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 - Turns out Wayne grew up with Texas Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood and is so friendly with Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann that he sang his song "You ...

  USA - Atlanta Braves players feel that way, too. AP Richmond was a jumping-off point to the major leagues for generations of Braves players. ...

 - The Atlanta Braves, however, are a different story. Washington shoots for its sixth win in its last seven games versus Atlanta in tonight's opener of a ...

By Administrator In 1966, Robin Roberts became the first and only pitcher to beat the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. In 1971, Henry Aaron drove in his 100th run of the season, giving him the National League record of 11 seasons with 100 or more RBIs.

 WA - Atlanta - The Braves just brought up Brandon Jones, and the odds are good that the 24-year-old will get consistent playing time in September. ...

By By RAY GLIER Chipper Jones is one of two familiar faces left from a rivalry between the Braves and the Mets that started in 1999 at Shea Stadium.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Brian McCann hit a three-run homer, Charlie Morton finally figured out how to pitch at home and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping Florida Marlins 4-2 on Thursday night.

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By Associated Press Brian McCann hit a three-run homer and the Braves beat the slumping Marlins 4-2 on Thursday night.

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Braves closer Rafael Soriano's problematic season ended with elbow surgery Thursday in Birmingham. General manager Frank Wren said the pitcher should make a full recovery in time for spring training. Dr. James Andrews performed nerve-transposition surgery, moving the ulnar collater...

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By Alex Remington any of the Braves’ top young prospects in September, including the pitchers like Tommy Hanson and Kris Medlen. In other words, to add any of them, including Schafer, to the 40-man roster now would require the Braves take someone off and possibly lose them in the Rule 5 Draft.

By http://www.kffl.com The Associated Press’ Tom Saladino reports Atlanta Braves C Brian McCann broke out of a 1-for-16 slump with a three-run homer Thursday, Aug. 28. It was his 22nd homer.

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  USA - Ten of 16 NL teams have hit at least 25 homers in August. The Braves have hit eight. The Braves are slugging .363 this month, higher than only the Pirates ...

High & Inside: NL Notes  PA - The Braves' Chipper Jones played in his 2000th major-league game Tuesday. He became the 213th player to reach that many, but the first to do so for only one ...

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 VA - up by Atlanta to fill the roster spot vacated by outfielder Mark Kotsay. The Braves dealt Kotsay to Boston for minor-league outfielder Luis Sumoza. ...

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By Mac Thomason ESPN - Marlins vs. Braves - Box Score - August 27, 2008 Aaaand… the post-Kotsay Era is pretty much just like the Kotsay Era. Mike Hampton went eight innings, allowed three runs on eight hits. I’d say that he deserved better, but he’s Hampton: he’s been through worse.

The Braves signed well-traveled pitcher Elmer Dessens off a Mexican League team Wednesday, signaling that they are turning over every rock for pitching reinforcements to get through the season.

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AtlantaBraves.com  - Braves GM Frank Wren indicated that neither Jordan Schafer nor Tommy Hanson will be among Atlanta's September callups. Schafer has really come on lately, ... Chipper in good historical company AtlantaBraves.com all 2 news articles

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 - Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves signed pitcher Elmer Dessens on Wednesday to a contract through the end of this season. ...

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By yondaime4 What do you guys think about the return we got for Kotsay? I like it, simply because we got something for him. I figured we might get cash or a PTBN but Sumoza looks like he could be a decent prospect and we unload the salary that we owe Kotsay. I'll call it a win for now, but was acquiring Kotsay for J...

 - John Smoltz, Braves: Surprise! Let's start with the really old guy who you know is going to do everything possible to come back for one more season. ...

By Mark Bowman Chipper Jones is undoubtedly one of the greatest players to ever play for the Braves. Calling him the greatest third baseman in the franchise's history, however, could certainly draw some debate. Chipper in good historical company

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  USA - Chipper Jones became the first player to play in 2000 games for the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. He trails only Hank Aaron (3076) and Eddie Mathews ...

By Mac Thomason In the eighth, the Braves loaded the bases with none out, but Sammons and McCann (pinch-hitting) couldn’t get anyone in. Blanco and Escobar, however, drew walks to make it 8-6. Ohman (who really, really, should have been traded) gave up a run in the top of the ninth, making it 9-6.

 FL - Now they will have to head on the road to Atlanta, a place where they have lost four of six games this season. The Braves have endured some struggles of ...

By gondeee To clarify the rules of the September 1st roster expansion; any player on the 40-man roster who is not on the disabled list can be added to the major league roster. The qualification being that a player must be on or added to the 40-man roster.

By gondeee Another pitcher in a similar situation to Hanson is Kris Medlen. He has found success as a starter, but may project more as a reliver or setup man down the road -- something the Braves certainly have a need for. Medlen would be a good September callup for the bullpen.

Brian Schneider reached on another Braves throwing error, this time from shortstop Yunel Escobar. That brought up Mike Pelfrey, who came into the game with 1 career RBI in 72 at-bats. But Big Pelf doubled his career numbers when he lined the first pitch the other way for a single that gave the...

By gondeee When the Braves traded for Mark Teixeira last year there was one prospect I was really disappointed about losing (for clarification, most of those prospects I was disappointed about losing, but there was one I was "really" disappointed about), and that was left-handed starter Matt Har...

By Will Schaffer Mark Teixeira was the first big contract from that $96 million number to exit the picture. Along with Tex, there are five other players (John Smoltz, Mike Hampton, Tom Glavine, Will Ohman, and Mark Kotsay) being paid $2 million or more, whose contracts will expire. Those six players repres...

By Mac Thomason The Braves had sixteen hits. In addition to Francoeur’s four, Escobar, McCann, and Infante had two, and Chipper had a hit and two walks. ESPN - Giants vs. Braves - Box Score - August 16, 2008 It was Critic-Silencing Night at the Ted, as Jeff Francoeur had four hits (for the first time this year, b...

By Will Schaffer At 55-67, the Braves are far from their pre-season expectations and World Series aspirations. The team’s expected success hinged on a potentially dominant rotation that included Tim Hudson, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Mike Hampton, and Jair Jurrjens. It’s been five months since opening...

By Alex Remington The Braves’ recent series against the Diamondbacks provided yet another data point: the Braves are 5-2 without Jeff Francoeur (now at .228/.286/.347) in right, and 50-61 with him out there patrolling the field. He’s now .202/.282/.260 with 10 walks and 23 strikeouts in 117 PA since the bonehea...

By KB 34 Pitching is one of, if not the biggest issues, the Braves will deal with in this coming offseason. Assuming that John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Mike Hampton will be leaving Atlanta at the conclusion of the 2008 season, there are some hefty roles that need to be filled. Not only that, Tim Hudson...

By Jim McLennan A relatively small, but still very entertaining Gameday Thread, as we got a very much-needed win, to avoid the sweep by Atlanta, ending our four-game losing streak. Present alongside me were: unnamedDBacksfan, soco, kishi, emilylovesthedbacks, njjohn, snakecharmer, TwinnerA, dba...

By Jim McLennan For the first time in over four months, the Diamondbacks find themselves sitting in second place in the National League West, the result of the Dodgers' extra-innings victory over the Giants." Dammit, I had a perfectly-good recap all written, bemoaning our fall into second. But the Los An...

By Jim McLennan A decent Gameday Thread, though enthusiasm was largely sapped by the Braves' putting this one away early. I know mine certainly was. Still, present were ZonaBacks10, DbacksSkins, snakecharmer, 4 Corners Fan, nargel, unnamedDBacksfan, Scrbl, singaporedbacksfan, srdmad, kishi, Zep...

By Jim McLennan Wot, no recap? Could have sworn Azreous asked me on Sunday if he could do Thursday's one instead of the usual Friday one, since he was moving back up to Flagstaff today. Oh., well... This will either be a place-holder till he gets his together, or until lunchtime, when I can fill in the blanks mysel...

By gondeee I wasn't able to catch either Chipper Jones or Tim Hudson, but I will hopefully be able to catch up with them after the game (and that will be Part 2 of the injury update). Moylan mentioned that he is going to have a "chat" with Hudson this afternoon and talk about his experience with Tommy John s...

By Mac Thomason The problem is the medium term. In particular, you’re talking about guys who would be on the team in 2009 like Gonzalez and Soriano, and to a lesser extent a player who might start to get expensive, Kelly Johnson. I am pretty optimistic most of the time, but without Hudson I can’t see the Braves...

By Will Schaffer The Braves have been on the brink of contention for quite a while now and that has led to a lot of questions about the direction that Frank Wren will take this team at the deadline. With Atlanta’s best hitter and ace now on the disabled list, there should be no more doubt that the front office wil...

By gondeee One of the Braves core philosphies under Bobby Cox has been to focus on winning series, be they three-game series or four-game series. If the Braves can be perfect in that philosophy for the remainder of the year then our record at the end of the season would be 90-and-72 (that would mean we wo...

By gondeee Here are my top-10 mid-season Braves prospects. There’s a lot of talent in this group, and a lot of excitement for the future of Braves baseball. Tomorrow you will be asked to post your own top-25, so keep working on your list. Jason Heyward, OF – Like the Tina Turner song says, “simply the best,...

By gondeee Monday:  Braves Mid-Season Top-25 Prospects: 11-25 Tuesday:  All-Star Game Open Thread Wednesday:  Braves Mid-Season Top-25 Prospects: 1-10 Thursday:  Who are your Top-25 Braves Prospects (this is where you will be able to post your own top-25 list, so start thinking about it now)

By Alex Remington I think what happened is that the Braves made the right baseball move, but were too tentative to stick to their guns. Reports circulated that they were afraid to send him down because he was a fan favorite, and even when they did manage to send him down, they still weren’t convinced enough tha...

By gondeee Bob McKenzie:  My brother and I haven't watched much baseball, but in Canada that sort of makes us like an expert on the subject, because like no one knows anything about baseball, eh. Bob McKenzie:  Yeah I think they did. This hoser said "You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you...

By Will Schaffer These two really attest to the depth of Atlanta’s farm system. There are a lot of very high potential young guys just starting to realize that potential, which means in a few years, this system could be rich with elite talent. If you told me last year that the Braves would trade away the amount t...

By Will Schaffer 2007 for the Braves’ farm system was marked by big breakouts. Jordan Schafer, Brandon Jones, Jo-Jo Reyes, and others stepped out from the shadows of relative anonymity and took their place among the premier prospects in baseball. Which Braves prospects should you look forward to taking b...

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By Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Tim Hudson will start Opening Day for the Atlanta Braves. The change in the rotation comes with the blessing of 2005 Opening Day starter John Smoltz, who says it's time to pass the honor to Hudson. Smoltz Hudson "Huddy is Opening Day starter for the future here," Smoltz said....