Gonna back the Braves again tonight .... no reason not to

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These Nationals cannot -- CANNOT -- beat the Braves. They are now 0-9 against the Braves, and tonight Maholm takes the mound after already locking down the Nats on April 14 to the tune of 4 hits and 0 runs.

Zimmerman will take his shot at the Braves, but he'll have a load to handle. The Braves now have 18 HRs in only 10 home games and they are 8-2 at home. Zimmerman looks great on the stat sheet right now, but you have to realize that three of his wins were against the two lowest OBP and BA teams in the majors: Marlins (twice) and the White Sox. Anybody can dominate those teams. He one-hit the Reds at home last time out, but the Reds absolutely suck on the road. Let's see him dominate the Braves. He didn't the last time he saw them. Last year he gave up 4 ER in only 5 innings vs the Braves. And this year, against the only team Zimmerman faced with a pulse (the Mets) he didn't last past the 5th inning, and he gave up a HR and walked three.

Don't forget about the Nationals' comical bullpen ERA in road games (5.67). And I'm not worried about Maholm tonight even though he had a rough start last time vs Detroit. He played the Tigers in Detroit, where they lead all of the majors in OBP and BA. These weak Nationals do not compare. The Nats have scored 2 or fewer runs in 8 of their last 10 games. Maholm should float through this game like he did last time. He's only given up 1 HR in 30 innings this year, and always bounces back from a bad loss (look at his 2012 game log).

Money Stat: Braves have a 1.47 bullpen ERA in home games.

If I lose this game tonight, it will be because all streaks are eventually broken and the Braves can't go on forever beating the Nationals. But until the Nats prove they can score more than two runs and actually compete, they won't earn my backing. If Zimmerman gets this done tonight, I'll gladly cough up the dough. But you have to take it first. You have to earn it. So far the Nationals haven't.

Good Night.

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great job yesterday man.. Again I appreciate the writeups, wish more here would do the same.
 

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