It was a bogus call.

But let us not forget about the egregious defense leading up to that point in the game by your Atlanta Braves.

The Braves were going home anyway, but thanks for coming to the ballpark Atlanta residents and being a part of…something.

I know that. But I was responding to the bogusness of the argument.

1. Even with increased replay, which I would greatly favour, plays like this, which depend to some degree on the interpretation of events, will properly not be subject to it.

2. The crowd was not responding to a lack of accountability. they were responding to a perceived bad call. Even with the greater accountability you advocate (which is generally shorthand for wanting an eye for eye when your team gets shafted), there is no evidence that crowd reactions in heated circumstances such as these would be any different.

3. To be clear, bottles (of whatever provenance or type) were not thrown on the field because of lack of replay or accountability. They were thrown on the field because people chose to throw them there. There is no excuse or justification for that and it goes a long way beyond OK behaviour. Life goes on and worse things happen at sea etc. but just let’s not try to find excuses for it.

@djeter: hence the intelligence tests too.

- I was at the game Friday night, and it was as loud a crowd as I’ve ever seen at Turner Field. It was fantastic. Hate all you want on the chop, but it’s something that got everybody on their feet, nearly every inning.

- Dondada – We actually did chant bullsh** for several minutes. I assume that’s when the TV cut away, I still haven’t seen a replay of the game. But for a good 2 minutes we chanted bullsh** in unison. And it was fantastic.

- No, I didn’t throw anything on the field, but a ton of people around me did. I felt like I “should” be mad at what they were doing, but I actually wasn’t. I know we didn’t lose the game because of that call, but it certainly helped kill the rally, and I think the way the game had gone, we had had enough.

- I understand where Huddy is coming from. And no, I still don’t think our fans are anything like New York or Philly fans. Having said that, we were living and breathing with every pitch, because I think most of us assumed we’d actually win in the postseason for a change.

- Is what happened morally right? Probably not. But Braves came out in full force. Most people who threw things weren’t drunk at all. Yes, beer bottles flew, but just as many Coke, and Dasani Water bottles flew. We weren’t all drunk. We were upset.

- Best game I’ve been to in a decade.

Looking forward to reading those posts.