Show #164: The Braves Stumble on the Road
Looking at where it all went wrong this week. Plus Chipper batting second and the post season hope meter.
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September 13th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
FINALLY!!
September 13th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
New rule: closed door meetings every night.
September 13th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Maybe it’s just me — but isn’t a situation in which we have a 5-run lead, 2 outs in 8th, and on a night after Venters worked and Linebrink didn’t — aren’t those situations the reason that Linebrink is still on this team?
September 13th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
That is to say — shouldn’t Gonzalez have gone to Linebrink in the 8th rather than Venters? Especially when Venters pitched last night (19 pitches), Linebrink didn’t, and when he’s said that they’re going to try to rest Venters in these last few weeks?
Perhaps he’s saving his mop-up stud for the 9th inning.
September 13th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Alex Gonzalez is now our best hitter? Hell has officially frozen over!
September 13th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
As a wise man once said, “winning is better than losing”. I agree…netting every night. So fun to see how pumped everyone is in the dug out.
September 13th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
I have to reiterate. I am so glad we didn’t trade Minor. LOL@ the Giants.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:16 am
Maybe we are past the lowe point now. A few minor adjusments helped a lot. Last week, it looked like we were going to crash in the Hudson. Now, life is a beachy for the other teams especially since Delgado is not delgado (see spanish word-thin/weak).
September 14th, 2011 at 11:18 am
A good article by Mark Bradley about the JJ/Hanson situation is up on the Braves’ ajc page. Go Snakes!
September 14th, 2011 at 11:20 am
#58 – Love the insane pun post.
So, 2012 schedule is out. We’re back with the AL East for Interleague. Boo.
The Braves play a total of six interleague series, with three of the series coming at home against the Toronto Blue Jays (June 8-10), the New York Yankees (June 11-13), and the Baltimore Orioles (June 15-17). The Braves’ American League road opponents include the Tampa Bay Rays (May 18-20), the New York Yankees (June 18-20), and the Boston Red Sox (June 22-24).
September 14th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Miami Marlins. Weird.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:51 am
#61 – Agreed.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:57 am
I don’t know if any of you guys or gals listen to sports talk radio, but I do from time to time. There is a lot of debate out there about MLB shortening it’s season. I was curious about what fellow ABTers thought about this. I would not be opposed to a shorter season, and the playoffs starting in September. I also wish they would cut down on the amount of times you have to play your own division.
September 14th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Delgado is pitching out of the stretch with nobody on in the 4th. Bullpen audition?
September 14th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
DOB just tweeted that the Braves are trying to get Medlen ready for the postseason. Fingers crossed.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
And Gonzo gets the Fish again. Awesome.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Apparently article #6 of the closed door meeting was telling Alex Gonzalez to stop sucking so much.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Sea Bass helping us out against his former team. Love it!
September 14th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
#67, Nice.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
At work…just saw score…what happened? Dying for details…over and out.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
#70, Gonzalez hit a 3 run homer. Prado also had a safety squeeze. Pretty uneventful other than that. If you DVR’d it, watch the 7th inning.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
O’Ventbrel was O’Ventbrel, which was really reassuring. All 3 looked really good. As did Christian. I think the ‘pen set down 12 in a row to end the game.
September 14th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Those 3 days off really helped Alex. It feels great to win
September 14th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
In my day, schedule was 154 games and that was when there was just the American and National league winners playing each other in the WS. No additional rounds. They could easily shorten it up by a week or two so you wouldn’t need long johns to see a playoff game.
September 14th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
@74
With baseball’s popularity is decreasing, going back to only allowing 4 teams in the playoffs would decimate it.