Every time I begin to think we have improved, I go to see a game and leave disgusted. This team does not deserve any post season consideration.
Putting aside our usual pitching problems like walks who wind up scoring and WP's......I wonder why it is conventional baseball wisdom to put big hitters who strike out often like Johnson and Poje in the center of the order. I would rather put my 6 best contact hitters in the top 6 spots and put these "all or nothing" guys deeper down.
I found it interesting how long Hall stuck with Connor Thomas. To be fair, Thomas had some rough luck with 3 infield hits against him....but he also did not throw a very high ratio of strikes.
On a side note, I was very disappointed by the new ballpark, which should be called Turner Field II. Aside from the mini Six Flags in the outfield, it was extremely similar to Turner Field, down to the seats themselves. Signage was poor and hard to follow in the streets around the stadium unless you knew it already. (One sign said E-31 left and E-45 right....what the heck did that mean?) Totally not impressed and doubt I'll make the trek out to any live Braves games. Oh, and $10 hot dogs don't help either.
