AJC > Blog > Archives > 2007 > April > 01
Sunday, April 1, 2007
What a girl wants
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m easy to please. Never been high-maintenance. Dinner and a movie? Skip the movie. Let’s buy those $1 Braves skyline tickets and spend the two hours in the nosebleed section, trying to borrow a set of binoculars so we can see if Ol’ Blue behind the plate really IS calling a fair strike zone.
But this season, I admit that there are some specific things I want from this Tomahawks team. And I will accept no substitutes.
• I want Frenchy to stick with the new “I’m not going to jump on the first pitch I see” mentality. And I want him to hang tight when the inevitable 0-for-May slump kicks in. These things take time.
• I want us, as fans, to stick with Frenchy when the inevitable 0-for-May slump kicks in.
• I want Tim Hudson to spend less time working on that soul patch of his and spend more time taking a page from the “Napoleon Dynamite” book of Winning Big by following his heart. Huddy admitted that he wasn’t as prepared as usual last season and that’s just not the little guy with the huge heart that we all remember from his old A’s days. I want No. 15 to OWN the mound again.
• I want Kelly Johnson to be the leadoff hitter we’ve never had. You know, one who actually takes pitches, gets on base, maybe steals second and doesn’t swing for the fences every at-bat.
• I want Terry Pendleton to manage this team when Bobby Cox retires. Something about it just seems right to me.
• I want Braves fans to outnumber Red Sox fans during the June series at The Ted this season.
• I want Scott Thorman to prove that we don’t need a platoon at first base, just one guy to handle the job.
• I want John Smoltz to have the best season of his storied Braves career. Because one day, we’re going to miss seeing No. 29 on the mound much, much more than we ever imagined.
• I want a Tigers-Braves World Series. Jim Leyland vs. Bobby Cox? Oh, the joy.
• I want Francisco Cabrera to bat in the bottom of the ninth with Sid Bream running from second in the deciding Series game if we have a Tigers-Braves matchup.
• I want Mike Hampton to return triumphant to the Tomahawks’ starting rotation. I’d hate to see Hamp end up with another team someday, becoming one of those MLB Comeback Players of the Year after he led one of our NL rivals to World Series glory following an ignominious trade/release by Atlanta. I want the fortunes of fate to shine on fiery little Hamp - WITH us, not against us.
• I want Skip and Pete back on TV. I want more games shown on TBS.
• I want the Braves to have a real, human owner again. Someone with a face we can peg to a name. I’m tired of the team being a corporate tax write-off. Love him or hate him, even The Boss doesn’t view his Yankees that way.
• I want the games to start at 7:05. Maybe more folks will show up at the ballpark. The 7:35 starts are just too late, even for summertime.
• I want the NL East pennant back where it belongs - in Atlanta.
Permalink | Comments (41) | Post your comment | Categories: Chop Chick
Services »
