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Sheets brings excellent arm, leadership to Braves
ATLANTA -- Ben Sheets doesnt want to talk about his surgically repaired elbow, his comeback or even his unexpected and amazing success in three starts with the Braves.
His hitting ability or inability is more like it -- is on his mind, and when something is swimming around his brain, theres little to stop it from coming out of his mouth.
My bat is starting to come around, he said...
Suzanna saw the GBraves in Charlotte!
The water tower near Knights Stadium (which is actually in Fort Mills, SC instead of Charlotte. Go figure).
Below is Suzanna's story, followed by her pictures and captions...
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On Sunday (the 29th) my parents and I went to watch the GBraves play the Charlotte Knights at the Knights’ home stadium. It was a really fun game, until...
Maholm calls Braves 'landing spot No. 1 for me'
Left-hander Paul Maholm is settling in with the Braves, a team he says was ''landing spot No. 1 for me'' if he had to be traded from the Cubs.
The Braves acquired Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson from Chicago for right-handers Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Chapman on Monday night. Maholm joined the Braves Wednesday. Johnson is starting in right field in Wednesday night...
Braves pound Fish, welcome cellar dwelling Stros
Reed Johnson went 3-for-7 in first two games as a Brave
Atlanta fans have seen it all season–the Braves are a streaky team. The team carried a 5 game winning streak into the series with the Marlins and tacked two additional wins to the streak before falling to the Fish in game 3. All 7 of the wins during this streak were against National League East opponents. The Braves are 9...
Maholm, Johnson plug critical holes for Braves
The Braves didn't get a game changer.
They didn't get the most dominant arm or the bat filled with the most pop and thunder.
They didn't get Zack Greinke or Hunter Pence or Ichiro or even Ryan Dempster, who was on the verge of becoming a Brave but ended up a Ranger.
Here's what happened, though.
The Braves added depth to a rotation that has been better of late...
Braves win 7th straight behind Medlen
ATLANTA (AP) -- Kris Medlen had a successful return to the rotation, Brian McCann homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
Atlanta has won 10 of 13 to close within 2 games of first-place Washington in the NL East following the Nationals' 8-0 loss to Philadelphia.
Rain delayed the game 1 hour, 53 minutes before...
Jones, Freeman lead Braves past Marlins
ATLANTA (AP) -- Chipper Jones and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run double, and the Atlanta Braves scored six runs in the first two innings to beat the Miami Marlins 6-1 Thursday night.
The 40-year-old Jones had two hits and is batting .316 in his final season before retirement.
The Braves, 6-1 on their 10-game homestand, remained 2 games behind first-place Washington in the NL...
Welcome, Reed Johnson!
I love his socks up. Really, really, a lot.
OF Reed Johnson will wear #11 and LHP Paul Maholm will wear #17. Maholm is expected to be here Wed. twitpic.com/adxwij
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 31, 2012
Reed Johnson meets his new teammates prior to stretch & #Braves BP twitter.com/KevinMcAlpin/s…
— Kevin McAlpin (@KevinMcAlpin) July 31, 2012
Reed Johnson warms up with...
Marlins struggle offensively, fall to hot Braves
ATLANTA (AP) -- Kris Medlen had a successful return to the rotation, Brian McCann homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
Atlanta has won 10 of 13 to close within 2 games of first-place Washington in the NL East following the Nationals' 8-0 loss to Philadelphia.
Rain delayed the game 1 hour, 53 minutes before...
Braves 7, Marlins 1
Kris Medlen had a successful return to the rotation, Brian McCann homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
Atlanta has won 10 of 13 to close within 2 1/2 games of first-place Washington in the NL East following the Nationals' 8-0 loss to Philadelphia.
Rain delayed the game 1 hour, 53 minutes before the start...
Braves 6, Marlins 1
Chipper Jones and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run double, and the Atlanta Braves scored six runs in the first two innings to beat the Miami Marlins 6-1 Thursday night.
The 40-year-old Jones had two hits and is batting .316 in his final season before retirement.
The Braves, 6-1 on their 10-game homestand, remained 2 1/2 games behind first-place Washington in the NL East. They...
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Marlins score 3 in 1st, beat Braves
ATLANTA (AP) -- Miami broke out for three runs in the first inning against Ben Sheets after scoring just three total in two losses to Atlanta, and the Marlins ended the Braves' seven-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.
Carlos Lee, Greg Dobbs and Bryan Petersen had consecutive run-scoring singles in the first inning for Miami.
Carlos Zambrano (6-9) gave up...
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