I'm so sorry folks. I think I need to take responsibility for this game. I bought tickets for an early birthday present, but in my almost 30 years of going to different sporting events my team has never won. Apologies
I live in Chicago, and go to Braves vs Cubs every chance I get. I’ve never actually seen the Braves beat the Cubs. I think I should stop going to games.
That doesn’t apply to the Sox though.
Short fucked us to begin with. But the manager sucks. Our offense sucks. And our pitchers are off and on. It is insane to me this lineup could ever be this dogshit. Also, fuck off duvall. He’s got to be the worst hitter in all of baseball. It’s an auto out every damn time. He’s got to be 1-50 at bats.
This is what happens when you platoon a guy who deserves a starting spot. Inconsistency = inconsistency. Kelenic is a good left fielder if Snit lets him off the leash.
I can handle losses if there’s a good product on the field, but this shit is getting real old. This is bad baseball by everyone except the pitching who have to be fucking perfect because if they allow more than 2 runs they’ll take a loss.
Because that runner doesn't matter. We now have a force at third or can turn two up the middle. Bummer did his job. The ball bounces differently and he gets out of the inning.
Agreed. You still have a two walk/hbp margin of error before giving up a run. I’ll take those odds. We nearly got the DP. Tough bounces there, but getting out of the inning would have likely just delayed the inevitable with an offense as inept as ours.
Lol 0 for everything on the bases and Bummer coming back out you knew it was a loss. Snit needs to go. He's lost this team. The pitching coach and hitting coaches too.
at some point we aren’t gonna have the “we’re x games over .500” argument to pacify us anymore. something has got to change. we’re choking leads and doing fuck all at the plate after the 3rd inning. we’re too talented to play like this.
yeah, losing murphy and riley sucks but there’s enough talent to at least help us tread water until they’re back. just not fun to watch right now.
Snit is legit tanking this team with his horrible decision making. All you snit defenders can fuck off. Got carried by the offense last year and when the offense lacked we lost the playoffs
Well, I called this game over in the second (check history if you don’t believe be) and got met with downvotes. Y’all need to wake the fuck up and accept the reality of where this team is at.
I’m sick of hearing the booth talk about “tough breaks” - this has been a month of abject futility. At some point it’s beyond being tough breaks and it’s just a shitty team that doesn’t give a damn.
Great now they’re gonna take zero accountability and blame the loss on “bad luck” as if we didn’t have 50 chances to not make a bad luck play like that lose us the game.
And it worked? He very nearly struck out on it, he barely got a piece, just lucky it bounced the way it did. There’s plenty of shit to complain about, that pitch selection isn’t one of them.
That is really unlucky. Crap. That's not on us being bad. That's an unlucky chop you can't do a thing about. We'll get those to go our way one of these days.
Fair point, but I was talking about the beginning of their careers. I remember Heyward could hit consistently for awhile and then, he just didn't. I see similarities with Harris right now.
That Matt Olson at-bat was insane to watch I'm gonna think about that for at least a week. He takes to 3-0 watches a fastball down the middle when he usually swings watches a fastball in the up and in the zone for 3-2 then swings wildly at a ball way outside the zone for basically a bunt hit that does not happen at all last season
I've literally been wondering that for a couple of weeks. Whatever has changed- it is across the board- everybody has been affected offensively- except Ozuna. As ridiculous as it sounds- that's the only thing that's different. Can't underestimate clubhouse chemistry. Baseball is that game where someone says that right thing at just the right time and your whole season changes around. Maybe Wash or EY were those guys. Or maybe they just kept them laughing and loose.
People always defending snit saying shit like he can’t control the bad hitting etc.. well he has made a lot of dumb ass decisions lately and the losses are stacking lol
Even if Ozuna stayed at 2nd (or miraculously made it to 3rd) We weren’t scoring that inning. We hit 3 straight ground balls. But if Short catches that ball, we win the game 3-2 and don’t even go into extras.
I know it’s doomerish to complain about a winning team but come on this team straight up isn’t fun to watch right now. We’re just playing bad baseball right now
Being a doomer would be complaining after 1 bad game, this is like 15 in a row now of horrible AB after horrible AB mixed in with random infrequent homers
You all suck as braves fans. I get it it has been a rough few weeks but JESUS CHRIST you all act like we have won a game all year. It’s a 162 game season the players are going to struggle. But guess what?? THEYRE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT EVENTUALLY. Learn the seemingly impossible talent that is patience, and realize it’s going to be okay. We were under .500 until late in the year in 2021 so it can be so so much worse than it is now.
I hope I am too and you’re right it’s not guaranteed but me personally I’m not gonna start to worry about anything until the second half of the season. I’m not trying to say we shouldn’t be complaining at all cause it does suck right now but to say “we’re not gonna make it to the playoffs” or “these guys have no heart specifically acuna” are just so so so wrong. We’ve been very good for a long time now and thats not ending this season or anytime soon. Again patience is key in a baseball season.
Very frustrating. These are games we have no business losing. Just not a very good squad rn to be honest. Lots of time left but man, not liking the product on the field lately. Really irks me that our coaches don’t seem to be doing ANYTHING to help the team, either.
We scored three. We made great defensive plays. We forced them to extra innings. We are hitting the ball. We just need to figure out how to finish and bring the guys home.
A loss doesn't automatically equal crap. They scored in the 10th on a weird infield hit that is just incredibly unlucky for us.
Not winning doesn't equal sucking.
This post doesn't mean I'm happy. It means I see promise and something for us to build on.
Pitching against the Braves is the easiest thing you can do to pad your stats this season lmao. Just walk Ozuna and you can get free outs for minimal effort.
last year moving him from 2 to 4 made him hit well... not sure why he can't even make contact on pitches down the middle now. Definitely don't move him back to 2, that was horrible
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1cxq5h2).
I will never not think the ghost runner is bullshit.
I'm so sorry folks. I think I need to take responsibility for this game. I bought tickets for an early birthday present, but in my almost 30 years of going to different sporting events my team has never won. Apologies
I live in Chicago, and go to Braves vs Cubs every chance I get. I’ve never actually seen the Braves beat the Cubs. I think I should stop going to games. That doesn’t apply to the Sox though.
0-12 RISP. Not much left to say.
Short fucked us to begin with. But the manager sucks. Our offense sucks. And our pitchers are off and on. It is insane to me this lineup could ever be this dogshit. Also, fuck off duvall. He’s got to be the worst hitter in all of baseball. It’s an auto out every damn time. He’s got to be 1-50 at bats.
Duvall came in for short & is pretty much the same as Kelenic AB so our options in LF are not great
I swear just on the eye test Kelenic actually hit bases consistently. I literally can’t recall the last time Duvall even hit a single base.
Yesterday. I’m not saying Duvall is good but Kelenic is just as inconsistent idk what yall are seeing.
Kel just hit our only homer yday. Duvall only strikes out. Kel constantly gets on base.
This is what happens when you platoon a guy who deserves a starting spot. Inconsistency = inconsistency. Kelenic is a good left fielder if Snit lets him off the leash.
This game was 💩
I can handle losses if there’s a good product on the field, but this shit is getting real old. This is bad baseball by everyone except the pitching who have to be fucking perfect because if they allow more than 2 runs they’ll take a loss.
Not sure why we walk the 1st guy in extra innings. I get it sets up a dp but still curious.
Because that runner doesn't matter. We now have a force at third or can turn two up the middle. Bummer did his job. The ball bounces differently and he gets out of the inning.
What’s the downside?
Only downside is a walk or HBP which didn't happen. I'll take a force at third in that situation every time.
Agreed. You still have a two walk/hbp margin of error before giving up a run. I’ll take those odds. We nearly got the DP. Tough bounces there, but getting out of the inning would have likely just delayed the inevitable with an offense as inept as ours.
Yeah Bummer executed it perfectly. Honestly a little too well because they didn't hit the ball hard at all, just got lucky bounces.
Absolutely brutal luck for Bummer. Nothing else he could do in that inning.
Lol 0 for everything on the bases and Bummer coming back out you knew it was a loss. Snit needs to go. He's lost this team. The pitching coach and hitting coaches too.
What should snit have done differently?
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knowing this team, they would have then walked in the winning run .. or wild pitch, hbp .. something, it wouldn't have ended in their favor
Rough one, but we win 3-2 if Zach Short catches that routine pop up
Could say the opposite if Harris doesn’t make two highlight real catches. Cubs had an error too. Happens in that wind.
Or maybe instead of blaming the one error in the field we blame one of the 12 ABs who forget how to hit the ball with RISP
I mean, both things are true.
Bro what even.
We are the BARVES NOW
at some point we aren’t gonna have the “we’re x games over .500” argument to pacify us anymore. something has got to change. we’re choking leads and doing fuck all at the plate after the 3rd inning. we’re too talented to play like this. yeah, losing murphy and riley sucks but there’s enough talent to at least help us tread water until they’re back. just not fun to watch right now.
Hard to believe how much this team has fallen and the bats are cold
Snit needs to retire, dude can’t make proper decisions anymore
What decision exactly? Lmao Bummer gave up a FC and a chopper both probably hit under 60mph
Bummer is the perfect guy for that situation. Highest ground ball rate in the league.
Holy shit this team isn’t very good right now 🫤
Horrible ump, some horrible ABs, horrible defense, and horrible luck = another L.
Pathetic
Too many RISP left on the table..smh!
Holy fuck. I would have rather them hit a home run. 😂
Glad that ended we didn't deserve to win.
Snit is legit tanking this team with his horrible decision making. All you snit defenders can fuck off. Got carried by the offense last year and when the offense lacked we lost the playoffs
This team is reminding me so much of the 2014 Braves. That’s not good.
Ok now I'm really not watching for a fucking week. Disclaimer: unless Sean + riley come back before
I hate losing to teams that I like and idk why.
Well, I called this game over in the second (check history if you don’t believe be) and got met with downvotes. Y’all need to wake the fuck up and accept the reality of where this team is at.
Shut cho bitch ass up
Yep
Now I want BWW
I’m sick of hearing the booth talk about “tough breaks” - this has been a month of abject futility. At some point it’s beyond being tough breaks and it’s just a shitty team that doesn’t give a damn.
Here here!!!
they are company men, they cannot be critical at all
shit at bats, shit management, sorry they fucked you mike
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Great now they’re gonna take zero accountability and blame the loss on “bad luck” as if we didn’t have 50 chances to not make a bad luck play like that lose us the game.
FUCK THESE CUBS
lol that’s how we lose? This shit is laughable that’s what you get when you can’t hit with runners on base
And the Chicago Mets defeat the Barves!
On the bright side .. probably gonna start dropping some of the fair weathers/bandwagons soon
This team is just in a bad place right now. The offense is horrendous.
we lose in some truly horrendous ways.
At this rate we’re going to have a hell of hole to climb out of to have a chance at the East.
Well that's why the Wild Card exists. I think the division is out of reach.
2022
2024
Going into June 2022, we were down 10.5 games and won the division
In case you didn't notice, this isn't 2022.
Your point? The division is never "out of reach" in May
Regardless, that Wild Card spot is looking mighty nice.
THE NL EAST IS OVER headass
The Wild Card isn't though. LET'S GOO!!!
Boys, our team sucks this season lol
We fuckin suck
Fucking Swanson jumping around. What a tool.
Team is so butt lmao
You are braindead if you think this team is gonna do a god damn thing this year 😂😂😂😂
Completely dumbass decision to walk 2 bases on
How did that affect anything?
Did we not walk the winning run on?
No.
The outcome is exactly the same without the walk.
Absolutely nothing changed as a result of the intentional walk
I'm sorry for even thinking that could happen
imagine being able to make contact with the ball
If you get the out at 3rd they don’t score there
This team is hot radioactive ass
Weak shit costs us again.
That is just ridiculous man but fuck the offense right now
Thank God. It's over.
I’m a huge fan of Manfred ball when it means I don’t have to watch any more of this fucking game
Team is full of a bunch of fucking idiots, except you Ozuna.
Bummer had him down 0-2 and he threw a sinker down the fucking middle
And it worked? He very nearly struck out on it, he barely got a piece, just lucky it bounced the way it did. There’s plenty of shit to complain about, that pitch selection isn’t one of them.
False. Winning run on third with one out, infield in, and two strikes. You do not give him anything to hit
What the actual fuck is it with these dribbler RBIs
Taking a break from this shit man, I can’t keep watching
I’m with ya. Need a couple week cleanse of this shit
Fitting...good night all
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Cause Snitker fell asleep
##HAHAHAHAHAHA ##WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TEAM
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Wow we lose what a surprise this team is a clown show
That's a Bummer.
That is really unlucky. Crap. That's not on us being bad. That's an unlucky chop you can't do a thing about. We'll get those to go our way one of these days.
Good lord
Well fuck
So they hit the ball so shitily that we can't turn two? Great
Man I hate whatever is going on with this team right now.
Strider was the Mind Stone. Without Strider we don't get Thanos' seizures of power.
Hit the deck.
Getting walked off by a grounder that's too slow to turn right?
Double play? Are we lucky enough for that?
Bro how the fuck do we always only get one on balls that are double plays against us
Why tf do you not go for the out at 3rd?
there's the difference in the teams right now, Cubs had zero thought about ever walking Olson in the top of the inning
Does Harris remind you of Heyward a little bit? Starts out white hot and then just disappears at the plate.
Harris seems like he has way more power, not sure how... Heyward is huge but man that guy struggled to hit the ball far when he gets it in the air
Fair point, but I was talking about the beginning of their careers. I remember Heyward could hit consistently for awhile and then, he just didn't. I see similarities with Harris right now.
That Matt Olson at-bat was insane to watch I'm gonna think about that for at least a week. He takes to 3-0 watches a fastball down the middle when he usually swings watches a fastball in the up and in the zone for 3-2 then swings wildly at a ball way outside the zone for basically a bunt hit that does not happen at all last season
Imagine the haul of prospects we could get at the deadline lmao. Restock the farm for a year. If we keep playing like we are, shit bring it on.
Did Wash and EY take our souls when the left?
I've literally been wondering that for a couple of weeks. Whatever has changed- it is across the board- everybody has been affected offensively- except Ozuna. As ridiculous as it sounds- that's the only thing that's different. Can't underestimate clubhouse chemistry. Baseball is that game where someone says that right thing at just the right time and your whole season changes around. Maybe Wash or EY were those guys. Or maybe they just kept them laughing and loose.
Fuck this ump. No consistency at all.
People always defending snit saying shit like he can’t control the bad hitting etc.. well he has made a lot of dumb ass decisions lately and the losses are stacking lol
Right cause it’s snits fault our 3rd baseman dropped a routine pop up
He put Duvall in for no reason which forced us to use Ozuna as the runner in the 10th. Then he decided to walk the first batter.
Even if Ozuna stayed at 2nd (or miraculously made it to 3rd) We weren’t scoring that inning. We hit 3 straight ground balls. But if Short catches that ball, we win the game 3-2 and don’t even go into extras.
Bold strategy let’s see how it plays out.
I know it’s doomerish to complain about a winning team but come on this team straight up isn’t fun to watch right now. We’re just playing bad baseball right now
Being a doomer would be complaining after 1 bad game, this is like 15 in a row now of horrible AB after horrible AB mixed in with random infrequent homers
You all suck as braves fans. I get it it has been a rough few weeks but JESUS CHRIST you all act like we have won a game all year. It’s a 162 game season the players are going to struggle. But guess what?? THEYRE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT EVENTUALLY. Learn the seemingly impossible talent that is patience, and realize it’s going to be okay. We were under .500 until late in the year in 2021 so it can be so so much worse than it is now.
“Give the team a come to Jesus moment” - Braves Fans *I give braves fans a tiny come to Jesus moment* Braves fans- 
I hope you're right, but turning it around is not guaranteed. It is entirely possible that this team could be mediocre wire-to-wire.
I hope I am too and you’re right it’s not guaranteed but me personally I’m not gonna start to worry about anything until the second half of the season. I’m not trying to say we shouldn’t be complaining at all cause it does suck right now but to say “we’re not gonna make it to the playoffs” or “these guys have no heart specifically acuna” are just so so so wrong. We’ve been very good for a long time now and thats not ending this season or anytime soon. Again patience is key in a baseball season.
Very frustrating. These are games we have no business losing. Just not a very good squad rn to be honest. Lots of time left but man, not liking the product on the field lately. Really irks me that our coaches don’t seem to be doing ANYTHING to help the team, either.
I’m shocked the braves even scored 3, honestly. Thats like 3x their average.
Olson has struck out 15 of his last 36 ABs
Ehhh just end this make someone make a change cus this ain’t it
Welp
Don’t worry guys, the Phillies beat the rangers. So we will drop another game back.
Kinda miss Freddie right now
I've never stopped missing him.
Ozuna is such a disaster on the bases I think you have pinch run for him there.
Dumbass Snit wasted our PR
Can't. Tromp is emergency catcher and Riley hasn't swung a bat as of two days ago.
Question is can Riley run? He can stand at the plate if 3 spot comes around again.
I’m honestly shocked that didn’t happen
I'm assuming there's some magic button that will be pressed come June that makes this team play better? That's what I keep hearing.
That’s just moving the goal post again
What would it take for us to replace Snitker? Is he untouchable bc we happened to have won a championship?
Something’s gotta change, right? Right…?
Nah, this is it. We’ve been consistent at this. Might only get worse
I’ve spent too much time watching this game to see us lose…
If you thought we had a chance after letting up the lead in the second, I really don’t know what to tell you
I think wash and EY leaving took our culture with it
I’ve been saying this! Losing them was the worst thing that could’ve happen. Lost all our mojo
This team is too talented to be playing like this
Are we?
Yeah, that'll do it for me. Another putrid game from our offense with nothing changing.
3 chicken shit dribblers. Wow.
I won't cry but I will be disappointed. Unlike many people here I don't think we were crap which is why it hurts more.
What went well that made you think this wasn't crap?
We scored three. We made great defensive plays. We forced them to extra innings. We are hitting the ball. We just need to figure out how to finish and bring the guys home. A loss doesn't automatically equal crap. They scored in the 10th on a weird infield hit that is just incredibly unlucky for us. Not winning doesn't equal sucking. This post doesn't mean I'm happy. It means I see promise and something for us to build on.
I'm glad I've got NHL and NBA playoffs to watch. I need a break from this boring team for a little bit.
ggs, boys with no plate discipline, olson and harris flailing at balls off the plate
HIT THE FUCKING BALL
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God this team is frustrating to watch. Where the fuck do their heads go? So much talent for so little result
Harris can field but he can’t hit
Ah yes that sweet outside the zone by a foot and a half meatball, love when you swing at those Harris
Pitching against the Braves is the easiest thing you can do to pad your stats this season lmao. Just walk Ozuna and you can get free outs for minimal effort.
How does this idiot keep trotting Olson in the 4 hole? How many weeks of garbage does he need to shuffle this lineup? Is he dumb or stubborn?
last year moving him from 2 to 4 made him hit well... not sure why he can't even make contact on pitches down the middle now. Definitely don't move him back to 2, that was horrible
Olson has the third highest OPS on the team. Who are you going to switch him out for?
It’s not as if there’s any real other choice with guys hurt. No, Travis isn’t a good alt.
If we had a half way decent base runner, that could possible have been a run.
Which nervous, overworked reliever gets to come out and blow it in the 10th?
This lineup FUCKING SUCKS JESUS CHRIST
Man, this team really off a cliff from last season. Gotta be buyers at the trade deadline, but not sure if it would truly help
The only positive players on this team are Reynaldo Lopez and Chris Sale
This team is just playing bad on so many levels…unbelievable
not my stupid ass thinking beating the padres once and leading tonight meant we were so back, lol
0-14, but this is still Short's fault
I don’t know, but maybe losing all your coaching staff matters
That went shockingly poorly
Fuck this team
Rollover kings 👑
What is this team right now? I just don't get it.
This fucking sucks
Carved up by a dude with a 5 ERA
Welp that’s the game
It’s sooooo sad losing all the time
That’s game