05 Oct
One-Game Playoff Game Thread: Cardinals vs. Braves
I’ve been on this earth for 28 years, and the Braves have made it to the playoffs 16 times. I’m a lucky guy. Those of you who started rooting for the Braves before I was born had a much tougher row to hoe. I think I probably took the playoffs for granted in the early 2000s, when it seemed like we had the division title as our birthright but could never get past the Division Series. Now I don’t take it for granted.
Neither did these guys.
I am excited.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:14 pmRick Camp, Roger Mudd & Bob Horner’s classic short stroke (at 2:12)–1982 was a helluva crazy-fun year.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:17 pmWho backs up Simmons? Pastornicky!?!? Maybe not Brooks Conrad 2.0, but it’s close to Brooks Conrad 1.5.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:26 pmThat was great, AAR. Just great for us old farts. I moved up north permanently from Atlanta in 1978 and the Superstation arrived just in time. And how great to hear Skip. I was psyched before… now I’m psyched and nostalgic.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:28 pmMe too, Jonathan.
In the past decade, we’ve said goodbye to so many old stalwarts.
2002: Tom Glavine
2003: Greg Maddux
2005: Leo Mazzone
2007: Andruw Jones
2007: John Schuerholz
2008: Skip Caray
2008: John Smoltz
2008: Pete Van Wieren
2011: Bobby Cox
2012: Mac Thomason
2012: Chipper Jones
Let’s win this damn game.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:36 pmIn my personal opinion, all eleven of them belong in the Hall of Fame.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:38 pmIf we win today, Game 1 of the NLDS at Turner Field (vs Washington) is Sunday at 3 pm.
Game 2 would be Monday at 4:30 pm.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:40 pmYeah… who was that guy who came back for 13 starts in 2008 claiming to be Tom Glavine? He looked some old Met castoff or something.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:50 pmAnd didn’t Cox actually leave in 2010? 2011 was the year the Braves decided to go without a manager at all… at least in September.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:52 pmOh, er, uh, yeah. 2010.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:57 pm9- Oh, I wish. I’m sure Chipper and Tim could have put together the lineup and run the pitching staff well enough to hold on. Good thing Fredlot has a learning curve. Sort of.
October 5th, 2012 at 2:14 pmI was nine years old in 1982, and that Atlanta Braves team was my first true love. Sure, my heart was broken, but I don’t blame them. To this day, and for the rest of my life, I will hate, with the intensity of a thousand suns, the mother-fu@king St. Louis Cardinals.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:15 pmBuried in an interesting article on hitting coaches at Fangraphs is this nugget about Francoeur:
“For Francoeur specifically, jump to about the 11-minute mark when they start discussing Francoeur. Seitzer says that once Francoeur started hitting behind Billy Butler, he got frustrated because he knew that Butler couldn’t take the extra base or whatever, so he started swinging harder to try and drive him in. That threw Francoeur’s swing off or something and just made the slump worse. I am not making this up. There is more good stuff, like something about Seitzer saying he asked Francoeur if it would help if he hit Frenchy in the head with a bat or something. I guess, deep down, Seitzer is just like every other 2012 Royals fan.”
October 5th, 2012 at 3:39 pmDamn, I am excited!
October 5th, 2012 at 3:42 pmI was looking at Francoeur’s career stats earlier today. They are mind boggling. I feel so bad for Dan Ford. Everyone must think he was as bad as Frenchy.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:56 pm15- I feel bad for Billy Butler. According to Baseball-Reference’s Fan EloRater, people think Francoeur is a better player than Butler, even though Butler has three more WAR (9.5 to 6.6) in a shorter career.
October 5th, 2012 at 4:27 pmReally trying hard to enjoy the moment.
Nope. I’m in High Fret and will stay there ’til it’s over.
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Btw, did y’all know that when Medlen was a freshman in HS he was 5’1″ and weighed 97 pounds?
October 5th, 2012 at 4:34 pmNope. I’m in High Fret and will stay there ’til it’s over.
Relax. The Orioles are starting Nate McLouth in left for their game tonight.
October 5th, 2012 at 4:40 pmThe depth chart at SS goes Simmons > Prado > Pastornicky. This is why Fredi went with Hinske (LF) instead of Francisco (3B.)
October 5th, 2012 at 4:42 pmJust glad that LaRussa isn’t there to manage circles around Fredi. He would love this game with the special one-day rosters.
October 5th, 2012 at 4:46 pmDoesn’t Baker play LF too? I’m pretty sure I remember seeing him out there at least. In a battle of non-hitters I think I’d honestly rather have him in left than Hinske.
October 5th, 2012 at 4:59 pmYeah, phone broadcast started. It’s on.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:00 pmThree pitch strikeout. Nice start.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:10 pm1 down, 26 to go.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:10 pmHolliday didn’t try to get out of the way.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:12 pmAnd there goes the perfect game. Good job, Medlen. Geez.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:12 pmGood inning, Medlen!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:13 pmGreat start. Nothing eventful!!! Medlen looks cool!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:15 pmWould love to see the Braves make this a laugher over the Cardinals.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:17 pmBoy, Craig looks like me out there.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:19 pmJASON! WHAT A CATCH!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:25 pmPhew
October 5th, 2012 at 5:25 pmWow!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:25 pmOne for the highlight reel. Nice.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:26 pmWish this game wasnt blacked out, sounded like a great catch.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:29 pmYeah, as far as MLB knows, I’m watching this from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:30 pmNah, Jason made it look much more difficult than it was
October 5th, 2012 at 5:32 pmHow is Kyle Lohse striking this many Braves out?
October 5th, 2012 at 5:36 pmCome on, Lohse isn’t supposed to be some kind of big strikeout pitcher…
October 5th, 2012 at 5:36 pmAm I stupid or is the camera angle different than the FSS broadcasts?
October 5th, 2012 at 5:38 pmROSS IS BOSS!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmGOOOH MY GOD
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmROSS!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmBoss. David Boss!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmBrian who?
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmHe threw him the same pitch!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmAwesome. Thanks for the timeout.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pmHm, quite a decent decision of Fredi to start Ross…
October 5th, 2012 at 5:42 pmI LOVE FREDI!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:42 pmROSS!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:42 pmDAVID F. ROSS!!!!!!!!
FREDI F. GONZALEZ!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:42 pmHuge!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:42 pmFredi, you genius!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:43 pmDAVID ROSS
October 5th, 2012 at 5:43 pmGame on everyone
October 5th, 2012 at 5:44 pmDavid Ross. The best catcher in postseason baseball.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:45 pmWe heard that shot from 5 time zones away!!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:45 pmIt’ll be better when McCann hits a pinch hit homer later
October 5th, 2012 at 5:46 pmRoss!!! Awesome! Gotta get on a plane now; time to put my trust in Medlen and the bullpen.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:46 pmROSSY!
October 5th, 2012 at 5:48 pmVery important shut down inning after scoring.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:52 pmMed Dog! Carving! I fucking love this guy.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:53 pm1/3 of the way. Would love to see more runs.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:54 pmBunting with a .300 hitter.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:57 pm“Fredi Gonzalez” is trending on Twitter.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:57 pmAnd it’s not “Fredi Gonzalez fired” which was everyone’s wish at the start of the season.
October 5th, 2012 at 5:59 pmLARRY!!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:06 pmUgh, Chipper.
And I think Martin was bunting on his own.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:06 pmG’damn
October 5th, 2012 at 6:06 pmFreaking hell, Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:06 pmOh, Chipper. Turning into Brooks Conrad is not the way to go out.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:06 pmMedlen falling behind now. Uh-oh.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:07 pmugly
October 5th, 2012 at 6:08 pmAnd Medlen is not getting ahead of these hitters.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:08 pmChipper probably just cost the Braves this game.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:09 pmIf we lose this game I’m blaming it on Chipper. I mean, that’s back breaking. Double play ball turning into runners on the corners, no outs. Dammit.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:09 pmThis is why we’re carrying three starters, right?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:09 pmTurning two outs into none is often not optimal.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:09 pm@74 well, maybe they should go ahead and play the last 6 innings just in case
October 5th, 2012 at 6:10 pmThis is not going well…
October 5th, 2012 at 6:11 pmMedlen actually hasn’t looked sharp.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:12 pm2-0 after this inning is now, at least, 3-2 after this inning. Thanks Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:12 pm@80 Doesn’t change the fact that there’s 0 runs instead of three this inning without Chipper’s mistake.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:12 pmWhat a shitty way to go out. We’ve got to pick him up.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:13 pmMedlen has looked fine. Chipper just cost him three runs.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:14 pmAnyone else experiencing weird sound on TBS? And also, that inning didn’t look right.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:14 pmWhat a catastrophic error.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:15 pmWhat the heck just happened? I hope Chipper does something to get back the lead. I can’t imagine ending a career by costing your team their only chance at the playoffs.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:17 pmWhy was Bourn so out of position to make a decent throw? Did he know there was only one out?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:17 pmSeriously, that play is going to be a big part of Chipper’s legacy unless something happens.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmRoss is going to have to win the game himself.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmRoss finds a new way to be boss.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmThat is the most hilarious moment of the game. The slowest guy on the team with a bunt single.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmI am truly, madly, deeply in love with David Ross.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmRossy making pancakes out there.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pmABE!!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmOh Rossy, I love you.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmWat? Interference? Wat?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmKnew that was going to happen, it was blatant.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmWhy is Simmons bunting anyway??
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmWTF?!?!?!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmAndrelton, WTF?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmOh, it’s a good call. Crap.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:21 pmWhat else can go wrong?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:22 pmShould pinch-hit for Medlen, here.
…if we had any half-decent left-handed hitting options, anyway.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:22 pmWhy the hell was he bunting?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:22 pmWhy in the world was he bunting?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:22 pmThat was our chance to get back into it right there!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:23 pmWe’re just giving away outs.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:23 pmBraves 2, Brain Sprains 4. At least.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:23 pmAgree with pinch hitting for Medlen here. It’s a one game playoff, you throw out everybody when you have a scoring chance.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:23 pmExtremely stupid baseball.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:23 pmThat may be the single dumbest decision I’ve ever seen a baseball player make.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:24 pmWhy the hell is Simmons bunting?? FFS
October 5th, 2012 at 6:24 pmSimmons Simmons Simmons…..
October 5th, 2012 at 6:24 pmWas Simmons thinking Medlen was supposed to drive ‘em in?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:24 pmWell I just went from screaming jubilation to quite sobbing in record time.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:25 pmWe’re toast.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:25 pmBraves self-destructing. Not sure I agree with letting Medlen hit there either.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:25 pmSeptember 2011 condensed into one game.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:25 pmStupid play and a good call
October 5th, 2012 at 6:25 pmMaybe someone missed a sign and Simmons thought it was a squeeze.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:26 pmSon of a bitch.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:26 pmHoly hell in a hand basket! I am now dumber because of Andelton Simmons.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:26 pmThere’s still plenty of time.
But seeing brain-dead play is not encouraging.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:26 pmI think Simmons fell in love with Ross.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:26 pmDumb, but there’s plenty of time to come back.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:27 pmSo Fredi told Simmons to squeeze, according to Gonzalez himself.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:27 pmFredi make the bunt call. Of course.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:27 pmSo… Fredi put that squeeze on earlier. Really, Fredi?! WTF.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmDid Fredi really call a safety squeeze, or is he just covering for his young shortstop?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmAnnouncers just said Fredi called that bunt with Simmons. Why? What the hell is he thinking bunting in front of the pitcher?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmAnd thus Fredi undoes all the progress he made this season.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmTold y’all. Frediot is back!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmAnnouncer just said Freddi called a safety squeeze on the Simmons play. Wasn’t Simmons fault.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmI hope Fredi is taking the heat for now.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmAwesome
October 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pmBad time for the return of Frediot…
October 5th, 2012 at 6:29 pmSo now that I know Fredi called the safety squeeze, I am more annoyed but far less surprised
October 5th, 2012 at 6:29 pmFreddie wasn’t running. I think Simmons did it on his own and Fredi is covering.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:29 pmThe call would make absolutely no sense if you don’t do it to score a run, and Freeman wasn’t going.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:30 pmLet’s get that run back guys.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:31 pm#140
October 5th, 2012 at 6:31 pmOn a safety squeeze, the runner waits to see where the bunt goes before he fully breaks for the plate.
I think Fredi is just protecting his player.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:31 pmThe question remain: why would Simmons bunt if not for a squeeze? There isn’t even a dumb reason to bunt on your own.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:31 pm@143 You wouldn’t call a safety squeeze with a guy as slow as Freeman at third.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:32 pmWhy in the world would you call a squeeze here, with the pitcher coming up and Simmons having enough speed to beat out a double play !?!?! I take everything good back that I ever said about Fredi
October 5th, 2012 at 6:32 pm@140 That’s exactly what I think.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:33 pmOut-hitting them 5-2 and down by a run.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:33 pmI don’t think Simmons did that on his own, but he knew he put down a bad one that Freddie couldn’t run on, so swerved into the lane hoping to make something happen.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:33 pmKellogg’s strike zone is rather inconsistent.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:34 pmRight, so you guys think Simmons is more likely to be an idiot than Fredi?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:34 pmHow many things can go wrong in this game?
October 5th, 2012 at 6:34 pmDamn, Braves get no breaks
October 5th, 2012 at 6:35 pm@152 Do I think a rookie kid in his first playoff game is more likely than a manager to make a dumb decision in game? Of course.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:35 pmI think Fredi called a squeeze.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:39 pm152- “A manager,” yes, but this is Fredlot.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:39 pmSo long optimism.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:40 pm@ 155 Do I think a rookie kid in his first playoff game is more likely than *Fredi Gonzales* to make a dumb decision in game? Ehhhhhhh……
October 5th, 2012 at 6:40 pmBethany, this is Fredi’s first postseason game too. And he has already proven that he is an idiot.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:42 pmWhatever. The same lot of you were praising him less than 24 hours ago. The idea that Fredi called the bunt makes zero sense, but it does make sense for a kid to mimic the strategy of the guy who hit before him.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:44 pmWell, this wasn’t a bad season.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:44 pmAnd there goes any hope.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:44 pmWell, too bad.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:44 pmWe’ll get ‘em next year.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:45 pmWell… The way we have been playing all year that run signals the end of our season unless we can manage more late inning heroics.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:46 pmThat should just about do it
October 5th, 2012 at 6:46 pmDown 2 runs with 4 ABs left isn’t hopeless.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:46 pmThree-run homerun by Ross. I am feeling it.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:47 pmRoss is going to have to win it with three solo homers.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:48 pm“Three-run homerun by Ross. I am feeling it.”
That feeling is just gas.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:48 pmWell, maybe next year will turn out better. Stupid 1-game playoff.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:50 pmI refuse to give up at this point after 162 games.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:50 pmWould be a rather inglorious way for Chipper to go out, but I’d honestly feel better about getting eliminated from the playoffs if it were his fault. At least I wouldn’t have any regrets about his teammates letting him down or whatever.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:50 pmLohse is great. I don’t know what they’re doing with pitchers in St. Louis but it’s impressive.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:50 pmUggla – almost a hero.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:52 pm@170 Thanks, we need humor like that at this kind of moment.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:52 pmMy damn heart stopped. Ugh.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:52 pmStupid Uggla, ruined my prediction.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:53 pmThe Cardinals are going to win the World Series again. To me, they are the most unlikely (and luckiest) team to ever win back-to-back championships. I mean, between the Braves collapsing last year and the rule change that even allowed their lucky asses in this game…I don’t even know what to say.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:53 pmOh perfect. The LaRussa style of bullpen management. THis will be a four-hour game….
October 5th, 2012 at 6:54 pmI’m thinking about our offense next year and it makes me want to die or forget that baseball exists.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:54 pm@173 was just saying the same thing
October 5th, 2012 at 6:54 pm181—Leading off and playing center field…JOSE CONSTANZA!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 6:55 pmRoss wasn’t quite boss enough. We need to move the fences in.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:56 pmI hate the Cardinals.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:56 pm@183 Oh god, kill me.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:57 pmMatheny is managing this game smartly. Jealous.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:57 pm@173—I had the same thought. This would be a terrible way for Chipper to go out, but at least you can pretty directly pin it on him.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:58 pmThis game is so playoff braves.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:58 pmAlright, empty the tank, Medlen.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:59 pm@189 Yeap, one error ruins everything.
October 5th, 2012 at 6:59 pmWhy is Medlen still pitching?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmJeeeez….
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmConrad is watching.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmWonderful.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmThe Barves.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmMake that two errors.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmUggla decided that Chipper was having all the fun.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pmThat should have been a K.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:03 pmJesus, Mary and Joseph
October 5th, 2012 at 7:03 pm@192 That’s not even the issue. The defense is throwing the game away.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:03 pmThanks Kris. You gave us everything. It’s not your fault today.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:04 pmMedlen should have come out after five–not that he has pitched that badly or that Uggla’s error is his fault–but he never should have faced the lineup a third time. I was afraid of Fredi not understanding the optimal strategy for a single game playoff, and it’s turning out to be true.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:04 pm201—Uh, crappy managing is most certainly an issue with which I’m concerned. I wasn’t assigning the blame for this game or inning to Medlen’s being on the mound, just asking what the reason to have him still on the mound would be.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:05 pmSo THIS is the freaking game that stops Medlen’s record?
I’ve seen this movie before, and it sucks. It got 0% on Rotten Tomatoes when viewed by Braves fans.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:06 pmWell, at least it’s Durbin… Ugh. Now isn’t the time to clear the bench
October 5th, 2012 at 7:07 pm@204 I don’t have much faith beyond EOF and Kimbrel. I bet Fredi is feeling the same way.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:07 pmWell, if I’d known Durbin was the backup plan, I wouldn’t have requested that Medlen come out…
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmlolBraves
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmOf course. Now Freeman just needs to boot one to fit in.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmYou are shitting me.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pm5 runs on 3 hits and no walks.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmI can’t watch this anymore.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmImploding.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmSimmons also having a helluva game
October 5th, 2012 at 7:08 pmMakes that three.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pmHaven’t seen this kind of defensive meltdown in a while.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pm208- Oh yes. Thanks for reminding me. At least we won’t ever have to see him again after today. Please, please, please.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pmFuck this.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pmHow many of you still think it was Fredi?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pm207—So why not go to EOF or Kimbrel? Or Minor or Hudson?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pmNow it’s game over.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pmAgain: September 2011 condensed into one game.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pm@217 Since last September you mean?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pmI think the correct strategy should be walking the guy and playing for the double play.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pmWhy do the Braves play like little leaguers every time they make the postseason?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pmWell, time to enjoy the last three innings of Chipper in a Braves uni.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pmChoking top to bottom.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pmDidn’t know it was Brooks Conrad Day at the Ted.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:10 pm@221 Yeah, it is the game that you don”t need to save any bullets.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:11 pm@226 We have been so used to it.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:12 pmwhat a showing from the braves d today. sickening.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:13 pmChoketober
October 5th, 2012 at 7:13 pmJust call the game…
October 5th, 2012 at 7:13 pmI like the way the Cards are playing.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:13 pmlol, how can you do anything but laugh at this point?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:14 pmJust pathetic. Go dawgs.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:14 pmThis is why we choke!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:14 pmToday is the Braves post season history in a nutshell… Bad breaks and bonehead plays
October 5th, 2012 at 7:15 pmNow Simmons decides to look competent, now that the game’s out of hand.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:15 pmThe Braves still have three innings to turn it around.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:15 pmOh, there’s the double play I was talking about, ha.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:16 pmIt’s truly amazing how much I can hate and love one thing at the same time.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:17 pm@239 Or decent pitching performance, bunch of errors, and silent bats.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:17 pmWhat a crappy way to end the season.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:17 pmI feel like Q*bert right now.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:18 pmBasically, every run the Cards have scored, except the HR, is a direct result of miscue.
Let it rip, boys…
Can’t get a lot worse.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:18 pmMaking so many errors so that Chipper’s wasn’t decisive anymore was not what we meant by picking him up, guys.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:19 pmSomething wrong with me, I am starting to miss Janish.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:19 pmDon’t press. Just find a way to get on base. Singles.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:20 pmLooks like Georgia boys want to blow this popsicle stand and go hunting.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:20 pmChipper making the error that caused that entire inning full of fail was like Superman getting punched and bleeding after he didn’t have any powers. It just took the wind out of their sails and demoralized them.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:20 pmWE JUST NEED SIX MORE OF THOSE, GUYS!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:23 pmI forget what to say here… Woohaay? Woo par?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:23 pmWay to go George.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:23 pmSesame Street said that today’s game was brought to you by the letter E and the numbers 4, 5, and 6.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:23 pmHahaha, 256
October 5th, 2012 at 7:26 pmPrado didn’t get the memo that our infielders wrote about the tee times on Sunday.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:27 pmSo, so far, our bench players are the heart of our offense tonight.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:28 pmHope is dangerous.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:29 pmHoly wow at this guy’s surname.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pmThis is awful. I have defended the braves against the “chokers” tag since 1996. I think I’m done.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pmThis is probably it for Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pmBlast time, Chipper (or a single)…
October 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pmCome on, Larry…
October 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pmTime for redemption
October 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pmThis could be Chipper’s last at bat ever. Bring it.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pm260- Now we really are screwed.
261- He’s nicknamed Scrabble for obvious reasons.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pmChipper. We love you no matter what.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pmMeek groundout to second. Thus the legend dies.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmThe first pitch, Chipper? THE FIRST PITCH???????
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmNo one to blame but himself…
Still gonna miss him like crazy.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pm(Sound of air going out of room…)
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmWow… Chipper. Did you give up already?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmMake him work a little, Chip.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmI’d retire too, if I was playing today like Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmThat wasn’t even worth standing up for.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:32 pmChipper not really doing much to make this a storybook finish
October 5th, 2012 at 7:33 pmHe had his chance.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:33 pmShouldn’t prado have scored on heyward’s hit? That hung in the air forever.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:33 pmI’ll feel differently tomorrow, but tonight? Screw Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:33 pmSeriously, If this one-game crap is all we get after 4 months, then why even have a regular season? Let’s just play a round robin with every team in the league in april and then start the playoffs in May. It would be so exciting! It would entertain the “fans”! It makes about as much sense.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:34 pmFucking depressing. Good bye, Chipper. Wish we could have seen more of you.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:35 pmWow, we have nine hits. Oh, nice play Chipper. Just too many innings too late.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:36 pmOf all the innings to bring in EOF, this isn’t it. These guys kill lefties.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:36 pmIf that is how a HOF career ends, it has to be the most anitclamatic ending it could have after the way this season shaped up.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:37 pm@259 Should have started Francisco at 3B..
October 5th, 2012 at 7:37 pmWow, I think Alex Gonzalez would have got to that grounder, Simmons.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:38 pmLeaving liquor behind, moving to the harder stuff.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:38 pmFredi has no idea what he’s doing in this game.
Then again, neither do many of his players.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:38 pmRelease Uggla as soon as this game ends.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pmAgain, a belated display of competence. Although Uggla did try to inflate his error count.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pmI hate Uggla.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pm@289 He was hoping for a complete game shutout from Medlen.
Geez, Uggla was trying very hard to throw balls away.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pmMore Adventures in Fielding.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:40 pmIt’s hard to imagine this game being any uglier, but it absolutely would be if we didn’t have such a great first baseman.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:40 pmJeez. Can you imagine Uggla’s defensive numbers if Freeman weren’t so great? What an awful arm.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:40 pmThat’s Uggla at 2B? I thought it was Chuck Knoblauch.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:41 pm@289 Agree completely. He’s not the reason they’re losing, but he is managing very poorly. Kimbrel will now pitch the 9th, the inning with the lowest leverage index in this game. Insanity.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmUggla must had dinner with Conrad last night.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmI will spend the entire offseason criticizing Fredi’s bullpen management.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmNah, Knoblauch was a better hitter.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmThe Dodgers will want to upgrade at 2B. Right? Right?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmWhatever happens tonight, I’ll always love Freeman for the hard facetag on Molina.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pmThe fans are very good today.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pmWas about to say something derogatory about Dan Knoblugglauch. I see the point was made.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pmThe Curse of Brooks Conrad.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pmProud of Freddie today.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:45 pmI honestly love postseason baseball, the Braves just aren’t very good at it.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:46 pmUggla, not so much, although at least he busted it down the line.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:46 pmThree more years of this.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:47 pmI absolutely hate Uggla.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:47 pmToo bad all scenarios that lead to the Braves not owing Knobluggla 13 million in 2014 result in his untimely demise. Except maybe the Mayan calendar.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:47 pmIf we get out of this, I want everything drinking whatever Ross had this afternoon.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmRoss seems to be the only one who showed up.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmScrew it, give Ross all of the money.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmNo pinch runner for Ross?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmRally time?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmfirst pitch swinging.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmidiot
Bunt, no?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmWe should have started the whole bench today.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:48 pmI’m just glad Simmons isn’t bunting.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:49 pmThe problem with this new WC format is that you have the pressure of game 7 without your guys having the chance to get any playoff experience. Doesn’t excuse Chipper, but it’s true.
The Cardinals are not beating the Braves right now. The Braves are beating the Braves.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:50 pmDare I hope that our ineptitude is infectious?
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmWow.
Your turn, Cards.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmPlease McCann…
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmTHIS BETTER NOT BE A TEASE.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmFor the love of god, atlanta, make this count.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmBULLSHIT!!!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmWHAT THE SH**?!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmInfield fly????
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmInfield fly rule to LF.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmWHAT?! How can they call infield fly?!?!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:51 pmI didn’t mean infecting the umps, you Goddamn idiots!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:52 pmI can not believe it.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:52 pmno way
October 5th, 2012 at 7:52 pmApparently we’ve got replacement umps.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:53 pmThat was not a “routine” fly ball.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:53 pmWorst game in history.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:53 pmYou know what’s embarassing? Holbrook’s life.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:53 pm@288 That made me laugh. I needed that.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:53 pmI don’t blame the fans. Keep throwing them.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:54 pmWhatever. I applaud. Fuck Sam Holbrook or whatever his name is.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:54 pmworst call of the season
October 5th, 2012 at 7:54 pmHow can. An outfield umpire apply an infield fly rule? Ridiculous.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmit was 100 feet in the outfield
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmForget Simpson, I’d throw junk on the field too. It’s not embarrassing to Atlanta fans, it’s embarrassing to baseball. “Infield fly” in left frickin’ field.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmEmbarrassing for Atlanta fans? Fuck that! Embarrassing for the umpires. This is the worst.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmWhat the fuck? That’s fucking awful
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmNot the best start for a new playoff format.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmWorst call ever. Unbelievable!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:55 pmIs there no way that can be overturned? He called it after it was clear the players weren’t going to catch it.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:56 pmNot close enough to Holbrook, IMO.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:57 pmBaseball god really hates us.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:57 pmEither the fans or Ross are the best part about this game.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:57 pmThat’s a very efficient cleaning job.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmThe fix is on. Umpire’s hand didn’t go up until the SS bailed on the play. This is so fixed!
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pm“…and heeeere come the pretzels”
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmI dont even know how to react to that awful call,
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmI am just sad.
As if this game couldn’t get worse…If this is Chipper’s last, it will be memorable for all the wrong reasons.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmI still say the fans are very good today.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmWow….
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmEmbarrasing my A$$ …Im surprises Fredi didn’t rip up a few bases Bobby surely would I’m so mad this is unbelievable
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pmI’m done with baseball. I can’t bear this crap any longer. Good night, all.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:59 pmCoca-Cola needs to reroute their production machines to just launch the bottles at the Turner Field pitcher’s mound.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:59 pmAwful. Just Awful. Little league umpires could do better. The replacement umpires from football are AVAILABLE!
October 5th, 2012 at 8:00 pmWhat a way to christen the new, first ever MLB wild card game.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:00 pmShut the fuck up, Joe. The umps are the embarassment. If I was there I’d be throwing shit, too.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:01 pmDarling just made a good point. Is it too late for Fredi to protest the game?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:01 pmFuck you, Joe Simpson.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:02 pmF— you, Simpson. The umpires are the ones that need to be embarrassed right now.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:02 pmShut the f&ck up Joe.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:02 pmFirst time Atlanta fans have impacted a game in about 20 years, by the way.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:02 pmI cannot believe that Chipper’s last game is going to end with this BULLSHIT.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:03 pmI am damn proud of the fans. Who says we don’t care?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:03 pmI’m ashamed of Fredi for not getting ejected there.
And I’m not saying people should throw stuff, but I’m certainly *not* upset that there are at least some people there that are fiery mad about the sum of this performance by the Braves and the umps.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:03 pmIf there is a baseball God, he certainly is a Cardinals fan.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:04 pmI can’t even believe this. The Braves were screwing themselves just fine.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:04 pmWorst call since Don Denkinger.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pmI am proud of Fredi.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pmBraves fans have no choice. This call is ridiculous and they paid good money not to be insulted by officiating this bad.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pmBraves fans showed up. The team…not so much. This isn’t enjoyable any more.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pmWhy in god’s name can’t they reverse this? They reverse catches/traps all the time.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pmProblem is the dip$h!t ump not the playoff format.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:06 pmWhat’s happening?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:07 pmMy first thought was that Fredi should have gotten himself tossed out of the game. Now, he’s earned my respect by standing up to this craptastic call.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:07 pmProtest the game, walk off the field, $rew Bud Selig for this mess.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:07 pmThis protest has no chance of being upheld. We need McCann to tie the game up.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:07 pmI still want to know why a pinch runner hasn’t gone in for Ross? I guess Fredi plans on leaving him in after Bmac pinch hits?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:08 pmIs it still delayed? I can’t get updates via phone right now.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:08 pmWait – umpire is on the phone now.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:08 pmI cannot believe we’re getting Eric gregged again.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:08 pmMLB apparently hired the replacement referees.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmEric Gregg, you’re off the hook. I hate Sam Holbrook more.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmYep…at this point the only thing I will accept is for the Braves to walk off the field and let MLB figure it out.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmDebris still being thrown onto the field. That’s the reason for the delay.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmThe umpires deserve all these. This is the fans’ game, and they are just part of the game.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmyes dg, big delay. garbage tossed all over the field
October 5th, 2012 at 8:09 pmRob, Simmons hit a single with two on. Would have been bases loaded, one out. However, the umpire in the outfield calles an INFIELD FLY, even though nobody camped under the ball AND the ball clearly left the infield. Thus two outs, runners on second and third. The Stadium erupted, fans threw whatever they had on the field, mostly cans. They had to clean up the mess, Fredi protested the game, Yet the call stands.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:10 pmWorst call in the history of baseball. The entire fucking history of baseball. Walk off the field and go home. There’s nothing else you can do. Finishing this game would be accepting getting skullfscked. No reason to do that.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:11 pmSo, is the game under official protest or not?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:11 pmSorry, late to the party.
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That is all.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:12 pmVery good managing job by Matheny.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:12 pmYes it is Remy.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:12 pmWe need a little bit of the old BCIB…
October 5th, 2012 at 8:12 pmThank you, buddy.
McCann’s being patient.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:13 pmBall four and a run is in! Oh, wait.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:13 pmDon’t worry, this is only game one. That’s why they have playoff series, to make sure a single call doesn’t destroy an entire season.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:14 pmThat walk would have been a lot sweeter with bases loaded and one out…
October 5th, 2012 at 8:14 pmBe big, Bourn
October 5th, 2012 at 8:14 pm@398, yes.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:16 pmUrgh. We still needed one more hit and didn’t get it.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmDon’t pay him a dime
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmIdiot, swinging.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmNone of the money.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmChoke.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmwe can let Bourn go this offseason.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pmbloom is off his rose after that atbat.
The only chance we had was to walk off the field. This is acceptance.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:18 pmOf course it had to be a no-power hitter coming up.
We could’ve had Prado up there without that damn BS call.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:18 pmThis is sad. Just sad.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:18 pmSeriously, losing a single game against an 88 win team from an incredibly weak division on a blown call is a pretty shitty way to end the year. Who thought this was a good idea?
Then again, we’re all watching it, so they win, I guess.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:19 pmIn Bourn’s defense, those last two pitches were strikes.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:19 pmBourn: 3yrs/24 million. That’s all the money he deserves.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:19 pmI’m so disgusted. Fuck this.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:20 pmWe would lose this game against any team. That’s who we are. But the blown call just makes it that much worse. I would wager that this might be the last ever sellout at Turner Field…but that might just be the beer talking. Fuck.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:21 pmI trust Uggla more than Bourn right now.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:21 pmBourn had a good at bat. He only swung at strikes.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:22 pmDamn, thats a bold statement AAR.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:22 pmPhew, good thing they saved Kimbrel for this important 9th inning.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:22 pmI wish our entire infield hadn’t done their Chuck Knoblauch impression.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:23 pmOh what could’ve been…had it not been for the umpires.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:23 pmI’ll miss you, Kimbrel. Stay the same.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:23 pmCraig, you’re too good for this game. You should get part of all the money!
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmI’d take Bourn playing second with the wrong hand over Uggla .
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmBourn sucks. Uggla sucks. Finding someone in this offense that doesn’t suck is actually pretty damn difficult. When was the last time Freeman or Heyward did anything that was clutch? Ross doesn’t suck. So we got that going for us. Which is nice.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmThis would be a lot easier to swallow if we lost two out of three.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmBeen watching the game in a bar not able to check in on Braves Journal. I’m listening to the last inning on radio. Probably won’t have the heart to read any of the posts in this thread for a while.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmSo, say the protest is upheld, what happens? I know Selig would never let it happen, but I’m curious.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmBest case scenario, Chipper ties this thing this inning. Worst case, he’s the last out of the season. Judging from how this game has gone, I fear I know which scenario is more likely.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:25 pm@431 Freeman hit a HR to clinch the WC.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:25 pmYes, we will always remember Freeman’s WC clinching HR. And Heyward’s opening day. And that time they gave Chipper a surfboard.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:26 pmMuch will be made of the ump’s monumental screw-up, but the story of the game is told in 3 unearned runs.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:26 pm@434, We’d start playing from the point of protest. It’ll never happen.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:27 pmCan’t decide if the Braves’ defense losing this game, or Prado not coming up with a two-run deficit and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning is more infuriating.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:27 pm@438, How is the screw-up any less real than the errors? Do you claim to know what would’ve happened if they made the obvious right call?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:28 pmIf a protest is upheld the game is replayed from the point of the protest, if the protesting team loses.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:28 pmWe have no shot at the protest. The only shot was to walk off the field and go home. Fredi should’ve been arrested for assault and battery, and we should’ve had 500 fans on the field. Instead we’ll just lose.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:29 pmJoe, you idiot. Batting down three with two out and none on isn’t storybook.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:29 pmI can’t believe they’re talking about Yadier Fucking Molina.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:30 pmSomeone in the stands yelled “Infield Fly” when Heyward just popped out. Hilarious. Enough to hear it on TBS.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:30 pmMLB is not going to uphold the protest. They never do. Selig will give his usual half-assed explanation and go into hiding until the anger inevitably dies down.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:30 pmFans were chanting “Infield fly” all through Kimbrel’s two FB outs.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:31 pm@441 – oh, it’s too real, but the defense failed to perform even close to expected norms.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:32 pmOh hope, you evil bitch.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:32 pmWell, that’s nice.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:32 pmwow – make up call
October 5th, 2012 at 8:32 pmYeah. Freddie’s not clutch at all.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmPlease drill Uggla in the back and let the game hinge on Ross.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmfreeman = clutch hit
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmNo, they can’t tease us like this again. Tying run at the plate? Really? What’s going to happen this time?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmAnother IF fly?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmThird straight inning with men on 2nd and 3rd, 2 out.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pm3 all or nuthin’ swings coming.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:34 pmSigh. Uggla.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:34 pmNo, it won’t be upheld, but that’s what would happen.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:34 pmThat Freeman fly ball was a missed infield fly out.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:35 pmI was worried about the offense today but that has been the least of our problems. Tying run on again.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:35 pmHorrid call or not, you cannot drop the ball all over the field & expect to win a game like this.
Bottom’s up…
October 5th, 2012 at 8:36 pmThank you, Chipper.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:36 pmA trashy end to Chipper’s career.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:36 pmI’ve had about all of this that I can take. I say we become the world’s biggest Nationals fans for the next week.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:36 pmYeah, one game playoff. Great idea.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:37 pmThank you, Chipper.
Wren, now what?
October 5th, 2012 at 8:38 pmLife is a ball game, being played each day
October 5th, 2012 at 8:38 pmGonna miss watching Larry Wayne swing a bat.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:39 pmI couldn’t have imagined a worse way to lose.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:39 pmThanks Chipper. Thanks to all here for continuing the best blog on the internet.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:39 pmI never want to hear Joe Simpson’s self-righteous, self-serving voice again.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:39 pmWell, it’s not the Cardinals’ fault. Nor can you blame the rules, they are what they are. The umpires blew it, and so did the Braves. Whenever it matters, we lose. Simple as that.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:39 pmI hope something equally shitty happens in the late game. There’s a reason playoff matchups are series.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:40 pmNo native Atlantan really expected to win this game. But I’ll admit to being surprised as to how we lost. Wow. I think I’ve run out of give-a-shit. Go Nationals.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:40 pmThis is 3 years in a row of crappy endings. You could argue that Braves beat themselves in 2010, 2011, 2012. This blows.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:40 pmBraves lose again. Big surprise.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:41 pmI sure hope Sam Holbrook’s house doesn’t burn down tonight. Would be a real shame for someone who I’m sure is a real standup guy.
That wasn’t sarcasm, by the way.
Neither was that.
OK, the third one might have been sarcasm.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:43 pmAnd the most miserable sports city in the country just became more miserable.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:43 pm@467
Count me in. The Nats just became my favorite team until next season.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:44 pmEvidently, MLB’s twitter account tagline used to be “We don’t understand the infield fly rule, either.”
Now it’s gone…
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October 5th, 2012 at 8:44 pmThis team hasn’t won a playoff in 11 years. We would have been better served just sucking and piling up a decade of top draft picks.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:45 pmI’m rooting for the Nationals, and any other team playing the Cardinals. I will dance on their graves when they’re eliminated.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:45 pmOutfield fly rule (imho)
October 5th, 2012 at 8:46 pmWould be even worse if Dan Uggla was being hosted at the house for dinner as some form of reconciliation for a soft focus ESPN OTL special. Not that they’d have any reason to invite Dan Uggla since he had nothing to do with the play in question. Just saying it would be worse.
Not sarcasm.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:47 pmI fucking hate the Cardinals. Team full of douches.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:47 pmIt’s not the Cardinals fault. They didn’t make a gazillion errors and leave 20 runners stranded. However, rooting for the Nationals makes some sense. I guess. I think I’m just gonna root for the A’s since I bet not 1 in 100000 people could name 5 players on their team.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:48 pmI’m hoping for a Beltway Series.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:49 pm12 LOB (Cards had 2)
4 unearned runs.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:49 pmI would love it if they actually took this game seriously and upheld the protest.
There has to be some kind of tipping point where MLB will start to lose fans with these playoff structure shenanigans.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:50 pmAnd a dbag ump …
October 5th, 2012 at 8:51 pmMLB already denied the protest. Screw this, I’m not sure I can watch baseball after this.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:51 pmJayson Stark @jaysonst
October 5th, 2012 at 8:52 pmFredi Gonzalez says protest already has been denied by MLB.
Fyi – the protest has already been denied as I understand it.
I think it was ruled on before they resumed play.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:53 pmReddick
Cespesdes
Ugh. I can picture a couple of those super young awesome starting pitchers, but …
Crisp, there’s another…
McCarthy, he’s hurt, but he’s one.
And that’s it. Well played, @491
October 5th, 2012 at 8:53 pmI suppose the one high-profile person who’s in perfect position to air out MLB is Chipper. Here’s hoping he does.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:54 pmEven if the call isn’t made, do you really think this team would have gotten a key hit? They were going to figure out a way to lose regardless. And, maybe this is actually a more fitting way for Chipper to go out since the Braves spent most of his career figuring out ways to lose playoff games. If this was a series, I’m sure the Braves would have lost.
But I hate the Cardinals. I will now go to the playoff game here and gladly root against the scumbag Cardinals.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:54 pmJarrod Parker, Dan Straily, Ryan Cook, Derek Norris, Josh Donaldson!!!
October 5th, 2012 at 8:55 pmThere has to be some kind of tipping point where MLB will start to lose fans with these playoff structure shenanigans.
Dude, the NFL hasn’t lost any fans yet. MLB is unassailable.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:58 pmWhy do people hate the Cardinals? It’s not like their fans throw batteries at the players.
I hate this format. I hate having teams 7 games over .500 in the playoffs after playing an unbalanced schedule in a division with two 100 loss teams. I hate that one blown call can send a team home because there’s only one game. I hate that legitimate protests are never seriously considered.
The problems here are MLB problems. I have no problem with the team that happens to benefit.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:59 pmI don’t know who those people are!!!
Lol. Ah well. This is Atlanta sports. Embrace it. There’s always next year.
October 5th, 2012 at 8:59 pmYou know, I think I might miss Mac the most this time of year. He was the perfect administrator of the Braves Journal support group.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:05 pmI’m tired of the Cardinals’ Red Brick Road. How lucky is this team? Braves collapse is the only reason they get into the postseason in 2011. MLB changing its rules is the only reason they get into the playoffs this year. Holbrook thinking a ball fifty feet out of the infield is on the infield. As Olney wrote on Twitter:
“Nelson Cruz now wondering why infield fly wasn’t call on David Freese’s game-tying hit in Game 6 last year.”
Everything on a silver platter for this team.
Go Nationals.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:05 pmThe game of baseball is awesome. Major League Baseball, however, not so much.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:06 pmThe Cardinals are like the NY Giants. Fuck around during the season, squeeze into the playoffs and get hot. I hate this-it’s not just that the Braves lost; it’s that the regular season means nothing. I hate it when it happens in the NCAA tournament.
This was totally predictable when they came up with this structure. But I guess Bud is happy.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:07 pmFuck this game (as in today’s game, not baseball in general). Fuck shitty umpires with massive egos and the union that protects them. And Fuck MLB and the spineless cowards in the front office that won’t stand up to them.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:09 pmThe regular season will always mean nothing to all but one team…unless you just want them to stop playing at the end of the season and give out trophies.
Honestly, I thought this was an 85 win team at best. And I still think that. Our offense is terrible. We overachieved for a good part of the year. But there’s lots of teams better than us. One of them will win the World Series. As long as it’s not the Yankees then I can deal with that.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:13 pmSo I just got in. Guess I saw all the good bits?
October 5th, 2012 at 9:14 pm@506, We need a “Where do we go from here?” post, stat.
I don’t object to losing a one-game elimination contest. It’s the umpiring that’s beyond insulting.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:16 pmThe A’s are good–Griffin and Parker are great, and they may be getting Anderson back. The bullpen is sick. And the Carter/Cespedes/Reddick/Moss group is very good, while Smith, Crisp, and Drew are solid complementary pieces.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:18 pmGo A’s!
October 5th, 2012 at 9:18 pmI just have this feeling that the Cardinals are going to make another run. And I hate that. They should not even be in the playoffs.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:23 pmAll I know is that this game sucked and that I totally despise all of our announcers. The best part of tonight was the fans throwing stuff. That was the only bright spot in an otherwise complete and total choke-fest.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:28 pmIs it possible this was the 2012 disaster the Mayan calendar was talking about?
October 5th, 2012 at 9:35 pm“I just have this feeling that the Cardinals are going to make another run. And I hate that. They should not even be in the playoffs.”
Maybe Selig can expand the playoffs to eight teams per league this offseason, and the Cardinals can get in with the eighth-best record in 2013.
October 5th, 2012 at 9:51 pmRecapped.
October 5th, 2012 at 10:11 pm