A chilly Heat Check: Bad losses, bad behavior, bad times
We offer visual verification that happy days aren't here again. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
We begin our weekly Heat Check by noting that the Falcons are 5-0 for the first time in franchise annals and that the Hawks opened their exhibition season by beating the reigning NBA champs, and then we turn to more dire matters. Which is to say, everything else in local sports.
GEORGIA: Played its biggest game of the season and lost by 28 points, and that only after what even the head coach conceded was a “consolation” touchdown. Linebacker Christian Robinson took to Twitter to report that the house he shares with quarterback Aaron Murray had been “egged and rolled.” Chill Factor: There have been more depressing weekends in the long history of Georgia football, but not many.
BRAVES: Played its biggest game of the postseason and made three errors that generated four unearned runs, thereby ensuring that this would be their only game of the postseason. Also messed up a strange safety squeeze. Also were victims of one of the worst calls in postseason history, prompting a televised outpouring of bottle-flinging. Also said goodbye to the best Atlanta Brave of the past 35 years. Chill Factor: There have been more depressing nights in the long history of Braves baseball, but not many.
GEORGIA TECH: Lost by 16 points after leading in the fourth quarter. One week after yielding 510 yards and 49 points to Middle Tennessee and two weeks after yielding 609 yards and 42 points to Miami, the Jackets yielded 601 yards and 47 points to Clemson. When last the Jackets started a season worse than 2-4, the head coach — the year was 1994 — was gone after eight games. Chill Factor: There have been more depressing half-seasons in the long history of Tech football, but not many.
DREAM: Were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs after squandering a 1-0 lead. Failed to reach the league finals for the first time in three seasons. Fired its coach-since-inception in midseason because she couldn’t get along with the team’s best player, whereupon the new coach suspended (briefly) the team’s best player. Chill Factor: There have been more depressing seasons in the history of Dream basketball, but not many.
GEORGIA STATE: Lost to New Hampshire to fall to 0-6. Has been outscored 226-71 on the season. The closest loss has been 21 points. If the Panthers don’t beat Rhode Island (0-5) on Saturday, they’re staring an 0-fer season in its ugly face. Chill Factor: There have been more depressing seasons in the history of Georgia State football … well, actually there haven’t.
By Mark Bradley
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Stinger 2
October 8th, 2012
5:55 pm
Clusters: Yes, I will say it again. You have a right to say what you want to say and you have used this right several times again on this blog. Now I am using my right to say again that your nasty and negitive comments about Chipper were less than classy to say the least. He is gone. Are you going to continue to throw him under the bus? Or are you working on a plan to continue and upgrade your bashing and ranting about Fredi, Frank and Uggla? Or maybe all of above? I know it will not be long before we know.
ACE
October 8th, 2012
6:50 pm
Chipper is a HOF player and he made a HOF error.
Hillbilly D
October 8th, 2012
9:46 pm
Nate McLouth just scored a run for the Orioles.
Dick Dodge
October 8th, 2012
9:58 pm
Wouldnt that be something: Nate McLousy gets a World Series ring!
Mark
October 9th, 2012
10:04 am
As to the throwing of bottles and trash. What do you expect from these rednecks. However, could be more of this on their front yard than at the stadium. Glad I live in NY.
AzCat
October 9th, 2012
1:33 pm
@Huh: You and I both know what I was talking about—your tasteless, unfeeling response to another poster asking you to pray for Murray’s father. Comment about Spurrier ring a bell? Thankfully, that comment was deleted. There was no hypocrisy in my post—I will be praying for you. Some one as angry as you must be hurting, badly.
GermanBravesFan
October 10th, 2012
6:56 am
@ Stinger 2: it’s “negAtive comments”…
And: how can one NOT bash Uggla? The guy stinks! He gets paid a sh… load of money and does not produce. And Fredi needs to sit him, but is too scared to do so.
@ Clusters: I thoroughly enjoyed your very first comment after the loss to St. Louis. Braves fans deserve better.
Oh, and how funny is this: the Yankees will actually try to keep their payroll under $ 189 million next year????
Don
October 10th, 2012
10:16 am
“Saying goodby to the best Atlanta Brave of the last 35 years”
Best hitter – Right. But you keep forgetting that you have to play defense for half of the time, and Chipper was not even average defensively.
Are you forgetting those 3 great pitchers?
wins-by-a-link
October 10th, 2012
12:55 pm
Here are a list of things that will never happen: Coach Richt will never win another SEC tittle, Arron Murray will never play in the NFL, Coach Grantham will never be a head coach in the SEC, Frank Wren will never win a championship of any kind, Same for his present manager.