Braves Quote For The Day... Home Field Advantage

by gondeee on Jun 24, 2010 3:23 PM EDT in Braves Quote For The Day

Jeff Sullivan points out that the Braves have a favorable record for the remainder of the season:

Each team plays 81 games on its own turf, and 81 games on someone else's. It's something that you generally only care about over smaller samples, like a single game or a single series, where one team spends less time at home than the other.

But it's with this in mind that I'd like to point out that the NL East-leading Braves have played just 31 of their 72 games at home. 31, or 43.1%.

At the 72-game mark, the average team will have 45 remaining home games and 45 remaining road games. The Braves have 50 and 40. The rival Mets, meanwhile, have 45 and 46, while the rival Phillies have 47 and 46.

That's a nice mini-advantage, but I'd like the Braves to be a team that does not care where they play, they can win anywhere.

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What a pathetic showing in Chicago

they did nothing that has made them so successful this year…embarrassed by a suckass, mediocre, middle-of-the-road AL Central team with the worst linuep we have seen all year and a closer who gives it up easier than Britney Spears. Pathetic.

That was worse than the 3 gamer in D.C. during the 9 gamer. Pathetic.

And please dont tell me Chicago was playing well. So what? They are a chitty ballclub. No way that the Braves should get swept there. Hope it is a wakeup call.

by Fred Pen on Jun 24, 2010 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

"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 Jun 24, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone call the WAAAAAmbulance!!

The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.

by TonyAlmeyda on Jun 24, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Great post

With Gondeee starting up SBN Atlanta, there’s a new spot open. You’d fit in perfectly.

"Sharks have a week dedicated to Jason Heyward."
METS: My Entire Team Sucks.

by Scott Coleman on Jun 24, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Ummm...

Shitty ballclubs don’t win 12 of 13.

Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.

Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.

by MichaelProcton on Jun 25, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Just hoping..

..this skid was a minor bump in the road, and not a repeat of late April. Granted, being swept by this team was tough to swallow when they beat our best 3, but both Buerhle and Floyd threw good games (Floyd threw a stellar game, imo). Let’s rebound in back at the Ted, we have a 9-game homestand that could help us out before the 6-game trip before the break. GO BRAVES!!

"It said 'Bear Left,' so they turned around and went home...." - John Smoltz

by bashby20sh on Jun 24, 2010 4:41 PM EDT reply actions