Tomahawk Cow
Seattle 10, Atlanta 2. Tonight, the Atlanta Braves welcomed the newest addition to Turner Field, the highly anticipated Tomahawk Cow.
We at Section 435 dot com are pleased to present the first, exclusive* video footage of the Tomahawk Cow:
*Unless there’s more, which there probably is.
Note that the video is in normal speed. I tried to adopt the new, slow tomahawk chop style, though there wasn’ t much to rally about tonight. Still, I hope slow-mo tomahawk chopping catches on.
- Jorge Campillo was solid again. I wonder how many more solid starts it will take from him before he gets any respect.
- Omar Infante had a great night, making a spectacular catch to rob Adrian Beltre of a home run in the second and driving in half of our runs. You know, half of our two runs.
- The bullpen is really beginning to show the wear and tear that short starts and poor bullpen management will cause. Jeff Bennett and Will Ohman both got seriously tagged. My theory is that Bobby wants to get guys out there immediately after a bad appearance to show that he still has confidence. So it takes at least two bad appearances in a row to get a couple days rest (see Manny Acosta… or, you know, don’t see Manny Acosta because he’s getting some rest). Hopefully, at least Jeff Bennett earned a few days off with tonight’s suckfest. Sorry, Will Ohman, you’re going to have blow tomorrow night, too, if you’re getting tired.
- Good thing we have quality pitchers like Phil Stockman who can pick up the slack. Wait? What, Phil Stockman got sent down? Are you fucking kidding me?
The Natives are Getting Restless
Atlanta fans get a bad rap for not being passionate enough, but I really think a lot of that is that we’re just a bit more positive, patient, and accomodating than other fans. Maybe we’re following Bobby Cox’s example in that. Nonetheless, I got the sense tonight that the patience of the Braves fans is wearing thin this year.
To be fair, tonight I was surrounded by complete and total morons (surprise). Nattering nabobs of negativitsm, as the man once said. Still, this Braves team is not meeting expectations, and it’s beginning to be hard for even the most positive among us to find excuses.
Time to Bench Francoeur, Yet? Please?
No, Francoeur should not have caught any of those balls that he didn’t catch tonight. But he did ground into another bases loaded double play to kill a rally. He’s hitting a lofty .250 this season, and .237 in his last ten games. Coming into tonight’s game he was hitting .222 late and close and .111 with the bases loaded.
The kid is talented beyond belief and this is all in his head. Maybe Frenchy needs to talk to John Smoltz’s head shrinker. It worked for Smotlzie in ‘91.
Now, your head is probably lodged somewhere dark and uncomfortable if you think sending back to the minors is an option. But, he is not much more than a dead weight right now. It’s definitely time to give Brandon Jones a look for a few days while Francoeur spends some time with Terry Pendleton, his priest, Jack Daniels, or whoever he needs to consult to sort this out.
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