4/7-4/9: Braves/Giants Weekend Wrapup

Ugly. A 4 games series in San Fran and only coming away with 1 victory. It should have been 2 if you saw the game yesterday. Reitsma blew the ninth. I was grilling burgers heading into the bottom of the ninth and I came back, the game was over and Braves lost. "What the hell?" I found out Reets gave up a homer to Lance Neikro then gave up a couple of hits, a walk and a Wynn blooper as the Giants took the game. Atlanta went 3-4 during the seven game road trip. The games were oddly high scoring affairs, and we outscored L.A./S.F 53-48. Offensively that looks great. Pitching wise, very very bad. I'm still not worried. This team will turn it around. It's early and the season doesn't end in April. One person I am worried about is Chipper Jones. Chippa suffered a twisted knee and sprained ankle in the crummy field conditions in yesterday's game. He'll miss the game today and will be tested again Wed. Hopefully he'll be out for just a couple of games instead of a DL stint. Thankfully Atlanta still has Wilson Betemit.

Jeff Francouer: .069/.097/.069 2H/29AB -he has a case of Kelly Johnsonitis. Same as the pitching there's no reason to fear.

Tonight give us something to cheer about. The home opener at the Ted. Atlanta against divisional foe Philadelphia. John Thomson vs. Brett Myers via ESPN @ 7:05ET. Thomson will be making hist first start of the season. The Phillies come to town with a 1-5 record. This series should be close as both teams will be wanting to get back on the right track.