And so it goes. Braves win, the Phillies win, and no ground can be made up. This lead has been as little as a half game since Atlanta took over first place and has been as much as seven. Somehow, they keep finding a way to win. Call it keeping pace, but I prefer to [...]
I would like to understand the mystery that is Derek Lowe. Here’s how it goes down. Four a good two to three starts in a row, he gives up anywhere between three and six runs, and the ERA gets jacked up, and then comes along a random start where he doesn’t even give up a [...]
Frank Wren, the general manager for the first place Atlanta Braves, woke up Omar Infante on Sunday morning with a phone call. Startled to hear from Wren in the early morning hours, Infante assumed the worst, and thought he had been traded. Try the complete opposite. The twenty-eight year old utility player was chosen by Philadelphia Phillies manager, Charlie [...]
To say that things have gotten better for the Braves is quite the understatement. A team does not need an Albert Pujols or a Joe Mauer to keep this team sailing merrily along. Unsung heros are everywhere within the twenty-five man roster. It is beyond future Hall of Famer, Chipper Jones, and Brian McCann and Jason Heyward [...]
Stephen Strasburg against Tim Hudson was what we were told tonight’s matchup was going to be, but from the commentary heard on ESPN, Cy Young could have been reincarnated to oppose Strasburg and no one would have cared. Occasionally we heard a blip about how Hudson was getting ground balls he needed, or how Martin [...]
