Braves Fall to Nationals 3-0

but will the offense? After being shutdown by Miguel Batista and Co., I’m kind of worried.

We really need Glaus to start hitting again.

I would also add comments like: This team sucks we will stomp them. This pitcher is terrible, we will score a ton of runs off of him. Their BP sucks, etc., often come back to haunt us.
I hate to see them in the OT, because more often than not, they seem to jinx us.

Philadelphia Tonight was going crazy on ESPN. Herrrre come the Phillies.

No. I dont believe it. This has to be a scam of some type. Its almost as if someone wrote this with the intention of being immortalized (temporarily), safe in the knowledge that their combination of knee-jerk reaction, faulty grammar, and God-awful spelling would gain them recognition of some type. Nope, I aint falling for it, Sir. Nice try.

That is classic.

Something tells me that you aren’t a real fan anyway.

Consider your fanhood officially challenged.

The same thing that was wrong with him in April – NOTHING.

It’s called a slump. It happens to players from time to time.

It was McCann’s clutch homers that kicked in the Loss Protocol™

I guess that was disproven tonight.

Is it wrong that I read your comment in a Charles Barkley voice?

Turr-able, turrable ballgame

I don’t keep up with stats like balls thrown into the outfield, but it seems that McCann has done that many, many times this season. Is that normal for him?

because he is SLOW to the plate. I don’t think even a Molina could throw out a runner with Tommy on the mound. He is just very slow to the plate. While Tommy throws hard, its the time it takes for him to get to the release point that hurts. Morgan was probably 2/3 of the way to second by the time Heap got ready to unload.

“Mac has no chance on those. No chance.”

Hanson is so slow to the plate.

Do you by chance publish a newsletter that I could subscribe to?

Well said. Now’s not the time to give up on them. They could destroy the Nats by double-digit points tonight and then everyone could feel good about them again. You never know. These little slumps happen. Let’s not lose our heads until at least they lose the division lead. Then it may be time to panic.

All these beautiful words, and not one mispelling that wasn’t done on purpose. Well done.

:) WoooHooo

I like this post. Suddenly, people think we have “no chance of catching the Phillies”? come on. We’re way better than the Phils this year.
Dear Philly
Enjoy your hot streak while it lasts, because it won’t last long. In the meantime, have fun in second place.
Hate,
Atlanta

Amen, Amen, and Amen.

I understand now.

Next time I do a post, I’ll be nothing but positive. I’ll completely ignore the facts that we didn’t have more than 2 base runners on base at any time and the defense was asleep last night. I don’t want to come off as a “bad fan” because I show my frustration with my favorite team on occasion.

does a little desperation set in with Wren and make him more willing to part with some of our high caliber pitching for a bat?

they just decided not to score any runs last night. Probably had it all planned out. I’m positive they just didn’t want to win. Yeah, they don’t care any more.

I honestly believe this was the problem. Everyone was geared up for a Strasburg v. Heyward showdown. Then we get a guy that we (a) weren’t prepared for and (b) does not draw nearly as much excitement. We can debate whether the Braves should’ve been mentally ready for whoever was on the hill, but the psychological reality was that facing Bautista was a huge let-down. I would’ve rather faced Strasburg…

Also, if Strasburg had pitched and we lost 3-0, I don’t feel the fans would be as upset. Let’s go out and win the next 2 and move on as if yesterday never happened.

We need more like you.

But it’s not one game, we’ve lost 3 of 4 and the Phillies are only 3.5 games back. Yes, it is a slump and I feel we’ll get out of it, but are we never supposed to be frustrated with a 3-0 loss to a bad team? A game in which we only had 3 hits? It’s not enough to go ballistic and demand wholesale changes, but nobody should be happy by the performance.

Also, ignoring poor performances can be a problem, too.

That’s why we have message boards. We can vent appropriately and jump back on the horse tonight.

Go Braves!

I call you a reverse troll.

I 100% agree with you. This is a minor bump in the road. The MLB season ebbs and flows and we’re still the team to beat in the NL East.

The reason I am “panicking” is that I fear that we may make a rash decision this week if we don’t turn it around. Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail, and we’ll only make a move that is truly in our best interest (or none at all).

But if our inevitable slump leads right up to the weekend, who knows what will happen? Mr. Sanchez mentions this in the comments above…Thus, I don’t like horrid performances, especially when they coincide with a Phillies hot-streak and the rapidly approaching Trade Deadline.

why ruin a good group whine with the facts?

;-)

but it certainly doesn’t seem like we’ve been hitting that well, and as said above, there might be a benefit to adding a productive bat since some others we have may or may not hold up through September/October.

You are correct, he was optioned to Gwinnett. To his credit he seemed to take it pretty well, much better than when Frenchy got sent down, I have to give him respect for that. I hope he can get his swing together, come back, and contribute to the team.

By way of the late, great Trey Wilson:

“Boys, it’s a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”