Braves Fall 8-3, Lose 4th Straight and Wild Card Lead

I’ve been busy lately and haven’t been able to post but this month has been nothing short of bad. Who decided to steal the team’s mojo once the only important month of the regular season came around?

Stop rolling over and playing dead Braves. Wake up, you were a good team. Please remind us of it.

Jason Heyward reached on an error in the 8th inning. I kind of feel that that should count for the purposes of getting on base.

It seems like every series this month the Braves are getting killed by the opponent’s best power hitter. Maybe pitch around them sometimes, guys?

I need the optimists to post something. I honestly do need to hear something positive, because this is how I see it: Unless there is a dramatic (and I mean dramatic) change, we aren’t making the playoffs. I hope I am wrong, but it really looks like this team has lost it. Someone please prove me otherwise.

We have no offense. I know, I know, Heyward is a beast and McCann is capable of doing damage, but the lineup has lost the ability to put together rallies. It happens sometimes, and it has happened to us. Omar has come back down to earth, and Prado looks injured. Back in May/June/July, Prado was automatic. We was destined for 200 hits. Now, he can do nothing right. I think he’s injured but keeping it to himself. Lee has days where he is pretty good. but he’s a shell of the Lee of old. The rest of the lineup is usually a black hole. Nate? Melky? Diaz? Ankiel? Gonzo? Not one of them is capable of putting together some consistent offense, and that’s really our problem. 1-5 in our lineup is very capable of being dangerous. 6-8 just kills us every time. The worst part is that I don’t see if changing in the next eight games. Ankiel and Melky just aren’t capable of it.

The starting pitching, that was a huge strength, has become a liability for the team. Hudson has finally hit a wall, and is not pitching well in the games that matter most. Jurrjens is done. Medlen is obviously out. KK is done. Lowe can’t be counted on. Minor is tired. Beachy is very young, and should not have too much expected of him. That leaves Hanson, who still looks very good.

I almost feel bad for Bobby, but I think his ways finally caught up to him. We never shook the lineup up, which was a bad, bad idea. He also stayed with whole lefty-righty matchups even when Ankiel looked like he need to be demoted to Rome. A big part of managing is adjusting.

Sorry this is long and negative. I’m honestly trying to see something positive (like ‘hey, we’re only 1/2 game out of the playoffs!‘), but I just don’t see anything. I honestly need the optimists to give me some hope.

then when i had access to internet i watched Wagner pitching so i assumed that the Braves were winning but later i discovered that the Braves lost. It´s too disappointing.

it seems the Braves record on September is 4-25.

All these losses against Pirates and Nats count by 2 or 3.