The Bravos are rolling right now as they blew out the Mets for the third straight game. It started with Jair Jurrjens, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite Braves, throwing strikes and challenging Mets hitters and finished with an offensive onslaught led by Jeff Francoeur, Brian McCann, Mark Teixeira and, of course, Chipper Jones.
It was a nice birthday for the Braves skipper. Happy 104th Birthday, Bobby Cox!
Beanball Alert! - Don't be surprised if the Braves buzz a Met at some point tonight. Bobby Cox was not happy with Ryan Church's late slide into Yunel Escobar on Tuesday that has the stud shortstop on the bench. Last night, Chipper Jones took a pitch to the shin that sent him off the field. As George W. Bush said, "Fool me once..."
If tonight's game gets lopsided near the end, I'm predicting the Braves will put Carlos Delgado or David Wright on their back.
In a terrible segue way, there was an accident at Turner Field last night that has a fan seriously hurt. It looks like the guy might have been sliding along the guardrail and fell down to the level below. Any doubt there was alcohol involved? Here is hoping the guy is alright.
Joe Simpson, in a painfully slow and overly careful explanation, pointed out that the Mets are basically a lesson in the problems of diversity. Basically the Mets are a Latin team that lets the white players take the brunt of the New York media pressure while playing for a black manager. See, Joe, was that so hard?
(You'd have seriously thought Joe was on the witness stand for murder with his delicate choice of words. He had visions of Al Campanis dancing in his head the whole time.)
The Mets are clearly a team that does not like each other. They don't like their manager, don't like their team leader (Delgado) and don't like their closer (Billy Wagner who ripped his teammates last week). It is a talented, World Series-contending mess.
I love it.
As for Chipper, homerun #12 was blasted to centerfield (is there anything prettier than a homerun to straightaway center?) as he went 1-2 with a pair of walks.
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