Bad The Chuck James Experiment, Bad
In a shocking (SHOCKING) turn of events, Phillies’ ace (and player most likely to parlay their name into a soap opera gig) Cole Hamels outdueled Richmond Braves’ ace The Chuck James Experiment. Meanwhile, in Omaha, one Hiram Kyle Davies was quoted as saying, “Gawd, I could do better than THAT. Please tell me Dayton Moore doesn’t want this clown, too.”
Even Mark Bowman is now speculating who the next warm body to fill in this roster spot will be.
How about Greg Maddux? I thought it was a pretty stupid question when it landed in the Braves mailbag on Monday, but Jayson Stark is reporting that the Padres are getting ready to start a fire sale, so who knows. Of course, we’ve already put one of our old horses out to the bullpen to stud this year, so maybe we should be thinking of someone less AARP eligible.
I say let Kotsay pitch. Man’s got a cannon, and with his accuracy, he’d probably walk fewer guys than Chucky.
Speaking of Kotsay, the drama tomorrow will be intense when the Oakland A’s come to town, and Kotsay will face his old team for the first time as a Brave. I don’t know why the mainstream media hasn’t picked up on this hot story. We’ll have all the details of this incipient rivalry all weekend from Section 435.
Should be an interesting series. The Braves are hot when wearing their white and red jerseys this year. The Athletics dropped out of the lead in the AL West after managing only 2 runs in their entire series in Cleveland. Sound like any team you follow? (Though, they’ve still managed a winning road record.)
Update 5/16 8:26am: Appears that braves.com has picked up on the Kotsay story. Their brilliant angle being: Tim Hudson hasn’t pitched in Oakland since 2004 so he doesn’t know any of these guys. Good job.
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