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.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 15, 2010 – ESPN.

I still hate the Dodgers. I also hate the way this team is hitting.

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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 14, 2010 – ESPN.

HATE.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 13, 2010 – ESPN.

Hate hate hate. HATE. I am a traditionalist in this way. You know that little devil thing I occasionally use as an icon? I originally looked it up and colored it to represent your average Dodger fan. (The Royals logo and suspenders came later, with the Millwood trade I think.) I hate the Dodgers.

MRI shows Jones has torn ACL, agent said | Atlanta Braves.

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – August 11, 2010 – ESPN.

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – August 10, 2010 – ESPN.

The Astros are not very good.

I’m trying to write a “Welcome to Houston” post but the city is just too damned uninspiring.

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – August 09, 2010 – ESPN.

Nobody really knows anything. Minor, when drafted seventh overall in last year’s draft, was considered a signability pick, a low-ceiling, polished lefthander who might be in the majors quickly but was nothing more than a back of the rotation starter. Well, they were right about him getting to the majors quickly.

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 08, 2010 – ESPN.

If Tim Hudson’s not careful, he’s going to start getting talked about for the Cy Young. Which means that I’m going to have to explain to the stats bolsheviks (I am a stats menshevik) that the award doesn’t go to the guy who “should have” been most effective.

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 07, 2010 – ESPN.

Sorry, I don’t have anything clever here, it’s too damned hot.

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 06, 2010 – ESPN.

Seriously, I’m asking. He just dropped off the face of the earth, or possibly fell through the crust, in early 2008. Maybe he’ll show up on “The Biggest Loser” someday.

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 05, 2010 – ESPN.

This is probably premature; I was meaning to write this post after the season, but looked up and had it already, and I didn’t really have anything else good for today. Here it is. Tell me who I forgot.

New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 04, 2010 – ESPN.

The latest, but hardly the greatest, of the long line of shortstops from San Pedro de Macoris. Signed by the Braves at allegedly 19 years old in 2003, he looked like nothing more than organizational fodder until 2007, when he hit .308/.366/.429 combined at Myrtle Beach and Mississippi, mostly the latter. (Note that the previous season’s M-Braves shortstop, Yunel Escobar, had hit .264/.361/.346. It’s a tough place to hit.) He didn’t maintain all his gains in 2008, but hit well enough to stay on the prospect radar, and tore up the International League in the first half of 2009, earning a callup in May when Omar Infante went down with an injury.

New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 03, 2010 – ESPN.

He returns! Of course, it’s a little different now than in 2005, when he joined as the closer for a Braves team desperately in need of anyone who wasn’t Dan Kolb or Chris Reitsman to fill the role. Farnsworth was born in Wichita but raised in Fulton County. He was drafted in the 47th round out of a Tifton college by the Cubs in 1994, signed as a draft-and-follow in 1995. He didn’t always pitch well in the minors, but rose quickly anyway, making it up to the majors, as a starting pitcher, in 1999. The results were not very good, and the Cubs moved him to the bullpen. He had a high strikeout rate from the beginning, but a tendency towards control meltdowns and gopheritis held him back at first. In 2001, he blossomed into one of the best relievers in the game, throwing 82 innings and striking out 107, posting a 2.74 ERA as one of Tom Gordon’s setup men. (Sharing the duty… Todd Van Poppel.) However, in 2002, he was terrible, posting a 7.73 ERA. A good year followed in 2003, then a bad year in 2004. In 2005, he was traded to the Tigers, where he moved into the closer role on those occasions when a 91-loss team needed a closer. They shipped him to Atlanta on Deadline Day, for Roman Colon and Zach Miner.

New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 02, 2010 – ESPN.

Okay, when Jeffy comes to the plate, if he comes to the plate, don’t cheer him or boo him. Everybody say “Awwwwwww” like they’re sorry for him, okay?