Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Drops Again

by gondeee on Sep 14, 2009 9:41 AM EDT

Here's the problem with 48-hour polls -- a lot can change in 48 hours, like the Braves going from barely winning the previous week to sweeping the NL's best team. The Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence dropped from a 54 last week to a 49 this week -- surprisingly, not the lowest it's been this year. That distinction came at the end of June when the FCP was at 48.

With most people, including me, thinking that the Braves were through after being swept by Cincinnati, voted low marks in last week's poll. If the poll were taken today it may very well be ten points higher. Of course, if we lost a bunch of games this week, all the good will the team would have gotten from a sweep in St. Louis will have evaporated.

Most people are already writing off the Braves of 2009, but the Phillies came back from a similar deficit in 2007 as they watched the Mets fall flat on their face. With our starting pitching, anything is possible.

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mmmmm....

Optimism is sexy!

"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 Sep 14, 2009 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

I am the eternal optimist…

by gondeee on Sep 14, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m still writing off the season. A whole lot of unlikely events (the Braves winning almost all of their remaining games while the Phillies and Marlins or Rockies, Giants, and Marlins win very few) would have to happen for the Braves to make the playoffs. It’s nice of course for the team to play better, but it’s a little too late and won’t make up for the 5 game losing streak or the first 3 months of fail at the plate. My vote would go up though if Heyward gets a call up and Norton gets released.

by redwards95 on Sep 14, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions

If that last sentence had a “Like” button, I would press it.

by Gage23 on Sep 14, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions

But how is the weekend any different from all year?...

We can step up our game just fine when playing the league’s best because we are strong enough in starting pitching to go toe-to-toe with them and hold our own. But the problem has been like the earlier part of the week and all the rest of the year, we can’t win the games/series we should easily win. If we can not drop 5 in a row, that series might actually mean something. But with the sweep by the Reds, losing a series to the Padres, etc, all a sweep of the Cards means is we aren’t dead yet as far as the math is concerned. In all honesty, we need a 10-15 game winning steak to actually be able to make the postseason, and is there anything to believe based on what they’ve done so far this year that they can actually put it all together for two weeks straight?

by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 14, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions

Our only chance……the Phils and Fish start losing, and we keep winning. Taking all 3 from Phillie next weekend would be nice.

(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)
"The future is no place to place your better days." - Dave Matthews ~ RIP Roi

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Sep 14, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

The fact that the confidence poll fluctuates so much is a telling indicator of why the valleys are a better representation than the peeks.

Consistency is a great attribute in baseball, and we don’t have that, aside from some of the starting pitchers. It’s like we’re watching a different team every other night.

You have to give Charlie Manuel and the Phillies some credit. Despite their struggles, he knew they had a winning formula with that lineup and his offensive and defensive strategies and he has stuck with it almost exclusively. He keeps employing the exact same thing day after day. Because he knows over the long run it will produce.

The Braves just can’t seem to find that. I know it’s way easier said than done to just say find what works and repeat for 160 games, but we have got to put extra effort into that endeavor if we are to have any shot next year.

by DCP916 on Sep 14, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions