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geno
October 5th, 2012
6:47 pm
meds is not that bad today….errors kill
Hammer the Homer
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Lets go Braves………………………….
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
6 innings, 2 ER for Medlen. Thanks Chipper.
Let’s come back offense.
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
I tried to be falsely optimistic…..
See why I prefer not to be about our teams?
Now staring 0-9 in elimination games squarely in the face.
It’s truly remarkable. No other team has ever come close, I suspect.
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
We should have seen it from Chipper’s interview earlier. Looks like a man that has already done everything he wants to do and is completely ready to “get this thing over with”.
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
At least the fans there can worship Chipper a few more times tonight.
Braves = Choke.
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Give me one reason why I should still hold out hope?
count_schemula
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
I’m hella negative, but I’m not willing to go there, yet.
4 more innings to go…
Powder Blue
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
This organization needs to get some real hitters.
We Will Get Fooled Again
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
2-0 lead at home with a pitcher who hasn’t lost in two-and-a-half years. You just knew the Braves would still find a way to blow it, didn’t you?
I don’t believe in curses. But Turner Field is cursed.
God Made an Error
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
geno
October 5th, 2012
6:45 pm
wow…pitched to holliday?”
geno…. find a sport you have a clue about. Obviously you know nothing about baseball. Two outs and no on on base and you DON”T pitch to this guy? What universe do you come from?
Hy Ronnatt
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Here comes Larry’s last AB.
manolo
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Thats what 18 million will give u and why we need to save mac ann money to buy a real hitter.Lets hope we can come back now.
Waffle House or Bust
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
joe – 2001? More like 1991 minus the 1995 season (thanks to David Justice). Speaking of Justice, not one player has the heart or attitude that guy had when here.
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:45 pm
First…to count_schemula …. no a newb
Second…kerryb … I have watched almost every Brave game this year and I’ve been a Braves fan for about 40 years.
I heartily REFUSE to use this blog as a place to moan and belittle MY team during a time they are fighting to remain in the playoffs.
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I have been too and was there the night they won the WS so I can say what I want. I’m sick of seeing a team that can’t hit a basketball year in and year out and watching other teams knock the cover off the ball.
JesusHChristo
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
SMH – You people are completely bi-polar. How many late game wins have we pulled off? You guys know not to pop off at the mouth until the last out is caught.
mjn99
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
Just not their game today.
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
Yeah, meds is bad….location is terrible.
Still good enough where we should’ve won, but it is what it is.
Fols
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
I invested 162 days of the year for one game? No thanks, this set-up is a Fail.
BRAVESFAN1
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
NJbrave if chipper turns that double play, the Cards dont score that inning! Apitcher can n ot be sharp and still be effective!
Dum-Bass
October 5th, 2012
6:49 pm
At least now it will be easier to switch on over to the Oakland A’s. Already about halfway there anyway. Would not be surprised but what they knock the Yankees out and take it all this year.
ijonathan
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
JS and FW better not hang any kind of banner this year.
Maybe a flag with E-5 on it?
Hy Ronnatt
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
he’ll be PH for by Booby Cox
beanster
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
Holliday earning his $17 million this year…finally.
Chuck from Waycross
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
braves, dawgs, falcants…a proud history of folding under pressure…
God Made an Error
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
Anyone who lays this at Medlen’s feet today knows nothing at all about baseball.
nolie
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
only good thing about this is that the Cards are my second favorite team
geno
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
heart of the order braves
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
The pessimism here is unreal
Waffle House or Bust
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
LARRY!!! LARRY!!! LAAAARRRRYYYY!!!
ray k
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
I think piling on Chipper is pretty silly. Without his late inning heroics this year, who knows where we’d be.
Vince
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
No scoring runs….no moving on. It’s been the bane for the Braves all year!
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Oh well. Maybe next year. All you can say.
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Chipper was finished after his walkoff against Philly.
Lee in S GA
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
the fat lady is starting to get ready for her song
sid
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Chipper’s pop up deserves a standing ovation.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
uggla needs to earn his 15 million right here.
JC Brave
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
World Series, here come the Braves!!!!!!
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Nice hit Freddie
phil
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Hy Ronnatt
October 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
Here comes Larry’s last AB.
*********
in the sixth inning?
New to baseball or just bat sh*t stupid?
brave
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
maybe next 10 years!!
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
nolie
October 5th, 2012
6:50 pm
only good thing about this is that the Cards are my second favorite team
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I hate the Cards. They had no business anywhere near a playoff game this year because this should not have happened. Thanks Drunk Selig.
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
6:51 pm
Maybe Wren can address the dismal offensive problems this offseason, now that he’s seen two years of it.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Dan Uggla and/or David Ross really need to score some runs with their bats now. This might be the last chance against Lohse!
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
Jeff R
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Poor Chipper. Critical fielding error and he can’t hit the ball out of the infield.
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
Veer
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Chipper can’t even hit. Our HITTERS ARENT PUTTING QUALITY AT BATS EVEN
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Nice hit Freddie
ray k
October 5th, 2012
6:52 pm
Ok, Uggla. Time to atone for all your lackluster BS over the past 2 years.
All will be forgiven with a 450 foot shot
Gwinnett Cardinal
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Braves had won 23 straight games that Medlen started and y’all start him in a do-or-die game against the World Champs. I’m glad apparently nobody in Atlanta knows how momentum and streaks work in baseball. Thanks for making our work lite tonight. Bye, bye Larry. See you in the deer woods. LOL
BRAVESFAN1
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Chipper nuthing at the plate and a costly 2 run error! See ya later dont let the door hit you where the god lord split you.
the truth
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Better to lose in one game playoff than to stretch it over multiple games.
JC Brave
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Warning track power from the World Series bound hitters.
JesusHChristo
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
You guys make note – This pitching change will be the turning point in this game.
Braves = Choke.
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
@ Brian
There are the Braves. They are doing what they know best, CHOKE.
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
How many times have we heard this year. “Dan Uggla just missed that one”.
StLouisWCWinner
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Same as always Braves fans. One and DONE!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAA
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Just missed it.
Dwayne C
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
I predicted a couple of days ago that the ATL Braves would lose their wild card playoff game to the St Louis Cardinals because of their mostly miserable history in the post season. When the Braves lose, and they will lose, I will post a big, fat “I told you so” to all the Braves fans here who are delusional to believe this team will ever contend for anything more than a winning season given the current ownership of this team, a group with no interest in bringing this city another world series title and ONLY about making a buck.
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Cannot catch a break. WOW
brave
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
maybe, I just need to get married and bump my wife. It is more exciting than watching these braves.
Powder Blue
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
Hitters suck.
JesusHChristo
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
You guys make note – This pitching change will be the turning point in this game.
Dwayne C
October 5th, 2012
6:53 pm
I predicted a couple of days ago that the ATL Braves would lose their wild card playoff game to the St Louis Cardinals because of their mostly miserable history in the post season. When the Braves lose, and they will lose, I will post a big, fat “I told you so” to all the Braves fans here who are delusional to believe this team will ever contend for anything more than a winning season given the current ownership of this team, a group with no interest in bringing this city another world series title and ONLY about making a buck.
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
kerryb — I did not mean to imply that I was trying to censure your comments. I completely agree that you can say whatever you want to.
I’m watching these Braves and believing that, as Chipper said, there might be more lightening left for this season.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
Uggla just barely missed hitting a two-run homer! That’s all for Lohse. David Ross will face the bullpen.
Powder Blue
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
Hitters aren’t good.
Tampa Gator
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
When that ball does not go out…….I guess it is just not the Braves day so far. Looking for the luck to change soon….real soon. Chipper is going to have a bad taste in his mouth for a long time if this game ends like this…..big error and 0 for………
geno
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
sorry god….but you dont lolliepop holliday….you know he is a power hitter,,,,at least dont give him the heart of the plate…
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
Evidently Freddie had a nice hit. Don’t know what happened.
Uggla just missed that ine
MIdtown
October 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
lol, Freddie keeps swinging at the first pitch and keeps getting a hit later.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
If #STLCards get through sixth, they have bullpen set up the way they want – Mujica-Boggs-Motte in innings 7 through 9.
Darn. Show up offense!!! Please!
Lance
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
I hated the idea of the one game wild card when it was started. I REALLY hate it now. I hope the pitching change is a great change for the Braves
Hy Ronnatt
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
The years of realism based on track record is thick here.
Lexbrave
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
That last ab by uggla summed up the braves in a nutshell. Almost but just not quite enough.
ChattTownBrian
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
This is why when I thought of this game I was nervous. Weird things happen in one game where teams are mostly tight and aggressive. Just didn’t think Chipper would’ve been one of them.
BravesfaninWis
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
Well it looks like the Braves are back to being the Braves. Medlen is pitching probably his worst ball all season in the most important game of the season. Chippers last game in his career, and that error could be the difference in the game.
I have said all along that the Braves are the kings of choking, and it looks like they are on their way of proving me right. I hope like hell they win, but won’t bet on it. A shame that they are blowing it like this in front of their home crowd. Way to send them home pissed off boys.
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:55 pm
DwayneC, let me make it official that as of right now (before the outcome is known in this game) you can take your “I told you so,” and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine!
brian
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
Lynn is a big dude
manolo
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
And there you see the right way to manage by getting your pitcher out before he gets hurt
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
Congrats to the Braves…they took the same sorry, choking lineup from last year and nearly made the playoffs.
ncbravesfan90
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
700+ feet of outs, nothing to show for it.
Powder Blue
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
October = Braves fail
Tampa Gator
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
Jeezzzzzz……another one just missed…….oh boy…………….
Go Braves!!!
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
ALL HATERS CAN LEAVE THE BLOG NOW PLEASE.
StLouisWCWinner
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
HAHAHAHHAHA! Champagne on ICE BABY!!!!
Braves = Choke.
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
Why are they swinging for the fences?
kerryb
October 5th, 2012
6:56 pm
Three more pop ups in that inning. This team hits more pop ups than any team in baseball.
We Will Get Fooled Again
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
Third straight season that will end in utter heartbreak.
Sometimes you wonder if it’s worth the emotional investment of rooting for a team that never comes through in the big moments.
Kyle
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
This team will always be what they are. A decent regular season team but unless it is a strike shortened year they are at best going to get to the playoffs and piss themselves. They just don’t have what it takes. If you can’t win 3 or 4 World Series with that team in the 90’s then this garbage they call a team now isn’t going to do anything.
stizz
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
I don’t know what type of rabbits foot the Cardinals have, but this city sure could use it.
Fredo
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
i think the team died after the 4th inning ended
*Chipper down to his last 9 outs
Ken Stallings
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
Two warning track hits in a row. Braves hitters are making contact, even on reliever Metheny.
playmeortrademe
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
Matheny – mentored by Tony LaRussa
Fredi – mentored by Bobby Cox
Do you think Fredi makes that move?
Yogi Berra
October 5th, 2012
6:57 pm
Not over till the last out…got to believe in miracles.
Go Braves!!!
October 5th, 2012
6:58 pm
No matter what happens, St Louis is still in Missouri. Can’t change that.