Fuck Yeah Braves

This place is awesome,” said Jones, who has a .329 career average with 13 homers and 56 RBIs in 57 games at Coors Field. “I love it. I’ve always loved it. As long as your mechanics are good and you’re not trying to hit the ball five miles instead of two, you can put up some big numbers here. I say that in jest, that it’s a rollercoaster ride when we come in here. But those games are fun.

Chipper on Coors Field

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outstandtacular:

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My girl Outstandtacular and I would like to remind you that this is what your ASG ballot should look like. Okay? Okay.

For you American League fans who haven’t watched an NL game since interleague last year…

Let me introduce you to your NL ballet for the ASG this year.

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In the first nine games of a perhaps crucial Year 3, Jason Heyward hit .345 with two home runs and five RBI’s. And now, for contrarian purposes, we ask: Was a good start really crucial for this player?
Said Fredi Gonzalez, the Braves’ manager: “It’s important for everybody, but more so for him.”
Said Greg Walker, the new hitting coach: “It could have been an issue if he was the kind of guy who panicked.”
There’s the key. Of all the things the Braves liked about Heyward at age 20, outrageous athletic ability was only one. Yeah, he could hit the ball really hard and run really fast, but he also approached the game the way a 10-year pro would. He wasn’t given to irrational exuberance. (Or its evil twin — utter self-doubt.) Talent had gotten him to the majors in a hurry, but temperament would make him a superstar.
- Mark Bradley, Journal-Constitution
Read the rest: “Jason Heyward: Tweaked swing, same mindset, better results”

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In the first nine games of a perhaps crucial Year 3, Jason Heyward hit .345 with two home runs and five RBI’s. And now, for contrarian purposes, we ask: Was a good start really crucial for this player?

Said Fredi Gonzalez, the Braves’ manager: “It’s important for everybody, but more so for him.”

Said Greg Walker, the new hitting coach: “It could have been an issue if he was the kind of guy who panicked.”

There’s the key. Of all the things the Braves liked about Heyward at age 20, outrageous athletic ability was only one. Yeah, he could hit the ball really hard and run really fast, but he also approached the game the way a 10-year pro would. He wasn’t given to irrational exuberance. (Or its evil twin — utter self-doubt.) Talent had gotten him to the majors in a hurry, but temperament would make him a superstar.

- Mark Bradley, Journal-Constitution

Read the rest: “Jason Heyward: Tweaked swing, same mindset, better results”

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