I’m not naive to think that the Braves will go into Philly and New York and take two out of three in both places, or sweep in both places. What I’m hopeful of, would be to see a three and three trip the rest of the way. They can lose two out of three in one series, if they win two out of three in another. If they do that, they come home next week five and three, with a winning trip, to three tough cities, and can begin to feel positive about builing something.

Good two days in Florida. Let’s hope we can build on it.

Mitch

Hope this shows people why it’s better to let Heyward and Freeman acrue some time in the minors, though.

I really don’t want to sound way negative, but a part of me isn’t surprised. The Braves live in the “lack of urgency” world. It seems to exist all the way through the organization. It has served them well in the past. It has also jumped up and bit their butts a few times. I believe in a sense of urgency in some instances. Don’t want to pile on Shafer, but that should be something that has a sense of urgency attached to it. Sometimes its just not good enough to say ” he’ll work through it.” It didn’t work for Frenchy last year. He wasn’t able to play through his problems, it took the off season to address them. Shafer is trying to work things out at the highest level when he’s only been at the highest level for a month! That’s a tall order for anyone.

At any rate, the Braves “wait and see” far too often for my liking. There is nothing wrong with being proactive and pushing for resolution sometimes both on and off the field.