These recaps are far more fun to write when the Braves are on the winning side. But then, those games are more fun to watch as well. I’ve said it before, I think we are going to see more of this until either, Tex hits or our batters stop swinging at everything. They need to work the count, choose the pitches they swing at. Not just decide to swing. If they do that, the opposing pitcher may tire out, and we might get an opportunity to score some runs.

ESPN - Braves vs. Marlins - Box Score - April 15, 2008

What are the odds we get through this series without a rain delay? Without a postponement?

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For many years, Eddie Mathews was considered, and actually is still considered by some, to be the best third-baseman ever. I chose to write about him today because on April 15, 1952, Eddie made his major league debut for the Boston Braves. He’s almost a forgotten man in Braves lore among fans, so let me tell you a story.

According to MLBTR, we’re currently hurting for pitching and need to make a deal soon or we might as well call it quits. They list who is available for the Braves to consider. Are we really hurting that bad? One, we don’t know the verdict on Glavine and if he doesn’t feel any worse than he did Sunday, some find it a non-worrisome injury. Glavine apparently said himself, “they better not,” be putting him on the DL without his knowledge, but he’s not ruling the possibility out if it will end up hurting the team. Two, yeah, we’ve lost Hampton, but he was an added bonus at the time. Everyone was almost expecting something to go wrong with Hampton with the backup depth we acquired in case something did happen to his fragile self. Three, Smoltz is Smoltz and while he is getting older, he is still making every effort he can to pitch when his time roles around. As he said, he has a lot of pitching left in him and he’ll know when he can’t pitch anymore. But let’s not push it, Smoltz isn’t 20-something anymore. Four, why would we spend money or give up a player on someone else that we really don’t need unless one of our other pitchers are lost with an injury, which hopefully doesn’t happen.