Atlanta 9, Jack Sparrow 2

A few game notes as I'm tired and groggy...I didn't see the game, just listened to it and watched gameday...

- Chuck James seemed like the Chuckie of last year. Pop-ups, easy outs, and frustrating hitters with his "stuff." He gets the Nationals next and if he performs well against them, it will be interesting how he performs against a real team.

- A real team because these Pirates aren't even playing. You have Jose Castillo bitching about playing time - hitting .188 this year with a career OBP of .299 isn't a way to endear yourself, dumbass. You have Jason Bay not even bothering to chase after a foul ball and then over-running a single. Tony Armas sucks, true, but it is hard to pitch when your team isn't playing to win anyway. A real embarrassment to baseball. At least the Nationals try.

- Back to James, he had a perfect game until the sixth and a no-hitter until the seventh. Did I think he would do it? Not really, but everytime the Braves took the field, I went back to where I was sitting the previous inning until James finally gave up a hit.

- Scott Thorman will probably never be a high average guy, but does this Canadian ever have power. Thor jacked two homers and drove in five.

- Willie "The Truth" Harris had four hits (and oddly, two extra base hits). Seriously, someone ask him who he is and what he did to the real Willie Harris who couldn't hit a barn with an elephant (heard today in Mask, a good 80's flick).

- Finally, the Braves kept Chipper on the bench to rest his wrists and quad after yesterday's hurdle. And yet...the Braves scored nine times without him. Doesn't matter who the team is and who is on the mound, when you score nine times without your three hitter, you gotta add a mini-"yay" to the equation.