Braves vs RedSox Game Rant

Well, another pathetic performance by the Braves today. This game should have been won. However, the very questionable decisions by Bobby Cox and the T-Ball player Andruw Jones aren't exactly going to help win ball games.

-Martin Prado was called up to fill in a roster spot (Lerew on DL). This call up made no sense at all. Don't we already have enough crappy bench players in Orr/Woodward already? Prado went 1-5 and cost us a run with his defense. This is the guy many Braves fans wanted to start over Kelly Johnson. Well, how do you like him now?

-This was Tim Hudson's first bad start of the season. I guess he was due, but he should have had only 5 earned runs instead of 6. I feel Martin Prado should have been charged with an error when he bobbled a ball during an attempted double play. It should have been turned easily for the last 2 outs of the inning. Instead a run scored and only one out was made.

-Not only was Prado called up, he started today's game in place of Kelly Johnson! What is this? Johnson comes off a night where he smacked in 5 rbi, then rests the next day which is before an off day?

-Chris Woodward played 3rd base while Chipper was DH. Another stupid decision, how are we supposed to win games when you don't have your best players playing? Chipper should of played 3rd, and Saltalamacchia should have been DH.

-Andruw Jones went 0-5 with 5 strikeouts. 5 STRIKEOUTS?!?! Oh, and here is a comment from him in this article.

Andruw assumes sixth spot: With his stiff back healthy enough for him to play on Sunday, Andruw Jones began his stint in the sixth spot of the lineup. For now, he doesn't appear to be too upset about Cox's decision to move him out of the cleanup spot.

"I don't care," Jones said. "It's not the first time that it's happened. So it's not really a big
deal."

Of course you don't care Andruw, it is apparent that you really don't care about a lot of things right now. Like the fact that you are hurting this team right now with your absurd hitting skills. If you did care, you would be working to change this. Hopefully soon enough, you will realize that the chances of you making more big bucks after the season are getting smaller each day you bat something like 0-4 with 3 strikeouts.

I do give Cox credit for moving him out of the 4th spot of the lineup. He shouldn't even be hitting in the 6th spot either. Right now it looks like the pitcher has a better chance of getting a hit.

-I was going to put a post about Anthony Lerew going to the DL, but I'll mention it here. From the same article with Andruw's comments, here is a bit on Lerew.

Lerew's future: After the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, Cox indicated that Lerew's exit after two innings wasn't prompted by a medical issue. Then about five minutes later, the 24-year-old hurler admitted that his right elbow has been bothering him for more than a month.

Obviously still thinking Lerew was healthy enough to pitch, Cox gave him the option of returning to Richmond to continue pitching.

"I gave him a choice," Cox said. "[He could] go down and pitch and get back up here or go on the disabled list. He chose the disabled list."

Cox's words provided indication that he certainly wasn't happy with Lerew, whose aloof personality has caused some to compare him to the Nuke LaLoosh character from the movie "Bull Durham."

That is such a great thing to hear. This makes it harder for the Braves to get of Mark Redmond.

-I posted about Chipper Jones and his comments on the interleague schedule. He was right about the schedule being tough. In fact the toughest in all of MLB.

According to a formula devised by the Elias Sports Bureau, the Braves' Interleague schedule ranks as the toughest in the Majors.

The Braves will face the Mets for a 3 game series starting Tuesday. Former Brave Jorge Sosa will start for the Mets vs Kyle Davies. This is a good chance to climb back up in the NL East standings. The Braves must win at least 2 games.