00:00Acuna should have taken a book out of Michael Penix.
00:03I'm not healthy.
00:04You can't use me.
00:06Well, but you know, and I appreciate the call, Ted.
00:08That's not who he is.
00:10And by the way, it is official.
00:14The 2026 season for your Atlanta Braves has come to an end.
00:20Through the trials and the tribulations, the roller coaster that was the 2026 season,
00:28the highs, the lows, the ups and the downs, you fall to the Dodgers in the meekest of
00:35fashions, just managing to push across two runs over the last two games.
00:42Four to one is the final.
00:44Three to one is the series final.
00:48And your season is over.
00:5094 wins, just like that, down the drain.
00:55And the Dodgers, once again, celebrate and move on.
01:01And they're doing it in your house, on your field, where you just booed your superstar,
01:08Ronald Acuna Jr.
01:10This season will now be added to the recent list of struggles of the same repeated formula
01:21over and over and over again.
01:26Running out of starting pitching and no timely hitting to speak of.
01:32For the Braves to be as good of an offense as they are in the regular season
01:39and to struggle as incomprehensibly as they do in the postseason to put up runs
01:49is mind-boggling.
01:50It really is.
01:52You have five, six players in your starting lineup that hit 20 or more home runs this season
01:58and you can't do a damn thing in the playoffs.
02:04One or two clutch moments to speak of is not enough.
02:10Yeah, Riley had the game.
02:11Yeah, he did.
02:12What did he do for the rest?
02:14Batted 100.
02:15Acuna, Olsen, Baldwin, nowhere to be found.
02:21Dubon with a critical error.
02:23Ozzie, not his clutch usual self, although he did get some big hits.
02:29Can't drive him in if there's nobody on.
02:31That's part of the problem.
02:36Another season down the drain, Atlanta.
02:3894 wins in Walt Weiss' first season.
02:42The Dodgers batted 2-0-3 for the entire series.
02:502-0-3.
02:53Yep.
02:55And it wasn't good enough for the Braves to overcome.
03:00Think about that.
03:01You couldn't beat a team that batted 2-0-3.
03:06What does that say about you?
03:09I don't know what you do because this lineup is kind of locked in.
03:16Olsen, we'll see what happens at the middle infield positions.
03:20You can't move Riley.
03:23Baldwin, Harris is there.
03:26What are you going to do?
03:28It's interesting.
03:29All right, let's continue this discussion on Ronald Acuna Jr.
03:32because he is going through it right now.
03:37And it culminated in him being booed in his final at-bat of the season.
03:44Did he deserve it?
03:46Did he deserve it?
03:48404-726-0929.
03:50Tyrone is up next.
03:52Tyrone.
03:54Turtle, man.
03:55Thanks for taking my call.
03:57I love your show.
03:58I love your passion.
04:00But you said it a few times throughout the course of this night.
04:06Superstar players, unfortunately, no matter what,
04:11Atlanta is starting to see what other team sports are seeing.
04:15And the fact that, you know what?
04:16If you're not producing, we're going to boo you.
04:19We're going to let you know.
04:21And you said it a few times about, you know, Philadelphia, New York,
04:28every team sport, when there's a superstar, if you're not performing,
04:32they are booing you.
04:33I want to thank you for what you're doing.
04:35I feel it in your voice that you are passionate about this.
04:40But this is the game that we play.
04:43Thank you very much.
04:44Yeah, I appreciate it, man.
04:45Just another season down the tubes.
04:49182.
04:50Is what the Braves batted.
04:53Can you, like, can you even, like, comprehend that?
04:57As a team.
04:59182.
05:02And Acuna, yes, he's a part of it.
05:06But he's certainly not the whole thing.
05:09And now we need to have this discussion on top of the post-mortem on the season
05:14that we're going to have.
05:15Let's go to Lonnie up next.
05:17Lonnie.
05:19Hey, thank you for taking my call.
05:21You know, I'm 42 years old.
05:23I've been a Braves fan ever since I'm three, four years old.
05:27And to see this performance by Acuna right here, not only him, you know.
05:33Austin Riley got to wear it.
05:35Matt Olsen got to wear it.
05:36Ray Baldwin got to wear it.
05:38Isaiah Ozzie got to wear it.
05:40If you're a fan of Michael Harris or Chris Bale, you're really wearing these playoff locks.
05:47And as a fan, you know, how much do you expect for us to take?
05:51You give us a certain point.
05:52And we, you know, it's the same point every year.
05:55And we let down.
05:57You know, and then you want to say Acuna, Acuna.
05:59Yeah, no, Lonnie, I appreciate it, man.
06:01Love the passion.
06:02Your phone was just crapping out.
06:03But I totally pick up what you're putting down.
06:06It's the same thing every year.
06:10You run out of pitching in the postseason.
06:13And your stars can't hit at all.
06:17Period.
06:18It's a disgrace.
06:19It really is.
06:22Olsen, zero.
06:23Riley, zero.
06:25Acuna, zero.
06:27Baldwin, zero.
06:28Just nothing.
06:30Collectively, it's just a mess.
06:33And now it culminates with the Dodgers celebrating on your field
06:37and you booing Ronald Acuna Jr.
06:40Man, what a way to end the season, huh?
06:43Let's finish up this segment with Marcus.
06:45Marcus, what's up?
06:48Can you hear me?
06:49Yeah, I got you.
06:49What's going on?
06:51Man, I just want to say is every one of those fans that was booing
06:56Ronald alone should be ashamed of themselves
07:00because this season has not only been on him,
07:05especially in these playoffs.
07:07These playoffs, the whole – what you just named the stats.
07:11Everybody should be booed, starting with Alex.
07:16Alex, Alex should be the first one booed.
07:19But to boo Ronald and not boo anybody else for their performance is just mind-boggling.
07:26No, it's a good call and I appreciate it.
07:29You know, Ronald gets the ire because he's the star.
07:34He's the biggest star on this team by far.
07:37He's the MVP and he's the guy that everybody around baseball knows and loves here in Atlanta.
07:44And again, when he's healthy, top three player in the game.
07:48But he's not healthy and he's not right.
07:52So now the Dodgers are popping champagne in your locker room
07:58and you're booing Ronald Acuna Jr.
