Yeah but I had a feeling those 3 missed oppurtunities with speed on base with no outs were going to bite us. Right now we are hoping Duvall puts one on the way to Augusta.Duvall just saved us.
Duvall is a power hitter, Cervili is okay, and Swanson is very streaky. PossibleCan the Braves get a run out of the bottom of their order - ever? They need one here.
The Royals in 2014 and 2015 changed the game. They had average at best starters that pitched 4 innings, great long relievers that pitched innings, and killer setup and closing pitchers that went the rest of the way. Like everything else, folks see something that works for one particular team and tries to do it when they shouldn't. The problem with us doing it is that we have about 3 relievers worth a darn. We really shouldve stayed with FriedI don't even recognize this sport anymore. The Braves have already used 7 pitchers and the Cards are getting up their 6th pitcher.
The city is cursed for sports that matter.If the Braves want to win in the playoffs, they are not going to do it with Snitker. He is too much like Bobby, and Bobby was the worst postseason manager in the history of the game.
They lost because of Bobby, not some "curse". He never understood that playoff games are more important than regular season games, and he never instilled the need to never waste an at bat in his players. He treated every game exactly the same way while the competition treated the games as if they were the last that they would ever play.The city is cursed for sports that matter.
I do put this particular game on Snit, but looking at it every dang manager except for Bochy would've pulled Fried as well. I think the bright side of this, is that Flaherty is susceptible to being scored on, and Folty can have good games. I think the Braves are the better team, but for whatever reason we always have these games when we play St Louis in October. We have bad umpires, bad announcers, and have managers trying to outdo themselves because they freak out in key situations.If the Braves want to win in the playoffs, they are not going to do it with Snitker.
Practically every Washington Nationals manager known to man has be far more atrocious than Bobby.He is too much like Bobby, and Bobby was the worst postseason manager in the history of the game.
I think the "Buffalo Braves" label is overused and not very truthful. If Selma ever came to this thread then he would be better at it than me. Really the only choke job Bobby ever had was to the Padres and to the 1996 Yankees. All other times we lost it was either to an equal team or a far better team. Bobby over achieved with a team that Ted Turner never had the motivation to bring out the checkbook for.They lost because of Bobby, not some "curse". He never understood that playoff games are more important than regular season games, and he never instilled the need to never waste an at bat in his players. He treated every game exactly the same way while the competition treated the games as if they were the last that they would ever play.