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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Braves still snake-bitten on the road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Snakes on a plane! ** snakes on a ** plane!
These Braves get snake-bitten whenever they step on an airplane. Last night is yet another perfect example. Granted, the bats were comparatively quiet, but Tim Hudson cruised through six innings and there were some outstanding defensive plays that gave the feeling the Bravos had this one in hand. Then came the seventh .. and the eighth … and the ninth.
You just know that if this game had been played at the Ted, the Braves would have added an insurance run or two in the late innings and the bullpen would have been up to the task. Unfortunately, it was at Miller Park, and apparently there’s no such thing as an insurance run on the road for this team.
To add injury to insult, thanks to what Joe Simpson referred to as an “almost irresponsible” concrete section of the outfield wall, Matt Diaz is headed to the disabled list with a bad left knee. (The silver lining is, this makes room for Rafael Soriano, who’s due to come off the DL.)
But I have to point out that Diaz is such a gamer that he not only stayed in the game after the injury but he also tried to BUNT his way on in the top of the next inning! It didn’t work, but the Brewers’ infield definitely wasn’t expecting that.
As for why this team is snake-bitten on the road, I have no insight to offer; heck, I don’t even have any more questions. Just feel free to unload if you need to.
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