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GoNatsGo
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Atlanta fans acting like a buncha drunken rednecks. Stay classy!
The A Bomb
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Never seen 2 judgment calls against one team like this in 46 years. What a joke.
Trey
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
I love seeing the fans throw crap on the field. I wish they would have thrown it at the umpires.
LAG
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
bravesgrl4life – good call, just being honest
Ain’t no way that was a good call. No way. That was 1/3 of the way to the wall and STILL fell behind the SS.
Fredo
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
tough call, that’s disappointing. Learned a new rule at least, the outfielders can get the benefit of the infield fly rule
phil
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Good call?
Lolololol
Go find a sport you understand.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Jon Morosi @jonmorosi
Outfield umpire, infield fly?
The hell.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
that late infield fly call is VERY questionable. also late. #braves lose a baserunner, get a 2nd out. #notgood
I’m sick
slinky
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
Storm the field all ye faithful…
fan
October 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
most agonizing Braves game I have ever seen—46 years
BravesfaninWis
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
Infield fly rule huh? That moron is blind. He looks like a f’n retard.
MFin04
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
That should be reversed. Ridiculous. Good for the Braves fans. Proud for showing emotion for that garbage. Bet the Braves players are proud of the fans.
No Hope 4 Braves
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
I don’t think its embarrasing at all. It’s time the Braves fans got pissed. The umps and Chipper have lost this game for us. Terrible call; talk about getting paid off. Something stinks!
Sparks
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
Holbrook should be taken into protective custody….
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
Wish someone who knows baseball rules was on blog now. Can we play game under protest? Wish Lew or nolie were here they would know.
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Cardinals are arrogant pricks. Molina and Boggs laughing and taunting fans.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Will anyone have the balls to reverse that call and get it right?
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Ball was halfway to the warning track. How can that call stand?
Chipper = Post Season BUST
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
can we play under protest the rest of the game???
brian
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Awful call. Sue the umpire for lost gate for 2 games
Joe
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Why don’t they get on PA and tell fans tostp throwing
bravesgrl4life
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
braves should not be in postseason anyway, got lucky phils had alot of injuries
Gordon
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
I have Holbrook’s home address if anyone is interested and would like to discuss the call with him.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
The Braves won’t get satisfaction, but the rule on the infield fly rule requires an immediate call, and since the third base umpire did not make the out call until after the ball landed on the grass in left field, then there is a legitimate basis for a protest. The earliest call requirement is essential to the rule itself as it allows the base runners to return to their original bases.
This game may be under protest. In my view, regardless of the chances, Fredi should protest the game.
J J
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
I was an excellent call
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
crowd chanting a bad word beginning with “bull.” #cardinals players filing toward their dugout. a #mess
Good.
B.D. @Durfmeister
Why can’t the homeplate ump overturn that
An ump that wouldn’t be there screwed us. Geez.
Emily Wynn @emily_wynn12
These are MLB replacement umps..
Ben Ingram @IngramRadio
The point of the infield fly is to prevent a DP on intentional dropped pop up. A DP would’ve been IMPOSSIBLE. How was he even thinking IFFR?
I hate this!!!
JC Brave
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
The fans’ reaction is probably not only because of the call.
They should have been throwing garbage since the 4th inning.
jed
October 5th, 2012
8:01 pm
MY GAWD!!!!!!!
phil
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
Normally i would be embarassed….
But i’m not.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
Play the game under protest.
smallmouth6
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
Shut up Joe!
Later Gator
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
Proud of the fans. They paid to see a big league game and got high school umpiring.
Gil In Mechanicsville
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
You know what folks, if I were there, I would throw stuff too….
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
Wish someone who knows baseball rules was on blog now. Can we play game under protest? Wish Lew or nolie were here they would know.
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brian
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
This game needs to be placed under protest
davidinloganville
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
the replacement referee’s were embarrassed by that call!
Lance
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
Are we playing the rest of the game under protest? If we are….what can actually be done?
Daniel
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Bobby Cox would have been ejected almost 10 minutes ago…..
DawgNole
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Go Jackets
October 5th, 2012
7:09 pm
Another embarrassing loss for an Atlanta team on the national stage. Braves/Hawks/Jackets ALWAYS choke when the lites get bright.
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Braves/Hawks/Jackets??? That’s only half of them. Don’t forget Falcons/Thrashers/Flames.
SOS Braves
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
This game is fixed.
jed
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
how does this stuff happen to the braves in the playoffs? it’s surreal … eric gregg…ron gant/hrbek…and now THIS? the ball was in the OUTFIELD.
jed
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
how does this stuff happen to the braves in the playoffs? it’s surreal … eric gregg…ron gant/hrbek…and now THIS? the ball was in the OUTFIELD.
Screwball
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Fredi MUST get tossed there!
MFin04
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
They’ll stop throwing stuff as soon as they run out of stuff to throw. Umpire like garbage, get garbage on the field. Fair enough.
geno
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
can that call be protested?
Hoosier
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
NIce move Atlanta, for some of you to show your bad manners and throw bottles and cans onto the field just because you don’t like an umpire’s call. Shame on you who did it
Norcal Brave
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Anybody remember the first part of game when announcers were saying the best umpires in the business were being used for this game?
Trey
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
futher poof braves never belong in post season, SAD BUT TRUE, GO CARDS
Hoosier
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
NIce move Atlanta, for some of you to show your bad manners and throw bottles and cans onto the field just because you don’t like an umpire’s call. Shame on you who did it
Go Braves!!!
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
humidor5000 is a complete idiot. Go pound sand idiot.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Sandra Golden @sportsandra
I wasn’t aware of the infield cardinals rule! BS!!!!
Hoosier
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
NIce move Atlanta, for some of you to show your bad manners and throw bottles and cans onto the field just because you don’t like an umpire’s call. Shame on you who did it
GoNatsGo
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
This is Obama’s fault.
sid's bream
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
If Gonzalez doesn’t play this game under protest, I lose some respect for him. Bobby would have been thrown out by now arguing a terrible call.
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
what they do move the replacement officials from the nfl to the baseball playoffs ?
BRAVESFAN1
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Keep throwing stuff Braves fans! The umps screwed us big time! That was a terrible call and they get screwed! Gonzalex should have beenkicked out of that game. I would still lbe on he field yelling!
6 Finger 2 tooth Braves Fan
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
R season’s OVER! WE SUUUCK!
Also Ashley
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Don and Joe are begging the fans to behave. Wow…
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
According to the rules, the Infield Fly is supposed to be called early enough to allow runners to run after the ball is caught (and is supposed to be an easily caught ball for the infielder)
Neither happened right there. BS
Jim
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Went to my first Braves game in 1954 in Connie Mack Stadium in Philly; just saw the worst call ever in my 58 years of watching baseball. That call must be made immediately per the Rule, not after SS abandons the play.
stizz
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Gotta play this one under protest. These officials never do anything but say I’m sorry after they screw entire cities. I really hope one of those fans follow that idiot home.
country boy
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Get out of the dugout Freddie and tell the umpiring crew you are playing the game under protest
Trader Jack
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
If they don’t stop the game will end in a forfeit
Profiler
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Horrible call by the ump.
Joe Simpson stop trying to make yourself look good on a national broadcast.
sid
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
having formerly lived in the great city of Atl….this does not surprise me. Nice folks all around.
G-dub
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
How come when Yankee, Mets, and Philly fans throw stuff on the field they are called passionate but when Braves fans do it they call it no class. It’s good to see Brave fans show some fire when clearly that was a bad call.
Gil In Mechanicsville
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Shot Chipper, thinking, yeah, I want to throw stuff too…
monty
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Booze and fans feeling like they’re getting the shaft = pandemonium. Braves fans always accused of being lackluster, can’t say that today.
GTPhenom
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
The game is under protests? Ok then . . .
Fredo
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
protesting? yeah that’ll do any good ….
Juan
October 5th, 2012
8:04 pm
Don’t blame the Fan …bad call in my 40 plus year…this is th worse Call ever….i just broke a glass also in my living room
smallmouth6
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
Another reason why a 1-]game playoiff is stupid.
jo
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
Horrible call and I am happy Atlanta fans are throwing stuff on the field. We are nice and polite and put with a lot but that was robbery. Foff Mlb!
fan
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
yes-under protest
just hope they don’t have to forfeit because of fans
It's over now
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
Game under protest – outstanding!!!
No Hope 4 Braves
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
It’s called an ERROR, not an infield fly rule. Can everybody in the world see the wrong call was made except those cheatin umps?? Gozalez put the game under protest. I’ll be damn.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
Ricky Mast @RickyMast
Right after the call, the Cardinals fan sitting in front of me turned around and said “There’s no way they just called that an infield fly.
MIdtown
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
There was NO excuse for throwing stuffs onto the field.
6 Finger 2 tooth Braves Fan
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
OUT FIELD FLY RULE! WE’RE CURSED! WE NEVAH GONNA WIN AGIN!!
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
watch the Braves come back and win this game………..lol
slinky
October 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
keep the delay going. muck up cardinal pitching…
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Crew chief Jeff Kellogg was advised that Braves manager, Fredi Gonzalez, has put the game under protest. This will be very interesting because of the very tight schedule of postseason this year. I guess the game could be picked back up at this point tomorrow.
Fredi’s logic is that the failure to signal the infield fly out before the ball hit the ground is the justification for the protest, and for that reason, it might succeed.
Lance
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Anyone….what are options now that we are playing under protest?
End To Big Gov't
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Fuc Joe Simpson…Atleast ATL fans have passion that the Braves, announcers, and the management do not have.
fan
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Freddi looks to have balls after all…
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Just before the game starts back up, Fredi needs to go back out there and get tossed.
What TRASH.
First Wildcard Game
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
If there was ever an example of the stupidity of a one-game playoff to determine who gets into the division series, this game is that. I hated it when it was announced at the end of last year. I hated it as the concept gathered momentum. I hated it when it was officially implemented. I hated it when Atlanta was up 2-0. I hate it now.
This is the very first Wildcard game in MLB’s history. And it has been an absolute farce.
I’m disgusted by the effort of the team I watch 162 times a year. But I have enough objectivity that I can see that this concept–and this game–has been an unmitigated disaster.
Except for the TV networks.
GoNatsGo
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
This infield fly rule call makes up for the timeout called after Ross had struck out, which gave him a 4th strike and allowed him to hit that 2 run homer.
Brian from SC
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
The Braves will keep on playing. If they lose, and in the remote chance the protest is upheld, they would resume the game with the bases loaded and 1 out, 6-3 in the bottom of the eighth.
The A Bomb
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Pretty sad when there are more bottles on the ground than teeth in the crowd.
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
George_George
October 5th, 2012
8:00 pm
Wish someone who knows baseball rules was on blog now. Can we play game under protest? Wish Lew or nolie were here they would know.
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geno
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
The Braves won’t get satisfaction, but the rule on the infield fly rule requires an immediate call, and since the third base umpire did not make the out call until after the ball landed on the grass in left field, then there is a legitimate basis for a protest. The earliest call requirement is essential to the rule itself as it allows the base runners to return to their original bases.
This game may be under protest. In my view, regardless of the chances, Fredi should protest the game.
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thanks, ken
6 Finger 2 tooth Braves Fan
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
CARDS BEAT DEM NATS IN NLDS!!
sid's bream
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Agreed that this proves the bad idea of a 1 game playoff
phil
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
Booooooooooooooooooo!!
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
8:06 pm
I never liked Joe Simpson.
He is the wuss azz I always thought he was.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
8:07 pm
It is a misapplication of the rule by the umpire, it should be protested. Good call Fredi. But why can’t the umpire’s just overturn it and get it right. Do the other 5 and especially the crew chief think the infield rule was applied correctly? What a joke.
slinky
October 5th, 2012
8:07 pm
Storm the feild all ye faithful….
bravofan
October 5th, 2012
8:07 pm
The game is under protest?
smallmouth6
October 5th, 2012
8:07 pm
Monty, the sober ones are feeling too. Hence, the water bottles.