Are the Braves dead?

**big joe 1212** · 09-15-10, 10:30 PM

yes

**Brock Landers** · 09-15-10, 10:49 PM

deader than disco

**rise** · 09-15-10, 10:51 PM

dead put a fork in them

**blackbox** · 09-15-10, 11:00 PM

Yes they are dead. 55% chance to make wildcard. SD-COL.-AND SF could knock each other out. One wins west- the other two? Phils and Atlanta cannot meet in the first round as I understand it.

**redsoxmn98** · 09-15-10, 11:01 PM

the giants and rockies are caught up to them now. not good for the braves

**hothandsmgee** · 09-15-10, 11:02 PM

the braves are not looking good. The phillys were bound to catch up once they got healthy

**ehp6737** · 09-15-10, 11:03 PM

dead and buried

**jjgold** · 09-15-10, 11:07 PM

Tired

Its hard to maintain a great pace all year

**polskboy** · 09-15-10, 11:17 PM

yes they are .

**phLLyphan11** · 09-15-10, 11:30 PM

Braves have nothing left in the tank. Their offense has definitely shown it's true colors recently. Runs are now hard to come by. Meanwhile, the Phils have been red hot. They own the month of September...and this year, their rotation is soo dirty. Love it!

**odtw524** · 09-15-10, 11:55 PM

Braves are dead lets go Phils

**dolphan34** · 09-16-10, 12:05 AM

If they can't beat the Nationals at home then they are probably done for. Shame though.

**Davydave** · 09-16-10, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by dolphan34

If they can't beat the Nationals at home then they are probably done for. Shame though.

Exactly. They were in control of their own destiny and blew it.

**JNic** · 09-16-10, 10:06 AM

they are done, phils are too hot

**lyon804** · 09-16-10, 10:34 AM

The Braves just faded down the stretch. A sign of no leadership.

**Odessa** · 09-16-10, 10:56 AM

Feel sorry for Bobby Cox, unfortunately he can't go out and bat for his players.

**cadillac pete** · 09-16-10, 11:16 AM

The problem with the Braves is that they have no heart whatsoever. The most recent example being this latest series with the Nats. Throw in the clunker on Sunday night baseball when they let "Gas Can" Loshe mow them down and the picture becomes clearer. BTW, that same Card team that went to Atlanta and came awway with a spilt, got swept at home vs the lowly Cubs.

**sweethook** · 09-16-10, 11:19 AM

just not the same sents jones is out

**Crayzee** · 09-16-10, 11:34 AM

dead for the division- but i'm sure they play phils a bunch of times yet and who knows?
alive for w/c- but will be a dogfight

**J-Ro11** · 09-16-10, 11:37 AM

braves = wild card

only bump they run into is 3 @ Philly

**TheLock** · 09-16-10, 11:37 AM

Say goodnight to Bobby Cox.

They be done.

**THEGREAT30** · 09-16-10, 11:37 AM

Unfortunately they look dead, but so did SF and Col a couple of weeks ago and San Diego had things rapped up in the NL West not too long ago. All it takes is a sweep of the Mets this weekend and they can go into Philly Monday on a 3 game winning streak down 2 or 3 games to the Phils and see what happens. They look dead, but so have so many teams that fate changed suddenly.

**jfreeman** · 09-16-10, 11:40 AM

wild card team, not a chance at the division

**rhymenocerous** · 09-16-10, 11:46 AM

It sure seems like it, but need I remind everyone they played worse than this early in the season. They went through a few stretches this season where they just couldn't manage any offense. And then they'd explode for a few weeks at a time. If they have another one of those explosions in them then I'd say they could be still be dangerous. And Hudson, Hanson, JJ when they are on is as good a 3 man rotation as anyone's. It's at least a viable playoff rotation...when they are all on. Derek Lowe pitched one of the best games of his career last time out too.

**Salamander** · 09-16-10, 11:52 AM

NL is punchless and weak, any contender can grab wild card with a little offensive streak.

**BillAccpetor** · 09-16-10, 11:55 AM

If you have watched the game yesterday against the NATS... The under 8.5 was an easy call here. The Braves did one mistake after the other...

**THEGREAT30** · 09-16-10, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Salamander

NL is punchless and weak, any contender can grab wild card with a little offensive streak.

NL team will win the World Series Mr. Punchless and weak

**Smoke** · 09-16-10, 11:59 AM

**Chris7mccabe** · 09-16-10, 12:13 PM

They'll grab the wild card as the division seems out of reach without a sweep of the Mets this weekend.

**nobodyukno** · 09-16-10, 01:36 PM

Braves own the Mets unlike the Phillies but, the Phils arent going to lose enough with the best 3 man rotation in the league to be able to catch them

**whatsgood5** · 09-16-10, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by Odessa

Feel sorry for Bobby Cox, unfortunately he can't go out and bat for his players.

Guy's a pretty poor game manager though, this collapse has a lot to do with him. Great person (besides beating his wife of course) and a real good players manager, I won't miss him.

**lyon804** · 09-16-10, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by whatsgood5;6402***

Guy's a pretty poor game manager though, this collapse has a lot to do with him. Great person (besides beating his wife of course) and a real good players manager, I won't miss him.

Just read about this. It was an incident that happened 14 yrs ago. Not that beating a woman is acceptable, but the truth is we don't know what happened. It doesn't seem to be the man he is and there is not much artices to support this, most likely it was nothing more than just a domestic dispute. Either way no charges were ever filed and it has never came up again.

**Chris7mccabe** · 09-22-10, 12:07 PM

Well they are certainly dead in the East. Only hope is that we can hang on to this wild card and get in the playoffs one last time for Bobby.

**Carson05** · 09-22-10, 12:13 PM

baseball gods will be kind to Bobby Cox.....don't bet against it. braves will make the playoffs