Crystal Ball

On March 28th, BravesNuWorld jokingly prophesized about a coming together of several worse case scenarios for the Atlanta Braves, a perfect storm of unfortunate events, a doomsday of hyperbole that couldn’t possibly come to fruition all in a single season. It was meant to be a joke. Here’s what we said, in a nutshell: “Smoltz’s [...]

Atlanta Braves Rake Mets And Leave Bruises

Here’s to the New York Mets: You just got swept. The Atlanta Braves just completed an incredible four-game crushing of the reeling Mets. In the final game of the series tonight, the Braves came back to win 4-2, pummeling ace Johan Santanna for five hits in the seventh inning. The Braves are now 26-21. This [...]

Braves Take Series Against A’s-Smoltz Suffers Setback

The Braves beat the A’s in the final game of the three game series Sunday at Turner Field (where else?) and did so with a tired bullpen that thankfully isn’t showing it. They haven’t given up a run in 16 innings as they maneuver through games like pawns in Bobby Cox’s chess game.  Mark Kotsay [...]

Was Last Night A Dream?

Wait a second, the Atlanta Braves were at home last night. Ohh, it all makes sense now. Anyway, the Braves pulled through with a one-run win against the surprising Oakland Athletics in a sudden death ball game that had its moment of leaving me on the edge of my ugly couch. Former A’s Mark Kotsay [...]

Such Drama Queens!

Much like last year, 2008 has been a season rife with drama, a Doctor Jeckel and Mr. Hyde campaign mixed with a little A Tale of Two Cities: playing in Atlanta and not Atlanta. In 2007, inexplicably, they could not win at home, they scored a ton of runs with 2 outs, and they lost [...]

There’s no Place like Home

Oh what might have become of the 2007 Atlanta Braves if they had had a healthy Mark Kotsay in center field instead of Andruw Jones, Mark Teixeira hitting behind Chipper Jones the entire year, and Jair Jurrjens throwing every 5th day instead of Chuck James… But, no point in crying over spilt milk; it is [...]

Is Peter Gammons Stoned?

Baseball guru Peter Gammons did something crazy today, folks. He predicted the Atlanta Braves will face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, a rematch of the 1995 series that brought the Braves their only championship over their nearly decade-and-a-half of frustrating domination. You can read his article here. I won’t argue that the Indians [...]

Will Tim Hudson’s Domination Over Nats Continue?

There are a lot of pitchers out there who can claim the fame of dominating the Washington Nationals. Tim Hudson is one of them. Hudson gets his fifth opening day nod tomorrow against the Nats in their new shiny downtown park. Against the Nats, Hudson has been unstoppable. In eight starts, he’s gone 5-1 with [...]