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DEL.ICIO.USBraves’ season full of surprises, mostly nasty
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So now we have the answers to some of the puzzles of the spring (and other observations on the Braves):
• In case you missed the seasons of the 1970s and ’80s, you’re getting a taste of how it was back then, when the beleaguered managers ranged from Lum Harris to Russ Nixon — and even Ted Turner got in a lick. (His record: 0-1).
• We now know that John Smoltz and Tom Glavine won’t be 15-game winners. Between them they have won five, and most of the rest of the time have been medical guests and relics of another age. It isn’t easy to turn off your dreams.
• We now know you can’t survive in the NL East with a crew of relief pitchers collected off the street, such as Jeff Ridgway, Royce Ring, Chris Resop, Jeff Bennett, and at the same time, trade away one who has proved himself — Tyler Yates.
• With Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez, two celebrated “closers” in the ranks, they appeared well stocked in that department, but how can they be of value when there’s very little to be “closed”?
• We now know that the envisioned outfield threesome of Matt Diaz, Mark Kotsay and Jeff Francoeur would be operating on only one-third efficiency. Whoever could have imagined Frenchy dawdling along in the .230s batting range, and that Diaz would become a season casualty? Except for Kotsay, the outfield has been cursed.
• We now know that Mark Teixeira was here only on borrowed time, and that the deal giving away five blossoming prospects to get him was a big-time blunder, being aware that he was here only on loan.
• At least we know now that Clint Sammons has a future in the big leagues, probably not as a main man, but as a backup he’s quite an upgrade from Corky Miller.
• You can’t be sure how long Jorge Campillo can carry on, but we now realize that he can pitch in the big leagues, and not only that, but he can swing a rather noisy bat.
• We now realize that Bobby Cox can’t — what’s the term? — “make silk purses out of sow’s ears.” It’s painful to see him suffering through night after night of blowing leads, watching his bullpen self-destruct, and to hear and read the cruel comments floating through the air and on the Internet. The Braves haven’t been this far out of the race since 1990. True, but now we know he’s not dealing with a full deck.
• Now, through the lines and on the street, this speculation: You suppose John Schuerholz saw this coming on and moved out of the general manager’s office just in time? Pure folly. He is a wise baseball man, but he’s no kin to Nostradamus.
• As if it had not already been confirmed, we now know that Chipper Jones won’t be checking in with a .400 batting average. Frankly, I doubt that any major league player will ever do it again, especially in the National League.
• Who’d have thought that one of the Braves would wind up on the world stage? Scott Thorman takes time off from the Richmond farm club to be Canada’s first baseman in the Olympic Games.
• Hey, do you suppose that if Yunel Escobar knew it was going to be like this, he would have endured all those dangers on that boat getting out of Cuba? Silly question.
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By Gene
August 20, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this
There has certainly been a run of bad luck, however it makes you wonder about the conditioning program, if there is one. There is a relationship between conditioning and injury. Perhaps that is something that the Braves should look at before next season.
By Peter
August 21, 2008 2:13 AM | Link to this
Older players, more likely to break down. What could be troubling is the notion that a trade here or there and a big free agent signing will “fix” the Braves.
A lot of us said last year at the trade deadline that the Braves were behind schedule in rebuilding the team. Traded away good prospects for what?
You have to rebuild through the farm system. Do it the right way now. We’ve seen it work in Atlanta before and we’re just going to have to take our lumps for awhile.
By Raleigh Brave
August 21, 2008 4:43 AM | Link to this
The Braves are now the old Braves. Get ready for a decade or two of awful baseball. This cupboard is bare. What an awful team and to think they are all making big bucks to be so terrible. They’re supposed to be professionals. Just like the old days, professional losers.
By gary
August 21, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this
Notice the whenever there’s any talk about Cox not being that great it’s met with “oh, he’s not playing with a full deck (aka, all the injuries)” or “anything can happen in a 5 or 7 game playoff”. I guess without players in their prime like Maddux, Smoltze, Glavine, McGriff, Justice, and others that Cox woulda been just another so-so manager. And pretty unlucky too, what with only one World Series ring out of 15 total trips to the post season.
By Ryan
August 21, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this
It doesn’t take a decade or two to rebuild a team. The Braves need to focus like they did in the late 80s/early 90s on young pitching and good defense. A few crappy years, some high drafts picks, and soon the Braves will be back in business. It didn’t take the Rays long to build there core group that is now the best in the bigs.
By Yehuda Hamer
August 21, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this
I will have to admit that this article sums up the dismal season of the Atlanta Bereaves. The article does not include September, thank G-d for that.
We need to develop pitching and not trade them away.
By Mitch
August 21, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
I hope that we havent turned into the Braves of the 1980s, with Chipper filling the Dale Murphy role of “One good player and a whole lot of awful”. This time we have two great players, as I would consider Mccain to be an elite player. Jair, despite his stumble last night in New York, fills the role the late Rick Mahler had in 1985, when he was our one good pitcher, we had the 37 homer season of Murph, and nothing else.
I was figuring out last night that if the Braves play on the pace they have this year for the rest of 2008, we will wind up at 66 wins, or, exactly the same number as the 1985 Braves had. Sad.
Bobby hasnt been playing with a full deck, but we have to wonder about next year. Hudson is gone until August, and then may leave via free agency. Hampton is gone after this year. Smoltz, everyone roots for him, but he may never pitch again, and while Glavine says he will try to pitch next year, the guy will be 43. What can we expect from him? Chipper is our one good cog. He’s always hurt, and he is going to be 37 in 2009.
I hope we can clear the roster and do a few things to help ourselves in the offseason, but, we may have to rebuild through the draft. We may have to take our lumps for a couple of years like we did in the 80s. What I dont understand is why Bobby doesnt retire. He had too many great years to be going through what he did now, and deserves better than this.
Two free agent starting pitchers, one more bat to protect Chipper and Mccann, and a closer, and maybe we can be decent in 2009. If Hampton, Smoltz, and Glavine all leave or retire, thats about 40 mil to contribute toward that cause. My bet is, Tom and John will try to play in 2009. Unless they can both turn back the clock like its 1998, and have that one last great season in the sun that everyone hoped for this year, I hope we wont be looking for more of the same from the Braves in 2009, as we had in 2008.
MitchBy Kelley
August 21, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this
To Gary (and any other Bobby bashers): Have you seen one of the latest edition of Baseball America? In it, current managers and coaches are polled to rank the top three “tools” in the NL and AL, such as hitting, best arm, etc.
Another question: Best manager. Take a guess who was ranked number one among managers and coaches in the NL———
Yep, Bobby Cox.
Which is quite amazing that even though this season has been so crappy, his peers still recognized how great he is and acknowledge this year has just been truly the hand he was dealt.
I can’t wait to hear the excuses as to why they picked him as number one from the many rocket scientists out there who don’t appreciate how great he is.
So to all you who blame Bobby for this season, please realize how it just proves how little you know about baseball when you say it.
Or maybe we should we all believe that you know more than the likes of Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre, etc. etc…..yeah, I’m sure you all have spent way more time in MLB than that group!
By Chris
August 21, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
Furman mentioned blunder in the trade for Tex. It was far worse than that.. trading prized prospects for a loaner 1st baseman, one who turned down a $16mill deal from Texas…. what was he thinking, perhaps John is the big blame for the season. Hapless outfield, no punch in lineup…. depleted farm system.
By Chris Jackson
August 21, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
How abowt one more surprise!!! The death of Furman Bisher!!! Die old man Die!!! YOU STILL SUCK!!! GO JOIN YOUR BUDDY SKIP!!!
By wally
August 21, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
braves like the other atlanta teams, are running hope campaigns…hope that when we refuse to give monies to proven players that the franchise can trick the fans into believing that third tier players will come in and work a miracle. sheffield said that the braves had no money…this is very true, except that they gives globs of it to the good ole buddy system: glavine, c.jones, hampton. this is what is holdin this franchise back. the good ole buddy system! now someone has finally said it…and by the way. take ole bobby with you.
By TROTTINGHOMETUDD
August 21, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
ANY WORD ON WHO THE NEW MANAGER IS GOING TO BE?
OH BY THE WAY bUM fISHER, YOUR A BUM
By clm
August 21, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Chris Jackson - What is wrong with you? What kind of comment is that? You disagree? Say so and why!!! To put that kind of comment here shows you to be a low life despicable person. Grow up!!! Get some class.
As Mets fan you sound just like the kind of people in NY that say these types of things about players, management and sports writers. You are just an awful person!!!
By Toni
August 21, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
ChrisJackson you need to buy some class. You may not always agree with the opinions of this award-winning writer (who has done something with his life)and who has been writing for more years than I bet you have been alive. But to make a no-class, juvenile comment like you made and to include Skip is beyond vile. You, sir, are a SNAKE! Everyone join me in running this guy off this Blog!
By rc35
August 21, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
You have written an insightful column as always, Mr. Bisher.
At the moment, the Braves remind me a little of the opening of “Gilligan’s Island”—the scene in which no one is at the helm and the wheel is just spinning. At least in the days of Ted Turner, we knew who was piloting the tugboat that ultimately became a yacht. Now, somewhere between Liberty Media, Frank Wren, Bobby Cox, and the sports agents, it’s hard to know if anyone will take the steps necessary to restock this team and to guide it to playoff contention once again.
By John
August 21, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
All of this was obvious in December after the winter meetings.. Liberty made a conscious decision to rip the fans and this was carried out by Wren, Scherholtz et. al. I think that a new owner is the only hope. Does anyone have any info on this possibility?
By Kevin
August 21, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
I don’t understand why everyone thinks the TEX deal was so bad… JS took a shot at winning last year.. have any of those kids produced at the MLB level? Salty’s numbers: 56 185 26 44 10 0 3 24 63 30 69 0 2 .343 .341 .238 ? Matt Harrison: 5 2 5.77 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.2 49 32 28 6 19 15 …just to name two at MLB level… the braves have some holes to fill, but the farm is still strong just need some more time and need to make good free agent choices… Bobby Cox is the BEST!
By Chris Jackson
August 21, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
To Toni and CLM,
I have a right to my opinion!!! I think Bisher is a piece of crap!!! I’ve seen people say a lot worse and not get run off a blog so take your collective lips pucker up and KISS MY ASSS!!! FURMAN BISHER SUCKS!!! MAYBE i WENT OVER BOARD INCLUDING SKIP, BUT TO CALL ME A SNAKE YOU DON’T KNOW ME YOU A**HOLES NOW BITE ME!!!! YOU SORRY ASSED BANDWAGON JUMPERS EITHER SUPPOT OUR BRAVES OR DON’T YOU CAN’T SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY WIN AND B*** WHEN THEY LOSE YOU’RE EITHER A FAN OR NOT I AM A FAN!! i SUPPORT bOBBY AND THIS TEAM 100% yES THEY’RE STRUGGLING BUT I WILL NEVER ASK FOR THEM TO FIRE BOBBY HE IS AN ICON AND A HERO SCREW ANYONE WHO THINKS DIFFERENT!!!
By Popeye Jones
August 21, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this
For all the Bobby supporters, ask yourself what kind of record he has when the playing field is even— in the play-offs.
When he is forced to manage..not just clap his hands and yell out his pet nicknames..the results are not too favorable.
They say a manager earns his salary during close games. Check out the Braves record in that category this year as well.
Time for Bobby to waddle back to his horse farm and stay there.
By Jay from Brooklyn
August 21, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
I still like the makeup of this team… we’ve just caught some bad breaks. The BRAVES will be back!
By Btaves Fan
August 21, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
Chris Jackson….that was uncalled for
By Keeping It Real
August 21, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Can someone explain why Braves management keeps going for older players on the decline in their career? Why offer comtracts to guys in their late thirties and forties? Why go for a free agent(Texira) when anyone with a half of a brain knew that they could not afford to resign him with Boras as his agent? Worst of all, they gave up some young talent who only need some playing time. As a matter of fact, Braves management has given up a lot of talent over the years in order to get free agents and renew contracts to Glavine, Smoltz, Hampton and some others.
They gave up on Druw because he could not hit in the clutch and his body had worn down from busting his butt over the years. Now they are going for some worn out free agent outfielders who could not wash his jock. I hope that he recovers and comes back to the kick the Braves in their sorry asses.
What the hell happened to Braves management? I guess that they got caught in the headlines as to how great they were for winning 14 division titles in a row. What a joke they are now and we do not have Skip to brighten up the day. The Braves franchise really stinks.
By JRob
August 21, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
OK Chris Jackson, you are no snake. That was such an awful thing to say to you. So, I’ll use your words…How abowt one more surprise!!! The death of “Chris Jackson” Bisher!!! Die old man Die!!! YOU STILL SUCK!!! GO JOIN YOUR BUDDY Hitler!!!
By JRob
August 21, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this
OK Chris Jackson, you are no snake. That was such an awful thing to say to you. So, I’ll use your words…How abowt one more surprise!!! The death of “Chris Jackson” !!! Die old man Die!!! YOU STILL SUCK!!! GO JOIN YOUR BUDDY Hitler!!!
By Obama Man
August 21, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
JRob
I loved Skip but I agree with Chris Jackson. Bisher sucks and he is a bigot. He needs to retire and let Terrence rule the roost.
By alan from Atlanta GA.
August 21, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
At least you don’t sound like the rest of the shills who either announce the games or write about them. We gave away a great hitter in Texiera and we received a lump of coal in Crotchman. We gave up good young players last yr. to get Texiera. Our pitching staff could have pitched with Christy Mathewson they are old. The Braves are paying Smoltz, glavin and Hanpton too much. Hudson won’t be available until next year.Soriano is disabled again. Aybar never wanted to play for us last season. I thin Bobby Cox is doing the best he is capable of, but we need a new pitching coach next year, maybe a new hitting coach, and is Frank Wrenn really up to the job. The Braves really STINK and we should BOYCOTT THE BRAVES, until we get real baseball players. They are really reminding me of the 1962 Mets without the humor.
By Vince
August 21, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this
Furman tells it like it is. The braves are a really BAD team.
By Coach ( Skip will be missed)
August 21, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this
Bobby Cox has the worst post-season record in Major League history. The man has lost more games (66 losses) in October than any other manager, ever.
His 1-5 World Series record speaks for itself. Did you know that Cox actually lost back to back WS in 1991-1992?
29 years as a manager, 15 playoff teams, 1 WS championship.
It all adds up to the most overrated manager that baseball has ever seen.
That said, he deserves to be in the Hall of fame simply because he will ride in on the coattails of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Chipper, Andruw, Schuerholz and Mazzone.
The fourteen straight division championships will never be equaled. Unfortunately, fifty years from now no one will remember it because of the dismal post season failure that Bobby Cox achieved.
By Obama Man
August 21, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this
I wonder how many managers in the major leagues would trade achievements with Bobby Cox.Just to get to the post season is an accomplishment. He has done it over 50% of the time. To do it 14 years in a row is amazing. Coach, you need to come in out of the heat from the two - a -days. Bobby Cox is the best even when playing with a stacked deck.
By Kevin
August 21, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this
I don’t understand how Bobby Cox’s career could even be questioned… the true test of a major league season is 162 GAMES..not the playoffs, were a wild card has as much advantage as a divison winner..no questions, Bobby Cox is GREAT!
By jj
August 21, 2008 11:13 PM | Link to this
Bobby has had his glory days and they are in the PAST> Bobby will never make it as Mgr. to the World Series again. I’d even bet he’ll never make the play-off again.A Vote for Mgr of the year is like a vote for All-Star game…its a Joke!!
Braves Management has a lot of problems to solve before Braves make Play-off again. All you people that want Bobby! You got him in 4th place and sinking.
By Jared
August 21, 2008 11:31 PM | Link to this
Chris Jackson,
Why don’t you admit that your real name is Bubba, and spell you last name correctly (Jackass), and go crawl back under the rock or dive back into the swamp from which you came?
By Greg
August 21, 2008 11:36 PM | Link to this
The Braves are simply a BAD team. No getting around it.
Bisher is a great sports writer. Period.
Chris Jackson is a good example of the kind of low-class drivel you often find on these boards.
The AJC ought to be ashamed that that first post mentioning Skip and Bisher is still viewable.
By mark
August 22, 2008 5:07 AM | Link to this
I think a few seasons if we have interested ownwership the team can be put back maybe sooner I mean either Phillies or Mets have like this GREAT team thing going both are fragile Braves neeed pitching pitching….Did I say Pitching..and a POWER HITTER it hurt to loose TEX…very politif hitter that some really nice prospects were wastwed on.Company policy if you are with Scott please leave us alone…..I just cant see what Glavine Smotz and Hampton bring to table after this season…They are allto much risk funny thing ole Hampton might be young enough to be 15 game winner a few more seasons.Off season will tell tell the story Ted got any relatives?
By clm
August 22, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Chris Jackson - You are entitled to your opinion. In fact, the newest blog you wrote just deepens my opinion of you as a low-life. And for the record as I said in my post - I am a Mets fan. Pure and simple, a Mets fan. And listening you is like listening to Mets fans boo their own team. Like nails on a chalkboard. You are wishing for someone to die. Including Chip was bad but wishing for someone’s death was worse.
And you don’t even know it. That’s what’s scary.
Mets complete sweep of Braves and move 2.5 games ahead of the Phillies and 15 ahead of the Braves. I miss the Mets - Braves rivalry.
By Carpetbagger
August 22, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
Surprise?
With Terry McJerk at the helm this, is what you get!
“Liberty’s boy” is at the top of this fiasco and he needs to go! Use the money for more scouts.
We have Schuerholz as the president and McJerk hiding out with a DO NOTHING JOB!
Get real ATL and Liberty. McJerk is the root of this problem.
By gary
August 22, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this
I’m not blaming Cox for this year’s record. He’s doing what he normally does… perform as an average manager.
Yes, he’s well liked and maintains harmony in the clubhouse, a very good thing. But it’s hard to overlook his record when it comes to “crunch time”.
All those post-season loses, all those 1-run loses.
Sure, with a really good team in what’s typically a weak 5-team division he does great. But playing in the playoffs against equal teams, and we see what the record is.
By UGA'91
August 22, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this
Nobody is a bigger critic of the Old Coot (Bisher) than me, but I would never wish death upon him and certainly not mention him in the same breath as Atlanta icon Skip. I do agree that he has no business writing in this or any other publication though. He’s libeled people (see Bear Bryant’s autobigraphy), his column’s usually have at least one wrong fact, and I believe he is a bigot (all but calling Hank Aaron a liar, did it for me) but I still would’nt wish death on him, he does need to be gone though.
By edward
August 22, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this
Someone wanted Furman out and Terrence to take his place…Are you crazy?? Terrence is a racist plain and true. He hates Atlanta and says so every chance he gets!! He thinks Notre Dame is the best thing in college football..That should tell you how out of it he is! Mr. Bisher you are the AJC to me. You took a chance on a youngster named Lewis Grizzard years ago and for that you must be commended! Losing Mr.Bisher would be like losing Skip was to us all. Like losing Munson will be. Most of you people have no class. The sad thing is is that a MET FAN has more manners than you!! (no offense clm) Why can’t we keep Hampton? He is pitching real good, the team just outright sucks. I think we can keep him for cheap. Smoltz would be a good closer for cheaper and I am sure Glavine would come back for even less. Glavine is still a six inning pitcher. Just because he finally showed a little age this year does not mean he is done!! Quit giving away the farm for the now!! Remeber we built our 15yrs off the farm system!
By Mike
August 22, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this
The Braves of today are not the Braves of the 70’s and 80’s…they are worse! We can’t hit, catch, throw nor pitch…we have fallen because of all the “media” owners that have refused to pay for a decent product to put on the field…and this is the result….Where are you Arthur Blanks? Maybe when the Liberty folks are able to sell the Braves (They have to wait 3 years so the IRS doesn’t get them) Mr. Blanks can step in…until then…
By clm
August 23, 2008 7:09 AM | Link to this
Edward - No offense taken. if you can believe it I kind of miss the old rivalry. And I was never a Braves hater. In fact when the Mets were so awful and the Braves started their run I pulled for them. How could you not? With those young guys playing the way they did and Smoltz, Glavine, and Avery pitching the way they did.
That being said I am a true Mets fan and when the Braves moved into the east and the rivalry began in ‘98 then it was on!!! Well mostly for the first 5 years it was the Braves on … But now?
By Robert
August 23, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
“Another question: Best manager. Take a guess who was ranked number one among managers and coaches in the NL———
Yep, Bobby Cox.”
Who voted? The Mets Phillies and Marlins?
This team has had injuries - yes indeed it has. This team has had some bad luck. Oh yes it has
But this team has NO guts, NO hustle, No accountability, and NO fundamentals to speak of - and THAT aint bad luck - it’s BAD MANAGING.
And if you cant admit that, then you know nothing about baseball.
The fact that some players like to play for a manager who doesnt hold the players to any standard other than keeping their diaper clean only proves the lack of character in many of today’s players - it does NOT mean that said manager is great, or even competent
Whoever voted for Cox as best manager was laughing their butt off when they did so - I guaranTEE you that
By Robert
August 23, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
“I don’t understand how Bobby Cox’s career could even be questioned”
Because with a decade worth of the greatest starting trio of all time it wasnt all that frickin hard to win 90 games a year and because he managed one accidental WS title in that time while turning WS teams into division champs with remarkable consistancy.
“I’m not blaming Cox for this year’s record. He’s doing what he normally does”
Picking his nose and making assinine decisions that lose ballgames
By Ted Wilhite
August 25, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
We lived in Warner Robins when the Braves first came to Atlanta and our whole town adopted the team as their own. We chartered buses to go see them play. My kids all grew up as, and still are, Braves fans. Those were the days of Niekro and Aaron and others greats. We were in the stands when they set a low mark for attendance and also there for the high mark. Now we live in Tampa and have the Rays who have become our second team. They are young, trying hard and have a coach who is not afraid to pull a pitcher. The Braves, alas, are old and slow and ready for a new coach. We hope their ownership will wake up and take action.
By Ralph
August 26, 2008 1:05 AM | Link to this
With the Braves on their last leg and every time they take the field, which is a joke, the season as predicted was from the second month of the season was a total failure. They try to convince themselves that what happen was just one of those things or touch luck, and then there were all the injures, that, were responsible for all the loses the Braves had. No one in the Braves organization has taken the blame for such an embarrassing season. Bobby Cox, hasn’t said that I did a lousy job, that most of it, was my false. Cox, is use to having very good players, and managing was easy, what Bobby doesn’t know is how to manage with average players. The Braves organization and their so called commitments, fell short, with all their statements on how they were going to improve the team, didn’t add to more than a hill of beans.
By Dale Jr
August 26, 2008 1:54 AM | Link to this
Braves suck. No excuses. Every year in the post season they lose, be it in the wild card, divisional series, World Series.The Braves even lost back to back World Series with the most overrated baseball manager Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz and the “greatest pitching trio of Maddox,Glavine,Smoltz”. How many World Series did these guys win? One in a strike shortenes season. The Marlins won 2 in 6 years,the Twins won 2 world series rings in 4 years. Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz NEVER did that, Never will.1 ring in 15 years is not great it’s a joke.Toronto Blue Jays repeated as world series champs in the 90’s NOT the Braves Bobby Cox,John Schuerholz, and the great pitching trio who choke in the postseason.This proves the theory that great pitching does not beat great hitting. Look at the Braves disastrious postseason record it speaks for itself. Nothing Else.