NashvilleFalcon01 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 40 minutes ago, Akod2017 said: It’s disgusting watching them on the bases or trying to bunt. I went nuts over this during last years playoffs and this year I’m livid. They definitely ran themselves out of a World Series appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleFalcon01 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 31 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said: You know what's funny about them being in that division? Their original owner was given the choice of being in the central or east division and chose the east and the Tigers moved to the central to make room in the east. He said he wanted to be in the same division with the Yankees and Red Sox because then people would come and watch his team play. They were sure on to something... It is astounding the difference between prior ownership and the group they have now. AUTiger7222 and labradford 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleFalcon01 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, Ergo Proxy said: Why is this guy and the comments saying to forget Smoltz? Everyone here and on social media has accused Smoltz of sounding pro-Dodgers throughout the series. I personally thought he was phenomenal, but to each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleFalcon01 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 38 minutes ago, FalconsIn2012 said: Facts. I’ll take .260 with 28 HR’s over .220 with 18 HR’s, five of which travelled over 500 feet I always thought that's about where he'd end up. I don't know that there is a long term answer for protecting Freddie in the lineup though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD597 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Gee who could have predicted an ATL pro team would blow a series lead in historic fashion, oh yeah I did cause it's pretty easy these days. The only purpose for Ga sports teams is to disappoint the fanbase. No matter what the odds are GA sports teams will always find a way to blow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 This one hurts. We played hard, we proved we belong, we had every opportunity to close it. We had the lead in the 6th inning twice with the chance to advance. To beat the best you must play clean baseball. We did not do that. The Riley/Swanson debacle, Ozzie running by 1B after a missed tag, Ozuna forgetting to tag up, too many guys trying to hit the ball 800 ft instead of just get the runner home. Too many mistakes to beat a team like LA. The Dodgers played clean, fundamental baseball and they won. We're young and inexperienced this deep into the postseason. It definitely showed against a team thats been there so many times. Our window is just beginning but we have to play better. falconsd56, Malachore, AUTiger7222 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztin Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 hours ago, MAD597 said: Gee who could have predicted an ATL pro team would blow a series lead in historic fashion, oh yeah I did cause it's pretty easy these days. The only purpose for Ga sports teams is to disappoint the fanbase. No matter what the odds are GA sports teams will always find a way to blow it. Hey dude do me a favor and go kicks rocks with no shoes on. AUTiger7222, labradford, TheTrue7 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaBirdLady Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Great season! These Braves did far better than anyone expected them to do and I am proud of their progress in the playoffs. We lost 1 game short of the WS, but that sure beats the alternative of not being there until the end! I am a glass half full that person and this season was a whole of fun!! It hurt yes, but you can't say it wasn't a fun ride. Try an enjoy it!! I love my Braves and always will, Thank you!! AUTiger7222 and oztin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztin Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Feel we are 1 starting pitcher away. If we didn't need to use are bullpon so much I think the Dodgers would have had a harder time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boise Falcon Fan Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Painful. Fun ride yes, but painful. Did I expect to be up 3 - 1 no, but that's what makes it so maddening. All of the choke jobs by the Braves through the 90's, and here we are again. Between, the Falcons, Braves, and Dawgs, it gets tiresome watching them blow leads, and choke games away. I've come to expect it. It's not like an occasional thing, it's EVERY **** TIME! You can't enjoy it, because the whole time you're thinking, who is going to have their head up their *** and cost us this series. Swanson/Riley on the base paths in a super tight game 7. That **** can't happen. We Georgia sports fans are freaking cursed... usmcdirtybird and MAD597 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, oztin said: Feel we are 1 starting pitcher away. If we didn't need to use are bullpon so much I think the Dodgers would have had a harder time. We were a Soroka away AUTiger7222 and BamaBirdLady 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaBirdLady Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Boise Falcon Fan said: Painful. Fun ride yes, but painful. Did I expect to be up 3 - 1 no, but that's what makes it so maddening. All of the choke jobs by the Braves through the 90's, and here we are again. Between, the Falcons, Braves, and Dawgs, it gets tiresome watching them blow leads, and choke games away. I've come to expect it. It's not like an occasional thing, it's EVERY **** TIME! You can't enjoy it, because the whole time you're thinking, who is going to have their head up their *** and cost us this series. Swanson/Riley on the base paths in a super tight game 7. That **** can't happen. We Georgia sports fans are freaking cursed... This might not be very popular, but we are not cursed! Being cursed gives these teams an easy way out and gets them off the hook! The Falcons lost the SB because of poor coaching in 3rd and 4th quarter and a horrible play call. Not a curse! They lost to Dallas in in 1980 playoff, my 1st playoff game and heartbreak, because they let the foot off the gas and Dallas played themselves back in the game. Not a curse. Braves lost to Twins in WS because Lonnie Smith had one of the worst base running errors ever. Not a curse. I think it is easy to say we lost this series due to base running errors. Not a curse. GA lost to Bama in 2012 SECCG because Richt didn't spike the ball. Not a curse. GA lost to Bama in NCG because they pull their foot off the gas. Not a curse. It is so easy to say it is all a curse when in reality our teams have just not produced! As Atlanta fans, we have let our coaches and players off the hook time and time again because we are nice guys and gals. I am guilty too! Everyone likes to bag on Bama fans because we are so intense or serious or whatever y'all call us, but Bama fans don't put up with this crap. They call out their coaches, the AD, and yes sometimes the water boy! Until someone says, Ozuna you screwed up, Smart you have dropped ball in the big games, Riley that was so stupid and all of this is UNACCEPTABLE nothing will change. AUTiger7222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamee101 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Well, I’m usually the first one screaming about a Georgia sports curse. That’s not what this was and this wasn’t a collapse. This was a hard fought series with two good teams. Dodgers just made a few more plays/clutch hits than we did. I am sad, but I’m not upset or pulling my hair out over this. Hated seeing those guys in the dugout after it was over but they had a great run and I am proud of them. BamaBirdLady and AUTiger7222 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kingfish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 The fact that this team was able to take the Dodgers to game 7 of the NLCS was amazing when you consider that the only reliable SP for for the entire season was Fried. If Anderson and Wright had not stepped up in September then this team doesn't even win the East because the bullpen would have been absolutely gassed for having to fill all the innings that Robbie Erlin, Josh Tomlin, Touki Toussaint, Sean Newcomb, and Tommy Millone could not fill. slamee101, AUTiger7222, BamaBirdLady and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosts of Glanville Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Take the two teams‘ regular season winning percentages and extrapolate them over 162 games: Braves: 94-68 Dodgers: 116-46 We took them to Game 7 and lost by a run. Yes the dumb baserunning hurt but the Dodgers had their screwups too. It seemed the bullpen finally wore out in the last few games. Game 1 was 1-1 until the 9th and we nearly blew Game 2. The sole easy win was Game 4. The only ‘curse’ was making it closer than everyone expected. AUTiger7222, slamee101, labradford and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kingfish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Many fans wanted to see AA give Josh Donaldson that 4th year and then sign Madison Bumgarner. And then when Donaldson was lost to the Twins some fans wanted to trade the farm for 2 years of Kris Bryant. Thankfully AA was smarter than all that. dmite, falconsd56, TheTrue7 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 falconsd56, JDFIII, Boise Falcon Fan and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 3-1 leads just don't mean anything in sports when you play every day, and there's no home field advantage. The 2020 playoffs have shown that bubbles negate theoretical advantages like that. I think we've had more teams came back from down 3-1 in the last six weeks than in the last 10 years. AUTiger7222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boise Falcon Fan Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 You can call it anything you want, but when you go up 3 - 1, you should win the series. If you don't, then you choked. Pretty simple. As far as a curse, nobody is saying that your team has had some voodo done to it, but there is undeniable proof that ATL teams crap the bed when given the opportunity to put the nail in the coffin of opposing teams. It was the Braves of the 90's before the Falcons, but there is a long history of getting it done. Truth is, the future is SEEMINGLY bright for this group, but NOBODY knows what the future holds. That's why you have to capitalize on every chance you get, and we didn't. sdogg, labradford, NashvilleFalcon01 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL58 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Snitker feels real good about everything right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD597 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, oztin said: Hey dude do me a favor and go kicks rocks with no shoes on. That still won't keep Ga teams from blowing it at the worst possible time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 49 minutes ago, MAD597 said: That still won't keep Ga teams from blowing it at the worst possible time You're terrible. Be less terrible. labradford, falconsd56 and AUTiger7222 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 I will say, some of the top guys did perform. Freeman had an OPS of 1.168, Dansby really stepped up in this series with an OPS of .828. Albies also was a beast with a .959. Ozuna came in at .874. Thats a lot more production than Braves teams of the past got. Good experience for them and I know they'll be extra hungry and ready for the moment next year. AUTiger7222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Unknøwn said: This one hurts. We played hard, we proved we belong, we had every opportunity to close it. We had the lead in the 6th inning twice with the chance to advance. To beat the best you must play clean baseball. We did not do that. The Riley/Swanson debacle, Ozzie running by 1B after a missed tag, Ozuna forgetting to tag up, too many guys trying to hit the ball 800 ft instead of just get the runner home. Too many mistakes to beat a team like LA. The Dodgers played clean, fundamental baseball and they won. We're young and inexperienced this deep into the postseason. It definitely showed against a team thats been there so many times. Our window is just beginning but we have to play better. It hurts but there are valuable lessons to be learned from this series. jidady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsd56 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Unknøwn said: This one hurts. We played hard, we proved we belong, we had every opportunity to close it. We had the lead in the 6th inning twice with the chance to advance. To beat the best you must play clean baseball. We did not do that. The Riley/Swanson debacle, Ozzie running by 1B after a missed tag, Ozuna forgetting to tag up, too many guys trying to hit the ball 800 ft instead of just get the runner home. Too many mistakes to beat a team like LA. The Dodgers played clean, fundamental baseball and they won. We're young and inexperienced this deep into the postseason. It definitely showed against a team thats been there so many times. Our window is just beginning but we have to play better. The dodgers defense was legit....but the braves mistakes helped them out. Base running killed the braves... hopefully that is a big point of emphasis during work outs when they resume. JDFIII, AUTiger7222 and Malachore 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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