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Braves Update:
On August 4th Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 500 homeruns. It took him 21 at bats until he was able to go deep off a pitch by Kyle Davies. Seven days later he had added three more to his career stats. A similiar fete happened to Barry Bonds, who has hit three homers since his historic 756 on August 7th including one last night against the Braves. But who knew it could effect managers? Bobby Cox broke the ejections record on Tuesday and promptly was tossed on Wednesday in the third inning with the Braves leading 2-0. But like Lou Pinella in June, the ejection only seemed to get the Braves offense in motion as they scored four runs in the sixth and were able to hold onto a 6-3 win. Tim Hudson has been outstanding over the past two months going 8-0 in 10 decisions and recording a 2.39 ERA. Add Hudson to the list of comeback players this season and maybe even NL Cy Young Award candidates. The Braves go for the series sweep on Thursday when Chuck James goes up against rookie phenom Tim Lincecum at 7:35 PM/est on TBS.

Games behind NY Mets in NL East: 3.5
Games above .500: 8
NL Wild Card Leader: San Diego Padres

Braves Notes: Edgar Renteria's ankle appears to be heeling well and the short stop may be back in the lineup during the Braves series in Cincinnati which begins on Monday.

NASCAR Notes:
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will have a totally new look for 2008, not only will he be with a new team (Hendrick Motorsports) and have a new sponsor, but after negotiations stalled, he'll have a new number. I'm guessing Junior apparel will now be 75% off.

After a six week "vacation" Steve Letarte and Chad Knaus will be back a top the pit box for thier Hendrick Motorsports cars, the #24 and #48 respectively. Both had been suspended by NASCAR for unapproved atlerations to thier cars at Sonoma earlier this season.

Popo in my crib news:
Seven time Indianapolis 500 driver, David Walther was sentenced to 26 months in prison after failing to pay $21,000 in child support and violating terms of an earlier sentence. Watch out Davey, because the popo are on your tail!

News & Notes: The see-saw battle in the AL Central continued on Wednesday night as Fausto Carmona pitched a gem, striking out 10 batters and enabling the Cleveland Indians to get a 5-2 win over the Detriot Tigers. Both teams are now tied in the standings and 1 game back in the Wild Card race behind the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners who both lost on Wednesday...Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was released from the hospital, where he had been undergoing tests after developing a viral infection and returned to the practice field on Wednesday. Doctors believe the 32 year old has mono but are still awaiting final test results...Midnight on Wednesday represented the deadline for all MLB draft picks to be signed and amazingly enough all first round picks were signed. The same cannot be said in the NFL where JaMarcus Russell is the lone hold out from the 2007 draft after the Jets and Darrelle Revis came to an agreement...Country singer Kenny Chesney plans to work out with the New Orleans Saints on Friday. Chesney and Saints head coach Sean Payton have been friends since 2002...And finally, it has not been a good week for natural disaters as Hawaii was hit by Hurricane Flossie, the Gulf Coast got a visit by Tropical Storm Erin, Hurricane Dean has picked up steam in the Atlantic and Peru was hit by a massive earthquake that has killed more than 300 people.

Check this out: In honor of Steve Carrell's birthday and the fact that it's Thursday so you can catch an episode of "The Office" on NBC at 9 PM/est bring sexy back by watching this.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate