A big weekend

The Braves play the Phillies this weekend in a series that will decide whether the Braves are buyers or sellers up to the trade deadline on July 31. In the best case scenario, the Braves sweep the Phillies and the Mets and Marlins get swept. This would leave Atlanta 3.5 games behind, but still in 4th place in the NL East. If the opposite occurs, the Braves would be 9.5 games behind, also in 4th place. I think that if the Braves are anything more than 5 games behind after this weekend, we should probably trade Teixeira, Ohman, and Gonzalez and see what we can get for them.

The Brownsburg Little League team is one game away from winning the Indiana state championship. They defeated South Bend East Side last night by a score of 9-8. They will play Jeffersonville in the title game tonight at 7pm local time, which I think is 8pm here in Brownsburg. It should be a decent game as both teams have great pitching and defense. Brownsburg has given up 31 runs in 14 games, for an average of 2.2 runs/game. Jeffersonville has given up 22 runs in 12 games for an average of 1.8 runs/game. If you would like to listen to the game, there is a live audio webcast at www.regionsports.com