Fucking Braves

so getting swept by Cincinnati and falling into a tie with the lousy Mets is enough to make you wanna hurl yourself off a cliff. Hudson, Chipper, and Escobar all continue to be bright spots, the starting pitching has been pretty solid overall, and the Braves are one of the best teams in baseball...at Turner Field. but when they go on the road something strange happens to them and they forget how to win one run games or how to hit. it's not like i had any grand ideas of them winning the division this year but i was at least hoping for them to stay in the race all year and maybe snatch the wild card, and it isn't like that is out of the realm of possibility but the sad reality is the Braves' run is over and until a spend happy owner buys the team and starts shelling out the bucks to keep up with the Phillies and Mets, it's unlikely that they'll be returning to the playoffs anytime soon. let's just hope Chipper can keep hitting .400 well into August and that no more of our starting pitchers go down. and let's hope Smoltz can come back and dominate in the bullpen. and maybe, just maybe the Braves can make this an interesting summer after all.