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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:21 PM
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Poll question: Will the Braves choke now or later in the playoffs?
It's that time of the year again. Time for a certain team to play under their potential. You guessed it's time for the Atlanta Braves to choke. It's seems like every year that the Braves are in the playoffs thay've got the best pitching rotation ever and sometimes the best record in baseball. Every time they go to the playoffs they lose to someone they should destroy. Is it time for the Cubs to destroy the Braves on their way to a World Series victory? Maybe so , what do you think
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:22 PM
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1. Please kick this thread
:kick:
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:27 PM
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2. Hopefully, they're going down soon
Atlanta is one of those teams like the Yankees - they have so much money there shouldn't be a fair competition. Yet they lose, time and time again :)
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:33 PM
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3.  Players from the Yankees farm system.......

currently on the team:

1. Derk Jeter
2. Alfonso Soriano
3. Nick Johnson
4. Jorge Posada
5. Bernie Williams
6. Andy Pettite
7. Mariano Rivera
among others ......


errr....you were saying about money....
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:47 PM
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4. Cincinnati has nearly the entire triple-A team in the majors
Hell, they've even got the minor league manager since Bob Boone got canned. I guess it's been a bad year for injuries.
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gyopsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 07:49 PM
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5. I would hate to see the Braves win
Seeing them win anything in the postseason is just boring and repetitive.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:03 PM
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6. Me too
When I was in school the school dickhead was a Braves fan. A fan to such an extent that we thought Greg Maddux was going to have to get a restraining order just to be safe. All we'd hearfrom him was how good the Braves are and every time they'd lose I'd have a ball at school, espeacially if it was to the Reds. We'd have extra fun if they lost in the playoffs to someone they should beat.
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diplomats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:23 PM
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10. I'm a Phillies fan
and I'm sick and tired of the Braves winning the NL East every year. Of course, I have to admit to being envious since my team has won one stinking World Series in its entire history.
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:05 PM
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7. Remember, the Cubs are the CHOKE KINGS
The losing-est team in baseball has a long tradition of choking to maintain . . .
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:38 PM
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12. No, they just sucked all that time
It's different when the Reds lose because they don't have shit. When the Braves lose it's different because they're the most talented and paid team in the league. It always cracks me up because they say "good pitching beats good hitting", ok then tell me why the Braves only have one world series title to their name and that one happened after the strike when no one was watching baseball.
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maxomai_vs_rove Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 09:12 PM
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13. I think it'll be different this year.
The Cubs have a stronger team this year than they did in 1998, when they won the Wild Card. They've got all-around strong pitching so they won't have to put a weak pitcher up against the Braves (like they did in the first postseason 1998 game).

I think it will be a squeaker. But I think the Cubs will take it. They're hungry.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 09:15 PM
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14. They're due to win as well
Man are they EVER due.
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tsipple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:07 PM
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8. I Sure HOPE the Braves Choke
Edited on Sat Sep-27-03 08:08 PM by tsipple
And I hope they lose three games straight to the Cubs. Of course, I'm biased. :evilgrin:

On edit: Georgia tossed Max Cleland out to put that miserable chickenhawk Saxby Chambliss in office. I say it's payback time. The Atlanta Braves deserve to lose.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:21 PM
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9. you can set an atomic clock by it.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 08:34 PM
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11. On when the Braves are going to choke?
Refresh my memory on the Atomic clock please.
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