The Phillies should be the favorites to win the National League East, but I’m kind of surprised by how few people picked the Braves here. Even without Javier Vazquez, their rotation — with Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe, Tim Hudson and Kenshin Kawakami — should be pretty awesome, mostly because I think Hanson’s going to be a stud. There’s a lot of uncertainty/badness on their defense, though.

All that was left in Nate Robinson’s locker last night was a can of Vaseline and some tube socks. No comment.

Speaking of the NBA trade deadline, I recommend sticking with my neighbor Tommy Dee at TheKnicksBlog.com today, and not just because I’m a shameless corporate shill. He holds it down.

I did double duty at the Perpetual Post last night, recapping — in a way — Tuesday’s episode of Lost with Zoe Rice and jamming on the life lessons learned from jazz training with Akie Bermiss.