Should We Be Worried?

bravesnumberone said:
You don't rest him in a game this big. Had Miami and San Diego to do that.
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I'd probably agree, and I don't see what's so big about this game.

We may lose but if so, oh well.

And if the Nats make the playoffs, they earned it, that's baseball.
 
Anybody who makes the postseason "earned" it. Doesn't mean you don't make it as hard on them as possible. The game is big. Not life or death, but important nonetheless.
 
Folks are acting like we haven't watched this team play horrible stretches a few times this season. Two months into the season we ALL knew this was a streaky team that is a good streak away from the WS, and a bad streak away from a embarassing playoff exit.

Let's just hope getting Heyward back into the leadoff slot and the pitching staff getting this rest sparks a hot streak that starts in about 2 weeks. Who gives a **** about what happens during the rest of these regular season games?
 
Mainly because it's better for the team, especially a young one, mentally, to go 7-4 the rest of the way instead of 2-9. Everyone here knows the Braves are capable of turning it around again as early as tonight. It's more than justified, though, to be concerned with the postseason nearing.
 
Every young player on this roster has watched this team go hot/cold/hot/cold all season. I doubt it catches any of them off guard to struggle for a 1-2 week stretch.

As long as they win the NL East they have just as good a chance as any other NL team to get to the WS. Everyone was all over the Dodgers nuts 2 weeks ago and now look at them...struggling just like the Braves. The Cards are about to pass both teams up for the best record in the NL, and they themselves were just playing terribly a few weeks ago.

Why? Because it's baseball.

Baseball players who are over the age of 20 understand this. Do you really think a guy like Freeman or Minor are worried one bit about a bad stretch of games when the division is all but wrapped up?
 
Struggling in late September carries a little more significance than struggling in June.

I agree though. Get in, and everyone is 0-0 to start with.
 
Braves1976 said:
I didn't list that as the only or main factor, but it's true both have been learning a new league. BJ Upton has been terrible so it's not fair to even compare the two IMO. It seems some of y'all are wishing a decline on Bourn. If not then you sure are jumping the gun along with ignoring other factors, etc.
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But he's not overpaid as a leadoff hitter with virtually the same OBP as Dan Uggla? And I am not comparing Bourne to B.J. I am simply saying that Bourne is overpaid and a bad investment for Cleveland.
 
bravesnumberone said:
Sure thing, Reverse Jinx man. Don't tell me that game didn't matter. Look at the intensity we played with after the fifth.
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I will say it mattered since the Nats will probably sweep the Fish.

And leaving there up 9 instead if 7 is pretty huge.

Would of been sweet to clinch in DC but baseball is a cruel game.
 
Heyward said:
I will say it mattered since the Nats will probably sweep the Fish.

And leaving there up 9 instead if 7 is pretty huge.

Would of been sweet to clinch in DC but baseball is a cruel game.
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Yea, still it almost feels like we won the series. We practically did, other than the freaky ninth yesterday.
 
Just saw the Simmons error, actually a pretty tough hop but should of been made.
 
Heyward said:
Just saw the Simmons error, actually a pretty tough hop but should of been made.
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You just complained about Simmons making an error, but yet you just made a grammatical error with that sentence. ZOMG. Remove the splinter from your own eye before complaining about the plank from another person's eye.
 
Bdawg2309 said:
well the last time a team with a crappy september won the WS was 2006
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Playoffs are a crapshoot, odds are we wont win it all but neither will 7 other teams.

Get in healthy, with Heyward and let the chips fall where they may.
 
You know your a negatron when your team has a 7 game lead with 11 games to play and you are worried that they might not win the division. I am surprised negatrons can get any sleep, they must stay up all night worrying that the sun wont rise in the morning.
 
I know one thing. If we do play well from here on out and go on to win the whole thing, we can all look back to tonight as a big catalyst.
 
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