Chipper Jones is nearing the end of a long and great career that was spent entirely in an Atlanta Braves uniform. He's accomplished many great things, and for the better part of their dynasty has been considered to be the face of the franchise. Jones is beloved by fans, but is he the most beloved Brave of all time? This article takes a look at some of the other figures in that conversation and whether that spot belongs to Chipper or someone...
A Look at the Braves Pitching Staff
This article looks at the Atlanta Braves pitching staff, especially the rotation. There are injury concerns throughout, and I'm not sure that any Atlanta starter will see 30 GS. I say buy them only at a discount due to potential missed time.
What are your thoughts on the rotation holding up all year? Who's most likely to make 30 starts in your mind? I say Beachy has the best chance.
It won't be long before Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando will be buzzing as the 2012 Grapefruit League kicks off the professional baseball season. Soon the empty 9,500 seat Champion Stadium, spring training home of the Atlanta Braves ...
With the Braves, along with the rest of Major League Baseball, getting ready to report to spring training, you might need to get your traveling shoes on and get ready to head down to Orlando, Florida. With the weather starting to feel a little more like ...
But behind them are Brandon Beachy (age 25), Mike Minor (24), and the three top prospects: Julio Teheran (21), Randall Delgado (turns ... captured the eye of Bobby Cox. Heyward will turn 23 in August. There are many reasons to believe he can ...
Tomahawk TakeTop Ten Atlanta Braves Prospects- #7 Tyler PastornickyTomahawk TakeOut of the entire list of Braves Top Ten Prospects, Tyler Pastornicky will have having the biggest impact on the Atlanta Braves in 2012 as he takes the starting shortstop job from day one. I have written more about Pastornicky than any other Braves ...
The Atlanta Braves have lightened the load on their players-aafiguratively and literally. No longer will player shoulder the burden of carrying the screaming Indian logo, long considered insensitive by some. The left shoulder patch, based on ...
The Atlanta Braves will don on weekend home games in 2012 a new uniform that has a vintage feel, the team announced Monday afternoon.
The creme-colored alternative uniform features the traditional Braves script in red across the chest but without the signature tomahawk. Jersey numbers will be red and on front and back and there’s a new logo patch on the left sleeve. The patch has two crisscrossing tomahawks, the year “1876” to honor the...
Longtime Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones has been the target of retirement speculations often over the past few seasons. Amid several injury-plagued campaigns, it was thought that Jones would consider hanging it up in order to preserve his health.
Some players, including Jones and right fielder Jason Heyward, are working with new hitting coach Greg Walker. The Braves blew an 8 1/2-game ... “I think it’s a good team,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said Tuesday from his Turner Field office.
The Atlanta Braves have long promoted themselves as America's team, and Thursday they looked like Knoxville's team as well. Several hundred fans apparently suffering from a mid-winter case of Braves Fever packed the new Academy Sports & Outdoors ...
He had more scares with his right knee in the offseason. He revealed Tuesday he had problems in November when he tried to play in teammate Brian McCann’s charity softball game in November. ”I came out of that thinking I can’t play,“ he said.
He's still one of the top prospects in the game. Teheran will compete in Spring Training for a rotation job with Randall Delgado and Mike Minor, but even if he doesn't make it, will probably be up for significant time in 2012. There's not much ...
ATLANTA — Hank Aaron recognized the look. Just not the feel. The Atlanta Braves unveiled a new alternate home uniform Monday that is based on the attire worn when the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966, with Aaron as its biggest star. “It’s a ...
ATLANTA -- Brandon Beachy did his best to forget what happened at the end of last season. It all came back to him this past weekend, when the Braves pitcher was in St. Louis visiting his college roommate. Everywhere Beachy looked, there were ...