The Atlanta Braves have looked very bad of late, losing three in a row to Philadelphia, which makes them 2-5 in the last week. That is good enough (if you want to call it that) to put them 4.5 games back of the Mets. The Braves need Chipper Jones back in a hurry, and of course some consistent starting pitching would be helpful. Not having Mike Gonzalez the rest of the way is going to have an impact. If the Braves want to stay in the NL East (or NL Wildcard) they are going to have to pick up a lefty arm for the pen, and please, oh, please, acquire a real first baseman.
I wonder when Vick is going to go down. One would think it has to be fairly soon, and according to ESPN.com Vick is a dog fighting heavyweight.
“He’s a pit bull fighter,” the source said of Vick. “He’s one of the ones that they call ‘the big boys': that’s who bets a large dollar. And they have the money to bet large money. As I’m talking about large money — $30,000 to $40,000 — even higher. He’s one of the heavyweights.”
Of course you have to love an anonymous source, but the next quote may be more damning.
“Everybody in the dog world is worried about Michael Vick talking,” the source said, shortly before leaving our interview room and heading back to work. “Michael Vick is making large money; he’s making millions, OK? And if he has to tell on some people [to avoid prison time], I think he would tell … I don’t put nothing past him.”
Character? Roll model? Vick brings it all to the table. Dog fighting has to be about the lowest form of entertainment, and now we know that Vick is one of the “big boys” – he comes to play.
What sucks about this story is that I was a big time Vick fan; a few years ago I purchased a season ticket, a jersey, took my oldest son to games … the whole nine years. My boys love Vick (probably my doing as an over zealous Falcons fan). When Vick get suspended (or worse), what do I tell the kids?
