The hands of fate clap loudly for the Braves, culminating in a three-game sweep of the previous occupants of first place in the NL East. I bandy fate around because, really, we had no business winning these games. The Nationals, well, they are just not ready for prime time.
In the first game, the winning run came via a bases-loaded walk on a pitch that was a strike. In the second game we made two bone-headed errors (with both Laroche and McCann dropping easy outs) and endured a Dan Kolb outing. In the third game, too, we endured a Dan Kolb outing and still ended up winning even though our pitchers did the unthinkable – walked both Cristian Cuzman and Jamey Carroll in the same game. What is the worst that can happen if you groove one in to these guys? They have three HRs between them, and both sport slugging percentages below .280.
Still, the results are exactly what we expected. Anything less would have been a disappointment. And, look at us… three games up in the East and the second best record in the NL. I’m telling you, it is fated to be so.
Brave-O-Matic 