NLDS Game 2--That's More Like It
Or maybe "McCann-Do." (I bet that's the ESPN headline.) This might have been the most important non-elimination Braves game in almost a decade, and the Braves came up huge. Everything went right here--starting pitching, relief pitching, clutch hitting--these are the kinds of games that make you think this team might just be something special. Good signs: the rookies all got hits (even Francoeur, who at this point would swing if the pitcher threw over to first), Smoltz didn't throw a whole lot of pitches, and Reitsma kept his head and knocked the 'stros down in the eighth. Key play of the game--Chipper Jones' diving save of a Biggio screamer in the seventh. Sure, Atlanta was up four, but Smoltz was out of gas, and if that gets through, one run's in and the bullpen--shakier than a meth addict three days clean--has to come in to "clean up" the mess. Not a comforting thought. Every year since 1995, that ball gets through and things get ugly. This year...
Okay, enough speculating. On to Houston.
Okay, enough speculating. On to Houston.
