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Thursday, April 12, 2007
A lip-smackin’ NL Feast
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m as thrilled as all y’all are that the Tomahawks are an MLB-best 7-1. We rock. Yes, we do. We rule the baseball world. Let it be known that our Braves are back, baby - in black ‘n’ blue, pummeling all wannabes. Beasts of the NL East, that is us.
But look at our schedule and ask yourself: Should we NOT be 7-1?
Some would say no. No, we should not. That the Queens of NY are baaaaaad and the Liberty Belles swore they’d put us in our place this year, oh yes they would. I mean, J-Ro SAID so; dude PROMISED. Certainly that makes it for sure, right? Speaking of Mr. Wright, isn’t he supposed to be a Braves-killa? Maybe the pressure of all those marriage proposals scrawled in glitter marker on posterboard at Shea are getting to him.
No way, no day are the New York JV Squad and the Jimmy Rollins Gum-Phlappers easy marks for the Bravos or any team. It’s early in the season and who knows? Maybe we caught them on a bad ESPN day, like when they’d been fighting with Steve Phillips. You know how it is when lovers quarrel.
After taking 14 straight division titles and then, for the first time, failing to clinch, Atlanta’s experiencing a sensation we haven’t truly felt in years and perhaps that’s why the Tomahawks have charged out of the gate so spectacularly when the high rollers were betting on other horses who looked so fabulous on paper. It’s why we’re dominating our division right now in the early going. It’s why I hope we’ll go Sopranos Monopoly on our sworn rivals and own everything in NL EastLand from Marvin Gardens to Park Place, plus all utilities and railroads, before the dog days of August roll around.
Our horses are hungry. Let’s strap on the NL East feedbag and let ‘em feast.
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