To Mark Lemke and Chip Caray:

To Mark Lemke and Chip Caray:

I'll have more to say on the matter when I've had sleep, but to hear these to bags of piss go on and on during the Atlanta Braves' postgame show about how Ted Lilly's hitting Edgar Renteria was intentional, as if it were blatant fact, while stating in the same breath that Tim Hudson's plunking of Fonzy Soriano last night was not?

That's an insult to what little intelligence I have, fellas.

Chip, your Grandpa was a homer, no ifs about it.

But he also knew when to call a spade a spade.

Why the blue fuck would Ted Lilly intentionally hit Edgar Renteria with two outs and two strikes on him? Knowing full well that the bullpen took a licking the night before and that he was needed to go at least seven tonight?

And here's the thing: I'm not against Tim Hudson plunking Alfonso Soriano. If you feel like he was trying to slight your team by stretching a single into a double on a night he hits three homers and your down seven, so be it. Some might say that you got your revenge by throwing him out in the process, but you got your dime store vengeance the next night.

Ted Lilly had nothing to gain by hitting Edgar Renteria. I don't think he did so intentionally. And if neither team was warned prior to the game, then his ejection was unwarranted, and the umpires overstepped their bounds

Although, somebody might correct me if I'm wrong: I haven't seen it on teevee. I saw it from next to the foul pole in right field, so maybe somebody can argue with me. But it looked like Ted Lilly's pitch got away from him, and Edgar got a little sensitive about it. Also, it's hard to tell if Ted Lilly mouthed off--something that I'll admit to you is the capital city of the Realm of Possibility.

Anyway, this post was intended to be a letter to Messrs. Lemke and Caray, whose verbal diarrhea poisoned the airwaves after tonight's contest.

Fellas, you got no right to bitch about people intentionally hitting people after the umpires did all but serve you the game on a silver platter.

Now go groom your eyebrows, and let the rest of us grownups watch the game.

Morning Update: After watching the highlights on SportsCenter this morning, I feel like umpire Jim Wolf dropped the ball. If he "felt like this was going to happen," as he said to Sweet Lou, then he neglected his responsibility to warn both dugouts before the contest.

I still contend that Lilly had one get away from him, and Jim Wolf overstepped his bounds.

And, if Lilly was tossed, Renteria should have been tossed for driving into Mike Fontenot the way he did. It caused just as much harm.