You can't know how long something like this will continue for Chipper Jones. But, it's an amazing sight to see. One I'll surely remember the rest of my life and pass on my children as Chipper's amazing hot streak appears for years to come in trivia questions. About the only way Chipper can continue to raise his average is to get two hits a night and hope not to end up with 5 or more official at bats. When 2 for 5 lowers your average in May you know you're doing something special. With a little luck and some 2 for 3 games Chipper could actually be still above .400 in June as we're now a full week into May.

I think his influence has rubbed off. Suddenly McCann's bat is taking off and balls are dropping, Kotsay too. Of course, Escobar continues to hit, no shock there and as long as he continues to be on base in front of Chipper, Chipper's going to rack up a lot of RBIs. He'll end up with 140 and 40 HRs or so if this keeps up! Stay hot Chipper! It's worth the price of tickets to see this offense.

However, good offense coupled with bad pitching is not worth much. So, happily for the Braves, they have both working right now in beautiful harmony. Starting pitchers are sharp as ever. Hudson shows week after week why he's the starter the Braves knew they signed, Glavine's still Glavine and Jurrjens is still wowing fans and opponents with his presence on the mound. If Jo-Jo Reyes can get energized from the Braves 5 game win streak and pitches like he did Saturday then fans can really be excited.

Hopefully Soriano will be back in the 'pen soon but until he his, Boyer, Acosta, Ring, Campillo and Bennett are dominating the end of most games. Add Mike Gonzalez, Rafael Soriano and John Smoltz to the end of the games and the bullpen might become the most feared in the National League, if not the Majors.

All above to say, the Braves have it working. They're hot. They're hitting. They're pitching. And they're STILL NOT HEALTHY. Good news for Braves fans, bad news for the NL East. If the Braves can do this now, just wait.

Noon game today (Central Time). Braves go for 6 in a row.

Go Braves!