| 28 September 2011
WP: De Fratus (1-1)
LP: Linebrink (4-4)
SV: Herndon (1)
We lost. St Louis won. The season is over. 34 days ago, the Braves had a ten and a half game lead on the Cardinals in the NL wild card standings. Today, on September 28, 2011, the Cardinals are wild card champions, and the Braves are...nothing. The Braves are choke artists. Plain and simple, that's what's up.
I'm not going to do a typical recap here. The Braves had a 3-1 lead through six innings, and Craig Kimbrel blew a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning. He walked three hitters and hit one - the control issues that weren't there for most of the season showed up at the worst possible time. With the game in extra innings, Fredi brings in his long man, Cristhian Martinez. There is no double switch. Martinez throws seven pitches and is pulled. The next pitcher is Scott Linebrink. He loses the game in typical Linebrink fashion.
I'll be back...sometime this week with a more in depth look at just what the hell happened, and I'm going to start up with the offseason stuff....which I didn't expect to be starting for at least another week.
Peace out, 2011. It was a good ride that could have been so much better.
