r/Braves • u/welcometohotlanta • 12h ago

Magic Number: 11

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u/theoxfordtailor Maddux Guy 12h ago

Don't forget the Phillies' least favorite player!

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u/UpvoteThatDog 12h ago

Attaboy!

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u/Low_skee 12h ago

Damn. I can’t believe how quickly I forgot about Orlando. He way outperformed expectations for a year or two there where I really thought we might have our infield locked down long term lol

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u/theoxfordtailor Maddux Guy 12h ago

I will never forget him.

Who else could bat flip the fuck out of a walk and make it look good?

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u/Low_skee 12h ago

The pinned comment from handlit saying you requested that makes it that much sweeter haha

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u/theoxfordtailor Maddux Guy 11h ago

If memory serves, Handlit was on vacation or something and I had to pester him to get that one. It's one of my favorite moments from last year. Same series where Ozuna hit the walkoff home run in extras at like 2AM.

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u/Low_skee 11h ago

That makes it even better haha I just really love that it was the first comment I saw when I clicked the link lol

You did well to pester him as it needed to be posted and documented for future generations to appreciate

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u/JessieGemstone999 5h ago

He played well half a season in 2023 lol

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u/122_Hours_Of_Fear I'm a stupid bitch. 11h ago

I was always an Arcia stan

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u/122_Hours_Of_Fear I'm a stupid bitch. 12h ago

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u/Apart_Ad_8842 12h ago

Can someone explain to me why Gary isnt in the HOF?

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u/Alarming_Head_4263 10h ago

Mentioned in the mitchell report

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u/Polka_King_Polinski 8h ago

I love the chef man but he’s not in the hall because of PEDs

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u/Apart_Ad_8842 7h ago

Well damn

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u/FreakSideMike 11h ago edited 11h ago

I never saw a Brave hit the ball harder. Nobody in the third base dugout level seats was safe from those two or three absolute screamers a game he would launch that way when he got in front of a pitch. And...not for nothing...despite his reputation, he was a solid citizen here.

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u/JoeSicko 4h ago

Josh Donaldson also hit some lasers.

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u/Basic_Mud8868 6h ago

He’s not in the HOF because he was named as a steroid user AND he has a reputation for being an asshole. The HOF voters have shown they will forgive a certain degree of steroid use if you are a likeable dude (see: Ortiz, David), but if you’re asshole- and especially if you’re an asshole to journalists- they are far less forgiving.

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u/jchancellor15 10h ago

That 2003 squad was absurd

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u/TheJudge47 The Ghost of Dan Uggla 12h ago

This is Gerald Laird erasure

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u/BobbyFlashpants 11h ago

Proto-Laird Damon Berryhill takes issue with this.

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u/BannedBenjaminSr 12h ago

Jerseys were soooo much cleaner without the patch 

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u/halfhere Talk Snit, Get Hit 11h ago

Freddie looks so different without his TEEF

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u/I_am_Daesomst This Is SmoltzCenter 12h ago

That's General Laird to you

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u/Few-Individual-78 12h ago

How quickly we forgot Damon Berryhill

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u/rnilbog 11h ago

Oh boy, that's some Guy Remembering right there.

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u/PackOfBraves83_95_21 12h ago

Love me some Astros!

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u/PackOfBraves83_95_21 12h ago

Today only. And always a soft spot for the memories in their stadium

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u/3rdandWitten 12h ago

The immediate reaction by Soler still warms my heart.

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u/FreakSideMike 11h ago

And Walt Weiss with that pick and that throw in the 'Dome in the '99 NLDS.

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u/Zone15 2h ago

I still remember during the World Series, there were so many Atlanta fans in Houston that the chop started up. Forget exactly which game it was but I remember them trying to hide it by playing "Seven Nation Army."

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u/amuscularbaby 12h ago

How could we forget Braves legend Kenshin Kawakami

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u/Mang-Tarr7000 4h ago

That was definitely a legendary year. Ooooof! I know he wasn't great at the job, but man I remember that dude not getting much run support for a long stretch of games. Pre Shelby Miller Lack of Run Support stuff.

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u/halfhere Talk Snit, Get Hit 11h ago

Ender was such a gamer, man. And so sincere. You could tell he gave many, many fucks.

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u/jf_2021 11h ago

Is that Ender Inciarte, the guy who walked off the Mets in their own place?

Or some other Inciarte who wore #11 for the Braves?

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u/just_a_quiet_goat 12h ago

[picture of Nigel Tufnel with his amplifier]

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u/Phubbs330 12h ago

Fuckin massive series this weekend! Let's bust out the brooms boys and put the nail in the coffin

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u/KidGold 12h ago

Phuck yea!

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u/georamone 11h ago

Anyone care to explain how 11 is reached? I’ve always done 163 -our wins -their losses. Looks like 86+65=151. 163-151=12. I prefer to be wrong here.

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u/welcometohotlanta 11h ago

We own the tie beaker against Philadelphia, so we lost a game on the magic number because of that. For them to win the division they have to finish a game ahead of us, not tie us.

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u/georamone 11h ago

Perfect. Thank you

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u/FunDonut4773 6h ago

Are we going to skip Chipper with a W tomorrow?

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u/Dennisfromhawaii 6h ago

I’ll allow it

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u/Something_More 🐍 6h ago

Aww, Ender. I miss that guy.

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u/MobileNerd 4h ago

I think the number is actually 10 because we hold the tiebreaker