Braves Briefing: Pete Alonso wants you to "throw it again"

The Atlanta Braves kicked off their series against the Mets with a bang, and may have gained a new rallying cry in the process.

Lindsay Crosby | Jun 7, 2023

Michael Jordan was one of the greatest athletes in the world, and he let you know. Often.

"His Airness" was known for talking trash, and he would do anything to get under your skin and throw you off your game.

But he ALSO had a very specific tell about your confidence level, based on when you chose to talk trash.

There's a clip from the final episode of "The Last Dance" docuseries where he details his thought process behind trash talking. (WARNING: Language)

Michael Jordan swinging a bat in the Bulls locker room while smoking a cigar and dunking on his opponents is the most Michael Jordan thing ever#TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/jO1qNOcbCV
— Blue Wire (@bluewirepods) May 11, 2020

Pete Alonso's trash talking to Bryce Elder would have been described as "easy" by Jordan.

After the Braves hurler gave up two two-run homeruns in the top of the third staking New York to a 4-1 lead, Alonso decided to chirp Elder by urging him to "Throw it again. Throw it again, PLEASE".

Atlanta would go on to score the final five runs of the game, holding the Mets to one more hit, and win 6-4.

Moral of the story, courtesy of our own Will Moon in last night's takeaways:

The real takeaway is this - keep your mouth shut until you win something.

NL East Standings

City	Record	GB	Action Today
Atlanta	36-24	--	Hosts Mets
Miami	34-28	3.0	Hosts Royals
New York	30-31	6.5	@ Braves
Philadelphia	29-32	7.5	Hosts Tigers
Washington	25-35	11.0	Hosts Diamondbacks

We Wrote It

Braves Today wordsmith Will Moon has fun with last night's takeaways, but he also made a very good observation about the bullpen's performance late in this one.

It was a very satisfying inning in multiple ways, and it gave the Braves' bullpen a narrow lead to protect. Jesse Chavez overcame a Riley error to face the minimum in the seventh, and AJ Minter had another encouraging outing in the eighth, retiring McNeil with the tying run at second and two out.
Raisel Iglesias came on in the ninth and very satisfyingly struck out Alonso to lead off the inning, with Daniel Vogelbach and Starling Marte grounding out to end the game. And the pace of the shade tweeting only increased from there.

Read the full piece HERE.

Watch Highlights from Atlanta's Victory over the New York Mets

What's next for the Atlanta Braves?

The series continues tonight at Truist Park. In a matchup of veterans, the Mets will send Max Scherzer (5-2, 3.21 ERA, 4.12 FIP) to the hill, and the Braves will counter with Charlie Morton (5-6, 3.62 ERA, 3.56 FIP).

First pitch at 7:20 PM ET ("weather"-permitting). The game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports South and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com. And, as always, we'll have all your coverage right here on Braves Today.

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Published Jun 7, 2023

LINDSAY CROSBY

Managing Editor for Braves Today and the 2023 IBWAA Prospects/Minors Writer of the Year. You can reach him at contact@bravestoday.com