Hail, Hail Fredi-onia! Atlanta Braves 2011 Thread

Because it's too early for "Fredi's Dead"

Anyway, via Capitol Avenue Club, where we at right now:

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i dont have a great feeling about this season

Chipper's knees probably sound like a pack of ramen getting stepped on when he's doing his therapy.

is pixel farmer WmC?

yes

I HATE NAME CHANGES

I know chipper keeps threatening to retire if he can't play his best, but I hope he keeps playing as long as he can OBP in the 380s. that shit's valuable. too bad we cant DH him :[

He seemed to have such a weird season last year. After a long stretch of dismal and hurt, he seemed to suddenly turn the corner and said he felt better than he had in years. I assumed he found some great drugs that suddenly kicked in. 2-3 weeks of productivity, one dumb midair pirouette, and there went the knee.

xp - sorry, Morbs, I wanted a non-mod login.

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"The Braves are becoming McCann’s team."

I HATE NAME CHANGES

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:06 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

You'd LOVE our fantasy league.

ya. keeping track of stuff there is fun.

Watched tonight's game -- my first look at Scott Linebrink. Man, does that guy have a violent delivery! I fear for his shoulder.

Still no retirement papers filed by Wagner, as far as I know.

Prado
Heyward
Jones
Uggla
McCann
Gonzalez
McClouth
Freeman

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According to Rob Neyer, McClouth is hitting SECOND.

FreddieFreeman
Opening day 2011. Heading to the field. #lehgo
20 seconds ago

You are hitting eighth, dude.

mclouth hitting second, lowe starting opening day... are we sure Bobby retired?

haaaa

he's back in the tunnel with a fake mustache

at least bobby had the sense to hit heyward 2nd for a while last year

the motherfuckin J HEY KID

haha hope this becomes an annual tradition

haaaa

he's back in the tunnel with a fake mustache

― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

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YES THAT WAS THE REFERENCE

Jimmy please don't yell at me :(

;)

Glad to see Ankiel in some other team's uniform.

Heyward fucking punished that pitch. I cant believe Livan is starting for the Nats on opening day.. Then again I think hes the 'greatest starting pitcher in Nationals history' so hes got that going for him.

lol, McCann's weight loss highlights that 2nd chin just a little bit more

Not the right thread for this, but Livan had a pretty great day. I'd be satisfied with his performance.

sss, ss

He got beat, so I'm satisfied with his performance too.

J-Hey already up to Francoeur's 2010 walk total (probably).

lotsa Braves fans came to DC judging by Uggla HR reaction

Fun day today, nice to take some extra BP in a simulated game situa -- oh wait!

uggla is a really fun player, i hope you guys enjoy him

uggla has the giambi stare

http://www.vegasnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Cody-Ross-Dan-Uggla-588.jpg

Mistreatment of Kenshin Kawakami continues

Thought this was really interesting.

J-Hey homers are just beautiful, with those downward swings and low trajectory shots to the 3rd row.

J-Hey wakes em up w/ a triple!

(this is how much I hate the Phils)

My local cable system hasn't come to terms with Peachtree TV yet for their broadcasts...the fucking assholes. "They want so much money, ewww! And you'll still get 100 Braves games this season!"

shut up morbz. go celebrate werth beating the mets.

i will celebrate any shelling of any member of The Greatest Rotation Ever

well at least you call TGRE by their preferred nomenclature. you're blasphemous, not heretical.

so dubbed by cheesesteak-gnawin' troglodytes

found a feed of the Phils broadcast on the web...never heard of v0dkasp0rts before...

YAY LARRY!

hahaha yesssssss Larry

home cookin' from the official scorer too

a towering 25-foot drive from Howard

Last year's team, with last year's problems.

who wants to go to a G-Braves game with me this year?

i just got to wait til my friend offers me his season tix again

Mike (San Diego)

David Schoenfield said that Heywayrd has already lost 4 at bats this year hitting 6th. Couldn't the 50 at bats he loses if he stays in the 6th hole be worth the win that keeps them out of the playoffs?

Klaw (2:13 PM)

Of course it could, especially combined with the 30-40 extra AB they're giving to the player formerly known as Nate McLouth.

Klaw otm.

Sticking with McLouth is so stupid, wtf Wren.

ya - i thought this new guy was supposed to be smart. i don't see Hey being kept at 6th for very much longer tho either way.

Rainout last night, makeup today. Mets have legitimate beef with the league for not wanting two doubleheaders in three days, but my motto these days is "oh well, life sux, whaddaya gonna do."

what ya gotta do is face DJ Carrasco

Vagina Excursion is even worse than Joe Buck.

And he mentions Fredi attending the SABR convention, of course it must be followed up with "calculator" and "slide rule."

Yeah, "someone recognized him," being that he registered under his name and the place was filled with 700 baseball fanatics. What're the odds?

Wish I could have seen game 2, Jurrjens pitched a beauty.

When Hinske made it 4-1 I thought 'ok, that should be safe, I can go to bed now' -- wish I'd stayed up a little longer to watch more of the lolcarnage.

Giants fans plan on giving Brooks Conrad a hearty welcome to SF tonight... some are even lobbying that he deserves a ring.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=301010115

Fredi could really give an "I'm not Bobby Cox" message by letting Hudson pitch the 9th. He's only at 98 pitches.

haha! Hudson's at bat. Good work, Fredi!

Sticking with McLouth is so stupid, wtf Wren.

― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, April 15, 2011 1:09 PM (1 week ago)

I will be glad to eat those words if Nate keeps this up, wtg dude.

31 walks in the last 6 games

...and zero walks in last night's loss.

Larry just tied Mickey Mantle for all-time RBIs.

Chipper Jones with a triple, as Latos gets lit up.

yeah, this is extremely fun stuff, and a much better road trip than I had hoped for

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-pitching-coach-accused-927447.html

McDowell is accused of yelling "Are you a homo couple or a threesome?" to fans sitting in the left-field bleachers. He's also accused of simulating a sex act with a bat.

Giants fan Justin Quinn, attending the game with his wife and 9-year-old twin daughters, said he asked McDowell to watch his language in the presence of children.

According to Allred, the former New York Mets pitcher told Quinn, "Kids don't (expletive) belong at the baseball park."

McDowell, 50, then "picked up his bat and started walking in a threatening manner towards Quinn," Allred said.

Quinn, 33, said McDowell asked him, "How much are your teeth worth?" The Fresno, Calif., resident said he managed to diffuse further hostilities but was encouraged by other fans who had witnessed the scene to file a report.

I do not like that.

Fuck McDowell, seriously, lose that guy forever. What a swine.

Bring back Leo!

Nothing Gregg Jefferies didnt hear.

Really, you think McLouth will be a useful regular? Have I labored in vain?

You always labor in vain, you know that. But I did qualify the remark. If he has a season as good as this roadtrip, I'll be happy.

Homophobia + "kids don't belong at a ballpark" (I mean, what the FUCK) + threating dad's teeth with a baseball bat -- Roger is in a GOTS TO GO situation.

iirc roger mcdowell spit on a couple of mets fans back in the day, hernadez got blamed for it for awhile though.

Braves pitcher Derek Lowe arrested for DUI

http://www.ajc.com/news/braves-pitcher-derek-lowe-929396.html

He was RACING.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-pitcher-derek-lowe-929396.html

Lowe, you fucking imbecile.

it's BAD BOYS week!

I think if I'd been on a 10-game road trip with no days off, I'd come home and sleep for 24 hrs straight and get laundry done on my off day. Obviously professional meatheads are made of different stuff.

I want to find a stream of tonight's game, specifically the Braves broadcast. Tonight is Peachtree TV, which my local cable co is not carrying this season because they're cheap assholes. I've been able to find streams of the last 2 PTV games, but they were both the other team's coverage. Anybody have hints on finding more stream options? I know about justin.tv and vodkasports.

Two-week suspension for McDowell.

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Brooks Conrad + May = $$$$

wmc do you ever go to m-braves games?

You mean the AA team? No, it's 2.5 hours away and I'm kind of Jackson-phobic. The whole city was one big wad of road construction for so many years that I couldn't stand driving anywhere near it. I should go down there and support the team though. I might make an Atlanta trip in the next few weeks before work ramps back up, but $4 gas is a consideration.

yeah ms is kind of monolithic to me (and the only state east of the mississippi i haven't visited), sorry. are you closer to memphis then?

A little bit closer, and it's an easier drive. A Redbirds game would be more likely. And their park downtown is really nice.

Good series. Batting 8th really suits McLouth, and playing the Brewers really suits the Braves.

braves own

the third best record in the NL east

#1 in ownageness though

tim hudsowns

Tehran getting the spot start against the Phillies this weekend

I like it. Especially with Oswalt pushed back as well.

Wow, the Braves are suddenly knocking the shit out of Cliff Lee this inning.

I was going to say something about how good the bench production has been this season, and it has been, but Mather looked completely lost tonight.

Also: Freeman's glove is a vacuum cleaner.

9 hits, 1 run allowed in the last 3 games.

Jair Jurrjowns

d_a_cameron David Cameron
All 5 members of the Braves rotation have a FIP under 3.00. Only 11 other NL starters can say the same.

^____^

Hinske straight murdering the ball lately.

cmon KIMBREL

Nice to win both of the PHI series this week and last. If they need to shut Heyward down completely for a while, I wish they'd go ahead and do it, let him stay home during the 5/18-5/25 road trip and rest the shoulder. Hinske is certainly picking up the slack and then some.

lol apparently carlos santana was booed at the game

Collmenter's delivery just screams "short injured career" to me, but he made the Braves look like chumps last night. Plus the ump's moderately high strike zone plus the high fastball as Braves kryptonite -- 8 weak popup outs and Freeman ending the game by swinging at a ball at eye level. Bleh.

Pretty sure my neck and upper back are sore from watching him last night.

I know, right? I was hipmotized. I think his shoulder has a year or two and then it'll be shredded wheat.

Cox would have gotten thrown out on that play, but Fredi was chatting and smiling with the umps like he was inviting them over for a barbecue on Sunday.

More than 20% of their games have gone to extra innings so far. (11/53)

Season record: 1943 Red Sox, 31 extra-inning games

D. Ross having a pretty good night.

Since my cable company won't pony up for Peachtree TV games, I bought the MLB.com Gameday audio package and have been listening to a lot of Don Sutton this season. Dude (and whoever that is in the booth with him) have totally gone off the deep end with the Pa and Pa Kettle routine. The difference between radio shtick and tv shtick is so weird.

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He shoulda just rubbed some dirt on it.

that is a nice turnaround time on that .gif

what an idiot

do you think he did it on purpose or

larry murdered that ball

I mean!

venters is sick

that is a nice turnaround time on that .gif

― johnny crunch, Friday, June 3, 2011 8:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

larry murdered that ball

― johnny crunch, Friday, June 3, 2011 8:03 PM (Yesterday)

"That was the first home run I've ever hit where the catcher said 'Oh my god' when I hit it."

http://www.ajc.com/sports/chipper-heyward-would-help-970337.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746

Jason Heyward was eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list and play Tuesday, but the Braves’ young slugger had not swung a bat in more than two weeks and was probably still a few days from hitting off a tee.

Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said he understood Heyward wanting to be healthy before he returns, but said the 21-year-old right fielder also needs to understand how important he could be to the Braves right now.

Heyward recently said that he wouldn’t return before his shoulder is completely recovered, that he learned his lesson from trying to play through injury as a rookie in 2010.

“There’s not (pat answers); it’s within each individual player,” Jones said. “I think where Jason might have erred was the comment that he made, ‘I’m not coming back until it doesn’t hurt anymore.’ That has a tendency to rub people the wrong way. And we understand where he’s coming from. He wants to be healthy when he plays, so he can go out and give himself the best opportunity to be successful. I get that.

“What Jason needs to realize is that Jason at 80 percent is a force, and Jason at 80 percent is better than a lot of people in this league. And that there are a bunch of his teammates that are out there playing with discomfort and not healthy.”

UUUUUUUUUGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH

play the game the Larry way

Braves right fielders ranked last in the National League with a .225 average and .302 on-base percentage before Tuesday.

The biggest reason why those numbers are so low: HEYWARD HAS PLAYED IN 45 OF THE TEAM'S 61 GAMES AT 80% OR LESS (.214 average, .317 on-base percentage).

"Man up," Heyward.

Larry should know something about playing 80% resulting in your being at 0% because you reaggrivated something

ya seriously. he's not exactly Iron Man himself. what a tool.

leave larry alone

i really think you guys are reading it wrong, he's not calling heyward a pussy or anything, he's just offering advice from one often-injured guy to another

"get more calcium"

Chipper runs like Bobby Cox now.

These guys are ice-fishing in April. Great that they've got so much pitching, and extra great that they have the Astros up next, but they've got to start hitting.

Goddamn cable company P@*#&$(@#*&$*!

Freddie had just sent one 450 feet and Gonzalez followed up with a solo homer and I was just settling in to watch the asswhuppin' and my cable/phone/innernetz went out for 2:20.

Even Uggla got a hit tonight apparently.

braves suspect offense, meet anuery rodriguez

More than 20% of their games have gone to extra innings so far. (11/53)

― Goonhynhnms & YaHOOS (WmC), Sunday, May 29, 2011 8:39 AM (1 week ago)

OH HAI

14/65 (21.5%). On pace for 34.

uggla is heating up!

hahahaha, I want to have all of McCann's little bearded babies.

Larry Jr showing off for Larry Sr

(btw, Joe Simpson was kind of creepily perving on Chipper's mom last night)

BRAVES THIRD BASEMAN CHIPPER JONES LEFT THE GAME IN THE NINTH INNING DUE TO A RIGHT ABDUCTOR STRAIN.

Extra innings #15/69 (21.7%).

Extra innings #16/72 (22.2%)
On pace to break the season record by 5.

lol Hudsowns

1-hitter (77 pitches) through 7, 1600th career strikeout, and now a 2-run HR

Faint signs of life coming from Mr. Popeye Arms.

Buncha ducks nibbling away at King Felix today.

Also, FREDDIE FOR ROY

10,000th franchise win

Faint signs of life coming from Mr. Popeye Arms.

― frogbs went a-courtin' (WmC), Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:15 AM (3 weeks ago)

Just extended hit streak to 9 games, .898 OPS this month.

was at today's game. moments before mclouth knocked his out i thought, "man, kinda feeling like he's due." blammo crowd goes nuts.

game met my expectations: lots of runs, close game, awesome nail-biting walkoff, werth suckage, venters and kimbrel pitched, proctor remained on the bench

if those fuckin' Phils would just quit winning!

well you can't just aim mike pelfrey's jaw at them

also, and this may be due to where i was sitting in the stands, but from my vantage point the 50 ft chik-fil-a cow pose was a little too similar to an infamous salute

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moustache too

Took me a minute to figure out the reference. My first thought was http://www.ushanka.us/blog/images/Ollie.jpg

is Uggla going to hit 25 HR while batting on the interstate?

Probably!

probably closer to 30

.030?

hey now

good to know that citing BA occasionally has its uses

Larry is in pain.

Everything has gone down the shitter tonight. Shafer out with a fractured fingertip, Chipper's quad hurts (though he pinch-hit tonight), McLouth got tossed arguing balls and strikes (followed by Fredi), and McCann just bunged up his back trying to throw out a runner. He tried throwing a soft toss to the pitcher and headed straight down the tunnel. And it's another extra-inning game.

well at least they have an excuse to trade for a CF now

gammons today said he thought theyd give minor 4 beltran

I'm more worried about McCann.

yeah def

braves should be aggressive on span or bourne -- prob be "cheaper" than beltran, or maybe not

they have no everyday CF tho

mccann to the DL

Uggla to .200!

impressive performance by cristhian martinez

yeah, he's their mvp tonight

he's really good. i was disappointed when the marlins put him on the wire

no one has scored since the 3rd? O_O

I was in a bar full of Braves fans and we all thought the final call was bullshit. But hey, after 19 innings, we won!

What a fucking waste. Time for umpires to go the way of the dodo. Bring on the machines.

With McCann out, the Braves are ripe for taking. Let's go Mets.

58 games to go. McCann's going to miss at least a third of them, Chipper can't keep his body from breaking down just by force of his sparkling personality, a dozen other cracks showing up in the armor all at once. I'll be pleasantly surprised if they manage .500 ball the rest of the season.

What an amazingly bad call.

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haha shit, where is that?

no idea, I saw it at Talking Chop -- one commenter says it might be a place in Asheville NC

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH YOUR SERIES WIN

It's a four-game series, you still have a chance at a split tomorrow. Hoping we take three of four, obviously.

stoked for the Supremacy

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ATL hold on the wild-card seems to be in jeopardy?

why, yes -- yes, it does

lol

I've noticed some Braves players doing a thing lately -- when a player comes back to the dugout after scoring or driving in a run, instead of high fives or chest bumps or forearm bumps, there are a lot of long, slow, tender hugs. It's kind of hilarious and awesome. Is this a Braves-only thing or is it something that's going around baseball in general?

i noticed uggla getting some tender hugs after he hit homers vs the marlins but i figured it was just cuz uggla had been playing poorly for so long

i still mostly notice elaborate coordinated hi fives

Uggla and Freeman are the usual huggers. They hugged each other last week and Freeman laid his head on Uggla's shoulder. Also seen McCann in on it once, and today after Uggla's HR he got a nice hug from Chipper.

how cute

feel like mccann would be a nice person to hug

can't believe Atlanta fans were booing Uggla earlier in the season

feel like mccann would be a nice person to hug

aw

btw the game telecast ended today with a bunch of highlight snippets and one of the last ones was Freeman going over to give Uggla a big hug on the bench. I wonder if this started when Popeye started breaking out of his slump and they've kept it going because lol superstitious ballplayers.

I'll be glad when it's tomorrow and the highlight reel from today's mess is forgotten in a tape library somewhere. Still, a win.

chipper

they say he even did a fist-pump after the last out, though he had his emotions under control by the postgame interview

What the hell does it take for Proctor to get DFA'd? He is worse than useless, he is damaging to the team when he takes an 8-3 lead and turns it into a save situation. I imagine Kimbrel would have enjoyed the night off if HITLER HITLER HITLER!!! had let him.

ok, I didn't want to say anything until the streak hit 30, but way to go Popeye.

ppl feel sorry for proctor because of what joe torre did to him, that's all

Do the Braves have any teams with cojones left on their schedule?

Three against AZ, six against PHI and six against WAS (who always give them fits for whatever reason).

Proctor finally released! Arodys Vizcaino promoted.

AJC does a story about the hugging thing.

you guys have no idea how much I want Uggla to break DiMaggio's streak here and wind up with a batting average of .240. old school baseball analysts would spontaneously combust.

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he's better than Heyward, that's for sure

He's not better than Heyward, but he's running hotter than Heyward right now. He's so freaking fast, chopping it off the plate and standing at first by the time the ball comes down. Three infield hits last night iirc.

heyward is playing really terribly

In case you couldn't tell I was just kidding, but this whole thing is just a total WTF situtation. He's having a down year but Heyward is still a major talent who is likely going to be a worldbeater when he's 24. Costanza = perennial 5th outfielder who had a hot run at the right time.

Not "had" -- that hot run is still happening. And we're a couple of years from Heyward's 24th.

No argument with either of those assessments, but I blow my nose on critics who get after Fredi for taking advantage of the fact that JH's slump and JC's hot streak are happening at the same time. (Not necessarily you -- I'm thinking more of Peter Hjort, who apparently can't take being disagreed with and has closed comments at the CAC blog.)

wmc otm -- i don't get why so many braves fans act like fredi is a terrible manager

It's really too early to tell! I haven't agreed with every bullpen move he's made, but jesus.

i've come to realize nobody ever agrees with their team's manager's bullpen management.

Must be a California thing because all 5 teams out here do a good job.

:|
you've blown my mind.

I mean, on a basic level, you want to get your best guys out there every day. Heyward has been bad this season, but not unplayable. He'll probably finish with 1.5 WAR.

Must be a California thing because all 5 teams out here do a good job.

I haven't followed Mattingly/Melvin's bullpen usage too closely but otherwise I agree with this.

Mattingly does ok. The mistakes he makes arent necessarily because he makes a bad decision, its just that the players he has at his disposal fucking suck, or are hurt. Handing the bally to Javy Guerra (26 yo straight out of AA) in the 9th inning has been kind of awesome. Hes 10/10 in save opportunities. He'll also let dudes like Kenley Jansen and Scott Elbert close out games.. both of whom are rookies.

http://www.sportsgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bat_got_his_tongue_braves_constanza_licks_his_louisville_slugger.jpg

This is turning into a delightfully weird team. Uggla extended the streak in the first inning btw.

giggity!

I wonder if the team is itching to play or if they're gratefully getting all the sleep they can while they can. (Or both.) The Mets makeup games will have them playing 17 games in 16 days.

phillies playing 33 in 31

Wow! Excellent, advantage Braves.

transcript of bp chat w/ John Coppolella

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=868

Now featuring Jack Wilson

So long, Julio Lugo, and thanks for all the...well, nothing, I guess.

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Yeesh, that game last night. I hope O'Ventbrel is getting all this out of their system now.

quite a speedy pitching duel here

u jinxed the Dickster!

That was tense; wtg Larry.

can't wait til he's permanently snuggling in the missus' hooters

Oh, the Mets will always have a Larry somewhere who takes their lunch money and stuffs them in a locker.

these fuckin' guys

Jack Wilson is one of the uglier Braves in recent memory.

moment of truth

mounting threat vs Lidge....

Venters worn out, Larry hurt again, McCann's bat AWOL -- I still hope, but won't be surprised if they're done.

did fredi seriously put this game, of all the games, in derek lowe's hands

why is lady gaga at the braves game.

This team really doesn't want to make the playoffs.

Seems that way.

Uggla bomb

Blown call at third on Bourn's steal attempt, should be 4-1.

looks like the braves had better win

what a delight to see Sissyboy Hamels get touched, btw

man, did that Bourn call look just as bad in slo mo?

worse

isnt Wilson sposed to be a gloveman?

yeah...glad I didn't say anything nice about him when he turned a decent DP a couple of innings ago

jeez Venters

ugh

. . .

:D

Ugh

NO ROOKIE OF YEAR 4 U

haha

:D

era goes from 2.00 to 2.10 to . . .

the vaunted bullpen

oh wow, what an implosion

off tommy john and into the fire

K. Medlen's 2nd MLB appearance in perhaps the most biggest 1/3 inning of the season.

whoops, 2nd appearance of the season.

Two-out Jack Wilson walk-off HR

McCann looks v strange shaven

"strange"

one of the more arbitrary and delayed strike zones i've seen

hay, it's Mordy's pal

MLB Network of what is going on tonight is pretty damn good

Currently batting clean up for the Philz
M. Martinez
0-1, .198

idk maybe he has a lot of RBIs lol

C'mon Schwimer!!

who's pitching?

oh boy Linebrink

goodbye

welp, they showed a little life there at the end. a little too late.

is that a career for Larry?

rip

it aint over...

Larry actually had a dope 2nd half:

.362/.563/.924 (not counting tonight's 0-5 debacle)

peace out atl

congratulation Cards the Brave gave it to you

dag

#david_j_roth
Braves bullpen an interesting mix of Civil War impersonators, terrified 160-pound teenagers.

Mr. Dorbius, what is your tweeter?

Mr. Dorbius, what is your tweeter?

Not particularly stressed by this slo-mo trainwreck -- could see it coming after the home series with the Mets, made my peace with it during the Nats series. Go Brewers.

Hope Larry reconsiders coming back in 2012 and retires as a player, stays on as hitting coach.

is fredi gonna get savaged for this collapse? felt like there was a lot of misguided hate at him this year, and i'm not sure how much of this was his doing

i guess i wasn't paying that much attention because somehow their situation didn't seem in doubt, but

not that his numbers were that great but it seemed like maybe teheran might have gotten more use. or kimbrel might have been used less. i dunno.

the thing about him overusing kimbrel & venters is the worst complaint of em all to me

first of all, they didn't throw an exorbitant amount of innings. secondly, if those two throw a combined 25 less innings, the braves prob aren't even in position to win the wild card on the final day.

ajcbraves David O'Brien
Actually he ended group interview when asked. RT @Dylan_Reeves: @ajcbraves Did he answer why we pitched to Pence with Martinez on deck?

went to bed in the 6th thinking they had it wrapped up. heh

What's amazing about last night is, Northeast bias aside, this game is hardly being pored over (outside of ATL I'm sure).

other events did distract a little, true.

we should all take some time out from lol'ing at the BoSox to lol at the Braves a little i guess.

true, but the braves were not unanimous picks to win the toughest division in baseball either

Not particularly stressed by this slo-mo trainwreck

― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:25 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark

not clowning on you but it's been remarkable today how today all my Braves and Red Sox fan friends were cool about this. It's like they passed through the fifth Kubler-Ross stage of grief well before the games last night.

hahaha, that's exactly how it feels to me! Believe me, I was doing plenty of screaming and pleading last week. But by the time it came down to the Braves vs. the best team in the league and the Cards vs. the worst team in the league, I was pretty calm. The idea of calm Red Sox fans is a little surprising though.

And since I did one for the Red Sox, it's only fair --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/hindenburgbraves.jpg

Larry Parrish fired. That'll fix it.

DKnobler
Fredi announced Thursday that coaching staff would return. Did they not tell him, or did he not consider LP part of the staff?

I like both moves -- Braves dropping LP and Wren reminding Fredi who's boss.

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What a great name

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prefer joey turds