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But with Mr. Heyward in the house you can bet it won’t be long before we see something special afresh,1.
Yesterday, when I was compiling a story about Jurrjens and Tommy Hanson, who will start Thursday night’s alternation,1 finale against the Cubs, I begin,1 it interesting that Jurrjens and Tom Glavine had compiled a about,1 identical workload through anniversary,1 of the seasons completed before they turned 24 years old.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP vs. Cubs RHP Ryan Dempster
When Heyward accomplished,1 his three-run homer with the first swing of his Major League career on Monday, I was among the abounding,1 who anon,1 acquainted,1 chills traveling,1 down my back,1. My actual,1 reaction was that Turner Field hadn’t been abounding,1 with that kind of energy back,Snapback Hats,1 Brian McCann took Roger Clemens abysmal,New Era MLB Hats Sale,1 with his first career postseason at-bat in Game 2 of the 2005 Division Series.
Melky Cabrera 7
Martin Prado 4
Chipper Jones 5
Brian McCann 2
Troy Glaus 3
Yunel Escobar 6
Jason Heyward 9
Nate McLouth 8
Jurrjens 1
Or maybe, the admirers,1 accept,1 artlessly,New Era MLB Hats,1 taken notice of the actuality,Rock affection,1 series,1 that this seems to be the best team the Braves have assembled since at atomic,1 the 2003 season. And if I’m comparing the two teams, I’d have to say there’s no doubt that this team’s casting,1 staff is better than that one that benefited from the regular power that Javy Lopez, Vinny Castilla, Gary Sheffield and Co. supplied on ’03.
When we bethink,1 about Monday afternoon, we’ll always remember Heyward’s blast. But long before he beatific,1 Carlos Zambrano’s 2-0 fastball into the Braves bullpen,Cheap New Era MLB Hats, you could definitely feel a sense of excitement that hasn’t been present in these parts the past few years.
Our friend Buster Olney concludes all of his blog entries with the byword,1, “and today will be better than yesterday.”
Jurrjens’ better almanac,1 is a artefact,DC Famous Hats,1 of the fact that he has started his career with the account,1 of being on teams much stronger than the ones that Glavine was a part of during his early years. But this still seems to be yet addition,1 allegory,1 that proves that the young right-hander from Curacao could be headed toward a very ablaze,1 future.
Glavine 23-29 72 starts 431.2 IP 4.29 ERA
Jurrjens 30-21 72 starts 434 IP 3.21 ERA
Still if I’m baronial,1 the single greatest moments that I’ve witnessed since I affected,DC shoes hats,1 this beat in 2001, Heyward’s homer has to trump McCann’s. Jeff Francoeur’s homer in his Major League debut was pretty appropriate,1. But the energy wasn’t absolutely,Red Bull Hats,1 the same because he wasn’t arena,1 in foreground,Wholesale Shutter Shades,1 of a arranged,1 abode,Kansas City Royals Hats,1.
Maybe it was because this was the first Opening Day home game since 2004. Or maybe Heyward has already created the same kind of aftereffect,1 that Michael Vick had during the early part of this century if,1 he acutely,LV Sunglasses,1 single-handedly made the Georgia Dome the place to be on Sundays in the abatement,1.
With the momentum created by their Opening Day achievement,1, the Braves will now forward,1 their top three pitchers to the bank,1 over the next,1 three canicule,1. Jair Jurrjens gets the alarm,1 tonight and will be opposed by Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster.
As I was driving to the stadium this afternoon through that green brume,1 that is only satisfying to the manufacturers of Claritin, I was cerebration,1 it will be pretty difficult for Braves fans to exit Turner Field tonight with the same kind of excitement that was created on Opening Day.
