Is it the mid 90s? Because they Braves are fucking sick. Their embarrassment of the Cubbies today on ESPN brought me back to the days of David Justice, The Crime Dog Fred McGriff, Greg Maddox, Chipper, John Smoltz, Javier Lopez, and Steve Avery. They dismantled Chicago so bad that Carlos Zambrano and the gang will be having nightmares for weeks. The Brave's faithful fans are feeling on top of the world having putting 16 on the board on 12 hits. That's some efficient hitting to say the least. As Tiny posted, Jason Hayward did not disappoint. He was better than advertised. Picture yourself at 20, being put directly into the spotlight with no experience whatsoever, with the most hype since Griffey, stepping up to the plate at Turner Field, and fucking destroying a ball over the deepest part of the wall after taking Zambrano's first two pitches. He was just playing with him. It was like the homerun derby when the batters wait for just the right meatball to hammer. The thing is, this pitch was no meatball. It was a Zambrano special. His go to pitch. It looks like a cut fastball then, 10 feet from the plate, it dives like wounded duck to the right. It fools 95% of hitters, and that's why he's an ace. Hayward, who has never faced him, just went down after it and nuked it. If you can't tell, I'm pumped as shit for baseball.
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