Beating The Mets
Bumped into Braves Closer Billy Wagner early this morning, and he immediately started singing the "Beat The Mets" song. Wagner didn't get to participate, but I'm sure he's looking forward to closing them out in the regular season.
Bobby Valentine has been working the Braves scene for a couple of days now. He's been peppering me with questions about some of the Braves players. Today he was all about the new batting glove that is hot new thing. The X-Pro Tec gloves have some built in padding to protect the hands from a wild pitch. Bobby pointed out that a lot of the players can't use them, because they have deals in place with other batting glove companies.
Dale Murphy arrived today and started working with some of the young outfielders. Javy Lopez and Glavine will be in camp soon to do the same thing...drop some knowledge. Smart to have these guys involved.
Tim Hudson was strong today against the Mets. Worked 2 scoreless and got'm 6-up, 6-down. Pumped the fastball at'm and had good location with it too. Huddy told me earlier in the day that he didn't want to show the Mets starters all of his pitches in the spring...but for the 2nd straight day, manager Jerry manuel didn't have any starters in the line-up. So, Hudson mixed in some breaking balls, with the fastball and cutter.
Moylan looked strong, but he seems to own the Mets. And he owns right-handed hitters. Last season, RH's hit .196 against Peter. Mike Minor, the Braves newest 1st round pick, got the 8th inning and hit 93 in the speed gun with his fastball. He looked sharp. Jeff Lyman struck out 2 in the 9th and attacked with his fastball. Power arm.
Oh yeah, Jason Heyward made several nice defensive plays in right and also smoked another fastball, this time in the gap for a RBI 2B. Go ahead and sign up for his fan club, before it gets crowded!
Bobby Valentine has been working the Braves scene for a couple of days now. He's been peppering me with questions about some of the Braves players. Today he was all about the new batting glove that is hot new thing. The X-Pro Tec gloves have some built in padding to protect the hands from a wild pitch. Bobby pointed out that a lot of the players can't use them, because they have deals in place with other batting glove companies.
Dale Murphy arrived today and started working with some of the young outfielders. Javy Lopez and Glavine will be in camp soon to do the same thing...drop some knowledge. Smart to have these guys involved.
Tim Hudson was strong today against the Mets. Worked 2 scoreless and got'm 6-up, 6-down. Pumped the fastball at'm and had good location with it too. Huddy told me earlier in the day that he didn't want to show the Mets starters all of his pitches in the spring...but for the 2nd straight day, manager Jerry manuel didn't have any starters in the line-up. So, Hudson mixed in some breaking balls, with the fastball and cutter.
Moylan looked strong, but he seems to own the Mets. And he owns right-handed hitters. Last season, RH's hit .196 against Peter. Mike Minor, the Braves newest 1st round pick, got the 8th inning and hit 93 in the speed gun with his fastball. He looked sharp. Jeff Lyman struck out 2 in the 9th and attacked with his fastball. Power arm.
Oh yeah, Jason Heyward made several nice defensive plays in right and also smoked another fastball, this time in the gap for a RBI 2B. Go ahead and sign up for his fan club, before it gets crowded!
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