Category: Recaps 2015

We’ve been whispering about it for more than a year now in this dark corner, but with the Miller-for-Inciarte/Swanson/Blair trade it’s actually, unquestionably the move for the Braves to make now—if they can swing it:...

We got ass whooped, time after time. Fans have been sentenced, But committed no crimes. Rangers and Dodgers, with Astros and Cards, Have had their share of sand kicked in their face So we can now sing: and we mean to go on,...

This is a formal request: it’s a long offseason, and we need new posts for the site. I’m open to anything: • Where Do We Go From Here? pieces about the Braves • Poetry • SEC football • Braves history Or...

On Sunday, Shelby finally won his sixth game after 24 consecutive winless starts. Trying to worry out the Shelby conundrum it has occurred that perhaps Chaucer might show him and us the way to redemption, to at least a deeper...

Braves played two to end the season. In the first game of the doubleheader, Shelby Miller pitched eight shutout innings; and the Braves hit three home runs to beat the Cardinals 6-0. Adonis Garcia had two solo homers, and...

Well, I started off the season with a running diary, so I thought I would finish the season off with one. All times approximate. 6:15 – The daughters go off to dance class, so Mrs. Painter and I head out to a quick salad...

I’ll be honest with you: I didn’t watch the game. And while I’m in the confessional, I’ll own up to something else: I have absolutely no idea who Ryan Weber is. But he went seven innings last night,...

I don’t care what the records are. Or whether either team still has games left that matter. Or who is on the mound. Beating the Nationals never gets old. Shutting them out is just icing on the cake. It has definitely been...

The final week of the Braves 2015 season will be spent at home. Fans are ready for the season to end. The Braves are ready for the season to end. Both Braves fans and players know the season ended long before the last out in the...

The Braves lost yet another game. They still have a chance to lose 100 and an outside chance to secure the number one draft slot for 2016. Therefore, almost everything but not all was lost. On a happier note, my tiny baby girl...

Julio Teheran got hung with the loss, which was kind of a shame since he only allowed two runs in the first and Brandon Cunniff was charged with four in the hellish eighth inning that I sincerely hope that very few of you were...

Well, last night the Braves did something they almost never do – light up Jose Fernandez – with Nick Markakis leading off with his third homer of the year, and Atlanta tacking on three more runs, but that promising...

Unless you have spent a reasonable amount of time down the rabbit holes of British comedy, odds are good that you’ve never heard of Ted Chippington, a semi-cult figure in the 1980s who took anti-comedy to new extremes of...

Freddie Freeman started the game on the bench, with Nick Swisher at 1st. Bartolo Colon started the game retiring the first 14 Braves batters he saw. The Williames started the game giving up two runs and sprinkling seven hits...

Take that, Mets. Braves win 6-2. Not only did the Braves win, they dominated. Who’s your daddy, Mutts? Matt Wisler went seven strong innings. He limited the Mets to two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out...

Shelby’s mother says Shelby is good, too good to play for these chumps. Everybody knows that Shelby is trying, too bad the offense’s a dump. Shelby’s mother says “Shelby should be happy, So why...

It was only the Phillies, but Julio Teheran was outstanding, perfect through six, 18 up, 18 down with six strikeouts. Sweet, Julio. Then Freddy Galvis led off the seventh with a single. Oh, well. The Braves got a tainted first...

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Coming into this season I knew my Braves fandom would be stretched in ways I, as a D.S. fan (became a fan During the Streak), had never been stretched before. I didn’t realize just how much it would change me, though. I...

I’ve always liked the Toronto Blue Jays, mainly because I like Cito Gaston. Cito wasn’t a special player, although he did make the all star team once as a Padre. To me, Cito just seemed a special man. This judgment...