For the first time since 2005.. the Atlanta Braves are NL East champs, with their 5-2 win over the Cubs today. Congratulations to them. While I don't follow the Braves as often as I used to.. I'm very happy about their East division title. Hopefully they will do well in the playoffs.
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Congratulations To The 2013 NL East Champion Atlanta Braves!
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Congratulations to the Braves! Few if any experts picked them to win the NL East back in March.
Maybe we'll* see you in the NLCS, Mitch.
*of course, I mean the Dodgers
Maybe we'll* see you in the NLCS, Mitch.
*of course, I mean the Dodgers
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Cardinals are in, depends on how they finish where they play...
Understood, mils.
The Braves haven't been playing that well lately. They kind of backed in.. in a sense, after building such a big lead in the NL East. I thought at the beginning of the season, with my preseason predictions, that the Nats would win the East, and the Braves would get one of the NL Wild Cards. I'd say both teams were a surprise. The Nats with their disappointing play, and the Braves with their relatively big NL East win, in spite of poor seasons by a lot of their hitters, including most notably the $75 million dollar man, BJ Upton.
Some of the writers in the Atlanta Journal Constitution say that the Braves can't go far in the playoffs, realistically, with their inconsistent hitting, and high strikeout totals for hitters. If they get leads in the ninth, though, it is almost automatic, with Craig Kimbrel.
This will be interesting to watch.
The Braves haven't been playing that well lately. They kind of backed in.. in a sense, after building such a big lead in the NL East. I thought at the beginning of the season, with my preseason predictions, that the Nats would win the East, and the Braves would get one of the NL Wild Cards. I'd say both teams were a surprise. The Nats with their disappointing play, and the Braves with their relatively big NL East win, in spite of poor seasons by a lot of their hitters, including most notably the $75 million dollar man, BJ Upton.
Some of the writers in the Atlanta Journal Constitution say that the Braves can't go far in the playoffs, realistically, with their inconsistent hitting, and high strikeout totals for hitters. If they get leads in the ninth, though, it is almost automatic, with Craig Kimbrel.
This will be interesting to watch.
I'm sure mils already knows.. but... it will be Braves V Dodgers in the NLDS.
Suffice to say.. I'm not feeling confident. The Braves did not play well in Sept. In spite of their great record at home, I think they will either lose to the Dodgers in the NLDS, or.. at best.. go down in the NLCS against the Cards without having the extra home game.
Suffice to say.. I'm not feeling confident. The Braves did not play well in Sept. In spite of their great record at home, I think they will either lose to the Dodgers in the NLDS, or.. at best.. go down in the NLCS against the Cards without having the extra home game.
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I'm hopeful but I do realize that anything can happen in a best-3-of-5 series.
In any case, I regard the Braves as respected opponents, in contrast to how I regard the putrid hated jints filth as Evil Incarnate.
Agreed, mils.
I'm a veteran of too many Braves postseason disappointments to predict anything. There had been many times they had home field advantage against teams in the NLDS during their division title runs, and ended up losing a deciding game at home, including once, I believe, against the putrid hated jints you so despise.
At least the two teams I dislike most.. the Metropolitans, and the Bankees.. are gone and home for the winter. My dad has been a life long Yankees fan, and said something to me about it the other day at lunch. He thinks the Bankees may be in trouble for a while.
I'm a veteran of too many Braves postseason disappointments to predict anything. There had been many times they had home field advantage against teams in the NLDS during their division title runs, and ended up losing a deciding game at home, including once, I believe, against the putrid hated jints you so despise.
At least the two teams I dislike most.. the Metropolitans, and the Bankees.. are gone and home for the winter. My dad has been a life long Yankees fan, and said something to me about it the other day at lunch. He thinks the Bankees may be in trouble for a while.
