229 5 The Bucco Blogger Thread RJ Warner Re: Confessions of an Atlanta Braves hater [Reply to #5] 4/30/06, 9:29am Thank you for responding. I agree, Brew Crew fan, that I would take Smoltz over any other starter to start that one postseason game you had to win. He always seemed to be the one out there on the mound when the Braves would take a seres. That was one problem with him going to the closer's role a few years back: you lost that dynamic, "shut 'em down" starter that might not of lost all of those game 5's in the NLDS. Russ Ortiz? C'mon. Maybe this will be the year they don't win the East, but you know what? I'm sure as hell not betting against them. One week, it seems like there under .500, and before you know it, they're 10 games up in the division. Have to respect that. [RJ Warner from Pittsburgh/PA] Replies: