Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

by gondeee on May 24, 2010 11:20 AM EDT

If it's Monday, then it's the Atlanta Braves fan confidence poll. As always, 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.

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

29 votes

9

50 votes

8

196 votes

7

219 votes

6

90 votes

5

24 votes

4

9 votes

3

1 votes

2

2 votes

1

7 votes

627 votes | Poll has closed

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Back up to a 10

After this week, I have gone back up from 9 to 10. Even the losses were close, good games. The Braves as a whole are playing better ball. Medeln is certainly filling in for JJ, (even down to the point of getting very little run support.) The minor leaguers seem to be coming around, too. The Vizcaino for Vazquez trade seems to be a stroke of genius.

by DawgB on May 24, 2010 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

8

I’m feeling the most confident I have since the season started. The offense will only get better as McLouth, Chipper, McCann, and Escobar return to their usual performance after long slumps to start the season. Now if only it had been Derek Lowe to go down with an injury and be replaced by Medlen instead of JJ….

by redwards95 on May 24, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

From a 7 to an 8, and planning on staying there. I’m getting off the roller coaster. I’m confident the Braves will be competitive. I like the looks of the future with the pitching prospects. i like Wren as GM, not scared to make a move and most of the moves are pretty good.

Thank you Justin, I have seen the light. Come on in folks, the water is fine.

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on May 24, 2010 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

Did you knock over a Piggly Wiggly in Yazoo?

by Mr. Sanchez on May 24, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

by Skyagusta on May 24, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Just searchin for my treasure amongst the sireens

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on May 24, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

We thought. You was. A toad.

by Mr. Sanchez on May 24, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Why am I reading that so slowly?

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on May 24, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

The correct answer is...

Do. Not. Seek. The Treasure. It’s an ambush.

(O Brother Where Art Thou)

by Mr. Sanchez on May 24, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Fail

I was watching the theatre scene in my head and couldn’t get the exact wording, but I knew it was slow.

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on May 24, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, ain't this place just a geographical oddity?

Two weeks from everywhere!

(Incidentally, I am also going up a notch to “8”, after two straight “7’s”)

Hopefully, it’s the straight and narrow from here on in, with October glory as our re-ward.

by Sam Jethroe on May 25, 2010 3:26 AM EDT up reply actions

“I don’t want Fop, god dammit, I’m a Dapper Dan man!”

"UNLIKE CYBORG REYES JOJO MY CPU DOES NOT REQUIRE 'EARNED RUNS' FOR NOURISHMENT"

by Smoltz's Beard on May 25, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm

Still a lot of people lingering down at 6-7.

I can’t help but find reasons to be optimistic. We got two great starts out of Kris Medlen this week. We won a game where we trailed by 6 entering the 9th innings. We swept the Reds, who really have been problems for us over the past several years. We’ve even gotten a run of 3 straight solid starts out of Derek Lowe (knock on wood). Jason Heyward is still awesome. Glaus has really been hitting this month, up until the Pirates’ series. Tim Hudson is having a great season.

In the minors, Freddie Freeman is hitting well and is starting to get the power stroke working. Teheran has been dominating all season, Vizcaino is really coming into his own, and Mike Minor is proving to be an entirely different guy than we thought he would be. Randy Gress is hitting over .300. Randall Delgado is pitching well. Chris Resop has been, arguably, the best pitcher in the International League. Michael Dunn is cruising down there, too. And Christian Bethancourt is finally finding some hits in his bat.

I’m easily at 9.

by Bronn on May 24, 2010 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

I'm also growing convinced

That the four people who keeping voting “1” are Phillies fans wandering over here. Gotta be.

by Bronn on May 24, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.

by Joseph_C on May 24, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

well said.

"UNLIKE CYBORG REYES JOJO MY CPU DOES NOT REQUIRE 'EARNED RUNS' FOR NOURISHMENT"

by Smoltz's Beard on May 24, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd be among those 6-7...

and here’s why. I’m naturally pessimistic on these things. Maybe it’s the Georgia basketball fan in me, but I never underestimate the ability to shoot your own foot off. So while we all see good things, I try to counter my innate rose colored “My team is great” glasses with inherent pessimism taught to me by watching said college hoops program be its own worst enemy time and time again.

Yeah, we’re hot right now, like Hansel, we’re doing it against bottom feeders. We’ve got great players, but can they keep it up or will the bats revert back to the cold April ways? Good starters, could injuries kill us with JJ down, KK using Lowe’s socks, and Hanson’s recent poor outing. Great talent in the minors, but minor league studs aren’t a guarantee.

Basically, I’m just a doubtful person, and can balance all the great potential with possible disasters. 6-7 is my range, if only cause I wouldn’t make any franchise a perfect 10 right now. They all have various flaws.

by Mr. Sanchez on May 24, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

there should be a but in there after Hansel

by Mr. Sanchez on May 24, 2010 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Hansel, he’s so hot right now, Hansel.

This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT

by justincredubil02 on May 25, 2010 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions

1

This team lost to the pirates, KK is awful, Chipper needs to retire, glaus can’t hit…we need to trade for a big bat like adrian gonzalez or sign jermaine dye…FIRE FRANK WREN AND TP

Cockchafer

by bpk228480 on May 24, 2010 2:44 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

I’m wondering when I can vote 0, because that’s how i feel about this team.

"Batting 4th and doing the catching, says here this guy weighs 210 pounds...I'm not buyin it! It's Brian McCann."

by Scott Coleman on May 24, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Get the torches and pitchforks!!!!! This team sucks, blow it up and rebuild!!! Call up Freeman, Schafer, and Cody Johnson!!! RAWR!!!

Shouldn't Brent Clevlen get a shot in LF before...awww, forget it!

by Rhyno18 on May 24, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

DESTROY THE STADIUM.

"UNLIKE CYBORG REYES JOJO MY CPU DOES NOT REQUIRE 'EARNED RUNS' FOR NOURISHMENT"

by Smoltz's Beard on May 24, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

AND REBUILD THE LAUNCHING PAD, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FULTON COUNTY STADIUM! ALL CAPS IS THE NEW NOT SHOUTING

"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton

by UMDBHIK on May 24, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope this is sarcastic, and you aren’t one of the 4 donkeys that DID vote a 1…

If you are one of those geniuses, to you say:

YOU = FAIL

"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire. That being said, it is "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

by Vance in Sacramento on May 24, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

If you want to know what I voted you can easily click my profile

Cockchafer

by bpk228480 on May 24, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

ninja'd!

by soup du jour on May 24, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Interesting… I didn’t know that…

I stand corrected…

and I = FAIL

by Vance in Sacramento on May 24, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha, you can click on his name and figure out his vote results.

Its in the history.

by soup du jour on May 24, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

This post is to all those who voted 1

If you can’t say anything good about your team, then you must not be a true fan. Seriously man, the 1 is there for epic fails in baseball. Not close calls. An epic fail is when you’re no-hit, or you lose a vital playoff game because of errors. Before you vote again, consider whether you’re a fan or note. This is the fan confidence poll.

Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.

by Joseph_C on May 24, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Trolls are always lurking.

"Batting 4th and doing the catching, says here this guy weighs 210 pounds...I'm not buyin it! It's Brian McCann."

by Scott Coleman on May 24, 2010 6:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Yes we do

Cockchafer

by bpk228480 on May 24, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

That thing is going to give me nightmares tonight

"Batting 4th and doing the catching, says here this guy weighs 210 pounds...I'm not buyin it! It's Brian McCann."

by Scott Coleman on May 24, 2010 9:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

My 8 remains.

"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West

by NCChopper on May 24, 2010 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

I’ve been a 6 for the last 4 polls… This week I moved up to a 7… Things are coming together. The frost is melting on some of our regulars… The frost(ed tips) need to be cut off others…

by Vance in Sacramento on May 24, 2010 3:23 PM EDT reply actions

It feels nice to be on the bottom end of the bell curve with my 7.

Of course, I probably should jump it up to an 8, but I still have concerns about our hitting, namely with Yunel and Little Mac (although he’s starting to pull out of it).

by soup du jour on May 24, 2010 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

I figured all those bad games we sat through would be pre-payment on the wonderful baseball unfolding before our eyes.

"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 May 24, 2010 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

8

I continue to be optimistic! I witnessed in ST this team has the talent to compete in our division. It’s nice to see much of this talent coming together. When they all start clicking, we will be sitting in first place.
That being said, I am also wise enough to know we can’t win them all, but feel we will be winning many more than we lose. Keeping the faith!

Go Braves!

Smart people are blessed with having a stop sign between their brain and their mouth.

by HEYJUDE on May 24, 2010 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

Good call

I was paying attention during ST too, and I remember McLouth struggling something fierce. Everybody else was fine. Escobar, Diaz, Cabrera, Chipper, McCann, Glaus, the whole team. Granted, they faced some AAA pitching part of the time, but Glaus and McCann have found their swings, Chipper and McLouth are getting close, Cabrera is showing signs of life. I hope Diaz and especially Escobar get theirs going soon, we need Esco and his career .292/.788OPS back on the team.

Heyward is pretty good

by bighop on May 24, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions

9

Two words: Jason Heyward.

by romone_braves91 on May 24, 2010 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

4 more words: Our minor league pitching.

"Batting 4th and doing the catching, says here this guy weighs 210 pounds...I'm not buyin it! It's Brian McCann."

by Scott Coleman on May 24, 2010 9:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Yeah, with the minor league pitching, the way the team has come together, and our big pieces starting to round into form I just can’t see myself dipping below a 7 for the rest of the year. 8 for now, and I could climb to a 9 very very soon!

by kreese555 on May 25, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Still at a 9, but I am about to turn this up to 11.

This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT

by justincredubil02 on May 25, 2010 8:30 AM EDT reply actions

I Went...

With a 7. I’m always the optimist, yet wary optimist. I think there is always room for improvement. Nobody is perfect. However, after reading others’ comments, I was unaware that the poll also covered the minors. I was under the impression that the poll just referred to the big league team. I’m happy for our minor league guys. I’m sure they will develop and be what we need to be at whatever point we need them.

by XBEARDX on May 25, 2010 12:10 PM EDT reply actions