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Braves Dominated By Marlins
Written by Smitty on April 16, 2008 – 9:14 am |
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I’d like to consider myself a good sport. Sure, I can trash-talk with the best of them. Especially if it’s about giving the Mets a hard time. But generally, I am good about recognizing excellence, even when it comes in the guise of a non-Braves uniform.
And I’d like to be able to tip my hat, in a gentlemanly manner, to Marlins starter Scott Olsen. Sure, he went seven innings without walking a guy or giving up a run. I’d like to say our team just knuckled under to his superior talents and couldn’t score on his pitching wizardry.
But I can’t. Because he stinks.
Not as a person, maybe, but as a pitcher. Every number he had last year was considerably worse than the year before. In fact, the fish, as a team, had one of the worst ERA’s in baseball headed into tonight.
So what happened? Simply put: the Braves stunk worse.
At every turn, we (and yes, I will continue to say “we” when the team loses) gave up opportunities, failed to wake up the offense, and above all, really let down Jair Jurrjens’ solid showing. To be honest, Jurrjens has not pitched a bad game this season.
The Braves went down to Florida hoping to compensate for the recent spat of pitching injuries by busting out some offense on one of the WORST pitching staffs in baseball. Alas, it was not to be so.
Want to know how bad? You sure? Ok, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Six hits-with two apiece coming from two different players. Never mind that Jurrjens went six and gave up only two earned runs. And the two that Ohman walked in didn’t improve matters any. But say he hadn’t walked in two. That would leave us still with a big fresh goose egg in the offensive column.
Yes, I am a “homer.” I drink from the Braves KoolaidTM 24/7. But I also pride myself on calling a black cat black. And the Braves just stunk tonight. We’ve got to find that one thing that can turn this around. Any suggestions?
Well, on the bright side, Kelly Johnson’s hitting streak was extended to 11 games.
Tags: Florida Marlins, Jair Jurrjens, Kelly Johnson, Scott Olsen, Will Ohman
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