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Happy St. Patrick’s Day SportsPage Atlanta readers, the one holiday where 75% of American’s claim to have Irish decent in an effort to make excuses for themselves when they get fall-on-the-concrete drunk later in the evening.
David O’Brien, of the AJC, was interviewed on the radio today, and was discussing what the Braves rotation was going to be. He said that the rotation would be, per John Smoltz’ request, to let Tim Hudson assume the role of the ace, followed by Smoltz, and then any combination of Tom Glavine, Mike Hampton and Jair Jurrjens (assuming there are no injuries). Huddy has racked up sub-2.50 ERA’s in two of his first three years in a Braves uniform, so getting him out of the gates in the first game of the year seems like a smart thing for Bobby Cox to do (although it would be hard to argue if he went with Smoltzy).
So what does this mean? Well, assuming that Braves manager Bobby Cox and Mets skipper Willie Randolph skip starters on their respective off-days during the opening week, that would set up a Smoltz vs. Johan Santana match-up on Saturday, April 5 at Turner Field on national TV. That, my friends, is must-see-TV.
Barrett Sallee has worked professionally in the Atlanta sports market in various aspects for over 7 years. He can be reached at barrettsallee@hotmail.com
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