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Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Same old song and dance
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tim Hudson is 0-4 as a starter in ALDS games with Oakland. He looked the part today in this league, too. I know. I was at the game. The starting pitching killed us. The bullpen just tossed the dirt into our Game One grave.
Go ahead. Say it. “There’s always Game Two.” Right. Since we’ve rebounded so spectacularly in the past three postseasons after dropping Game One.
Today, I was out there at the Ted, trying to not lose my voice when Francoeur tripled in the 9th. Maybe in this Game One, luck would turn our way and we’d miraculously rally to an amazing win.
But no. The damage was done. Houston looked solid today. We were erratic. As the game stretched to three hours and I hung around until the bitter, final out, I realized just how worn out I was. You get tired of this kind of disappointment, year after year, and division titles aren’t enough anymore. We, the fans, deserve more from this organization.
Today, the Braves didn’t play like there was no tomorrow and Cox didn’t manage like it. Tomorrow, by God, they — and he — had darn sure better.
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