Monday, June 30, 2003
beisbol
Just what the hell is going on in the Braves bullpen, and why isn't Leo doing anything about it?
Tonight the Braves were unutterably bad. And not for the first time this week. It's been a crappy end to the month.
The night got off to a not-terrible start as the Chipper managed to limp around the bases and post a run for the Braves. Unfortunately, it was the only time the Braves got on the scoreboard.
Greg "Mad Dog" Maddux gave up three runs the first inning and by the time Bobby Cox replaced him with Trey Hodges, the Marlins had put seven runs up. Luis Castillo ran in another in his in the fifth inning, Hodges' first on the mound.
Darren Holmes pitched the sixth, left hander Ray King the seventh and Roberto Hernandez the eighth. Smoltz was spared the heartache of having to try and save this one, and I guess that Cox and Mazzone knew it was over when they pulled Maddux which probably explains the rotation of the other pitchers, but it does beg the question: who do you trust, Bobby?
Personally, right now I think Ortiz, despite his tendency to walk batters, is the #1 guy with Mike Hampton and/or Ray King being middle inning relief. Maddux needs to take some time off and get his arm back.
But lets not stop at the pitching; the batting was horrible, too with the Gary Sheffield and both Chipper and Andruw Jones without a hit. Yep, these guys who have batting averages of .323, .297 and .289 all failed to do a damn thing with the bat tonight. Three guys who have a combined 256 hits, 55 home runs and 164 RBIs failed to put bat to ball in a meaningful way.
On a more positive note, my boy Marcus Giles made almost certain of his place in the NL Team for the All Star Game next week by making two hits - his base hit in the first was follwed by Gary Sheffield driving straight at second to put both Giles and Sheffield out on a double play.
So here's to tomorrow, when I hope to report better baseball news and make a trip to the Falcons passing camp.
Just what the hell is going on in the Braves bullpen, and why isn't Leo doing anything about it?
Tonight the Braves were unutterably bad. And not for the first time this week. It's been a crappy end to the month.
The night got off to a not-terrible start as the Chipper managed to limp around the bases and post a run for the Braves. Unfortunately, it was the only time the Braves got on the scoreboard.
Greg "Mad Dog" Maddux gave up three runs the first inning and by the time Bobby Cox replaced him with Trey Hodges, the Marlins had put seven runs up. Luis Castillo ran in another in his in the fifth inning, Hodges' first on the mound.
Darren Holmes pitched the sixth, left hander Ray King the seventh and Roberto Hernandez the eighth. Smoltz was spared the heartache of having to try and save this one, and I guess that Cox and Mazzone knew it was over when they pulled Maddux which probably explains the rotation of the other pitchers, but it does beg the question: who do you trust, Bobby?
Personally, right now I think Ortiz, despite his tendency to walk batters, is the #1 guy with Mike Hampton and/or Ray King being middle inning relief. Maddux needs to take some time off and get his arm back.
But lets not stop at the pitching; the batting was horrible, too with the Gary Sheffield and both Chipper and Andruw Jones without a hit. Yep, these guys who have batting averages of .323, .297 and .289 all failed to do a damn thing with the bat tonight. Three guys who have a combined 256 hits, 55 home runs and 164 RBIs failed to put bat to ball in a meaningful way.
On a more positive note, my boy Marcus Giles made almost certain of his place in the NL Team for the All Star Game next week by making two hits - his base hit in the first was follwed by Gary Sheffield driving straight at second to put both Giles and Sheffield out on a double play.
So here's to tomorrow, when I hope to report better baseball news and make a trip to the Falcons passing camp.
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