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- here's my quick thoughts on JJ Reddick. What an idiot. Unless you have an expired license or tag, it's probably not a good idea to pull a u-turn to avoid a traffic stop. How about, going through like there is no problem, and hoping to get by on your fame. When you pull the u-turn you piss the cop off and give him no choice but to arrest you. And shouldn't athletes have a better shot at side of the road coordination tests that the average drunk?

- cool of the Hawks season ticket holder meeting.

- The Braves are in serious trouble and Bobby has gone with his standard loyalty long enough. Honestly, I know people would be sad to see them go because of their personalities, but it's probably time to replace Langerhans and Giles. No one will be sad to Laroche go however. Put Betemit at 2nd, bring up the Thorman kid to play 1B, and trade whatever you can of Giles and Langerhans or LaRoche for a good bat in LF. Chuck James reenter the rotation, send Sosa to the pen, keep Ray as the closer, I think once Reitsma come back from the "DL" you could use him as a one or two out guy in the 6th or 7th innnings.

Also, I don't care if we're facing a RHP or LHP, McCann should always hit 5th. The lineup last Saturday of Betemit, Renteria, Chipper, Andruw, McCann, Francoeur was a great sight.

- I know I'm not the first one to mention this, but just imagine if the best athletes from the NBA, NFL, and MLB had chosen to play soccer for the US instead of their sports. I'm pretty sure Corey Maggette could do everything that Jan Koller can.