Nats 3 Braves 2

Fortunately, during last night’s game this particular department of Brave-O-Matic was dining at a new, hip Atlanta restaurant with the hideously unfortunate name of “Two. urban licks” — yes, it’s really punctuated that way. Anyhoo, the food was much better than the name…
How about that Andy Roddick match, though?

Rained Out

Sam was right agin. The Braves got a day off. Sosa will try it again on Tuesday. We’ll play 2 on Wednesday. Maybe Smoltz will get to finish the series for us.

Braves 8-5 Brewers 4-2

“Smoltz and Hudson and pray for rain” isn’t too catchy, but that’s increasingly become the situation — and it looks like Katrina is about to do her part tonight. Saturday’s game turned out as you would expect, given that the Brewers employ Rick Helling, whose persistence is admirable. Lots and lots of baserunners, [...]

Another Loss (Brewers 3, Braves 1)

Well, the Braves’ division lead dropped to 2.5 games, after losing to the Brewers to start the series. Horacio threw a good game. I certainly won’t complain about him surrendering just 2 earned runs in 7 innings of work. Both earned runs came via a homer in his final inning. The Braves just couldn’t put [...]

Braves Take 2 of 3 from Cubs

Yesterday’s game, won by the Braves 3-1, is another piece in a mounting body of evidence that Sosa should remain in the rotation. Prior to the game (in a game pitched by Prior – WOW!… get it? See, it’s like… “Prior to Prior’s first pitch”… pretty freaking clever, huh?), the Braves placed Hampton on the [...]

Cubs 10 Braves 1

Well, at least Brave-O-Matic wasn’t glued to the TV set after the fourth inning…Thomson still ain’t got it — he appears to be healthy, but whatever finely tuned motor function that allows for success at this level seems to be eluding him. Not that it’s panic time — we’ve still got a 3.5 game [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIO!!!!

Today is officially the 47th birthday of the ageless wonder. Julio claims he doesn’t celebrate birthdays, possibly because his true age and birthdate are “slightly” different from those seen in the media guide. But nonetheless, here’s your chance, Franco-philes, to extend your birthday greetings to our favorite Brave. If I can find an e-mail for [...]

Braves 4 Cubs 2

The good guys continued their mastery over the Northside 9, in a cracking good game featuring great pitching performances from Tim Hudson and Carlos Zambrano. Chipper, after having cooled down from his singles-driven .600 average over a week or so of games, broke out the whomping stick with two HRs, one off Zambrano to [...]

Just Go Away, Padres!

Despite being near the bottom in practically every offensive category, the Padres really stuck it to us this weekend. On Friday, they absolutely mauled Mike Hampton, winning 12-7 on 20 hits. Yes, 20 hits. Hell, we made Joe Randa look good.
Then on Saturday the pitching became much better, with Horacio turning in a typical good [...]

Dodgers 7 Braves 4

Craptastic game. Not much to discuss — Thomson was ineffective, but unlike last time his control deserted him. After a brief rally against Jeff Weaver (who has always looked like a star in the making, but can’t get over the mediocrity hump), the Braves bats went down quietly against the Dodger pen.

Braves 10 Dodgers 2

Well, that’s quite the Murderer’s Row the Dodgers have assembled, isn’t it? Here’s a fun game — match up the LA position players from last night’s game with their ATL counterparts, then make a list of which Dodger players you’d rather have. OK, never mind — I know you’re quite busy, so I’ve [...]

Fun With Site Meter

One of the coolest things about Site Meter is you can see where people link to your website from. For instance, thanks to this line from my mid-season report…
“Roman Colon — Spent the early part of the season pining for his Richmond girlfriend or something…”
…we’ve gotten hits resulting from the following Google searches:
“Blaine Boyer” [...]

Dodgers 6 Braves 4

You won’t find a bigger Reitsma booster than this particular department of Brave-O-Matic. That said, he’s become a genuine problem, made more glaring by the fact that the team is playing so well in virtually every other facet of the game. It’s not just that he blows the occasional (lately more than occasional) [...]

Another Series won (Braves 13, D’Backs 8)

Most of Brave-O-Matic sat through ungodly heat, but in very good seats for today’s game. Very much a repeat of Saturday’s all-bat, no-pitch extravaganza. My favorite part can be seen in this cut-and-paste from the boxscore: Outfield assists – J Francoeur 2 (L Gonzalez at Home, L Gonzalez at Home). Yeah. After seeing what Francouer [...]

What we’ve read

Brian Jordan is proving himself to be capable of pinch-hitting at the AA level. According to the AJC, this likely means that he will likely take K.J.’s spot on the roster soon. Does anyone not named Cox think this is a good thing? Has Jordan given us any reason in the past 3 years to [...]