Pittsburg, PA – 05/17/2016 On Tuesday morning, the Braves parted ways with manager Fredi Gonzalez after the club got off to a disappointing 9-28 start to the 2016 season. In five-plus years as skipper of the club, Gonzalez took his team to the Postseason twice (2012 Wild Card Game; 2013 NLDS) posting a 434-413 overall record.…… More
This morning, the Braves cut ties with manager Fredi Gonzalez. This marks the first time the Braves have fired a manager since 1990, when Russ Nixon was given the boot. Is this shocking news? To me it isn’t. Is the timing shocking? Perhaps. One can make a strong argument that even the greatest manager of…… More
Turner Field Wednesday night, Williams Perez treated Braves fans to one of the best starting pitching performances we’ve seen this season. Perez, just called up from Triple-A earlier in the day after Jhoulys Chacin was traded to the Angels, started his outing with four perfect innings. After Ryan Howard homered to lead off the fifth,…… More
New York, NY – As the calendar turns from April to May, the “small sample size” warnings start to drift away. Statistics start to take on a bigger meaning, and for some Atlanta Braves, are beginning to look at lot more normal. For Freddie Freeman, the first ten days of the 2016 season were a…… More
Apr 27, 2016 — 3:29pm Boston, MA – After opening the season with a nine game losing streak, the Braves bounced back with a sweep of the Marlins and won their fourth straight as they defeated Alex Wood and the Dodgers in the opener of an eight game homestand. But, Atlanta enters Wednesday’s opener at…… More
Apr 20, 2016 — 10:12am After a disappointing 0-9 start to the 2016 season, the Braves have suddenly won four straight, opening a big eight game home stand with an 8-1 win over the Dodgers. So what’s changed from a week ago, when things seemingly couldn’t go right? Let’s take a look at a few…… More
Apr 11, 2016 — 12:13pm After one week of the 2016 season, the Braves find themselves winles at 0-5. But you can make the case that this team just as easily could be 3-2 or even 4-1 had they been able to take care of the baseball and not issue as many walks as they…… More
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