BravesNuWorld || An Atlanta Braves Blog

You all see the trend? The Atlanta Braves win 4, then they lose 5. They win 6, then they lose 3?

Folks, that is your Atlanta Braves. Hey, I have to say, last year the Braves couldn’t even manage a winning streak let alone win six in a row. Last year, the Braves were two and out. Two wins and then a skid.

The Braves tonight broke a three-game losing streak against those Amazing Pirates, winning 8-1, in a worthless game that ticked me off more than made me happy. See, the game before that, the first of a doubleheader, the Braves stranded something like 12 baserunners in a 5-0 shutout. I accidentally wrote shitout and probably should have kept it like that, because shit is a good word to describe that crap on the field this afternoon.

The performance was so pathetic that the Braves made a two-hit game from Jair Jurrjens seem like it was a 12-hit blow out.

In a year the Braves have the best hitter in baseball playing on the team, they can’t seem to muster enough strength to win the games they are supposed to win. Losing a series to the Pirates? Come on!

The problem is, the game was in Pittsburgh, and the Braves have no idea how to win on the road yet. Mark Teixeira left with back spasms, about the only thing moving in his whole entire body of late. Maybe the Braves ought to just ship him out on a stretcher to Baltimore now. Can Indians pitcher Cliff Lee play first base?