Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

by gondeee on Aug 21, 2009 12:13 PM EDT

If it's Friday, then it's the Atlanta Braves fan confidence poll. This poll and therefore your confidence level should encompasses several areas of the team. These areas include, but are not limited to, the team’s ownership, current management, talent, minor-league system, and general playing ability on the field. The poll will stay open for 48 hours, and then the results will be posted and graphed against the previous weeks.

(FYI, I totally forgot last week's poll, my apologies. And I almost forgot this week's poll. Good thing this is a not a confidence poll about me.)

Poll

On a scale of 1-to-10, with 10 being "100 percent confident," and 1 being "no confidence at all," how confident are you in the Atlanta Braves organization?

10

34 votes

9

53 votes

8

235 votes

7

221 votes

6

68 votes

5

28 votes

4

14 votes

3

8 votes

2

6 votes

1

6 votes

673 votes | Poll has closed

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Jason Heyward is slumping, so therefore our organizational strength is slumping. Just kidding, i voted 9. We’re in the hunt, our AAA team is doing great, our number 1 pick had a nice debut last night, whats not to love?

"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09

by 10-4 on Aug 21, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions

I’m not very confident that the major league team will make the playoffs, but I like where the organization is in general. Another 8 vote for me.

by redwards95 on Aug 21, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

I voted a “7” on the ~~Gondeee~~ Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll.

Mat Gamel is way too cool for double consonants.

by VivaLosBravos on Aug 21, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions

I’d really like to see some stats Gondee for when you bring out the Confidence pole after a win and after a loss and see if there is any kind of difference. I’d think people would rate higher after a win….

I’m still at a 7. Not sure if we’ll make the playoffs, but I’m enjoying the things some of our guys are doing in the minors. I’d be higher, but I have absolutely no faith in Bobby Cox right now. He’s still one of the most liked managers, but his managerial skills have really declined and have cost the Braves some games this year.

The Braves pitching staff, 1-5, has to be the best in baseball. Bullpen has been somewhat shaky and the hitting hasn’t been consistent, just ask JJ.

I didn’t like the Laroche trade at all, but the guy has been absolutely wicked awesome since joining the Braves again.

by Sparhawk on Aug 21, 2009 12:56 PM EDT reply actions

7

We’re playing good ball, but we’re still not performing up to the level that I know we’re capable of playing at. Chipper’s slumping, Prado and Nate are out, Mac had been struggling until recently.

But in reality, Colorado and Philadelphia are playing way too good for us to lose games like we did in the series openers against the Mets. That 8-run inning was completely unacceptable (you can blame Lowe’s ‘injury’ or Bobby, it doesn’t matter, we lost).

In order for us to take charge and make the playoffs, we need guys like Church and Diaz to really step up and start hitting like they’re capable of doing. We need McLouth back at full strength stealing bases, we need Chipper to break out and start smacking the ball, and we need LaRoche, GA, Escobar and McCann to keep driving in runs. Also, no more 8-run innings would be nice.

by BigG1392 on Aug 21, 2009 12:59 PM EDT reply actions

We're winning 2 out of 3 pretty consistently...

…I’m pretty sure we aren’t going to win every game.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Aug 21, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

No, but if we want to keep pace with the Rockies and Phillies we can’t afford to lose games that we should have won – games we had a 4-0 lead in.

by BigG1392 on Aug 21, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Unrelated

But I saw the first Tom Glavine AirTran billboards today. He’s wearing his Mets uniform in them. Grudge, anyone?

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Aug 21, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

You have got to be kidding.

hahahaha That’s too funny.

by Sparhawk on Aug 21, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

It doesn't look like a Mets uniform to me

http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&page=1&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-84428&redir=detail&TAG_ID=prnphotos084428

by someguy917 on Aug 21, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Fail

See if this works
Try this

by someguy917 on Aug 21, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

At first glance, It looks more like a Mets uni than a Braves uni that’s for sure!

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by HEYJUDE on Aug 24, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to you, but it is.

Just look at the number style:

Braves:

Mets:

Mets numbers don’t have the extra large chunky serifs like the Braves do, and their type/numbering style are all 3D’d block style.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Aug 21, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Good catch, but if I were trying to send an F-U to the Braves I wouldn’t have been so subtle. I would not have noticed had you not said anything. I would have gone about my day thinking it was just generic.

Also that first image was broken.

by someguy917 on Aug 21, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm sure there will be this generic explanation for it:

“AirTran’s official colors are TEAL and BLUE, and our design team felt that it was more efficient to go with the BLUE already in the Mets uniforms over the Atlanta Braves’ reds.”

Try this to see the difference

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Aug 21, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

… wow.

by Gage23 on Aug 21, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

10!!

We will make it all the way to the World Series! I think we have the team to do it..Another Braves vs Yankees WS now that would be great!

by WeStillHaveBobby on Aug 21, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

I’d love to make it back just so we can snap our 8-game WS losing streak.

"My God! Good news fans, the Braves are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. As a matter of fact, they appear to be beating the crap out of each other."

by bravos1984 on Aug 21, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I was tempted to give the Braves an 8, but thought that a two-point jump was a little too much, so I gave them a 7. There are still some problems with inconsistency in the bullpen and with the hitting, but they’re getting better. Another good week (series wins against Florida and San Diego) would probably push my confidence to 8. Outside the team on the field, I’m very pleased with the front office and excited about what I’m hearing about the minors.

by John Holton on Aug 21, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions