Braves a tough challenge for Olsen

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Happy Jackie Robinson Day
Published 4/15/2008 by photi at Fish Chunks
Scott Olsen and his history against the Braves will go up against Jair Jurrjens, who will face the Marlins for the first time, but Rabelo, Miller and Jurrjens were teammates last year in Detroit. "The Braves have already faced a Major League-high seven left-handed starters and will oppose two more in the first two games of this week's series against the Marlins." They have also "suffered five of their first seven losses by just one run." (MLB) (Yahoo)(ESPN)(Sportsline)(MLB)(FOX)(CNNSI)

Jackie Robinson Day
Published 4/15/2008 by craig at FishStripes: Front Page Posts
... Today is the day honoring Jackie Robinson in the Major Leagues. Jackie Robinson Day will be celebrated Tuesday, and Marlins third-base coach Bo Porter will wear No. 42 to mark the occasion. Porter said Larry Beinfest, the Marlins' president of baseball operations, approached him about wearing Robinson's number. ''I'm honored to wear the jersey,'' Porter said. ``It makes me feel good that Major League Baseball has gone to the extent it has to honor him.'' ...

Pleading for Interest
Published 4/16/2008 by photi at Fish Chunks
... He says this even though the Fish had just lost two straiight, and with his own paper pegging Olsen as a perennial loser against the Braves, and with the two other papers in town ...