HodgePodge

Does anyone know what "hodge podge" means? Or where it orginates? Guess I could try wiki.

Francouer is NOT leading the team in GIDPs (ground into double play). Escobar is. However, Escobar is hitting .308 and also tied for the team lead in homeruns (4), so we'll take it.

Vazquez had ANOTHER great outing last night, striking out 6 in 5 innings and not giving up an earned run, lowering his ERA to 3.39.

Chipper Jones has made 6 errors in 32 games! He had 13 all of last year (115 games) and 9 in 2007 (127 games). But he's hitting .315 and leading the team in homers.

Kelly Johnson is leading the team in stolen bases. He has two and that is SAD!!! Carl Crawford leads the majors with 25 stolen bases. The Braves as a team have 8! Bobby Abreu is 100 years old and he has 15! David Wright is a 3rd baseman with 10!

I learned this week that Otis Nixon is instructing KIDS (yes Kids) at a training facility in Marietta designed to help little leaguers become big leaguers. Not included in his typical lesson is instruction on how opiates can make you jump over outfield walls.

Finally, Dontrell Willis earned his first win in nearly 2 years Tuesday night. I hope he's back, I thought he was going to be great.