Can Bobby Work his 2nd Half Magic One More Time?
Today marks the start of this year’s All-Star Break and our Atlanta Braves find themselves in first place. When looking back at what has unfolded for Bobby’s historic final season, I decided to compare it to other seasons the skipper has led. In doing so I found some pretty interesting stats. In every season that a Cox team has led at the All-Star break (there has been ten), only one has failed to win it’s respected division (1984 Blue Jays). Given Cox’s second half track record it is easy to feel excited about this season. However, I also have to feel a little uneasy knowing that the Phillies will be expecting a few infielders back from the D.L. in the second half.
Infante Has A Series: I got to admit that I like most of you was pretty surprised when I learned that Omar Infante was named to the All-Star game. But you got to give to Omar for proving why he deserves to be there. During the final series of the first half against the Mets Infante went 10 for 14. His most notable performance came Friday night when he went 4 for 5 with a big fly. Great job All-Star!
Winning at the Ted: I wanted to leave you guys with one more piece of optimism. The Braves have a major league best 30-10 home record. For the remainder of the season the Braves will play eight more home games than road games. So, if the Braves keep the pace they are on this could be a great sendoff for Bobby!
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