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With New York Yankees Turmoil, Should Atlanta Braves Attempt to Land Alex Rodriguez?
October 22nd, 2012 at 4:10 PM
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman recently said that trading aging third baseman Alex Rodriguez is "unrealistic," but assuming A-Rod could be convinced to waive his no-trade clause, could he end up with the Atlanta Braves? ***PHOTO1*** Cashman told Sunday Morning with Ian O'Connor on ESPNNewYork 98.7 FM that that he fully...

Atlanta Braves Closer Craig Kimbrel Putting up Historic Numbers
October 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 AM
The Atlanta Braves knew they had one of the best closers in baseball at the beginning of the season. What they didn't know was that Craig Kimbrel would be putting the finishing touches on one of the most dominant seasons for a reliever in MLB history. Kimbrel has appeared 61 times...

Atlanta Braves Hit Five Homers in Finale to Take Series from New York Yankees
June 20th, 2012 at 7:56 PM
Now that Freddie Freeman is healthy and Jason Heyward is playing up to the hype that surrounded him in 2010, it seems the Atlanta Braves' young bats may carry them into another winning streak. The pair was responsible for three of Atlanta's five home runs in the 10-5 win over...

Jason Heyward Does It All in Atlanta Braves Win Over New York Yankees
June 19th, 2012 at 11:02 PM
It has been apparent since the beginning of his career that Jason Heyward has the potential to be a legitimate five-tool player. He had one of his best games all season in doing a little bit of everything to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over the New York...

Atlanta Braves Fall Flat to New York Yankess, Lose Third Straight
June 18th, 2012 at 11:01 PM
The Atlanta Braves will apparently have to take baby steps to come back to their winning ways from two weeks ago. Mike Minor seemed to have things on cruise control against a hot New York Yankees lineup, but he faltered later on, taking the loss even though the Braves scored...

Atlanta Braves Waste Rallies, New York Yankees Complete Sweep
June 14th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
The Atlanta Braves may be in desperate need of their off day Thursday to recoup from their four-game losing streak. After wasting nearly every scoring opportunity Wednesday, the New York Yankees finished off the three-game sweep in a crushing 3-2 loss. Brian McCann, whose bat seems to have woken up the...

Jonny Venters Gives up Costly Grand Slam as Atlanta Braves Blow Lead to New York Yankees
June 12th, 2012 at 11:37 PM
Jonny Venters had given the Atlanta Braves a faint glimmer of hope that he had rebounded from his disastrous May, he surrendered a game-tying grand slam to Alex Rodriguez. Another homer off Cory Gearrin would give the New York Yankees the lead in the 6-4 loss at Turner Field Tuesday...

New York Yankees Shut Out Atlanta Braves, Randall Delgado Struggles with Control
June 11th, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Randall Delgado showed the promise scouts have talked about in his start in Miami last week, but the young righty struggled with his control, issuing six walks as the Braves lost 3-0 to the New York Yankees at Turner Field Monday night. The six walks were a...

Jair Jurrjens Struggles with Control as Atlanta Braves Fall to New York Yankees
March 10th, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Jair Jurrjens seemed to take a step backward on Saturday; he struggled with his control as the Atlanta Braves lost yet another Spring Training game to the New York Yankees. ***PHOTO1*** Jurrjens was tagged for six walks, five hits and three runs in 2 1/3 innings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  Jurrjens gave...

For Atlanta Braves, Trading Mark Teixeira May not Have Been a Bad Thing
October 4th, 2011 at 8:36 AM
One of the most lauded transactions by the Atlanta Braves in the past five years was the decision in 2008 to trade Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim just a year after the Braves acquired him for top rated prospects from the Texas Rangers. ***PHOTO1*** While most of the...