Death Rattle

No, i don't mean Zarqawi. I mean the Braves, who now sit 3 games under .500 and 7 games out of the wild card. While they are not out of the WC chase, it doesn't look good at the moment.

David O'Brien gives a nice indictment of the pitching and especially the bullpen, though again I ask if anyone can really be surprised how poorly they've done. I'm not - it was only a matter of time until the Braves collapsed because of the piss-poor bullpen if they didn't get any help...and they didn't.

On the bright side....the first game of the NBA Finals lived up to expectations, the World Cup is underway, and NFL Training Camps begin in 4 weeks. So there's reason to still be happy about the sports world without lamenting over a June swoon, or other baseball matters.

And you thought the steroids stories were bad....