Braves Show Some Fire, Lose 2 of 3 to Boston

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Braves Show Some Fire, Lose 2 of 3 to Boston

By: mbohn

This weekend the Atlanta Braves were in Boston taking on the Red Sox, and showing that they can compete with the AL’s top teams. Sure they may have lost two of three to the Sox, but consider that they won 8-2 on Friday, lost a pitcher’s duel in which Josh Beckett threw a complete game shutout on Saturday, and then battled to a 6-5 loss on Sunday. Now consider the events of the seventh inning in yesterday’s game.
Apparently J.D. Drew struck out to end the inning, only homeplate umpire Bill Hohn decided to extend the at-bat. After getting ahead in the count 0-2, Braves reliever Eric O’Flaherty laced a fastball threw the zone for what should have been strike three. Hohn called it low and inside, and then Drew laced the next pitch off the Green Monster plating a run and giving the Sox the lead. How an umpire can miss a call like that is beyond me.
What happened next is what made me smile, though. Not only does O’Flaherty get tossed for asking where the pitch was, after being taken out of the game by Bobby Cox, but then Cox gets the business as well. Add in Chipper Jones, who just went ballistic, and we finally see some fire from the Braves. This will hopefully carry over into today’s game with the Chicago Cubs, and then the series with the Yankees this week.

Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Categories: MLB, MLB Rumors

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