Atlanta Braves Blog
Fans of the Atlanta Braves have certainly enjoyed the first month and a half of the season, as they have been one of the top teams in baseball. Perhaps the only people more excited about the team’s start are those who own some of the red-hot players on the Braves in fantasy leagues. Here’s a [...]
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel has been so dominant in his career, that when he struggles like he has recently, it comes as a shock. Kimbrel has blown three of his last five save opportunities, including last night when he gave up back-to-back jacks with two outs in the ninth, while trying to preserve a one [...]
How ’bout Andrelton Simmons last night? He went 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI and made a play at second base that still has me scratching my head. If he makes that play in the seventh game of the World Series it would be legendary. Check out the video at: Andrelton [...]
The Braves beat the Reds 7-4 on Monday and Craig Kimbrel earned his 10th save. But it is hard to ignore the fact that the Braves bullpen, solid as a rock early in the season, continues to be shaky of late. The Reds got two hits in the ninth off Kimbrel, and had slugger Joey [...]
In the Braves 3-2 win Monday night over Washington, the box score shows that the Nationals had three up and three down in the night inning. But it wasn’t that simple. Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond led off the ninth by hitting a routine grounder to Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons. As Simmons fielded the ball, his [...]
Is there any reason why Braves fans should like the World Baseball Classic? Personally, I don’t care if I hear one score from the World Baseball Classic, and I certainly don’t care who wins the thing. I care about the Atlanta Braves and major league baseball, and have no interest in this glorified exhibition tournament [...]
Braves closer Craig Kimbrell is off to a great start in 2013. He hasn’t taken the diamond yet in an actual game to perform his craft, but nonetheless, Kimbrell received a good omen about the upcoming season. While playing golf Tuesday morning in Tim Hudson’s charity golf tournament, Kimbrell made a hole-in-one at the challenging [...]
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