--LHP Chuck James has finally had the shoulder surgery he's been trying to avoid for two seasons. Dr. James Andrews repaired the slight tear in James's rotator cuff and cleaned up the frayed labrum. He will be out for the first half of 2009 at least, and possibly longer.
--RHP John Smoltz is likely to pitch for the Braves next season, manager Bobby Cox said. --LHP Tom Glavine is likely to pitch for the Braves next season, manager Bobby Cox said.
--LHP Mike Hampton will sit down with manager Bobby Cox to discuss plans for next season.
--The Class AA Mississippi Braves won the 2008 Southern League Championship over the Carolina Mudcats, three games to two. "It's not essential," general manger Frank Wren says of the organization's minor-league players getting playoff experience, "but it sure helps."
--The Braves' 3-2 win over the Mets in the first game of the Sept. 13 doubleheader at Shea Stadium snapped the team's 29-game streak of one-run road losses. The streak, dating to Aug. 10, 2007 -- a 7-6 loss at Shea -- was the longest one-run road losing streak in major league history, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
--LHP Jeff Ridgway, the forgotten lefty reliever down at Class AAA Richmond this season, earned his first major league win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at Shea Stadium.
BY THE NUMBERS: .050 -- RF Jeff Francoeur's batting average with the bases loaded and fewer than two outs, through Sept. 11.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I don't think even we've lost that way." -- 2B Kelly Johnson, after the Braves beat the Rockies 5-4 in 10 innings on a balk. Johnson scored the game-winning run.
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