It has been a tough couple of weeks for the Atlanta Braves. It has also been a tough couple of weeks for the Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence. The Confidence Factor squiggled its way through most of June and July, bouncing up and down, before falling for three straight weeks at the end of July. This coincided with the erosion of the Braves large division lead and offensive slump.
This past week, though, the Confidence Rating bounced back and ended its fall, jumping from 69 percent confidence last week to 78 percent confidence this week. It helped that the team got back on track and started winning series again, having won their last three series, a record of 7-and-3. As frustrating as the last week has been to watch, the team is actually tied for the best record in the National League over the past ten games.
It certainly looks like the rest of the season will be a struggle for the Braves, as they will likely be pushed by the Phillies the entire time. Atlanta will have to find some ways to survive their latest rash of injuries and come out the other end still in first place. I expect more roller coaster confidence results to follow.
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69% last week…no wonder I couldn’t find the report. Not worth reporting.
bighop - August 12, 2010
Agreed...
Given that we were in first place and have promising young guys in the Minors…I am shocked that it was so low…I suppose games in the immediate week get an inordinate amount of weight on the scale for many fans…
Jman781 - August 12, 2010
We’re winning games with Prado out, Medlen probably gone for the year, Heyward clearly not 100% (and also out for the moment), Chipper out again, something’s physically wrong with Glaus, and I’ve probably forgotten someone else.
Seems like the current situation is good news, not bad news.
blwfish - August 12, 2010
O’Flaherty out might be the one you missed. The hype during spring was “win it for Bobby”. Jurrjens mentioned that in his post game interview a couple of nights ago. I’m starting to think there might be something to it. McLouth, KK, Escobar, all gone after poor results, lots of injuries, JJ, Diaz, Heyward and Saito missed significant time earlier too. But they keep coming from behind, keep scoring in the late innings. I like this team. We have a 2.5 game lead and have not had one week of EVERYBODY “clicking”.
bighop - August 12, 2010
confidence might take a hit with chipper gone for the year
epatl - August 12, 2010
My confidence has gotten a bit higher of late as we may be seeing signs of a new hot streak for Glaus. He got a couple of ground balls to find holes for RBIs then has hit the ball hard on the screws in the past couple days. Glaus’s hot streaks come with his awful slumps so now that we have struggled through slump we can ride a hot Glaus while Chipper is out.
bbxxj - August 12, 2010 via mobile
confidence?
With Chipper down now I bet next week will be a very interesting graph.
aceiii222 - August 12, 2010
I feel like voting a one since I just read the Chipper news. I still voted a 7 though. This is depressing.
BullManUGA - August 12, 2010
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