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re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 9:32 pm to Dirk Dawgler
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Back in the 80s, we had all that and would see 6-8 stolen base attempts per game. This swinging for the fence or deep doubles against the wall crap at every at-bat is just shite compared to what the game once was. Cant even watch it anymore.
Back in the 80s, you didn't have 5 flamethrowers coming out of every bullpen throwing 99 mph fastballs with wipeout sliders.
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If we lose tomorrow and get dominated by yet another CY Young caliber pitcher, then the noise may get loud enough AA/Liberty can’t ignore it. We simply don’t have the pitching to compete. And it’s been consistently ignored. We can moan all we want about the lineup and they’ve been horrible but everyone KNEW going into the season we were handicapped. Somehow we still won 94 games and a NLWCS.
Pitching has been fine in this series. The offense has scored 7 runs in 3 games. The offense scored 8 runs in 4 games in 2023. The offense scored 11 runs in 4 games in 2022.
This team's problem is the offense and has been for quite some time. It is hard to pinpoint exactly why they have completely fallen off a cliff since 2023. Injuries have been a little bit of it, although every team deals with injuries and I HATE using injuries as an excuse.
My pet theory is that the league deadening the balls after the 2023 season is what really messed this core up. AA long termed a bunch of mashers right as the league was trying to de-emphasize homers and create more action on the bases. In 2024, the Braves hit the ball almost as hard as they did in 2023 all season, but were not getting rewarded for it; a lot of balls that went out in 2023 died at the warning track in 2024. Hiring Tim Hyers and signing Jurickson Profar were two moves that signaled to me the team was going to try and diversify their offense, but the players they signed long term did not have the skill set to be a more contact and speed oriented team. It was a disaster in 2025. At some point this season, they went back to the "swing for the downs" approach and decided to live with the results. I'm not sure how to solve this issue and I'm not sure AA does either.
We don't need a full blown rebuild, but we do need a major shake up to this core. It seems stale and some new blood is badly needed.
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I know for a fact that wasn't the case.
He had offers on the table with higher AAVs than what he got from LA throughout the entire 2021 season and left them on the table. He made his choice.
re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 8:11 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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I want to know why Sale ran out of gas in the third inning.
Sale was missing his spots from the first pitch of the game. He just didn't have it tonight.
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Freddie has son'd the frick out of us this series.
AA just grinning it while it happens
If he wanted to be here, he would be.
re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 8:09 pm to BU Bear In BR
What a colossal fricking letdown
re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 7:50 pm to swagsurfin7
Why not keep Suter out there and make sure Iggy is fresh tomorrow?
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Great job Drake... keep swinging
I wonder if he is just worn down. Besides the time he missed with the oblique injury, he played every day this season. When he wasn't catching, he was DHing. Never got an actual day off when he wasn't behind the plate.
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Riley seems like a good dude but he is useless at the plate and has been the entire season but hey game 1 bomb against the Phillies will be a highlight for a longtime
I'm still convinced he hasn't been right since his hitting coach died a few years ago.
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I think you just have to take the sunk cost with Riley and clear the books
There is zero chance we will eat that much money
This team needs an infusion of offense in the offseason. Signing Arozarena would be a good place to start.
re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 7:08 pm to Chief Hinge
Olson knew he should challenge that but Acuna blowing that one early like a moron kept him from doing it
re: The ATL Thread - 10/6 - The Chris Sale Game @ Truist
Posted by VADawg on 10/6/26 at 6:59 pm to Chief Hinge
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Has he put any effort into running at all? This entire series he’s been half assing it. In the outfield and on the runs to first base. It’s almost like he’s silently protesting.
He was going as fast as he could down the line. He just doesn't run like he used to.
Awful, ugly swing
Turns out using Sale out of the bullpen against the Phillies may not have been a good idea after all.
That's probably game. It felt inevitable the way Sale has been missing his spots tonight.
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Every at bat you see a pitcher gives you hope for the next A B. The way the bull pen pitched last game should give hope.
Yamamoto looks absolutely untouchable tonight
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Riley misses a hanging breaking ball then chases a pitch in the dirt.
That might have been the best pitch any of our guys get all night
Yamamoto looks like he could go the distance tonight
Sale definitely does not have his A stuff tonight
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