August 24, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this

Ya’ll can sit down and listen to some plain old common sense. How to improve the Braves odds in the wild card chase ? It’s addition by subtraction. Come September 1st , bring up every single pitcher on the 40 man giving the Braves 21 total pitchers. Junk the five man rotation , it’s killing the Braves. The old four man rotation would give Hudson and Smoltz 18 or 19 starts over the last 34 games. Limit them both to 75 pitches or five innings , which ever comes first and use that 17 man bullpen over the last three or four innings. It’s not rocket science , it’s baseball. Smoltz and Hudson are winning at a .700 clip over the last two months. Do the math , 66 wins plus 13 or 14 wins from the two aces. The remaining 15-16 games would require nothing more than .500 from the other two starters ( Cormier/James). That would presumably put the Braves around 87-89 wins , well into wild card territory. It’s better than sticking with the five man rotation and limiting the pitch count , not throwing on the side would be the same as pitching every fifth day. There ya go , maximize the two aces , limit the damage from the rest of the rotation. Lew , would have never thought of this. NEVER.
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By Coach ( This is how the Braves get over the hump.)

August 24, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

Hey , thanks guys. The Braves used a four man rotation all of 1993 and it worked like a charm.
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By flange1

August 24, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

Oh my god LEW,

Can you believe it? A 4 man rotation! WOW, we could have never thought of that!

A 41 year old pitcher with a sore body and an surgically repaired sholder and elbow should be able to go from pitching on 4 days rest for his whole life to pitching on 3 days rest after 3/4 of a season and then be fresh for the playoffs,

SURE IT’S GOT TO WORK, IT CAME FROM COACH!!!
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By Paladin

August 24, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this

Coach After brain-flatulence like that you could at least have the decency to fan behind you. And it smells like the drooler crawled up inside you, and died.
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By Lew

August 24, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this

Coach-You’re absolutely right. I wouldn’t have thought of destroying Smoltz’s arm with extreme overuse. AS far as bringing up the other pitchers, Do you even realize that KC has advocated this for the past week? Do you even bother to read anyone’s thoughts besides your own? This is what we waited for all of this time you pounded your chest and bragged about how smart you were? Talk about a let down. I thought maybe you might have a plan worth something. According to you, something no one else was capable of coming up with and what we end up with is expand the rosters? And of course, James is out of the equation for at least another week and a half. Yeah, that works.
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By Coach ( Hank Aaron Is The Real HR Champion.)

August 24, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this

The children have come over from the other blog. Lew , Flange1 or whatever you multiple personality bloggers call yourselves , your not fooling anybody. I’m out , nursery school isn’t my cup of tea.
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By Head Options Expert

August 24, 2007 5:34 PM | Link to this

Will someone please explain to ole Head Cooch what the options consequences are for bringing up the entire 40 man roster to pitch?

Does anyone dare do that after the retarded insistence of the Head Cooch the last time?

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By Willy Wally

August 24, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this

I’m out , nursery school isn’t my cup of tea.

Oh, what’s the matter Cooch? Are you now admitting to being a failure as a Coach for nursery school kids as well?
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By The Grinch

August 25, 2007 12:08 AM | Link to this

Smoltz continues to amaze. I’ve said since I started posting here about 18 months ago that I’ve never liked Smoltz much as a person, but by Godfey that sumgun has got something more than talent going for him. He’s about as true grit as Rooster Cogburn.

Great catch by Andruw, obviously.

Braveheart, your Freudian “slip” on Coach is classic.

SG, you said something earlier I found clever and amusing, but I’m too drunk to remember what it was. Just accept this generic tip of the hat.
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Go up and link under “recent posts” the top line about diaz saying it’s not ho hum or somthing like that….

Should I have said clogging “on” the basepaths??

I think I’ll pass on Dunn. He strikes me as the guy who will hit a homer every 4th game, usually with nobody on (when the pitchers are pitching to him). All other times, he is TOO cautious, and takes a multitude of walks when runners are already on base. With him, you still need someone hitting behind him that can drive in the runs he moved over one base.