LIVE: Braves can clinch tonight (and it starts with Lowe)

tw

September 27th, 2011
5:10 pm

first

Joey

September 27th, 2011
5:10 pm

Dang is Lotto $37M?

Gotta go!

tw

September 27th, 2011
5:12 pm

The Braves will get on a hot streak starting tonight all the way to the series!

blazerdawg

September 27th, 2011
5:12 pm

Still love that phrase, “Braves can clinch with a win tonight.”. Never gets old. Win tonight, get some rest, take 3 of the next 5, on to Philly.

gem

September 27th, 2011
5:13 pm

If you think Lowe pitched well last time out. You have Lowe standards. He hasn’t shut anybody down in soooooo long. We need our 15M pitcher to throw a shutout once in a while.

Joey

September 27th, 2011
5:14 pm

Derek Lowe was known, and rightly so, as a big game pitcher when at Boston.

Doubters will doubt, but if, if he could pitch a gem tonight, it could start a fire with the team.

Well, a candle, at least .

Go Braves!

Ernest T. Bass

September 27th, 2011
5:22 pm

You gotta be kiddin

Lynyrd Skynyrd

September 27th, 2011
5:22 pm

Win us a game, Derek Lowe, Derek Lowe.
Well I got your drinkin’ money tune up your dobro
People said he was useless them people all were fools
’cause Derek Lowe was the finest pitcher to ever beat the Phils’!

Ernest T. Bass

September 27th, 2011
5:25 pm

Like I said

Pull the other one.

NO MORE PARRISH

September 27th, 2011
5:25 pm

Only good thing from all this losing is to know Parrish will not be back next year.

david

September 27th, 2011
5:26 pm

matbe a match

We Will Win It All

September 27th, 2011
5:27 pm

Wow…check out that Philly lineup…those guys aren’t messing around…at least we won’t have to hear all the Philly fans whine about a weak lineup when we beat them tonight.

Stinger2

September 27th, 2011
5:37 pm

We really only have hope left on our side. We certainly do not have good hitting or pitching. It was lost about four weeks ago.

bulldogbubba

September 27th, 2011
5:40 pm

Will Sunny Clusters and Stinky Wintes be there?

Brave4life-1995 all over again???

September 27th, 2011
5:40 pm

Schultz

You think we will win?

Bill Stanfill

September 27th, 2011
5:42 pm

Will the Houston Astros MAKE the Braves accept the Wild Card?? Braves don’t seem to want any cards out of the deck, especially the wild card–and seem perfectly content to let the Cards have all the cards including the wild card!!!

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
5:50 pm

Cheffy and fam grace the Ted in 24 hours.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
5:55 pm

Would be nice to see BMac and Marteen bring the “O” .

Bud Wiser

September 27th, 2011
5:55 pm

If Lowe is pitching, I’ll be watching “Dancing With The Stars” early tonight.

Freddi G must be insane to give Lowe the ball.

229 Bravesfan

September 27th, 2011
5:57 pm

It’s time to do this, clinch it and get some rest the next few days. Let’s Go Braves!!!

lanier

September 27th, 2011
6:01 pm

with a chance to clinch i cannot believe they are starting Lowe. this guy is finished, kaput, gone

makes me wonder if baseball is truely fixed

Rabid dawg

September 27th, 2011
6:02 pm

I hope Martinez will be ready to pitch tonight. With Lowe…long relief may very well be needed. I hope that Gonzo does not leave Lowe in for too long if he’s struggling early.

Smiling Jack

September 27th, 2011
6:05 pm

Gotta win tonight, Braves! You have before, just do it again! Go Braves…most of the fans are pulling for you. I know we won’t more disappointed than you will be…. So go beat the Phils and make us all happier!

wins-by-a-link

September 27th, 2011
6:05 pm

Baseball is a game of odds, The odds presently favor the Braves, Two games left to play and Braves have one game lead, Win both games they are in, Win one of the two games and Cards lose one, The Braves are in, Lose both games and Cards win both games the Braves are out, Win one game lose the other and Cards win both games its a tie and one game play off. I think the Braves can split but can Houston win another one from Cards? (odds say no) The odds are in favor of one game play off. The way the Braves have played the odds in play off would probably be in favor of the Cards.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
6:07 pm

I think “Linus” from Charlie Brown said it best when he said “I’m doomed”!!!! The “I’m” being “the Braves”. It is the “Great Pumplin Charlie Brown” and the Braves are a bunch of “pumpkins”!!!
Lowe pitching is like Chipper Jones trying to run fast. Why is Lowe pitching and why is Chipper even playing tonight. He has had a very good year but he can’t run/move. In fact the ball hit to him last night by Vizciano (sic) would have been stopped by anyone who is “not injured”-yes it was hit hard but he “can’t move”!!!!!! This of course reuslted in a double and another RBI by Ibanez. Not that it really matters it just aggravates me to watch such poor decisions by FG.
Getting back to Lowe. They would be better off grabbing the first person who walks thru the gate to pitch. At least that would be fun to watch and that person might actually have a chance to win the game.
In the almost immortal words of “Skip Carey” (whom I did not care for)
Braves Lose!!! Braves Lose!! Braves Lose!!

shawn

September 27th, 2011
6:08 pm

Lowe will get lower and is going to pitch like he has in his last starts. It makes me laugh to think that Lowe will save us..Really? I hope he will and Braves win but I doubt it..

Mike

September 27th, 2011
6:10 pm

Why in the world is Lowe starting? That is all I have to say. Lowe should have be written out of the rotation on the last stop through. They should be at a 4 man rotation.

Dr. Phil

September 27th, 2011
6:10 pm

Could the Braves’ hitting coach be like the hypnotist in “The Natural?”

Boobys' Booger

September 27th, 2011
6:12 pm

the braves have a hitting coach?

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
6:13 pm

Jeff, did the media buffet lend any clues? I mean, anything starting to go out of date, etc…

The Rainbow

September 27th, 2011
6:14 pm

Means God will not destroy the Braves by flood

cb795

September 27th, 2011
6:15 pm

Ok for the fans that believe BLowe will pitch a gem tonight, I will be selling some beach front property in Arizona later.

Ron Roberts

September 27th, 2011
6:18 pm

Your photos make me ask, again: what sort of “look” were the architects of this stadium going for? Oriole Park, (the renovated) US Cellular Field, Comerica Park, PNC Park, New Busch Stadium, Minute Maid Park, AT&T Park – I get it; retro, lots of brick and exposed steel/iron. Progressive Field (Indians), Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, new Marlins Park, Chase Field, Petco Park, too, I understand – unique but modern. Turner Field – sorry, I don’t get it. It’s an over-sized (by 10,000 seats I’d say) hodge-podge of nothing distinct, other than it’s centerfield scoreboard on ‘roids (ironic, given that Andruw Jones patrolled CF for so many years in the stadium’s earliest seasons).

People can bellyache about Braves fans’ apathy at the gate, but the ballpark doesn’t help; going isn’t the ‘experience” it is a Fenway or Wrigley (because it’s not old and an homage to the past), nor is it distinct (like PNC and AT&T Parks are with their bridges and bays “keep it simple” outfield advertising). Supply & demand dictates that the stadium’s too big, outside of the occasional sellout weekend series (and even then, you point to the Mets, Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox fan-bases nudging us over the top).

The Braves got a free ballpark back in 1997; when will they (or the stadium board) start realizing their revenue problem has a lot to do with a flawed, sterile ballpark that doesn’t evoke any passion FROM fans of the team that occupies it?

Joseph

September 27th, 2011
6:19 pm

At least i see some positive comments today! Go Braves lets finish this and see if we can find some Lemke magic in the playoffs. Negative fans go somewhere else! Thank YOU!

Boyz From North Ave

September 27th, 2011
6:20 pm

Derek Lowe and winning shouldnt be mentioned in the same sentence. 15 million down the drain next year too on this dud. Only time more money wqs wasted was on the Obama stimulus package…..wait, I forgot. J Johnson plays basketball in this city.

Batterup

September 27th, 2011
6:21 pm

I’m not joking when I say this, but as another blogger has just asked, “Do the Braves have a hitting coach”?
Lowe tonight: Put that in the “L” column; the Cards win tonight and it’s tied.
Tomorrow night, the final night: Poor Braves lose ’cause the Cardinals just want it a bit more and they have guys that can hit in the clutch.

The ignominious record will have been rightly established and will live with this band of players throughout the rest of their lives. Of course, they COULD win, but, are you ready to place bets on that?

Patrick

September 27th, 2011
6:23 pm

Yeah Jeff, there was a great, simple question asked to you:

Do YOU think the Braves will win tonight?

Bob

September 27th, 2011
6:25 pm

I hope Lowe pitches like he’s paid tonight, and I hope the Braves win; however, I don’t think so. Until we purge the culture of Cox and company (and that means Wren, too), we’ll always be pretenders.

Braves Fan in PA

September 27th, 2011
6:28 pm

Win or lose, post season or not, the Braves and their fans still have more class than the Phillies. I sure hope we pull it out, because Phillies fans are not just poor losers, they’re the worst, most boorish winners. My daughter stopped taking my grandsons to Citizens Bank Park two years ago because she tired of explaining to the guys about “people making bad choices.” Go Braves!

Mike Bibby

September 27th, 2011
6:28 pm

Indians always go to walmart.

Boobys' Booger

September 27th, 2011
6:29 pm

Ron Roberts- exactly.

Bob – Exactly

dawg4u

September 27th, 2011
6:30 pm

Bravos, let’s just say we’re mad as hell and ain’t gonna take the losing anymore – at least for the next two nights!

Bill Stanfill

September 27th, 2011
6:32 pm

Let’s clinch tonight (and be done with potentially the greatest collapse in Atlanta pro sports history).

Players can rest on Wednesday. We’ll even let Linebrink start a game.

sally

September 27th, 2011
6:33 pm

I doubt that DLowe will be able to pull this off tonight. So many times in the past when we have pulled for him to be let down. But what about the hitting!!! Just bordering on terrible. Hey, you high priced ball players, if you can’t hit the ball, please go away and hide your faces. Shame on you. Have you ever let us down. My, My.

Boobys' Booger

September 27th, 2011
6:34 pm

I see Bill Stanfill has had a fill of Kool-Aide tonite

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
6:36 pm

Bottle of Beer, Pack of Mints, What this team Needs, Is Stinky Wintes!

Bob

September 27th, 2011
6:41 pm

@Bill Stanfill…if you’re the real one, thanks for being a great Dawg. You were one of our best; however, are you sure you want Lamebrain pitching?

Boobys' Booger

September 27th, 2011
6:42 pm

well we have lamebrain managing why not pitching too

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
6:43 pm

Big game, Derek Lowe. He shuts ‘em down every time. Like Dawg fans, I can dream….and it isn’t even summer yet.

Rowsdower

September 27th, 2011
6:43 pm

Can we pretend Lowe is dead and start ANYBODY else?

ATLien

September 27th, 2011
6:44 pm

Lowe outpitches Westbrook…Braves clinch tonight

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
6:45 pm

Playing ball comes easy for a Clusters. We was never so happy as when we was playing ball. One time, we was at bat and our Mama came driving by and asked us if we wanted to go to the Dairy Queen. We didn’t hesitate. We dug in and concentrated really hard and when the pitcher turned it loose, we turned on it and drove it out to the deepest part of the park. Then, we jumped in the car and before long we was enjoying a delicious Dairy Queen treat. We think it was a Oreo Cookie Blizzard but it may have been a Pecan Mudslide. We can’t remember. We was hoping that somehow, some way, Derek Lowe can keep us in the game long enough for someone to hit a 3-run homer which is the only way this team wins.

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
6:47 pm

Tonight is difficult to handicap. On one hand, Lowe has had an awful season. On the other, he can be known as a big game pitcher.

We really need to win tonight even to maintain status quo. We cant rely on a 100 plus loss Astros team to do our work for us.

It wont surprise me if it goes to tomorrow. Whatever happens, tonight is a must win game.

Bob

September 27th, 2011
6:47 pm

Sonny Clusters…you are the man! Are you sure your mama and daddy weren’t related before they was married?

Sam

September 27th, 2011
6:47 pm

If the braves clinch tonight (not saying it happens, just posing the question), do you still start Hudson tomorrow or rest him for Game 1 on Saturday (so he can also pitch a potential Game 4)? Or do you keep it as is and just use him in Game 3 on standard rest?

showme714

September 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

With Lowe pitching we might as well forfeit the game. Add that on top of a struggling offense, why even show up for the game?

But I do hope we win.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

We aren’t sure but it looked like Chipper may have pulled something in his fanny last night and we was wondering if all that fanny patting had anything to do with it. When your superstar future Hall of Fame third baseman pulls up limp like he did last night the first thing you think is quad, adductor, oblique, ankle, fanny, hammy, or flu-like symptoms. We was thinking all that and more. That boy is a mess!

Chizek is funny looking

September 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

Ok, all you geniuses who don’t want Lowe to start tonight. Please tell me who should start?

KME

September 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

As I have told others…this last series of the year, with the Phillies…we need 2/3. We lost last night…so did the Cards…and we got lucky by the skin of our ukws’. Well, another omen has occurred…maybe by standards (as Muncie said: “Ladyluck” maybe behind us, after all”.
De-Lowe has got to have a good night.
The offense must put together some blistering numbers..
Boys, THIS is the time to shine…let’s get it altogether…and……………………….
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, BRAVES!

Elliot

September 27th, 2011
6:51 pm

Doesn’t matter how he pitches, the team still needs to score runs.

DonMobile

September 27th, 2011
6:53 pm

As strange as this might sound, it might be better if the Braves don’t win the wild-card spot. The team desparately needs more offense and a batter that can carry the team when needed, Only if the Braves don’t win will Wren consider the need for a major overhaul.

blazerdawg

September 27th, 2011
6:53 pm

RR- if you cannot determine the architecture (brick, modern Georgian) then you have never been.

I love the Ted – GREAT sightlines (closest seats to home plate in NL), LARGE portals and decks (unlike some of the chopped-up versions in other parks, and 52,000 seat capacity – so when it is packed – and check the record it almost always is on non-school nights and in the playoffs – it can be very LOUD. 10,000 seats more than any other MLB park may look bad on some nights, but when it is full the place ROCKS.

I just wish it were located on the site of the old Ponce de Leon Park or in south Buckhead. How the city has not managed to develop the intersection of Capitol/Georgia (Aaron/Abernathy) into a great neighborhood that borders the stadium and Grant Park is beyond me.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
6:53 pm

Playing the statue of Henry Grady at third base may be a better idea than some think. We would not want to see anybody get hurt worse over there tonight. A bonus of having the HG statue in the lineup is they can ask him for his post game comments rather than uh, Chipper. If a deer could talk . . .

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
6:56 pm

Schultzy, the only thing “solid” we’re going to get out of Derek bLowe tonigh is what he leaves behind in the toilet after the post-game buffet.

P Rose

September 27th, 2011
6:57 pm

Yes, the rainbow over Turner Field is doubtless a good omen. But for whom?

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
6:57 pm

Constanza will not be in the lineup tonight so the Braves must think they can score their run without him. Once they get that run, we’ll see if Lowe can make it stand up. Of course, there is the risk Lowe will give up nine hits in 2 1/3 innings like he did awhile back before things got so bad for the Braves. In fact, things started getting bad that night.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
6:57 pm

Will Lowe pitch a complete game shutout tonight? Well, even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and then.

norman

September 27th, 2011
7:00 pm

Schultz- Did I miss the Tuesday Countdown? That’s one thing I look forward to especially the photos of the gorgeous females. Hope my wife doesn’t read this.

Rowsdower

September 27th, 2011
7:01 pm

Chizek is funny looking

September 27th, 2011
6:50 pm
Ok, all you geniuses who don’t want Lowe to start tonight. Please tell me who should start?

A dead cat?

Red Clay Hound

September 27th, 2011
7:01 pm

Just curious…..lets say you had 2 choices….

a) Lowe starts and Uggla starts at 2nd.

b) Lowe will not pitch at all…Conrad starts at 2nd…Uggla pinch hits late in the game for Conrad.

What do you choose. I choose option B.

billy bob

September 27th, 2011
7:02 pm

How many runs tonight? 0 or 1? I’m putting my money on 0!!!

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:02 pm

Is it us or have the Braves cut down on the pre-game hugging and fanny patting? If it’s true that Chipper tweaked his fanny last night on the basepaths then Fredi should probably ban anymore fanny patting this season. When Jeff talks about them clinching tonight we was thinking the only thing that’s clinched real tight on the Braves is, well, let your imagination help with what we was thinking.

Qturbchn

September 27th, 2011
7:02 pm

That is an awesome photo of the rainbow over the stadium…and a cool looking stadium.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:03 pm

Yeah, I guess we dance with the one what brung us. But . . . I would like to know the dead cat’s ERA.

["Hey Maw, man says I'm a genius!"]

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:03 pm

Starting a dead cat could work out if he could get the ball hit to Henry Grady at third base.

WTF?

September 27th, 2011
7:05 pm

with it all on the line, the bumbling manager goes with the worst pitcher in the league for the most important game of the season for Atlanta. Way to throw in the towel you mutt. They are better off starting a rookie or backup catcher or anyone from the stands in attendance. I bet Philly can’t wait to launch off this fool tonight. We all know Lowe is outta here but do they need to keep making that point by letting him get a guaranteed loss each outing? Looks like the Braves have bad pitching and bad management. Good luck phools even if you make it you’ll be out quicker than you got into the playoffs

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
7:06 pm

We’ll know in the first 5 or 10 pitches if Lowe has any chance tonight. If his “stuff” is diving and darting out of the strike zone, maybe we have September 2010 Lowe. If his “stuff” is just rolling up there and staying within the strike zone, God help us. Of couse, Fredi and Roger should know this too and take him out immediately if it is the former…

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:06 pm

Ol’ Jeff must be in the buffet line. They have cheeses from around the world. It could take awhile for him to get back.

TeheranTime

September 27th, 2011
7:07 pm

Do you really see any way possible Atlanta endures another season of Derek Lowe next year with his horrible performances and extremely high salary.

TeheranTime

September 27th, 2011
7:09 pm

ijonathan, pretty ironice isn’t it? Fredi Gonzalez has rarely let starting pitchers go longer than six innings this season EXCEPT when he should take them out. Then he’s a step or two late.

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

TeheranTime…I think they will pay heavily to have someone take him next year.

Chas

September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

I hope we get the Lowe of old and not MethuseLowe that we have seen lately. Let’s win this darn wildcard after all! Reminds me of the ‘82 Braves limping in. Go Braves!

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

Joe Simpson is looking for a big game from Derek Lowe tonight. That’s comforting. We heard the Georgia State Patrol will be looking for him on the way home.

Neil-Bobby Inness

September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

O’ the Sheiks of The Ted
Will always see red
In a world full of ‘taters & beer

Chip’s cigarettes and Freddi’s bad bets
And Glavine the brown-nosed reindeer

So I’m goin back to my Mableton shack
And drink me a jar full of ’shine
That was mis en bouteille just about yesterday
And have me a f***in’ good time

Rain on my tin roof sounds like a drum
We’re clinching big nothing today
Yeay
Turn on your headlights and sound your horn
If people get in the way

Let me turn you on to the neverending song
Of Bobby and his fourteen no things
Even hired for the day he has something to say
But what the hhehhellll does he mean

I may be accused of being confused
But I’m average weight for my height
My philosophy like color tv
Is all there in black and white

rain on my tin roof sounds like a drum
We’re clinching big nothing today
yeay!
Turn on your headlights and sound your horn
If people get in the way

Bob

September 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

@ijonathan…you are right. A great manager would act accordingly; however, Fredi will merely say “senior leadership and our top pitcher” will win or lose it for us. That’s why Fredi got fired at Florida and probably isn’t long for this job either. You can’t spell underachiever without Fredi Gonzalez.

blazerdawg

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

I am not as concerned about Lowe tonight as I am the lineup against Oswalt. Lowe has had decent movement on his pitches and I think can hold the Phils to under four runs in the first six or so innings, but I am doubtful that the bats can string together some hits, paticularly with one or two outs. Freddi will rest Venters tonight, so I think it may be a Phils win tonight with the season on the line on Wednesday.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

Well, downhill from here . . .

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

BALLGAME!!!!!
LOWE STYLE

Bill Stanfill

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

All right, I’m gonna get a plate of pot roast, potatoes and carrots, fried okra (from my garden), 3 of my sweet wife’s biscuits, a big glass of iced tea–and watch the Braves pound these Phillets into admission.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

Oh, crap.

heartofdarkness

September 27th, 2011
7:13 pm

To those who question the capability of the hitting coach, if the entire team had a career year, it would not make the Braves offense one of the weaker run scoring outfits in the league. In fact, under those conditions, the biggest question mark relative to the team’s success, would be whether you get Chipper Jones for 67% or 100% of the season.

Space Monkey

September 27th, 2011
7:14 pm

I swear Freddi just asked Roger: How bad is this going to be?

Texas Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
7:15 pm

FIRE FREDI NOW! Not Lowe’s fault that he is pitching!

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:16 pm

Oh come on braves! Can we get are emotions blown that quick!

Mike Bibby

September 27th, 2011
7:16 pm

Wow, “The DUI Guy” already gives up a homerun. I thought he throws sinkers… This guy sucks!! Trade him!!!

Don’t indians always go to walmart?

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:16 pm

I just hope this is all part of Lowe’s devious masterplan of lulling them into a sense of over confidence. He’s been working to perfect that for the last 5-6 weeks.

Mike Bibby

September 27th, 2011
7:17 pm

Wow, “THE DUI GUY” already gives up a homerun!! I thought he throws a sinker…

indians
always
go
to
walmart

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:17 pm

Anyone think the chop this house commercial has stock footage from fans in 91?

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:17 pm

All right, I’m gonna get a plate of pot roast, potatoes and carrots, fried okra (from my garden), 3 of my sweet wife’s biscuits, a big glass of iced tea–and watch the Braves pound these Phillets into admission.

Playstation? Old game from the 90’s?

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:17 pm

Chop This House? What the heck does that mean? The house will be closed for painting in a couple days.

Earl Hickey

September 27th, 2011
7:18 pm

Don’t worry…the Sunshine Boys, Chip and Joe said a big crowd was gathering…the Braves were relaxed and Lowe would have a great game.

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:19 pm

Should it be close this house?

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:20 pm

if u think this is so bad,why even post ?leave then idiotic fools

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:20 pm

Sigh we have. Long night ahead I’m afraid

Julio

September 27th, 2011
7:20 pm

Already losing…

Nick N Richmond

September 27th, 2011
7:20 pm

im sorry but Prado should not be hitting 2nd anymore the way he has been this month…

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm

Enter your comments here

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm

6 pitches 2 outs..

HAHAHAHAHHAHAAH…they didnt learn anything from yest

The Natue Boy

September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm

The Ted sounds like a morgue after that dinger….JS, you are there doing a live blog…DUDE..PICK UP YOUR GAME..!!!!!!!! Please

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm

Can someone let me know if we still have “oops” conrad on the team still?

Texas Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
7:22 pm

When do yall break ground on a new stadium in Gwinnett or somewhere north?? Would be great!

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:22 pm

The Ted sounds like a morgue after that dinger….JS, you are there doing a live blog…DUDE..PICK UP YOUR GAME..!!!!!!!! Please

A Morgue has more life than the braves team

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:23 pm

Chipper walks, Uggla first pitch out. Some things don’t change.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:23 pm

redneck-someone who has a pathetic life and does nothing but whine and bitch about everything.JUST LEAVE YOU WONT BE MISSED

No Way

September 27th, 2011
7:23 pm

And Fredi said, “where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?” Think its time for him & Lowe to get on out of town.

Julio

September 27th, 2011
7:24 pm

Jeff why does the offense never play well ?

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:25 pm

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:21 pm
6 pitches 2 outs..

HAHAHAHAHHAHAAH…they didnt learn anything from yest

YET YOU ARE STILL HERE TO WATCH LOL

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:25 pm

Ughhh…is this team ever going to be clutch? I guess not when Chipper’s okay with a loss as long as everyone tries hard. When did MLB turn into little league?

Space Monkey

September 27th, 2011
7:26 pm

I swear if I owned this team, I would fine every hitter who swings at the first pitch. The Braves help opposing pitchers go deep in games. Uggla swinging at Oswalt’s first pitch after a walk was stupid.

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:26 pm

Jeff…What did you eat for dinner tonight at the Ted? I’m partial to the hot dogs myself or big pizza slices.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:27 pm

Jeff

u need a ignore button on here to ignore all the rude comments,or at least make sure people r 18 to register.afterall,school is over for today,and the kids are out

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
7:28 pm

Jeff, whatever you do DON’T GIVE THE PLAY BY PLAY. Bradely got beat down for that last time.

What

September 27th, 2011
7:29 pm

Jeff I blame ,,Obama, Reed, and the Obamacare law

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:29 pm

If every instinct the Braves have ever had at the plate was wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. They should do the opposite. The George Costanza philosophy of hitting.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:30 pm

Some of that salad is grown in the field over there by the ballpark. Always check your greens for DNA.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:30 pm

thanks to all the posters who have not said gd this gd that,f that,f this,not like they do on dob blog.fire parrish and dob after the season

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:30 pm

Over under runs/ sorry…pitches this inning! 8

Ron Roberts

September 27th, 2011
7:31 pm

Blazerdawg, that’s the EXTERIOR of the park (brick, modern Georgian). I’m speaking of the interior of the stadium, man.

Keep in mind “announced attendance” and actual attendance are two different numbers, too. Trust me, if The Ted only seated 40,000-44,000 or so, the tickets would be more in demand and actually used when purchased.

The sight-lines and concourse are nice (most modern ballparks do have ‘em), but it’s not really necessary to be able to amble around the entire thing, in most places, because they want you to be into the GAME and not Tooner Field or the arcade tucked underneath a section of seats where you can’t see the game or the massive cow and Coke bottle in left field.

I’d have LOVED to have seen the brick exterior brought into the stadium, circling the playing surface, too, honestly. And what’s with the various blues and sometimes green walls behind the outfield wall? The batter’s eye – is there some MLB edict that it HAS to be that shade of green, and not, I don’t know, BLUE (like the rest of the stadium)? It’s out of place.

The outfield wall, speaking of, lacks any uniqueness in it’s dimensions; the advertisements are just full-color ads covering the wall, instead of at least being artistic (logos overlaying the wall’s color, a la PNC Park or Nationals’ Park).

Aesthetically, there is no defining theme or character to this park’s interior. It’s just a piecemeal, hodge-podge of sponsor logos and gimmicks. There’s no attempt, really, at creating a “look” and making advertisements theme into said look.

Hell, anybody advertising on the Green Monster in Fenway had better be happy with nothing more than their logo (in white) and lettering (in white) on the green background.

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
7:31 pm

A salad? Are those given in the park? I’ve been this year; but never noticed there was salads lol. I haven’t been this year do they still have deep fried snicker bars or Luther burgers?

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:31 pm

lowe goes 7 braves win 5-2

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:32 pm

We’re not saying the Ted is in a bad neighborhood but the State Patrol is afraid to come down there. They get Lowe on the way home.

Luke Cloudwalker

September 27th, 2011
7:32 pm

Those fans will be meeting Lowe after the game for some drinks….

Braveitis

September 27th, 2011
7:32 pm

Jeff, would you have started Lowe tonight?

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:33 pm

“I am the mighty El Nino. Yo soy El Nino. Bow to the power of El Nino. El Nino means . . . The Nino.”

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:33 pm

i will give someone even u jeff 500 if u walk around the stadium by yourself at 2am

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm

Run dummy!!

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm

Atleast they wont get no-hit tonight.

AGone hurt again??

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm

Knocked the cover off of THAT one!

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm

I wish Uggla would get his head in the game and actually throw the ball to first, one grounder is gonna come to him and he is gonna lolly gag and end up costing us the game.

Eric-Bobby Idle

September 27th, 2011
7:34 pm

Sind sie vorbestraft? Du lieber Himmel ich wußte gar nicht, dass das immer noch nötig ist.”Britischer Witz über die Einreise nach Atlantan…

Or words to that effect anyway, but then you got that.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:32 pm
We’re not saying the Ted is in a bad neighborhood but the State Patrol is afraid to come down there. They get Lowe on the way home

you forgot to mention stop at hooters to check on chipper,and stop at prados house to make sure mommy is okay.

bet applies to u as well sonny

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

Has this guy gotten a hit yet for the Braves?

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

That was Chipper.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

Balls to the wall.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

After 1.5 innings AGone prob said…1 run…we’re done

Joe

September 27th, 2011
7:36 pm

Jeff – IF, neither the Braves or the Red Sox make it to the playoffs (and, I am extremely confident the Braves WILL make it!) is there any possibility that they could play a one game exhibition game before the playoffs begin?

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:36 pm

gonzo out with strained calf

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:36 pm

whats up with Jack?

Julio

September 27th, 2011
7:36 pm

I blame 1-8 hitters Jeff. How can you hit like they’ve been hitting trying to win games ? If the Mets had our pitching they’d have won division instead of Phillies…

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:37 pm

The Braves will bust out when you least expect it. Probably in Orlando.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:37 pm

Sweet AB Jack.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:37 pm

Here comes grounder to 2nd man…maybe SI can write another story about that

G

September 27th, 2011
7:38 pm

I am not sure I have seen a team that hits more little pop flies. Already 3 this game; Uggla, McCann and Wilson

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:38 pm

Will Heyward swing at the first one? yep.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:38 pm

At least Jack sportin the Hawk

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:38 pm

The Braves will bust out when you least expect it. Probably in Orlando.

A slump till april sounds about right for Braves standards

Dale-Bobby Gribble

September 27th, 2011
7:38 pm

Clusters, by now your name and particulars have been fed into every laptop, desktop, mainframe and supermarket scanner that collectively make up the AJC information conspiracy, otherwise known as “The Beast.”

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

Jack Wilson in? Could be a good thing….have a feeling he gets a big hit in this one.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

Fredi looks a little tight in the dugout. Could be picking his nose before the night is out.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

Nice Heyward…can’t even ground out to 2nd anymore…LOL
Guess he only does that when a DP is possible

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

Jason sure looks good getting off the bus

Undercover Whitey

September 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

Heyward is as good as Hank Aaron was right ? As he strikes out again…

G

September 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

Well not much has changed offensively.

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

Put in Diaz atleast he swings the bat

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

We was once a journalist ourselves.

The Natue Boy

September 27th, 2011
7:41 pm

it’s early….???? that’s what I’m saying to myself as I drink my beer while glancing up at the TV…this stinks….come on Braves..!!

Larry

September 27th, 2011
7:41 pm

Enter your comments here

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:42 pm

heyward should bebbatting 2nd thats where he was last year

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:42 pm

Jeff…
The Cards weren’t thiiis bad the last month before winning it all right?

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:43 pm

Ruiz>>>>>Fattyboy

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:43 pm

Where’s Chico Escuela when you need him?

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:43 pm

cards wont win tonite

Nick N Richmond

September 27th, 2011
7:43 pm

wow! can the Braves pleaseeeeeeeeeee release Derek BLOWEEEE

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

ATTA BOY LOWE!!!
Lets just completely blow it now!!! Guess he might still be drunk

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

This is getting uglier than Madonna and Cher backstage.

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

Lowe must be drunk tonight…

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

That’s McCann’s fault. Pitcher does what he’s told on that play.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

cards wont win tonite

Can’t win the WC yet

Joe

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

I am sure this has already been asked but how long will the Braves leave Lowe in the game? If he gets off to a slow/bad start I am hoping the Braves will pull him before the deficit gets too big.

G

September 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

This is a team playing tight… realizing they cannot score runs they are panicking. Bad play, throw it to first

We Will Win It All

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

Never seen a more un-CLUTCH team…seriously, this is the best they can do…oh, wait…there’s another run…

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

A little abc from the Phillies.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

Alright…..
Bye Bye Blog…See ya next year!

Lowe Lowe Lowe

Nick N Richmond

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

lol….wouldn’t it be really ironic if somehow the Braves played the Red Sox in the World Series….I wonder what the media story-line would be for the whole series……..hmmmm???

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

calling it now we lose 9-0 cardinals win 9-0

the truth...

September 27th, 2011
7:45 pm

Yep we’ve got the Lowe we have had all year…………

Top of the 3rd….no outs down 2-0…..

JulioTeheran

September 27th, 2011
7:46 pm

I was ready to pitch tonight too. Stupid manager…

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:46 pm

if Bill Watts called baseball he’d be Joe Simpson(Morgan).

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:46 pm

Why are they on Lowe? It’s not like he makes an exorbitant amount of money or anything.

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

I was ready to pitch tonight too. Stupid manager…

That manager deal comes in the package when you play for the braves

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

OuttaGas: I’m putting the Over/Under on Philly runs at 8. I’m taking the over, of course.

Larry

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

Phillies have situational contact hitters like Rollins, Utley, Victorino, Ibanez, and Pilanco. Fruity, like Cox, likes hard, wild free swingers all the while Constanza sits.

Biggest idiot to ever manage a game.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

Are they on him or just disgusted with him?

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

lets let them steal home why there are at it…

Jo

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

Let another runner go to 2nd uncontested. Braves have mailed this one in.

Ando

September 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

Why does it always seem we are down by 4 runs before the 4th inning every time D.Lowe pitches???!!!

Trbaes

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Phils will score more runs than the braves will have hits tonight

soduK

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

We were up 2-0 last night. Please baseball gods, make this right…

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

To keep it fair, I’ll pitch lefthanded the rest of the game.

Jo

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Lucky it’s 3 to nothing rather than 5

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Hard not to hate this team right now.

Cheese

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Screw this I can’t watch this total lack of effort no through by McCann, Hacking at anything and everything that comes across the plate

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

I just tuned in. They really are starting Lowe?!? LMAO.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Jo, just give it time.

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

You have a better shot at the 37 million than a Braves win.

Craig

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

That lowe sure is bringin it tonight. Stupid bunch of losers. Gonna be tied tomorrow and by 10 pm tomorrow night, turn out the lights on these pathetic losers.

the truth...

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

Fredi is dumb as a rock…………..

There is nothing to convince me that Lowe had a chance tonight…………..he is done….

Now we’re down 3-0 in the top of the 3rd…..

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

Lowe to be beaten, tasered, and arrested again tonight for impersonating a MLB pitcher.

Jaime

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

Ballgame !

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

in all seriousness, who really wanted to see this offense in the post season? And don’t give me that “Anything can happen in the post season” mess, this team has flailed all month long and has given zero indication of coming out of it anytime soon

justin

September 27th, 2011
7:49 pm

well atleast we got hudson tomorrow!!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Typical start for Lowe, typical poor play by Braves. 3-0 in the third already. Braves are terrible

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

this is a total joke. i honestly can’t wait for this season to be over. tired of watching the braves trot this bozo out on the mound. it doesn’t matter if the rookies pitch better, the good old boys club in atlanta will keep letting lowe pitch, regardless of his impact on the club

G

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Lowe…. Epic fail!!

Red Clay Hound

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

F Gonzales….you are an idiot!

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Fredi just lost my respect. Go Cards!

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

3 runs against this team will be enough. Of course, Fredi usually lets Lowe give up 4 or 5 before he goes to get him. We was wondering how the Phillies can get runners in from 3rd base like that?

SuperDave

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

I guess it’s “too hot” to pitch tonight Lowe you big lard-&%* POS…..He needs to be fired tomorrow along with the GM, Gonzalez, Delgado, and every other worthless piece of crap player on this team. We need new owners….NOW.

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Way to go Bravos and get the Cards all loose for tonights game.

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Braves thinking about facing Milwaukee and Lowe thinking about a six pack of Old Milwaukee…

B

September 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Boy that brilliant retard leo mazzone sure was spot on. The braves bats are on fire! Anyone else sick of that homer.

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm

when is the last time we scored 3 runs…?

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm

brian mccann screaming “three” is about the dumbest thing i have seen in awhile. just when you think he can’t screw up anymore, he pulls this. congrats brian

SR

September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm

The real question is, can this stinking team win ONE stinking game or do they really go down in flames and get swept at home by the Phillies. Methinks its the latter.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm

Ha…messin with sasquatch commercial…braves are the stupid guys always messin with sasquatch…phillies are sasquatch…

Concerned Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
7:51 pm

This is going ugly early and I am not even at the bar!

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

They might as well just place the ball on a tee when Lowe is in there!!

Chief

September 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

I’d have to be severely intoxicated to be at the ted right now

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

Lowe wins the tool race tonight.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

What a waste of time rooting for this team. Terrible pitching. No hitting. Can’t believe this dude makes $15 million a year. What a joke. This country is ridiculous. Guys as mediocre as this making bank, while almost all of us work blood, sweat and tear, to make ends meet, paycheck to paycheck. And we are cheering for them. Ridiculous.

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

A smattering of something

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Lowe’s sinker is looking pretty flat along with his slider. His change-up is about a 5 mph difference from his cutter. He is just old and worn out. Enough said. Lowe is not to blame, this Braves team cannot hit. Plan and simple.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Henry Grady would have got the tag down.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Can Jack Wilson pitch? I’ll take him over Lowe right now?

Oregon Brave

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Hey Jeff, I’ve got a question for you. Today on MLB Radio, they talked about the White Sox clubhouse quitting on Ozzie G. So do you think this team has quit on Fredi, or just quit? Or perhaps it’s the whole headlights thing. Most of these batters don’t act like they know WHAT a strike zone is, let alone WHERE it is. Thanks. I’ll take your answer off the air. Never understood what that means, but I hear it all the time on the radio. Go Braves.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

ok so its 3-0 whats your point?every pitcher feels like they have to make a perfect pitch,or a shutout when they pitch because of the offense.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Test. Last comment didn’t post. It was too real, I guess.

Larry

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Jeff,

When the Braves blow this, will you support the retention of a manager with such an epic failure given this talent, pre season expectations, and robust wild card lead to start this month?

If the Braves keep this goof the stadium will be a ghost town next season as no one will believe in a manager this poor and ineffective.

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Plain*

Atlanta = choke

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Braves = choke

Hawks = choke

Falcons = choke

Bulldogs = just plain garbage

we live in LOSERVILLE fellas

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Okay, NOW we’re ready!

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Jeff this blog is a “bravesuckathon” I sure hope they make it interesting or it will be a long night of it.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

i think any self respecting fan would have to be honest—–this is a terrible terrible team. braves managemnet has NEVER been able to make tough decisions regarding players. they let pitchers go and go until they screw up the whole team. nice gets you nowhere in MLB, hence the 1 WS title

Chief

September 27th, 2011
7:53 pm

Bourn doesn’t move past first

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

About time we got a guy we can strand on base.

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

It’s almost like this team wants to blow it. They arent hitting, and Lowe is his usual self tonight.

I want to have faith, but, my gut tells me the Braves arent going to make it. Either they will get swept by Philly, and the Cards will win two, and it will be over tomorrow, or it will go to a one game playoff, that the Braves will lose.

I hope I’m wrong, but I cant think anything positive with the way this team is playing now.

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

Only 3rd inning and we’ve used up two of our four allotted hits.

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

IF THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN, WHATS HE WAITING FOR????

jc

September 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

Why in the world is Derek “blow” pitching tonight?! How stupid is Freddie Gonzalez for inserting him? so sick of hearing all this talk about how good Lowe has been in the post season, how he’s ready for tonight’s start..blah blah blah..HE SUCKS!!!!! already given up 3 runs and the game isn’t even 1/3 over!! Braves will get swept by the Phillies and St.Louass will win the next two to capture the wild card..congratulate yourselves,Braves! you did this to yourselves!! NO EXCUSE!!!! what better team for the Phillies to get “well” against than the Braves? this surely doesn’t look like the same team fresh off an 8 game losing streak..

dongkumong

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

ATL Choke, you forgot…GA justice system=murderers

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

Lowe has a great slow ball. Right now, I don’t think he could finish a high school game. Doesn’t matter though. Braves lose 9-0 with Lowe instead of 4-0.

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

The Ace is on his game tonight. Should be able to get through 5 innings with only 5 runs scored on him.

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

Hudson is the only positive.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

Yeah…I want to believe too…but then I hear Chipper talk about being okay with the loss last night…

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

RiSP…now we’re really screwed

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

This is not new with Fredi. This is Atlanta baseball. Ending a week early.

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

This better be be the LAST TIME I ever see Derrick Blowe and Spanky Gonzalez wearing a Braves Uniform!!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

Fredi is a Bobby clone, period
Has anyone checked for an ear piece in Fredi’s ear connected to BC.
Parrish needed to be fired the 8th of April
Eat Lowe’s 16 million
Wren has become a bean counter!

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

Derek Lowe: “I feel terrible about this. I mean, I’m really stinking the place up. It’s getting kind of predictable, isn’t it. I’m just not that good anymore. I tell you what; I’m going to give back my $15,000,000 salary this year. It’s only fair. . . Ha! Had you going there. Hahaha! I’m keeping the money. Matter of fact, win or lose, I’m probably going to buy a new Porsche on the way home tonight. Ha! Get it? ‘Win or lose?’ Like it’s even an option!!! Every start is a quality start if you’re making $15,000,00 per year. I’M KING OF THE WORLD!”

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

Braves have Michael Bourn and 8 automatic outs…

The Braves, they...

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

This is a perfect storm for the “glass half empty guys” like ME. I can’t see Braves winning with old Lowe on the mound and old Chipper playing. This team needs a makeover and we might as well get a head start on things.
For the time being, help put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame where he rightfully belongs.

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

And Prado show’s us his concentration…

jc

September 27th, 2011
7:56 pm

The rainbow shown over Turner Field tonight blew in from St.Louis a day before they’ll be celebrating winning the wild card.

Jo

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Martin is not even following the pitch count!

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

When do you think you’ll get a major league franchise?

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

The gods are trying to give us something. Will we blow it?

later gator

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Freddie has got to go most poorly motivated team out there.

shawn

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Hate is such a strong word, but I absolutely hate Derek Blow….He absolutely, positively sucks….

Hater

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Time for Chipper to start limping after the out…

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Why in the world is Lowe batting? Is there EVER gonna be a sense of urgency with this idiotic manager & team?

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

Even the announcers live for the home run

B

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Time for another choke double play

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

“There’s the opening Atlanta’s been waiting for!” Chipper stands in with one out . . . DP!!!

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Braves Suck

B

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Haha called that

Jo

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Didn’t chipper do that last night too?

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Dang!!!!!!!!!!

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

We kept Lowe in there for his bat and he’ll hang around for 2 more runs.

Ando

September 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

Wow Chipper…again…really?

Furman Bitcher

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Jeff I bet you had “clutch” ready to go and then added “not” right at the DP. LOL

G

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Chipper is worthless!! Please retire. He can’t stay healthy and hits into as many double plays as McCann.. He needs to stop talking so much here and start producing.

Jaime

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Please some hit and run

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Chipper = rally killer DP

later gator

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Chipper is really sucking when guys are on base, but there is good news Lowe is coming back out to make some more good pitches.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Well, he hit it up the middle, sort of. I’m surprised his legs didn’t just snap off running to first.

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Cant Jeff Blauser play short anymore?

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

These chumps have already given up. Oh well, there’s always next year.

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

and of course chipper has no paitence and another dp

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

That’s how our veterans play right there, oh wait…..

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

G i am in agreement with you.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

at some point this does start to get kinda funny. only the braves. and people wonder why turner field doesn’t sell out every night. sorry, but i am not using anymore of my money to watch these millionaires play like crap in person. rather sit here and be able to turn off the TV.

(i have been to 8 games this year, but not happening again)

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

Even I’m tired of the standard double play…1-6-3? Boring….let’s go for a 3-6-1 or maybe a 1-5-2

Mike

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

No way Freidi gets fired. The injuries excuse is already laid out, Parrish will get canned so it appears they fixed the problem.

I hope this organization starts to place a premium on developing some fundamentally strong position players. The pitching first philosophy hasn’t paid big premiums, at least not as far as post season success goes.

What a bummer… Lowe is laying another $15 million dollar egg and this feeble offense is beyond words.

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

He looked so devasted after that double play. I think we care more than they. Woe is us.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

It’s amazing these Phillies are almost as old as me and they are still kicking ATL tail. How can this be?

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
8:00 pm

If Jody Davis and Brian McCant were in a 3 leg race who would win?

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

Tell us something we don’t Joe Simpson.

Alexander Hamilton

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

Mother of God Atlanta, relax.

I know this must be painful for you, but seriously what did you think would happen this season? You actually made it to the last series without anything even remotely resembling a pitching staff. Despite the challenges of attracting fans to The Ted; despite ownership that would charitably be described as “absentee”; despite the whole “Freddi sux” meme; despite the ‘we hate goat-of-the-game” meme; despite all that and Chipper not coming through every time you want , here you are.

Relax and enjoy these moments, they will not come again. The clock on the wall is ticking for us all.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

jeff
i said calf strain for gonzo 40 minutes ago inside sources

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

@jeff—-where is that braves choke icon that was on a previous article of yours

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

Where does Chipper think that dirt pitch is going. And the carnage continues.

Fire Everyone

September 27th, 2011
8:01 pm

Saddest bunch of players i’ve ever seen.

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Isn’t it a shame that you have everything on the line and can’t hit yet Phillies have nothing at stake and are hitting ?

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

phillies two more runs here this ining

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Why did so many people get excited last year that Chipper might retire? Because he’s given us this again and again. We was sad when he said he’s coming back next year. More and more of the same. He hits but that’s his whole bag of tricks. As a team leader see where he leads. Again and again.

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

My ERA wants to thank the Braves for showing up tonight.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Lowe must be released. These BRAVES are ridiculous holding out so long for this guy. IDIOTIC.

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Alexander, shut up.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Heard on MLB Radio today DLowe would be on a short leash….its getting longer…

Sorry

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Close the doors, turn off the lights, you know it’s over tonight!

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Chipper’s okay with his double play, because he tried his best…oh, and he’s playing hurt…that’s what matters…not the win or the loss…it’s all about personal pride and being a tough-guy…

Atlanta = choke

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

If I may suggest a team to root for in the playoffs, since the Braves will certainly not be there, could I suggest the Rays? Can’t help but root for them.

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

The last remnants of the B. Cox era need to be washed out. Scherhoultz (sp.?), Chipper, and Fredi
(apparently a B. Cox clone).

braves29

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

they do not deserve to win tonight or the play offs

B

September 27th, 2011
8:02 pm

Keep the drunk in there. can’t believe there’s no one in the bullpen

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

enen the announcers have given up on this team

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

F Gonzalez…..get him out of there!!!!

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

Will Freddie get off his dead ass and get him out.

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

told you

Atlanta = choke

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

FlaBrave, it’s one of those extend-able dog leashes.

William

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

FIRE FREDDIE

Would anybody else but this incompetent, start Derek “gas can” Lowe in this position??????

Granny's Hammer

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

So RowsD, still think the Braves are a lock for the playoffs?

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

I had a feeling the Braves would get knocked from the playoffs in a series which would be a culmination of everything that has gone wrong this season.

Bullpen untouchables getting scored upon, Lowe pitching and stinking, offense not scoring, injuries

braves29

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

Enter your comments here

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

and can someone please tell leo mazzone to go find a bar to hang out in. sooooo TIRED of hearing his bone-headed remarks. what a bum

tmc

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

down 3-0 in the bottom of the 3rd inning and you lead off with Derek Lowe, who bats for himself?
I know it’s early, but this is a must game…
Now Lowe gives up 2 hits in the top of the 4th…

Sorry, that was a mistake. You can’t lose this game.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

“Braves bullpen starts to stir . . .” Uh, shouldn’t those words have been uttered before now?

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

Well the good news is JJ and Hansen will be ready for the playoffs…LOL!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

yanking Lowe about 7 games too late

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:03 pm

Jeff, In a column with a prop. I might even buy a paper.

G

September 27th, 2011
8:04 pm

Here is the problem, your 2 oldest guys, Chipper and Lowe make the most money. Lowe will be released or traded but the Braves will eat a lot of that money. Chipper should retire but won’t because he wants to continue to rob them of money by not playing full seasons… Not much money to work with next season and Wren needs to do what he should have done this year.. improve the pitching staff

the truth...

September 27th, 2011
8:04 pm

Unbelievable that you let Lowe bat to lead off the inning and then start the 4th………..

Fredi is hopeless………

That was PH time like Constanza with Bourn on deck………….speed….

Do now with more base runners and no outs he starts warming up a pitcher……..great Fredi way to go ….didn’t need a game plan did you?

Joe

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

I am NOT trying to be a smart allic(sp?) but are the Braves just conceding this game with the hopes they can win tomorrow night and the Cardinals will lose at least one of their last two games? Maybe the Braves just want to save their Bullpen for tomorrow night and possibly another one against the Cardinals (and, that could be ugly!)?

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

officially switched over to the dream/ the fever WNBA….LOL they are the only good team in atlanta. how sad is that

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

If we was playing like the Buck Commander we’d go ahead on put on our camouflage suit and try to hide over there at third base. Of course, there’s no hiding on the baseball field as we will see when a ball gets hit over there.

Bissch

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

4th inning and this team is playing like a bunch of stiffs. Lifeless and lackluster so far and after tomorrow the season will be officially over on this choking bunch!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

I bet Wrens in Arizona scoping out the hotels there

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

4-0

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

I almost feel sorry for the Phillies…at some point beating the Braves must be like kicking a blind, three legged dog…

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

They are already a weeks worth of runs behind.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:05 pm

Gonzales letting Lowe hit shows he has NO CLUE – get rid of Freddie

Jo

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

Nice throw Heyward!

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

This is batting practice – get Lowe out now

the truth...

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

4-0…..

The only person dumber than Fredi is Leo Mazonne…..

G

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

What type of throw was that. Has Heyward contributed at all this year?

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

FU Fredi Gonzalez. You personally are responsible for this choke. Put Blowe in there tonight. You are crazy. Nice throw Heyward.

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

Pendleton for Manager Freddie needs to go back to Cuba or whatever.

DIT

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

Rowsdower – Really! Do you have any idea what you just typed.

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

when is the last time we scored 4 runs…?

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:06 pm

Not sure how anyone is managing to sit through this garbage in person…except Jeff, but he gets paid…probably not enough though.

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Derek Lowe, people. The $15 million dollar man who Fredi picked and essentially said he’s the guy who gives them their best chance to win this game

Coach

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Maybe it’s time to let Chipper out of his contract -

Jaime

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Im out, this is just painful and pathetic, this losers will follow their new routine lose their own games and go and cheer for the Astros

GT 2011

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

The Steve Bartman story seems like better Television right now.

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Lowe chewing on his gum thinking “at least I’m still rich, who cares”

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Unbelievable. Lowe’s gonna give up a run an inning while Teheran sits.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

If Lowe comes out in the 5th its over

Felix

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Gag, gag, choke choke. Another great performance by $15,000,000 loser Lowe. And I see the .
’single A’ Braves “offense” is still going about their loser ways. Looks like a Phils blow out tonight.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

Jeff Shultz, one comment outta 3 is going through, and I’m no curser. Come on man!

nelson

September 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

well time to NFL games, I’m really disappointed to see how this team fallen so low, now they are losing again, and apparently this will continue until the last day of the season, so no team deserves to go to the postseason, and is truth, here are to fire the hitting coach and pitching and bring mazonee read. truly a team disappointment.

the truth...

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

This game is over there is no way we score 5 runs much less hold them at 4….

corey

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

Fredi G Manager of the year!!!

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

The Phillies are scoring runs the old-fashioned way – hitting to the opposite field, moving the runner over, sacrifice fly, etc. We seem so damn clueless up there at the plate.

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

Just bad baseball… Down 4-0 in the fourth, and Lowe cannot even make it to the 5th inning. This is a playoff game, and there is no one on our team stepping up to perform. The Phillies are easily a level or two above the Braves, and they have nothing to play for.

Who is our owner again? Does anyone from Liberty Media even show up at the games or follow the team?

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

I think it’s cute when the Braves’ fans get pumped up and cheer. Both of them.

Omaha is Braves Country

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

I will never forgive this Braves team….this is unacceptable…..Nobody plays for each other…

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:08 pm

Fredi let him give up 4. It’s almost time to pull him. Is there a Linebrink in our future?

Coach

September 27th, 2011
8:09 pm

@illiniBrave you have a big game on Saturday against The Cats

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:09 pm

Put the goat horns on McCann, Heyward, Prado, and Lowe as they have been terrible in the clutch.

Tallahassee Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:09 pm

Well, there is always next year.

Jo

September 27th, 2011
8:09 pm

I am only watching still because I am curious if there are any braves worth keeping next year…waiting to see if anyone has some fight left and is embarrassed by this months performance.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

If the average IQ is 100, the Braves IQ is 30. Just under their recent batting average.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

I wanted Pendleton – Florida got rid of Freddi for a reason – we’re stuck

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

Go Cards? why do the braves deserve to get into the playoffs? they just gonna lay down like they have all month and be done in 3 games

Omaha is Braves Country

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

This has nothing to do with Liberty Mutual…..This has everything to do with leadership and heart…Only one guy out there has that and he is 39 years old playing on one knee….Freddi G has lost this team

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

All the people screaming for Freddie’s head: Chill. Not his fault this team is in a MindFunk. Were you calling for his head August 31?

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

It’s football season. Time to be done with baseball…….Just sayin.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:10 pm

Losing now probably just saves everyone the embarrassment of losing in the playoffs…and gets the Braves players an extra week of vacation…cause man, they have really worked hard this season…

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

The Braves are in that swing for the fence mode that gets them into trouble every time.

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

I find it insulting when I watch the Ryan Howard powerade commercial for a Braves telecast

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

Uggla is one of the worst hitters I’ve ever seen. And I even saw Rick Camp hit a homer.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

If the Braves started to take out the Phillies would the suspension start next season or be forgotten?

B

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

Uggla you idiot you are swinging at anything. Just like at the beginning of the year. Do you know what a strike is? Man I will never go to a braves game again as long as chipper choke fugla mcfann and fredi are there. Screw em

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

Fredi Gonzalez…..you have now put the team in a 4-0 hole because you had to start Lowe. This game is over as this team will likely not even come close to scoring 4 runs. This L is on your, sir!

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:11 pm

The first Brave to hit a line drive or a hard ground ball gets tomorrow off. How many pop ups can one team produce?

ted

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

This has got to be one of the all time worse collapses. With top notch relievers turning the game into a six or seven inning game and you still can’t win. I wonder if they could beat a top AAA team rite now.

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Braves go quietly in the fourth

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

I thought Pendleton was a problem last year, but this team is much worse about hitting. Parrish needs to be gone.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

This is a different feeling than all those years with Bobby Cox. Fredi did some good things. He batted Chipper somewhere other than 3rd (Bobby would never do that). Fredi put Constanza in and let Heyward sit and the team ran and scored for a short while. We was wondering if Fredi is really the manager of this team or if he is being told who to play and when and where. If not, then surely he is stupid. Every Atlanta baseball fan knew how another Lowe start would go.

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Chipper = what’s wrong with the Braves- too laid back, way back. David Justice played with fire and spoke his mind and they ran him out of town = no more championships.

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Hey Jo, Lowe will be back next year maybe they can have him and Kawakami in the rotation.

john

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

wow, 4 runs and he is still pitching.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

@Coach: we do, we do. And believe it or not, Zook is only 2-4 against the north shore nerds.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Jain: LOL. I just picked the wrong week to stop taking amphetimines.

man and dog

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

JS, you should have said Braves can choke tonight and Lowe does it again….

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

The Braves hitters must just think they need to play defense ? Somebody explain it to them that the object of the game is to score.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Did anyone really think that Derrick Lowe was not going to give up at least 4 runs? Apparently Freddie did because he was fool enough to start him. I would have started Teheran instead of him

CJ

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Time for a meaningless 2 out no one on base double from mcfann

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Nice swing bmac

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

losing now saves me about $500- $1000 bucks for post season tickets. so thanks braves! i will now go buy some tires! my jeep thanks you too

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

Thanks broadcast crew…”crowd’s quiet”… I wonder why?

Lifeless in Atlanta

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

Chipper is ready to stand up to Cancer……as to standing up and leading the Braves, not so much.

CJ

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

LMAO!! There it is

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

If a Brave actually scored a run would anyone care?

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

Well, you bunch of masochists you’re getting your moneys worth this season!
This is better than a long nail in the ear.

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

Look at McCann stretching a single into a double!!!!

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

Has this guy got a hit since coming.

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

I truly feel sorry for you true fans. I don’t know if this means we truly were just sleep walking during the slump last week or if Florida, NY, and Washington are better than the Braves. We need this game like a bee sting but it sure looks like we’re just a game up in the WC. You know the Cards aren’t gonna lose tonight. you should feel lucky if you saw the Cards put on Braves uniforms in the 8th with 2nd and 3rd andd 1 out. This is a cakewalk. I don’t know how you can stand Homer Simpson. He’s trying to make honey out of dogshit telling us how nice of a pitch turns out to be a single. uh oh man on 2nd 2 outs. any bets?

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

OK. So McPopup got a hit. No chance for Wilson to do the same.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:13 pm

The “Tool” line is/was fantastic………..and perfect.

Hater

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

Yes…for a minute I though we would only strand McCann at 1st…glad he got to second so we can strand him in scoring position

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

Who is Jack Wilson? He fits right in. Can’t hit.

KC

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

At least we still have Georgia Tech – the only team in Atlanta doing well!!

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

Can’t wait for tosh tonight

Bud Light

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

When you got a 4.86 era like Lowe, yeah you EXPECT him to give up 4 runs. My question is why do you pitch Lowe with Tejeran available ?

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:14 pm

And how bad is it when you hope another team loses to make post season play?

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

I appreciate the Braves only getting hits when no one is on base. Such a polite group.

gem

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

Everyone should expect more than a “quality” start from a 15M man. Looks like a couple bad locations tonight. 4 in 4. Maybe we can get another couple innings out of him.

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

Put in Hinske and Conrad. At least they’re pissed when they make an out.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

These chumps already have post-season tickets on sale. Give me a break. At least there will be lots of children in St Louis happy their guys made it. Cause unless these chumps get a pulse, it’s over.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

That Alex Gonzalez is a real gamer. He has a good three days and then takes a week off. Why has he been on a team a year for the past six? Only the Braves were cheap enough and dumb enough to bring him back.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

@BRAVESFAN: such actions would represent a total lack of class.

How fitting for the Phillies and their fans!!!

Space Monkey

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

The only person in the entire stadium surprised by this outcome is Gonzales. Look, I know Lowe tries, but he’s washed up. He can’t miss bats anymore. And you can’t pitch to contact against the Phillies. He should retire and maintain some dignity. And you can’t tell me that a Gwinnett relief pitcher would have been less effective than Lowe, much less Minor or Tehran.

Runner-

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Thrashers left, Braves stink, Falcons stink, Hawks stink… What’s happened???

Shadowfax419

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Been a Braves fan since they came to Atlanta…This is the worst EVER!!! At least Bobby would have pulled Lowe b4 he gave up 4!!!! What’s the deal? Don’t wanna get in the gutter, but what gives?????? It’s not like you gotta save a pitcher for the playoffs if you don’t make it. Lowe has been suck#$g for a while. I think he’s a great pitcher, but he’s not shown it lately. PULL HIM AND PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN! Man, between the Falcons and the Braves the last couple of weeks…it’s tough to be an Atlanta fan. Crossed fingers that things change. Otherwise, it’ll be a tough October.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

I predict a spike in sales in the south this weekend.

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Ok, I thought the Braves would lose the first 2 games and at least win the third but this offense (the same offense that scored 1 run in 2 losses to the Nats) is going to carry them all the way to a sweep.

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Tech…3 win’s over the junior varsity and a unc team with an interim coach. Congrats

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

can’t believe he’s still in there

later gator

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

How in the most important game of the season can you have this piece of garbage pitching.

CJ

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Last 31 innings the braves have 3 runs! That’s 1 run per 10 innings! Fantastic

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

Oh yeah. Leave Blowe in there.

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

This is pathetic! Kenchin Kawakami would have been a better option than Derrick Lowe…just pathetic. What are you going to say tomorrow morning Leo about Lowe? I thought he had more left in the tank? D. Lowe has nothing left but batting practice!!!!

KC

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

Oswalt, if you want you can turn around and throw left handed tonight… or work on your knuckle ball. Have fun! This is the saddest group of hitters I’ve ever seen.

CJ

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

Are you kidding me? 2 games left and you still keep this pathetic pitcher in there?

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

The Braves are so dead men walking that even Joe Johnson would add life to this team.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

I predict a spike in sales in the south this weekend…

For Home Depot

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

Finally, DLowe is gone…

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

Standing ovation for lowe

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

And why are the commercials so loud? Are deaf people not buying enough stuff?

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

I can’t believe that he would start Delgado but won’t start Teheran. But he’ll go with a worthless over paid pitcher stealing money from them. Is he worried about hurting Derrick Lowe’s feeling and sending him on a drinking binge?

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:12 pm

Chipper = what’s wrong with the Braves- too laid back, way back. David Justice played with fire and spoke his mind and they ran him out of town = no more championships.
————————————————————————————————————————————-

BINGO!!!

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

finally – the wife was going to switch TV to Dancing…..

Larry

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

Yes, it is overwhelmingly and convincingly clear that Fruiti Gonzalez is an idiot. But, who is even a bigger idiot than he?

Answer: Anyone that purchases a ticket to a Braves game next season that enables this idiot to manage the Braves.

Have some courage and make a difference…don’t go!

Chief

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

Really sports south…..ryan howard commercial

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

Enter your comments here

Felix

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

Now, 4 runs too late, Fredi wakes out of his stupor to get Lowe out of there.

rally

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

It is obvious that the Braves want no part of the playoffs. They know that they will be humiliated one more time. Better to go ahead and lose and blame it on injuries.
Larry Parrish has to be the worst batting coach ever. He could not hit himself. He hit some homers but struck out over 100 times per season and usually hit about .230. Get rid of him pronto.

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

I’m watching Nebraska at Wyoming.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

Why are they taking Lowe out … Chip says he’s struck out two?

The Natue Boy

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

Who gets the champagne that’s on ice, if it’s not used..??? I’m a vulture….

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

I love the fans giving Freddie and standing ovation for coming out to take him out and the fans booing Lowe all the way back to the dugout. Much deserved. We need to pay a team in the offseason that is crazy enough to take him off our hands.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

Would not want to be the person formerly known as D-Lowe when spring training opens. Braves fans have a long memory and he will catch so much s*** it won’t be pretty. Better off DFA’d and finding another team.

Shadowfax419

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

UNBELIEVABLE!!! Lowe starts the 5th???????????????????? Gonzalez is absolutely NOT Bobby Cox!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh what a surprise…leadoff hit! Done with the Braves this year!

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

Fans at Turner Field SAW the Phillies HAMMER the ball and DRILL Braves pitching. And while the local patrons were SCREWED, they realized the biggest tool in the Ted was there own Derek Lowe.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

I do pull for Tech, is the only positive going on with Ga. sports right now.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

hey fredi and frank wren: it’s a real smart to leave the top minor league pitcher in baseball and PLAYER OF THE YEAR on the bench (Tehran) while letting derek blowe lose 10-15 games this year. makes a lot of sense. thanks for such a great year.

KC

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

*Handing over the remote* she can watch whatever she wants tonight. I’m done.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

is there any hope

OuttaGas

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

Bye Bye Blow, last game in a braves uniform, feeling great about that

john

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

I sit in awe that FG waits for 4 runs to pull blowe. Fire this clown, he has no right to be managing this team. What a way to go out Atlanta, but hey I am sure you guys have all ready have nice dinner plans and a movie planned after this game. If you dont sweat it why should the fans?

Tucker T

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

I don’t know which is worse. If the Braves back into the playoffs and get swept in the first round with everyone knowing that they didn’t belong or if they don’t make it all and be known as the team that blew such a huge lead. I am actually pulling for the Cards to put this sad team out of it’s misery. This has been one of the greatest choke jobs in the history of baseball regardless of whether they make it or not. Just sad.

Life long Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

I am totally disgusted. This team has no heart and it starts with the manager. Where is the fire and the passion? This team has went down hill ever since Constanza went to the bench. I will not renew my tickets for next year unless major changes are made. Parrish is a joke. Prado and Jair along with a prospect might get us a every day left fielder. The fork was stuck in this team three weeks ago. They are done.

Braveitis

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

INSANITY….do the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Face it , Lowe and our hitters are not worthy of post season.

Jay

September 27th, 2011
8:20 pm

Lowe = Loss. Gonzalez didn’t want to win, otherwise he would of pitched someone other than Lowe. This team has been an embarassment to the state of GA for a month now. Time for them to finish choking and get it over with.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

Fredi has a condo rented on South Beach the first of October….And he and Blowe are off on their rendezvous Thursday morning.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

If I’m Frank Wren, I look D Lowe right in the eye and tell him, here’s 5M, get, lost.

If you don’t want it, you’ll get the rest in Danville, Derek.Oh. and your throphy wife, tell her it makes Pearl, MS. look like Vegas.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

We need a goon to finish the game!

The Natue Boy @ KC

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

that post drew blood…OUCH….

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

Gonzalez looks scared

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

The Natue Boy

September 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

Who gets the champagne that’s on ice, if it’s not used..??? I’m a vulture….

Falcons will Sunday after beating Seattle…

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

finally a real pitcher

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

I truly feel sorry for you Braves fans. If it was anybody else I’d say we’re out of our slump, like Washinton or Florida. You’re lucky the cards lost last night. They won’t tonight. If you saw the 8th, man on 2nd, 3rd, 1 out and nothing. They slipped on the Braves uniforms while I wasn’t watching.
I can’t stand Homer Simson. He tries to turn dogshit into honey with analyzing what a good pitch Victorino singled on. Do Do bird finally came out of the dugout to send lowe home for the season. We need this game like a bee sting although you’d think it was the opposite. If we laid down to avoid the Cards that’s saying we’re scared. This crew has been together too long to be scared of anyone. We’d sweep the Cards, D’Backs, anyone in the NL.

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

5th time this year the overpaid vet was taken out before the 5th inning. That only happened twice with him last year

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

“Chief”: you are too nice. Yes, the $5M I agree with. But then he should say “get the f*** outta here!”

01HAWK

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

I am ashamed of BRAVES FANS at the game

Why did you not BOO very LOUD when DLOWE came out of the game.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

Lowe has been a disaster … but face it, you won’t win many games getting shut out. This team has been an offensive dumpster fire for weeks.

Coach

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

Maybe you guys could pick up Ozzie…. We will not miss him

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

I guess the only good thing is that the Phillies are getting old and crusty and have absolutely no chance of competing against us in the future. Oh wait, they have owners who care. I guess they’ll buy a pennant.

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

The Reuben Sandwich was created in Omaha Nebraska.

timbo2589

September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

watching the braves game, my heart goes out to the braves fans who waste their time going out supporting this crappy team.

dawg4u

September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

Memo to Frank Wren – don’t just clean house – burn it down!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

The entire starting line up plus Lowe just got traded to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. AJC says we got the best of the trade.

john

September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

If the tickets did not cost so much for the fans, they should just walk out tonight, and not even come back tomorrow. If the team has no heart why should people spend their hard earn money for what they are getting.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

Hit hit in the head!

truth23

September 27th, 2011
8:24 pm

How can any of you people blame Chipper? you always bash him and have no reason too. Why not bash Prado or McCann, they have been non existent the second half of the season.. If it wasn’t for Freeman or chipper we wouldnt be here….. and lowe has to be the worst starter in baseball, f Fredi for starting him

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:24 pm

So, are we blaming Terry Pendleton for the hitting woes of this team now? What has Parrish done with these guys? Nothing at all and your former all star second baseman, now left fielder, is hitting without a clue. Who do you blame now????!!!!!

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:24 pm

I would keep Bourn

Octavius

September 27th, 2011
8:24 pm

Man, these Braves are bad. It really shows when they have to play the better teams. This game is over. Now the only thing left to do is root for the Stros.

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

Why bother any more…….The Braves players are dead men walking….playoff wise. The Braves and the Red Sox should combine players and go play the Internaltional League Champions and see if theyh could win that game. I have been watching and pulling for the Braves since 1966…..and this team almost makes me want to become a Tampa Bay Rays fan. At least they play with heart and desire…..and skill.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

I have hope

G

September 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

Folks this is the team Wren gave us!!

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

Go Astros!

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

We don’t deserve to scoreboard watch Joe Simpson. It just don’t feel right.

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

The Bobby Cox era continues…

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

Honestly, if we cannot win a few games in the last month to have put this away, then we deserve to be shut out of the playoffs. Counting on Houston to win is no way to make it to the post-season.

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

next year I want to see….

LF new bat(Lowe steps down and we spend the money on a big bat.
CF Bourne
RF Heyward
3B Prado/Chipper as backup
SS Pastornickey
2B Uggla
1b Freeman
C McCann

pitchers: Hudson….Jujjens….Hanson….Beachy…Delgado

keep in mind…our management is cheap….see y’all next year!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

We have a good arm in RF only he doesn’t know where it’s going when he throws it.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

monarch

I would too. got him for next year, would look for an extension

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

Now McCann can’t even catch the ball. How embarassing. This just keeps getting worse and worse.

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

That is exactly why I hate you McPopup. You suck.

chapman

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

“Turn out the lights…..the party’s over….”

The entire starting group for Philadelphia would have to suddenly get the flu and leave for their hotel for the Braves to even have a whiff of a chance of overcoming this 4-0 deficit that is here in the 5th innning.

And why would we want them playing in post season anyway? To further embarrass the organization?

The Atlanta Braves have given true meaning to the term “Choke Boys”

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

Speaking fo the Cards……why are they playing the Astros the final series instead of the Cubs. The Braves get matched up with their main rival….and the Cards don’t. What is that all about?

Lance Berkman

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

We cant make up our mind if we want it either.

Chipper

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

“Hey Derek, when’s our Tee time Thursday?”

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

Ballgame!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

Home run Pence.

NorCal Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

As is their custom, Braves offense is going down with barely a whimper; at 4-0, this game is officially a blowout.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

You guys notice Pence chokes up about 3″ as all he wants is a base hit and see what he gets!

What

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

The man we all wanted except Wren…kills us

john

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

WOW! 6-0 and this is heart! Go Freddi, tip that hat, you moron!

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

I dream of a team with a cursive A on their hat that can hit like this.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

The Phillies are just toying with the Braves. Jeff you are right-what would really happen if they were trying???

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

I didn’t know the Eagles are playing the Falcons?

R2D2

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

Game Over. Now that non-Hunter Pence trade looking bad. Julio Teheran STILL sitting with best arm on the team.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

Fredi was shocked, shocked to learn that Lowe was still in the game. He turns to Roger McDowell, “Round up the usual suspects.”

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

Having fun? The Phils need this game like a bee sting although it looks like the other way around. Don’t worry, the pitcher has the best winning percentage of any active pitcher. That’s nauseating that you have to show the Astros game. tjhjere’s no way the Cards are losing tonight. You’re lucky they slipped into Braves uniforms during the 8th with man on 2nd, 3rd, 1 out and didn’t score. WOW! Pensy, where the Phils are from. This is a joke. Thanks for getting us out of our slump. See ya goofballs!

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

This team is in a coma.

NagoyaBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

McCann is a joke. Get this guy outta there calling for junk like that. I’m so sick of this guy.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:28 pm

It feels like it’s 30-0

No Way

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

OK, I read here that Blowe lost 15 games, is that right? And he’s making 15 mill a year, is that right? so that comes to a cool million each game lost. Oh! Great! A 2 run homer….insert and twist

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

From Chop shop to choke shop! Way to go guys!!

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

When I realized that Lowe was pitching tonight, I immediately said that the Phillies would put up 10 on the scoreboard. Well, they now have 6 and it’s just the 5th inning!

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

Isn’t there a Three’s Company marathon on somewhere?

Come on knock on my door!

Nick N Richmond

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

i’m sorry but this team does not even deserve to sniff the behinds of the wild card winner…

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

Is it too early to look ahead to next year, because this year is over. New SS, new RF and some bullpen arms. Get rid of Lowe and beef up the bench. The days of Diaz, Conrad and Henske are over.

CONservative Johnson

September 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

Are we really stuck with dumb ass Fredi Gonzalez for the next few years?

rally

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Braves look like 4th or 5th place for 2012. The Phils will still be good, the Mets will improve, the Nationals have finished strong and that should carry over to next year, and the Marlins are ready to spend big money for someone like Pujols or Fielder to go with Ozzie and their new stadium. At least we will not suffer the same let down next year.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Liberty Media start paying attention to the stock. Sell, sell, sell!

What

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

I blame Michael Moore, Reed and Obama for Braves problems

Derek

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Chipper – I have to get the Porsche detailed first

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Florida fired Freddie and got Ozzie- we get Fred – who’s the winner here

chuck

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Somebody find a lat lady to sing. The question is now what do they have in the way of salaries for next year?

Matt Websters

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

I told all you positive fans all season long that when you settle for number 2, number 2 is what you get. And no toilet paper.

R2D2

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Can the announcers at least call out the Braves offense ?

chase

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

This is RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the WORST effort I have ever seen! I cannot believe that this team is LAYING DOWN like this….even a win here or there over the last 2 weeks and this thing is clinched…if they don’t make the playoffs, FREDI MUST BE FIRED!

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Is Ross even on the 40 Man?

man and dog

September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

6-0…….need I say more

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

Dawgs 2-2. Falcons 1-2. Braves choke on an epic level. This fall pretty much sucks.

jerry

September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

Where are all the groupies that were on here gushing over the Braves a month ago? Hello?

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

I just sharted.

Diddy

September 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

Yep…watching glee with the wife is better than the Braves game. I hope the cardinals get in and win it all. They deserve it. And Leo mazzone on 680…..look up EAT CROW! Bunch of morons

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

You know you have to tip your cap to Frank Wren … He refused to give up Mike Minor to get Hunter Pence. How’s that looking now, Frank?

Chipper

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

Well, maybe Glavine can hit a few with me.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

Worst owners ever!

Life long Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

Jeff, Is Lowe’s contract for next year fully guaranteed or can the Braves release him for a portion of the salary?

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

Fredi goes over to the Phillies dugout and says “Hey, why don’t we go ahead and concede this game so we can go home and rest up for tomorrow”.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

“We give you permission to walk your dog as long as you patronize our sponsers.” The late Skip Caray…

Runner-

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

I’m telling you… it all started when Heyward was played in favor of Constanza… we had a thing going there and Fredi blew it.. No offense since then

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

This wound could go very very deep. We need the right leadership to ensure that this does not do serious damage to the fragile psyche of our realtively young team. And I’m not sure that Fredi is the guy to provide that leadership.

01HAWK

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

BRAVES 2012 WISH LIST :

NEW …………………3B

NEW …………………SS

NEW ………………….LF and RF

NEW…………………..MANAGER…………………….and COACHES

NEW………………….OWNER and GM

R2D2

September 27th, 2011
8:32 pm

If I’m the manager, Teheran woulda started tonight. Who cares how Lowe feels…

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Probably the worst team I have ever seen. I remember going to Atlanta Fulton Co Stadium when the Braves were really terrible. They did have Hank Aaron, Dale Murphy and Cheif Knokahoma.
Listening to Earnie Johnson Sr. and Milo Hamilton was great. The TV announcers on tonight are trying their best not to laugh.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Jason Heyward can use some time to work on his game.

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Aggrevated Brave…..

The Braves were better when Prado played second. I would put Uggla out in left and move Prado back to second. Uggla would not have to think so much in the field…..and Prado would stay in the game more. Both would probably hit better. Chipper is still a good major league 3B…..and he deserves to play the postion for the Braves for as long as he desires. He would retire before being a backup at any postion. The key next year…..and we should be thinking next year….if for Heyward to go back to extended training and learn a new hitting approach from someone other than Parrish. Pendleton could help him if he would listen to him. He simply needs to focus on becoming an all-field hitter and not try to pull everything. But he is currently unable to cover both sides of the plate….and that is about his approach to hitting the ball….which needs altering big time.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Braves.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Let me guess – ground out to 2B or 1B.

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

Wow – last 6 games versus Phillies: Phillies 42, Braves 8.

Skip Would Say

September 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

There seems to be a lot a fat ladies in the stands tonight tuning up

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Freddi is waving a white flag hoping Charlie takes Oswald out

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Some phenom. How can the #1 prospect in baseball last year completely forget how to hit? He couldn’t hit a basketball right now.

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Its George Constanza at bat!

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Nope – K. Heyward might be the worst sophomore slump I can ever remember.

soduK

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

‘Stros took a 1-0 lead!

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

It’s like Fredi is speaking another language.

boots

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Heyward sucks.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Frank Wren cannot be the man to rebuild this roster. He was hired because he is a mini-Schuerholtz, who wouldn’t rock the boat – just like Fredi is Bobby Cox lite. It’s a smug, bland, bunch of place servers. Very sad, actually.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

FlaBrave695

epic.

Army Vet

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

If the Phillies didn’t show up the Braves still couldn’t win.

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

Oh, and can we get Glavine out of the TV booth?

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

Stupid hurricane.

JOhn

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

If i were Derek Lowe, I would have resigned a month ago… he is why the braves are in the position now.

I like our chances with Delgato and Minor.

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

On the same pitch that struck out Heyward, the Phillies would have killed. And Joe Simpson would have called it a hanger.

James

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

I don’t get why people thought the Braves will beat the Phillies with a injured pitching staff and only one good pitcher Tim Hudson that is still active. The Braves are done even if they made the playoffs it will be one and done quick so it’s a waste of time even following the Braves cause they are getting ready for the off season.

01HAWK

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

BRAVES, DAWGS, HAWKS, FALCONS………………………….ALL SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HOUSTON JUST SCORED…………………1-0

bj

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

Jeff, I blame Michael Moore, Reed and Dixie Chicks for Braves problems……

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

how long is Fred contract

TruthSeeker

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

Fredi Gonzalez HAS to be fired for this. This collapse has been so appalling, so devastating and so complete that there’s no away he’ll ever be able to remove the stain of it in the mind of Braves fans. It will be the thing that defines Fredi’s career. At least when we blew the World Series in 1996, Bobby Cox had a World Series title to fall back on. Gonzalez does not have anything close to that kind of capitol built up.

This year will hurt and linger for a long time. You just can’t keep Fredi around if you want to keep fans coming to the gates. I am so distraught over this team that I can’t imagine I’ll be able to build up any enthusiasm for next season. And I imagine a lot of other fans feel the same way. Unless wholesale changes – meaning a turnover of the entire coaching staff as well as significant personnel moves – are made, attendance is going to be even worse in 2012 and fan morale will be at an all-time low.

Maybe it’s not fair, but what we’re seeing is too egregious. Heads have to roll.

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

680 the Fan needs to boot Mazzone also. All remnants of the Cox era must go.

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

the way the Cards are playing seems like they’re playing for a 1 game playoff just so they can celebrate their amazing comeback and the braves amazing collapse in front of their own fans

jerry

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Hey, we still got the Astros.

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

01Hawk…..

A new 3B? Teams don’t dump Hall of Fame 3rd sackers…….how long have you been a “Braves fan?” Chipper is still in the top 5 to 10 3B in the national league.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

TampaGator, that makes no sense. Uggla’s fielding is not the problem and he hit just fine in florida playing second. I think that $62 million dollar contract got into his head.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Somebody get the rail for Parrish

Greg Mendel

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

My wife is a big Braves fan. I don’t care that much, because I don’t know much about baseball, and don’t want to. But, just watching (when I have to), it seems like the Braves can’t hit. Am I wrong? It seems like I’ve watched them “not hit” for at least three years. Maybe the folks who really know baseball have seen them hit, and I just missed it. So, what is it?

rally

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

The Braves of the 70s were terrible but they did their best. These clowns do not care and I write them off for once and all.

5 Time National Champs Nebraska

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

I thought it was “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”?

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Just heard Hammels is pitching some tomorrow. What do you think of our 4th starter so far? I gotta hand it to you who didn’t sit on the freeway on the way to this cookout. I just heard Homer Simpson talking about some game form the stoneage where the Braves came back from a 7 run deficit. I swear that guy tries to turn dogcrap into honey showing what a great pitch it was where Victorino singled. I can’t believe you are relegated to scoreboard watching in Houston. Sad.

soduK

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Schultz. I agree. It is bad enough watching the tailspin. These comments make it worse.

R2D2

September 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Oswalt looking like Randy Johnson against these losers…

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

The braves should go to the clubhouse and put their Astros hats on

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

When my pitching career is over, can I bat cleanup for you guys?

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Schultzee…..there is nothing bright to look at right now. Until I hear the words….”Lowe has retired” or” Lowe has been traded”…there is no bright side, dude!

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Enter your comments here

G

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

I will have to be honest, this team is not showing much heart. When are we going to see an article questioning Fredi’s leadership of this team?

bj

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Chipper was All-Star this year..

Boston Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Does anyone really even care anymore if the Braves make the playoffs? This last month has been totally disgusting.

Alaska Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Jeff, the good thing about living in Alaska is that it is now only 430 P.M. This blowout/choke has now allowed me to take a walk in this gorgeous 55 degree weather. See you Braves.. ..next Spring

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

Maybe if the Braves play with their caps off they will intimidate the Phillies with their mean looking Fohawks. A more apt haircut would be a bowl cut.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

You know what’s telling — the Braves broadcast has very few paying ads.

R2D2

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

So Jeff, how does Larry Parrish fit into the hitting woes ?

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

The Braves are trying to sell post season tickets, that takes guts.
I would not give you $5 a seat directly behind home plate. I would not waste the gas getting to the stadium nor spend $10 on a hotdog and a beer. Why are there people still at the park??

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

looks like someone got a lobotomy

Aggrevated Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

Any chance we can call the entire Gwinnet team up for tomorrow night’s game? Then you see…we will have a chance.

BT

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

Not a great time for Post Season Tickets commercial

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

Phiilies 42 – Braves 8…over the last 6 games!!!! An average of 7 runs per game…this is really pathetic!!!!!

Geno

September 27th, 2011
8:38 pm

Does it even matter if the Braves make it at this point? I mean if they do its only because the Cardinals lost. This will be the Braves 4th loss in a row in the most miserable September I’ve ever witnessed. Lowe and the offense is a mess.

Holy Cow

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Is it my imagination or does it seem like the braves have no life in them? I understand there are going to be times when you are over matched by good pitching but some of the pitches they are taking are down Peachtree. I think it is time to say adios to Lowe and it’s starting to look like Heyward has Francouritis. Maybe time to make a change in RF.

tucker

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

If the Braves played as hard as they try wearing the stupid Mohawak haircuts they might be a decent team, someone needs to tell them there not 5 years old anymore. I feel sorry for all the Fans who went and watch this team just mail it in, but on the bright side it will all be over tomorrow (HOPEFULLY)

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Say something, Jeff! You are all about running Mark Richt out of town but he has a record of some success to point to. This bunch has zilch. Fredi, Parrish, Wren have got to go. Yes or no?

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Schultz to Fredi “you guys are down 16 runs, aren’t you discouraged?” Fredi says, “no, we haven’t been to bat yet”

chase

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Can’t believe this team is just laying down like this

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Deer hunting is a sport you can do from a tree. Climb the tree and sit down and wait for a deer to walk by. When you see a deer the thing to do is to slowly and quietly bring your high powered rifle up and aim for the shoulder. Squeeze the trigger, don’t pull. If you feel a tweak in anything you can fall from the tree and go on the DL.

M10

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

I know it may be hard for many to admit but the best team in Atlanta is the Atlanta Dream.Sad but true.

No Way

September 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Can we please get this massacre over? There is nothing I would like more that major changes in the Braves next year. But its not gonna happen.I bet ol fredi has his butt covered pretty well, since he has known all along he is not a manager. My brother in Ohio says you can smell the stink from the Braves all the way up there.

George Stein

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

OK. NOW can we fire Fredi?

Space Monkey

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

Why on God’s Earth would we want this pitiful team in the playoffs?

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

the GA little league all-stars can take these guys

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

at least we’re not the Cubs. They would kill to be in this position.

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

Even if Houston gives us help, this Braves team doesnt deserve to make the playoffs. We should have had this locked up, long ago.

Philly will probably sweep us, and I still think we are going down somehow. Either it will be over tomorrow, or in a one game playoff tiebreaker with the Cards. I dont see this team getting to the NLDS with as bad as it is playing.

Oh, and I’m watching Cards-Astros, since I consider the Braves game to be over.

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

got some quotes lined up for FG, spoken by Fredi, should he decide to reuse them:

-Gonzalez told ESPNdeportes.com’s Enrique Rojas that the firing did not come as a shock. “It doesn’t surprise me, these things are normal in this job,” he said.

-”There’s no question that I feel very responsible today,” he said. “I feel as though I have failed completely to date with the organization.”

For the players:
“I feel like we let him down.”
“”I enjoyed playing for Fredi. He was a good man, a good manager”

Herschel Talker

September 27th, 2011
8:40 pm

Schultzie:

People should be thoroughly angry that Fredi started Lowe. Talk about mailing in a game. Simply disgraceful. I’d rather have started Teheran or anyone else. You asked earlier what other options were there. I say what other options could have been worse?

HT

Ivan

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Looks like das braves have put up the white flag. 6-0 Philly………………..Something vedy vedy wrong with das team……………….:(

DLowe

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Now that I’m finished pitching can I go get me a drink somewhere?

Derek Blow

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Gotta tip your hats to them…

Chad

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

You can decide to play with some heart and emotion- like the Phillies.

dawg4u

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

My other is watching the James Caan movie “Misery” with Kathy Bates and it is not half as depressing as this debacle. PLAYOFFS! We’re just trying to win a game but we’re really not trying too hard to win. I knew a 3 game lead with 5 to play with this bunch would be difficult. How do they look at themselves in the mirror in the morning? SAD.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Nothing is more pathetic than seeing a man down after a heavy loss, mournfully spilling his sould to the microphone while donning a sweet-ass Fohawk.

Matt Websters

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Bring out yer dead! [a man puts a body on the cart, unaware of the fact that the man is actually alive]
: Here’s one.
: That’ll be ninepence.
I’m not dead.
What?
Nothing. [hands the collector his money] There’s your ninepence.
: I’m not dead!
: ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead.
: Yes he is.

chase

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

If the Braves don’t make the playoffs, FREDI MUST BE FIRED! No excuse for this type of performance…oh an to Chipper’s quote just now having JJ and HANSON out DOES NOT EFFECT YOUR HITTING! and its the hitting that has been most of the problem

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

I know hindsight is 20/20 so I am not saying I thought of this. I didn’t think of this until I saw hudson in the dugout. Why not move him up on 4 days rest in this must win game and take your chances against Blanton? Or is he going tomorrow 4 on days rest?

M10

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

The Braves are just pathetic.A poor excuse for a baseball team.

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:41 pm

Teheran is obviously no good. He just struck out a guy that no one else could even get out. Of course, Teheran was not good enough to start in place of Blowe.

Life long Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

Truth you are right on. Fredi has to go. Next year could be like the 70’s and average 5-6 thousand a game. Every team in our division will be better next year. We need wholesale changes. We need two corner outfielders bad and some pitchers that can go 7-8 innings at least one out of every 3 starts.

Geno

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

If I were manager and had to start Lowe, I’d have the bullpen going in the first inning.

truth23

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

any of you “fans” that talk about dumping Chipper are stupid. He has had a great year, carried us the second half of the season like he has all 15 years he has been here. He was an all star this year and has the 3rd highest batting average on the team…..Wanna blame someone?? blame Gonzalez, Heyward, Prado… they are the ones who have not hit!!!

Jefferson

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

Wow! Just checked out the game.

I thought the redsox collapse was bad! GEEZ!

Seriously I think teheran would have been a better choice tonight

Derek Lowe has got to be released. He’s a middle reliever at best and not worth 15M for that!

So sad. Hope atlanta makes some moves before next year. O’Ventbrel can’t pitch every other game!

Tampa deserves to be in playoffs & sad to say but so does St. Louis.

Braves played good for 5 months but they would get eliminated in 3 games if they went to playoffs

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

Holy crap…Joe sez ” Lowe is pitching with conviction tonight!”…I said “Uh Oh”..switched to “Spartacus”…50 mins later…Braves down by 5!
No Fredi will hang around…as will Lowe…(who em???)

TampaGator

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

Truth Seaker…….

Someone in the front office must have told Gonzalez to play Heyward and sit the player that brought a spark to the team. They lost that spark when Heyward started to play every day. Also…..Gonzalez had nothing to do with the injuries to Tommy and Jar. He has pitched our three great relievers too much…..they are obviously worn down.

DLowe

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

I wish you Freddie would have started Teheran instead of me. We might have had a chance.

IdahoBravesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

I can’t believe Fredi let Lowe come back out after they were already down by four runs. He should have known that any more runs would be lights out. Write this one off. On second thought, I can’t believe he sent Lowe out there period. That guy is auto-loss

Nocahoma's Wigwam

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

MLB Channel: “Derek Lowe was seen singing a Rihanna song in the clubhouse before the game”. What? SOS!!??? I’ve requested MLB.tv to give me a full refund and am closing the door on this bunch of choke artists. Please STL, put us out of our misery.

Skeezix

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

My wife, after the 4th inning, took over the TV and is watching one of those home decorating shows. I’ll follow along on the web and I’m keeping my good friend Jack Daniels close.

I was hoping Fredi wouldn’t start Lowe. This has turned out to be one miserable finish to the season. Asking this offense to score 7 against the Phils is asking a lot.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

Joe Simpson: “Get some runs tonight to carry into tomorrow.”
The Braves scored 7 on Friday in Washington — since then they have scored 3 runs in 33 innings.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:42 pm

At least Teheran is trying to pitch well. He is actually pitching well. Why in the hell didn’t FG start this guy??? The Braves announcers have found something good!

carlchamblee

September 27th, 2011
8:43 pm

Maybe if the Astros can knock out the Cardinals they can take our place in the playoffs.

They’d have a better shot.

LakeDawg

September 27th, 2011
8:43 pm

I liked the Braves of the 70’s much better than I’ve liked the Braves of the past 15 years. I can’t stand teams that won’t compete when the going gets tough.

blazerdawg

September 27th, 2011
8:43 pm

OK Braves – 3 up 3 down. Now lets get the bats going…FU JuBu Braves will do it themselves!

ab initio

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

“Now in the game (too late), Julio Teheran.”

Understatement of the entire thread. If I’m Scheurholz, I’m giving you a call to manage my ball club for you have a clue.

Unlike the current skipper…

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

I told you Teheran shoulda started…

Adam L.

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

This is the worst performance of professional athletes I can remember

NorCal Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

Got here late tonight. Where’s Gonzo? Is he Gonzo for the year?

Shadowfax419

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

“Amid all of the angst of the Braves’ collapse (10-18), the injured starters (Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson), the slumping hitters (Martin Prado, Jason Heyward, Brian McCann) and the overused bullpen, guess what? The Braves can actually clinch the wild card tonight.”
Guess you kinda missed that one huh?
Really folks…is Gonzalez really a major league manager? Does he stand up for his players? I can only remember him getting thrown out once this year. He comes out on disputable calls and “discusses” the call with the Ump and slithers back into the dugout. His post game comments are pathetic “canned” comments. I can’t explain the heartbreak I feel for my Braves. I used to go the stadium with my Dad in the 60’s and cheer with all my heart. Now I just don’ t care anymore.
So sad!

Alaska Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

Someone pull the plug.

jdawg

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

You are a joke Braves. Laugh all the way to the bank if you will, but we know, and you know, when you wake up at 3 am in your Brooks Brothers PJ’s, you know you are a bunch of quiting pathetic losers. You have no heart and no business in the playoffs. Even if SL chokes it away and lets you slip in, you have no guts, and should be ashamed for what you’ve done. You Chipper are the one who should look in the mirror the longest. Retire, like you should have done back when Andrew left, so that this team can move forward. You had your day in the sun. Your leadership speaks for itself. Please let this city and this club move on.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
8:44 pm

Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville – because . . . because . . . well, because we run a batting practice pitcher out there in a ‘must win’ game. And these guys wouldn’t know a clutch hit from a can of potted meat. And what’s up with Fredi Gonzalez? The guy’s dumber than a sack of hammers. He’s making Bobby Cox look like Albert freaking Einstein. And BTW, Mighty Casey didn’t strike out. No, he grounded weakly to second.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

I said that Teheran shoulda started before Lowe threw a pitch…

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

truth23…. I think the Chipper blame comes from his inability at this point in his career to stay healthy. I agree when healthy he is still very good but he does miss a ton of games.

Mike

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

So if…I mean when the Braves flop this, will the ownership realize this bargain basement lineup isnt working? Will it spur them to get into the Prince Fielder Sweepstakes? Just take Lowe’s salary on the chin, and pretend its not there…sort of like Lowe on the mound all season. I can’t for the life of me understand why Gonzales put Lowe on the mound tonight in basically a must win type of ballgame. Did he really expect any different?

ESPN

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

Guess what we are showing right now to hex the Braves.
Catching Hell.
The Steve Bartman story.
Alex Gonzales just bobbled a double play ball.
Hey maybe he brought the jinx here with him.

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

Fredi is a worse manager than B. Cox when it comes to pitching. Remember all the games that Proctor cost us. Then it was Linesuck. And of course continuing to start Blowe.

Mitchell

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

Braves can clinch tonight (and it starts with Lowe)

No, actually. It ends with Lowe.

Nice try.

DLowe

September 27th, 2011
8:45 pm

Man, I hope we don’t make the playoffs. It would mean I would have to go back out there and embarrass myself again. I sure hope they still pay me for not being very good.

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

Time to watch a real winner!!! Let’s go Dream!!!

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

do you guys realize that bum leo mazzone was saying today that Lowe should pitch tonight and game 1 of playoff? that just shows you how delusional the braves were in the 90’s with him there. that kind of attitude is why there is one WS title in ATL.

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

It’s still early – no need for urgency. Wonder if there will be any urgency by the 8th inning tomorrow night when we’re hoping to pllay for a chance to play a 1 game playoff?

carlchamblee

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

Didn’t Chipper the Leader say the Phils could be beat in the playoffs?

Uhh Chip, sorry to interrupt your half swing double play grounder, but you can’t even beat them in the last week of regular season when they’ve already clinched.

Good news is Buck Commander time next week and no “flu like symptoms”

Biff Pocoroba

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

At least the Dream is winning. I don’t like the WNBA but those girls are tougher than anyone on the Braves roster right now.

OldTimer

September 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

The Phillies are raping the Braves and Chipper is first in line.

Jack Daniels

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

Don’t blame Chipper Jones………………….Take a look at Prado and Heyward………………Nothing from them ……………..Nothing

Geno

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

Wish we were the Astros right now. They do this thing called hitting.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

And now they’re hurting our children. What the hell is next?

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

Braves can clinch tonight (and it starts with Lowe)… Does this guy write fiction on the side or only in the newspaper?

booquinn

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

They are just laying down, no emotion with these guy’s, they checked out weeks ago. Playing for a check and a plane ticket home. I don’t want to hear about the injury excuse, it happens to every team, great teams overcome injuries when others step up, not Fredi and the gang. Starts at the top, we need an emotional leader to light a little fire under these overpaid men playing a game.

WTF?

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

The manager should be fired for his horrible decision making. This guy’s just as inept as obama at making the right decision. What a disaster.

Mike

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

While they are at it…find a hitting coach that can get these bats back in order. For a team with supposed all-star and top young talent (Jones, Bourn, Prado, McCann, Uggla, Freeman, Heyward), this is one of the sorriest hitting Braves clubs I have seen since Cox’s early days.

bj

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

carl…astros have lost 100 games, they can’t take our place.

Prado4President

September 27th, 2011
8:47 pm

Schultz,
What is the atmosphere in the clubhouse these days?

Chipper

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

Daddy has built me a nice deer stand in Texas.

jerry

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

So proud of the Braves…… carrying on the proud tradition of Loserville. Go you Bravos!!!

soduK

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

‘Stros about to score… 2nd and 3rd, one out!

Prado4President

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

Do you think it is even a remote possibility that Lowe may retire at the end of the year?

TechRon

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

Hey did I mention that the Braves suck? I think I did. Repeating: Can Gonzalez and the whole coaching staff asap and start over. I think I might keep all the pitchers except Lowe and then take a hard look at all position players. They just cannot go out there next year with this same bunch of dogs. It really is a disgrace.

WTF?

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

The manager should be fired for his awful decsion making. This guy is as inept as the president at making the right decision. A complete failure

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:48 pm

Hilarity, that’s what we need. I think we need to get Foxworthy and Engvall for the announcers befitting the play on the field

CantonBuck

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

Jeff, are you able to go back and change the headline of your blog? Seems kind of embarrassing now to speak of a clinch.

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

What I want for next year…..

Chipper retires but becomes hitting coach.

C McCann
1b Freeman
2b Ugla
SS Pastornickey
3B New big bat/Prado as backup
LF New big bat/Diaz as backup
CF Bourne
RF New Big Bat/Heyward as backup

Get rid of Lowe and A Gonzalez

pichers: Hudson…Jurjjens….Hanson…Beachy….Delgado

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

You guys could always drive your homes up to Philly to catch a playoff game or two. Well, you couldn’t get INTO the games, but you could live in the parking lot.

LOB Braves

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

This awful hitting team has to be the responsibility of Parrish. No team can be this bad.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

“Bring out yer dead.” Best line of the night..

sg10abc

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

Top reasons for the Braves struggle (in order).
1. Lowe
2. Hudson (3 bad starts at a crucial time)
3. Prado, McCann struggles – particularly in RISP.
4. Rookie pitchers working only 5-6 inning resulting in overworked bullpen.

No Way

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

Wasn’t Jack Wilson a singer in the 60’s? No wonder he can’t play ball. But this is the place to be if you can’t play ball. S U C K like a hoover.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

3-0 houston

soduK

September 27th, 2011
8:50 pm

3-0 Stros!!!!

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:50 pm

Astros 3, Cards 1

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
8:50 pm

We should feel lucky. The Astros are giving us help. Right now they are playing better than we are.

We might just back into a postseason berth that we really dont deserve.

Chipper

September 27th, 2011
8:50 pm

My knee hurts.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

Sorry, 3-0

James

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

Houston is helping the Braves out.

Shadowfax419

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

@Vain Jangling Absolutely the best blog I’ve ever seen! LMFAO!!!!! Agree with the Fredi comment. Always wondered where Mudville was. It’s about a 1/2 mile south of the Gold Dome!

blazerdawg

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

just a flesh wound

Geno

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

I’d hate to be the Cards right now. They have the opportunity to take the wild card and they’re letting the Disastros beat them.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

Go Dawgs

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

If you think we are griping complaining just imagine the Cardinal fans if we get swept by the Phillies and they get swept by the Astro’s. The suicide rate will go up in St Louis.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

5-0 stros

ab initio

September 27th, 2011
8:51 pm

Hey, we got a team of backups, it isn’t any wonder we are backing up into the playoffs.

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

what are the rules about just conceding?? Can we?? Then can we all get little girl haircuts & wait until next year?? can we? can we??

sg10abc

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

Jeff,

How can Braves pay $15 million/year for number 3 starter at best and minor league pitcher (if that) these days?

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

McCann’s days as a Braves catcher have to be over. He’s a part time catcher DH for an American League team with a big payroll – Red Sox? He breaks down in the heat every year, gets dinged up. As you see with Mauer, your catcher cannot be your offensive bell cow. Trade McCann.

bj

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

Cards and Braves don’t want it..both playing like girls softball team….

Cheese

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

5-0 Stro’s the braves might make the playoffs while being 1 game up and going 1-5 in the last 6 games of the year

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

5-0 Stros. It looks like neither the Braves or Cards want to win this wild card.

Tim goes tomorrow. I still think this will go down to a Thursday tiebreaker.

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

I really can’t believe this collapse I really thought the Braves were the clearly the 2nd best team in the NL and I thought we would have a very fun NLCS. I was way off. Also were are all the Braves fans on here that told me all year how well they match up with the Phils. Saying things like “6 and 6 and against the Phils” 0 and 5 in September. Wow if the Phils weren’t in Atlanta I would swear they are the Mets with this collapse

TruthSeeker

September 27th, 2011
8:52 pm

Does anyone else feel almost embarrassed that the Astros are doing our dirty work for us?

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

the Astros would be kicking ours tonight too.

BACK TO “SPARTACUS”!!!!

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

5-0 Houston man on 3rd 1 out

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

I fart in your general direction. You and your band of l-osers.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

The Braves new slogan: Three up, three down.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Watch the braves and the cardinals both get sweep in their final series! LOL How would you write that one up Jeff?

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Astros 5-0. THis is crazy does neither team want to get in?

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Jeff…looks like Braves did Sept 1

bj

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Braves are 10 games out of first going to play-off, what a joke.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

dammit astros stop beating the cards. i want this over with!

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Truth- That’s the least embarrassing thing we have to worry about right now!

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

If the Astros sweep the cards the Braves should send Champagne to Houston

PMC

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Ok, all that optimism for nothing today.

Derrick Lowe should be paying people to watch THEM pitch. Guy is a titanic bust.

This team is so completely and totally gutless. Team Chemistry is GARBAGE without talent.

Choking Dogs.

Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Lowe blows!

TechRon

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Oh, by the way, KimbrellRocks decries Mazzone for saying Lowe should be out there tonight. I have to agree with him. If I ever saw a pitcher with absolutely no chance to win, it would have to be Lowe. Mazzone is like every other house shill in this town. They are watching a disaster unfold and they don’t have the balls or the brains to just call it what it is. Buck Belue, Chuck Dowdle, Mark Lemke, the whole Braves broadcast team, all the same. They are evidently paid to “keep it positive” at all costs. Anyway, anyone with two eyes to see cannot buy that nonsense.

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

This is like boys vs men.

ToeMeetsLeather

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Hey, we are a mid-level payroll team with a 30 million dollar anchor around our neck (Chip & Lowe). I will tune back in when these washed up dudes are gone.

Dan Uggla in the Dugout

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Hey you guys got the tee times reserved for Thursday? It is a shame we can’t play golf tomorrow.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

“And now for something completely different. A man with three buttocks.”

MR

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

We were sold a bill of goods with Fredi. Bobby Cox handed down to Frank “hitting?” Wren the sacred tablets that gave the hiring of Fredi his gold seal of approval. As if were from the lips of God himself. And Frank saw that it was good and went back to sleep in his desk chair comforted in knowing that the team had all the hitting they needed by adding Michael Bourn. Frank Wren has never won ANYTHING since coming to the Braves, but his standing was well and safe in the Braves front office. Never a hitting coach shall be fired from Atlanta nor a GM be questioned by the local paper. And the good people of Atlanta stayed away from The Ted again and longed for college football Saturdays knowing that next season the Braves will once again put all their eggs into the pitching basket forgetting that a balanced attack wins ballgames and the rest of MLB laugh in jest at how Wren was kidding all along about their vaunted young pitchers. Wren didn’t even know which one to trade for a bat.

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Jeff, I think Fredi was heard in the dugout saying, after Pence’s home run, “that’s okay, just a flesh wound.”

Silky-d

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

It’s the curse of Chief Knockahoma!!! Bring back the teepee and someone apologize to JaBu!!!

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

we haven’t scored 6 runs in a week have we? 5-0 houston. they are playing like they want to win

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

braves will become the first team ever to win a playoff bid by losing lol

James

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

It’s gonna come down to tomorrow the Braves will get swept by the Phillies and the Cardinals will win the final game of their series against the Astros and force a one game playoff against the Braves to go to the playoffs. Braves @ Cardinals on tuesday

Big Whoops Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:55 pm

Lemme see, now, 6-0 Phillies into the 6th.

I’m thinking of a word that rhymes with duck to describe the Braves. Hmmm. What could it be? It can’t be Blowes. Oh, well, I’ll think of a word if you give me enough time.

And thanks for all the ticket money, suckas.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
8:55 pm

Well Hell. We’re still alive and well! Well, alive anyway. This is all very Twilight Zoneish.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
8:55 pm

i officially tip my hat to the astros

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
8:55 pm

I am actually flipping back and forth between the Phils and the cards. There is something right about Larusa looking all upset.

"Chef" Tim Dix

September 27th, 2011
8:55 pm

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
8:54 pm
This is like boys vs men.

Is that like a Russ Minshew reference?

NO MORE PARRISH

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

FRANK WREN – If you want to show you are serious then fire Parrish before the game tomorrow and watch this team show up. White Sox can release their manager (who won a world series) so you can fire grandpa Parrish tonight. DO IT!!!

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

“Mr. Lowe, Mr. Lowe…your booth is ready”…”Mr. Lowe bring your cocktails with you…your booth is ready”

Joseph

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

Hey look, the Bartman special is on ESPN. That’ll help the pain.

ls1z28chris

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

This is more embarrassing than the Falcons.

jerry

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

Let’s get the Cards in the playoffs and show them sons-a-…….what the Braves are made of.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

The Braves Fantasy Camp will be held tonight – bring your glove, you could play either corner outfield position tomorrow!

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

Chipper heard saying in the dugout, when asked by Fredi why he hasn’t been able to hit with RISP the last few nights: “she turned me into a newt!”

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

If the Braves can somehow end up as the wild card team and I were F Gonzalez…..at my media briefing do you know what you would hear?

From the great Jim Mora Sr……

“PLAYOFFS?!!! PLAYOFFS?!!!….you kidding me This team…PLAYOFFS!!!?”

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

This loss is squarely on FG for pitching the worst pitcher in MLB. Julio is pitching like a wild man. He is actually trying which is more than I can say for the rest of the braves at this point.

TruthSeeker

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

MR, that made me laugh.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

Did Chief use to pee pee in his tee pee ?

rally

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

Lowe deserves the same for next year that Kawakami got this year. Either take some money and leave or be a $15 million minor league pitcher for 2012.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

7-0!!

dawg4u

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

The thing that makes this performance (or stink out) even worse is that these guys (Braves) are still getting paid for this BS (at the fan’s expense). This team is already the butt of so many jokes around the league and well deserved. I hope we just continue to stink because nobody wants to see this team in the playoffs especially the die-hard Braves’ fans. Frank Wren needs to just start from scratch. This just didn’t work!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

Could the Bravos actually back into the playoffs?
Go Astronauts.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

Rollins is on a roll.

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

Hey Fredi gonna get on that bird headed for st louis on thursday?

Brave-less

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

lol this is great (Cards still playing for a 1 game playoff, that i’m sure!). Cards/Braves lose again tonight, Braves send Hudson to the mound tomorrow in a possible clinching game but watch …. they’ll lose simply because they stink / can’t play with determination / they’re stuck in a losing frame of mind.

Cards giving the Braves chances, they’re not taking it. Braves giving Cards chances they’re not taking it UNTIL! the last game of the season where I’m thinking they’ll blow the Astros out, force the playoff and go on to beat the Braves (and eventually make the Phillies regret not helping the Braves get in)

NorCal Brave

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

Hypothetical question: If they somehow come out of this with the wild card, will the Braves have the gall to celebrate?

carlchamblee

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

Now at least the score is the same as Lowe’s breathalyzer 7.0

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

It’s like BP for the Phillies.

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

TechRon, Chris Dimino at 790 has developed severe shill-itis over the past few years. First with his cozy relationship with Chipper — kind of like Ahmad Rashad and Jordan, or Pedro Gomez and Barry Bonds. Now, that 790 is the broadcaster for the Falcons, you can’t say a bad word about the Falcons, he went through the microphone on a couple of callers the past two days.

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

Jeff- just jumping on here, so not sure if it’s been discussed, but somebody has to get fired for this, right? Astros lead notwithstanding, let’s assume the Braves lose a play-in game in St. Louis. You can’t suffer one of the most monumental collapses in baseball history and not change course, right? I know that’s not the Braves style, but isn’t it time for a shake up? Any chance they’d let Fredi go? Can they fire Parrish just to make a point?

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
8:56 pm

If the Braves can somehow end up as the wild card team and I were F Gonzalez…..at my media briefing do you know what you would hear?

From the great Jim Mora Sr……

“PLAYOFFS?!!! PLAYOFFS?!!!….you kidding me This team…PLAYOFFS!!!?”

Super!!

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
8:58 pm

more than ever now Fredi needs to concede and go into the clubhouse and watch the Cards & Astros

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

“Now pitching for Atlanta…Eric, the 1/2 a bee….”

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

No, it wasn’t, but LOL, I’m old enough to remember ole Russ.

Can I get a woo wooooooo

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

Like Dandy Don said, “Turn out the lights this party is over”

monarch

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

Howard is praying he gets 1 more at bat

Bruce Mac

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

Atlanta, your team has no heart and very little talent. This is pathetic and if they back into the playoffs stupid azz Fredi will start Lowe again. Unbelievable.

NO MORE PARRISH

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

Who are we going to pull for when we are playing the Brewers? We can’t win our own games!!!

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

This will be kind of like the NBA or NHL where teams who can’t play make the playoffs.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

@carl: too funny. Thing is, he might have pitched better a little trashed tonight. Could not have done worse, that’s for sure.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

The headline ” The Pennant That No One Wanted” or ” Was there a Game Tonight?” or ( from Chipper Jones) “I wonder if I can make it home in time for the Tonight Show?”

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

The Phillies top three in the order are 5-9 with 3 HR’s and 6 RBI. Bourn, Prado & Chipper are 1-8.

Joseph

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

The Cards will come back and win, don’t worry.

Jack Daniels

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

McCann was on fire before the DL thing and then he rode by the Krispy Kreme store…….What happen Mr.McCann………………Did you eat every flavor they had? This is shocking what we are seeing tonight………………….We probably can still clinch this tomorrow if Hudson wins. Go figure

Falcons4Eva

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

There ought to be a mercy rule. We have suffered enough these last 6 weeks.

Just as soon put us out our misery TONIGHT.

Just wait til next year….we’ll show ‘em. (LOL).

Chipper

September 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

If the Cards lose tonight, we’ll lose tommorrow night. We can’t stand the pressure. Oh did you all notice I’m playing injured?

ramblinwreck80

September 27th, 2011
9:00 pm

Why do Braves pitchers not know how to pitch to Phillies batters?…this is ridiculous!!!

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
9:00 pm

Everyy time i see fatso gonzalez in tnat dugout swalling seeds i pray he snorts one up his nostril

NO MORE PARRISH

September 27th, 2011
9:00 pm

I think that rainbow pictures now proves this team is gay.

ab initio

September 27th, 2011
9:00 pm

“Yes! Crowd chanting, “Let’s go Houston”

If Braves’ fans had any sense, they would be booing.

sg10abc

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Oh..how I miss Kawakami these days? Wouldn’t he be an upgrade over Lowe right now? Heck, if Greg Norton could throw over the plate, he would be better option than Lowe.

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

I say give the wild card to the Astros, they are at least trying.

ESPN

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Concerning Bartman incident, Chicago guy blackbailed me from joining a group renting a home in Berkeley California.
Maybe it was not the goat or the black cat jinxing the Cubs.
Maybe it was me.
The Atlanta Warlock.

NO MORE PARRISH

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Is baseball the new wrestling? Hard to believe the Cards are losing again to Houston.

Skeezix

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Looks like it is time for a Braves pitcher to dust a Phils batter.

Fan34571/2

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

The guy ya’ll wanted to pitch tonight instead of Lowe just gave up ANOTHER homerun. I think my love affair with this team has ended and I have returned to my senses. As an ole fuddy duddy (60’s) I loved baseball when it was really a great sport. I think this year has ended my love affair with not only the braves (don’t deserve caps) but all of baseball is starting to reek to high heaven.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Go Dream

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Embarassing game.

Sons of Rick Matula

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

I never want to see that fat turd Alex Gonzalez in a Braves uni again.

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Don’t worry 1 touchdown drive and you are right back in it.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

Well, there’s spam, egg, sausage and spam. That’s not got too much spam in it.

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

Rollins just kicked the extra point. That’s right Homer, don’t compliment the Phillies. Skip is a tool but at least he recognizes brilliance. I heard Simpson getting on Polanco for arguing a bowling ball. The guy that strikes out less than anybody may just know the strike zone. I can’t believe how lucky you are with the Stros beating Crads 5-0. I don’t know who’s a bigger choke, you or the Crads

chuck

September 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

Fredi G. has been a lousy manager, but he’ll be back. Derek Lowe is a washed up, a worthless, bottom-feeder of a pitcher. He should retire, but Frank Wren, gave hime 4 years @ $15 million, so he’ll be back to piss down his leg again next year. The offense is simply pathetic. No clutch hitters on this team. Not one. Not even close. Not even Mr. three Hole Hitter. Prado has been giving away at bats for more than a month. His 15 minutes of fame was last year. He’s a minor league caliber utility player. Nothhing more. McCann has been a huge choke in the last quarter of the season. He’s a below average defensive player as well. His “third, third, third” call cost a run tonight.. He had a passed ball, when it hit him in the glove. What a disappointment. Uggla, in September, hits only when no one is on base. He had a good two months, and was a disaster the rest of the season. Pitchers were hurt, but the offesive guys led the collapse.
When this thing ends tomorrow, and the Braves can wipe the puke off their shoes, and go home. I hope they realize they have been a part of one of the biggest collapses in MLB history. They did it because they are a no chrome bunch of bottom feeders, with no bats or balls.

They make more money than God, so they get the last laugh. In the end through, I hope they realize, in their profession, they will be looked at as failures. It’s what they are. It’s how they responded, when the season was on the line.
They’ll give quotes about “How hard they worked…” and that nobody quit”…”and they hit a rough patch”, and they “just couldn;t get it done.” They won’t say the truth…That they spit it out, puked it up, and choked for over the last month of the season.
Atlanta Braves, 2011 CHOKERS. Period.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

Joe Simpson, the Phillies just didn’t try very hard during the 1-9 stretch. They can turn the offense off & on and Braves can never even turn their offense on.

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

“He’s not dead…he’s just sleeping”

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:03 pm

Maybe we could get a sportswriter from the Houston Chronicle to say something serious about this game, you’re supposed to be watching, Jeff.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:03 pm

Is Rick Camp out of Jail yet?
I am sure he can still at least try to pitch?

erubi

September 27th, 2011
9:03 pm

New season on CBS…much more interesting. The Braves in the playoffs? Just to drag out our misery? Please just take your bats and balls and go home boys.

Ronald Millsaps

September 27th, 2011
9:03 pm

The Braves are showing that they are not the ‘91 team in terms of character.

Derek Lowe has not pitched well this year, though he has been a good acquisition overall.

In fairness to the Cardinals, if both teams end up tied, I really think a one-game playoff is a disservice to them. They did, after all, win five out of six against Atlanta.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:04 pm

maybe chipper can give us a top 10 list of feeble excuses

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:04 pm

Matt Ryan will pitch the 8th, down by a TD….

Kissinger

September 27th, 2011
9:04 pm

“It’s just a flesh wound.”

David

September 27th, 2011
9:04 pm

Is it fair to say at the moment, the braves are the worst team in baseball?!?

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

Stupid Cardinals. They just want to lose so the Braves have to go to the playoffs and get even more humiliated 10-0 three straight games.

PMC

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

Derrick Lowe on Payday: Ski mask…. Check; TI’s weapon stash… Check; Peerless Price Jersey….check; Have 8 beers with Rafel Furcal…..Check…..

Just strait Stealing Cash Homie!

DHD

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

No

Big Daddy

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

I guess Frenchy ISN’T so bad after all…..It sure would be nice having him in RF

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

braves have scored 3 runs in last FOUR GAMES

and a hitting instructor doesn’t matter? LOL

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

We could fight them with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
9:05 pm

Pujols K

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

Oh look Bob Horners on deck!

athdogbrave

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

Could see this coming all year. Mediocre hitting team, all year long, that relied on very good pitching and pretty good defense. The pitching, or most of it, heads to Dr Andrews office, and the rest of it, other than Hudson, ages right before our eyes (Lowe). So now we’re forced to try to win games with Hudson and the kids, with Lowe being totally, unquestionably and undeniably washed up.
Injuries happen, arms wear out, those are unavoidable. Our approach at the plate has been
puzzling all year. The offseason would be interesting except for Wren is hamstrung by Lowe’s contract and the ownership of Liberty media. I’d like to see what kind of team Frank could put together if he had a competitive budget.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

these are 260 and 270 hitters having a field day

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

This was a quote during the offseason after signing the pillsbury doughboy to manage the braves:

“He can’t be Bobby,” Wren said. “That’s one of the main points we’ve talked about: There’s not going to be another Bobby Cox. Fredi needs to do things just as he did them in Florida, even if it’s different than the way we have done things here for the last 20-some years here.

“Fredi needs to do things his way — that’s how he’s going to be most natural and most genuine, by being himself.”

Yea hes doing things HIS WAY for sure…the same way he did the Marlins

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

If we make it to the playoffs can we just put the Houston hitters in Braves uniforms? We might have a chance then.

ab initio

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

“Is Rick Camp out of Jail yet?
I am sure he can still at least try to pitch?”

Right now, I’d put a bat in his hand. At least he can hit a homer.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:07 pm

Its beyond sad that Braves need Astros to beat Cardinals. That’s like getting paid for a job that somebody else is doing…

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:07 pm

When McCann doesn’t hit, the Braves may be one of the worse teams. Definitely the worse offensive team in Atlanta in a long time and Pendleton can’t be blamed for it or Glenn Hubbard.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:07 pm

@C3PO: we call that government work up here in Illinois

David

September 27th, 2011
9:07 pm

Does Freddi keep his job after this or is this just taking tradition one step further?

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:07 pm

I miss the old radio announcers. they would be talking about fly fishin by now

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:08 pm

I bet Bobby Cox is watching this and wanting to call Frank and get his job back.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
9:08 pm

it will take 5 yrs to get Fred out

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
9:08 pm

Who give a sh–! about the marlins

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:09 pm

Three up, three down.

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
9:09 pm

bring back russ nixon!

Dadgummit

September 27th, 2011
9:09 pm

You can bet Fredi will keep his job, but if Parrish is still around after this season, I’m gone.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

I’d trade McCann,Prado,and Heyward for Francoeur and Alex Gordon right now.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

I would love to see Bob Horner on deck. At least that would be great to see! How sad is this?

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

We aren’t even putting up a fight with our at bats.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

This seems somehow fitting: “A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat. Nudge nudge. Wink wink. Say no more. Say no more!”

St. Louis Cardinals

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

Hey we choked two games to you.
What do you want?
Oh we get it: a one game playoff to get even more money from your fans.
It on.
We’ll both lose three straight games.
The playoff game will be known as the worse playoff game ever played since two losers clubs will be playing for the Wild Card.

Damon Barryhill

September 27th, 2011
9:10 pm

None of these bozos can hit. And none have any heart – you can se eby their demeanor that they’re defeated. No chance of winning tomorrow night – write that down. NO CHANCE

IllinoisRed

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

Derek Lowe is long gone, Rollins must made it 7-zip. Three hits in six innings. Gotta pull for Houston!!

Also, Wren needs to start the off-season by eating Lowe’s and McLouth’s contracts, sending Hayward to Arizona or the Caribbean to work on his swing, put Sherrill out to pasture, limit Venters and Kimbrel to 65 games each, and ease Chipper into no more than 80 to 90 starts and seven innings (just like the Braves did with Aaron back in the 70’s).

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

Why is there a big crowd at the game. What is the heck is wrong with you people paying to see this team???

Flailing Grade

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

The fans are as flat as the team … hardly a boo can be heard. If this was Fenway, or Philly, or Citi Field – can you imagine. We get what we demand, apparently.

Big Daddy

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

New baseball show is being created chronicling the 2011Braves season……the name of the show is….

THE BIGGEST LOSERS!!!!!

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

Bring back Dave Bristol!

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

Are the hot dogs half price yet

billy bob

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

I predicted 0 runs tonight! How pathetic!!!

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:11 pm

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:06 pm

Oh look Bob Horners on deck!

And Rico Carty is in the hole…

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Did Joe say we are on the edge of glory?

O'Brien

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Jeff,

Ask Chipper if he still thinks the Braves can beat the Phillies in the playoffs.

We have been smacked around the last 6 games against the Phills.

DamntheButcher

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Braves are as bad as UGA… FIRE MARK RICHT

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Can Lady Gaga play catcher ?

Diddy

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Hey Jeff…….do you let the players know after the game that the fans are furious. Granted FAN is short for Fanatic…..but heads need to roll for this epic collapse. I would be honored if you brought up to Gonzo that Grady Little was fired for pulling the same shenanigans. That BarryZito was the highest paid pitcher on the giants last year and BENCHED in the world series because of his ERA in the teens. Also……ask ” would you celebrate winning the wild card even if you won by St Louis losing?”. These are questions that i want answered. Ted Turner……please sell Montana and Wyoming and buy the team back!!!!!

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Maybe Lady Gaga can inspire our boys.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

Behave my heart……Lady GAGA

monarch

September 27th, 2011
9:12 pm

5-1

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

I can’t believe I threw up in front of Dean Wormer.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

The TV announcers are begging people to come to the game tomorrow night!
Send a message-no one show up!

ijonathan

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

I’m quite sure Gaga can “man up” better than most of the frauds wearing Braves uniforms.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

Value Days at the Ted.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

I wonder how much prodding they have to do to get Chip to pitch people getting tickets for tomorrow nights game?

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:13 pm

Bring back Glenn Hubbard.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:14 pm

Merciful 3 and out inning for the braves!

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:14 pm

@flailing Cubs have had top ten attendance for 10 years….Go figure why we keep paying to see them

billy bob

September 27th, 2011
9:14 pm

Who cares if we make the playoffs! 3 and out! get swept.

monarch

September 27th, 2011
9:14 pm

5-4 houston

Brave rave

September 27th, 2011
9:14 pm

What would happen if Bob Horner and Derrick Lowe went to a bar together….
Stay tuned…..

bj

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

Cards make it 5-4 game and still batting..4th inning

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

5-4 houston only up by a run

David

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

Next year?

extremus

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

Gotta tip your cap to the Braves ownership and front management if next year’s clubhouse has a LOT of new faces…starting with Freddi Gonzalez’s and Larry Parrish’s replacements. At this point I don’t know what’d be worse; to see the Braves miss the playoffs entirely or somehow manage to sneak in and get humiliated on an even bigger stage. Choose your poison, Braves fans.

ab initio

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

“The TV announcers are begging people to come to the game tomorrow night!
Send a message-no one show up!”

Should’ve done that at the start of this season.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

My dad Chief-Noc-A-Homa has been dancing for 48 hours straight and I don’t believe it is doing a bit of good. But I don’t have the heart to tell him.

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
9:15 pm

Its now 5-4. Maybe we should just root for the Braves to go home tomorrow. The way they are playing, they will go three and out in the NLDS anyway,.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:16 pm

pinch hit for everybody.clear the bench. the starters have put up a whopping 0 runs. the pitchers on our team could score that many. houston 5-4.

Caseyatthebat

September 27th, 2011
9:16 pm

Never before have so many teams been SOoo happy to come to Atlanta. I don’t defend Lowe but he could give up ten runs and, if the Braves can’t score, it doesn’t matter. When the he’ll is Wren going to get us some big hitters? Not guys who just get up there and swing. We could have had Pence for two young pitchers. What the hell good is this pitching wealth that Wren values so much doing us now?

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

Terrible.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

Cardinals have heart. Braves are the Tinmen…

Wes

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

It’s really simple…this team has quit and is a reflection on it’s coach! Fire Freddie and the idiot that hired him, Wren. I’m disgusted by this team and no coaching and no management is beyond belief.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

How about this line up tomorrow night?
Mike Lum
Biff Pocaroba
Jerry Royster
Dale Murphy
Bob Horner
Ralph Garr
Dusty Baker
Claudell Washington
Pitching-Phil Neikro
How wonderful would it be to see these guys one more time?
I would pay money to go back in time. I saw them growing up many times!

reality check

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

that huge sucking sound is…. the braves choking!

Dead and Done how pathetic……

ESPN

September 27th, 2011
9:17 pm

“As fans gathered for the 7th game, many were still haunted by game 6.”
From Catching Hell. (Steve Bartman story)
Being broadcast simultaneously with tonight’s game.
One good choking performance deserves another.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:18 pm

Go Cards! End this charade.

Robbie

September 27th, 2011
9:18 pm

I can’t take any more of this crap, I’m out of here!

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

I am not even watching the game. This blog is more fun!!! The Braves do not deserve for St. Louis to lose and keep them alive!

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

Phillies look like 1960 Yankees and Braves look like 2010 Orioles…

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

Go Cardinals!

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

Old Dawg – I might go with Earl Williams behind the plate and Felix Millan at second.

Biff Pocoroba

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

It is good that the Cardinals are going to come back and win. The Hawks had to sell half price playoff tickets on Sweetjack.com so it would be pretty embarrassing if the Braves had to do it too. Anyone who would pay full price to see this team play needs to have their head examined unless they are cheering for the other team.

bart

September 27th, 2011
9:19 pm

Incredibly embarrassing – this team has quit and they still have the wild-card lead – how can they show their faces in town – never seen a team so obviously terrified of success. This team is bringing shame to the city of Atlanta and all the fans that have infested their time, money & support. And they wonder why fans can be lukewarm in their support of the team. Players should at least pretend like they really care.

Philly Phanatic

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

5-4 now gang. I’m telling you there’s no way the Cards lose tonight. Only the 4th inning. Pull up your bootstarps tomorrow and like Don Corleone said to Frank Sinatra”act like a man”

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

@ESPN Alou had no chance of catching that ball. Besides, there was another fan involved that went to catch the ball. He backed away at the last second

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

This whole team needs to go out after the game and develop some flu-like symptoms.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

The Cards must have seen the Braves score and decided to turn it up a notch.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

Hardest lick we have had tonight is when Prado hit the kid in the head with the foul ball.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son.

David

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

I’m done! In thirty years I have never been embarrassed to be a Braves fan, I am now. I just don’t understand how pro’s can collectively become this bad. I will give them one thing, they have forever raised the bar on choking. Welcome to Atlanta, traffic sucks, nothing to do downtown and every team that comes here finds a way to lose.

Big Whoops Braves Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

My, my, this is what we used to call a ass-whooping. I’m still proud of our boys. It takes a special talent to lose that many games in September. Raises for everybody! We simply must show our appreciation for this special accomplishment!

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

Braves radio…,”Tomorrow will be Johnny Wholestafff….”

chase

September 27th, 2011
9:20 pm

going meekly into that goodnight!!!!!! meanwhile the cards are fightin

PMC

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

Get yer playoff tickets and next years season tickets at Braves.com

See professionals make an 89 win team look like they lost 120

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

Braves putting in the scrubs now. Conrad & Diaz.

H

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

Game, set, match. Just get this year over with. Absolute choke.

billy bob

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

Fans ban showing up tomorrow and watching these turds!

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

And if the Cardinals make it, they get to face and eliminate the Phillies who they owned this year.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

How long can fireworks keep before they are useless?

PMC

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

I can’t wait to hear Leo Mazzone put a positive spin on this.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

Coach: Alou was absolutely going to catch that ball. Still, not Bartman’s fault.

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:21 pm

The Braves have hit what, 4 balls hard the whole night. This team is pathetic.

Dlowe

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

Look on the bright side. When I pitch the big three relievers get a rest so Fredi can not over use them.

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

Thanks for the tuneup. If you ever truly thought the Braves were our equal this year, raise your hands. Be honest now.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

Wow, Bourn sure was a good pick-up!

PMC

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

The Postal Service is actually solvent this month because the Braves have mailed this one in.

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

Bourn probably wished he was still with Astros…

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:22 pm

Awful.

man and dog

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

At least Cox choked with dignity.

James

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

Cardinals are coming back.

Elonbrave

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

I can’t think of a single player who is playing good ball right now on the Braves roster. Anyone?

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

Bartman is my cousin and he says that all the Cubs and Alou can go to you know where. The Cubs make excuses for everything.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

Hit a single-Great choices-Earl and Felix!!!!! I don’t care what anyone says Bob Horner had the best home run swing I have ever seen! We sucked back then but we didn’t care-we knew we wouldnt win but it was fun!!!

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

GO BRAVES!!!!………………………back to the batting cage.

TGT

September 27th, 2011
9:23 pm

The lack of passion on the part of the fans at Turner Field is disturbing. They should be booing every Phillies hit and every Braves out!!!

I hope the Cards get in. This sorry, historic collapse by the Braves needs to be complete and born (like a “Scarlet Letter”) by the perpetrators!

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:24 pm

Chipper was all alone on bench in dugout. Cold shoulder abounds.

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:24 pm

@George Possible – But, I agree with you, it wasn’t his fault

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:24 pm

I guess champagne will keep until next September.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:24 pm

There is a bright side to this…ajc has a nice Chevy Silverado ad on the right side of this page..

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

big wally .. at least 3 of those were foul

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

Getting Linebrink just makes it all so very special.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

Linebrink is in-we have conceded!

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

Oh great, mop up guy Linescore – I mean on the Brink of disaster.

extremus

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

The Astros have 104 losses and right now they’re playing with more fire in their bellies than this lifeless bunch. Changes, they are a comin’ (probably shortly after tomorrow’s game)!!! And they NEED to. They NEED to. Time to clean house and get rid of the dead weight (of which there is a lot on the Braves currently).

Geno

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

I just got on here. What’s happening? Are the Braves winning?

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

I was at a game last year and Lowe was suckin’ and Glaus was suckin’. So I started booing and calling them crooks and frauds. You should have seen the pasty lily white fan base around me acting like I was less than genteel. Screw this. Winnipeg Braves. Make it happen.

jim692

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

“We Will Win It All” never say things like that till after the game. The baseball gods can be nasty when angered.

kerryb

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

Someone needs to ask Joe who looked great in BP tonight before the game.

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:25 pm

Maybe the Hawks will do well…Assuming the lockout ends

Jack Daniels

September 27th, 2011
9:26 pm

Please Lady Ga Ga dance for us Keep us awake in the stands.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:26 pm

Chico Escuela, phone home.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:26 pm

Old Dawg – I agree, Bob had such a compact swing and probably the best natural hitter the Braves have had next to Aaron and Carty. Loved to watch him hit. Man what great memories.

Heyward grounds out to second

September 27th, 2011
9:26 pm

I don’t want the Cards to put me out of my misery, but at the same time watching this team over the last month has been like being beaten in the face by Mike Tyson in his prime on a daily basis.

Part of me wants to this to just end. The nonchalant attitude by this team is absurd. Players are clearly injured and are still playing. While I admire the guts, don’t you think it’d be better if 168 hitting McCann and half a leg Chipper should be subbed for people who are healthy?

Chip’s been killing it, but he can’t swing the bat when he’s just on one leg.

Mac has been horrid for a couple of months now and is completely out of shape.

This team looks defeated, doesn’t produce and is the most unclutch team I’ve seen down this stretch.

We looked so good a month ago.

I’m ready for next year. I got out of school tonight around 8 and turned on the radio and heard it was 3-0 on the way home and I’m not even bothering to turn on the game because I know we won’t score any runs. This’ll be the first time I don’t even wanna watch the Braves.

I hope the Cards kind of put us out of our misery. I hate to say that. I really do. But the way this team has conducted itself over the last month is unacceptable.

Then again I want us to get back to the post season. I want this team to succeed. But it’s like if this is what we’re gonna see night in and night out then…. Good lord.

Management has sucked, players have sucked, this month has sucked. This whole team needs a complete look over.

I think the future is bright for this team and organization once we get everyone healthy, but right now, things are hopeless.

I predict a one game playoff with STL, and that they beat us 4-0.

Only reason I even see us going that far is that Huddy is pitching tomorrow.

Just gotta hope the Astros can hold on here.

God I can’t even think straight. I wanna vomit watching this team. It really breaks my heart seeing a group of extremely talented players fall apart.

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:26 pm

This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen in over 30 years of following baseball!!!!

Flailing Grade

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Phillies got Pence, Braves picked up MiKKKKel Bourn. No more need be said.

Boca Baby

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

I hate to say to say it but the Braves are terrible and Fredi Gonzales looks like a deer in the headlights.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Sutton warming up in the braves bull pen.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Isn’t it about time for Morganna to run across the field?

jim692

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

I can’t believe i am rooting for Houston.

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Scott Proctor, in one at-bat, drove in more runs than this bunch of losers.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Cards tie it up! Go Cardnals! It’s there for the taking. Take it.

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Cards tied….How come they can come back and Braves cant?

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Cards tie it. The WC will be tied after tonight.

Maybe it would be best if we went home tomorrow. We have played so bad, why play three playoff games? This is so humiliating, that our winter might as well begin tomorrow around 10pm.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Cards just tied it……

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

kerryb… the pitcher

Flailing Grade

September 27th, 2011
9:27 pm

Kerry B – great line about the BP

G

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

5-5… Cardinals showing heart, they deserve it

Geno

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

We’re playing a drinking game. One shot for every run scored by the Phillies, 2 shots for every homer and 3 for every pitcher the Braves use. I’m feeling very sick.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

I feel for Freddi. Kind of like a snack machine and you mash all the buttons and none of them work.

O'Brien

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

5-5 in Houston

pacman

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

Go cards!

Flailing Grade

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

Where’s Jeff Schultz gone?

jim692

September 27th, 2011
9:28 pm

Don’t take it out on Bourn. He was a nice pickup. Kept our young talent too.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

If Fredi looks like a deer in the headlights he could be in trouble with the Buck Commander.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

Did anyone here really believe Lowe would pitch any better than he did? This game was thrown away the minute it was decided that he was in the lineup.

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

F Gonzalez…..let me guess sir….we just need to tip our caps!

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

I would rather watch the last place teams of the late ’80s than this garbage! At least then we were entertained by Skip, Pete, and EJ.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

My dog is all bowed up and growling at the television. I guess it’s true what they say; terriers have a sixth sense about bad baseball.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm

Now the TV guys are talking hockey. Maybe they will mention the Flames or the Thrashers!

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

Jeff’s gone to buy him a Phillies jersey.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

jeff

inside sources-clubhouse

Dan

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

Lowe is worthless. He needs to be gone this winter even if the Braves have to eat soem salary. They will be getting rid of KK’s over priced salary. Any one of the young guns could have done what he did. We needd to get a hard hitting outfielder. Send Heyward to winter ball or the minors next year unless he has a great spring training. Unfortunately, this team is not ready for the play-offs.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

Hit a single-did you ever see Eddie Matthews play? Not that was something. My grandfather told me he was at the “Ponce” when Matthews hit a ball in the “Tree” (magnolia I think) in centerfield.
He said that was about 525 feet from home.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

This is gut-wrenching…

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

Gotsa feelin Cards win tonight. Pressure will be on Hudson (unfairly). The offense deserves the firing squad…

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:30 pm

Hey Rabid, c’mon. Phillies are a helluva team and they played a helluva game.

bart

September 27th, 2011
9:31 pm

I’m ticked off like most here but really doesn’t it seem like somethings just not right behind the scenes? For all the hugs and luv their seems to be something wrong amongst the troops which the media has not picked up on – this is too epic a collapse to explain otherwise.

George Washington

September 27th, 2011
9:31 pm

@Hit a Single: Ha Ha! That’s pretty good!

RJ

September 27th, 2011
9:31 pm

Hey the Rays just went up 5-3 on the Yankees.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:31 pm

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm
Did anyone here really believe Lowe would pitch any better than he did? This game was thrown away the minute it was decided that he was in the lineup

BRAVES HAVE 0 RUNS,IDIOT

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:31 pm

Winnipeg Braves.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

These arn’t the Braves I know and love! Gonzalez , If he is a leader now is the time to step up!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

Hit a Single-Best comment of the night-Jeff has gone to buy a Phillies Jersey!

Mitchell

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

Jeff Schultz, you are a tool.

Hillbilly D

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

Can’t remember who it was but last year about this time, some poster on here referred to Roy Oswalt as “mentally weak”. Reckon where that poster is now?

extremus

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

Maybe it’d get better if they tear down Turner Field and bring back Fulton County Stadium again; despite an overall winning record there it seems there are more negative than positive memories for Braves fans at the Ted.

The Tomahawk Chop is dead. Long live the Chop. No electricity, no passion, no sense that anything will ever get better in 2011 from either the fans or certainly the Braves players and management. Call us fair-weather fans if you like, but your team has to show some semblance of heart for you to believe in them, and we’ve long since gone past that point. Welcome to the year of the Tomahawk Choke.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:29 pm
I would rather watch the last place teams of the late ’80s than this garbage! At least then we were entertained by Skip, Pete, and EJ

GO WATCH THAT TOMORROW YOU WONT BE MISSED

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:32 pm

We got ‘em right where we want ‘em. Get ready for the rally folks, here we go.

Bruce Mac

September 27th, 2011
9:33 pm

Apparently every one of these relief pitchers that no one ever heard of is Cy Young reincarnated according to our gutless hitters.

Good News Just In!

September 27th, 2011
9:33 pm

Good to hear that the cardinals just tied it! I’m a die-hard Braves fan but this is pretty embarrassing. Its not Chippers fault. But its the whole teams fault! And the injuries with Hanson and Jurrgens has hurt us more than we realize! Lets just go ahead and start over for next year! (And tell Lowe to take a long walk off a short peer) Lets GO BRAVES! How Bout that Schultz?

u got to be kidding

September 27th, 2011
9:33 pm

braves , are you ready for golf or hunting…freddi make sure you throw lowe again and start conrad at second tomorrow.

Jack Daniels

September 27th, 2011
9:33 pm

Bart is right………………………There is something going on behind the scenes with this team. No team can be this flat for this long……………….Very strange

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

i think chipper has ruined this team by blaming everyone else. again, chipper is/was a great player, he is just a poor example

RJ

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

Could they not have run anyone else out there tonight than Lowe?

It is very painful to watch this all unfold and there is absolutely nothing that can be doen to change it.

I honestly think that the Braves could not win a gams eright now if all their lives depended on it.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

I did get to see him a couple of times, but I mainly remember Clete Boyer as the Braves third basemen in the early Atlanta years. Alot of people didn’t realize Clete played for the Braves. My dad said that Mathews had one of the prettiest swings there ever was and he wasn’t a bad glove.

Flailing Grade

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

38,000 plus showed up for the game … except for the 25 in the dugout.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

Tommy knocka homa would of set fire to his teepee a while ago to send out distress signal! Houston riding in!

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

Least it won’t be a shut-out…

tired

September 27th, 2011
9:34 pm

i think we are all tired of Lowe being on the mound. I’d rather see a rookie try it instead of Lowe.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

Wow, Prado. Way to prolong the agony.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

And then there was 1.

jim692

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

ok that’s one

Randal Patrick McMurphy

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

Of course everyone in the Atlanta metropolitan area KNOWS there will be NO ACCOUNTABILITY from these Ass-Clowns. The 400 lb Gorilla is in the room management… will you choose to address this or just look the other way? Inquiring minds of Braves fans everywhere would LOVE to have an answer to this one…

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

Braves fan- I took my lumps last night. Don’t think I can sit through another torture session like that!

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

Told ya, big rally fixin to happen.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

A solo homerun, are we surprised? We can’t hit with men on base.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

It’s all about timely hitting.

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

meaningless hr go hug your mommy stupid

u got to be kidding

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

freddi give the damn team to terry pendleton or glenn hubbard like it should of been..QUIT NOW

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

So what. That homerun in a 7-0 game is like a slam dunk in an NBA game losing 127-79….

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

Home run Prado-Wow-announcers says there is the start!!!
Start to what? He knew it too!!! I guess they are just needing something to talk about.
I like them talking about the Flames!

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:35 pm

@Mitchell relax sparky

Good News Just In!

September 27th, 2011
9:36 pm

“There’s the start! A solo homerun.” Chip, hahahahhahha!!!! “Theres the start!” “Lets carry it into tomorrow!” Joe, hahaha!!!!

Geno

September 27th, 2011
9:36 pm

I read that Jurrjens was going to pitch in an instructional league on thursday. Is he prepping for some winter ball in Curacao?

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:36 pm

When an animal is sick with a terminal disease, you don’t mock it (Phillies trolls on this website), you don’t yell at it (frustrated Braves fans here), and you don’t waste time and money trying to prop it up (Braves fans at games these past few days). You put it down – you end it’s life. It is the kind thing to do. Please Cards – help us!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:36 pm

Chipper is out-I am shocked!! Time for that old man to go home. The ball was placed up there for him to hit and he flys out!

dawgfan38

September 27th, 2011
9:37 pm

At least we don’t have to watch another first round playoff exit

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:37 pm

4 runs in 35 and a third innings.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:37 pm

I know where Winnipeg can get a baseball, football and basketball team cheap. We’ll keep the Coca-Cola 500 though.

dawgfan38

September 27th, 2011
9:37 pm

Derek Lowe is horrible!!!!!!!

BOB

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

Hey there is a GOOD BASKETBALL GAME On espn 2 Dream is Crushing the Fever in the eastern conference finals. GO DREAM

extremus

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

This team should be sponsored by those new Dyson vacuums. I can see the announcers saying the catch phrase now: “We suck harder than anyone!”

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

I just hope Hudson took alot of BP today and can swing it well tomorrow. We may need his bat more than we need his arm.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

Remember the pitch from the movie “benchwarmers” that was served up in the “big game”?
Same pitch to Chipper-he choked.

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

Randal Patrick- You are dead on and I couldn’t agree more. It’s apparent that management has been happy with pretty good for years. Maybe ownership will finally come down and clean house. Oh wait, ownership doesn’t give a rat’s arse about this team!!!!!!

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

Well, braves fan(s), tomorrow is another day. Dead even to start. All they have to do is win.

Turtsnap

September 27th, 2011
9:38 pm

Can’t wait to read the quotes tonight…….. Gotta tip your cap to the Phils

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Marketing the 2012 Braves is going to be really tough.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

with melky, frenchy, and escobar we would have been great

Funny How

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

No one gave the old guy credit for holding it together all those years. Guess we see the difference.

Feels like 1987 again. Empty stadium. Bad product. Where’s Gene Garber?

Tucker

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Derek Lowe will be enduring symbol of the collapse of the Braves after their era of greatness.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Uggla has been Ugglyy

C3PO

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Gotta tip yer cap to Oswalt,Rollins,Utley,Victorino,Pence,Howard,the 1B pitcher,hell the whole Phillies roster..

BOB

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

ATLANTA DREAM leads 67-41 going in to the 4th quarter. want to see a winning Atlanta team go to Espn 2

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Got a give Uggla credit by god he runs everything out.

Mytsiplic

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

See, it doesn’t matter who the Braves pitch, THEY DON’T SCORE RUNS (with an s)!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:39 pm

Uggla grounds out-2 outs-who is up? Freeman-at least he tries.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

Who is the Atlanta Dream?

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

No hugging, No fanny patting. No joy in Mudville.

RJ

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

I hope Chipper does not say, “I’ll take that effort every time” again after tonights debacle.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

Braves radio talking how FrediG takes these losses hard…

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

Beast Berkman with a 1 out double. Thank god we ran with McLouth this season.

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

Somebody please present a lineup for tomorrow’s game. How about all rookies, except Freeman?

Biff Pocoroba

September 27th, 2011
9:40 pm

Schultz went off to cry. He is going to have to go cover the WNBA finals instead of the NLDS next week now.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

@BaseballBuff: Don’t you know, here in ATL, the fan base is so pathetic, you don’t market the Braves. You market the Cubs, the Mets, the Phillies, the Brewers, the Dodgers, etc. coming to town.

Ted

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

Another great game! Thank you Phillies!!!!!!

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

Bruce Sutter starts tomorrow night! come on out.

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

1 run, 4 hits, feel the excitement.

Curtis "no kin to Derek" Loew

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

DEREK LOWE (to the tune of “The Ballad of Curtis Loew”)

Well, I used to wake the mornin’
Before the roster growed
Searchin’ last night’s box scores
For names of those he mowed
Threw ‘em strikes to the corner
Down with the sinker backdoor
Ring ‘em up, and give more money
To a man named Derek Lowe
(short music break)
Old Derek was a rich man
With long, sweaty hair
When he had a fifth of wine
He should have called a cab
He used to own a live fastball
Used to throw it ‘cross the knee
I’d give old Derek mo money
If he’d play like that for me

chorus:
Play me for a fool
Derek Lowe, Derek Lowe
Well, you spent your drinkin’ money
‘Stead of warming up some mo
People now say he’s useless
Them people ain’t no fools
‘Cause Derek Lowe is the worst darn pitcher
To ever make the news

He looked to throw sixty
And his ERA was ten
Batters used to whoop him
But he’d throw the same again
I’d pull my hair, stomp my feet
Try to say, “Next time”
He’d give up a homer or two
Then go out drinkin’ wine

chorus

Yes, sir
(long music break)
On the day of old Derek’s last game
Nobody came to play
Ol’ Chipper said some words
And grounded into a double play
Well, Lowe lived a lifetime
Pitchin’ without no clues
And on the day he lost his 17th
That’s all he had to lose

Please move along
Derek Lowe, Derek Lowe
I wish that you weren’t here so
Our playoff hopes would grow
People say you are useless
Them people ain’t no fools
‘Cause D Lowe you’re the poorest pitcher
Ever paid to lose

BOB

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

I dont want to hear I dont like WNBA they are winning and they are a professional sports team in Atlanta in the Playoffs watch them

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

Ok Cardinals, now take care of business.

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

Then again………maybe not.

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:41 pm

Schultz is off checking the thesaurus for words to use in tomorrow’s column. Here’s a few suggestions: craptacular, diddly squat, slipshod, pathetic, wretched, languid, flaccid, feeble, dud, pud, spud, and impotent.

extremus

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

Freddi’s new catchphrase he’s been working on: “You gotta hand it to the Cardinals! And we did! We sure did, handed it right to them on a silver platter!”

Yeah, sarcasm is my way of dealing with frustration. I’ve been frustrated a lot by the Braves this year.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

If we tie with the Cardinals where would the playoff game be?

abravefan

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

Gonzales should be fired for overseeing a eight and a half game lead and selecting lowe to pitch in a critcal game that would determine the braves chances at the playoffs. He is no Bobby Cox.

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

strikeout way to watch the strike down the middle,don’t worry hooters is open chipper ,dlowe u coming?dont worry im driving

Geno

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

Can Air Bud play baseball? I know he played basketball and football.

RJ

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

I remember how Bruce Sutter was AWESOME until he put on his Brave’s uniform.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

Hit a Single-Dream is the pro atlanta women’s basketball team.
Darn good-better than the Hawks anyday.

tired

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

no more LOWE!!!!!

Good News Just In!

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

I feel bad for the coaches on the bench who are from our minor league affiliates. They are probably more thankful for their minor league job. I know I would be right now if I was a part of that organization!

H

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

I have a word for you….QUIT! I love how they say its time to scoreboard watch. This team doesn’t even look like they care.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:42 pm

St Louis

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

The Atlanta Dream? Oh I dreamed that the Braves won a game one time if that is what you mean.

Sonny Clusters

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

Stinky Wintes is what this team needs. Bucket of beer, Pocket full of mints, What this team needs, is Stinky Wintes!

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

hit a single

game is thursday at st.louis

ViningsMichael

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

Braves….listen to me…..do not let Lowe pitch for the Braves EVER again. Let him go now!

Coach

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

@ Biff lol

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

the phillies had nothing to play for and they beat us like a drum oh wait. pride is something to play for

Ridonkulous

September 27th, 2011
9:43 pm

The playoff game will be Thiursday night at 8:07 in St. Louis. The final score will be St. Louis 4, Atlanta 1.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

RJ you are exactly right. Most players that put on a Braves uniform start to suck.
How about Andy Messerschmidt?

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

Oh, well go Dream team!

BullDogMike

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

This has to be the worst Braves team ever. And that’s really saying something considering I’ve seen the 60’s and 70’s versions live and up close..”.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

they do care but like last night i turned off the tvs

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

Fredo needs to explain why he did not go with Len Barker tonight.

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
9:44 pm

I am beginning to think Fat Joe Blanton might throw a gem tomorrow against these Braves. Where is their emotion

RC in the ATL

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

abrave,

Actually, Fredi is Bobby Cox all over again. Pitching Lowe tonight is EXACTLY what Cox would have done. And if we live to see another 3 or 4 games more, Lowe will pitch again.

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

Thanks, I didn’t know. I really feel like we are going to finish in a tie.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

If I were at the stadium tonight I would have been hammered and got ejected. Would have been the most exciting thing that happened. Sorry I missed it.

Roy Oswalt

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

Good night, and thanks for playing.

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

To make matters worse….Tomorrow’s St Louis vs Houston game will be on nationally on espn. Thus…they’ll be showing some of the Braves game as well. Great….we get to get embarrased on national tv!!!! Cant wait!!!

Ed

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

THe 2011 Atlanta Braves are the sorriest bunch of crap I have ever seen for a team of any kind and I am a very old Sports fan. There is not one, NOT ONE, person in the organization worth a Tinkers’ Damn. No one from the president to the water boy has any value. The only hope is for some idiot to buy the franchise and fire every one. Gonzales is the worst manager ever. The coaches have not one clue. The players disintegrate as soon as the “coaches” get hold of them. They are pitiful, putrid, and pathetic. As porky pig would say…that’s all folks.

The Citizen

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

Freeman takes a called third strike. Typical of how everyone on this roster has just rolled over. They can spin all the cliches in the world about just having to win one game tomorrow, but I don’t think deep down they expect that to happen.

I expect them to go down early and tuck their tails in an ugly, ugly loss as the Phils’ back-end starter beats the Braves’ ace tomorrow.

Silverlake

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

Braves stink! This is the pro-Cox era and we are in big trouble!

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

tim hudson please leave like the rest,thanks for keeping me here late last nite dummy

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

nick esasky anyone

kl

September 27th, 2011
9:46 pm

Go Cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:46 pm

Ted, please buy the team back! I will loan you some if you need it.

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:46 pm

At least Melk Dud showed heart! Oh, wait, no he didn’t.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:46 pm

Count-GREAT LINE.
Len Barker-Excellent!!!!!

Boogie

September 27th, 2011
9:46 pm

Phillies starting Blanton tomorrow but expect Hamels to throw for a few innings in a tune up for the playoffs. We need to socre early……

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:47 pm

Here’s tomorrows game plan for you Joe Simpson….whoever gets called looking at a 3rd strike gets executed on the spot.

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:47 pm

rabid

nationally?lol what u think mlb network is regional?too funny

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:47 pm

Nah-They will win tomorrow, and force us to endure an agonizing game on Thursday!

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
9:48 pm

Choking is a psychological issue. Leadership can cure it, leadership that can come from one player who is confident and can show the rest of the team the way. We don’t have such a player and haven’t had one for years, decades in fact. I just can’t watch grown men wetting their pants during crunch time. Nothing turns off a sports fan more. Excuse me while I go barf.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:48 pm

Now Ron Gant is going to tell us the painful obvious.
He could hit-do you think we can get him and Brian Jordan going tomorrow night???

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:48 pm

Can we save the humiliation and expense of travel to St. Louis for a one game playoff? Just forfeit. I am sure the forfeit score will be closer than the score of a real game there.

John

September 27th, 2011
9:48 pm

It’s hard to pitch and hit when you have a firm grip around your throat. Can you say choke?

Losers…..

Johnny Rotten

September 27th, 2011
9:48 pm

Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

Ed

September 27th, 2011
9:49 pm

OK Folks. My comments were banned. This paper is on the same level as the 2011 Atlanta Braves. Afraid to hear or print the truth.

Old Dawg Fan

September 27th, 2011
9:49 pm

Joe and Chip have been hitting the Heiniken pretty hard tonight.
Good for them.

bulldogbubba

September 27th, 2011
9:49 pm

PITIFUL!!!!!!!!!GO ASTROS.

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:49 pm

Up North- Agree. We’ll go to St. Louis just so we can get humiliated in front of a national audience (why anyone in another market would tune in to watch that garbage is beyond me, though). We can win at Busch to save our lives. Their crowd will run us out of the stadium. It will be 5-0 by the 4th inning.

Chicknman

September 27th, 2011
9:49 pm

Same old story runners left on base! I’s all about hitting. The Phil’s took Atlanta fans out of this game so quick!

J-bone

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

THE ABSOLUTE WORST EXAMPLE OF CHOKING I’VE EVER SEEN! THIS IS PATHETIC! THIS TEAM DOESN’T DESERVE TO GO TO THE PLAYOFFS, AND EVEN IF THEY SOMEHOW MANAGE TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO THE POSTSEASON (BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THEY’LL GET THERE), THEY WILL BE SOUNDLY SWEPT AND HUMILIATED EVEN MORE IN THE NLDS. I’M ASHAMED TO BE A BRAVES FAN TODAY!

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

Can Ron Gant put those biceps around D.Lowe’s neck ?

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
9:45 pm

To make matters worse….Tomorrow’s St Louis vs Houston game will be on nationally on espn. Thus…they’ll be showing some of the Braves game as well. Great….we get to get embarrased on national tv!!!! Cant wait!!!

Again…It won’t be the first…..

mam

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

Suggest that the fans not show up for the game tomorrow, just like the Braves. Lets give the effort they give. NO FIRE. That sarts with the manager. Can we just forefit tomorrows game? Thats pretty much whats been happening

BOB

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

Atlanta Dream 73-55 late in the 4th qtr

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

What’s that line from the Wire… “You cannot lose, if you do not play the game!”

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

houston coming back,tim quit watching,we got this

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:50 pm

“can’t win at Busch”

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
9:51 pm

ron gant is calling out parish as we speak. love it

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:51 pm

Bob – does your daughter play?

bulldogbubba

September 27th, 2011
9:51 pm

Play the bench players tomorrow.Make Sunny Clusters the honorary manager.Just remember no hugging or fanny patting!

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

Pitiful, Jed.

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

Derek Lowe is a worse Braves pitcher than Denny McLain and Jim Bouton were.

bigmuddy

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

My oh my what a disaster. The Rays are fighting, Cardinals are fiighting, Red Sox are finally begining to fight while the Braves wet their pants and slip into the night to work on their home run swings for next year. Please don’t show up tomorrow — just stay home with momma and the kids. Forfeit the game. Don’t embarasss yourselves further..

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

bob f u and the dream mlk is dead,idiot

Vino Fino

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

JBone- Actually, it’s a really good example of choking. One of the finest in history.

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

@IlliniBrave The Atlanta fan base is not pathetic. It is jaded, and I understand why. You have to have lived here since 1966 to understand. The only Atlanta fans I think are pathetic are a few yuppie types in the primo seats who want a living room atmosphere and give you looks if you make any noise.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

Derek Lilliquist Cards pitching coach…WOW

jeff

September 27th, 2011
9:52 pm

http://www.baseballcardbust.com/2009/08/ron-gant-1994-topps-stadium-club.html

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:53 pm

We could have had Cy Young on the mound tonight and it wouldn’t have mattered.

Brian

September 27th, 2011
9:53 pm

What a heartless bunch of players this group is. With everything on the line, they go down 7 zip?!?!?!
Who woulda guessed that? Oh , yeah, anyone who has watched this team underachieve all year. As a 20 year season ticket holder, and 40 year fan, I say GO CARDS!!!

Maybe they can force some change in this organization. I just feel sick.

dogoneit

September 27th, 2011
9:53 pm

interestingly enough this game was not interesting

braves fan

September 27th, 2011
9:53 pm

we got this guys just relax

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:54 pm

Maybe Jeff Dedman will start tomorrow…

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:54 pm

Astros have the bases drunk……….

MLK said

September 27th, 2011
9:54 pm

This is where we are. Where do we go from here? First, we must massively assert our dignity and worth.

bostonbravo

September 27th, 2011
9:54 pm

you missed a good movie , Spartacus ended up escaping!….

what?

count_schemula

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

Parish should be called out. McCann’s brother fixed McCann. Chipper fixed Heyward for that one week. Chipper’s dad fixes Chipper.

In other news, Astros have bases loaded, no outs. Damn it. Just end our misery.

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

@Bluff: Yeah, I would agree. Lived here since ‘67 and have been through all of those sorry years in the 70s and 80s. Jaded is probably a better descriptor than pathetic. Now, pathetic might be the perfect word for the team’s performance over the past two weeks.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

the batting practice tee had a shutout for 45 minutes in the cage this afternoon

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

I just knock the heads off everyone of my bobbleheads.

Schmitty

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

I don’t think the Braves want to be in the playoffs. They don’t deserve it. 8 1/2 game lead at the beginning of Sept. Brutal. I feel sorry for you true Braves fans. Do you really believe you can beat the Brewers in a five game series right now. Where are the fans in the seats? I saw a lot of red in those seats.

BRAVESFAN

September 27th, 2011
9:55 pm

I blame it all on Lady Ga Ga! No wait a minute she’s got lots of hits.

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:56 pm

‘Stros lead 6-5

up north

September 27th, 2011
9:56 pm

Go Houston! Let’s take what we can get. It is out of our hands tonight, anyway!

jharris

September 27th, 2011
9:56 pm

It comes down to the last game of the season. I never should have gotten so confident back in July/August think the Braves were a sure lock for the playoffs. The Braves need to spend some money to get ummp in the line up. I would see the Braves go young fully at the corners. I hate to say it, but I’d put Chipper to the side get someone like Ryan Zimmerman or David Wright to play third. I wish that the NL would embrace the designated hitter so the AL wouldn’t have such a big advantage offensively. I’m tired of the Braves having a “player’s manager.” The need a mean cusp who wouldn’t put up with the failure to manufacture runs or swinging at dumb pitches and striking out.

perk

September 27th, 2011
9:56 pm

take off the ernie patch it is a curse from Milo

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:56 pm

houston up 6-5

IlliniBrave

September 27th, 2011
9:57 pm

There is a sort of warped twisted sadistic feel to this – almost like a death watch. Kinda hoping that Stros come back, kinda hoping that Cards sweep the next two. Kinda want the Braves season to be over, kinda want to give them another chance.

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
9:57 pm

6-5 Stros.

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:57 pm

BALLGAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rally

September 27th, 2011
9:57 pm

Come on Cardinals. Bear down and stop the Stros. We need you to mercifully put us to sleep.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:57 pm

we’re braves fans.. we have no dignity

FlaBrave695

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

Gotta go make beer run …. later, guys…

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

The bottom line is that we have depended on very average players and rookies to get it done. Acutally Fredi has done a heck of a job, especially with the injuries to our starting pitching.

hahaahahah

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

Freddy is an idiot for putting lowe out there!!! lowe is done. he sucks sooo bad. he needed to be dropped months ago

jonathan jones

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

I dont want to see anymore derek lowe, same ole crap everytime he gets out there…what a waste of money…plus u could put the ball on a tee and they couldnt hit it….

Boycott the Braves

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

The fans should protest by not showing up to the ballpark tomorrow. If this chokejob for the ages doesn’t embarrass them, maybe playing in an empty major league stadium would.

rugburn

September 27th, 2011
9:58 pm

didn’t cy young lose more games than anyone?

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
9:59 pm

Single…..I just tossed mine into the fire place and lit the match.

braves

September 27th, 2011
9:59 pm

LOOK WHERE THE STADIUM IS?IF NO ONE ASK YOU FOR MONEY ON THE WAY OR LEAVING THE PARK CONSIDER IT A MIRACLE.NAME THE STADIUM,WELCOME TO SLUMS,WHERE THE HOMELESS LIVE

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
9:59 pm

Yea but he won more.

Little Jimmy

September 27th, 2011
9:59 pm

Buncha freakin’ losers. WTF is wrong with Bourn?? At least Prado finally woke up….. of course it was meaningless as we were down by 7 in the bottom of the 9th. I’ve never seen such a pathetic team of supposedly professional players. Anyone who says losing JJ and Tommy is what caused this is crazy. This team hasn’t hit all freakin year outside of the month that Uggla was going ape$**t and Freeman was thinking about ROY.

cedrick

September 27th, 2011
10:00 pm

WOW!!!! Another Atlanta team FADES into oblivion!!

Gen Neyland

September 27th, 2011
10:00 pm

Braves to activate Dale Murphy, Felipe Alou, Bob Horner, Hank Aaron, Clete Boyer, Bob Uecker and Rico Carty for tomorrow nights game…

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
10:00 pm

2012 needs. Hire Jeff Gillooly to take out Lowe. Get everyday LF, RF and SS. Get rid of Wren, Fredi cat, and Parrish.

Little Jimmy

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm

I have no other way to tell this team they stink than by not giving them my money.

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm

Fredi still not calling out the offense.

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm

Lowe blows.

braves

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm

HEY DRUNKS BLAME LOWE ALL YOU WANT,A MEANINGLESS HR WILL NOT WIN BALLGAMES

up north

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm

If the Cardinals lose again, does that still mean they are better than the Braves?

rally

September 27th, 2011
10:02 pm

Bob Uecker would be a big improvement over Brian McCann as he is now.

warlaw

September 27th, 2011
10:02 pm

I’ve been watching the Brave’s since they came to Atlanta…even before that because the Crackers were a Braves farm team. The performance of the hitters, a few of the pitchers and the coaching staff on this team down the stretch is plainly abysmal. When we get behind as we so often have this past month, the team just seems to quit. Please tell me why this genius manager of ours, Senor Gonzalez, continues to run Lowe back out on the mound when he has fresh young arms sitting in the bullpen. Am I also the only one who knows that C. Martinez is a homer machine and S. Linebrink, worse still. And why did it take them 2/3 of the season to figure out that Proctor’s fast ball had no movement and hence was so easily to hit. Gonzalez overused Venters & Kimbrel, wore them out. Then on a couple of occasions when he needed them out there, he refused to call their number resulting in Atlanta losses. This team gave away at least a half dozen victories since he All Star break with bad managing. Even one lost victory would have made the difference this year. Not sure about the rest of the fans, but I’ve had enough of Gonzalez inane remarks after losses. Larry Parrish might as well be a fan for all the good he’’s done. It is time for a change in the leadership of this team. We have the nucleus of a great winning machine and the future is bright, but we will never realize our potential with Gonzalez at the helm. Just saying…. A very frustrated fan!

braves

September 27th, 2011
10:02 pm

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
10:01 pm
Lowe blows

JUST WHAT YOUR SISTER TOLD ME THAT ALSO THANKS

Hit A Single

September 27th, 2011
10:02 pm

Well I have to go, it has been frustrating but interesting. I am as big a Braves fan as any and I will be pulling like heck for them tommorrow. I feel good with Hudson and hopefully we will do some situational hitting and get it done. Go Braves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vain Jangling

September 27th, 2011
10:03 pm

Cross over, Fredi. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the light. There is peace and serenity in the light.

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
10:03 pm

I have tickets to the game tomorrow. If the Braves lose again, I for one will boo them off the field. That’s what being a good fan is, you see.

MitchC

September 27th, 2011
10:05 pm

Even if Houston helps us tonight, we really need Hudson to win tomorrow. I dont like the idea of a one game playoff in St Louis on Thursday. Either Houston wins tonight, and we need to do it tomorrow, or I think we are going home, either tomorrow, or Thursday.

I dont want to be negative, but how can anyone be positive with the way the Braves have collapsed?

jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:07 pm

Houston announcers saying Tim Hudson only one watching the STL. vs HOU game…? i guess noone cares

BaseballBuff

September 27th, 2011
10:07 pm

@braves I don’t have a sister. You must have heard that from your boyfriend.

Little Jimmy

September 27th, 2011
10:07 pm

No pressure Huddy…. just don’t give up any runs and be ready to pitch about 15 innings and we MIGHT be able to get one across the plate for you.

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:07 pm

Mental Midgets (clap, clap, clap clap clap) Mental Midgets (clap, clap, clap clap clap)

perk

September 27th, 2011
10:08 pm

fredi looks completely lost. you do not manage games 158 – 162 like it is game 100. you play with urgency. I take out Lowe when he bats in the 3rd with a PH. wasted out and wasted inning. game over right there. can you imagine what Huddy is feeling right now??

Little Jimmy

September 27th, 2011
10:08 pm

jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:07 pm

Houston announcers saying Tim Hudson only one watching the STL. vs HOU game…? i guess noone cares

—————————————————

I heard the same about last night. If none of those overpaid SOBs don’t care, then why the F should I ???????

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
10:08 pm

Only way the Braves win tomorrow is if Huddy throws a shut out and hits a homer.

gcs

September 27th, 2011
10:08 pm

1. Why start Lowe?
2. With all the pitchers available, why leave him in so long?
3. Go Astros.

.

PTC DAWG

September 27th, 2011
10:09 pm

The Braves have quit as a team this year, I’m quitting as a fan this year.

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:09 pm

It really is a one man show tomorrow. Huddy we need you to pitch a complete game shut-out and hit a solo homerun. You can DO IT!

REPORTER

September 27th, 2011
10:09 pm

POST GAME COMMENTS
CHIPPER TIP YOUR CAP GETEM TOMORROW
FREDI LOWE PITCHED GREAT,GOTTA TIP YOUR CAP

rally

September 27th, 2011
10:10 pm

We lost Jeff Schultz after it got to be about 5-0. Has anyone heard from him? He did not jump out of the upper deck?

TN Jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:10 pm

Then can you come back and do it again on Thursday Huddy?

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:11 pm

what i told u already fools,tim hudson would not leave,made me stay late,what a idiot

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:12 pm

im getting sick and tired of moving the dam champagne,im not moving it nowhere tomorrow

No Way

September 27th, 2011
10:13 pm

Notice the Alzheimer ad at the top of the page? I think all the Braves have forgotten why they are in the ball park. What a terrible disease that hit all of them at once.

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
10:14 pm

I’d have EVERY pitcher (except Lowe) available tomorrow.

No Way

September 27th, 2011
10:14 pm

Braves Fan…you are too funny. You and Sonny make this blog.

jeff

September 27th, 2011
10:14 pm

seriously but i have been a braves fan since i can remember… can’t help but root for the Astros and hope Hudson pitches a gem tomorrow… we will see

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
10:15 pm

Jeff & Dlowe are drinking brewskies….

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
10:15 pm

Are post game quotes up yet or are the Braves taking the 5th?

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
10:15 pm

can someone please explain to me why they ALL swing at the first pitch? do they not think opposing pitchers know that coming into the game? unreal

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:16 pm

announcers dont know nothing,tim,chipper,ff are watching

No Way

September 27th, 2011
10:16 pm

The Braves are DRINKING a fifth.

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
10:16 pm

Yes they are funny. Funny quir not funny Ha Ha…

Big Wally

September 27th, 2011
10:17 pm

“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue”.

Michael Bourn

September 27th, 2011
10:17 pm

Summer vacation starts Thursday b*tch3$!!!

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:18 pm

ok thanks im doing this in clubhouse,and of course dob is here for more brownie points,in fredi office

rally

September 27th, 2011
10:18 pm

Larry Parrish philosophy of hitting: Swing like a cave man at every pitch thrown. You might get lucky and hit a home run. So what if you strike out over 100 times. I always did and look where I am now: A major league batting coach.

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
10:19 pm

Big Wally…. Great movie quote “I am serious and don’t call me Shirley”

Alex Gonzalez

September 27th, 2011
10:19 pm

My flight to the Dominican Thursday is non refundable!

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:20 pm

the mood is normal,no one cussing,throwing things,some are watching the game,have no clue where d lowe is

Jason Heyward

September 27th, 2011
10:20 pm

I haven’t been this excited for something to end since high school.

Blanton Is Chubby

September 27th, 2011
10:21 pm

Larry Parrish works like a Maytag repairman…

Braves fan

September 27th, 2011
10:21 pm

update………dob interviewing d lowe

Scott Linebrink

September 27th, 2011
10:21 pm

Someone will be dumb enough to pick me up this offseason! FOOLS!

No Way

September 27th, 2011
10:21 pm

The Highway Patrol will find him soon enough. Tell the boys we said “Fine Job!”

PhilliesFan

September 27th, 2011
10:22 pm

What can D Lowe say? He had a great career. He is just done. The contract was too much money and too long

rally

September 27th, 2011
10:23 pm

Chipper’s got to get to the Double Dime and get ready for hunting tourists. http://www.doubledimeranch.com/hunting.html

You name the animal and he will run it out there for you to shoot.

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
10:34 pm

7-6….Cards now lead.

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
10:34 pm

correction 8-6 Cards

Rabid Dawg

September 27th, 2011
10:35 pm

9-6 Cards.

BOB

September 27th, 2011
10:35 pm

ATLANTA DREAM WIN GOING TO THE WNBA FINALS SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR AND NO ONE IN THE ATL CARES WE WOULD RATHER SUPPORT LOSERS.

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
10:42 pm

@bob- the dream played great. very tough team

Kimbrel rocks

September 27th, 2011
10:46 pm

if the braves are dumb enough to pitch derek lowe over and over and over then they really don’t deserve to make playoffs. i feel bad for the young players who have to deal with such bad management. they will forever be scarred by this mess. derek lowe should have been moved into the pen in june (when we really needed help). instead, we left scott proctor blow late inning games and derek lowe blow starts. just bad time to be a fan.

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