Rain and Fireworks: 8-7 in 11

Tuesday night, the Braves hit 4 solo home runs in the second inning. Eighty-eight teams have hit four or more homers in an inning. The Braves have done it 8 times. But only 16 teams have hit four solo shots and the Braves have done it only once before: on May 20, 2001 Andruw Jones, Brian Jordan, Javy Lopez and Wes Helms went solo yard in the 7th, all off future Brave Alan Embree. For a team with Quilvio Veras and Rico Brogna, that’s some pretty good hitting. (I’m clearly having too much fun with my new database.)

This got me thinking about the 2001 Braves and reminding myself how lucky we were to have three Hall of Fame pitchers in the starting rotation. (Actually, Smoltz was the closer on…