I took the weekend off (as u might have noticed) to go lounge on the beach and read a good book. God i love living in the south! Anyway, while I was gone the braves won in resounding fashion then lost one. I have a few comments on both games.
On Saturday's game:
-Harris likes a light bat. He likes it a lot. In fact the first 3 hits of his 6 in the game were with a commemorative bat. Harris plays the game the way it's supposed to be played.
-Speaking of Harris, anyone else notice that he's trying to become Ichiro? When he expects an off-speed pitch (sinker, curve etc.) he takes a step forward in the batter's box. It seems to work for Ichiro, I hope Harris can get the feel for it.
-Hot bats + good pitching win games. Braves players take note. If you lack either you're going the be having problems. See Sunday's game.
On Sunday's game:
-Salty is looking a little over matched in pressure situations. Can you believe he's 0 for 9 in bases loaded situations? By the laws of probability he should at least have 1 if not 2 hits. I think chipper needs to take him aside and explain that pitchers fall back to their goto pitch in those situations.
-Julio is looking old. He still has some pop, but that heavy bat is slowing him down rather than helping him. Perhaps he should borrow Willy's extra bat.
-Jo-Jo is on a short leash. Cox pulled him in the 5th rather than letting him work out of his jam. He had been cruising before then. Fortunately Moylan is still the man.
-Andrew still can't get a hit to save his life. He was even trying to hit singles last night, thank god.
-Even when Harris isn't hitting and getting thrown out stealing he still is a defensive marvel. Perhaps we have our center fielder for the beginning of next year. Or at least until the next Jones is ready.
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