1937 - Casey Stengel is hired as the new manager of the Boston Bees. 1995 - Ryan Klesko homered and Steve Avery allowed six hits over three innings to help the Braves to a 5-2 win over Cleveland in Game 4 of the World Series.
1991 - Steve Avery shuts down the Pirates as Atlanta beats Pittsburgh 1-0 to force a Game 7 in Pittsburgh in the NLCS. It is the third 1-0 game of the series.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Man, was I stung by the news of Tim Wakefield's death. I found out about his illness (apparently against his wishes) late last week and just a few days later, he was gone.
Center fielder Michael Harris II and the Braves return home to start a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. And Jack Dougherty has a strong player prop as well.
Braves Franchise History 1937 - Casey Stengel is hired as the new manager of the Boston Bees. 1995 - Steve Avery allows six hits over three innings as the Braves take Game 4 of the World Series with a 5-2 win.
Braves Franchise History 1991 - Steve Avery shuts down the Pirates as Atlanta beats Pittsburgh 1-0 to force a Game 7 in Pittsburgh in the NLCS. It is the third 1-0 game of the series.
One of the game’s great base-stealers, Nixon had big moments on the field and major obstacles off it During a recent trip to Kroger, I ran into Otis Nixon — almost literally, as we were in that awkward predicament of me reaching for the bathroom door to go in, while he pulled it open from the inside.
Among Atlanta’s fabled arms, the left-hander was the unlikely engineer of the Braves’ last no-hitter, and part of the last two This week served as another reminder that the business of baseball truly sucks.
Derailed by injury, Avery ultimately couldn’t live up to the hype and production of his early years They were baseball’s answer to John Tunstall’s Regulators, the Braves’ 25-and-under staters in Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, Kent Mercker and John Smoltz, nicknamed the Young Guns, as in the 1988 flick about the fabled ranch hands.
The homegrown All-Star delivered one of the greatest pitching performances in Braves postseason history during his six years in Atlanta On arguably the greatest rotation ever, Kevin Millwood played the role of Ringo — or is it Billy Preston if we’re being more Beatles accurate given the ERA pecking order of the 1998 Braves?
The fine folks over at Baseball America have been compiling their annual top 100 prospect list since 1990. How many of the No. 1 overall prospects can you name in seven minutes?
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