I discovered something interesting last night

The Atlanta Braves' all time record coming into the 2011 season stands at 9945 wins, 9954 losses and 154 ties. Unless the Braves have either the best season of all time or one of the worst, they will win their 10,000th game and lose their 10,000th game this season. In fact, if the team starts off 54-45 this year, their July 22nd game at Cincinnati will be either their 10,000th win or loss depending on the result that night.

This means absolutely nothing, but it's one of those nifty things to think about going into the season.

Cards of the Week 7/16

299: 1887 Allen & Ginter Joseph Mulvey (Dover reprint)

1805: 1909 T206 Mickey Doolan

3842: 1933 DeLong Chuck Klein (Dover reprint)

4641: 1941 Play Ball "Joe" Marty

5660: 1953 Topps Ken Heintzelman

6508: 1963 Topps Clay Dalrymple

6895: 1968 Topps Cookie Rojas

7447: 1974 Topps Bill Robinson

7645: 1977 Topps Bob Boone

7914: 1981 Topps Coca Cola Greg Luzinski

8302: 1986 Topps Don Carman

8836: 1992 Topps Gold Winner Joe Boever

9037: 1995 Fleer Flair Darren Daulton

9495: 2000 Fleer Tradition Bobby Abreu

10000: 2007 Topps Heritage Aaron Rowand

Ten thousand losses cannot be commemorated with just one card. The Card of the Week award goes to a collection of players who all helped contribute to the Philadelphia's Phillies' achievement. And yes, this is an achievement, it's difficult to do ten thousand of anything and they've been doing it since 1883. Besides, the Braves and the Cubs will be joining them in the very near future. Congratulations Phillies, here's to ten thousand more.