Braves

[Matty Dispatch]

Hey every time you start a thread to say we are about to fall apart we go on a winning streak. Good thinking to start one now.

[msstate7]

Hey every time you start a thread to say we are about to fall apart we go on a winning streak. Good thinking to start one now.

The positive one last time certainly didn't work. I bought tix for September 22nd, and have a feeling I'll get to see the Phillies dog pile

[ScoobaDawg]

Well now you don't have to start another new thread... this season

[msstate7]

Noone cares. They suck. Damnit why did you make ANOTHER thread...

Thanks. The one you moved this to had over 5000 views, so apparently someone does care

[ScoobaDawg]

Thanks. The one you moved this to had over 5000 views, so apparently someone does care

Ugh no. I merged about a dozen threads you have posted this season. So not exactly.

[Matty Dispatch]

Ugh no. I merged about a dozen threads you have posted this season. So not exactly.

There are at least a dozen people on this board who post on the Braves threads. I click on them every time I come to this board, and maybe only one or two State threads.

[msstate7]

This is a huge series with the dbacks now. Obviously I overreacted to this loss, but this it's a must we at least get a split with the dbacks. Really need some help from marlins and Mets this week.

[Matty Dispatch]

Up 2.5 games with 23 games to play - 6 of them vs. the Phillies. Let's just assume that out of those six games it's a 3-3 split. In the other 17 games the Braves play, if they just went 9-8 it would mean the Phillies would have to go 12-6 in their other 18 remaining games for a tie. Despite the recent losses we're still in the driver's seat....just play .500 ball on this west coast trip and it should be fine.

[KOdawg1]

How in the holy crap did we blow a 7-1 lead? I know it's the Red Sox but damn

[Political Hack]

Went Monday. Brutal. Sox did to the Braves what the braves had been doing to everyone else. Granted they were starting a rookie in his 2nd appearance on the mound, but the Sox were still impressive.

[msstate7]

Went Monday. Brutal. Sox did to the Braves what the braves had been doing to everyone else. Granted they were starting a rookie in his 2nd appearance on the mound, but the Sox were still impressive.

They're damn good. I didn't get upset about 1st 2 losses, but today was awful. Can't wait to get back to suntrust

[Tbonewannabe]

Went Monday. Brutal. Sox did to the Braves what the braves had been doing to everyone else. Granted they were starting a rookie in his 2nd appearance on the mound, but the Sox were still impressive.

The Sox are on one of the best runs in recent memory. It is crazy when a guy who could possibly win the Triple Crown might not even be your best player if you take into account how good Betts is defensively. I really didn't expect anything against the Red Sox.

[MaroonFlounder]

This Braves team could be special if they had a bullpen.

[shoeless joe]

Reality is that this team is built for next year. Especially on the mound. This year is just gravy. I've said since day 1 that I thought they'd be in the hunt but fall short. Lookin like I may have been correct but they've got a legit shot to win it and have the second best record in the NL. But gonna hafta figger somethin out against good teams.

[msstate7]

Thank you, marlins. Braves have 3 game lead with 23 games to go

[Matty Dispatch]

Reality is that this team is built for next year. Especially on the mound. This year is just gravy. I've said since day 1 that I thought they'd be in the hunt but fall short. Lookin like I may have been correct but they've got a legit shot to win it and have the second best record in the NL. But gonna hafta figger somethin out against good teams.

With all this young pitching and young position players, it's hard to envision a scenario aren't better in 2019 and then better than that in 2020. The great thing about this year is they are experiencing a pennant race which will hopefully result in some postseason play. Getting than opportunity, together, in advance of 2019 and 2020 when they should be really good will only help.

I could see this season going like the MSU baseball season did. A team of upstarts with a ton of youngsters barely gets into the playoffs, makes a run, then gets crushed by a superior team in the World Series. If that's what happens the NL playoffs would be fun to watch for the first time in forever.

[msstate7]

Not sure who all stayed up last night, but I did. It was worth it. Outstanding game between 2 teams fighting for the playoffs. Really impressed by the braves putting a horrific loss behind them so quickly to win a tough road game. Need to do it again tonight... come on, gausman

[MetEdDawg]

Game was crazy but we blew another lead. Got lucky on the wild pitch scoring Swanson but sometimes you have to have that kind of break to win a game. I still have no idea why Sam Freeman, who has a 1.5 WHIP, is still on this team. Every time he comes in he's averaging at least one base runner per appearance, and at least half the time he's allowing 2. That just can't happen from a reliever.

This is not going to look pretty over these last 22 games. The majority of this team has never played meaningful September games, so there's going to be a learning curve here, especially against some of these teams that have quite of bit of playoff experience. Good thing is that the Phillies are in virtually the same spot and suck worse than we have over the last 10-15 games. Hopefully we can get settled in and have a strong stretch run. Need Freeman and Markakis to get back to their May-June hitting.

[Matty Dispatch]

Game was crazy but we blew another lead. Got lucky on the wild pitch scoring Swanson but sometimes you have to have that kind of break to win a game. I still have no idea why Sam Freeman, who has a 1.5 WHIP, is still on this team. Every time he comes in he's averaging at least one base runner per appearance, and at least half the time he's allowing 2. That just can't happen from a reliever.

This is not going to look pretty over these last 22 games. The majority of this team has never played meaningful September games, so there's going to be a learning curve here, especially against some of these teams that have quite of bit of playoff experience. Good thing is that the Phillies are in virtually the same spot and suck worse than we have over the last 10-15 games. Hopefully we can get settled in and have a strong stretch run. Need Freeman and Markakis to get back to their May-June hitting.

The Phillies have lost 7 of 9 series, the the other two they split. They are 10-18 in the last month of play.....so they are sucking a lot worse than the Braves who are 15-13 over the same stretch.

[shoeless joe]

2.5 game lead. Any way you slice it it's going to come down to those last two series vs philly