Braves won game 1, 9-6.

Winning 2-0 in the bottom of the first.

Laroche's numbers are getting better and better :eek: 14 HR, .260 AVG, and around 50 RBI. Add Franco's numbers and wow :eek:

75 total RBI at first

Braves win their sixth straight, 5-4.

The Braves also got Kyle Farnsworth from Detroit. Two pretty good young pitchers, Roman Colon and Zach Miner, go the other way.

What role will Farnsworth assume? I have him as a closer in a coupe of fantasy leagues. Should I dump him....I only want saves, not a middle innings or set-up man.

GDawgs88 Wrote:Braves win their sixth straight, 5-4.

The Braves also got Kyle Farnsworth from Detroit. Two pretty good young pitchers, Roman Colon and Zach Miner, go the other way.

Countdown to the beatdown: 2 days

Glad to see Farnsworth back at home. Played ball at the same HS (he's about 10 years older than me). I was actually at a City Hall meeting where Alpharetta, GA named whatever day it was "Kyle Farnsworth Day" and I got to meet the guy. Nice man from my experience.

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Herd Fan 4-Life Wrote:What role will Farnsworth assume? I have him as a closer in a coupe of fantasy leagues. Should I dump him....I only want saves, not a middle innings or set-up man.

Expect Reitsma to continue closing, with Farnsworth setting up.

GDawgs.....I hope your ready to cope with the fact that the Braves are about to get swept out of Cincinnati. 1st in homers, rbi's and runs scored. The offense is starting to heat up.

You could be correct. Don't let the six-game winning streak we had before today's loss fool you; we are simply a different team at home compared to the road. We just can't do anything away from Turner Field. However, we did beat up on the awful Reds staff up there earlier, and we've only been swept once since September of 2003, so who knows...

We still suck, I think our 5 game winning streak had more to do with the fact that we were playing the NL West. The Dodgers and Padres are horrible, neither of them can hit.

Realistically, I think the Braves will win 2 out ouf 3. If the Red's do surprise and sweept and the stros lose a couple the Reds are only going to be 7-8 games out of the wild card. Which is ridiculuos considering our record.

I still remember that magical year of 1999 in which the Reds won 97 games and didn't make the playoffs.

1999...that was a heck of a race. The Reds had that wild-card spot locked up. The Mets were dead in the water. And then they win out in the final week or so and catch the Reds then beat them in the one-game playoff. Awesome race.

GDawgs88 Wrote:1999...that was a heck of a race. The Reds had that wild-card spot locked up. The Mets were dead in the water. And then they win out in the final week or so and catch the Reds then beat them in the one-game playoff. Awesome race.

All that we had to do was win 2 out of 3 against the Brewers. I will never forgive Scott Sullivan for blowing a lead in the 2nd game of the series.

Braves beat up on the Reds, 12-2.

Sosa is now 7-1.

GDawgs88 Wrote:Braves beat up on the Reds, 12-2.

Sosa is now 7-1.

Right when things look to be on the upswing......the Reds turn in a performance like this.

Edwin Encarnacion is going to be an Andruw Jones type hitter but get your act together in the field. Three errors and he turns in an Adam Dunn esque performance at the plate with 3 k's.

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