Ramblings about the Braves by True Braves Fans |
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Dodgers (59-57) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Braves (67-48) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Tim Hudson was dominating and is making his case for this years Cy Young award.
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Giants (63-48) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Braves (63-47) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
It was a strange night at Turner Field.
Not to take anything away from the masterpiece that Tim Hudson pitched, but Wagner was just amazing tonight. His first pitch was a ball, the next 10 were strikes, only one of which was hit (foul). Even though I don’t think you can blame last night’s blown save on him, he has been a little off lately. Not tonight though.
The rosters for this years All Star game were announced earlier today. Jason Heyward was the only Brave voted in by the fans, but a few more were selected as reserves.
Brian McCann will be making his 5th appearance in his 5 seasons as the lone back-up catcher, and Tim Hudson will be making his 3rd trip as the only pitcher from the Braves. Martin Prado and Omar Infante were both selected for the first time in their careers, and it has been announced the Prado will start in place of the injured Chase Utley.
One player some thought had a shot but not selected was Troy Glaus. Albert Pujols will be starting at 1st base, while Ryan Howard and Adrian Gonzalez were selected as his back-ups. Below is a comparison of the all stars and Troy Glaus:
Player | BA | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG |
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Albert Pujols | .305 | 20 | 60 | .413 | .567 |
Ryan Howard | .293 | 15 | 59 | .349 | .502 |
Adrian Gonzalez | .294 | 16 | 51 | .389 | .522 |
Troy Glaus | .260 | 14 | 56 | .364 | .458 |
I’ve re-tweeted the AJC article, so make sure you check that out. Per Dave O’Brien: “When Frank Wren called Omar Infante at 8:30 a.m. this morning to tell him he was an All-Star, Infante at first thought he’d been traded.”