Wishing I had not turned the radio on tonight. Say what you will about one-run games, you’re not going to win a whole lot of games when you only score two. Sounds like some pretty fluky stuff went down the last two innings. It’s amazing how deflating one of these games can be after coming [...]
This turned out to be a pretty fantastic homestand. It’s one thing to sweep a pair of bottom-dwellers in six games like the last stand. It’s quite another to go 8-3 against three contenders. So, kudos. Maybe this time we’ll carry some of that mojo on the road.
Sunday’s Game
Arizona 9, Braves 3. The Braves marred [...]
On Booing
So, I understand this tirade, but I gotta say it doesn’t all add up. Do we really need to turn into Mets fans to turn it around for the Braves? Are nasty editorials in the paper going to spark clutch hitting? They’re not really working for Andruw in L.A. The critical journalism on the [...]
This weekend’s series with the Athletics should go to show you why that o**-r** g*** stat is pretty much completely meaningless. On Friday we won a classic o**-r** g***, playing it close the whole way. But on Saturday we were dominated by the A’s, only able to claw back within o** by scoring 3 in [...]
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 [...]
The Braves moved Yunel Escobar into the leadoff spot tonight and put smoking hot Mark Kotsay in the number two spot. And, while the move surely made the blogosphere happy, it didn’t end up changing our fortunes in road games or one-run games or one-run games on the road. I wholeheartedly support the move and [...]
In the first three games of the series in Pittsburgh, the Braves managed to score 4, combined, then busted out for 8 runs in game four. Mark Teixeira went down with back pains in the first game. Tim Hudson did the stopper thing in the second game. Still, our 10-2 win in Washington and our [...]
After catching only the first two and two-thirds at lunch time, I was blown away to discover that we had pulled out a win. Not that we were in an irreparable hole in terms of runs, but the games in which your starter comes out way early due to freak injuries (manboob, anyone?) are just [...]
Had to take in the game on the radio tonight as I’ve been sick for the last several days. I did enjoy getting to hear Skip Caray call the game, though. He’s not quite as sharp as he used to be, but he’s still a gem.
Dave O’Brien points out that the Braves have the best [...]
Baseball Prospectus compiles what they call the Adjusted Standings based on our Pythagorean won-loss record. Great news, folks! The Braves are leading the NL East in the fake standings (credit).
I know, I know. The idea is to try to somehow eliminate the luck factor from our actual record. And Pythagorean records end up being remarkably [...]
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