Braves, restaurants, and baseball in general

Ok I have listened for a long time and at times I have even believed all the hype.
But after taking a close look, I wont buy it anymore.
Are the Braves on the right path ?
I think so
Are the Braves full of sure thing prospects ?
I mean, who can say that. That's why they are prospects.
It all started with Matt Wisler coming up last year and hearing all the hype about how good he was going to be and he has all the tools to be great.
He now is a mop up relief pitcher who will probably be traded very soon. Sure he is only 23 or 24, but he just cant seem to get it done at the major league level.
Aaron Blair was not quite as hyped but he was another young arm who had fizzled out in the matter of a year.
But its not only the pitchers. I feel sorry for Dansby Swanson who I think will still be a very good player, but the Braves put him on billboards as one of the faces of the team and he just was not ready for it. They rushed the guy up to the majors to be that face and now today he is back in the minors, passed up by another hot hitting young kid.
Yes the Braves farm is loaded with great "prospects" but they need some of these "prospects" to live up to the hype..
I am sure we will be seeing Ronald Acuna in the majors before long, despite the fact that he is 19 years old. The guys has flown through the minor leagues and has continued to hit, even at the AAA level. Ozzie Albies will probably be up soon and could be starting if the decide to get rid of Brandon Phillips. That is another move I don't think they should make because Albies is only 20 years old. I mean let these kids grow up.
I took a close look a the Braves top 30 prospects. Kolby Allard is the number three prospect and he is all of 19 years old also. He has been decent this year in AA with as 3.75 era, while recently drafted Kyle Wright jumped to number four the minute he signed. That seemed kind of odd that a kid that just got drafted could move up the prospect list so fast. Hopefully he will live up to the hype.
Anyways the top 30 is filled with young kids between the ages of 17  and 23 and of course, if four or five live up to the hype, the Braves will be fine. But lets remember, figuring out who will make a great major leaguer is a science that no one has mastered. Lets hope that  Mike Soroka is not Matt Wisler.


Ok talk about hype.
The Metro Diner is the most hyped restaurant to come to Macon in forever.
So I had to try it.
I went to eat dinner and they were absolutely slammed on a Wednesday night. I got the fried chicken, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese and I would say that the food was average at best. I thought the chicken was a little salty, and the mac and cheese was average. The mashed potatoes and gravy was excellent. If you are going, be prepared to sit and wait for the food for about 30 minutes. Yesterday I waited 32 minutes. Yes I had to be exact to let my 50 readers know how ling the wait was.
So after being underwhelmed I decided to try the place for breakfast because Madison wanted to try it. So this morning we went back. Madison had some kind of French toast which she rated a 6 and I had the corned beef hash and poached eggs and also grits. Do not get the corned beef hash. It just was not good. The potatoes were rather hard and the corned beef did not have a good flavor to it. The grits were great though. I thought the speed of getting the food to us was a bit slow, considering no one was in the place, and you know everyone is in a hurry in the morning.
I wont give up on the place quite yet. The management is very engaging (although no one asked me if I liked the food this morning} and I think it is just a matter of finding a few favorites. Try it out and see what you think.
Lastly I am also convinced that instant replay has made baseball more boring. I mean it has taken the human element out of the game. Wasn't part of the fun of baseball being pissed of about a call for the rest of the night ? Now we don't get any of that. Managers don't get thrown out of games anymore because they cant argue a replay. Managers don't even argue anymore. I liked the human element and I think baseball misses it too.
Good days to all my friends