your day in court

Braves Update:
There was plenty of action during Tuesday night's game against the San Francisco Giants at Turner Field. Chipper Jones was almost ejected and Bobby Cox was ejected for a record breaking 132nd time. But more on that later. The Braves spent the early part of the game scoreless with John Smoltz allowing three runs in the first five innings, but following Jones bat toss and Bobby Cox ejection in the fifth, the Braves bats came alive with Mark Teixeira hitting his fifth homerun in just 12 games with the Braves to lead off the sixth. The Braves posted another three runs in the inning to go up 4-3, but the Giants bounced back tying the game in the top of the ninth. Luckily for the Braves, Chipper was still in the game in the bottom of the ninth to drill a double that scored the winning run making the score 5-4. The Braves continue their series with the Giants when Tim Hudson goes up against former Brave Russ Ortiz at 7:35 PM/est on FSN.

Games behind NY Mets in NL East: 3/5
Games above .500: 7
NL Wild Card Leader: San Diego Padres

Braves Notes: Willy Aybar's troubled season has come to a close after under going season ending surgery to repair a broken hand.

NASCAR Update:
Kenny Wallace has stepped down from his Cup ride in the #78 Furniture Row car. Wallace will remain with the team as a consultant.

Bobby Labonte will have a new crew chief for his #43 Cheerios Dodge, Doug Randolph who is replacing Paul Andrews.

Popo in my crib news:
Word out yesterday afternoon is that Michael Vick may take a plea deal that would send the quarterback to prision but would reduce his sentence and maybe allow him to salvage his career. Two more of his co-defendents, Purnell Peace and Auanis Phillips are scheduled to enter guilty pleas after Tony Taylor pleaded guilty on July 30th. Watch out Michael, because the popo are on your tail!

In other plea deal news, Tim Donaghy, the former NBA ref that was alledgedly fixing games is set to plead guily on Wednesday. Watch out Timmy, because the popo are on your tail!
UPDATE: Tim Donaghy plead guilty to two felony charges, conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting wagering information through interstate commerce. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prision.

Jose Offerman was arrested on Tuesday night after he charged the mound and hit the opposing pitcher and catcher with his bat at a minor league game. Offerman who is playing for the Long Island Ducks, was charged with second degree assualt. I'm not sure this was one of those fun minor league promotions, like Britney Spears baby safety night but I feel like it should have been. Watch out Jose, because the popo are on your tail!

News & Notes: In a game that symbolizes the AL Central race, the Tigers beat the Indians 6-2 in ten innings to retake the lead in the standings. The teams play seven more times before the season is over...Playing on the same day they lost one of their greats, Phil Rizzuto, the Yankees were hammered by the Baltimore Orioleds 12-0...Hoping not to be nagged with injury during the season, Giants WR Plaxico Burress has missed 12 days of practice with a sprained ankle suffered on August 2nd. Burress' teammate, Jeremy Shockey had a similiar injury last preseason but played through it only to be bothered by it the rest of the season...And finally, in I didn't see that coming news, a driver who was going to have his brakes checked ended up driving through the window of a tire store in Longview, WA on Monday after his brakes failed. No one was injured but maybe next time the motorist might want to call AAA for a tow to the garage for repair.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate