Some games . . .

I've long subscribed to the notion that Major League Baseball works a certain way. It goes like this: Every team plays 162 games of which no matter what they do they will win 50 and lose 50. The other 62 are up for grabs, and on any given day against any given opponent they could be playing any one of the three kinds of games.

Wednesday evening we played one of the losses.

• The weather was crummy, but both teams had to play in it.
• Our best pitcher was off, but he was still a better pitcher than the other teams' hurler.
• If we managed to pick up a batted ball we had a hard time completing the play.
• Their SS made a truly fantastic play on a diving catch to take a double from one of our guys.
• Our #2 pitcher just couldn't find the plate. He tried. He gave it a good effort in a tough situation. But he just didn't have it.

Like I said. This was one of the 50. The best thing for us to do is to get our collective head clear and get ready for the Braves Friday evening.