I really don’t know where to begin with this game. Do you lead with Chipper? But, that wouldn’t be fair to Smoltz. Of course, if you lead with Smoltz, it’s not fair to Chipper. So, the story of this game was the two ROCKS of the Braves organization. Chipper/Smoltz, Smoltz/Chipper? It really doesn’t matter. If two Braves players are going to carry the team, it’s probably going to be those two.
Read the rest of this entry »I really don’t know where to begin with this game. Do you lead with Chipper? But, that wouldn’t be fair to Smoltz. Of course, if you lead with Smoltz, it’s not fair to Chipper. So, the story of this game was the two ROCKS of the Braves organization. Chipper/Smoltz, Smoltz/Chipper? It really doesn’t matter. If two Braves players are going to carry the team, it’s probably going to be those two.
Read the rest of this entry »Watch this game go five hours with three rain delays and 13 pitchers.
This roadtrip has not gone our way at all. Injuries, one run losses, very little offense, very little bullpen pitching is the gist of it. Like Chipper said last night during Braves Live, no one is being consistent right now. We left the home stand feeling pretty well because we had beat the Mets, but it turns out, now we’re just counting down the days until we go back home, which is down to tonight. I’m sure the players are happy about that. But it really shouldn’t matter where they’re playing; the way we’re playing right now is just horrible. There’s really no excuse, but something has got to give somewhere.
Read the rest of this entry »Well, at least I got a lot of work done during this game. This is getting to be a really frustrating. The Braves are becoming masters of falling behind and almost coming back. Anyway, the Braves did score 5 runs, but never managed to hold a lead for more than half an inning. Still, at least the Braves showed signs of life, I guess…
Read the rest of this entry »The Marlins have a real racket going. Minimal payroll, lots of revenue sharing = profit no matter what they do. This never would have happened if George Steinbrenner were alive.
Read the rest of this entry »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.
Read the rest of this entry »What are the odds we get through this series without a rain delay? Without a postponement?
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.
Read the rest of this entry »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.
Read the rest of this entry »Enough is enough. Seriously. Of our 7 loses, one, ONE has has been by more than one run. If this team is going to be successful, that stat is going to have to change. Of course, we need our pitchers to be healthy, our relievers to be effective and Tex to start hitting. If any one of those three happens, we’d probably lose less one run games.
Read the rest of this entry »I happened to open my browser just now and stumbled upon an article written about America’s Top 10 Miserable Sports Cities from Forbes.com. For some reason, they have Atlanta ranked as #1 and have a lot included about the Braves in this said article. Here is what the article mentions about the city’s history of sports in Atlanta:
Read the rest of this entry »A scheduled off day, that is.
Finally, we got to see that high octane offense we’ve heard so much about. The bats showed up in a big way, Frenchy’s in particular. I think it goes without saying, if we score this many runs every game, we should win a few. But, after all we were playing the nationals, lots of runs are to be expected.
Read the rest of this entry »Why is this a day game? No idea.
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