Did Mike Hampton Really Pitch?

The game wasn’t on television or on the Directv ticket. Thank god. Demoralizing is a good word for the 10-9 loss Saturday to the Phillies. The game was remarkable for two reasons: The Atlanta Braves proved they suck, and Mike Hampton really did pitch a game. He also gave up six runs in four innings, [...]

Have The Braves Called It Quits?

At 6.5 games out of first place in a division no one wants to win, the Atlanta Braves are sitting in fourth place at the All-Star break. Clearly, it would not take much of a run to put the Braves in contention for a division title. But it will take a bunch of changes in [...]

Girly Man Hampton Should Retire

Mike “Girly Man” Hampton took the mound for the Richmond Braves today and in the top of the 4th inning, all looked great for the oft-injured $15 million man. He pitched more than 70 pitches, 3 hits, walking 2 and striking out 4. I was started to get excited. But the inevitable happened. And I [...]

Braves Crush Pirates To Gain First Win

The Atlanta Braves finally got their first win of this early season by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2. Several positive developments happened tonight: Jair Jurrjens won his first game as a Brave. He threw 88 pitches in 5.1 innings. He gave up 7 hits, one walk and he K’d five batters with 2 earned runs. [...]

22 Innings Later and Still Not Even Out of the Gate

I realize that judging a baseball teams’ potential on the first two games of a 162 game season is akin to judging a football teams’ potential on the first two sets of downs in the first game of pre-season, but the Braves look like a team in disarray right now, fumbling the ball all over [...]

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 [...]

Does the Tin Man have a heart?

I have a grand idea for the government to stimulate the sluggish economy: instead of sending every tax payer a check for a measly 600 bucks, why not just send a plea to Mike Hampton, asking him to go on a spending spree at his local mall this weekend, and inject into the economy, say, [...]

Will The Braves Have A Rotation?

The biggest question for the Atlanta Braves this season is if they will have a strong rotation this year to regain its domination of the National League East. The questions marks are stuck on the arms of first-year Brave Jair Jurrgens, often injured Mike Hampton, and returning Brave Tom Glavine. And I should mention it [...]