A Sea Of Red

I saw a picture of Smoltz in a Red Sox hat.

Now you know how Tigers fans have felt for the past decade and a half.

...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

TDDance234 wrote:...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

I'd much rather have Lowe at this point in his career. When he is on his sinker is almost unhittable, at least for anything other than a weak groundball.

The Braves have several junk-ball types already. They desperately needed a power arm. Vasquez may give that to you but at this point he's a wildcard.
Lowe, Kawakami, and Jairjens top out at maybe 85mph on a good day and while Esocbar is considered one of the best in the game defensively at SS, you have Kelly Johnson at 2B, who is a liability up the middle.

I remember Kelly was actually a fairly nifty shortstop in high school before he started focusing his time almost exclusively on his swing.

Sly Fox wrote:I remember Kelly was actually a fairly nifty shortstop in high school before he started focusing his time almost exclusively on his swing.

The Braves messed up his progression by moving him to the outfield. His bat is about the only thing keeping him on the field, IMO. He's the perfect #2 hitter...the only problem is the Braves have two of those guys (the other being Escobar) and no leadoff.

TDDance234 wrote:...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

as a Mets fan, I am ticked OFF! We NEEDED Lowe!!! stupid Braves screwing us over for the nth time

Maybe this will make you Braves fans smile a little bit today:

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog ... g-lab.html

regarding the Mets logo for their new stadium's inaugural season.

JMUDukes wrote:

TDDance234 wrote:...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

as a Mets fan, I am ticked OFF! We NEEDED Lowe!!! stupid Braves screwing us over for the nth time

Well get Oliver Perez(gulp) and some other P cheap well be alright

ALUmnus wrote:Maybe this will make you Braves fans smile a little bit today:

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog ... g-lab.html

regarding the Mets logo for their new stadium's inaugural season.

Oh its absolutely horrible, but at least its based off the field logo.

Nope, actually its just horrible

it looks like the sam's club logo!

ALUmnus wrote:Maybe this will make you Braves fans smile a little bit today:

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog ... g-lab.html

regarding the Mets logo for their new stadium's inaugural season.

lol, that was good for a laugh.

this is what they should use:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/317 ... 7ba0_o.png

Schfourteenteen wrote:

JMUDukes wrote:

TDDance234 wrote:...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

as a Mets fan, I am ticked OFF! We NEEDED Lowe!!! stupid Braves screwing us over for the nth time

Well get Oliver Perez(gulp) and some other P cheap well be alright

i have no faith in anyone but Santana and Maine.

adam42381 wrote:

TDDance234 wrote:...and we're replacing him with Derrick friggen Lowe.
Sad day to be a Braves fan.

I'd much rather have Lowe at this point in his career. When he is on his sinker is almost unhittable, at least for anything other than a weak groundball.

At least one day in October of 2008 he was nasty...or was that because the Cubs' hitters were having a hard time swinging because both hands were around their throats?

In any case, I'd take him over baldy any day.

The Phillies didn't mind going against him - twice.

Good point. It's probably just that the Cubs make every pitcher they face in October look like Cy Young himself.
[still bitter]