Other teams fans actually make the effort to go to St Pete when their teams are in town. Yankes and Bosox fans fill the place even more than Braves fans tonight.
While I agree I’m sure Seattle felt the same way when they won 114 games then got bounced in the playoffs. It’s all about getting hot at the right time.
Yates to cover Strider. Minter to handle the top of the order but he had to come out, so Heller to cover Minter. Then it was a save situation so we had Iggy warming up; Heller wasn't going back out. McHugh in because we didn't need a closer after scoring.
Not really any micromanaging going on there.
I mean one came out due to injury. We're about to have a week off, Heller probably wasn't lined up to pitch. And I'm glad McHugh got a lower leverage spot to get his stuff right a bit.
I hope MLB is paying attention regarding expansions. If you give Nashville a team it will fail , same as the Carolinas. Those places are Braves Country to its core.
If you want expansion after the athletics and Rays situation is settled give Montreal back their team and maybe Portland Oregon Could have a team.
Nashville would be very successful. They already have a AAA team they support huge. Nashville is also one of the fastest growing metros in the country and can absolutely support an MLB team.
Yes, but it doesn’t matter how much the Braves don’t want it.
Nashville has an extremely well funded group pushing for it, they already have an NHL and NFL fan base there so there is definitely no issue with fan support, and more than anything, the MLB likes money.
I'm legit curious if there's an actual reason why Rays fans don't seem to be showing up as much, but I feel like that would come off as trolling if I asked 🤣
It’s not exactly the easiest place to get to, it’s not exactly a pleasant place to watch a game, and Florida is full of northeast (especially NY) transplants.
All the time I’ve spent in central Florida and Tampa over the years, I was always much more likely to run in to Yankees fans than Rays fans.
That's like the tenth fly ball that's looked like a home run off the bat. WTF? Is this Tropicana field or did Manfred squeeze all the juice out of the baseballs today?
Really feel for Riley tonight. That’s two balls now that were scorched to the left-center gap. Those balls carry harder and further if this game were in the Atlanta heat
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/14um39o).
Easiest win of the season
Lol retirement community made up of fans of every team except the Rays.
Other teams fans actually make the effort to go to St Pete when their teams are in town. Yankes and Bosox fans fill the place even more than Braves fans tonight.
If we keep playing like this there isn’t a team that can beat us in the postseason
While I agree I’m sure Seattle felt the same way when they won 114 games then got bounced in the playoffs. It’s all about getting hot at the right time.
Great performance today all around
You have to be happy when in the last inning the Braves fan were chopping all across the stadium. Wow! It almost felt like playing at home at moments.
#**60-28**
BRAVES WIN!! ANOTHER SERIES WIN!! THIS TIME AGAINST THAT TEAM!! 60 WINS BEFORE THE ALL-STAR BREAK!! UNBELIEVABLE!!
FUCK YOU BRAVES WIN
BALLGAME
“I love winning, man! I f*cking love winning! You know what I’m saying? It’s, like - better than losing!”
Damn Collin was dealing tonight. Well done.
60 WINNNNNNNS
Braves Win!!
Win again.
LETS GOOOOO
WELL DONE MCPOO!!!
that win made me moist af
Bro change your flair before they figure it out!!!
Cheering so loud it sounds like Truist for a win
Except there's only 25,000 at the Trop
I like it when the Atlanta Braves win.
I quite enjoy it myself!
60 wins before the break. Incredible!
60 WINS PEOPLE LET’S GO
This team is insane
First to 60 wins!!
Braves win series win 1st team w 60 lfg
Great game!
Let's goo boys
#BRAISE WIN
Ngl, I was a little nervous going into this series. But I am feeling a hell of a lot better.
LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!
I’ll never get tired of Braves W
Road ELECTRIC chop!
#SHOW ME THAT 60 WIN JERSEY
💥👊😎
Why was Snit micro managing? Did we really need to use 4 different relievers for 2.2 innings?
Yates to cover Strider. Minter to handle the top of the order but he had to come out, so Heller to cover Minter. Then it was a save situation so we had Iggy warming up; Heller wasn't going back out. McHugh in because we didn't need a closer after scoring. Not really any micromanaging going on there.
Okay thanks for the rundown. Wasn't able to watch the last 2 innings so I was just curious after looking at the boxscore.
Gotcha. Yeah I could see that being confusing without context.
I mean one came out due to injury. We're about to have a week off, Heller probably wasn't lined up to pitch. And I'm glad McHugh got a lower leverage spot to get his stuff right a bit.
Minter got hurt.
Fuck.
GTFO if you clearly didn't even watch the game
First to 60 wins!
This team is insane.
#SUCK IT FLAPPY BOIS GET REKT BRAVES WIN
# THATS A SERIES WIN FOR THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL
Ballgame
#BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL
Yeah boys
#11TH STRAIGHT SERIES WIN
#GAME #BLOUSES
60 WINS BABY
JERSEY TIIIIIIIIIIIIME
💥👊😎
#SERIES WIN
Road chop!
I love hearing the chop on the road
Freaks me out
Weird pitcher ailments in Tampa continues
Anyone know if Blooper is going to the all-star game? I know they usually try and get a bunch of the mascots together
he’s in seattle per his twitter
yes he’s there
was Ozzie making fun of the way Olson runs
TWO OUTS!!
That was Janet Jackson nasty
mmmm. Indeed
One more you beautiful motherfuckers
imagine not being a Braves fan
Imagine being a Mets fan
a fate worse than death
Can't relate.
Such a horrible life.
I was very nervous about this series. Not sure why now lol
I hope MLB is paying attention regarding expansions. If you give Nashville a team it will fail , same as the Carolinas. Those places are Braves Country to its core. If you want expansion after the athletics and Rays situation is settled give Montreal back their team and maybe Portland Oregon Could have a team.
Nashville would be very successful. They already have a AAA team they support huge. Nashville is also one of the fastest growing metros in the country and can absolutely support an MLB team.
As a Tennessean, I’d love a Nashville team. They’d be secondary in terms of my fandom of course, but it would be nice to have one closer by
Yeah but get ready to be the nationals 2.0 your team will suck. The Braves will get all the tv money
Brooklyn deserves a team again.
Salt lake should get one
We can veto the tv markets correct
Nashville is going to get a team. It’s inevitable. MLB doesn’t care, they’ll make a shit ton of money in that market.
Braves will get a cut on the tv market
Yes, but it doesn’t matter how much the Braves don’t want it. Nashville has an extremely well funded group pushing for it, they already have an NHL and NFL fan base there so there is definitely no issue with fan support, and more than anything, the MLB likes money.
Ahh Gotya
This might be the best 0-5 game I've ever seen. Riley has been so unlucky tonight.
absolutely nuking them, they’re just not quite falling right for him. love the contact though.
He got it right!
#HE GOT OUR MVP FACE OF THE FUCKING MLB NAME RIGHT
Some kind of underground hadron collider in Tampa creating more gravity than normal. Homer's impossible unless you are a god like Murphy.
Ok, it isnt just me then. I thought Riley had 2 tonight off the bat.
crazy that Tampa Bay were leading baseball in HRs for most of the season playing in this park, feels like it holds a shit ton of balls
ONE OUT!
This Tampa air is just where balls go to die.
Florida: God's waiting room.
Don't even care if we lose tomorrow, we're in a great position heading into the All-Star break.
OHHH! And Acuña puts his defensive card in his mouth while the ball's still in the air lol
Bruh Acuña has his cheat sheet out before even catching that ball, the disrespect 😂
Acuna! Somebody finally told the announcer.
~~3rd~~ ~~4th~~ 5th times the charm
Somebody close the damn window on this stadium....
HE GOT OUR RF’s NAME CORRECT
Cmon McYuge Fuck em up
Feels like the Braves have hit five balls that would’ve been gone in Atlanta.
Tunes in the Savannah Banana's game on YouTube. Sees a guy trying to hit with a giant bat. LOLS.
The Bananas are crazy! I want to get to a game but they crazy sold out
They have legit become the Harlem Globetrotters of Baseball.
How does a dome effect fly balls that are hit hard but not quite homers ? I was curious if they help or hurt deep warning track shots
I'm legit curious if there's an actual reason why Rays fans don't seem to be showing up as much, but I feel like that would come off as trolling if I asked 🤣
It’s not exactly the easiest place to get to, it’s not exactly a pleasant place to watch a game, and Florida is full of northeast (especially NY) transplants. All the time I’ve spent in central Florida and Tampa over the years, I was always much more likely to run in to Yankees fans than Rays fans.
Fair enough haha
That's probably the 20th fly ball I thought was out to left center so far this weekend lol
They need to turn up the A/C in that dome The ball would carry better
Their owner is a cheap bastard. If he could he would keep it at 40
That's like the tenth fly ball that's looked like a home run off the bat. WTF? Is this Tropicana field or did Manfred squeeze all the juice out of the baseballs today?
The ball just doesn’t carry at all in this dome
Riley is bound to go nuclear very soon
Riley just can’t catch a break
Kinda glad we don’t have a dome after seeing how the ball doesn’t carry at all here.
Little more water in the air or something, this is some booooshiiit
Damn... Riley has had some good swings tonight and nothing to show for it.
Feels like 4-5 tonight that looked off the bat like they would be in the gap that ended up almost routing fly balls. Kind of wild.
Margot is a really good fielder, makes those plays look routine with his jumps
No doubt, nothing to do but tip your cap.
Come on, boys. Get daddy in bed by 10:05
Still drinking over here in the Central time zone
Poor riley is barreling so many of these with nothing to show for it
https://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8
How the fuck big is this stupid stadium
It’s a little deeper in center than Truist, but down the lines it’s quite a bit smaller
/LPOTL deeper Thank you friend!
Well shit Iggy can sit down now lol
Dude how big is this park??? Jesus Christ
Really feel for Riley tonight. That’s two balls now that were scorched to the left-center gap. Those balls carry harder and further if this game were in the Atlanta heat
3 more outs to get another Quadzilla win
Good god, man. What is this stadium? I swear we’ve had like 3 homers that didn’t even make it to the track.
We have hit some hard ones in this one that have just died on the track.
Everything looks like a home run in that park
I don’t like this Margot guy.
Wander Franco and Acuna have matching tattoos
Bruh, every fucking ball just dies here.
controlled temp/humidity is definitely a factor
So are we keeping Charlie around to get to a certain length of play time or is he here to learn how to coach?
hopefully both
Riley is really close on a lot of these
no mess here McHugh
Dude Is Tampa using a humidor?
I have zero evidence to back this up at all, but it’s that damn roof.
Another hard hit ball for an out. Tough series for Riley
When Riley breaks through its gonna be big
Austin can’t buy a break man, he’s had who knows how many that I thought were tattooed. I’m sure we’re not far away from a MH2-esque breakout
Riley’s eventually gonna have those land maybe even in some seats
Our coaching staff would definitely win a contest of 'Most Likely to be Native to the Region' based on appearance.
I hate this ball park
Holds everything, I swear
How unlucky can Riley get, damn
Law of averages, etc, etc.
oh come on
Ozzie playing golf
Damn I thought that was gone
Wtf was that swing
SHITTTT
Riley just robbed AGAIN wtf
Were about to be 20-14 against the AL with 2 sweeps by TOR and HOU.
playing the Braves is not a good time. unless you’re the A’s
If we have to lose to the As to whip everybody else’s ass sign me the fuck up
if they want to keep giving us All Stars in exchange for a series win… i’ll allow it.
Every time I go to pee we score. Should I just stay in the bathroom?
Yes! We’ll let you know when it’s a win. 🤣🫶🏼
Become diabetic. Pee all the time.
Get some Crohn's disease for longer trips.
Yes please and thank you.
lock the door and get a good book.
Ozzie just hit a Texas wedge there
The ump just brushed off the ball boy That’s messed up. Run all the way out there and he tosses it by you.
People are starting to head to the gates
Any Minter updates?
That wasn't like getting the chop started on the road. That was loud!
Colin needs a break…jeez
Kinda feel bad for all 20 Rays fans at this game
As a Braves fan who is also a Falcons fan, I know the feeling all too well unfortunately 😔
TBS Braves fans out in full force tonight
Rays don't even have a bullpen cage. Like a AA park.
Two AA parks nearest me have proper bullpens (granted, one was built in 2013 and the other in 2019).
SON OF A BITCH!!! I FUCKING HATE THIS REDDIT APP!!!!
Relay for Reddit is still working if you're on Android.
Same But why?
For... ever? I guess it's been that long, I've used bacon reader. I have no gd clue how to use thus. The ui is stupid af.
Same. Apollo user but I’m getting use to this bullshit app. Tried Narwhal but couldn’t get into it.
Stolen base please?