They keep talking about how he likes to get his arms extended, but at the same time, they are constantly setting up on the outside corner of the plate. I think pitching inside some might be in order. Either that, or just don’t pitch to him in Philly at all.

"He’s got so much power, and this is a high school field," Braves catcher Brian McCann said of Howard

Last night I was screaming at my TV when they kept setting up outside AFTER he already hit the first homer.

Joe was saying on the broadcast to either hit him, walk him or pitch him inside – but do NOT give him anything to extend those arms and hit. Unfortunately, Medlen gave him something to hit (another homer) and later in the game, he got another hit.

We’re handling the rest of the Phillies pretty well (they managed only 1 run that wasn’t a Howard one) and we held them to just 4 at their park which is pretty good ….but this one man is beating us. I’m flabbergasted that we continue to allow it to happen.

I remember D. Lowe absolutely owning him in the first game of the year by throwing him a steady diet of sliders… pretty much all he threw that night at Howard and it worked beautifully.

i feel like bobby cox always pitches other teams big sluggers very aggressively. We handled Pujols this year by going right after him, and his teammates beat us. Now we’re going right after Howard, and literally all by himself, he is destroying us. But we’re handling the rest of the team.
It reminds me of Chipper vs the mets in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. that was a lot cooler tho

Snipers.