to a one game playoff just to choke. Speaking of a one game playoff, who’s wise idea was that? IDIOTIC to have a one game playoff in baseball after playing 162 games a season. Just disappointing all around and I’m not sure what to look forward to with this team next year. To the ump that made the horrid call, hang your sh*t up and don’t return next year, you’re horrible.

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Gutless MLB strikes again! Oh well, I hope the next groups of fans facing the Cards will keep up the new tradition and throw their trash on the field. I think it’s very appropriate.

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AMEN GT50. I’m done,,,,,,,,,,,,

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1 game playoff is a joke. they say winning the division is the key, but the divisions are unbalanced. how is that fair ?.
unbalanced divisions, unbalanced schedules. they can’t extend the season too long and say can’t make division winners wait. why not ?
next year, Braves will end up 4th so this won’t happen again.

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With all you guys protesting by not watching MLB. Going to pass it around to all my friends on Facebook and email. No Baseball on TV.

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Those genius that want Fredi fire, did he made a bad throw to second base,
or to first base or to home plate, show a hitter in the Braves lined up that can compare to 3 or more hitters from the Cards. Oh I forget Ugg, Brian,
Chipper (last two years)our bench, the lost of our best pitcher and the disappear of Hanson,Jarret. May be Bobby Valentine will do a better job

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I’ve watched the Braves, Falcons and Dawgs for 143 cumulative season resulting in 2 titles. This means that in any particular season, there is a 1% chance of one of these teams winning it all.

Those are Lloyd Christmas odds.

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Sam holbrook is the sam UMP that threw zack grienke out after 4 pitches

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Terrible call but terrible play from our Braves. Things like that can be erased in a best of 5 series, but not a one and out. Thanks for the crappy wildcard setup, Bud “no brain” Selig. You are the worst thing to happen to baseball.

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James,

In reality, we are a great sports town. All our major teams are in the playoffs routinely. We haven’t won many big ones, but we consistently win.

Love to challenge you to a little cage match.., then we could talk about winning.

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As hard as every other Braves loss. And one Joe Simpson is a Jerk, the other is a Hollywood drunk, interchangeable. Gonna meet me in the tunnel and fight? Braves fans were fed up and throwing trash not “dangerous projectiles”. Did you hear what Halliday said about it? “Plastic bottles aren’t going to hurt me. A plastic airplane bottle landed near my feet and that is not a dangerous situation.”

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Bobby would have gone absolutely bonkers and made that a bigger scene than it already was. Fredi should have drawn as much attention to it as possible and gone crazy. Weak.

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The real gut-buster about this is….under the old rules, the stupid Cardinals were eliminated. They slipped in by a breath last year, backed in under a rule change this year aided by a terrible call.

I wish them all the disaster in the world in the next round. Go Nats.

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Shocker! Major League Baseball denies Braves protest.Did anyone actually think they would even consider it. They didn’t count on this when they made plans to add a 1 game playoff. Now that it happened, what a nightmar. they couldn’t make the Cards play more innings tomorrow then play Sunday against the Nats. THAT wouldn’t be fair. I agree with Chipper, might as well just let everyone in the playoffs. Why play a 162 games for this.

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Bud Selig, eat my diarrhea filled shorts

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I agree with Chipper. Even though the call was wrong, the errors cost them the game. And the same lack of clutch hitting. Did they strand 12 runners?

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Every time the reply of the blown infield fly rule is replayed Braves fan, just think: BOHICA, baby!!!

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James S – If you were there, maybe your skirt would have been wrinkled.

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Wild Card should be best of 3.

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lets put blame where blame belongs. CHIPPER, you lost this one. You can’t make a routine double play, 3 runs score. You come up with a chance to knock some runners in, you fail miserably.

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Had a nagging feeling all day…
The Cardinals find ways to win games like this and the Braves find ways to lose ‘em.

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I’ve never been prouder to be an Atlanta sports fan. Kudos to everyone at the game tonight.

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Okay 2013
first base——Freeman, okay
second base- ABU (anyone but Uggla)
Short stop —–Simmons
Third Base—-Prado
Left field need
center field Contanza
right field Haywood
Catcher Ross
Pitching Minor, Medlen, Hudson and trade for #4 and #5
announcers Chip Carey, Brian Jordan
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Terrible call but as several have mentioned, the bases would have been loaded with one out. Given how pitiful the Braves were this season in getting the hit they needed in those situations, does anyone really believe that the Braves would have actually scored???? When you go thru an entire season of futility in getting key hits in these situations how can you expect to suddenly produce when the chips are down in a one game playoff??? And the play of the infield was on little league level (my apologies to little league for such an insult). Bottom line, Braves played pitiful defense, hitting as usual let them down in key situations and the end result is another bitter loss. Where is Brooks Conrad when you need him???

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Braves fan serving overseas

Thanks for your service. I’m so sorry you had to watch that awful baseball game.

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I am sorry Atlanta fans. It’s that time of the month and I’m a bit grumpy.

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“REPLACEMENT UMPIRES” are now working for MLB.

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people around me threw 30 dollars worth of beer on the field . THAT CALL SUCKED !!!!

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I agree with Tim. Could MLB laugh and sweep the protest away any faster? The rules of baseball were definitely not applied by the ump, but the MLB heads need to keep the NLDS schedule, so no protests.

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Where ya at James?

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Braves just made another error.

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I am the moral voice of Atlanta. You people disgust me. Plastic has no place in the air or on grass.

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Braves fans reacted 100% appropriately to that call. They made the protest for Fredi. In New York, there would have been violence, so the Braves fans reaction was well within what was appropriate for the situation. Braves fans were well within their rights to trash the field after what is probably the worst call in MLB postseason history, and in a one game playoff. That ump should be taken out of playoff ball indefinitely. Obviously not suited for high pressure situations and doesn’t know or understand the basic rules of the game.

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Email the league: mlbexecutiverelations@website.mlb.com

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What is all this boycot MLB stuff from Braves fans? I thought you have been boycotting for years.Terrible attendance and empty seats at playoff games are the norm for you guys.

12 in 12 Go Cards!

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Never should a playoff game be decided like this. This was not a controversial call it was a huge mistake by an nadequate umpire who should be fired immediately.

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I hope your green card gets lost over the winter. What a jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Molina

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I think MLB has missed out on what the infield fly rule is intended to do.

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Can’t believe Chipper’s last game ended like this…all the “controversy” overshadowed the end of the game and it’s too bad that fans couldn’t say one last proper goodbye to #10. Chipper hurried out of the dugout as soon as he could and that was sad to see.

Regarding the call – my heart is broken about this loss and it hurts A LOT. I’ve followed the Braves for a long time and it’s never easy to lose in the playoffs but this horrible call makes it even worse. I never want to hear the words “infield fly rule” ever again!!!

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Torre proves he’s an assclown. He did that for one reason, money. Worst call in playoff history.

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Bobby Cox was one of the best regular season managers of all time (especially with Maddox, Glavine and Smoltz). He was also one of if not THE worst manager in the playoffs. Freddie is following right along in his footsteps. Until we break that Cox attitude in the playoffs, the Braves will never go anywhere near a world series again.

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Grow a pair Joe Simpson! You couldn’t hold Skip’s jock strap.

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I am now embarrassed to say I was embarrassed about the fans of Atlanta. This was a turning point for Atlanta fans, they stood up and let their voices be heard.

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Joe Torre sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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“I ruled to disallow the protest based on the fact it’s a judgment call,” Torre said

which is funny, when replay comes into effect this call will be overturned every single time and “judgment call” won’t be apart of it. MLB 180s like this about as often as the strikezone 180s during a game

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If Fredi and Frank aren’t fired attendance will be way down next year. Upper management needs to show the fans they are serious about making changes.

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I would love to challenge you to a cage match Joe Wiz. St. Louis is a toilet bowl.

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Arttie’s Insight: I have been a Braves fan for more years than I can count, since 2005. There are 5 reasons we lost but still love the Braves: 1) We love to say nah na nah na to get the rally going, 2) we love the never quit attitude that says, “yes we quit…no we don’t!” 3) we are losing to win like all good teams do instead of winning to lose long term, 4) Braves have always been a winning organization and only have top management. I like our chances next year and can’t wait for first pitch. More later. Arttie.

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The two turning points were the bungling by Jones of the double play ball and the stupid base running by Simmons. Braves choke again.

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GO CARDINALS!!!!!! 12 in 12!!! thats all i got to say

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MLB IS A JOKE. Worst product in professional sports.

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Wa Wa Wa
Braves lost because their fans are losers.
Trashing the field would never happen in St Louis.
Braves deserve to lose because of their fans.
Umps gave chip a pass on his last at bat, he was out.

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“Sign Greinke and BJ Upton and trade for Justin Upton”

BJ plays Center, where are you putting Bourn? Justin plays right, where are you putting Heyward? Who is replacing Uggla? Ross as the starter and JC Boscan is now the backup?

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sure it was a bad call that not what got us beat.no cluth hitters and errors what got the braves beat,Uggla need to move on.Braves will not win next year with this lineup.

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sure it was a bad call that not what got us beat.no cluth hitters and errors what got the braves beat,Uggla need to move on.Braves will not win next year with this lineup.

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Let’s talk about the Mets and Phillies in the wild card game. That’s right, neither team made it.

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I used to like you Joe but ight now I can’t stand you. I woulld love to see you take a lie detector test Fake

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Uggla tripped in the shower and broke his collarbone.

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@ryan’s dad. I’m just tired of people making excuses saying the ball was too deep, or they couldnt turn a double play. The fact is he was under the ball calling for it. After watching the replay on dvr its clear the umpire makes the call as soon as the ss calls for the ball and appears underneath the ball. Questionable call, yes but not a totally blown call. Clearly a catchable ball that directly follows the rule of the infield fly.

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now they are laughing at chipper’s lack of speed. most people are slower when they trot…and he was out.

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first

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MLB is without a doubt the worst. Stein and Goodell are laughing their asses off and their retarded little step brother, Selig, while they take all his lunch money.

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A few comments from the game.
1) Terrible defense played put the Braves in a bad position to win.
2) Despite the bad defense, the could and should be still playing according to this part of the rule: “When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an Infield Fly, the umpire shall immediately declare “Infield Fly” for the benefit of the runners.” This was in no way, shape, or form called immediately.
3) It’s sad to me to remember Chipper’s last at bat, although ending in a base hit, watching him loafing down the line. I love him, but don’t you want to be remembered for giving it all you’ve got your last at bat?
4) I won’t sleep tonight…sick to my stomach…

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FirenJoe Simpson!!

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Try that again….

Fire Joe Simpson!!

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I’m embarrassed by this Big Mac I just got in the Drive In at McDonalds.

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Here is the standard as to WHY it is a bad call. Had they NOT called the infield-fly-rule and the ball dropped as it did, would there have been anyone saying “Hey why didn’t they call it?” The answer is NO, it would not have been questioned AT ALL. BAD CALL PERIOD. Umps weak at best.

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I have never in 62 years seen a call so bad and upheld by so called experts. I’m through with sports………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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if it had been a routine fly ball someone would have been within five feet of where it landed

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As much as I hate what happened tonight at least we aren’t the Cubs.

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The throwing of garbage onto the field WAS an embarassment, and Joe Simpson was saying it straight. A bunch of drunk morons with infantile mentality. This is Atlanta, not Cleveland.

That said, the call and Joe Torre’s ruling was pure bull pucky. Yes, Atlanta deserved to lose, and there’s no guarantee that they would have scored and more than one in that inning had the bases been loaded (McCann’s walk would have plated a fourth run before Prado struck out).

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The Cardinals did not WIN that game, the Braves LOST he game.

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Fredi has to get thrown out of the game in that situation. His lifeless protest there guarantees his firing this off season.

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