Andruw homered, great win after the horrible Phillies series.
Smoltz and Sheets go at it tonight, Hudson and Bush on Wednesday.
Lets jump on Sheets early and hope Smoltz gives us another gem.
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We won game one on Chuck's best outing of the year.
Andruw homered, great win after the horrible Phillies series.
Smoltz and Sheets go at it tonight, Hudson and Bush on Wednesday.
Lets jump on Sheets early and hope Smoltz gives us another gem.
Andruw homered, great win after the horrible Phillies series.
Smoltz and Sheets go at it tonight, Hudson and Bush on Wednesday.
Lets jump on Sheets early and hope Smoltz gives us another gem.
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I was at tonight's frusturating game. Here's the summary I'm posting on my favorite Braves boards.
I went tonight to see what I though would be a great Smoltz-Sheets duel. Pictures will come later when I get tbe chance to upload them. So I fork out the moeny for tickets along the LF line at field level. I get to my seat an hour early for the game and see Moylan, Villarreal, Soriano, Wickman, and Chuck James playing catch about 15 feet away. James leaves almost immediately and Soriano and Wickman soon follow, I assume because they expected to pitch tonight, which left Moylan and Villarreal who probably didn't expect to pitch tonight to continue throwing. I should point out that Moylan's hilarious. He dances to the music while warming up which just makes Villarreal crack up as well. They threw a few balls near me but I didn't get any. The highlight of the pregame for me came when Hudson appeared to talk to Villarreal and Moylan. Someone taking batting practice hits the ball near him and he looks to throw it into my section. I yell at him to throw it to me since I'm wearing his name on my jersey shirt. Villarreal looks my way but Hudson throws it elsewhere, probably NOT to another Braves fan.
The game has now started. Smoltz starts out well and Willie Harris has fun with the catch partner kid by throwing him a high ball he has to jump for, which of course makes him crack up. And before I forget, Moylan signed some autographs but not for long enough to get to me. The name of the game was defense and injury. Smoltz wasn't "pulled" from the game. He made a pitch that led to a groundout and almost ran to the dugout like he saw a Kolb ghost or something. BC looked like someone shot him when he walked over to the umpire to tell him Villarreal was coming in. Defense was terrible on both sides. Bill Hall plays CF worse than anyone I've seen. The first play of the game he screws up by taking a terrible route to the ball. Later on he took 2 steps back on a popup before running full speed ahead and missing a diving catch. Finally, on another deep fly ball he had no clue how to make a running catch. Weeks is still horrible. At one point he missed an easy ground ball and on the next play proceeded to bobble the double play chance. I think he missed 4 playable balls. KJ and Pete Orr didn't impress me either. KJ had a beautiful bobble and Orr seemed to have horrible instincts and positioning at 3B. When Harris played 3B, he seemed to play a couple of feet closer to the line which allows him to make plays on balls going to the corner. Oh, and Pete Orr can't run up on a ball to save his life. After seeing both of these teams I'm wondering what's so hard about seeing the need for defense. The Braves really need to do something defensively because as has been mentioned before, there's not an above average infielder defensively. The OF is fine. Harris made a beautiful diving catch to save some runs, Andruw was Andruw, and Francoeur put his arm to good use. His first throw convinced the runner to stay at 3B and his second I think was really rushed since the Braves couldn't afford to give up a run, hence it going over McCann's head. Diaz's arm didn't seem strong to me but I could be making it up. It just seemed like he took a lot of effort to throw the ball to the infield.
Let's talk Braves offense. KJ, McCann, Andruw, and Renteria looked great. The problem came in the 9th. Note to Jeff and Scott: You don't have to swing at the first two pitches! That was a golden chance to nail Cordero who wasn't that sharp tonight.
Midway through the game I put my finger on what was killing the Braves bullpen. The Braves have a bunch of relievers who can't get a K and a bunch of middle infielders who can't save runs. It's a recipe for disaster.
Fun moments: I was sitting around a bunch of really great Brewer fans who had minimal knowledge of the Braves. I was asked to pernounce Saltalamacchia and I corrected them when they thought the guy who looked like he just finished a buffet table heading to the mound was Wickman. After learning that the Braves have 2 huge relievers they started making cracks which were similar to those we make here. Overall experience: fun but a win would have been nice especially after seeing the Braves choke in the 9th. And a final reminder, don't drink and drive. Some yahoo wanted to crash into me leaving the parking lot.
One thing I forgot to add. McCann would be great competition for the racing sausages at Miller Park. If only the Braves could have pinch ran for him in the 9th they would have easily tied the game and might have won.
I went tonight to see what I though would be a great Smoltz-Sheets duel. Pictures will come later when I get tbe chance to upload them. So I fork out the moeny for tickets along the LF line at field level. I get to my seat an hour early for the game and see Moylan, Villarreal, Soriano, Wickman, and Chuck James playing catch about 15 feet away. James leaves almost immediately and Soriano and Wickman soon follow, I assume because they expected to pitch tonight, which left Moylan and Villarreal who probably didn't expect to pitch tonight to continue throwing. I should point out that Moylan's hilarious. He dances to the music while warming up which just makes Villarreal crack up as well. They threw a few balls near me but I didn't get any. The highlight of the pregame for me came when Hudson appeared to talk to Villarreal and Moylan. Someone taking batting practice hits the ball near him and he looks to throw it into my section. I yell at him to throw it to me since I'm wearing his name on my jersey shirt. Villarreal looks my way but Hudson throws it elsewhere, probably NOT to another Braves fan.
The game has now started. Smoltz starts out well and Willie Harris has fun with the catch partner kid by throwing him a high ball he has to jump for, which of course makes him crack up. And before I forget, Moylan signed some autographs but not for long enough to get to me. The name of the game was defense and injury. Smoltz wasn't "pulled" from the game. He made a pitch that led to a groundout and almost ran to the dugout like he saw a Kolb ghost or something. BC looked like someone shot him when he walked over to the umpire to tell him Villarreal was coming in. Defense was terrible on both sides. Bill Hall plays CF worse than anyone I've seen. The first play of the game he screws up by taking a terrible route to the ball. Later on he took 2 steps back on a popup before running full speed ahead and missing a diving catch. Finally, on another deep fly ball he had no clue how to make a running catch. Weeks is still horrible. At one point he missed an easy ground ball and on the next play proceeded to bobble the double play chance. I think he missed 4 playable balls. KJ and Pete Orr didn't impress me either. KJ had a beautiful bobble and Orr seemed to have horrible instincts and positioning at 3B. When Harris played 3B, he seemed to play a couple of feet closer to the line which allows him to make plays on balls going to the corner. Oh, and Pete Orr can't run up on a ball to save his life. After seeing both of these teams I'm wondering what's so hard about seeing the need for defense. The Braves really need to do something defensively because as has been mentioned before, there's not an above average infielder defensively. The OF is fine. Harris made a beautiful diving catch to save some runs, Andruw was Andruw, and Francoeur put his arm to good use. His first throw convinced the runner to stay at 3B and his second I think was really rushed since the Braves couldn't afford to give up a run, hence it going over McCann's head. Diaz's arm didn't seem strong to me but I could be making it up. It just seemed like he took a lot of effort to throw the ball to the infield.
Let's talk Braves offense. KJ, McCann, Andruw, and Renteria looked great. The problem came in the 9th. Note to Jeff and Scott: You don't have to swing at the first two pitches! That was a golden chance to nail Cordero who wasn't that sharp tonight.
Midway through the game I put my finger on what was killing the Braves bullpen. The Braves have a bunch of relievers who can't get a K and a bunch of middle infielders who can't save runs. It's a recipe for disaster.
Fun moments: I was sitting around a bunch of really great Brewer fans who had minimal knowledge of the Braves. I was asked to pernounce Saltalamacchia and I corrected them when they thought the guy who looked like he just finished a buffet table heading to the mound was Wickman. After learning that the Braves have 2 huge relievers they started making cracks which were similar to those we make here. Overall experience: fun but a win would have been nice especially after seeing the Braves choke in the 9th. And a final reminder, don't drink and drive. Some yahoo wanted to crash into me leaving the parking lot.
One thing I forgot to add. McCann would be great competition for the racing sausages at Miller Park. If only the Braves could have pinch ran for him in the 9th they would have easily tied the game and might have won.
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