Live from the Braves: There’s a wild card to be clinched
This is how it ended last season. It should go better this time. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
Three hundred sixty-three days after they last took the field with a chance to make the playoffs, the Braves are here again. The night of Sept. 28, 2011, went badly: They lost 4-3 to Philadelphia in 13 innings while the Cardinals were winning 8-0 in Houston, and the Braves went nowhere but home.
There’s reason to believe tonight will yield a better return. Kris Medlen is pitching, and the Braves haven’t lost a game he has started since May 23, 2010. The opponent is Miami, which quit on the season long ago and is apparently trying to decide who to fire when. But this is baseball, and as the famous philosopher/pitcher Joaquin Andujar once noted: “There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is ‘you never know.’ ”
The magic number for clinching a wild card is down to 1, so even if the Braves lose the deed would be done should both the Brewers and Dodgers lose. (The former is playing in Cincinnati, the latter in San Diego.) But the Braves would like to be able to have their champagne party — that’s correct; even the wild card is occasion to break out the bubbly — without having to wait around until 1 a.m.
Whatever happens, I’d appreciate your company as the night unfolds. And I’d also ask a favor: In between innings, click over and watch my little video chat with Noah Coslov of CineSport. It concerns the Braves, oddly enough, and we do like it when y’all watch our videos.
As ever, I thank you in advance.
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bulldogbubba
September 25th, 2012
7:00 pm
1st
Old devil
September 25th, 2012
7:02 pm
2nd!!!
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
7:05 pm
Game on! Be the man for the moment, Kris.
Sonny Clusters
September 25th, 2012
7:06 pm
First Clusters.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:07 pm
Kudos, bubba.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:08 pm
Go Braves! Mark, is Ben Sheets done for the year?
Big Crimson 75
September 25th, 2012
7:09 pm
Medlins pitching.
I’m surprised the Marlins don’t forfeit!!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:11 pm
Don’t think so, Steve.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:12 pm
First pitch is a ball. Second pitch is a groundout to 2B.
Mud
September 25th, 2012
7:12 pm
To put it into the words of that infamour southern philosopher, Larry the Cable Guy, “Let’s gitter done!”
Mud
September 25th, 2012
7:13 pm
Gotta hate the slip of the finger…..infamous….
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:13 pm
Third pitch is a groundout to SS.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:16 pm
Tenth pitch is a Jose Reyes double.
Big Crimson 75
September 25th, 2012
7:16 pm
E-9
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:16 pm
Heyward did have his glove on it. I might have called that an E-9
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:17 pm
No harm comes from it, though.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:17 pm
No harm comes from it, though.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
7:19 pm
1st pitch: low, on the outside corner, with movement. Next two pitches: two outs. Pitches around what should have been called an error. No sweat.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:23 pm
Braves do nothing against Eovaldi in the 1st. K, 4-3, 6-3.
bighittas
September 25th, 2012
7:24 pm
can we just go ahead and lock Bourn in to a long term deal now?
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:25 pm
I wonder if Bourn’s price has come down. Doubt it.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
7:25 pm
Hadacol, a popular tonic (12% alcohol), used to be one of the Atlanta Crackers’ sponsors on radio. Ebba St. Claire, father of Marlins pitching coach Randy, and a big power hitting catcher, once got into a terrible slump. He rubbed some Hadacol on his bat and broke out.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:27 pm
Well, Medlen gives up a run. Solano home run.
Sonny Clusters
September 25th, 2012
7:29 pm
That means they have to score 2.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
7:29 pm
So Ozzie G and the Marlins owner are at each other’s throats huh? Well, here’s hoping there’s a manager in ATL who will be available to go back there, if he wants him. The Braves are fighting for a wildcard rather than the division crown due to an inept manager. Just 6 more games not lost due to bad managerial decisions would present a different scenario. The Braves are actually where they are now in spite of FG not because of him.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:29 pm
Would rather see Medlen do poorly tonight and lose vs. doing so in the Wild Card game. He is going to lose eventually! Better to do so now.
bighittas
September 25th, 2012
7:29 pm
Medlen is human after all!
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
7:29 pm
Enter your comments here
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:31 pm
Dum-Bass I think Fredi has done a great job this year after what happened last year. He has not been afraid to mix-up the line-up. He has benched players. He has not overworked the bullpen. However I am sure you could do a MUCH better job!
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 25th, 2012
7:33 pm
I would rather see “Med” Dog win both.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:35 pm
Chipper walks. Freeman singles despite getting jammed. Two on, none out.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
7:36 pm
MB is falling into that same trap as DOB. The Braves are not the wildcard rep in the playoffs until they WIN the one game play-in on Friday the 5th of Oct. Until then there is not much to celebrate. If they lose that game they are in the same boat as all the other teams who don’t make it after 162 games. As CJ said, “IT’S STUPID”! 2 WC contenders=1 WC REP (for the playoffs)
Bruce
September 25th, 2012
7:36 pm
I don’t consider making a one game winner take all event making the playoffs. If the Braves get into this game and lose, what will they have accomplished?
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:36 pm
Tied. Uggla RBI single. He does hit against the Fish.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
7:39 pm
Steve, I agree with you. I don’t read every word on these blogs, but I haven’t seen a single example cited to support the notion that Fredi is inept. Your examples supporting him are well chosen.
President Mountain Dew Camacho
September 25th, 2012
7:42 pm
uggla gets an rbi. nice
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:43 pm
Threat fizzles. Simmons hits into a DP.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:43 pm
Thanks Cracker. I do totally hate the stupid play-in Wild Card game. It should at least be best of 3. Will be heartbreaking should the Braves lose on the 5th. I think in a 5 or 7 game series, they can hang with anyone.
President Mountain Dew Camacho
September 25th, 2012
7:45 pm
wild card play in game should be null and void if one team is up on the other by 5 games or more.
…or if the 2nd place team (top wild card) would lead 2 other divisions
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:50 pm
Lots of pitching so far. Which is a key reason it’s 1-1.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
7:51 pm
BRUCE you and I were on the same channel at 7:36PM. A little eerie there huh?
Josh
September 25th, 2012
7:52 pm
What time do you think the Wild-Card game will be?
Remley
September 25th, 2012
7:53 pm
The Cards always get to finish in the soft underbelly of the NL central, big advantage for them.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:54 pm
Brewers down 2-nil in Cincinnati.
Remley
September 25th, 2012
7:54 pm
Yea Josh I’d love to know too so I can plan to take a day off work if neccessary
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
STEVE, FGs ineptitude has shown through mostly on his pitching changes. He has been apt to stay with a veteran pitcher like Hudson way too long. I can think of at least two examples when Hudson had big leads he surrendered. Most managers who have “baseball smarts” would not do that.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
I was just thinking about that Josh. Greedy MLB will wait until they know who is playing who and then will put the major market teams on prime-time and the others probably at 4:00 if I had to guess. Hoping it’s a night game.
Big Crimson 75
September 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
I’d prefer Lohse, Wainwright or Lynn starting for the Cards instead of Carpenter for the Wild Card Game.
Remley
September 25th, 2012
7:56 pm
If the Braves have to lose in the one game play in farce I’d rather it be the Brew crew.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:56 pm
Don’t know times yet. Both wild-card games are that day. Assume one will be at 4 and one at 8.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
7:56 pm
Not sure why my comment did not post. Josh my guess is either 4:00 or 8:00. MLB will wait and see who is in and then put the big market/popular teams on prime-time.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
7:56 pm
MB, immaterial now what the Brewers are doing. It will obviously be the Cards the Braves face TO SEE WHO THE WILDCARD REP IS !!! Then the playoffs start.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:57 pm
Martin Prado with a two-out triple. Nice bit of hitting. Took it the opposite way and ran hard.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:58 pm
But Jason H. whiffs. Four strikeouts for Eovaldi, three that inning.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
7:59 pm
It’s not immaterial how the Brewers are doing if the Braves lose this one. They can still clinch tonight if both Milwaukee and L.A. lose.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:01 pm
Reyes with an infield hit. Simmons got the ball but couldn’t throw him out.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
8:01 pm
Prado is unreplaceable. With Hudson’s lifetime record when he has a big lead, I’d tend to cut him a little slack, myself. Hindsight isn’t just 20-20, it’s perfect. I’m trying to think about what I’d do in the manager’s place, with Hudson on the mound in the 7th and a four run lead. If he weren’t worn out, I’d let him pitch.
Steve
September 25th, 2012
8:02 pm
I think Dum-Bass needs a hug.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:02 pm
Also, STEVE and CRACKER, FG did not start “mixing up his lineup” until way past the all star break, which was too late. Many were calling for him to put Prado at 2B and Reed Johnson in left way before he started doing it. That right there, plus a couple of other “tweaks” could have easily made a 5-6 game difference. You said nobody had cited any examples, there’s two I have presented already. Say “Uncle”.
Remley
September 25th, 2012
8:04 pm
Reyes was out!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:04 pm
Medlen almost picks off Reyes. Not quite, though. Freeman wanted the call.
But Carlos Lee hits into a double play.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:04 pm
Clinch what, MB?
Remley
September 25th, 2012
8:05 pm
Well didn’t matter with the DP
Josh
September 25th, 2012
8:05 pm
Philadelphia-2
Nationals-1
Bottom 3rd
Big Crimson 75
September 25th, 2012
8:05 pm
Uggla has been completely backwards as a Brave :
better than advertised fielder & worse than advertised hitter!!
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:05 pm
No, STEVE, I actually NEED a million dollars!
Josh
September 25th, 2012
8:06 pm
Philadelphia-5
Nationals-1
Bottom 3rd
Steve
September 25th, 2012
8:06 pm
Atlanta has the 6th best record in baseball. Just pathetic right! Ha. 3rd best on the road in all of MLB. Terrible manager!
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
8:10 pm
Okay, Dumb-Bass; many people calling for it must make it right. You’re right, Steve and I are wrong. Let’s enjoy the game.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:11 pm
Good to see that Bradley is at the ball yard to watch the braves clinch.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:11 pm
Most “normal” managers would much prefer to be winning a division than looking forward to playing just one game to see if they can somehow be the wildcard rep. Anything can happen in one game. Ask any of them and see what answer you get. FG has done better, I will grant you that, recently, but he is far from being what would be considered one of the “better” managers in baseball. He comes up way short in many areas.
Paul Lipsey
September 25th, 2012
8:12 pm
Just wondering — while Bourn isn’t playing, can they send him over to the Falcon’s practice facility and let him show our QB how to slide without looking like he’s going to break a leg? It can’t be as hard to get on the ground as Ryan makes it look ALMOST EVERY TIME . . . . .
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:13 pm
Having Medlen in the rotation all season could have made up those games also.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:14 pm
Freeman with a good at-bat that ends in a strikeout. Eovaldi looks sharp.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:14 pm
Hello Dum-bass, did you leave the DOB blog?
MitchC
September 25th, 2012
8:16 pm
Mark, after what happened last year, I will be happy to see the Braves get one of the wild cards,. I hope I;m not being too pessimistic, but.. I can’t really feel the electricity unless they get past the “play in game”.
As I’m sure many others have expressed, I’m not in favor of that at all. Even though we will have home field advantage for the game, its still.. uneasy.
My personal feeling is that next year, they should either do away with the play in game.. or.. make it like they did in 1951, and make the two wild cards play a three game series to decide who goes to the NLDS.
After what happened last year, I will be happy if the Braves get it. They have had a good season, but the play in game really is something I dont approve of.
bulldogbubba
September 25th, 2012
8:16 pm
Can,t we just go ahead and score some runs get this over with?Don Sutton is encouraged by Dan Uggla’s hitting.What more can we ask for!
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:16 pm
Uggla with another walk
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
Agree with you Mitch. The one game playoff just makes you use your best pitcher before the NLDS.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
after last season it will be nice to see the braves clinch anything.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:24 pm
Hi ACE, well, yes and no. On it sometimes. Too many “prima donnas”, DOB Elite fan club members, and “Clique groups” for my enjoyment usually. If you say one thing one of the long-timers disagrees with, usually the others will gang up and bully you verbally. DOB does have his “pets” too!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:26 pm
Still 1-1. Still nothing much happening in the way of hitting.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:28 pm
Dum-Bass. Spot on, spot on. It you dare disagree with any DOB says the DOBBERS will gang up in a hurry. I have often thought that DOB was using an alias too.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:29 pm
Let’s get some runs for Medlen.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:31 pm
It’s getting late early
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
Hey Mark, who’s St Louis looking to start against Medlen?
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:34 pm
what is the attendance tonight at the Ted
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
Not sure, Chop. I’d guess Wainwright.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
It would be terrible for Medlen to give up one run on a HR, and the Braves NOT win the game!
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
Be great for Chipper to hit one in bottom of the ninth for the team to clinch.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:37 pm
Attendance won’t be announced for a bit. I’d say 18,000.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:38 pm
Mark, how is the attendance tonight. Does it have that playoff feel.
Dum-Bass
September 25th, 2012
8:38 pm
I’ve always like Wayne Wright(I know, I know, somebody use to call him that) ever since he came out of high school in Brunswick GA. He should be with the Braves!
shelbydawkins
September 25th, 2012
8:39 pm
Miami is playing us like it’s the seventh game of the world series… gonna take a miracle to win this one.
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
8:40 pm
That’s an awful attendance. School is the only thing keeping me away!
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:40 pm
After further review, let me change my guess: Kyle Lohse.
He would have been the Cards’ pitcher for the one-game playoff in St. Louis last year, had there been one.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:41 pm
Each hurler with seven K’s.
Turd Ferguson
September 25th, 2012
8:42 pm
any one but the Braves
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:42 pm
Maybe 20-some thousand here. I’m not good on crowd estimates.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:42 pm
Heyward with a one-out triple. Chipper stands in
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:43 pm
Braves up 2-1. Chipper sac fly.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
8:43 pm
Nice to see Jason slide the right way. Braves lead!
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
8:45 pm
Lohse is 16-3 with a 2.77 ERA and 1.08 whip. not a bad year! Only 3 losses in 32 starts.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:46 pm
Mark, is the clubhouse prepared for a celebration?
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:47 pm
Thanks for the attendance guess estimates
George W. Bush
September 25th, 2012
8:47 pm
Typical Brave offense. Two runs against a hack pitcher. If the Braves lose tonight against this lousy Miami team, with Medlen on the mound, I’m blaming Clinton.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:50 pm
Eovaldi hasn’t been a hack pitcher. He’s thrown a nice game.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:51 pm
Mark, will you be live blogging during the WC game?
Delbert D.
September 25th, 2012
8:51 pm
“Quaterbacks of the SEC”
How about “Editors of the AJC?”
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:54 pm
Ouch that one hurt.
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
8:55 pm
noooooooooo!
ACE
September 25th, 2012
8:55 pm
two homers for a guy whe has no previous homers.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
8:55 pm
Well … that lead went away. Another Solano home run. After a soft Lee single. Fish lead 3-2.
Lakewood
September 25th, 2012
8:57 pm
Someone needs to tell Solano to chill out & quit trying so hard.
bulldogbubba
September 25th, 2012
8:57 pm
We’re gonna lose. Our offense seems weak tonight.Maybe a chance to gain a game on Nationals. Have a bad feeling. Phooey!!!
shelbydawkins
September 25th, 2012
8:59 pm
This looks like a typical playoff game for the Braves! ARGH
bulldogbubba
September 25th, 2012
9:01 pm
Wheres Clusters when we need encouragement? Come on Sonny give us a nugget.
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
9:02 pm
Yea a playoff game against the AAA marlins!
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:03 pm
Yes indeed help us out brother clusters
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:05 pm
Maybe this is the setup for another Chipper entry into a fairytale season.
OTP
September 25th, 2012
9:12 pm
I blame McCann for that second HR-bad pitch call.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
9:12 pm
The key at-bat in this inning was Simmons’. Instead of trying to punch the ball to right or right-center and move McCann to 3rd, he flies to left. Standing at home, a batter has 90 degrees of fair territory in front of him. Far too many want to pull the ball, reducing the target area to 30 degrees or so. Prado gets this. Even Freeman hits the ball to left. Uggla is so hard-headed that you’d think he’s trying to hit everything into about 15 degrees worth of the field.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:15 pm
No reason to make an 0-2 pitch that good. I know he missed the location but still it should have been in the dirt.
shelbydawkins
September 25th, 2012
9:19 pm
stick a fork in ‘em
Jo
September 25th, 2012
9:22 pm
If its a big game, the Braves will lose it because thier hitting remains suspect. Making the playoffs is not enough when they lose 2-1 or 3-2 in the one game playoffs. 1 game…what a stupid idea.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
9:28 pm
Bottom of the ninth. Chipper up first.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:29 pm
Let’s get it started.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:30 pm
over 25000 at the Ted tonight.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:31 pm
chop chop chop
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
9:33 pm
Chipper goes the other way! What a hitter.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
9:34 pm
Chipper hits a double. What a player
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
9:34 pm
And now he’s at third after a wild pitch.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
nice job by chipper. no reason not to tie this up.
Cracker
September 25th, 2012
9:36 pm
Stick a fork in ‘em? The fat lady just sang.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
9:36 pm
Clinched. Freeman homer.
OTP
September 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
There ya go!
shelbydawkins
September 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
she damn sure did
Chop 'em braves
September 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
Felix
September 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
All right!!!
ragnar danneskjold
September 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Med is the Magic Man.
Quack Quack
September 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Damn it man!!!
GO BRAVES!!!
Felix
September 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
What a different September.
hackjobs
September 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
I actually teared up a little. That was straight up storybook.
Remley
September 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
Wow! what a finish, the battleax right in the middle of it
RW
September 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
so glad they did it. redemption from last year. chipper is the man!
Chop Chop
September 25th, 2012
9:42 pm
Redemption? There’s more to playoff baseball than just making it. Ask Braves fans from ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, and ‘10 what the postseason is like if you don’t win.
sidslid
September 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
It feels like 1992!
Ken Stallings
September 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
I just really had the feeling the whole time (even after the 2-run Marlins homer took the lead) that the Braves were going to win this one. Medlen so often just dominated the opposition single-handedly and gave the team every chance to win. This was so much poetic justice for Medlen that this time his lineup picked him up!
What an awesome way to go into postseason — first walkoff homer by Freeman and it could not have been larger! Chipper certainly set the table and never saw old balky knees move faster for him to get the double.
Now, with the team enjoying their post-game champagne shower in the locker room, let’s not lose sight of the fact that the Nats are losing against the Phillies and if that holds up, the Braves are just four games down in the loss column with 8 games left to play for both teams! So, should the Braves shock the world and take the NL East they can enjoy a second such shower.
BTW: typing this as Chipper got cold soaked during his interview! That scene was utterly priceless to witness!
Skeezix
September 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
It’s only fitting that Chipper got that 9th inning rally started. The epic choke of September 2011 has been officially put to rest.
RW
September 25th, 2012
9:47 pm
chop chop. I agree. been a fan since i was a kid. 1974. but last year was pathetic. I seriously contemplated watching them this year.
Ken Stallings
September 25th, 2012
9:48 pm
By his team picking him up, Kris Medlen did not earn the win, but he certainly kept his team in it so they could earn the win. With that result, Medlen now ties Whitey Ford and Carl Hubbel at 22 consecutive team victories when starting the game, and that is for the all-time mark in baseball history!
Gene
September 25th, 2012
9:49 pm
Great win, worthy of 1991.
who cares
September 25th, 2012
9:50 pm
u fans were nowhere going to bottom of the 9th
no u come out of the woodwork
losers
RW
September 25th, 2012
9:51 pm
Ken, thanks for the stat. That’s quite the company Medlen is in. Time to get a Medlen jersey along with my maddux, glavine, smoltz!
Bronkelliott
September 25th, 2012
9:52 pm
Hurray
ER Steven
September 25th, 2012
9:54 pm
I don’t know about you but this year is starting to feel a little special. I really like our chances against St. Louis if thats who we face in the WC game. They have really been scuffling and we owe them some payback. Then we get the first two games at home in the divisional round, I think that might give us an advantage if we go up 2-0 and have Med pitching to clinch in Washington. Then its on to 7 game rounds and anything can happen. I believe Braves!!!!
Quack Quack
September 25th, 2012
9:54 pm
What a way to clinch. Congrats to Chipper, one to remember, and the first walk off homer for the “Beast” Freeman!!
“It ain’t over til it’s over.” Yogi Berra.
GO BRAVES!!!
kral
September 25th, 2012
9:54 pm
For those of you that they should not celebrate…kiss it..it was beautiful to me
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
September 25th, 2012
9:54 pm
Now that was a dramatic comeback. Kuddos to the Braves!!!!
jo
September 25th, 2012
9:55 pm
Nice job, gives us hope!
Ken Stallings
September 25th, 2012
9:57 pm
Four games to make up over eight to play is certainly a tall order, but it is certainly possible and a worthy goal. The good news is that the rotation is already set up for Medlen to either start game one of the NLDS or the Wild Card game and so the rotation just needs to keep on trucking! Now, it would be sweet if Hanson could pitch a gem his next time up and keep the ball rolling.
Paul Maholm gets the start tomorrow night and the Braves are going to be full of momentum.
I say, let’s do unto others as was done unto us last year!
Meddog
September 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
Unbelievable! Love the ‘91 reference Gene. This team IS special!
jo
September 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
I was following this game all the way from Rio de Janeiro, glad I did
tmc
September 25th, 2012
10:02 pm
loved seeing Dan Uggla started jumping up and down as soon as FF hit the shot and didn’t stop jumping until after the celebration at home plate!
Awesome, way to go FF, Chipper and the rest of the Braves!
DaveinNEPA
September 25th, 2012
10:02 pm
Great team effort tonight. Freddie actually brought me out of my hair with that bomb. What a way to clinch a postseason berth.
Big Dawg
September 25th, 2012
10:09 pm
When we beat the Cardinals in the wild card game, who will we play in the first round?
ACE
September 25th, 2012
10:10 pm
Thank you Mark for a good night of blogging and to the braves for another postseason.
ACE
September 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
Yessssssssssssssssssss
Big Dawg
September 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
Shelby Dawkins………where u at? Bahahahaha Braves win! U loser
ChipperisGod
September 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
FREDDIE, FREDDIE, FREDDIE, FREDDIE, FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE WAY!!!!
Big Dawg
September 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
Chop Chop………go away with ur loser mentality………u damn loser! Bravos win. Yee haw lol
Steve
September 25th, 2012
10:21 pm
Am I the only one not that excited about a 1 game playoff? I mean, I’d rather be in it this way than not at all but….1 game??? Let’s win that one and then really celebrate!
Norwegian Blue
September 25th, 2012
10:22 pm
Wow! What a great season. Chipper, Freeman, Medlen, Kimbrel. Whatever happens in the playoffs, this is officially my 3rd favorite Braves season, behind ‘91 (I attended game 3 of the NL series against the Pirates and it was so electric) and ‘96 (attended WS game 6 in Atlanta- Glavine, Justice, crazy downtown streets post-game and a loooooong drive home). Despite all the post-season disappointment over the years, it’s pretty good to be a Braves fan…
Matt
September 25th, 2012
10:23 pm
Such a perfect way to clinch. Freddi made the last out last year, and this year he hit the bomb that put us in the playoffs! Last year we lost 4-3 in the last game, this year we win our playoff-clincher by the same score. I like these signs!
Ken Stallings
September 25th, 2012
10:26 pm
Braves are going to have to do their own dirty work this week as the Astros aren’t going to help with the magic number over the Cards! The Cards scored again in the top of the eighth to make it 3-0, and they have runners on the corners and looking to add more!
The good news is that the Braves are taking care of their own business and at this point, with the magic number at three with eight games to play, it’s looking real good for the Braves to at least have the home field advantage in the Wild Card game if not pull off the immortal and catch the Nats for the division.
Patrick Romano, GO BRAVES
September 25th, 2012
10:28 pm
Great finish to clinch a playOff birth. Way to go CHipper & Freddie Freeman. Walk Off 428′ Golf Shot, I love it!!!
Keep it up and win the pennant!!! It Could happen 4/8… Win four in a row and Nationals lose 4 in a row!
Ken Stallings
September 25th, 2012
10:28 pm
The Wild Card winner will play the team with the best record in the league. That is going to be either Washington or Cincinnati.
Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
10:29 pm
Here’s the game column, if you’re inclined.
Big Crimson 75
September 25th, 2012
10:31 pm
Can’t win the World Series unless your in the Playoffs!!
If we can only win 1 game against the Cards, this Team can beat Washington.
Let’s go Braves!!
A year after an epic collapse, the Braves offer an epic clinch | Mark Bradley
September 25th, 2012
10:34 pm
[...] The setting seemed ripe for clinching. Kris Medlen was starting, and the Braves hadn’t lost a Medlen start since May 23, 2010. The opponent was Miami, which gave up on the season a while back and is now sitting around deciding whom to fire. Give the Marlins credit, though. On this night they looked like a real team. [...]
Bradley Curse
September 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
“AJC Breaking News: Braves beat Marlins, clinch playoff spot”
true statement but also deceptive at the same time. MLB needs to come up with a name for these games since it’s not the “playoffs” per se but rather a “playoff for the playoffs”. Sooo maybe …..
“Braves clinch a spot in Sudden Death”???? “Sudden Death Playoff”? Eh needs some work
ACE
September 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
Kudos for the gamer
BaseballTopFan
September 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
Baseball Top Fan and baseball fans across the world anxiously await the start of the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs.
Congratulations to the Atlanta Braves on their return to the playoffs.
We wish the team and Chipper Jones good luck.
BaseballTopFan@Yahoo.com
Bronkelliott
September 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
I’m loving it!
ACE
September 25th, 2012
10:43 pm
The heat check should read on fire. The Falcons, Dawgs and Braves.
bulldogbubba
September 25th, 2012
11:03 pm
To Stinger2 if your out there.I was wrong the Braves did make it to the playoff game.Now will they get to the show? GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!
Stinger 2
September 26th, 2012
5:22 am
bulldogbubba: No need to apoligize. We all are wrong sometimes. Lets just hope that step 1 last night will lead to better places for the Braves. If not, so be it. The Braves will still be my team.