New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 31, 2010 – ESPN.

Now, I’m not saying that Jeffy won’t play in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area next year. He’ll look great in a road uniform in Gwinnett.

New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 30, 2010 – ESPN.

Do you realize that this could be the very last series that Jeffy plays in Atlanta? I mean, even if anyone wants him to play for them next year, it would probably be the Royals.

Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 29, 2010 – ESPN.

Seriously, was anyone surprised that the Marlins have been basically running a con game, crying poverty to get what amount to kickbacks from the local governments while at the same time pocketing millions in revenue-sharing money? First off, this is what the owners do. They always lie about how much money they’re losing, and they always use accounting tricks to do it. Second, they’re PURE EVIL.

Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 28, 2010 – ESPN.

If you know how my mind works, you know how I’d react upon learning that Reggie Jackson was almost cast as Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Yes, it’s the (male) characters on ST:TNG as played by seventies baseball players.

Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 27, 2010 – ESPN.

Imagine what it would be like if neither of the 1993 expansion teams existed. Isn’t that nice?

Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – August 25, 2010 – ESPN.

Let’s win one, okay? Just one?

Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – August 24, 2010 – ESPN.

Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – August 23, 2010 – ESPN.

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to put a baseball team here anyway?

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – August 22, 2010 – ESPN.

I am reposting this old chestnut upon hearing the news that the Diamondbacks, perhaps under the influence of peyote, have signed Mike Hampton to a minor-league contract. With predictable results.

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – August 21, 2010 – ESPN.

The way I figure it, Cub fans have to know that that sort of thing is going to happen, don’t they? I mean, they’re Cub fans.

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – August 20, 2010 – ESPN.

No, that isn’t weird at all.

Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 19, 2010 – ESPN.

Turns 35 next month; it just seems like he’s been playing since 1980. Lee was a hot prospect way back in 1997, when the Padres called him up. After the season, he was the biggest take the Marlins got for Kevin Brown when they sold off their first set of champions, and Lee was inserted in the lineup every day even though he probably wasn’t, quite, ready. Lee demonstrates a hole in the Marlins’ model. By calling him up at 22, they wound up having to let him leave while he was just at his prime, dealing a 27-year-old gold glove first baseman who had just hit .271/.379/.508. At the time, he was just a good player. At 29, in his second year with the Cubs, he had a season that is completely out of context with the rest of his career, hitting .335 to lead the league, and also leading in slugging, doubles, hits, and total bases. He’s not that good, and has only one other year of leading the league in anything, and that games played in 2002. But until this year, every year since 2000 Lee had been a strong player who didn’t have any real weaknesses. And last year was the second-best year of his career.

Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 18, 2010 – ESPN.

Borrrrrrrrring.

Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 17, 2010 – ESPN.

The Nationals are boring. Boring boring boring. Better than hate, I guess.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 16, 2010 – ESPN.

Get out of town, you creeps.

The Alabama preview is up at SEC Previews. Tennessee is written and will be up soon, Georgia is spoken for, but looking for others.