"When Billy Wagner notched his 30th save Friday, he also recorded his league-high 50th game finished, which vested a $6.5 million option on his contract for the 2011 season.

Doesn't matter. Wagner, for the umpteenth time, reiterated Saturday that he's done after this season. He hasn't wavered on that since he announced it earlier this season, and says he won't.

"I'm retiring," the 38-year-old lefty said today as he prepped for the Braves' afternoon game against the Cubs. "I don't know how to say it in a politically correct way, that anybody's going to believe me.

"Until I don't show up next year, nobody's going to believe me. Brett Favre's f—ed it up for everybody."

Wagner is a no-nonsense dude in every way. He answers questions much like he faces hitters – aggressively, without much subtlety. In this day and age, he's refreshing to talk to.

He had two strikeouts in the ninth inning of Friday's 5-3 win against the Cubs to give him 1,169 K's for his career, matching Jesse Orosco for the most in history by a lefty reliever. Before he's done this season, Wagner will put that record out of reach for quite some time."