http://www.braves-report.com/blog An Atlanta Braves Fansite Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:16:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Image: Yahoo! Sports] I'm just not sure of what to make of this team anymore, which makes this first paragraph hard. So, onto the pitching. James did better than his last outing, but still not good. In his brief four inning appearance, he gave up three runs on five hits, one of ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/06/game-114/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] Hampton gets a win. Hampton Gets A Win! HAMPTON GETS A WIN!! I'll bet you thought those words would never again be spoken, but there is a lot to be said for his resilience, most people, hell, everyone else, would have given up! Hampton stuck with it, if ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/06/game-113/ [Image Yahoo! Sports] The downward spiral continues. I must confess, I have never been this down about the Braves, never. It's not that they are losing, it's that they have given up. The players have given up, that much is evident. The management has quit, apparent from the Tex move. I ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/05/game-112/ It's hard for me to come up with the words to write this blog post, mainly because I don't think its sunk in yet. I first heard the news as soon as I woke up this morning, and to me, it seemed unreal. Skip Caray, one of the main announcers ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/04/skip-caray-braves-announcer-passes-away/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] What a godsend this guy Campy has been. After, well, our entire pitching staff got hurt, Campy got the call as a reliever... then as a starter, and he has answered, brilliantly. Campy had a fantastic outing yesterday. He gave us seven, six hit innings, not allowing a run ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/04/game-111/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] Another day, another good outing by a starter, another loss. Why do I get the feeling that writing the recaps isn't going to be much fun for the rest of the season? But, I guess I will have to slog through somehow. Morton had what was probably the best ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/02/game-110/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] Back to our losing ways I see. Chuck James continues to the be ultimate "AAAA" player. Dominate at "AAA" and can't quite get over the hump to be successful in the bigs. Maybe it is the injury, maybe it is the lack of a third pitch. If it ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/02/game-109/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] Finally, we win one! It seems like it has been a week (6 days). I can't get too excited over this, since the team has largely given up and is beginning to focus on next year. But, a win is a win, and I will take it. Pitching was ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/08/01/game-108/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] Well, now that the Braves have given up, I wonder if I should give up writing these recaps? How many in a row have we lost now? Five, I think? Oh well, I guess I'll just make the recaps shorter. Once again, poor pitching from the pen and poor ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/07/31/game-107/ [Image: Yahoo! Sports] It is official, the Braves' season is over. The only burning question left is... "Who else is going to be traded?" So far, I have been pretty disappointed with Frank Wren, JS always seemed to have a way to get that extra player, to get extra value back. ... http://www.braves-report.com/blog/2008/07/30/game-106/