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Cobb County Needs To Raise Taxes To Pay For Public Parks Because All The Park Money Already Went To The Braves' New Stadium
SunTrust Park, the Braves’ fancy new suburban stadium, came at a cost of nearly $400 million to Cobb County taxpayers. It doesn’t open until next year, but that bill is already coming due—and the opportunity cost is no longer theoretical....
Braves Outfielder Hector Olivera Suspended 82 Games After Domestic Violence Charges
Major League Baseball announced today that Braves outfielder Hector Olivera has been suspended without pay through August 1, for violating the Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The suspension is retroactive to April 30, meaning Olivera is suspended for 82 games in total...
Miguel Cabrera Was Very Impressed With The Pitch That Struck Him Out
Miguel Cabrera is on quite the run right now, but Jeremy Hellickson got him to take a rip at a strike three that fell harmlessly in the dirt far from Cabrera’s flailing bat. He is a fun dude who knows when to give respect when he gets owned, so he flashed Hellickson a cool thumbs up almost before Ca...
Miguel Cabrera Hits Dong, Fan Celebrates By Picking Friend Up By His Salami
Miguel Cabrera is on one right now. He’s hit five dingers in his last 13 at-bats, including a pair off poor Vincent Velasquez tonight, who gave up four longballs in four innings pitched. Cabrera went opposite field in the first inning, then inspired a rather friendly celebration with his second home...
Braves' Erick Aybar Taken To Doctor After Swallowing Chicken Bone
Are the Atlanta Braves cursed? Shortstop Erick Aybar was scratched from tonight’s lineup after part of his lunch got lodged in his throat....
Report: Fredi González Found Out He Was Fired Via An Email About A Flight Reservation
Fredi González was officially fired by the Atlanta Braves this morning after the team lost in Pittsburgh last night to bring their record down to 9-28. The game was the first of a four-game road series, and, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, González first found out something was up whe...
Atlanta Braves Fire Fredi González
The first managerial firing of the MLB season comes from the worst team. The Atlanta Braves have axed Fredi González. David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the firing....
Ruddy Tigers Fan Snags Miguel Cabrera's Bat Out Of The Sky
As far as baseball fans catching objects go, Tigers fans are probably having the best season in baseball. A dude caught five foul balls in a single game last month, and while A’s fans have been good foul ball defenders all year, a jolly-looking man put the Tigers firmly in the lead this evening with...
The Atlanta Braves Are Historically Futile At Home
At 7-23, the Atlanta Braves have the worst record in the majors, and they’re on track to put up the worst record in over a century. But their overall record masks an interesting home/away split. The Braves are 6-8 on the road, which is quite respectable. But that also means they’re an eye-popping 1-...
Column Calls For Return Of Racist Braves Mascot, Is Promptly Deleted
Bill Shanks’ column in the Macon Telegraph on why the Atlanta Braves should bring back their old mascot Chief Noc-A-Homa—a caricature of an Native American chief with a name that appears to be a baseball pun mashed together with what someone thought sounded like an “Indian name”—begins thusly:...
A.J. Pierzynski Did Everything Wrong On This Pitch
A.J. Pierzynski definitely moved his body in a way that was indicative of effort after Jhoulys Chacin’s pitch went by him. But none of it worked....
UW-Milwaukee Basketball Play-By-Play Guy Quits, Burns Every Single Bridge On Way Out
Bill Johnson, who has been the radio play-by-play guy for UW-Milwaukee basketball for the past 16 seasons, announced on Instagram last night that he was retiring. Accompanying his announcement was a blistering broadside against the UW-Milwaukee athletic department, calling department executives “a t...
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Hector Olivera Involved In Domestic Dispute At Virginia Hotel [Updated]
Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera was arrested this morning in connection with a domestic dispute at a hotel in Arlington, Va. WJLA reported the news first....
The Atlanta Braves Are Very Bad, And Fredi Gonzalez Isn't Helping
It’s not easy managing a team as bereft of talent as the Atlanta Braves, so my first impulse is to feel bad for Fredi Gonzalez, who has steered his garbage team to an 0-7 start. But the Braves have been in some very winnable games, and Gonzalez hasn’t been doing much but tripping over his own feet i...
Roadkill Crafts: A Squeamish Beginner's Guide
If I’m in your car, and we’re not in a hurry, chances are that at some point, I’m going to ask you to pull over so that I can solemnly poke a stick at a dead thing along the side of the road. If we’re in my car—which is usually equipped with nitrile gloves, hand sanitizer, and garbage bags—and the d...
Braves' Mallex Smith Gets Caught Stealing Second, Bloodies His Face
Braves outfielder Mallex Smith, who has an excellent first name, made his MLB debut in Monday’s game against the Nationals, and was bloody by the fourth inning....
Braves' Daniel Winkler Fractures His Elbow While Throwing A Pitch
Atlanta Braves reliever Daniel Winkler fractured his elbow during Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. The video doesn’t show any graphic detail. All you see is a man who knows something is definitely wrong with his arm....
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Look At This Rookie Pitcher's Nutso Windup
Braves rookie John Gant, a 23-year-old relief pitcher, made his major league debut in the ninth inning of last night’s game against the Nationals. Why is this something worth mentioning? Because get a load of how this dude pitches:...
Ryan O'Reilly Nominated For Masterton Trophy For Some Inexplicable Reason
Sometimes it feels like the release of each team’s Masterton nominee is timed right for the slow end of the regular season, just before the final few must-win games, to give the writers (who pick the nominees and vote on a winner) something to write and argue about. If so, Buffalo’s PWHA chapter win...