As bad a night as last night was for the Braves, tonight was that good (ok, it wasn’t THAT good, but close). Last night we lost, for the season, one of the greatest Braves in history. Tonight, one of the greatest Braves in history made his stamp on the record books. Of course, I am referring to Chipper. Chipper hit his 400th career home run. An accomplishment only two other switch hitters have managed. With the way he is hitting, 500 isn’t out of the question. Congrats to Chipper.
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A blowout win would be nice.
I noted this in comments yesterday, but check out the difference in Manny Acosta’s pitching in high leverage situations versus the rest of the time. I am generally reluctant to explain such performance differences as psychologically caused, but wow.
Posted by lsu31always
Braves Report — published on June 5th, 2008
Today is one of the most important days if not the most important day for the future of the Braves. Today begins the Rule IV amateur draft. Today the Braves get the chance to pick its stars of tomorrow. The future is now.
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