Marlins vs. Braves, 04.15.07

Brrrrr.  They said it was 50+ degrees at game time, but with 20 mph winds.  Add that to the lack of sun because it was so overcast, and it was a cold day at the park.  We brought several layers and a blanket, but were still pretty chilly.  Enough so that Katy couldn’t take it any more and we left after four innings.  The Braves’ half of the third was pretty awesome — they got on the bases when Scott Olsen got wild, then scored a few runs on a little-league looking error and then Chipper launched a 3-run blast deep into the LF bleachers.  Chipper really looks like his timing is great right now, that’s good to see.

It was the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the MLB color barrier.  The celebratory clips of that were really neat, and it was cool to see that people really cared about it.  Even in Atlanta (where John Rocker got standing ovations) the crowd applauded the recaps of milestones in his career when they played on the scoreboard between innings.  Really nice to see. 

The Braves ended up winning 8-4, Hudson is still looking really sharp and keeping the ball down, down, down.  Good stuff.  I guess I can call this a win for me and make my Braves record 3-1, even though I didn’t stay enough for it to be an official game.  ;)

I was too cold and it was too drizzly to take many pictures, but here are some

Braves vs. Marlins, 04.15.07

Nats vs. Braves, 04.12.07

I never did recap the Nats game from Thursday night.  Troy and I went to this one, and it was surprisingly a pitcher’s duel.  The Nats Jason Bergmann was awesome, and John Smoltz threw a really good game as well.  Smoltz went deeper into the game, but gave up two runs in the 7th or 8th (I can’t remember).  The good part about the game was the Nats’ defense finally playing like big leaguers.  I’m a Braves fan first, but I do like the Nats and want to see them compete.  They had a little “drrr” moment on the bases in the first, but that seemed to somehow snap them out of their mental slumber and from then on, they were perfect.  They even made several really nice plays, specifically Ronnie Belliard at second base going deep up the middle and still throwing out the runner (forgot who it was, but it wasn’t a slow poke McCann) and they turned several nice double plays.  I wonder if Guzman will lose his job to injury? 

Troy is bad luck and the Braves lost 2-0.  They made some noise off Cordero in the 9th, but fell short with Scott Thorman striking out to end the game.  Note: Hot Shot actually drew a walk in the 9th.  After this game, I was 2-1 in Braves games and 1-3 in Nats games.  Even though it was against my hometown team, it was nice to see the Nats get another victory under their belts. 

No pics from this game, Donkey Eric forgot the camera.