the braves are off to a smashing start to the 2007 season. they beat the phillies 5-3 after 10 innings on opening day, and last night won 3-2 in 11 innings. i have to say, i was impressed with both pitchers last night. philadelphia’s cole hamels and our tim hudson pitched fabulous games. in fact, philadelphia was up when their starter went out, and their bullpen blew their lead by giving up a two-run homer to brian mccann. i didn’t watch much of the game monday night, but apparantly the phillies relievers blew that lead also. it seems like the teams have flipflopped this year. last year, it was *our* bullpen that blew basically every single lead. they’ve had a 180-degree turnaround this year though. what a difference an off season makes.

the hard part of being a baseball fan comes when people on your fantasy team are playing your team. last night, i had philadelphia’s jimmy rollins playing against the braves, so every time he stepped up to the plate i hoped he would get stats for me, but also not do anything to ruin the braves’ win. it’s a catch 22 sometimes. joe and i were watching together during one of rollins’ at bats, and i cheered, “come on, rollins. get me a hit!” joe glared at me. all i asked for was a hit. i didn’t ask for a home run. i didn’t even ask for a stolen base, which would have been nice because that category killed me last year. oh well.

today is the last game between the braves and phillies. let’s hope today makes it a series sweep. go braves!