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REMLEY
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Trying to keep the faith but it’s getting very hard to stay positive. Need to stop the bleeding and hope for a miracle. Maybe not
Atlanta Choke Braves
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
I’m glad Bobby Cox is in the stands. Now he knows what it’s like to be an outside observer of this pitiful franchise.
don
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
CHOKE. The annual choke by the Braves has happened again.
ugafan13
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
NICE play Johnny!
Tampa Gator
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
This game is just not in the “Cards.” See ya.
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Son of a…
Go Jackets
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Gotta tip your hat, right FreddiG?
Kat
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
How bad is this team tonight?
Ahem
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
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Trader Jack
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
The Cardinals are the best fundamentally sound team in MLB
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
n8 hell I’m be here since 66..
njbraves
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
The embarrassment continues….
FSUBrave
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
game set match..unreal..this team will never win until they spend some money..watch the nats take the cards apart next week..
brian
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Braves are getting schooled. Talk to each other
phil
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Another great play….lol
Go get em, boys!
thomas smith
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
@jeff , fredi is that stupid .you have not been watching the way he has managed this year,
LAG
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
That was weird…
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 5th, 2012
7:13 pm
Morons.
geno
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
Wow…very infielder gonna make an error tonight?
We Will Get Fooled Again
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
I think they’re trying now to see just how hard they can choke.
bravofan
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
unbelievable
Jeff R
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
I can’t watch this game anymore.
Losing cleanly is one thing; losing playing such sloppy ball is another.
Chuck from Waycross
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
is this a bad news bears movie???
Veer
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
WHY THE FAQ DO YOU BRING IN DURBIN WHEN YOU NEED TO HOLD THEM DOWN TO A 2 RUN LEAD? HELL I WOULD BRING KIMBREL IN THAT SITUATION EVEN. THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LET HAPPEN WHERE WE GO DOWN BY MORE THAN 2 RUNS. WHY BRING UR WORST RELIVER? IS FREID GOING TO USE THESE GUYS WHEN W ARE LEADING? THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT THE FAQ IS HE DOING? WHY BRING IN DURBIN? THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS NOT SPRING TRAINING. W T F!!!!!!!!!!!!!
J
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
BravesFan79 He did do his job he got the ground ball Simmons just didn’t make the play.
James
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
The Cards are nickelin and dimein us to death. However the Braves are throwing bills like they at Magic City or somethin.
Norcal Brave
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
The World Champion Cardinals showed up today, and so did the Braves Class D league team.
BravesFan79
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
F U FREDDI GONZ…. shouldnt of had Simmons bunting, should of pitch hit for Medlen after it, and should of had a strikeout pitcher to take care of the 2nd out this inning.
Go Jackets
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
Best 90 million Liberty ever spent, huh guys?
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
RBI bunt single with runner at second. Freddy Freeman needed to field that one, but the bunt was about perfectly placed. Nothing else Venters could have done on the play.
Well, season looks over now, folks! The winter of my baseball heart’s discontent is starting to set in!
GoNatsGo
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
I think Hank Jr. said it best –
Fans ask me,
Braves why do you shrink?
Why do you all choke?
Why must you fold when the games mean the most?
So when the fans ask me
How did we get in this condition,
I say, “Hey, c’mon, we’re just carryin on
An old Franchise Tradition!”
jerry
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
curses, witches, charms, karma, whatever. Total BS. They don’t win championships simply because they are not good enough, dickheads.
Vabravesfan
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
pretty pathetic effort tonight in front of the home crowd. 1 and done.
Sparks
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
Pathetic…another long winter…
Chas
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
Your BRAIN DEAD BRAVES, ladies and gentlemen. The joke continues.
beachcomber
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
For us old codgers this is a horrible flashback to ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 etc. Critical play after critical play not made. In some third world countries Medlin would allowed to line up his infield against a wall with cigarettes and a blindfolds.
regular goy
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
last time I’ll take larry wachs’ opinion about anything
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
Just when you thought Atlanta’s pro teams could not find a way to make their history any worse, I give you the first-ever MLB wild card game…..at home…..with the second half’s best pitcher….and hall of fame third baseman making a costly error that changes the game.
Atlanta.
four months until the Falcons try to top it in the Falcons first home NFC championship game at the Dome.
jed
October 5th, 2012
7:14 pm
yeah N8, i feel ya…
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
No matter the format, we get screwed.
Come back offense. Please!
LAG
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
Finally…
Frumpy
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
and it continues. to think we started with heywards great defensive play. just crumbled into this crap. at least we don’t have to watch this happen over best of 5 games.
only players played well are ross/medlen/freeman, bourn ok. all others have sucked/choked
Train Wreck Bystander
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
That was one back-breaker of a half-inning…
bravofan
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
you guys have fun im out
geno
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
9 outs left
faninva
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
6 runs on 4 hits…just wow.
TP
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
Awwww……atleast I have the memories of ‘91 &’92
Keep hope alive, this could turn into a Sid Bream finish
Tampa Gator
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
Also….before I go…..you got to wonder how much Freddy’s anxiousness rubbed off on this team today. They are played without any confidence or execution. What a shame that Chipper’s career has to end this way. Wishing for a big comeback……….
2K91
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
The pitching staff deserves better.
Joe
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
making wild card was braves season~what a joke wc.
Lance
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
It can be done. We can score at least 4 and hold them from scoring the rest of the game. How about a team meeting in the tunnels with a gut check and then go out and take care of business?
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
Guarantee you that we will hear how this is a 94 win team and thus no need to make any trades or signings. Heard the same thing last year.
Long time brave fan
October 5th, 2012
7:15 pm
Finally, after 47 years, I’m done with the Braves. I hate it that my memories of Chipper will always focus on that ridiculous throw he made. Too many promises, not enough delivery.
DawgNole
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:32 pm
I am in agreement with an earlier poster — it’s hard to stay and participate with such mean-spirited comments.
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Then beat it!
BRAVESFAN1
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
It will be interesting how the BRAVES explain this debacle! I am so embarrassed! The stadium was electric and ready cheer. Everyoe if they had any senseat all, they would get up and leave now and avoid the traffic.
Young Braves
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Disappointing, always thought they mentally couldn’t handle playoff stress. Still very young team. Always next year.
Didn't Like My Name But I got Through Anyway
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Choking Braves
Bobby's Cox
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Well this is uggly, but what else can you do? Not gonna turn it off now. Let’s go Braves…
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Bye Chipper. If you had left last year, we might have been able to bring in a couple of major league hitters.
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
Never seen more phsyical and mental errors by a single team in one game. Never.
njbraves
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Nothing ever changes with the Braves. Players come and go, but the end result is always the same. I’m so damn tired of investing 6 months a year into this team just to be disappointed every time.
smallmouth6
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
What a game to pick to play like this.Hate to see it end this way, but most of us saw it coming. Bud Selig, I hate what you have done to baseball. If St, Louis goes on to win the WS, baseball will have officially become a farce for the benefit that that1 percent we’re always hearing about, including that goofy dude that owners put in charge of this great game. Goodbye Chipper. You have been a pleasure to watch. DOB and Carroll, thanks for another excellent year of work.
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Your only runs come from a back up catcher. The rest of them should be flogged.
Brave4life-1995 All over again
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
season was great. This is just an awful ending. reminfs me of the SF Giants playoff series.
Buzz 2011
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Uggs… ugh, ugh,ugh…St Louis has fixed this game all right.. It’s over for 2012
Braves fans.. The fat lady sings.
ray k
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Wow. Just… wow.
matt
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Sorry Dave, but this “feels” like every Braves post-season since 1995. Another Braves Choke.
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
after hearing that guy sing……………………….oh this game is so awful I am sick
Lance
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
DawgNole — I said it was hard, not impossible
Didn't Like My Name But I got Through Anyway
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
Tired of all the people blaming the format. The Braves would figure out how to blow it if it were 7 games! Get real you homers!
Jared
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
This is absolutely unacceptable managing. After last year’s meltdown and mismanagement of the bullpen I seriously question Fredi’s competence.
btc
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
This is exactly why I hate the 1-game playoff. Anything could happen.
This is not like the Braves. Given a 3 or 5 game series, they probably come back and win.
Bud Selig is an idiot.
Veer
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
this is like being terminally ill in hospice care or in hospital, knowing you will die. you just sit and wait till you take your last breath. That is what the feeling is like watching these last 3 innings down by 4 runs
Sparks
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
This one game play off thing sucks large…
Later Gator
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
Were a Freeman error away from the cycle.
Choker Jones
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
Wow! The Braves are terrible. How did they win 90-something games? Clearly a team made up of pansies. Everyone more worried about Chipper’s final games…like it’s a 5 year old’s birthday party…instead of focusing on playoffs. Don’t let the door hit your ssa on the way out Chipper…thanks for nothing, ya bum.
Kat
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
For those who use Twitter…. Brooks Conrad is trending, how sad is that.
Jared
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
This is absolutely unacceptable managing. After last year’s meltdown and mismanagement of the bullpen I seriously question Fredi’s competence.
Trey
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
“F U FREDDI GONZ…. shouldnt of had Simmons bunting, should of pitch hit for Medlen after it, and should of had a strikeout pitcher to take care of the 2nd out this inning.”
Really, after all that has gone wrong, you still bitch about Simmons bunting? Get over it, ya whiny little twit, it can’t be changed.
mpimentel
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
this is embarrassing!…it’a shame be a fan of you braves.
Atlanta Choke Braves
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
“Still very young team. Always next year.”
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Buzz 2011
October 5th, 2012
7:18 pm
Remember, the Cards are the World Champions for a reason..
not a pitching coach
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
It’s the ghost of Brooks Conrad.
Come back and win Braves.
Choppinmama
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
Poor Simpson must be slowly dying in the booth. Let’s see how smug Darling gets as the game agonizingly moves on.
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
njbraves
October 5th, 2012
7:17 pm
Nothing ever changes with the Braves. Players come and go, but the end result is always the same. I’m so damn tired of investing 6 months a year into this team just to be disappointed every time.
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You said it all for me. Even during the 90’s this team NEVER had a good offense and was always having to win 1 and 2 run games. I never have understood why.
BravesfaninWis
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
Just shows a 90+ win season means jack crap when u can’t even win a head to head wild card game, at home nonetheless. What a pathetic ass team, just f’n pathetic. Who remembers Conrad’s errors a few years ago? Who will remember the ones today by Chipper, Uggla, and Simmons? Different players, same tired ass routine. The laughing stock of baseball right here. Only played 1 more game than the Marlins, and every other team that was horrible this year. 1 f’n game better. That is what seperates a 90+ win team and a 60+ win team. Un f’n real.
Trey
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
mpimentel, then don’t be a fan.
Kevin Chop
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
Sad thing is that it doesn’t even hurt anymore
ball boy
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
talk about dying by the sward…their bats were due to haunt them in the playoffs…pathetic!
Chas
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
A pathetic embarrassment, by a team of CHOKE artists, since 2011. Unreal. Losers all, Aren’t you happy for (this) one more game, Chipper? You and your team exit as an embarrassment to playoff baseball. Great ending..
Atlanta Choke Braves
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
Please sell this franchise.
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
I will miss Chipper a lot. This is kind of sad to be honest. But it is baseball and nobody said it was always pretty and nice. Just hate to see him go out on a final down note like this. Shame.
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
7:19 pm
hahaha lol @ Veer
David
October 5th, 2012
7:20 pm
I’m so tired of this team finding new ways to rip out my heart. This franchise is cursed in the strangest way. They so often make it to the big stage only to embarrass themselves once there. I feel like such a dolt, I really thought this year would be different.
Ahem
October 5th, 2012
7:20 pm
Just think, less than a month for the Hawks. lol
jerry
October 5th, 2012
7:20 pm
23-1. Guess what the 1 is.
Didn't Like My Name But I got Through Anyway
October 5th, 2012
7:20 pm
Chipper can retire to his ranch and think about his throw to Jason Heyward all winter! LMAO That is when this game turned, any way you slice it.
extremus
October 5th, 2012
7:20 pm
Anybody here a fan of the 1-game elimination right about now? Didn’t think so.
Sad to see Chipper Jones’ career end on the exact same pathetic note as Bobby Cox’s did (because at this point it sure seems headed that way). I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard “Best defense in baseball” this game in regard to an “uncharacteristic error”. And that’s why 1-game eliminations make zero sense. The St. Louis Cardinals just got a GIFT, both by the Braves defense and the fact that they make up 6 or 7 games in the standings in one contest.
Tomahawk!!
October 5th, 2012
7:21 pm
Can you feel that chicken bone? C H O K E over and over again C H O K E
PO Braves Fan
October 5th, 2012
7:21 pm
I am so mad I waste my entire season watching this team only to be disappointed once again. The Braves always freeze up. Maybe Chipper should take the team to HOOTERS (why people never mention this during season is beside me). Congrats on a great career on the field— off the field not so much.