Braves vs. Padres (in progress)

Looks like I won't make it to the end of the game tonight, so I'll just jot down a few impressions so far:

1) Tonight's opposing pitcher, Tim Stauffer, could not be more unlike yesterday's (Scott Erickson). Stauffer, who appears to have a bright future, has had his ML service clock start early due to injury, while Erickson has been pitching with a loud TICK-TOCK in his head for years now. Makes you wonder how bad the Dodger farm system must be, to have to start a guy who hasn't given league-average performance in six years. Anyway, Stauffer gradually settled down after some early command issues to pitch quite well.

2) Furcal is completely lost at the plate right now. If he's sitting next to Mondesi in the dugout, Pendleton would be earning his paycheck to just go sit between them.

3) No word at this point about Thomson's injury, but kudos to Adam Bernero for exhibiting grace under pressure once again. He may become Exhibit 2005-A for putting Mazzone in the Hall of Fame...

4) Is it just me, or is Ryan Klesko looking rather svelte these days??