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After being hit in the face with a 91 mph fastball on Saturday, Atlanta Braves utility player Charlie Culberson has been ruled out for the remainder of the season. However, Culberson did receive good news on Sunday, when he learned there was no potential vision impairment and none of the fractures were of the displaced […] READ MORE
Brett Gardner, New York Yankees Make Fools of Themselves Welcome to Week 21 of Ejection Inspection! The premise and ground rules are detailed here. The condensed version: each ejection from the previous week (Thursday through Wednesday) is listed in a table. The author – a former player/coach/umpire – analyzes each ejection and assigns it an […] READ MORE
On November 13th, 2017, the Atlanta Braves announced that Alex Anthopoulos would become the teams next General Manager and executive vice president. This move came shortly after former Braves GM John Coppolella resigned after committing several infractions regarding the signings of international players. Coppolella was banned from Major League Baseball for life. Despite finishing the […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves have optioned starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz to their Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers. This demotion comes quickly for Foltynewicz after another tough start, allowing eight earned runs in four innings pitched against the Washington Nationals on Saturday. In a corresponding move, the Braves recalled relief-pitcher Chad Sobotka. Sobotka will be available for Sunday’s […] READ MORE
Welcome to Week 12 of Ejection Inspection! The premise and ground rules are detailed here. The condensed version: each ejection from the previous week (Thursday through Wednesday) is listed in a table. The author – a former player/coach/umpire – analyzes each ejection and assigns it an entertainment rating of one to five Weavers in honor […] READ MORE
Welcome to Week Three of Ejection Inspection! The premise and ground rules of the column are detailed here. The condensed version: each ejection from the previous week (Thursday through Wednesday) is listed in a table. The author – a former player/coach/umpire – analyzes each ejection and assigns it an entertainment rating of one to five […] READ MORE
Coming into the 2019 season, no Atlanta Braves player faced more pressure than shortstop Dansby Swanson. Swanson, a former number one pick out of Vanderbilt and a Georgia native, was expected to become an immediate superstar in the Braves rebuild. However, this wasn’t the case as Swanson put together a disappointing rookie year at the […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves officially announced Monday that they are bringing back manager Brian Snitker on a two-year contract extension. READ MORE
One lesson the game of baseball has reinforced time and again in its long, glorious history is that a team, no matter how talented, can prosper or perish at the hands of the manager. It’s an impossibly hard job to call the shots, and at the end of the season, you’re either a genius or […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves finished with the third-worst record in baseball for 2015. Plans were for the team to be worse in 2016. The season headed that way to start, as they began the season by losing their first nine games, and 29 of their first 39. However, the Braves turned the rest of the season into […] READ MORE