Live from the ballyard: For Bobby Cox, the end really is nigh

I will miss him.

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This is the longest death march since Baatan.

If you are a .500 team over the last 2 months of the season, can’t hit above .200 as a team, have a pitching staff in shambles and lose multiple “must win” series to the worst teams in the league, you DO NOT belong in the playoffs.

like sewer water, Braves seeking their own level.

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We shed a little tear when we read that. The part about the empty chair playing center field was pretty good. What will become of Chino Cadahia when Bobby is gone?

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Bringing up nose picking after a nice article like that is something we regret doing but the really smart baseball managers are scratchers, not pickers.

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It just ain’t gonna seem the same in 2011. Thanks Bobby for all you have done.

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What are three things that most men think they could do better than any other man? Build a campfire, make love and manage a major league baseball team. I laugh every time I read these criticisms of a future HOF manager by the everyday fan. It’s funny because every baseball professional heaps praise on Bobby Cox.
I think he’s done a heckuva job this year given our injuries and unusual slumps (which are of course TP’s fault according to Joe Fan)

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MB, What’s the weather down there? We don’t need Hanson to get interrupted and lose his start after a couple of innings. Maybe a total rainout would be better with Hanson pitching Tues and Sun, huh?

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Herschel: last week at the beginning of their series, did the Braves & Phils have the two best records in the NL?

Do the Braves currently look like a first place team to you?

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Mark, I agree, the Braves have reached this point in the season with “smoke & mirrors” instead of raw talent (compare the line-up with the Phillies), and Cox the meister has had one of his best seasons as manager with manipulating them.

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Mark, the problem with a lot of this description is that you are crediting the anonymous people who comment on your internet blog as the pulse of Atlanta and Braves fans. I appreciate all of the added online content and understand that reporting has to adjust to cater to this audience, but no article about Bobby Cox’s legacy or appreciation among fans should be soiled by the skewed segment of “fans” who comment on this site. I personally don’t know and wouldn’t respect anyone who doesn’t appreciate just how great of a manager Bobby has always been, and I know a lot of Braves fans. The “Thanks Bobby” movement and the random tokens of appreciation such as the Bobby Cox cornfield display are much more representative of what Braves fans and real Atlantans think of Bobby. I would hate for your “mixed feelings” evaluation to actually creep into legitimacy because you got that notion from reading your own blog comments.

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I like Bobby and appreciate his many contributions to the Braves organization and the city of Atlanta. It will be sad watching this era come to an end, but I do think it is time for a new voice and fresh perspective at the top.

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Hershcel Talker, your stupidity annoys me, it truly does.

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Mark, you are really bring this to a close. Wow, I really don’t believe it. Kind of sad. Good reporting friend.

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been raining in Douglasville for 90 minutes….

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nicely put D. Weed

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I will miss Cox, This season is over, we just ran out of bullets in the war. This team has no heart and cannot rise up for Cox against the Nationals. We would have to go 5-1 in order to get in and I just don’t see it. I wish you could have wrote a retraction for that 8 reasons article, because it seems the team came unhinged after that. Disappointment is in the air and I’m sad.

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Bobby Cox….a class act in good times and bad. You are right…his likes are rare and we will not soon see the quality manager this gentleman represents. Hopefully we will see him work his magic in as the NL Wild Card. Thanks for a great run Bobby.

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Nigh? What is this, 1600 England?

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Anyone who discredits What Bobby Cox has done for this franchise must have forgotten the 70’s and 80’s years of futility.I have enjoyed this ride. I just don’t like the way it is ending. It’s not time to head into the tunnel. Let’s hope we see some turner field magic so Bobby can get one last chance in the playoffs.

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here’s the Braves winning the world series, what a great memory

http://www.youtube.com/v/W0DvWtLVqos?fs=1&hl=en_US“

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Mark: your article is spot on. Except that it assumes that the knuckleheads who spend all their time commenting on Bobby at an ajc blog – - a bunch of chattering monkeys living in their mom’s basement – - is any true measure of real Braves fans. (And, yeah, I guess I’m now one of those knuckleheads.) Real Braves fans know that only Bobby could have got this team this far. Through the years, he’s done it with big payrolls and small payrolls, with washed up vets and untried rooks, with All-Stars and no-names.

I like this bunch of Braves and hope they have enough in the tank for one last push. At any rate, it’s been a great ride. Thanks, Bobby.

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We was reading where both McLouth and Ankiel are in tonight’s lineup. Guess which one is batting higher in the lineup . . .

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Name me another manager that could lose the heart of his team, Chipper Jones, and two starting pitchers, Medlen and Jurrgens, and take 2 of three from Philly last week?

Bobby Cox excelled at one very hard chore, managing people. The players play the game, not the managers. The managers manage the people on the team. And Cox is one of the great managers in the long history of the game.

The Braves never had a chance at the Division crown this season. The reason? With apologies of Ernest Thayer as I borrow his lines:

“But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;”

That is the Braves this year, to many hoodoos and one to many cakes.
If you must blame someone, blame the owner’s wallet. But do not blame Cox. He did a wonderful job with what he had.

The run by Cox, first as General Manager, and then as Manager, will not be seen in this city ever again.

And we will always have Skip’s call ringing in our ears: “Braves win!,
Braves win!, Braves win!, Braves win!, Braves win!”

Thanks for the many memories Bobby.

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Poor Mark, he wasn’t here when Bobby Cox made his first tour. He had so many years of ineptitude, and pretty much ended the careers of some big name relievers, because he thought they should pitch every game. Oh yeah, Joe Torre took those inept teams and finished 1st and 2nd before being fired by a mostly intoxicated Ted Turner. In Toronto he was the first manager in the 5 game playoff series to lose after winning the first two and losing the next 3 (also did that with Braves 2 then 4). After leaving Toronto they won two World Series, came back to Atlanta while a terrific bunch of youngsters were setting records in the minors, and did his best management job ever last to first, before making some serious errors in the first two world series, won one, lost two to New York and the team disappeared at the same exact time Glavine, Smoltz, Maddox ended their run in Atlanta. Nothing good since, but oh yeah Cox was a magnificent manager (to some that don’t know better).

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I wish this were the end of the America-hating, Christian-bashing, Obama-sucking AJC instead of Bobby Cox’s managerial career.

Oh, by the way: Burn in H E L L, Wren !!!!

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Mr. Bradley,

What about his decision to not change the lineup these past few games? It is madening to read DOB’s blog and see that same dang lineup posted when Prado is obviously done and Infante looks tried as well. If he want take them out, why not move them out of such key lineup positions. You neglect to mention that he was so stubborn with McLouth and hitting him leadoff, and finally he takes him out, puts Prado in there, and boom, the offense lights it up for most of the summer. Just saying why not change it up now. You don’t always have to dance with the girl that brought you if that girl has one foot in the grave and is pulling you in with her.

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and the Yankees too

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Trying to secure your next talk with Bobby I see. Well played Mark. Now wipe your nose off.

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anyone seen when 1st pitch will be?

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Chasing the wild card is a lot like doing the hokey-pokey:
You put your right thumb in,
You put your right thumb out;
You put your right thumb in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!

What if doing the hokey-pokey really is what it’s all about? We’d have more pennants.

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To you idiots:

So hypothetically if a team wins 70 straight games to open the season and then loses 50 in a row and still has the best record, you would still say that is the best team in baseball at that point? You are morons.

HT

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How many other managers with one world series title are in the hall of fame?
Sure was easier for him to win the NL east when you had the awful expos-nats, new team marlins, phillies and mets. Put the braves in any other division and it doesn’t happen.

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Will rain for another 10-15 minutes.

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Mark – any word on a start time. Waiting to head down to the stadium.

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rupert
that is why booby only won 1 world series. and bradley please. one friggin game? and how about changing some spots where they bat in the dang lineup. it’s fitting this team won’t make the playoffs this year for the same reason they lost when they made it before. stupid clueless manager.
go padres and giants

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because the Braves won them

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Yes Clueless Jesse
Two years the marlins put up some $, snuck into the wild card and won the whole thing while we sat there winning our precious divisions and got one! Sorry but ask 9/10 baseball pros and they would rather win the 2.

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Mark, when can a manager who has retired from game be elected to Baseball Hall of Fame? In addition to Bobby Cox; there is at least two other managers who should be elected to HOF who may not manage again after this season, (Joe Torre & Lou Piniella). I’ve also read rumors occassionally that Tony LaRussa is not certain he will return next year.

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Best of luck to Bobby Cox. Thanks for the memories. And I guess somebody needs to get busy on his HOF plaque.

But I’m just dumb enough to take your bait, Bradley.

Challenging the oft-repeated claim of Bobby’s greatness as a manager is not to say he’s not a good manager or to denigrate his accomplishments. It is to say that a designation of greatness should be reserved for those who accomplish great things.

In Cox’s case, I’ll claim that his regular season win/loss record can’t be the only measure of his managerial acumen. You have to consider the number of World Championships attained against the number of World Championships attempted.

Everybody knows the story there – one out of five – and even more damning, one out of four in a span of five years. If your team is good enough to get to four World Series in five years, then your team ought to be good enough to win it more than once.

Cox accumulated an impressive regular season record for sure. But if that’s evidence of greatness, then why isn’t his mediocre post-season resume – and disgraceful World Series record – evidence of mediocrity?

I credit Bobby for his contributions to fifteen post seasons in a row; and I blame him for whatever culpability is his for the team’s futility once the post season was achieved.

Bobby Cox’s fingerprints are all over the Braves teams he managed during his distinguished tenure. And when it came to the post season, they’re evidence of defeat more often then triumph.

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To “Master of the Obvious”,
Sir, I am 87 years old and I marched to Bataan.
You should be ashamed to liken the Braves unfortunate circumstances to that hellish memory.
There, That’s all I have to say.
Sarge

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Randy and Steven — Yes, you two are SUCH baseball genuises that I’m sure MANY MLB clubs have contacted you with the secret formula for winning.

Sheesh. Morons.

The fact is, as a braves fan in the 80s, i would have LOVED to win multiple division titles and go to the World Series and win a world championship!!!!!!!!!! We can’t sit back now, years later, and say “well, we should have won more.” That is revisionist thinking! you think fans of the Cowboys in the 70s say “gee, too bad we ONLY won two super bowls”. You think the St. Louis Cardinals baseball fans of the 80s are disappointed they only won 1 or 2? You think the Orioles fans of the 80s are mad because they only won one title?

Winning a title by throwing cash around is easy (see the 90s Marlins, 90s Yankees, 80s 49ers, early 90s Cowboys before free agency, etc.) Winning CONSISTENTLY by BUILDING A FRANCHISE is MUCH harder and much more respected by KNOWLEDGABLE people.

You two go root for another team… I’ll take my Braves AND Bobby Cox, win or lose.

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I am down in Gainesville, FL. We lost power for about an hour. Traffic was a mess. I assume the same up North?

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Yes, but those who know baseball will know that the Marlins were a joke for most of the 90’s while the Braves were always a winning ballclub.

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i will miss him sorely…so will his critics

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The Braves top 25 moments rain delay feature is far more entertaining then the Francoeur piece that ran for far too long.

Did you know he could have gone to Clemson?

That being said, I hope we make the playoffs and make a run but I’m still sad to see Bobby go in any fashion.

Mark, are the Braves doing anything special for these possible final games or are they staying neutral with the playoffs possibly looming?

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Let’s face it, these clowns that constantly put down the job Bobby has done over all these years just do not have a clue what they are talking about. Seems they must be right and the whole rest of the baseball world including all the pros are just wrong. Go figure.

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Randy — how did Bobby Cox choke when the Braves were 10 back of the Dodgers in July 91?

How did he choke when the Giants went on a wicked tear in 1993 and won 103 games and DIDN’T make the playoffs?

How did he choke when the Braves shut down baseball’s most dangerous offensive team in the 1995 WS?

How did HE choke when Mark Wohlers fell apart in 1996?

How did he choke in taking a MUCH less talented team to the playoffs in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, etc?

And how did HE choke when Chipper, Glaus, Medlen, et all got injured this year? THAT’S what did in the Braves — the team physically hitting a wall. It was NOT managing.

Why are you so hateful to Bobby, Randy? Geez, he helped Atlanta win a world championship!!! You are just a greedy bas**** if you sit there and think of it as ONLY one. It’s one more championship than any OTHER Atlanta team has!!!!!

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You’re right K. That 7.5 game lead. It’s fine to lose that! That wild card lead! Slip sliding away! Who cares. We have all those division titles and they don’t!! I guess only you brag about your division titles to other baseball fans. Loser.

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Jesse, key word is “real” fan. These guys that are whining are clowns.

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Randy- you must be Earl’s brother. In basketball, you have fewer variables. There are 5 players on the floor and one player can dominate play and keep the ball in his hands. You can’t do that in baseball.

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look in the dictionary beside class,intelligence. integrity, and just a damn good manager and you will see the name of BOBBY COX

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Randy, what is the Phillies record the past month in a half?

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“Furled” is a great word, and you used it correctly! Kudos…

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The Bobby Cox haters that post here don’t know squat about baseball. Bobby’s induction into the Hall of Fame this will be the proof. I don’t think you will find five baseball people that will say that bad managers make the HOF.

They are just negative people, and may not even be Braves fans – just trolls. If they aren’t here they are on the Falcons blog blabbing about how Matt Ryan is a horrible QB. A good fraction of them are probably Phillies fans or even Mets fans. The rest just have pitiful lives and get their jollies trying to stir people up in sports forums. Very sad, pathetic people.

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I stayed away for awhile. Last week was extremely disappointing. Great article Mark. Bobby Cox is baseball in Atlanta, and will be for some time. These six games are his last and I for one will be very sad to see him go.
I hope that FSSO will find another rain delay program next year. Have seen Brave’s top 25 for the 100th time.
Let’s go Bravos! Play hard and maybe we can make a decent showing for Bobby’s last games.

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We was amused that some fans think they are “real” fans and others aren’t. “Real” fans can be measured by the number of team tattoos they have. We have a tomahawk and a script “A”. Anybody that’s a bigger fan than that would have to have 3 tattoos. Mark doesn’t count.

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Wrong Braves fan. I think Ryan is a fabulous qb and will do well. I think Bobby is a terrible manager who won division because of hall of fame pitchers and has no clue how to motivate his team or manage his team to win when it’s needed. The proof is this–
You won it all 7% of the time you were in the postseason. Yes you were better than 4 other teams! Woo hoo!

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Is “sabre” a word? Maybe I should switch to “saber.” Or, perhaps SABR makes more sense, because this is baseball.

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I will never forget the magic season of 91 when my family(like the rest of the city) were united by the worst to first run of the Atlanta Braves and all the years Bobby gave us Braves Fans Pride and Hope.Bless you Bobby. We will miss you.

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Thanks Mark!

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I can tell you that 90% of the managers if given the braves lineup from 91-05 would have won more than one world series.

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Yes Frank Wren the genius! Those trades have been fabulous haven’t they?

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Did Jeff call Randy a Nazi? Wow!

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Alright Mark,

Let’s keep those positive vibes going like you said. I have a question for you too. Since we are going with Hudson and Lowe on 3 days rest Tues. and Wed., what are the chances that Bobby will go with Hanson on 3 days to open with the Phils if we are still triloing, then finishing with Huddy and Lowe AGAIN on 3 days? I know that is asking a lot, and I dont necessarily know if I would do it, but just wondering if you think it is something they may consider.

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What’s wrong? Oh you don’t like being called losers? Well, that’s what this team is.
Nice record against those pesky nats and pirates losers!

Phillies already up on those nats and got nothing to play for as they have the best record locked up! Yet they still beat those pesky nats. Losers.

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Blind luck defined: Winning one WS in fifteen trips to the post season.

A definite trend: Coming up short in fourteen years of post season play.

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Jeff = Jesse
Variables in separate posts
I love the excuse making. That’s when you know you’re a loser when you spout off like this crybaby loser. Loooo-sa
Enjoy another chokefest tonight.

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Well Sonny, I have a tomahawk tatoo chopping through my back, the Cursive A on my right shoulder, on my left have the screaming Indian.

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Don’t ya’ll just hate logic?

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Not many people know that two years ago the AJC ran a story about Jeff’s lucky underpants. Running an underpants story in a major market newspaper is not something everybody could pull off. Wait, not the underpants, the story. Anyway, the Braves were out of it and lucky underpants was about all they had to talk about. Jeff was embarrassed and asked to be traded. Writing about baseball is pretty hard when all the players talk in cliches and “uh”s and “you knows”. Mark does a pretty good job.

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Think quick, what manager has lost more post season games than anybody in ML history? Clue, he’s about to retire.

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Yep coach. A 7% success rate is not successful at all!

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How is the Rain coming along?

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Hate to see booby go, got used to watching good teams play in the post season.

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Enter your comments here

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Jesse, you are wasting your time with actual logic with these guys. They just can’t see cause it’s kinda dark where thier heads are…..

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Randy, why so angry? I’m just curious…I mean do you have nothing better to do?

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Exactly Bucky- BC had had good pitching over the years, but lacking bats.

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Randy is an idiot and the Hall of Fame induction will prove it.

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With a name like Trey, 3 tattoos sounds about right. Are they in color? Colorful tattoos make a casual fan a “real” fan. A lot of “real” fans blogging here tonight. As they are saying on television . . . “don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

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Why doesn’t Dave Martinez’s name come up more ofter. He is Joe Madden’s 2nd in charge…and an ex-Brave

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Were going to Win this series, and take 2 out of 3 from the Phillies.. and we WILL make the playoffs!

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Playball!

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Listening to Tommy Hutton and Rich Waltz tonight. Horrible!

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If we are to wax poetically about Bobby Cox and his contributions to the city of Atlanta and the Braves, than i agree his longevity and accomplishments will be unparalleled in this city.

Bobby Cox’s accomplishments are a byproduct of his longevity and not his “coaching prowess” unfortunately. What i choose to judge any manager of a baseball team is the results from which his decisions are made. Can Bobby manage a clubhouse and gain the respect of his players? Without question.
Should the Braves have won more than 1 World Series during Bobby’s 2nd tenure as the manager with the Braves? Also, without question.
I also believe that Bobby Cox should be celebrated as the greatest manager the Braves have ever had… but
i am very excited for the future of this team without Bobby Cox managing this team. Bobby is from the old school when it comes to strategy. The same things that are Bobby’s strength’s are also his weaknesses. His loyalty to his players will never be questioned, but his excessive stubbornness of loyalty to his players always will be questioned when his players underperformed to long.

I don’t write this to rip Bobby Cox, but to offer different view of the man we are asked to celebrate. I wish the Braves will make it into the playoffs for Bobby to enjoy the post season one more time. AND because it has been 5 years since we have seen post season play here in Atlanta. No matter who manages this team, the goal should be winning a championship and not just winning the division or making it to the post season. I want my team’s manager to have a burning desire to win a championship that rubs off on the players that makes them perform better down the stretch of a season or in the post season.

So while I say thank you to Bobby Cox for everything he has done for this town and team, I am looking forward to the new manager and hopefully a few more championships. One thing i hope the Braves do is put Bobby Cox back in the GM role. He didn’t get the proper credit for his work in that role before John Scherholz arrived. Frank Wren is completely expendable and having Bobby in that position is an instant upgrade.

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Thanks Mark, That should help Braves. Hanley hurt last few games.
Go Tommy – Go Braves.

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Randy
Don’t even try to talk to these imbeciles. I was called every name in the book back in July when I said this team would collapse. The record is doing all the talking at this point. And that Hanley replacement! Stolen base! LOL

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Amen Christopher. Great post.

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Those last two balls hit by the Marlins were line drives to end the 1st.

Cant wait to hear the Marlins’ manager blame those line drives for costing them the game.

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This thread is over. Jeff Godwinned it.

Next.

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Average at best defensive OF for the Marlins

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Haha,wrong again Don

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Again? 7.5 lead.
6 games behind.
Been right on every major call I’ve made. Of course you call out a silly base hit as being majorly wrong! Keep pumping this garbage. Another 2 runners stranded.

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That was great!
First time i’ve ever seen the ball go through the 5 hole on two infielders on one hit!
lol

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Don- you sounded so sure of yourself, I had to point that out

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Marlins make two errors on one play………and we still cant score.

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Did you score Jesse? All that noise and NUTHIN!
Gotta love swingin at balls below the knees and inside by a foot.
That is vintage Braves under booby!
Did you see the Phils do that last week? Nope.

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Randy, I see ALL THREE of those guys at the High A level, in Spring Training, and on TV almost every night. They are average defensively. Morrison just started playing LF this year.

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I posted in July that the braves would be 6-8 games back by seasons end. This was when they were up 7 idiot.

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why are you even watching the game or why are you even on this blog don???? get a life little man

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Don said “Did you score?”. I’m not playing. I’ve been mistaking you for a Braves fan.

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I also said what would kill this team was playing the nats and marlins at the end 2 series each as this team CAN”T beat them more than once in 3 tries. Who’s right there jesse the bonehead?
This along with choking against the phils was my logic. So I’ve been right on all my meaningfull calls. Calling for a 1 2 3 inning and a guy gets a hit and doesn’t score. BFD. Look at the substance to my major calls doofus.

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Jesse
Pot meet kettle

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Yes Mark 0 runs.
Amazing how some of you couldn’t see this coming back in July. Heck I will give you August and you were still drinking the booby kool aid.

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Jesse the little insecure man who sticks up for his lousy manager and team.

And I see the braves outfielders making errors that cost them games every week!
Does the phillies game last week ring a bell? Heyward? He’s cost them 3 or 4 games this year with his blunders. Melky and Nate a couple of games.

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This will be a tough out….hahaha

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2 k’s in a row! Of course with these clowns batting, that’s expected

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Don you and Randy need to give each other a big ole Yankee kiss and go find some scrapple together.
Wash it down with an Ole Latrob or a Yechling and call it a day, baseball poobahs that you are.

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I wasn’t aware Melky was playing tonight. Our OF makes errors that cost us games EVERY WEEK?

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Time for some MNF. I’ll be bock and the braves will of course be trailing!

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All is ok now! Coach Richt is reminding us that we won the battle of time of posession saturday.

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i predicted in spring training that we would not win the division and that our only hope was a wildcard spot. beat you by half the season don. big deal… win or lose, playoffs or not i’ll root for the braves until they are eliminated, then i’ll watch football

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Mark, perhaps you could change history and prevail upon Bobby to stay and CMR to go.

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Pollack just tweeted that Todd Grantham is planning to undercut Richt the same way he tried to undercut Romeo Crennel with the Browns before Crennel fired him.

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Good luck Braves from a Phillies fan. . . I know the torture. . .look at the Phillies from 2001-2006. . .then again, you guys won 14 straight divisions so hard for me to feel sorry for you

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Open date for Colorado, black out, etc. blah, blah

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Sarah, I’m pretty sure the Bobby Cox ticket specials are not good if you buy them at the Ted.

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Don: you are a tool. kill yourself

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Was it not Troy Glaus who got us going back in May? Will we ever see him again?

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BOBBY IS A GREAT MGR. AND A GREAT MAN,HE HAS DONE WONDERS OVER THE YEARSWITH THE BRAVES MANY TIMES UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS. SURE HOPE HE CAN JOIN THE FRONT OFFICE. BOBBY YOU WILL BE MISSED.

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BC’s leaving hit me today….gonna miss that guy….longtime Atlantans will remember when he arrived in 1978; everyone loved the Braves, but they were terrible; they lost over 100 games for the previous two/three years, including 17 in a row at one point; Bobby comes in and the Braves win 6 in a row for the first time in a long time and Atlanta goes NUTS! Gonna miss the early years with BC and appreciate the last few years. Not much talent on these recent teams, but they contended.

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MarkBradley– Troy has won a world series already . . .’02 angels

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Get Bobo out of the way, then it’s Assistant Head Coach Grantham; Richt resigns after we lose to Tennessee; I become head coach and Dr. Adams gives me a 5-year $25 million contract.

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Ok. Thanks! I just despise ticketmaster and their charges.

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Is Roy Halladay pitching for the marlins! 1 hit! What a team!

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Better switch the radio to the Braves, Scott is interviewing the UGA vollyball coach!

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I want to sponsor Richt’s boys

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Raining HARD now in florida. . halladay might not get the complete game shutout. . . reminiscent of the ‘08 world series game 5 fiasco

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doesn uga cover the 4 in boulder this week?

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RedNeck- Good prospect, but no Heyward

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Nice to see you on Coach Todd

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mccann goes just deep enough

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B Mac…. that a way son!

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D Lee swings at balls and takes strikes???

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Dontrell Willis sounds like a good guess Reno. He’s a former pitcher for the Carolina Mudcats

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Cudos to Philadelphia ….. With that lineup 1- thru 6 it is the best in the MLB. The team has sold out some 115 games in a row at Citizens Bank Park. A team that has become what the Braves were in the 90’s. Loved my many across baseball.

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Nice shot by McCann.
Going to 9th in Washington. . .Halladay working on a shut-out. . Phils on verge of clinching 4th straight division for first time in 118 year franchise history

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with apolgies to Joanie Sommers

Richt get angry
Richt get mad
said you’d give us the best
football team
that we ever had

but you didnt
and we said screw it
Ritch you really were just a temporary fad

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was going to guess that rugburn. Mclouth should be on 2nd

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Don’t forget Ankiel’s bases loaded triple with 2-outs and 2-strikes in the top of the 9th against the Cubs… that alone was worth giving him some playing time, when you consider how important every victory is for a team fighting for a playoff spot.

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nice hustle Nate.
Way to turn a gift double into a single.

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How did Nate not get to second on that pop up anyway?

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True or False: Sea Bass is the best nickname ever?

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Great Article Mark I have loved the Braves through the rotten years and glory years. Yes we only won the one but that was the first for the ATL and BY D@##$ that will and should mean something to any Braves fan. What he has done with absolutely nothing is nothing but what Bobby does best I and alot of others will surely miss him he is truly a legend. Now we need to send him to the playoffs and hopefully more GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!! and THANK YOU BOBBY COX!!!!!!!!

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That ship has sailed, and thankfully it’s not coming back

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Wow! What a close call.

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trivia answer was Al Leiter

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I work for the High A affiliate of the Marlins and saw Morrison come thru. He is an unbelievable hitter and think he will be back on first base for the marlins or someone else soon. Gaby is a 27 or 28 year old rookie.

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Why? Bob Davidson in town this weekend?

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I think Bobby should throw out the first ball Sunday. And aim right for Davidson’s head.

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Just saw Dom Capers on MNF. Mark, if you’ve ever been up close to him, can you tell me if his hair is spray-on?

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Watching the Bears Packers along with the Braves. Just saw a play where the bears punted and could have done what the Saints did in blocking a player into the return guy but didn’t. You’d think they would learn from that and more teams would do it since they allow it.

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Correct. isnt he a video review official now?

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jason takes a lot of walks,which is good, but he takes a lot of pitches, which i think is bad. he can do a lot more for us by swinging the bat than he can by trotting to first. ..like that!

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DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Next man up

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Now this team is really doomed. Prado all but collapsed.

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Oh, come on. That would confirm my conspiracy theory about the SEC against UGA.

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Where do you live Milo and who do you root for? It’s been raining and storming here tonight between 5-8. Also, our fans were there from 91-96. When we started “choking” the fans got cynical.

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Brooksie time

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i don’t think barry would be the hr leader if that trade had worked out. he hit about 100 of them against us didn’t he?

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Glad they did not rest Prado earlier. Instead they let him play injured, compensate, over compensate, and now whatever just happened could be the end of the line for him this season. I guess Infante at 2b and Conrad at 3rd the rest of the way.

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Milo
It’s been raining and storming here. There was a delay. Braves fans are cynical after winning so much in the 90’s and not winning it all. We were crazy like that from 91-98. Where do you live and who is your team?

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Ut oh. Now you’re really done.

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Mark there may be some validity to the jinx rep you have garnered after the “Somebody Up There must really like the Atlanta Braves” article and the latest on Prado.

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the braves wouldn’t have wanted to spend the extra money for a plus-size helmet either

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Phillies EIGHT
nats 0
2 hitter from roy. That is what a good team does. The braves are rat piss.

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Personally, i’m glad the Bonds trade didnt work out. Wouldnt want Cox to be tainted by that stain.

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Mark. Was poster Don in the TOOL race?

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jojatek- If you watched that series, you would know that the pitching wasn’t the problem in that series. The lack of hitting and fielding was.

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Uh Don – we would have been more impressed if you had told us what the Philly’s score was going to be before the first pitch.

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Willie Galt’s house?

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Well I did that several times the past two weeks and was within a couple of runs twice and spot on once. Again, it’s all their for the looking.
I can tell you this team is not going to make the playoffs with booby managing.

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CONGRATULATIONS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. . . LEFT FOR DEAD BY THE ENTIRE SPORTS MEDIA AT THE END OF JULY, 17 PLAYERS ON THE DL, AND THE PHIGHTIN’S KEPT FIGHTING HARD AND ARE ONE AGAIN CHAMPS OF THE NL EAST !

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don, i thought you were going to mnf. i nearly predicted you’d be back. i would’ve been the genius then

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So long Bobby. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!

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Don – I’d still like an answer to my question from earlier – what are the winning Powerball numbers going to be this week?

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WHO WAS THE IDIOT ON AJC WHO SAID THAT THE PHILLIES WOULDN’T WIN THE DIVISION WHEN THEY WERE 7 GAMES BACK AND 48-46 ON JULY 21 ?? FESS UP

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Bradley said that. we all know dude. who cares

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and Munson moaning and moaning that Woerner, Welton, Hipp and Fisher would never be able to guard Willie.

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after the replay, i wonder if prado hurt himself on the diving catch and then finished it off at the plate. the swing just didn’t look that bad

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Not only did they squander the division, they will squander the wild card. Losers

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I’m not much for censorship, but I wish there was a ‘user block’ for unintelligent posters.

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Here’s your 2010 NL Champions

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 12 0

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

WP: R. Halladay (21-10)
LP: J. Lannan (8-8)

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I love the new (i know it’s not brand new, but i don’t remember when it was debuted) camera angle from centerfield. It really show what’s a strike and what the ump is calling or not…

Thanks, whoever made that move. Pass that along please Mark.

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Not even Bobby could take this team any further that’s patched up with bubblegum and bailing wire.

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Introducing the 2010 national league champions in action!

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 12 0

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

WP: R. Halladay (21-10)
LP: J. Lannan (8-8)

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if it comes down to it, would bobby dare take hanson out with this 1-0 lead? whatever the “book” calls for

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Tying run coming up

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Mark,

Not being able to watch this game live, could you tell us if Sanabia is actually pitching well or Braves are running their futility shop as usual?

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Mark, what’s the attendance? can hear a fan on the radio.

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No Farnsworth tonight.

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Hey Joe Simpson, (talking about how the Marlins didn’t do anything for Bobby)
Florida treats their own managers like garbage, why would they treat another teams manager any different?

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McOUT and Rick Flipping Ankiel is our best chance at a win holding down 2.3rds of the outfield??? I say again, WTF. Rick Ankiel is a joke, McOut isn’t far behind. Could you imagine suckin bad enough to lose your job to Rick Ankiel?

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I like Prado a ton and for his sake hate to seem go down. But for the love of Pete please explain how his absence makes our offense any worse than it’s been this month. Martin was a real key to first half success but obviously is not the same after breaking pinky. Would be a shame if he can’t play if we’re in the playoffs, but were not going to get there if this hitting slump continues. Seems every time Hanson goes out there he’s got to pitch a shutout to win.

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amen..countdown6. Just plan dirty. Even if u didn’t like him…he’s a Hall of Fame mgr.

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Wow – I’m glad I didn’t listen to Don and put a bet on Florida scoring in that inning

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It seems that most of Don’s predictions happened in the past

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Hey “stone”, speaking of killing one’s self. If the Braves show up to Spring training next year with Ankiel, McLousy, Derick Lee, and Kawakami, and Derick Lowe I’m gonna blow my effing brains out. Just fyi…

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Moron I said they would tie it up this inning. RISP one out idiot. Let’s see

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How you like that Paul you retarded cretin

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RDU = Raleigh-Durham, aka “The Triangle”

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5 hits and 1 run that make the total of runs of 3 in 2 games. We are striking fear to every post season bound teams. Get them out the fire and serve them, they are done. Get Hanson out he is done. He deserved better.

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You better leave the triangle paul as you lower the avg IQ by 50 points.

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don’s about 2 for 40 now. that’s a lower percentage than the braves championship percentage which by don’s standards makes him a loser. but we already knew that

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Who is warming up in the pen?

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NUFF SAID

September 27th, 2010
9:57 pm
Tying run coming up

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Who saw a Hanson 4 hitter through 7 2/3 IP and only 1 ER coming tonight? And what the heck is it about Turner Field? Geez! Wanger will come in the 9th and slam the door after we take the lead in the bottom of the 8th. Cubs-Padres about to get underway from pitcher friendly PETCO Park!

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Whoa, did I just hear the crowd?

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Anyone else can strike out as much as Lee

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Wow Don – moron and cretin – Can’t you find some insults with more than 2 syllables?

How about oleaginous, microphallic, cheesesteak-eater?

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Yes Paul, you are the fool. No go away all of you who talked trash. I shut you ALL up.

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Venteers just told Cox he doesn’t want to come in because he’s tired.

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Paul just go away before you really make yourself look like an even bigger ass.

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Marlins have only 2 catchers and Hector Luna left on the bench

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@ Dr. K, that honor would go to Kansas City!

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Feel bad for Hanson.
If he get’s any kind of run support in his starts, he has 15 wins easy and a very good record.

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Paul wins the award for being bitch slapped the hardest tonight. How’s your face feel loser? You asked for a prediction. I gave it. I was correct. And you have no decency to say good call. Typical loser braves fan. Enjoy tonights loss.

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Words too big for you Don?

Want me to explain what they mean?

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I take that back, Seattle Mariners.

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“teamredneck” idiot, Farnsworth and Hudson are from the beautiful state of Ga. Do your homework ya douche…

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Paul you got a severe beyotch slap to your face today. Just go away and save any dignity you may have left loser.

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Mark,

What do you think is wrong with Heyward?..He has been quite cold after that first game against the Mets..I read somewhere that they are pitching him more inside and he is getting himself out…do you ee that?

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Typically Cox managed game. Let’s Hanson go too long. Hanson gonna get a no decision cause Cox left him in too long. I’ll put the Walls Of Jericho on any Marlins player.
Is it some unwritten law that Braves aren’t allowed to score over two runs per game ?

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Yeah, that BROKEN BAT BLOOPER proved Hanson stayed in too long

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Don Sutton could still no hit these Braves.

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What’s up Don – can’t afford a dictionary? Try googling the words oleaginous and microphallic

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@ Chris, too funny! John Kirk could too! Lol!

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Right down the middle

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Is it a Conrad time?

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Kruk, spelled it wrong!

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Magic from CONRAD!

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Sandy, the fans are doing the CHARGE chant. Did you hear them? I have my tv turned all the way up and I think I heard some people behind the plate.

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Conrad delivers. Best hitter been on the bench maybe ?

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Sure looks like another extra inning loss for the pitiful braves

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