Mmm 3-8. Not good. Oh well

4/29/2013 12:08:29 AM

Everything that was going well for the Braves early in the season (i.e. great pitching, clutch hitting) is now gone. The offense is clearly flawed as we all knew it would be, but good God the pitching has been awful the past couple weeks. Too many automatic outs in the lineup and too many ABs where a player see 4 pitches or less. Pitchers should not be racking up 10+ Ks through 5-6 innings and only have 70 pitches thrown.

Credit the Tigers though as they played great, but the Braves looked like AAA team this weekend.

4/29/2013 8:39:42 AM

if the Tigers don't win the Pennant again i'll be shocked. my god they exposed the Braves. We are in serious trouble.

4/29/2013 9:51:16 AM

The Tigers have a great lineup full of veterans and they rocked the Braves young starters. Nothing too shocking there. I was more surprised at how awful the Braves hitters were against the Tigers starters. I fully expected us to strike out 10+ times each game, but I did not expect the Braves hitters to be so overmatched.

4/29/2013 10:48:38 AM

i was especially shocked against Sanchez, someone most of these guys have faced an umpteenth amount of times.

4/29/2013 11:06:34 AM

Huge series tonight

4/29/2013 5:41:52 PM

thru thurs

4/29/2013 6:50:09 PM

Why does Bj upton always stare at the pitcher when he strikes out

[Edited on April 29, 2013 at 8:35 PM. Reason : Wrong brother]

4/29/2013 8:31:55 PM

Been watching Jeter.


Gotta love your starting pitcher getting a double.

4/29/2013 8:50:31 PM

I'd bet he never puts a Yankees uni on

4/29/2013 8:57:56 PM

Lol nice play Simons

4/29/2013 10:00:38 PM

Top plays nominee.

[Edited on April 29, 2013 at 10:01 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2013 10:01:27 PM

Looking at the replay... It's a questionable call. BUt it was Ike that all night

4/29/2013 10:06:34 PM

Can't wait for beachy o come back

4/29/2013 10:36:51 PM

Jesus Christ, grammar.

4/29/2013 11:18:17 PM

First win of the season without hitting a HR.

4/30/2013 6:22:41 AM

First career lead off HR for Simmons.

4/30/2013 7:21:33 PM

Lol. Nice call

4/30/2013 7:30:41 PM

Quote :

"Gotta love your starting pitcher getting a double."

4/30/2013 7:43:34 PM

And a homer

4/30/2013 8:45:04 PM

Huddy a HOF?


Obviously he wont get to the usual 300 win standard, but his career was smack in the middle of the PED era...

4/30/2013 9:50:03 PM

He could be around 220-230 depending on how long he plays, I think the lack of all-stars and cy young award will hurt, but he does have one of the best win% of all time..

Maybe he'll have a real good year and do all of those things and win a WS. Then he'd probably be in

[Edited on April 30, 2013 at 10:44 PM. Reason : Maybe 240..]

4/30/2013 10:43:50 PM

Hudson won't make the HOF unless he can pitch another 5+ years and get to 250+ wins. Dude is in great shape though so he may be able to pitch to 42, but we'll see.

Thank God the Braves can beat the Nats consistently. I have a feeling this team is going to drive me insane this season with slumps and winning streaks.

5/1/2013 7:45:23 AM

BO discussing Hudson and the HOF

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=9230846

5/1/2013 10:29:51 AM

His only shot at the HOF is something along the lines of a dominant playoff stretch ie World Series MVP.

5/1/2013 10:33:08 AM

^ that plus another 30+ wins. Or a Cy Young and 30+ wins. He just doesn't pass the eye test right now and he's never been considered the most dominant pitcher of his time. Just one of the top 10-20 guys consistently. He's kind of like Mike Mussina and Mussina has no chance at the HOF.



[Edited on May 1, 2013 at 10:56 AM. Reason : sd]

5/1/2013 10:55:48 AM

he should definitely make the Braves HOF, and he's on the verge of having his number retired by Atlanta (IMO).

I don't think he'll be an MLB HOFer, much as I'd love to see it

[Edited on May 1, 2013 at 11:23 AM. Reason : verge = couple or three more seasons of good, consistent production]

5/1/2013 11:22:59 AM

His record of consecutive seasons with a winning record (something like that) is impressive, but yeah, I think he has a while to go.

5/1/2013 11:49:49 AM

Why the shit is the Braves game blacked out on ESPN!

like i can drive from raleigh to get a fucking ticket.

i don't understand why Raleigh is not part of the Braves Market. i'd trade the last 2 years of shitty hockey for Baseball.

least i can go to a Hurricanes game

/rant

5/1/2013 8:31:14 PM

someone please explain the blackout rule...

5/2/2013 1:49:12 AM

^^ wouldn't the Braves have to be part of the Raleigh market in order for it to be blacked out? I was wondering why I was getting Sportscenter instead of the game last night. I thought maybe the game got rained out.

I'm wondering how long it'll be before the Braves are no-hit this year? This is the third time in a week that the Braves have been completely dominated. They got one fucking hit from a regular last night and wasted a 3 hitter by Maholm. Shit Maholm had as many hits as the other 8 guys combined.




[Edited on May 2, 2013 at 8:42 AM. Reason : ty]

5/2/2013 8:42:17 AM

^ i say braves market because most games are on Fox Sports South (aka a blackout of ESPN in the FSS viewing area). which we don'y get. i think people in Charlotte might get FSS? but all we have is Fox Sports Carolina.

i wish they would add FSS to the sports package that gives you the redzone channel

It just confuses me. Its like a fuck you to Braves fan is Raleigh. hey the braves are going to play on ESPN wed night. oh btw we gonna black you fools out in raleigh.

5/2/2013 9:23:55 AM

Raleigh is in the Nationals/Orioles blackout area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_blackout_policy

5/2/2013 10:26:18 AM

^^ Yeah, Charlotte gets Fox Sports South and Peachtree/Sports South, so even when the games have been blacked out on ESPN this season we can still watch them on those channels. I would be really pissed if I still lived in Raleigh when these things happened.

5/2/2013 11:43:00 AM

Got to get something going here

5/2/2013 8:44:30 PM

Last 10 batters for the braves - 6 pop/fly outs, 3 ground outs(1 was a bunt), 1 homerun....Haren has thrown 69 pitches in 7 innings.

5/2/2013 8:59:24 PM

No run support at all.

5/2/2013 9:23:18 PM

Good night the Braves offense is putrid. Haren went into that game with a 6+ ERA and a .355 BA against him. The Braves might get no-hit multiple times this season. There are simply no disciplined hitter anywhere in the lineup other than maybe Freeman and arguably Johnson. Just a bunch of hackers trying to crush a HR every time up.




[Edited on May 3, 2013 at 7:48 AM. Reason : j]

5/3/2013 7:47:41 AM

Fuck Buck

5/3/2013 7:42:51 PM

Props to the mets

5/3/2013 10:53:08 PM

Nice to see several hundred people turn out for a division rival on a perfect Sunday afternoon.

5/5/2013 2:21:03 PM

^this is surprising why? Atlanta has never been a city with huge fan support? Enough? Yes...but nothing big. Definitely more than "a couple hundred" there as well. This isn't Miami...

Also...5 run 3rd for the good guys. best offensive inning all season consisting of 2 doubles, 3 singles and 3 walks. Still left 3 on base, but when you score 5...eases that a lil.

[Edited on May 5, 2013 at 2:34 PM. Reason : sdfs]

5/5/2013 2:33:38 PM

The Braves have a huge fanbase in the south, but they suck when it comes to showing up for games. I think they were spoiled by 13 straight regular season penants.

5/5/2013 3:02:01 PM

They've never shown up no matter the era.

Anyway. Smoltz is my favorite color man in baseball. He should replace McCarver in the WS.

5/5/2013 3:18:27 PM

I think they were spoiled by 13 14 straight regular season penants pennants.


Even then their were plenty of empty seats

5/5/2013 3:22:52 PM

Braves didn't win 14 straight pennants...

Atlanta is a shit sports town, everyone knows that. They're sitting in the middle of the NL in attendance per game, though. Turn to page two of your Trolling the Braves Thread 101 book now.

[Edited on May 5, 2013 at 3:43 PM. Reason : Regular season pennant is not a thing]

5/5/2013 3:43:06 PM

Here comes Ernie raining on my parade.

5/5/2013 3:46:27 PM

Y'all shut the fuck up and make up.


Braves vs mets looking good today. Although I can't watch and look at the update from the hospital

5/5/2013 4:11:55 PM

At least I spelled pennant right.

5/5/2013 5:08:49 PM

Bark and the Park today. My little mutt got on the jumbotron twice. Hudson was pretty solid, perfect weather.

5/5/2013 5:35:56 PM