Hm. 80 percent chance of rain? Storms, damaging wind, hail, perhaps? That might be about the only thing that can dampen the mood of the Braves these days. Won’t exactly help the backup beat writer either, but hey, I stay dry in the press box.

Drive in was drizzly, and I actually had to reroute because of a fire. Looked to be somewhere down in the industrial section between Northside Drive and Turner Field. For just a split second I looked up and saw smoke on the horizon in the direction of the ballpark and thought……nah. Couldn’t be. And it wasn’t. Thankfully. Hope everybody is OK.

Tarp is on the field here and somewhere O’B might be chuckling, unless of course they have to postpone the game and make it up in a doubleheader tomorrow when he’s back on the beat.

The Braves have had like one rainout in the history of Turner Field, right? We’ll see what Bobby Cox, a very darn accurate weather forecaster, with a nod to grounds crew chief Ed Mangan of course. I will keep you guys posted on the status of the game…

As for some baseball thoughts this afternoon…It’s not just you guys noticing some boom missing in the Braves lineup these days. Here’s what Tim Hudson had to say during his postgame last night.:

“I still don’t think we’re playing as good as we can. Two of our big boppers are — they’re not struggling but — they’re not swinging the bat like we know they’re capable of. When that happens it’ll be a lot of fun to sit in that dugout and watch this team play.”

He was talking about the Joneses. Chipper and Andruw. Both got it going a bit Tuesday night — Chipper going 2 for 4 with a couple singles but he still doesn’t have a home run or an RBI.

Andruw got his first homer of the season Tuesday and stayed patient at the plate, drawing a couple of walks. That was a good sign, as was what he said after the game talking about how he had taken some video home with him and had done some work in his batting cage at home.

He’s still at only .154 (4-for-26) but you have to appreciate that he will acknowledge what’s going on and address it. It’s not simply “hey, slow start. Not many at-bats. Blahty blahty blah.” So keep an eye on him. Let’s watch if he improves what he said the problem was: his timing.

I know you guys have noticed but Jeff Francouer’s last two huge hits, run scoring doubles, came when he used right field. The Braves have to like what they see there. His two hits Tuesday raised his average to .310 with two homers and he’s leading the team by a ton with 9 RBI now.

OK, going on down to ask Bobby what the weather holds in store. Dave enjoy the Friday Night Light’s Season Finale. Dangit. Least I’m taping it. No, I don’t have DVR. I’m just now learning how to blog, people!

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