"So Nate McLouth got a cortisone shot in his sore right shoulder today, which goes to show what I've always said about how it's a reckless waste of time to bunt during spring training.

OK, I never actually said that. Or wrote it. Or anything else'd it.

Nor do I believe it.

To the contrary, I think it's been smart for the Braves to emphasize bunting more this spring – both laying down bunts and defending against them. Because let's face it, they've been fairly lousy bunting team in recent years.

They also had a fundamentally bad defensive team last year, at least in the second half of the season. And I'm not talking about just against bunts.

But anyway … McLouth."