One is the onlyest number these Braves ever knew.
Two could be as bad as one, but the onlyest number is the number one.
Zero is the saddest experience that you’ll ever know.
Injuries are a sad experience where we have to go.
so, the onlyest number in Braves World is one.
The onlyest number in Braves Word is one.
It’s just no good anymore under .500.
So, we spend our time, all our time, on yesterday.
One is the onlyest number.
Why such a lonely number?
This is our cursed number, since 2021 went away.
This is our cursed number, since players went away.
One is the onlyest number
in our pythag zone.
One is the onlyest number.
One is the onlyest number.
One is the onlyest number
Since 2021 went away.
It’s so good now that Ronald’s here.
Now we spend our time watching baseballs fly
And pitchers leave for surgery.
One is the onlyest number.
One is the onlyest number.
One is the onlyest number that we ever knew.
Nice. Was this a parody of the original Harry Nilsson version or the Three Dog Night cover?
My brain hears Three Dog Night when I hear this song. Just basically “damn, another one run game. Do we only have one run games? One is the only number, wait?”
Great job, Cliff. The three Dog Night version of that song has been an earworm for me for the last hour.
I actually first remember the song from a cover on a solo album by Al Kooper, the guy who played organ on Like a Rolling Stone. The album is pretty forgettable but that track stood out to me.
Pitching has been carrying this team since May 2024.
This is accurate, SDP.
Shame about how in 12 days the Mets lost 7 games in the standings. If it had been the last 12 days of the season, it would’ve been one of the all time collapses
But I say to them do not be discouraged, do not be downhearted. Success is just another billion dollar contract away
We got John Brebbia back. One more garbage time reliever to throw onto the pile, as Enyel De Los Santos moves up in the depth chart.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/06/braves-sign-john-brebbia-to-minor-league-deal.html
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that no one understands middle relievers at all. Their only real problem is that (a) they are inconsistent — if they were consistent they would have been starters or closers or setup guys; and (b) they work so few innings that their results are even more inconsistent that their performance — it’s all noise.
If I’m right, you should never pay them… you should wait for other teams (like Detroit) to pay them and then claim them for the minimum. Maybe they’ll suck and maybe they won’t, but at least it won’t cost you any real money to find out.
You shouldn’t DFA them either. What’s the point of exchanging one uncertain asset for another equally uncertain asset?
It is certainly possible that there are particular pitching coaches who can iron out particular mechanical issues with particular guys for some brief period of time, but nobody knows how to do that consistently either.
Yeah, honestly this is my impression as well. So many layers of variance; it’s TINSTAAP in another context.
Some great takes by Ozuna that AB so obviously he swings at the worst pitch of the game to K on a full count
The umpire just called a whole bunch of balls strikes. He called that inning like he wanted to bail the Mets out.
Recapped!