Walt Weiss remembers.

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Walt Weiss was hit twice in this game.
Who retaliated on his behalf? Bobby Cox and Greg Maddux


Last night, Acuña was hit twice in the game.
Who retaliated on his behalf? Walt Weiss and Bryce Elder (Maddux Jr.)

Just continuing off the GDT.

Acuña said he felt Snit never had his back. And we saw him get thrown at many times without retaliation. Whether you care or think the unwritten rules are ridiculous, Weiss definitely still lives by those. Tackling Soler and retaliating for Ronald is the way to show the boys you have their back, and that’s why players would run through a wall for Bobby.

So far so good Walt.
 
Definitely preferable to the perpetual lethargic coma Snitker was in the last few years. He’s also been a step up tactically from the generational idiocy of our previous manager. However, I am going to need him to step up his in-game decision making come crunch time. He’s been okay, but not exceptional in that regard.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Definitely preferable to the perpetual lethargic coma Snitker was in the last few years. He’s also been a step up tactically from the generational idiocy of our previous manager. However, I am going to need him to step up his in-game decision making come crunch time. He’s been okay, but not exceptional in that regard.
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Agreed.

So long as he never lets Iglesias close in Philly ever again and only Suarez, it'll be good.
 
Carp said:
Bobby Bonilla in a Braves uni is something that is still quite unsettling for me.
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What's weird is how positive my memories of him that year are, considering he hit .255/.356/.397 in a 2000 offensive context. He managed to pick up -1.2 WAR in 278 at-bats! And yet I liked that guy.
 
How the hell did we have both Bobby Bonilla and Reggie Sanders in 2000 for their worst seasons? Bonilla was toast, so I get that, but Sanders? A 76 OPS+ season sandwiched between stacks of 120 OPS+ campaigns.
 
CyYoung31 said:
How the hell did we have both Bobby Bonilla and Reggie Sanders in 2000 for their worst seasons? Bonilla was toast, so I get that, but Sanders? A 76 OPS+ season sandwiched between stacks of 120 OPS+ campaigns.
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The obvious culprit for Sanders was that he had a BABIP of .271 in 2000, compared to .319 in 1999 and .291 in 2001. And .312 for his career. His home run rate and walk rate were a bit depressed from his career norms, but if you jack up his BABIP to his career levels it probably looks like a below-average-but-recognizable Reggie Sanders season.

Of course, no one in 2000 was looking at BABIP outside of whatever ancient laboratory Voros McCracken was working in at the time.
 
I'm glad Walt supposedly has his player's backs.

Still doesn't excuse being poor tactically, but homers are gonna homer I guess. Derp on guys, derp on.
 
MadduxFanII said:
The obvious culprit for Sanders was that he had a BABIP of .271 in 2000, compared to .319 in 1999 and .291 in 2001. And .312 for his career. His home run rate and walk rate were a bit depressed from his career norms, but if you jack up his BABIP to his career levels it probably looks like a below-average-but-recognizable Reggie Sanders season.

Of course, no one in 2000 was looking at BABIP outside of whatever ancient laboratory Voros McCracken was working in at the time.
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Reggie Sanders was one of my favorite non-Braves during his career, so it really sucked that he couldn’t perform for my favorite team. If he and Jordan had their typical seasons, Braves probably win 100 games for a 4th straight season.
 
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