{"id":1676,"date":"2009-09-01T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T11:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/01\/can-the-braves-make-me-eat-crow\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T15:16:36","slug":"can-the-braves-make-me-eat-crow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/01\/can-the-braves-make-me-eat-crow\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Braves make me eat crow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I write about the Braves being in the thick of the playoff action, they prove me wrong, and start dropping games.  While the NL East is a lost cause, the Braves are now within 3 games of the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/standings\/_\/type\/wild-card\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/standings\/_\/type\/wild-card', 'Wild Card');\" target=\"new\">Wild Card<\/a>.  Will Hudson\u2019s return give them enough of a boost to push them over the hump?<\/p>\n<p>I still think this team is too flawed to make a serious push or if they make the Wild Card, to go very deep in the playoffs.<br \/>\nThe starting pitching is deep enough, but as has happen in the past, a power outage or a leaky bullpen will let Atlanta down.  Brian McCann (17) and Chipper Jones (16) are the Braves HR leaders.  Rafael Soriano (20 SV) and Mike Gonzalez (9) are better setup guys than closers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I write about the Braves being in the thick of the playoff action, they prove me wrong, and start dropping games. While the NL East is a lost cause, the Braves are now within 3 games of the Wild Card. Will Hudson\u2019s return give them enough of a boost to push them over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/01\/can-the-braves-make-me-eat-crow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can the Braves make me eat crow?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,61],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}