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• Steven Vogt and Pat Murphy win Manager of the Year awards

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Brian Snitker received four third-place votes and finished fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting for 2024. BBWAA Awards Week continued to roll on. One day after the Rookie of the Year Awards were announced, Tuesday evening was when the focus shifted towards the Manager of the Year Awards. Cleveland Guardians manager (and former Atlanta Braves player) Ste...2024
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• Three moves the Braves need to make this winter

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Atlanta has a big offseason ahead of them. These are the top moves they should consider making. The Atlanta Braves are in an enviable spot. Even though they weren’t able to win the NL East in 2024, and even though they were knocked out in the first round for the third year in a row, they still managed to make the playoffs for the seventh year in a row desp...2024
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• Previewing the relief pitcher market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images We’ve previewed the market for shortstop, starting pitchers, and outfielders – now let’s look at how the Braves might bolster their bullpen. The 2024 Atlanta Braves relied on an undeniably elite bullpen that ranked 3rd in fWAR, 3rd in ERA, and 2nd in FIP. Entering the offseason, they seemed poised to handle the potential loss of A.J. Minter to free a...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Brian Snitker is named N.L. Manager of the Year

Braves Franchise History 1995 - Greg Maddux wins his fourth straight Cy Young Award after going 19-2 with a 1.63 ERA. 2018 - Brian Snitker wins the Manager of the Year award in the National League after guiding Atlanta back to the playoffs. Oakland’s Bob Melvin wins the award in the American League. MLB History 1899 - The National League announces that starting in 1900, there will be two umpires...2024
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• Atlanta Braves hitting coach Tim Hyers sticks to 3 core principles

Photo by Ben Ludeman/Texas Rangers/Getty Images On Monday morning, the Atlanta Braves made their new hitting coach Tim Hyers available to the local media via Zoom for the first time. While the press availability wasn’t a long and expansive one like the one we had with President and GM Alex Anthopoulos and manager Brian Snitker, it was still illuminating to hear from the newest addition to ...2024
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• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?

Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta adjusts coaching staff, qualifying offer value set, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves fired three coaches on Thursday in hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes, and catching coach Sal Fasano. The #Braves fired hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano, a source confirme...2024
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• Braves fire Kevin Seitzer, Bobby Magallanes and Sal Fasano, per report

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta will be on the search for two new hitting coaches this offseason after previously stating that the whole staff would be returning. Last week, when Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and manager Brian Snitker were asked by the media as to whether or not the coaching staff would be ...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta’s clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin’s future, MLB broadcast distribution, more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. It was a quiet day for the Atlanta Braves on the news front. As for a few other clubs, the National League and American League Division Series are still in full swing. The New York Mets are up on the Philadelphia Phillies and lead the NLDS 2-1. The San Diego Padres are up 2-1 on the Los Angeles ...2024
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• AA, Snitker talk clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin and offseason plans

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images All eyes were on the future as we reached the end of the season-capping press conference with Alex Anthopoulos and Brian Snitker We’ve got more comments from Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and we’ve also got plenty of comments from manager Brian Snitker as well. Both of these hi...2024
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks about the future of Max Fried, Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider and Jarred Kelenic

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The President/GM of the Braves continued to chat to the press about the state of the team heading into this offseaosn. It’s time to go a little bit deeper into the postseason press conference that Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations/General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and manager Brian Snitker had with the media shortly after their...2024
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks Chris Sale, Orlando Arcia, and more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images There was plenty to talk about after the season ended and AA certainly did his fair share of talking at this presser. Today was the end-of-season press conference involving Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations/General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and Brian Snitker. We’ll be bringing you some of the most relevant portions of the press conference h...2024
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• Braves expect to return entire coaching staff in 2025

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Running it back with the coaches next season, it seems. Braves manager Brian Snitker and Alex Anthopoulos met with the media for the first time since the season concluded in San Diego and spoke on a number of topics, one of which was the future of the coaching staff after a disappointing and injury-riddled 2024 campaign. According to both, the plan is for the entir...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: From E-Mail to Starbucks, You're Fired!
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"That would be it for him as Brian Snitker would summon Pierce Johnson from the bullpen."

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"Atlanta designated hitter Marcell Ozuna was removed from Sunday's 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for not hustling after hitting a drive to deep center field in the fourth inning, Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed."

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"Brian Snitker has warning for Braves as Mets build NL East lead"

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"Atlanta manager Brian Snitker didn't make the controversial move because of math -- he went with his gut."

2020
"The Atlanta Braves on Monday announced the promotion of general manager Alex Anthopoulos and a contract extension for manager Brian Snitker."

2019
"Let’s have a look: Key righty Mike Foltynewicz was scratched from his next scheduled start due to elbow soreness, skipper Brian Snitker told reporters including MLB."

2018
"It seems whenever Braves manager Brian Snitker has been asked about Ronald Acuna, he has hearkened back to around this time last year, when he was telling the team's player development staff that it better not have the teenage outfielder serve as a roster addition for Grapefruit League games if it didn't truly want him to play."

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"So, with his club struggling to muster any offense in the top of the sixth, Atlanta skipper Brian Snitker asked that Lamet be checked for a foreign substance."

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"He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker."

2015
"Brian Snitker will spend his 40th season with the Braves organization, continuing his role as Triple-A Gwinnett's manager."

• Steven Vogt and Pat Murphy win Manager of the Year awards
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• Three moves the Braves need to make this winter
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• Braves News: Atlanta adjusts coaching staff, qualifying offer value set, and more
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• Braves fire Kevin Seitzer, Bobby Magallanes and Sal Fasano, per report
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• Braves News: Atlanta’s clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin’s future, MLB broadcast distribution, more
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• AA, Snitker talk clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin and offseason plans
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks about the future of Max Fried, Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider and Jarred Kelenic
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks Chris Sale, Orlando Arcia, and more
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• Laureano, Snitker: “Every day’s been Game 7 for a while”

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s backs are up against the wall once again. With that being said, they’re certainly grown used to that feeling lately. It’s Win-or-Go Home time for the Atlanta Braves and usually that type of situation comes with a ton of pressure to deliver in order to keep your Postseason hopes alive. However, if you believe manager Brian Snitke...2024
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• Atlanta Braves hitting coach Tim Hyers sticks to 3 core principles
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• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
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• Laureano, Snitker: “Every day’s been Game 7 for a while”
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• Braves News: Bats quiet in SoCal, Chris Sale stays in Atlanta, and more

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images October baseball is officially underway. The Atlanta Braves had an underwhelming start to the Postseason, dropping game one of the Wild Card Series 4-0 to the San Diego Padres. The Braves entered the game in a less-than-ideal pitching situation, as AJ Smith-Shawver got the start. Offensively, though, the Braves had plenty of opportunities to plate a ru...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• Braves indicate Austin Riley not returning in 2024

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 110 games will bet it for the star third baseman Austin Riley’s 2024 is over, per the Braves: Austin Riley's season is over according to #Braves manager Brian Snitker. Simply was not healing fast enough, CT scan showed yesterday.— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) September 24, 2024 Riley was a longshot to return this season anyw...2024
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• VOTE: If the Braves miss the Postseason, what is the biggest reason?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the worst-case scenario actually comes to pass, what (or who) are you blaming? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Atlanta Braves fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It’s the final week o...2024
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• Atlanta Braves hitting coach Tim Hyers sticks to 3 core principles
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• AA, Snitker talk clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin and offseason plans
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks about the future of Max Fried, Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider and Jarred Kelenic
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks Chris Sale, Orlando Arcia, and more
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• Laureano, Snitker: “Every day’s been Game 7 for a while”
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• Snitker, Olson: Braves ready to embrace underdog role and back up AJ Smith-Shawver

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Braves are well aware of their current lot in baseball life but they’re perfectly fine with rolling with the punches and using their Wild Card spot as an opportunity. It’s been a whirlwind of a 24-hour period for the Atlanta Braves but the fact of the matter is that the Braves are in the tournament and they’ve got just as good of a chance as anybody...2024
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• Braves series preview: A playoff atmosphere

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s still the regular season, but these two teams are fighting for a post-season spot. The Atlanta Braves won a title in 2021, and have enjoyed back-to-back 100+ win seasons since then. But this year they have been ravaged by injuries, most notably an ACL injury to Ronald Acuña Jr. that ended his season back in May. Star pitcher Spencer Stri...2024
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• Charlie Morton was stellar, but the Atlanta Braves offense failed again in loss to Reds

Morton was stellar again, but Braves lose | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves’ offense once again squandered a stellar performance from the rotation who is pitching better than most of us have seen in our lifetime over the past twenty-eight games. The Atlanta Braves took on the Cincinnati Reds in a one game set that was a makeup game from early August where there were two different games...2024
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• Luke Williams comes in clutch, Chris Sale dominates as Braves sweep Twins

Jorge Soler hit another HR in the finale against the Twins | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Luke Williams had two doubles and two RBI, and Chris Sale limited the Twins to one run. The Atlanta Braves took on the Twins in the final game of the series looking for a sweep. They were back by Cy Young front runner Chris Sale and an offense that has scored eighteen runs in the past two games....2024
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• Sources: Gonzalez dismissed as manager of Braves
The Braves informed Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday morning that he had been relieved of his managerial duties, according to sources. He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker. The Braves have not yet announced the moves....2016
• Sources: Gonzalez dismissed as manager of Braves
The Braves informed Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday morning that he had been relieved of his managerial duties, according to sources. He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker. The Braves have not yet announced the moves....2016
• Ozuna removed for not hustling in Braves' victory

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• Braves Fire Fredi Gonzalez; Brian Snitker Named Interim Manager
10:25am: Atlanta has named Brian Snitker as an interim skipper, per MLB.com’s Mark Bowman (via Twitter). Long the Braves’ third base coach, Snitker has been managing the club’s top affiliate, Triple-A Gwinnett. 10:15am: The Braves have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link). He becomes the first skipper to...2016
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• Braves reach 100 wins with 8-5 victory over Nationals

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Atlanta has won 100 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002 and 2003. A four-run fourth inning helped propel the Atlanta Braves to their 100th win of the season with an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals. Spencer Strider allowed a leadoff double to CJ Abrams, but then retired the next six hitters in a row to get through the...2023
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• Braves can't get it done vs. Padres rookie
How filthy was Dinelson Lamet during the Padres' 6-0 victory on Thursday night? Well, the Braves couldn't quite believe it for themselves. So, with his club struggling to muster any offense in the top of the sixth, Atlanta skipper Brian Snitker asked that Lamet be checked for a foreign substance....2017
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• Austin Riley, Travis d’Arnaud lead Braves past Phillies
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta scored Austin Riley homered twice and Travis d’Arnaud came through with a big hit late to help the Atlanta Braves outlast the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. The Braves’ offense got started quickly against Aaron Nola in the first. Matt Olson singled and then came all the way around when Austin Riley lined a 459 foot home run to l...2023
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• Braves activate Kyle Wright from injured list, option Dylan Dodd to Gwinnett
Photo by Matthew Grimes/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Wright will make his first start of the season Tuesday night against the Reds. As expected, the Atlanta Braves have activated Kyle Wright from the 15-day injured list and he will start Tuesday night’s matchup against the Cincinnati Reds. To make room on the active roster, Atlanta The #Braves today returned RHP Kyle Wright from his reh...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Top 100 Hitters: Limping In
There comes a time in every season, when it feels like players and dropping left and right. Maybe it is the heat or maybe it is a speech from Brian Snitker but is does feel like a shift is taking place with injuries across the board. Just this week, we lost the likes of Anthony Rendon, Ozzie Albies while Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mitch Haniger appear to have delays in their rehab. It sounds like t...2022
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• Three moves the Braves need to make this winter
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• This Day in Braves History: Brian Snitker is named N.L. Manager of the Year
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks about the future of Max Fried, Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider and Jarred Kelenic
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• This is what it took for the Atlanta Braves to have a “bad” season

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Was this a disappointing season? Absolutely. Should you still be proud of this team for making it this far, regardless? Also, yes. For the third time in as many seasons, the Atlanta Braves are exiting the Postseason without clearing the first hurdle that was ahead of them. In 2022, it was a massive disappointment to lose to the Phillies a...2024
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• Braves News: Season ends, offseason begins, more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well, this wild-card series was pretty emblematic of the Braves’ season as a whole. Injury absences were felt heavily, batted ball luck was unfortunate, sequencing was bad, runners were stranded, and they didn’t score enough runs. This season was not what it could have been for such a talented ...2024
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• Braves fire Kevin Seitzer, Bobby Magallanes and Sal Fasano, per report
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• Braves expect to return entire coaching staff in 2025
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• Laureano, Snitker: “Every day’s been Game 7 for a while”
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• Takeaways from Braves-Marlins

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images It was a tough, hard-fought series with lots of twists and turns but the Braves did what they could to make sure the season isn’t over quite yet. Welp! The Atlanta Braves did their part over the weekend. While they didn’t pick up a sweep that likely would’ve been golden, they still at least picked up the series win over the Miami Marlins and...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves-Nationals series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images For once, the Braves had an injury scare that didn’t result in one of their stars heading to the IL. Rejoice! The Atlanta Braves are now heading up to Minnesota hot off the heels of what turned out to be a pretty productive homestand. They picked up a crucial series win against the Phillies and then followed that up by taking two out of three against a W...2024
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• The Braves took "rock bottom" as a challenge in the wrong way this past week

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports What on earth is going on with this team?! Yeah, let’s not beat around the bush here. This is quite easily the worst stretch of baseball that the Atlanta Braves have played since returning to relevancy back in the 2018 season. In every way that the Braves could fail at playing big league baseball this, they found a way to do so this past week. Sometimes i...2024
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• Braves, Cardinals rain delay updates

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Rain, rain, go away Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals won’t start on time due to rain. We will pass along updates here as soon as they become available. Due to inclement weather in the St. Louis area, the start of Game 1 of today's doubleheader will be delayed.We will provide updates as they become...2024
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• Rain can’t stop Charlie Morton or the home run ball as Braves top Mets 4-2

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Charlie Morton looked great and the top of the Braves lineup finally hit the ball out of the ballpark for a series opening win. Well they say the best things come to those who wait and that proved to be true this evening, unless you’re a Mets fan of course. After a 55-minute rain delay before first pitch, baseball was eventually played and worth the wait. ...2024
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