http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/09/10/5-norton-free- reasons-the-braves-wont-make-the-playoffs/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog 1. Every preseason gamble on position players failed except the platoon in left field. Because the Braves spent the winter redoing the rotation, they took chances with their everyday eight. They hoped, perhaps against hope, that Jordan Schafer was ready and that Jeff Francoeur had recovered from his funk and that Kelly Johnson’s second-half surge in 2008 wasn’t an aberration and that Casey Kotchman could actually drive in some runs. Only one of those men is on the roster today, and the one (Johnson) lost his position to Martin Prado. 钱都花在轮值上了，打线除了FA签下的安大叔之外，只能对原有打线赌上一把。 学佛、粉酷、烤鸡、凯莉强森都被寄予希望，但是现在这些人除了凯莉，都已经离开了 ，而且唯一留在队上的凯莉还失去了先发位置。 2. Chipper Jones began to show his age. He was hitting .335 before the game on June 10, at which point this correspondent proclaimed him “as splendid as he ever was.” He’s hitting .268 now. Moral of story: You never want ol’ MB to write something nice about you. 六月十日时，老大还有.335的AVG，那时候我还写了一篇文章说他跟以前一样好。 结果他现在只剩下.268的AVG。 3. Derek Lowe wasn't as good as the Braves hoped he’d be. He’s 13-9, which isn’t terrible. But his ERA is 4.34, which marks a career worst as a National League pitcher, and opponents are hitting .294 against him — nearly 50 percentage points higher than they hit last season. Lowe帐面上13胜9败看来不差，但是他的ERA是他来国联以後最差的一年，而且.294的 被打击率几乎比去年高了半成。 4. Bobby Cox overused his bullpen. Three Braves relievers — Peter Moylan, Eric O’Flaherty and Mike Gonzalez — rank among the league’s top seven in appearances. (And this for a team that has received 84 quality starts, second-most in the majors.) It would be one thing if all this work had resulted in a lockdown bullpen on the order of Hammond-Remlinger-Smoltz, but it hasn’t. The 2002 relief corps blew 11 saves. This one has 20 blown saves. The 20th came last night, as you doubtless know, Rafael Soriano wasting another strong Tommy Hanson start. 联盟出赛最频繁的七只牛里面，我们就占了三只--澳洲佬、EOF还有Gonzo 而且这还是一支拥有全联盟第二多QS的队伍（84次），很奇怪吧。 不像02年的Hammond-Remlinger-Smoltz的组合，今年的牛棚已经搞砸了20次救援机会。 5. Nate McLouth didn’t deliver. Of the three major in-season trades Frank Wren made, this had the greatest potential of sparking the entire offense. But McLouth, who has had an iffy hamstring, has played in only 61 games over three-plus months as a Brave, and he’s hitting .263 with an on-base percentage of .351. 把McLouth从海盗搞过来应该是Wren做过的季中交易里面，最有希望救赎打线的一个。 不过因为在DL趴了一阵子，他只为勇士出赛了61场，然後缴出.263的打击率和.351 的上垒率。 And, just for the heck of it: Greg Norton. Regarding the question, “Who’s the worst Brave ever?”, we have a new leader in the clubhouse. 对了，进不了季後赛的原因还有一点：那位今年从来没有更新过的防毒软体 --

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