Braves Lose Finale

Today’s (Final) Game: Atlanta (84-77) at Houston (72-89)

Atlanta Braves
Houston Astros

Starting Pitchers
Buddy Carlyle
Felipe Paulino

Record
8-6
1-1

ERA
5.16
10.38

IP
103
13.0

Game Time: 2:05 on TBS, Fox Sports Houston
Well, here it is folks. The final game of the Atlanta Braves 2007 season.
Personally, while I care if the Braves win or not, there are four other things I will be watching throughout the day today.
1. Chipper Jones’ and Matt Holliday’s [...]

2007 Braves Top Prospects

1. Jason Heyward (2010) — Jason Heyward hasn’t played a whole season in the minors yet but I still named him as our top Braves prospect for 2007. Hey ward is a left-handed hitter with plus power potential, he’s got solid tools all around. His worst tools are speed and arm strength, where he ranks [...]

Atlanta Braves
Houston Astros

Starting Pitchers
Jeff Bennett
Brandon Backe

Record
2-0
2-1

ERA
2.57
4.37

IP
7.0
22.2

Game Time: 7:05 on Sports South
Jeff Bennett, who had an impressive start for the Braves in his first game, will take the mound against Brandon Backe. Backe has had some rough luck the past couple of years since he was gold for the Astros in 2005. Will his luck [...]

Braves Exterminate Astros

FINAL SCORE: Braves: 7, Astros: 2.

Jo Jo Reyes had an excellent game, going 6.2 innings, and only giving up two runs on seven hits. He earned his second win of the season. The Braves bullpen didn’t allow any hits the rest of the night. The Braves bats were the story though, as Chipper got [...]

Latest on Andruw Jones

UPDATE: This place is becoming good with Rumors. Sports South announcers (Joe Simpson and Jon Sciambi) just said Scott Boras has said there will be enough interest in Andruw to where he won’t have a NEED to sign a one year deal with the Braves. Boras believes there will be plenty of teams to [...]

Soriano Suspended

UPDATE: Braves Live on Sports South has announced Rafael Soriano will be suspended for 2 games, with a minor fine. It looks like MLB agrees with my opinion on suspending him. He’ll be available to pitch the final game of the year on Sunday. “I probably would have been more frustrated if we were still [...]

Tonight’s Game: Atlanta (83-76) at Houston (71-88)

Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies

Starting Pitchers
Jo-Jo Reyes
Matt Albers

Record
1-2
4-10

ERA
6.75
5.88

IP
44.0
105.2

Since the Braves are mathematically eliminated, this game is all about looking for positives coming from Atlanta. A quality start from Jo-Jo tonight is a positive, hits by Chipper Jones to keep his lead in the NL Batting Race is also a positive, and a Braves win, still, is [...]

10,000 Views!

Hey everybody.
I just noticed that the site just eclipsed 10,000 page views. That is absolutely awesome and congratulations to Corey and D’Andre for making such a great site.
This makes me proud to be a member of Blabberin Braves and I hope to help contribute to further milestones in the future.
Too bad this awesome [...]

Atlanta Braves Eliminated in Loss

Well, John Smoltz proved to be ineffective, and the Braves were eliminated from playoff contention as Philadelphia beat them 6-4. Chipper Jones hit a two run homer, and Tex homered to. That was all the runs the Braves could get. Jeff Francoeur also homered in the 9th. Matt Diaz got on first, stole second, and [...]