Marlins 8 Braves 0

The Good: The Braves took the series from their (in the opinion of Brave-O-Matic) chief competition. Sosa looked fine again, with the exception of a hanging curve to Cabrera in the sixth inning when he was visibly tired. He may be a five-inning guy, and we'll take that from him.

The Bad: Ummm, this game. Can't say we didn't see it coming, with Dontrelle Willis having his typically great first half of the season. The offense couldn't get anything going at all, though I liked the way Kelly Johnson hung in there against a very tough lefty. Adam Bernero is horrible; Dank Lob, ridiculous.

By the way, Julio no longer has the record for oldest player to steal a base. No, Rod Carew didn't come out of retirement -- it turns out that Arlie Latham stole a base in 1909 at the ripe old age of 49. We'll revisit this in September 2007, as Julio takes his lead off first base against Matt Belisle....

Nasty rumor: Roman Colon is on his way back from Richmond, and will get the start on Saturday vs. Bruce Chen and the Orioles. Other matchups: Davies vs. one Hayden Penn on Friday, Smoltz vs. Rodrigo Lopez on Sunday.