with josh johnson going against us tomorrow. SHIT!

46-2 when leading after 8 innings it was an aberration i wont worry about it. I still feel good about our chances to make the playoffs. Best ERA in majors. Top 3 in every offemsive category in July.

we can’t be the marlins guys, its that simple, and its our doom

Can’t afford these type of losses. Had chances on offense, just didn’t deliver. Seems to me the Braves swung at a lot of bad pitches tonight.

I don’t know who made the decision to keep Norton and send Conrad to AAA, but that was a piss poor decision. Since Conrad was sent down, Norton has had 3 at bats. Struck out twice and hit into a double play. 4 outs in three at bats. How can it be justified keeping a guy hitting .120 over a guy hiotting .345? Conrad also has more homers and RBIs in lots less at bats!

Conrad is also a switch hitter, and has more sock than Norton. Defensively Norton is a huge liability wherever he plays whereas Conrad could play second and probably third. It has been said that Norton will be DFAed when Infante comes back That is at least as couple of more weeks. The Braves need to win an overwhelming amount of their games to make postseason. So they need to have their BEST players available. Norton ain’t one of them. IMO they can’t afford to carry him another two weeks.

Bennett ain’t one of their best players either, but you know BC will put him in there if he is allowed back on the ML roster. He has pitched twice in his rehab assignment and gave up 2 runs in one inning both times for a sparkling ERA of 18.00. Those kinds of decisions drive me crazy, but the Braves make them time and time again!

Step 1: type the phrase “relax people it’s only one game” into a document

Step 2: copy and paste that phrase 80-85 times throughout the season

Step 3: repeat for several years

Got it?

Good, now will all of you assholes stop bringing up things like heart, determination, strategy and basic little league fundamentals and just sit back, crack open a beer and enjoy the fact that you’re not one of those dumb schmuck Liberty Media stockholders that has to watch $100 million get flushed down the drain.

I didnt get to see the game but i kinda figured Soriano would have a bad game sooner or later he was on a tremendous roll and no one really sustains that for an entire season.

He’s still a great pitcher but he is also human. I also feel as tho Bobby should have given him at least one game during the Brewer’s series just like he gave Moylan and Gonzo games to pitch. Although he is the closer you want him to stay a bit fresh and not develop TOO much rust.

Also from some comments it looks like what I saw happening earlier in the game had an adverse effect on BOTH teams and contributed heavily to the outcome of this game. Im talking about the umpire with a strike zone the size of a peanut. When the umpire isnt calling any pitches on the corners then the pitchers have no choice but to throw it in the heart of the plate and they get hit.

Wow Yunel makes so many boneheaded plays, like that one time he threw a strike to get the runner at first when he turned his back for a second. But yeah he is just an idiot out there, on the field he just sucks. I cant count how many outs he has cost us in the field trade him before friday so I can relax.

JERRY MEALS controlled the game from start to finish with his myopic view of the strike zone. That worked both ways however judging from the MARLINS feed with the protestations of the announcers, and the howls of anguish from the fans in the background. So why didn’t our offense do the job, knowing what pitchers on both sides needed to do to get outs? Could it be a lack of patience at the plate caused us to have just ONE walk against SEVEN strike-outs? What the blazes is the hitting coach staff teaching these guys anyway? Inquiring minds want to know.

we didnt lose the game, the freaking umpires gave it to the marlins. That ump was not calling balls or strikes correctly.