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Yes, the Braves truly got their hats handed to them this evening, with a 17-2 crushing at the hands of the San Diego Padres. However, Braves fans should take heart, because as bad as this beating seemed, in the great scheme of things, it's only one game out of 162, and no matter how badly you lose, it counts in the standings just as much as a 3-2 heart breaker.
Besides, ...
As Jason Goes K-ward, How Long Will the Braves Wait To Make a Change?
Posted: 10th April 2010 by Erskine Thompson in MLB
Yes, it's only been four games. Yes, the opening day home run raised everyone's expectations. Yes, he's human.
However, something is undeniably not right with Jason Heyward right now. After four games, he leads the National League in strikeouts, including four in yesterday's 13-inning loss to the Giants.
In that loss, Heyward left four men on base, but more importantly, he seemed nearly clueless at the plate, swinging so wildly that ...
All spring, the talk has been about how the Atlanta Braves want Bobby Cox's last season in the dugout to be a big one, hopefully leading to a World Series.
Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs showed they mean business.
The Braves smashed a few offensive Opening Day records en route to a 16-5 pummeling of the Cubbies, who some expect to contend for the NL Central, or at least the Wild ...