Falconsfan567 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 How in the world did the Braves manage to win 88 games and a playoff series against the Astros? My gosh that team on paper was horrible.Braves opening day lineup.1. Rafael Furcal - SS2. Quilvio Veras - 2B3. Andruw Jones - CF4. Chipper Jones - 3B5. B.J. Surhoff - LF6. Brian Jordan - RF7. Javy Lopez - C8. Rico Brogna - 1B9. Tom Glavine - P2001 was the year that Furcal only played 79 games because he hurt his shoulder sliding into 2nd base against the Red Sox. 2001 was the year that we couldn't find a first baseman. We started the year with Brogna before trying Wes Helms and Ken Caminiti and finally setting on Julio Franco in September. Here are some more of the amazing Braves of 2001Kurt AbbotJesse GarciaKeith LockhartRey SanchezCory AldridgeBernard GilkeyDave MartinezPaul BakoI won't even go down that list of pitchers. It's pretty bad.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=ATL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritzblitz 2.0 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Again, the more that Bobby Cox fades in the rearview, the more he's going to be appreciated. Especially in comparison to Fredi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharma Initiative Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Again, the more that Bobby Cox fades in the rearview, the more he's going to be appreciated. Especially in comparison to Fredi.+1Of course Brian Jordan had 25 homers, Andruw had 34, and Chipper had 38.I wonder if we'll ever have two guys get 30 in the same season again Edited February 24, 2012 by Dharma Initiative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 We know Uggla can and a full season of a healthy McCann he might be able to push 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 We know Uggla can and a full season of a healthy McCann he might be able to push 30It will happen this year. In fact I believe the Braves will have at least 4 guys hit at least 25 and I'm banking on 2 of those to be over 30. The 4 guys I'm talking about is Uggla, B-Mac, Freeman and Heyward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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