I'm Curious: Where Do You Think the Braves Will End Up?
by Scott Coleman on Sep 8, 2010 5:12 PM EDT
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PrintPretty straight forward and simple here. We all know how poorly the Braves have played on this road trip and our offense on the road has been non-existant (for the most part) since the All-Star Break. Fortunately for us, we have 7-game home stand coming up, followed by (what should be) an easy-ish road series in New York before the first of our two huge series against the Phillies. Here are the standings in case you forgotten...
Vote away. Things have been bad for the Braves lately, and I'm interested to see what everyone thinks.
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Shit...
I really thought the Giants were further back. 1 game scares me. I picked win the wild card.
you forget
that the Braves and Phillies hit a bit of a skid prior to this week
by drumzalicious on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw it on the sidebar
Apparently, someone tweeted on gondeee’s twitter:
Braves HAVE to give up lead for the next month so they can come back & win division in their last at-bat. That’s the theme for the season.
That would be epic beyond proportions.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
I would probably need a new pair of trousers if that happened.
For Bobby.
by Scott Coleman on Sep 8, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
a walk-off 2-run HR off Lidge on the final day to climb above the Phillies and win the NL East – I could go for that
"C'mon Chip!" Bobby Cox
by ByrneSupremacy on Sep 8, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
ok but i want it to be tied b4 it happens
i couldnt hande being down in the 9th with the playoffs on the line
Conrad will prob be the one to do it too
by drumzalicious on Sep 8, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Lineup
Infante
Heyward
Prado
Lee
McCann
Diaz
Gonzalez
Melky
Lowe
Why not give Glaus a go?
Division
Look at all the Negative Nancy’s out there. The team is struggling awfully bad, but you don’t go from swapping best record in the NL with the Pads all season to out of the playoffs.
"Give him the heater Ricky."
Meh, people were asked to be honest....
….and there is a good chance they miss out on the playoffs.
by Undocorkscrew on Sep 8, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Btw....
Ankiel is hitting .625 with a HR in 8 AB’s against Duke.
McLouth is hitting .750 in with a HR in 4 AB’s against Duke.
Diaz is hitting .429 in 14 AB’s against Duke.
Melky is 0-3 against him.
McCann is hitting .375 with a HR in 8 AB’s
Lee is hitting .283 with a HR. in 46 AB’s
Prado is hitting .500 with a HR in 12 AB’s
Most small sample sizes, but hopefully they don’t have any problem with him tonight.
I call.......
Bobby gets ejected in the 6th inning during tonights game arguing balls and strikes.
This fires up the team and we beat Pitt 10-6. This begins us winning 90% of our remaining games and taking the division.
D-Lee will have 25 home runs the rest of the season.
Ankiel will only strike out 85 times out of his remaining 104 at bats.
Infante will win the batting title batting .800 during September.
Heyward will hit a double off of the right field wall in Philly which causes the stadium to implode on itself, forcing Philly to play road games the rest of the way.
The Braves sweep the Phillies with key pitching performances by Kawakami and Farnsworth, giving the rest of the staff the rest they need going into the playoffs…..except Venters….he still pitches every day.
BTW, I picked them to win the division. Go Braves!
Prediction...
I believe we’ll at least make the playoffs; however, we’re just too bad defensively, and on the road to mount much of a challenge in a series.
Atlanta to win the division
Then… The World series. Afterwhich Heyward wins ROY, Huddy wins Cy Yound, Infante wins batting title, and Prado wins MVP… After a quick stop at IHOP for neverending pancakes, this team will then retire to their lab where they will develop cures for cancer, poverty, and negative thinking
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Sep 8, 2010 5:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well...
I figured Lowe will give up one hit
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Sep 8, 2010 5:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Damnit!!! Stop poking holes in my argument I thought it was airtight!
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Sep 8, 2010 5:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And McCann wins Clemente award after delivering a baby while stuck in an elevator
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Sep 8, 2010 5:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
how the hell did the baby get stuck in the elevator…it should be in a uterus
"No. Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not even allowing natural selection do its work. Pssh. You're like the guy who invented the seat belt."
Dwight Schrute
by Swo12bv on Sep 9, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Infante's batting title...
has gone the way of Carlos Gonzalez, unfortunately. Already enough AB to qualify, and he’s now up to .340. 31-for-59 since the Braves came to Coors…absolutely unreal, and they have 14 of 24 of their remaining games at home. He’s leading in RBIs now, and just 3 HR back. He’s got a legit shot at the triple crown.
Do not count out the Rockies just yet, either.
That said, the Braves still win the East.
-C
It’s rough to sit through these games and not have someone that can’t hit a Ball?
Then to celebrate
The team will travel to Japan to help Godzilla kill Gamera…
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Sep 8, 2010 5:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is really hard to predict right now. I felt pretty good about the Braves’ chances prior to this road trip, but it seems like Chipper (and Medlen) going down is finally starting to catch up with the team. I guess I’ll push and vote Braves win the wild card. I’m a glass half empty kind of guy so hopefully I’m being too gloomy as usual and the Braves will win the division by a handful of games.
As of this moment
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"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
Win the division or bust!
I still believe in my Braves…
*Just Chill* when things start to look a bit difficult-don't panic as you take away your ability to think straight. Go Braves! Go Dawgs! Go Falcons!
The Braves need to wake up
If they keep on their present track since the ASB they will not even make the wild card. Sorry, but this smells too much like last year.Even If they make the wild card they won’t get the pennant, they struggle against good pitching and they don’t seem to have the fire. The race is on and we’ve lost 2 of our best players, I’m sorry, I wished I were wrong but I don’t see it happening. They lost 2 out of 3 to the worst team in the NL. I’m not a fan of Bobby Cox, so I don’t see WIN here. I couldn’t see Tommy LaSorda or even Mike Sciocia losing with the talent on this team. I guess I’m just totally bummed out since the 1st of August. I totally believe that if Bobby gets on the coaches and players asses we’ll go all the way. I just remember the 1988 NLCS, the 7th game and Orozco or Orosco was pitching relief and failing, LaSorda went out to the mound and chewed his ass out, the Dodgers went on to win. I don’t see Bobby taking command like that. He needs to kick some ass sometimes IN THE MIDDLE of a game, not behind closed doors. As general Patton said," I don’t want these men to love me I want them to win for me" paraphrased of course. Bobby doesn’t want to do what it takes to win, simple as that. He is the commander and he needs to do whatever it takes to get the most out of this team and I have not seen that recently. So y’all go ahead and vilify me, but you should also refute what I’ve said too.
Senator, we have another old saying,"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Fletcher
What happens to us for the post season rests on the shoulders of Derrick Lee
Bobby has come out and said how he hasn’t even thought about starting Freddie or Glaus. So with him showing his incredible loyalty to a player we need him to be the force that we need in the middle of the lineup otherwise its gonna be painful
that's my point
To hell with who’s the veteran, go with the best options you have and if it’s Lee then fine but if it’s Freeman , go with that. Do not say “this is my choice no matter what”. How are we going to win if the manager does that ! He has other choices!
Senator, we have another old saying,"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Fletcher
Time to get back in 1st place
even if it is just a tie…given how poorly the Padres and the Reds are doing, winning NL East and having home field can do a long way toward us having a deep run this October.
Go Braves!
by LEastCoastBears on Sep 9, 2010 12:12 AM EDT reply actions
2nd place might not be good enough!
I won’t bash Bobby because of his ablilty to get everyday good players to play great….but yes, he will baby vets and does have a “behind the door” policy to air out his displeasure with a player rather than berate him in public. Was the 9-3 win tonight the result of a room full of people in his office gettting their collective areses handed to them….Who played better tonight compared to the previous week’s production…..hmmmmm there was Lee…uh Prado, Gonzo….oh yeah Lowe pitch…well good…very good.
I just hope this win like the early season’s last game of the series with the Brewers propell the into a run that will take them not only back into 1st in the east but all the way in the post season!
it just felt right and the chance to go to the postseason is hard to pass up. I’ve always respected their orginization… and Bobby…I’m excited. I’m looking forward to it...Derrek Lee (at press conference sayiing he had been traded to the Braves)
You know on 1 hand not jumping a players ass in public is a good thing on the other I just think that’s not right. If Bobby had jumped Frenchy’s consistently I wonder if he might have turned out better. I just know it didn’t break my heart to get my ass chewed out in the Army. The whole enchilada’s on the line, it’s time to kick ass! This new idea of not messing with someone’s self esteem isn’t going to cut it. For 400 grand to 10 million bucks a year you can chew my ass out if I don’t do my job and too many Braves aren’t doing their’s right now
Senator, we have another old saying,"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Fletcher
just because Bobby doesnt chew your ass out doesnt mean some else doesn’t…he has been going strong for over 20 years, I think we should trust his methods…that said I agree there needs to be someone telling people to get theri head out of their ass…I assume it is chipper or someone else on the team.
"No. Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not even allowing natural selection do its work. Pssh. You're like the guy who invented the seat belt."
Dwight Schrute
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