The Braves are going to have to start winning series against teams like the Brewers and Blue Jays if they’re going to make a serious run at the playoffs. A 2-4 week is not a good week, regardless of who’s hurt. Five of the eight starting position players (everyone except Teixeira, McCann, and Francoeur) are […]
Month: June 2008
Bender and the Tower of Mystery
About a week ago, our cats received a couple of gifts from some friendly cats who were moving away. One of them was a 3-hole carpet tower that looked like it could be a lot of fun. Below is a video of Bender playing around with it, and below that are the latest pictures of […]
Braves Check: June 23, 2008
Another road trip has mercifully come to an end with a 2-2 finish at Colorado and Texas. The Mariners came into town on Friday having fired both their GM and manager, and the Braves battled through injuries to win two of three, finishing the week at 4-3. Going back to the series win in Anaheim, […]
Is Georgia turning purple?
In response to ME’s post today about the IRS and separation of church and state, I thought I’d infiltrate the usual sports analysis with a few thoughts about the 2008 election. Where I Live In December 2006, I moved from an apartment in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a new house in Ringgold, Georgia. Along with all […]
Firefox 3 security warning and work-around
If you’ve recently upgraded to Firefox 3, this site has a nice new feature for you. Whenever you attempt to navigate the site, it tells you I’m trying to do nasty things to your computer. Let me reassure you: that is not the case. Give me a moment to explain, and I’ll tell you how […]
Braves Resources
I’ve always wanted a sort of one-stop shop for Braves resources. With all the web resources available today, it would certainly be possible to create a web “dashboard” for the Braves (something like iGoogle): stats from FanGraphs in one module, the upcoming schedule and probable pitchers in another, and a live scoreboard in another. I […]
Braves Check: June 16, 2008
During last night’s ESPN broadcast, Jon Miller referred to this past week as the “Week from Hell” for the Braves, and I’m not inclined to say any different, even though they won two road games against the team that had the best record in the AL. Braves fans may have already seen John Smoltz throw […]
Jair Jurrjens and Johan Santana from the same mold?
Jurrjens is going to miss his start against the Cubs today, but I was looking at a few things to get a better feel for his pitches before I saw that news alert, so forgive me for posting anyway. I was looking through Josh Kalk’s PITCHf/x player cards (a great resource if you’re interested in […]
Florida 2008 Vacation Photos
Below is a slideshow of some of the best pictures I took from our vacation to Florida last week. We spent six nights in Sarasota and took day trips to Busch Gardens in Tampa (2 days) and SeaWorld in Orlando (1 day). On the way there and back, we stayed the night in Valdosta with […]
Braves Check: Back to .500
It’s been a good week off for me, but in that time I managed to let some nasty folks break my blog. So, my apologies for that. It should be fixed now, even if Google and Firefox don’t think so. Here at jfwiii.net, our completely original motto is: “A Blog You Can Believe In,” and […]
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