BigCecil

No s*** JH? The Chop is dumb and annoying for a lot of reasons. Its not just your avg dumb fan thing IMO. Last night it made me happy they don't get to see their team win a ring at home. And i want the Braves to win it all.

Braves…the f***ing Braves go up 3-1. And this is real life. Never could have imagined it when Acuna Jr went down.

The Chop is dumb. As long as I live I'll never forget Kelly Gruber giving "The Chop" back to the ATL fans in the 1992 World Series....which we won!! #FlagsFlyForever

I like this approach. Id be fine with mixing it up too and making a bid for Ramirez or Ketel Marte, but its all price dependent. If too high just use the model above that worked out so well for us with Matz, Ray and Simean in 21. Will lightening strike twice in the same spot? Maybe, but if not the consequences aren't as long term. We have Ryu and Springer on long term deals as aging assets...not much room for too many more.

Hmmm....Thats a glass half full view of Shatkins tenure. Time will tell. I see a large amount of challenges on the horizon to keep this team competitive long term. Payroll has gone up....they have had years and will get more runway....and so far where it matters most, we have one blow out loss in a expanded playoff format to show for it. For all of the views AA left the cupboard bare, he also left them some plums like Vlad Jr. The AL East is an unforgiving place. Hope you are right.

Also dumped off Rios deal.

The ATL core was there but two huge pieces are missing - Acuna Jr & Soroka. Basically like taking Vlad or Bo and Ray out of the 2021 Jays line up. He augmented that well as a buyer at the deadline when many urged them to sell. He solidified that ATL core with deals on Acuna and Albies which on their own are HOF level signings for a GM. Massive value. He took risks on both Jose and Edwin with the Jays after basically one elite season signing deals with huge value. He signed Vlad Jr rolling the dice and spending all his international signing money on him. JD deal was a steal. Some will never forgive him for the Syndergaard deal. The MIA deal didn't work out and he did trade away a lot of prospects to assemble the 15-16 teams, but few of them ever materialized into significant MLB value. He had an older core and a stale franchise. Rolled the dice as the window was closing. Those two seasons re-energized the organization and country for baseball after a 2 decade long playoff drought. He wont ever get much credit on this Board, but he is pretty f***ing gutsy and solid GM.

Lose Acuna Jr and Mike Soroka and still make it to the Series beating a juggernaut. Just goes to show again, if you make it in anything is possible. Wild.

I’m sure I’ve seen it but I can’t remember anyone hotter ever in the playoffs than Rosario. This is staggering production. Making AA look like a genius.

I am a very happy man. Suck it BoSox. You didn’t deserve to be there. (Well maybe you did but suck it anyway)

The hitters know they are balls too. Martinez rung up in an AB on pitches 4 inches off plate. Don’t blame him on takes.

He has been vocal and critical of Charlie and many players. Always tempered some etc and usually with an “ I couldn’t do it”. But I like it. He speaks his mind such as it is.

I don’t know what’s happening to me but I have actually gotten fond of Barker and his views for the most part. Blair I just find annoying. There is a lot of mindless fill in their stuff but Barker does share some quality analysis. He also seems like a genuinely decent guy. Humble about his failings to stick in MLB.

Coached LL for years and i don't know how many times i told kids "protect the plate doesn't mean chase everything". That pitch is Max's bread and butter and the only way a hitter can survive is to lay off it. Which he did. Would have been tough to even foul off. I think we have beat this to death. Omar is good guy good poster but on this one he is wrong lol.

On the check? Max is praying someone chases that. Good AB to lay off. It’s hard enough to hit him the ump doesn’t need to help. I’ll never forget the Texas cardinals World Series. I think cards were down to their last strike from losing series 7 or 9 times…whatever. It blows the ump took that strike still left from the Giants.

The sound of that Ruf smash off the bat. Thing of beauty. Nothing was holding that back.

Urias has unreal command. He leaves almost nothing over the middle of the plate.

Projecting regression for Bo and Vlad from 21 numbers. Is that common with these projections?

Ya. I agree on not dwelling but developments making it tougher for me at least. Oh well. Next year and ya Charlie must go. But don’t think he will.

Not sure if anyone else feels this way but the Braves advancing sans Acuna Jr and the BoSox beating the Rays is irking me more we didn’t take advantage of a CY, MVP ish seasons and lottery ticket winnings on Short term free agent signings. Once you are in and get on a roll anything can happen. We didn’t get in and should have. Frustrating.

Ya. A very good chance anyway. I know you are a glass half full fan but I do believe we are going to look back on ‘21 for a long time as a major lost opportunity with the sheer number of elite seasons that went our way. That…I hope I’m wrong about.

Rays will be eliminated by BoSox. Just another reminder if you can make it in anything can happen. Also another reminder we f***ing didn’t make it in when we should have.

Franco f***ed by ump on a pitch he called a third strike that was 4 inches above zone. Virtually unhittable. I’m more consistently pissed off at strike/ball calling this season than I can ever remember.

It went off their f***ing player and that why it went out lol.

Even if it was the call in accordance with the rules it’s ********. Not the intent of ground rule double rule at all.