Comments on: Atlanta Braves: Another loss to the Padres… should we wave bye-bye to our Wild Card chances?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:59:23 +0000

how can you say that? Booby Cox is one of the leagues best coaches of all time!!!!

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By: Mitch C

Mitch C — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:42:19 +0000

I know this post is a few days old, but I’ll chime in.

The two losses to the Padres, hurt, badly, and if we end up losing the wild card by one or two games, we will look back on those games.

While we have an uphill battle, we are only three and a half games out of the wild card, with five weeks lefr. We still have a chance. While we do have some games left with extremely difficult teams like Philly and the Cardinals, we also have thirteen remaining games with NL East bottom feeders Washington and New York. If we play as we are capable of,. and the Rockies slip just a bit, we can do this.

There is still time, but we must not allow what happened against the Padres to happen anymore. If we can win series from here on in, I think we will find outselves right in the thick of the wild card chase, all the way to the end.

Mitch

By: BuzzBomb

BuzzBomb — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:28:47 +0000

How long is Cox going to let his pitchers, pitch to a player such as Ryan Howard who beats them everytime?

By: AppalachiaBrave

AppalachiaBrave — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:06:38 +0000

This team has no GRIT! I liked the Conrad kid because he has GRIT! TOO many laid back players just making another payday. I guess baseball really is JUST a business. Their done.

By: Angus

Angus — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:27:19 +0000

Now that’s funny Phil – you citing Don. The same guy who says you should never swing at a 2-0 count and that Bobby Cox is horrible because the Braves don’t see more pitches (even though he can’t explain why Tony LaRussa’s club sees even fewer pitches – unless he’s willing to go on record that both Cox and LaRussa are horrible – that, I’d like to hear).

By: Skeezix

Skeezix — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:20:59 +0000

They do need to start thinking about moving McCann from catcher to first base. He is a great hitter but never will be a great defensive catcher. Chipper looks like it is tearing him up inside for not being there at this key time in the season. He has never experienced this kind of futility at the plate. Many questions will remain ,mostly about the offense, after this season that Wren needs to resolve or 2010 will be disappointing also. Did I hear right? Only 250 fans were there for the last part of the game? Shades of Montreal!

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:16:42 +0000

I like how far we have come since last year and look forward to an even better season next year. Having said that, we have suffered too many “never should have lost” games this year to recover. I don’t see the kind of September we would need to win even the wild card.

By: Pal Joey

Pal Joey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:47:19 +0000

Lewis Grizzard once wrote a book entitled “They Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat”. That is the way the Braves have made us feel since 2004. This year may be the worst since they should have made a real run at the playoffs. No such luck. Bobby still played his favorites until the season was effectively over. Still batting Chipper third when he cannot seem to hit a ball with a tennis racket. Same ole Bobby. When will this madness end?

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:55:34 +0000

The Lemmer,
You said you could manage the Yankees right now. You could have also managed the Braves when we have Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz and won 1 World series, maybe 2 or 3. Cox is a buffoon and needs to go.