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Originally Posted by Ermaximus
Damn. When did the Braves get so good again? Last time I checked they were dead last in the NL East and now they are 2 1/2 games up on the Phillies. WTF?
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Ever since Bobby fixed the line-up (Prado 1, Heyward 2), and ever since Troy Glaus starting fucking raking the ball. Pretty amazing since Chipper and McCann haven't been hitting well at all and have both been injured off and on, and everyone who isn't Jason Heyward had been sucking in the outfield (though Eric Hinske worked his way into a starting platoon in LF). The pitching has been consistently good all season (even with Jurrjens out).
I would attribute a lot of the Braves' success to having one of the best benches in baseball as well. David Ross and Omar Infante could start for a lot of baseball teams (and probably will once their contracts expire).