It might just be too little too late. I think the thick of the pennant race passed us a week ago. Our pace slowed and now we’re just struggling to keep our asthma under control.

Maybe this could have helped out a month ago. Someone has to be blamed for our poor offensive showing this year, there’s no way so many qualified major league hitters can struggle so badly against poor pitching. Maybe it goes to show a change in managerial positions is needed, take one look at Colorado.

I can’t remember the guy I’ve argued with on various blog posts here but I wonder what response he has now. I hate being right because this team is close to being there but I think it might be a good thing in the long run not making the playoffs. We need a big power bat and a new manager. Here’s what we should work on in the offseason.

1) fire Bobby. He needs to go. His time has passed and we need new blood managing the team.
2) Trade for a power bat. Chipper is about done. We need to get another bat in the middle of the lineup just to stay even with what we currently have.
3) Hope that Heyward can come up early next year.
4) Plan on the future without Chipper.

The Braves always add a coach or two at the end of the year, so it probably isn’t worth reading too much into the move. But Rick Albert is an outstanding coach. He’s been in the Braves organization for over 30 years, starting out as a plyer and spending the last 25+ as a manager and coach. He’s worked at every level and he’s done it all. There’s probably not a player that’s come through the organization that he hasn’t had an effect on.

And good for Vladimir. He deserves the call.

TP should become head coach. I think your comments are equal to mine in value because no one here knows what goes on with the late August-Sept swoon over the past couple of years, the dynamics of the player’s opinions about what is wrong, or right and what the hitting coach is saying or not saying is really not known until both of them speak in the same interview about what happened. Tell me how many times has this kind of interview happened in the press, that you can recall ?

Answer “ZERO”

The more important question with the more obvious answer: Why won’t this kind of interview take place?

Maybe its the math teacher in me, but I believe the only truth I know is what is proven by repetition under various conditions. I am not going to ask a 3rd party what the tail knows. If I want to know, I’ll ask the tail, or vice versa. Speculation is just nonsense.
What we do know is what is happening on the field, and the reasons for that are just superstition or correlations that may or may not be cause and effect.

if they get rid of bobby cox TP wont be the coach maybe Ned Yost or someone like him .