So how come the current Braves can’t hit but ex-Braves can?
I’ve never been one who believed Terry Pendleton was the problem. As the saying goes, he can’t step in and hit for his guys. (It might be better if he could.) But then you look at these batting averages, and even a Pendleton admirer must cringe.
- Chipper Jones, .271.
- Brian McCann, .271.
- Jason Heyward, .246.
- Yunel Escobar, .188.
- Troy Glaus, .186.
- Matt Diaz, .175.
- Melky Cabrera, 153.
- Nate McLouth, .146.
Take away Martin Prado — who is, it must be stipulated, second in the National League in hitting at .406 — and the totality of the Braves’ regular lineup isn’t hitting Prince Fielder’s weight. Which is incredible.
The Braves rank last in the league in hitting at .228. (And remember, that’s with Prado doing a Ted Williams.) They were no-hit by Ubaldo Jimenez. They were shut out by Roy Halladay. They were one out from being blanked on a night Kyle Kendrick started for the Phillies. They were shut out over five innings by Mike Pelfrey on Sunday.
They didn’t score an earned run in three games against a Philadelphia starting pitcher. They scored three runs in 23 innings against the Mets. They’re in last place in the NL East, behind even the Washington Nationals. Yow.
And now we check another set of numbers, these belonging to players who were Braves in 2009 but who aren’t today:
- Jeff Francoeur, Mets: .286 average, three homers, 10 RBIs.
- Kelly Johnson, Diamonbacks:.322, seven homers, 12 RBIs.
- Casey Kotchman, Mariners: .279 average, three homers, 14 RBIs.
- Adam LaRoche, Diamonbacks: .278, one homer, seven RBIs.
Again, I’m not one who usually blames the hitting coach when big-leaguers don’t hit. But it does seem the guys who aren’t Braves are hitting in a way the Braves aren’t. You tell me: What does that say?
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Paul In Richmond
April 26th, 2010
11:48 am
Mark – you didn’t do your job with this article. You simply threw red meat at the pack of dogs.
Why not check out why Prado, Chipper and McCann are doing well? Isn’t TP their coach too? Or do some players get different coaches?
Why too did Diaz and others bat well last year and not this year? Are you clods suggesting that TP made them forget how to hit in the off season? What pap!
You want to know why this team is getting the hell kicked out of it? A blind man could see it in a minute. They don’t look like a baseball team. They don’t act like a baseball team. How do you expect them to win like a baseball team? (Apologies to GS Patton)
Bobby is fretting about days off and Chipper is telling management when he will play. They rack up baseruning and fielding errors like a little league team and our “star” whines about every hangnail. These guys need someone to kick their ass. (Remember when Bobby yelled at Andrew? He snapped out of it for a week or two before going back to the slouch that he is)
We need new leadership. Someone with fire in his heart and grit in his oblique. I don’t see that happening this year.
John
April 26th, 2010
11:49 am
I have always thought the hitting coach, Terry Pendelton was to blame for the Braves hitting woes. If all the pitchers were struggling and were failing to make progress, wouldn’t we fire the pitching coach? Leo Mazzone got so much credit for Avery, Smoltz and Glavine when they were young so why not blame the hitting coach? He needs to go and real soon!
bro
April 26th, 2010
11:49 am
The GM is out of touch with the real world. He can not and does not do the job that is being done by the small market GMs. It is time to unload Wren and Cox.
Stuart
April 26th, 2010
11:50 am
It is pretty sad when the Braves are facing pitchers whose ERAs are in the 10s and 20s because they have been clobbered by teams like the Nationals, and all of a sudden, when facing the Braves offense, they somehow look like the top Cy Young candidates… When it happens one time, it’s a good game, and you tip your hat to the pitcher. When it happens against every single team’s No. 5 starter put out against the Braves, then it’s an embarrassment.
In the past, I haven’t blamed things on the hitting coach, because usually when a player has turned out awful offensive numbers and has been traded because of that, then he usually ends up playing on that average level or worse elsewhere (with a few exceptions here and there). But over the past couple of years, it seems almost every time we’ve let a player go or traded him due to mediocre offensive output, then he’s significantly improved once he’s playing for another team. Now this I can only attribute to seeing and working with a new hitting coach, one who gets through to the player and is effective in his teaching methods.
Of course, all of the Braves nation is a fan of Terry Pendleton. He’s a great player and a great guy. That being said, I just don’t think he’s an effective hitting coach. I’ve found this to be the case shortly after he started. So many players who can’t buy a hit in Atlanta are amongst the league leaders all across the board elsewhere. When one or two players are in a slump, it’s understandable. But when the entire team can’t put up runs year after year, then the hitting coach isn’t helping. So, as I’ve said for the past few years: BRING BACK DON BAYLOR!! He is the most effective hitting coach I have seen for the Braves. Can we pry him from the Rockies mid-season?
It’s just so frustrating because the players on the Braves roster are great hitters up and down; almost every player has at least near All-Star potential on the offensive end… but the results are flat out embarrassing. If this was a no-talent team, I’d just shrug it off. But this is a team legitimately trying to compete for a playoff (possibly World Series) push in Bobby’s last year, and they look flat out awful.
They’ve looked terrible in the field too lately, but that’s another topic…
J.o.h.n.n.y C.r.u.n.c.h
April 26th, 2010
11:50 am
We are in for a LONG YEAR.
All Spring, I heard how the players were going to play “all out” because they wanted Bobby Cox to go out a winner………..they must have meant going “all out” to SUCK A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This team looks like no one has ever coached them on the fundamentals. Silly errors, throwing to the wrong base, not hitting the cut-off man, letting pop flies drop, base running blunders……….are obvious signs that this team is fundamentally challenged. This team couldnt pull off a hit and run if the ball was on a tee. How many times have other teams put the hit and run on us……..and hit the ball to the hole that was created when the fielder went to cover the bag?
These guys cant hit. Sure, they can hit one out when the opposing pitcher leaves one hanging. However, this bunch has shown that they just cant put any pressure on the opposing pitcher to break him out of his rhythm. Once again, like last year, we’re making BUMS look like Cy Young.
It’s become obvious why players like Bobby Cox so much: His Spring Training routine and Regular Season practices must be like Club Med………because it’s been quite some team since the Braves have exhibited any signs of being coached on the fundamentals of the game.
Troy Glaus didnt come to the Braves because he’s always wanted to play for Bobby Cox. He came to Atlanta because the Braves were the only team STUPID enough to pay him $1.75 mil guaranteed, plus an assortment of bonuses that the Braves will probably end up paying him because Bobby will give him every opportunity to earn those bonuses………..despite it being obvious that he is a shadow of his former self.
Marc in FL
April 26th, 2010
11:50 am
Yes the Braves are in last… While 2 games under .500 with only 140+ games to go.
You know what, there’s no point. Clearly we are too far out to even hold hope anymore. Let’s all just commit mass suicide and spare ourselves a shameful defeat for the season.
Same as last season
April 26th, 2010
11:51 am
I think especially with baseball it really comes down to players that the managers and coaches have to work with and who they have to put on the field. Cox looked good in the 90’s but look who he had playing for him, and the Braves were the top spenders in the league. Leo Mazzone looked like a genius, but look who he had to work with.
It comes down to personnel and the team that the GM puts on the field.
Casey
April 26th, 2010
11:52 am
@bignel
You stupid racist moron! You need to get a grip on reality. You will never have anything in this world if you blame racism for everything wrong in your life.
Woolz
April 26th, 2010
11:52 am
Guys and gals, I think we are just going to have to wait until next year. This team will improve for a time and then relapse. It just looks so familiar. Same as the last few years. I like Bobby Cox even though I don’t personally know him, so I know how hard it has to be for everybody connected with the Braves to think he needs to go. But obviously even he does understand he needs to go since he is retiring. So, yeah, maybe things would be better without TP, but we really need a serious shake-up at the top. Changing the manager is just sometimes necessary to improve a team like it did last years Rockies. But we’re going to have to wait, the Braves aren’t going to make such a change mid-year.
Reid Adair
April 26th, 2010
11:53 am
My answer? Frank Wren and his pathetic roster management.
We were led to believe (surprise!) that Troy Glaus and Eric Hinske were an improvement over Adam LaRoche and Kelly Johnson. What a shock.
Marc in FL
April 26th, 2010
11:53 am
BTW, Paul in Richmond gets bonus points for using “pap” in a sentence. (11:48am)
J.o.h.n.n.y C.r.u.n.c.h
April 26th, 2010
11:53 am
Escobar made a boneheaded base running play. No doubt. However for Bobby Cox to use that as his “whipping post”…….is kind of pathetic.
To make Escobar’s mishap out to be “horrific”, while barely paying lip service to Chipper’s lack of concentration recently with his own boneheaded plays………..reeks of Bobby’s propensity to cover for “his boys” while taking his frustrations out on someone like Escobar who isnt one of “his boys”. I remember Chipper giving Kawakami a nasty look when Kawakami got picked off second base against the Giants………however a few games later, Chipper got picked off second as well. Very little lip service was given to that.
The Braves have $28 mil committed the next two years after his year to 2 players who are WAY PAST THEIR PRIME (Derek Lowe $15 mil, and Chipper at $13 mil). That’s $28 mil to two players who, if given playing time, will guarantee that the Braves will be also-rans until at least 2013 (just in time for Jason Heyward and Tommy Hanson to become eligible for salary arbitration).
Our 2010 offense is making the first 3 months of our offense in 2009 look like the 1927 Yankees……..when compared to each other.
J.o.h.n.n.y C.r.u.n.c.h
April 26th, 2010
11:54 am
I hope that the Braves hire a manager after this season who will actually teach these guys some fundamentals………AND who will pick someone other than Yunel Escobar to yell at when in reality the whole team is SUCKING both offensively and defensively.
If the Braves played in New York, there is NO FREAKING WAY that the press there would suck up to Bobby like the Atlanta press does. However, Bobby “the wife beater” Cox gets a free pass from the Atlanta media despite the fact that this team isnt getting quality coaching and is being mismanaged.
jasont13
April 26th, 2010
11:54 am
If I produced like Terry Pendleton I wouldn’t have a job. For the people on the first page who said you can’t blame TP for the way the Braves are hitting. If thats the case then change his job title. If my job is sales rep and I don’t sell anything then I loose my job. So if I’m a hitting coach and my hitters don’t hit I’m responsible. Since 2002 here are the Braves team batting average: .260, .284, .270, .265, .270, .275, .270 and .263. Compared to the other teams in MLB, they are very average.
Fred
April 26th, 2010
11:54 am
Of course this is bacause of TP – I have been telling you this since last year!! The man needs to go – NOW. He has ruined more careers than will ever be known. Great – he is a team player – but he CAN NOT COACH. I believe the only reason he is still around is that Henry Aaron wants him to succeed Bobby Cox. Lord help us if he does!
Joey
April 26th, 2010
11:55 am
Mark, you could add the story about when Frenchy went out to work with the Rangers (I think) hitting coach before the ‘09 season. That coach made a few minor adjustments (hands, higher, open stance, etc) and had him hitting .300 through ST and for a good month of the regular season. Then without that guy here to keep him straight, Frenchy went back to his old habits. That was proof enough for me that a good batting coach can make a difference. TP is just not a good coach.
Phil
April 26th, 2010
11:56 am
Same as last season,
The website I saw said 11th, yours 15th, not going to argue which one is right. My point is you can find some decent players and stick to your
budget, no matter how low(or high) it is. Other teams are doing a much better job than we are. Wren and Cox are idiots.
jasont13
April 26th, 2010
11:56 am
I’m really worried that TP will be the next manager of the Braves.
Same as last season
April 26th, 2010
11:56 am
Johnny Crunch…..great points about the salary committments to Lowe and Chipper. That’s scary.
bravesfan
April 26th, 2010
11:56 am
Ted M, im a friend, it is true, that is all i can say.
And i am not saying that a professional hitter isn’t responsible for taking care of his business but the story itself makes you wonder about other ball clubs and what goes on behind the scenes. The braves ARE losing alone at the plate and I feel that it goes beyond that, I feel that TP doesn’t have their respect and players aren’t going to listen to a guy they don’t respect. What a difference in approach between to NL rivals! Kinda scary and I really hope it does turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to that kid!
Rodney Derrick
April 26th, 2010
11:57 am
Freddie Freeman just absolutely crushed a home run to left center against Durham. Game on MLB Network. Jason wants his buddy on the big club.
Same as last season
April 26th, 2010
11:58 am
Phil…Point taken. I would say Wren is more an idiot than Cox as he is the one that assembled this team. Cox just has to try and manage them.
Braves Fan 84
April 26th, 2010
11:58 am
Braves offense has always been bad. Even during the run in the 90s. Check the averages of the players. Our pitching got it done not our offense.
Fred
April 26th, 2010
11:58 am
To Paul in Richmond:
I can’t speak to Prado, but Chipper’s hitting coach is his Dad. Same for McCann. These two know better than to rely on TP!
steveh
April 26th, 2010
12:00 pm
Paul – For the record, Chipper’s primary hitting coach has always been his father. Same with McCann.
Ted M
April 26th, 2010
12:02 pm
Thanks bravesfan – That is reason enough to fire TP. Especially with a young team.
DESPIRATEBRAVESFAN
April 26th, 2010
12:02 pm
Geez Bradley, when the light finally go off in your head???????? Seems pretty simple deduction, players hit before/after they play for the Braves, and cannot while they are a Brave. ‘Nuff said. The team in the dugout gets its leadership from the dughout manager. Bobby Cox has NEVER given a crap about hitting, conditioning, and has ALWAYS had his special players – (Blauser, Norton,etc).
The Braves have had ONE REAL hitting coach – Don Baylor, and they didn’t keep him very long.
I’ll be glad when the Cox regime is gone.
Freddy Gonzlez or Guillen should be the next manager.
Bob Horner's Blonde Mullet
April 26th, 2010
12:03 pm
We need Eddie Perez as the new manager. If players begin to lolly-gag, he’s liable to pull out a knife and cut someone.
Melky Cabrera, to be as pudgy and stout as he is sure doesn’t have any pop in his bat – and his ability to play CF is nowhere near McLouth’s. To bad neither of them can hit. It’s gonna be a long year…
Marc in FL
April 26th, 2010
12:03 pm
jasont… If you were Melky or Glaus you wouldn’t have a job either without a union to protect you. Oh wait, they do have that.
Braves Fan 84
April 26th, 2010
12:03 pm
Rwebb: Not patient? We are Top 3 in walks. We are too conservative
Atticus
April 26th, 2010
12:04 pm
Mark, how about someone asking Wren, Cox or Pendleton this question?
Angus
April 26th, 2010
12:04 pm
Braves’ NL rank since ‘03:
Runs scored – 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 6
Batting avg – 1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 3, 4
Again, I have no idea how good TP is – and, I don’t think most of you do either. But to say the Braves have been awful under TP ignores stats that say the opposite.
Mark Bradley
April 26th, 2010
12:06 pm
Atticus, I’ve asked Cox about Pendleton. Cox loves the guy and says he’s the hardest-working coach he has ever had.
IanS
April 26th, 2010
12:06 pm
Why are we only looking at TP? Why does Cox always get a pass? This is HIS team, not TP’s. Always has been. He’s a player’s manager, a nice guy, and nice guys wind up with 14 division titles and ONE World Series. And leave Wren out of it, too. Bobby is the centerpiece of a team that clearly has no discipline and no motivation. I say again: BOBBY COX. Good players win divisions, good managers win the World Series. Bobby Cox’s one win? Against a worse manager. I’m so tired of his teams. A Cox-free Braves can’t come soon enough.
bakerman
April 26th, 2010
12:07 pm
Hell yes, Pendleton is a problem. Name one player who has improved under him. Not only Pendleton should go, however. The entire coaching staff, possibly excluding Eddie Perez, shows no fire at all. This complacency is reflected in the players not being ‘in’ the game. Escobar is in the same mode as early last year. Bench him or trade him for a warm bucket of spit. The dropped infield fly by Chipper/Escobar is another indication of this complacency. How can a major league team not know the rule and COVER HOME!!!!!!! Bobby is loyal to a fault with players and coaches. It is time to fire someone or trade someone to get the attenion of all others.
steve whitmire
April 26th, 2010
12:07 pm
Pendleton has to go, but we also need a quality first baseman to fill in until Freeman comes to the bigs, and we need two good hitting outfielders, can’t blame Pendleton for Nate and Melky’s ineptitude, wouldn’t Andruw Jones or Johnny Damon look good out there in the outfield? Being a Braves fan is tough under the best of circumstances but to start losing hope in the season already and it’s only April, wow this is the pits
Ancient Brave Fan
April 26th, 2010
12:08 pm
I remember in the 80s when we would score 2 runs a week…
& liked it {all 8 of us @ the games}
War Phil Niekro!
Devildog
April 26th, 2010
12:08 pm
Wish I knew what that phrase “keeping it real” meant. The ones who use it sure don’t seem to know what real is.
BRAVES NEED SPIRIT
April 26th, 2010
12:08 pm
Get rid of Glaus, Milkey and McLouth, bring up Freeman, Schaffer, sign Dye, get rid of Pendleton.
Hey, if the players arent hitting then its time to give on the job training to the kids who will take over. Seems to me some of them are ready anyway. Schaffer was good until he broke his wrist and the braves ingorned his injury for to long. Freeman is solid defensively and maybe with a new hitting coach that can help him alone he can help the braves this year.
I am sick of old, out of place players. Oh yea, Chipper has hit the point of no return. He also needs to say bye.
Thoughtful
April 26th, 2010
12:09 pm
One of my least favorite managers of all time said it best: “In baseball, you’re going to lose 54 and win 54. It’s how you do in the other 54 that determines how good you are.” It is way too early to write off the Braves (or their coaches) as being anything right now – good or bad.
That being said, we are wasting a lot of the “other 54″ awfully early in the season. I think hitting coaches are like any other “advisor” – after a while, their advice just gets old. How many times can you tell Andruw Jones not to swing at the 2-strike curve ball in the dirt in the left-handed batter’s box. After awhile, the players have heard it all.That’s when you need a fresh voice.
I also think it says a lot that Chipper has always gone to his dad for help when he’s in a prolonged slump. The only hitting coach that Chipper ever really went to was Don Baylor who taught him how to hit homers from the right side. Don’t forget that Francouer called the Texas hitting coach instead of TP a couple of summers ago. Do you need any more of a hint that the troops have stopped listening? Instead of taking the hint, the front office circled the wagons and blamed the messenger. Remember our beloved Leo Mazzone? Atlanta was all atwitter when he left for greener pasture in Baltimore. Now he’s begging to come back and no one’s taking his call. Do you remember the comments about Leo from the pitcher’s after he left? It seemed then that it was time for a fresh voice in the dugout for the pitchers. The time has come for a new voice for the hitters as well. Bobby, all good things do come to an end.
Everything isn’t TP’s fault. For the love of Pete, let’s put an end to the horror show at first. Troy Glaus’s problem is NOT his hitting it’s obviously his fielding. He’s actually one that can claim bad luck. He has hit some absolute laser right at people (by the way, that wasn’t a HR that Victorina caught; top of the fence at best. No one “robs” legitimate HRs at Turner Field! It’s not possible.) I have never seen so obvious a case of a fish out of water than Glaus at first (with the possible exception of Klesko in the outfield during the early years). The stress of fielding is affecting his hitting (just as many of you pointed out that K. Johnson was impacted by his move to 2nd – which the stats don’t actually support). How can you make hitting adjustments when you are constantly focused on making fielding adjustments.
I say the Braves need to do the following:
1. Replace Pendleton (a minor league coach with experience with Heyward, Freeman and Jordan Shafer makes a lot of sense (Jamie Dismuke, Ricky Albert or Bobby Moore);
2. Put Chipper on the DL until the all-star break and make him work out with Brian Jordan until then;
3. Move Glaus to his natural position of 3rd. If he still isn’t hitting after a month, release him and put Prado at his natural position and Infante at 2nd;
4. Bring up Freddie Freeman and let him play first. CAN HE DO ANY WORSE!?!?!?!?! Hasn’t Heyward shown that Freeman at least deserves a chance. Freeman has much more time at AAA than Heyward ever did. Further, that would give Heyward someone to pal around with and allow both of them to relax and ease into life in the Major Leagues;
5. As soon as he’s healthy, get Shafer on the active roster. Again, can he do any worse than Melky or McLouth? Make room on the active roster by putting one of those 2 on the DL with “worn out patience”. I am sure Dr. Andrews can fix them. Once Shafer proves whether he’s ready for the Majors, then we can decide whether to keep McLouth and Melky; and, finally,
6. After the all-star break, bring Chipper back as a backup at 3rd and 1st. Pace him for the rest of the season and prepare him for August and September. Between the 2 position he could play as much as 4 times a week or as little as necessary. Either way you protect the oblique that Brian Jordan has strengthen and increase the chances Chipper is productive when you really need him.
Will these changes make any difference? Who knows? But it would create a whole lot more excitement than watching this train wreck for the rest of the season! Not too mention, Tommy Lasorda would feel better about our chances in those “other 54″. What do you think guys?
carlchamblee
April 26th, 2010
12:09 pm
c.r.u.n.c.h. – thanks for reminding me of the runners picked off second base this season! I wanted to forget that. Just another in a long line of examples of how pathetic this team has played.
Soon we will hear Mr. Franchise Player whine publicly about lack of fan support when he hears crickets after yet another misplayed grounder. But people in this economy or any other aren’t gonna shell out money to see this sorry excuse of a baseball team play. Even the one reason to go this year – Heyward – is being hidden in the 7 hole w the two worst hitters behind him to protect him.
Paddy O
April 26th, 2010
12:10 pm
FYI: A good hitting coach has immense impact. Walt Hriniak, hitting coach for the Red Sox, turned Dwight Evans into a force, by working with. The Texas hitting coach, Jaramillo, is recognized for getting the most out of his hitters. Now, Magadan is bad in Boston and Pendleton is bad in Atlanta. Frenchy should have been coached to ALWAYs lay off the late count breaking ball. Atlanta management should have required A Jones to lose weight, and should have put it in his contract – will always be less than 200 or whatever. Since Ted Turner left, the franchise has gone down the toilet. Cox is good with great players. With iffy players, he is bad. Jack McKeon was a good manager. So is Tracy, Francona & Pinella. The Braves would be smarter to fire the staff, and hire young guys who have something to prove.
Braves Fan 84
April 26th, 2010
12:10 pm
Wow you guys need to calm down. Its only 18 games so far.
There are 144 left. Ill rather have them struggle now than later in the season. We will be fine.. One week you guys are excited about team the next you guys bash them.
Go root for another team.
Angus
April 26th, 2010
12:11 pm
Thoughtful, “2. Put Chipper on the DL until the all-star break and make him work out with Brian Jordan until then;”
I’m not sure if that was intended to be a joke or not, but I chuckled at it.
Johnny Kakes
April 26th, 2010
12:11 pm
Although the offense stinks, this is the first time I can remember the Braves actually being patient at the plate – ala the Yanks and Red Sox. I am not sure why it took this long for the Braves to realize the benefit of working pitchers more – getting more walks – waiting for quality pitches, etc. But you have to admit you can’t blame the pitching coach… Come on already…. TP has to go…
Atticus
April 26th, 2010
12:12 pm
Angus, 6 and 6 is NOT good enough if you want to make the playoffs. I never implied they were pitiful under TP, just not good the last two years and before that the pitching was to blame. Either way, this is not a playoff team and 5 years is long enough to throw everyone out.
Yeah Man
April 26th, 2010
12:13 pm
I’ll miss Cox after this season… but I won’t miss some of the coaches he protects…. AHEM.. .PENDLETON!
Paul In Richmond
April 26th, 2010
12:13 pm
Thanks Marc I look forward to cashing in my bonus points.
I knew that Jones and McCann used their dads for their help but I did not know that they avoided TP. If what TP is doing is so bad why haven’t our team leaders taken things in hand and made suggestions themselves? After all – it is supposed to be a “team” that works with each other.
I think (I am just guessing cause I don’t know) that we have a singles hitting batting coach and a home run hitting manager. I have coached baseball and when your team worships the HR they do not listen to someone who helps you hit singles. Clearly TP would play small ball and Bobby would wait for the 3-run homer. TP thinks coaching means bunt, hit and run and slapping the ball the other way while Bobby believes coaching is shuffling the lineup daily, chirping encouragement from the dugout and waiting for the “breaks” to score.
Bobby’s way works if you have the hitters. TP’s way works if you have disciplined students of the game with some speed who play fundamental baseball. This team has yet to decide which it is.
Brave Hokie
April 26th, 2010
12:13 pm
Braves Fan 84
Wow you guys need to calm down. Its only 18 games so far.
There are 144 left. Ill rather have them struggle now than later in the season. We will be fine.. One week you guys are excited about team the next you guys bash them.
Go root for another team.
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What is wrong with the typical Atlanta {Professional} Sports Fan…
All is WELL people….
IanS
April 26th, 2010
12:14 pm
@Braves Fan 84: Yeah, I’ll calm down enough for us to get the wild card, and then choke in the postseason as always as we have double-digit LOB every game. Ridiculous. Bye bye, Bobby! Don’t let the door hit you in *** on the way out!