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N Nine
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
We’re in good hands with Meds!!
FEAR
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
rolling.
Fredo
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
“Medlen’s control not as sharp as normal, which means it is slightly less than stellar!”
he might not look it but I bet every time he opens his mouth some of the overflow butterflies make a break for it
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
Jeff Schultz @JeffSchultzAJC
For what it’s worth: Medlen (with 2-0 lead) has allowed more than 2 runs only once all season (3 runs, ND in a 4-3 win over Marlins).
I feel quite good. We scored first, and between us, the team that scores first always won. I believe we’ve lost just 10 times when leading after 3. Keep it up!
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
That TO looked late. We’ll see it again in highlights, but I saw the pitcher pitched and the batter swung, that’s how late it was. You hardly ever see that.
brian
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
One inning at a time
David O'Brien
October 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
Medlen has thrown 40 pitches (24 strikes)
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
Yes sir…thats my boy Meds!
Top of the order….cmon now boys….lets help out the bottom half and put up another crooked number!
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
Simmons is worth a run a game…..
Lee in S GA
October 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
1..2…3 yeah Meds got issues….he is a winner
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
MLB @MLB
If you thought it was wrong to start David Ross in the #WildCard game, you don’t anymore: http://atmlb.com/Q21d4u #postseason
Lance
October 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Meds will keep dealing. Now the bats have to stay awake and pile on the runs
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
I’ll take a straight number too…
MIdtown
October 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Loved McCann’s reaction to Ross’ homer.
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
TOBF-
65-10 buddy…..65-10
MiaBchBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Remember, folks, pitchers now are taught to excecute the pitch during a called timeout in order to avoid injury. The Cards won’t cry about it; Lohse just followed through instead of suddenly stopping and possibly injuring himself. Headsy gambit by ROSS THE BOSS!!!
Long suffering Bravo Fan
October 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Negative Nellies, please root for the team or shut up! Please!
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
need 2 more like the last one………………………..
chipontheroad
October 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Thats the All-Star Bourn…
bravofan
October 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Ross’s HR came in only his 5th postseason plate appearance. He was 0-3 with a walk before that.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Our best 8 right now means starting Ross… at least it appears so right now.
And Bourn gets a hit. Wonder if we hit and run or at least attempt a steal… wouldn’t be against it.
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Attaboy bourn!
Waffle House or Bust
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Am I really watching this game with no volume? YES!
Chop (to the playoffs)
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Way to go Bourny the disrupter.
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
What did ya’ll expect Mac to do..damn
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
With Melina behind the plate, don’t expect Bourn to try to steal. Hit and run with Prado is a possibility.
I dropped my fried twinkie
October 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
I hear conspireosy theories coming from Mizzou already
Growler
October 5th, 2012
5:56 pm
So if the Braves end up winning, will this game be dubbed “The Immaculate Time Out”?
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:56 pm
Bunting…..sigh
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
Jayson Stark @jaysonst
David Ross 4 HR in last 51 AB, Brian McCann 4 HR in last 160 AB. #forwhat itsworth
Hello?
Bat Masterson
October 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
Now Stark is giving them something to b*tch and whine about if they lose….
Stark? I’ve had three Braves fans text me already the the Cards got screwed on that one.
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
Doesn’t really matter how you look at it Count….
Kellogg gave Rossy the time…..
He’s the only guy in the park who matters
Veer
October 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
PRado should been bunting all the way. getting runner to 2nd was huge.
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
No need for something extra here Prado, calm down…
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
TOBF-
Why did I feel like I heard you in Herm Edwards voice delivering that last line….
HELLO
Braveone
October 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
From the previous blog which had 3,115 comments, TheOnlyBravesFan led the way with 230 posts. There were 206 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 TheOnlyBravesFan 230
2 P-Town Brave © 178
3 usnavyvolfaninva 160
4 phil 149
5 DS1 124
6 Efrim 106
7 MFin04 104
8 nolie 93
9 Brian from SC 77
10 Tomahawkin (LCS or BUST) 68
11 ncscoots 64
12 Venice Jim 63
13 Mixxo 62
14 Murph 58
15 George_George 54
16 Mitchell 52
17 cabravesfan 50
18 Brava 49
19 Bat Masterson 47
20 UKUGA 47
21 Lew 44
22 David O’Brien 43
23 Veer 43
24 Shaun 40
25 raleighbravefan 40
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Man, Lohse pulled a string on Prado and fooled him on a changeup with two strikes!
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Boooooooooo!
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Lohse carved up Prado there, looked bad.
Chop (to the playoffs)
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
Let’s go Chippa!!
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
What happened to guys doing what is in their game and needed to help the team?!
I don’t get on Martin much but 2-0 lead he should have been bunting on 2-1 there
phil
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
Send the runner!!
Miami Dave
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
C’mon Chipper!
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
Ump down right field line holding hand over eyes to block sun
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
terrible execution by Prado and/or call by the bench. Just bunt him over and get two chances to make it 3-0.
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
Am I missing the part where JHey is trying to be the worst postseason hitter of all time…
FIRST pitch….REALLY Jason…REALLY?!
Rick C
October 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
I don’t like seeing our best hitter (Prado) bunt except in very certain situations.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
Shadows at the bast of right field. The right fielder is the only remaining player on the field affected by the sun/shadows now.
Lakewood
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Nice AB’s there by 2-3-4. What are you doing?
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Your fastest player should not still be at first after a leadoff single, I don’t care who’s catching.
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Time to drive like a crazy person home to catch the rest of this game….
Adios guys and gals….
LETS GO BRAVES!!
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
No magic for chipper so far!
M.V.P.Heyward
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Ok, typical braves’ Awfense.
Go! Med Dog!
Chop (to the playoffs)
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Man, I hate to waste a lead off hit with Bourn, but come on Meds let’s get another 1,2,3.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
make that “base of right field fence!’
MiaBchBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
THAT’S OK!!! PLENTY OF CHANCES TODAY FOR THE REST OF THE BOYS TO JOIN THE MEDS & ROSS FREIGHT TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JesusHChristo
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Is that Rich McKay sitting in camera view behind Bravos on-deck circle?
P-Town Brave ©
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Lakewood-
Making the bottom of order look good….
Yeah….pretty bad for 2/3/4…..gotta get it together!
Alright….now I’m out!
GO BRAVES!!
Dum-Bass
October 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Some of you “FG Lovers” are a little pathetic giving him so much credit for starting Ross. That was a no-brainer. He didn’t have much choice really with all things considered. Good grief! If he was such a “managerial wizard” the Braves would have won the title, and not be just playing in the wildcard game.
Veer
October 5th, 2012
6:02 pm
Wasted oppurtunity there with a lead off single by Bourn. Prado should been bunting all the way. Heyward and Chipper needed to have better at bats.
same ole Prado
October 5th, 2012
6:02 pm
Prado strikes out, and the pitcher threw one strike. Two balls 6 inch’s off the plate, swing and miss. What a joke.
JesusHChristo
October 5th, 2012
6:03 pm
Hi, My name is Dum-Bass and I’m just that…
You are a dum bass
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
@Dum-Bass
‘Some of you “FG Lovers” are a little pathetic giving him so much credit for starting Ross. That was a no-brainer. He didn’t have much choice really with all things considered.’
Yeah. Sitting an all star is a no brainer. That is why you are a dumb asz.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
Hope the Braves don’t regret wasting a leadoff single. Meds is looking sharp though.
manolo
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
Agree w ncbrave, you need to put pressure now that you are ahead.Poor execution there. cards would have run for sure at some point.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
Dum-Bass: It was a no-brainer to some of us (myself included), but quite a few believed that he would go with his “starting” catcher since he is the best option… Basically said that if BMac could get out of bed,he’d start. No reason to believe otherwise.
I don’t mind being right.
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
Ok, medlen, get with it….
Jaded
October 5th, 2012
6:04 pm
Dum-bass, you can say it was a no-brainer, but I can almost guarantee you Cox would have played McCann. I think most managers would have. It’s gutsy to go with your backup in a game like this, even if the starter has had a down year.
No Way
October 5th, 2012
6:05 pm
Rick C
October 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
I don’t like seeing our best hitter (Prado) bunt except in very certain situations.
The best hitter? ROTFLMAO. He struck out and the pitcher threw one strike. Please…….
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:05 pm
Falling behind hitters….gonna bite eventually.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Carlos Beltran is dialed in at the plate also! One hit and a theft job of a homer by Heyward. Need to keep that in mind as the game progresses. Might have to choose to pitch around him in an RBI situation if necessary.
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Oh hell
Venice Jim
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Oy…
Kris
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Chipper? What the hell was that? The curse of Conrad?
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Dammit! Good pickup by chipper, bad throw. Darn.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
Damn! Chipper turns a sure-fire DP into an error on the throw! That stinks!
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
Dammit, Chipper!!
Not nervous, eh? Go sit down if you don’t care.
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
Man oh man Chipper has just seemed out of it these past few weeks.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
That throw wasn’t close… come on Meds, shut ‘em down.
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
Relax Chipper….you are still the man.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
Yikes…..and that’s why you don’t waste an opportunity for a run.
Jaded
October 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
Nothing is ever easy for the Braves in October.
JC Brave
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Great work by Chipper Jones!
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Starting to really worry about Meds, he’s really falling behind guys
ijonathan
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
.400 with RISP the entire season, eh? He’d fit right in on the Braves.
jed
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
ouch. damn chipper…hope kris can minimize damage
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Trouble…
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Jeff Kellogg is giving a pitcher-friendly strike zone. Hope Medlen can get the K with it! But, he’s really struggling with his control now! He might be showing some nerves here!
Fredo
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
if it means them getting a run, I’ll take a double play now
Waffle House or Bust
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
Thanks Chipper.
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
Can’t give a lineup like this chances, we don’t know what a lineup like this is.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
That sucks. Missed opportunity with Bourn hurts. Craig strikes.
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
See what happens when u f up
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
No one out and Chipper’s error really affected Medlen. This would be a brutal blow to Chipper if the floodgates open!
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
Chipper may just have screwed himself.
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
Don’t start with the nay-sayers!!! Stay positive and trust in Medlen and our defense.
bravofan
October 5th, 2012
6:09 pm
yikes how about a mound visit
Chop (to the playoffs)
October 5th, 2012
6:10 pm
Meds pitching a little high today
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
6:10 pm
Uh, pitching coach anyone? Catcher visit?