Last night, ESPN had to dedicate, what seemed like, over half of their SportsCenter program to the Japan vs. Japan (a.k.a. Dice-K vs. Ichi) game. What a flop. I'm not saying it wasnt' a good story or anything, I'm just a little pissed that the Brave's aren't getting any respect.

Sure it's only 8 games into the season, but they have the best record in baseball, and hold at least a game advantage over any other division leader. Maybe I'm biased (which of course I am), but talk about it instead of bringing it up in passing over the 20 second highlight they showed.

Of course, they'll probably lose the next 10 in a row after this post, but at least they were on top sometime this year.