This isn't specifically Braves related, but I thought it was still interesting.

I first heard about it on Mike and Mike in the Morning. John Henry talks a bit about revenue sharing and how he thinks some teams abuse it. This comes after Scott Boras' comments a few weeks ago.

He also offers some suggestions for correcting the competitive imbalances in the game.

Lowe talks about his problems last year, nixed the idea of moving him to the pen and mentioned he wants to stay in Atlanta. I just thought there might be some people around here interested in reading it.

It's a good article explaining how BABIP works for those of us who aren't complete stat heads.

Looks like this guy is running a series on advanced stats. Could make for some interesting reading throughout the off season.

From Stark:

Home Of The Brave

If the Twins make it into the postseason, it will be amazing. But if the Braves make it, it will be downright historic.

This team was 8½ games out in the wild-card race with 21 games left in the season. And now, with seven games to go, these same Braves are only two out in the loss column.

So if they can stampede back this week to overtake Colorado, the Braves will go down in history.

The Elias Sports Bureau reports that before this outfit came along, only one club in history -- the 1964 Cardinals -- had ever been 8½ games back in September and lived to make up that entire deficit and play a postseason game. So the Braves would tie that record if they win the wild card.

But the last date on which those '64 Cardinals were 8½ back was Sept. 5, when they still had 27 games to play. So the Braves would be the first team to trail by that many games as late as Sept. 11 on the calendar, and with just 21 to play on the schedule. Oh, and one more thing: If they somehow blow by the Phillies and win the NL East, they'll own all these records unto themselves, since they were a whopping nine games behind the Phillies after games of Sept. 9.

The Braves have made up this ground by going 14-2 over the past 2½ weeks, with both losses coming against Philadelphia last weekend. The Braves finish the season with three home games against Florida (the Marlins are 4-2 at Turner Field this season) and four at home against Washington, a team they're 5-0 against in Atlanta and 9-4 against altogether.

We all knew it was coming...now we can stop talking about it!

"Francoeur has a torn ligament in his left thumb, leaving New York without its right fielder and top hitter."

Everyone thinks the worst part about the Mets' season is their injuries, but I think a different part about that statement is MUCH worse.

Not huge news, but the Braves apparently reached some settlement over Mr. Glass' injury time.

Yes, I'm linking to another SBN blog. Bowden has resigned in Washington.