The Unlikeliness Of Ben Sheets And The Braves  Atlanta, GA, USA;
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Ben Sheets (30) pitches against
the New York Mets during the first inning at Turner Field.
Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-US PRESSWIRE  The Atlanta Braves
shouldn't have needed extra pitching this year. Ben Sheets
shouldn't have been looking for a team this year. It's pretty
amazing the two found each other, and things got off to a great
start on Sunday.  Ben Sheets is just 33. In the grand scheme of
things, that's pretty young. In baseball years, he's not that
old. He's the same age as Cliff Lee, for example. And after
Sunday, Sheets is also tied with Lee for wins on the season.
The following sentence is a weird sentence. Ben Sheets started
for the Braves on Sunday and picked up the win. It's weird
because of the obvious -- Sheets isn't someone we were expecting
to see this year -- but it's also a weird sentence because it
was the Braves who ended up needing him. The Braves entered the
offseason with as much pitc