Loading ...Rainy Week Ahead
Written by Jonathan on August 13, 2008 – 1:21 pmToday’s doubleheader against the Cubs after yesterday’s rain-out gets underway in just a couple of minutes. I’ll refrain from discussing my lack of enjoyment of a day/night doubleheader as I have in the past, but instead I’ll discuss the general apathy of Braves fans it seems.
I’ve always known that Braves fans were generally fair-weather fans and this season has really helped show that. I don’t think many people that come across BravesBlast are like that, since I can’t see them seeking out information on the web about a team they don’t really care much about.
Anyways, I think we’re well aware that, at this point, this season just hasn’t lived up to our high preseason expectations. Whether it be the number of injuries, both on the pitching staff and in the field, or the streaky nature of our offense, things just haven’t clicked to produce the season we were expecting. Here we are, 6 weeks left in the season, 8 games under .500 and 8.5 games back in the division.
But the thing I’ve noticed most as we work through the last couple months of the season is that the fans really just don’t seem to care. It’s as if they’ve already grown to expect mediocrity or just don’t care in general any more. There’s no passion to the cheering at the ballpark, if many people come at all. Noone seems to get upset over the critical misplays that, at the beginning of the season, were all people would talk about for days. Why is that? Where are the real fans?
Just my little rant for the day. I’m sure the true fans can relate to where I’m coming from, even at the times where we feel strained to go watch another defeat at the park or feel that slight urge to turn channels. There’s always hope, but it’s looking a little dim that there’s hope for this year. I’m still hoping the front office makes the needed moves in the offseason to recreate a competitive team. In the meantime, I’ll see you at Turner. Go Braves.
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By BenMurphy on Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
The same is true for tonight's game. Ted Lilly hit Escobar the last inning, and Lilly was getting more fan support than Escobar. Geographical distances make it impossible for me to see any games at Turner Field, but displays like that are just disheartening.
By Sheryl on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Here Here! Braves fans have ALWAYS been fair weather fans!
Just heard on the radio the Cubbies pitcher spike catches and he falls off the mound and STILL throws a strike!!!! Go figure!
I am still cheering…and still screaming…and still hoping they will at least get back up to 500. But when I am at the game, it seems I am the lone ranger in my section.
GO BRAVES!
By Shaun on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
You know, if the fact that the fans only show up when we're winning is the price we have to pay for not having fans as obnoxious as the Cubs, then it's a price I'm happy to pay.
By JBaldwin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
You're right. There's a lot of people who show up with such apathy for the game and the team it's annoying. They're the folks who like to get up in the middle of the inning and see how many times they can obstruct your view and don't give a crap about baseball.
It is sad and more than a little irritating but I try not to let it ruin my enjoyment of the team or the games. I know the postseason won't be a reality for us but it's much more important to me to enjoy each game in and of itself.
As always. Go Braves!
~JB@TheLaunchingPad
By Sheryl on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I just got home from tonight's game–it is really sad when you cheers of the other team are louder than the cheers for your own team! Why do they even bother to go!
By Bud on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I typically don't like to see fights, but it wouldn't have bothered me one iota if Esco had went out there and drilled Lilly with a right hook to the grill. Seriously. I'm getting tired of Lilly throwing at Atlanta hitters. Hopefully, the little dust-up will light a fire under the Braves. Their performance in the doubleheader was an embarrassment. Listless. Rotten. Putrid.
Great game for Kotsay, though, as he joins the one-and-only Albert Hall as Atlanta Braves who hit for the cycle. Hall did it in 1987; Tom Glavine started two nights after Hall's cycle, the eighth start of his rookie season. He lost that game, just as he did last night.
A horrid series for the Braves, though. The pitching was brutal. Maybe Frenchy is finding his stroke; some really good at-bats last night, and good to see some results from those ABs. But all in all, two really forgettable days in a season that is starting to smell like, well, 1987.
Bud.
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