5/3 Game Thread: A One-Game Winning Streak!
Well, Tim Hudson gave us our first complete game of the year last night, and because he has as much confidence in the offense as I do he decided to make it a 3-hit, 10-K shutout. Good thinking, Tim. And glad to have you back. He doesn’t need to pitch like that every time out, but if he can give us 7 innings every start and keep his sinker down, he’ll continue to be one of the best pitchers in the division.
Also, you’ve probably heard about this, so I’ll keep it short; if you haven’t, it’s been written about elsewhere more eloquently than I could here. In brief, on Tuesday, HBO’s Costas Now brought on acclaimed sportswriter Buzz Bissinger and Deadspin’s Will Leitch to debate the pros and cons of blogs… except that Bissinger basically spent most of his time cussing Leitch out about profane comments on the site. Since we are part of the Monolithic Blogosphere, we of course stand with Leitch and Deadspin and their efforts to bring quality sports writing to the internets.
I know that Will, John, Kristi and I want this to be the best baseball blog it can be, and we can’t do that without you — in fact, I think that the intelligent, informed community that comes here (Mets trolls excepted) is what makes this blog as good as it is. And helps us keep getting better. If you have anything that you’d like to see, questions you’d like answered, analyses you’d like done, please mention them. There’s always more to say and a better way to say it, and we can only get better with your input.
Tonight, Jo-Jo Reyes comes up from AAA to face former Braves farmhand Matt Belisle. You may not believe it, but he’s probably the most successful pitching prospect the Braves have traded away, other than Adam Wainwright. He was great in the bullpen in 2006, but they converted him to the rotation last year, and though he didn’t walk many people he gave up a ton of hits. He currently has a 9.00 ERA. It would be nice if our bats showed up tonight.
The two pitchers actually may be fairly evenly matched. With two off days in the past week and another coming up Monday, and a complete game yesterday, we don’t need Jo-Jo to go 8 innings. But it would be nice to see him go 6, since he only did that 3 times in 10 starts last year, and he’s only done it once in 5 starts at Richmond this year. If he can pitch us a good game tonight, and stay up here for good, that would really help stabilize our rotation. If not, back to the drawing board with Chuckie.
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6 Responses to “5/3 Game Thread: A One-Game Winning Streak!”
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Huge night for Jo Jo. While he probably could have used more time in Richmond, I think he’s also at the point where we’re not exactly “rushing” him.
If he gives if five solid innings and keeps the walks in check, I’ll consider that a pretty big success. He’s the best shot we have at stabilizing a Smoltz-free rotation, plus, the idea of having two very young pitchers demonstrate the ability to succeed at the MLB level would be very exciting….
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Hopefully Jo Jo can stay compose and pitch his game
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Why bother getting excited? The Braves are terrible, and have no shot whatsoever to win the division or WC. Pack it in and hope for next year, you’ll have a ton of money off the books, rid of these decrepit players, and finally get rid of Hampton.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I’m going to nominate reyes08’s comment (#3) for worst of the year so far.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Tom, I agree, but he may have a point. We’re not going anywhere with this pitching staff. I’m a diehard, but there’s about 5 “if’s” that all have to pan out for the Bravos to make a run @ this. Possible, but very doubtful. I’m hoping that Gene & Bobby can pull another miracle out of their collective hats. (I don’t know about this Wren guy).
On a side note, thanx VERY MUCH to Will, Kristi John & Alex for your work on this blog. It’s your work that has us coming back, day after day. I’m sure all of us that read this blog feel the same. Obviously, you’re doing something right for this to be as successful as it is.
At the risk of sounding like I’m kissing some major ass, I’ll say this - The fact that you 4 write things like- “I know that Will, John, Kristi and I want this to be the best baseball blog it can be, and we can’t do that without you”, and things like - “we can only get better with your input”, to me, shows your intelligence. All 4 of you and your willingness to listen, and not have superiority complexes with your opinions, is probably why you have attained the success you have
Now, if I can only attain that success with the Clearwater Braves in the Chop-n-change league. So far - NOT!
May 5th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
JXN, he doesn’t have a point at all. The Braves are not “terrible”, and they are far from having “no shot”. And we are very far from the point of “Why bother getting excited?”
YOU may have a point that there are lots of “if”s, but hoping for the “if”s to go right is what being a fan is all about.
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