There’s an upside to being 30 games under .500. I got three lower-level tickets, section 123, for today for $6 each on StubHub. Ah, supply and demand and the Internet and a rebuilding–are we officially rebuilding yet?–ball club.
Casting an eye back to one of the few seasons worse than this one, a 21-year-old John Smoltz would pitch creditably but take the loss as the soon-to-be World Series champ Dodgers blanked the Braves 2-0 behind a two-run homer by Mike Scioscia and solid pitching by John Tudor. I’ll admit I had forgotten he pitched for LA. Future Braves’ post-game show person Howell got his 19th save.