Baseball / MLB Apr 19, 2019
Christian Walker continued his remarkable late-innings production with a two-run homer in the seventh, Luke Weaver got Arizona off to a good start and the Diamondbacks beat Atlanta 4-1 to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday. Walker lined the opposite-field homer to right-center off Chad ...
Baseball / MLB Apr 4, 2019
Braves offer prayers for Bobby Cox after Hall of Famer's stroke
Hall of Famer manager Bobby Cox was able to accept visitors in his Atlanta-area hospital room on Wednesday, one day after the longtime Braves skipper suffered a stroke. Braves manager Brian Snitker and general manager Alex Anthopoulos were among those saw Cox. "He's holding up great, ...
Baseball / MLB Nov 14, 2018
Oakland's Bob Melvin, Atlanta's Brian Snitker voted top managers of 2018 in MLB
Oakland's Bob Melvin was voted Manager of the Year for the third time, winning the American League honor after leading the Athletics to the playoffs despite the lowest opening-day payroll in the major leagues. Atlanta's Brian Snitker won the National League award for leading the ...
Baseball / MLB Sep 23, 2018
Braves beat Phillies, capture first division title since 2013
Freddie Freeman stood soaked in champagne with music blaring and his teammates jamming in celebration. This was just how the longtime star first baseman envisioned it when the Atlanta Braves began spring training seven months ago. "You could tell after the first week of workouts that ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 30, 2018
Braves' Sean Newcomb nearly throws no-hitter, apologizes for homophobic, racist tweets
Sean Newcomb thought his near no-hitter would be the story of the day. Then he picked up his phone. Newcomb said he had forgotten about racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager, but was quickly reminded a few minutes after speaking with the ...
Baseball / MLB Jan 6, 2018
Los Angeles Angels newcomer Shohei Ohtani has been ranked MLB's top pitching prospect as well as its top overall prospect in an informal poll conducted by mlb.com. The results, published on Friday, were from the third annual MLB Pipeline survey of major league executives. The 23-year-old ...
Baseball / MLB Oct 2, 2017
Ichiro, Giancarlo Stanton fall short of marks in Marlins' final game
Ichiro Suzuki fell one short of the major league record for pinch hits in a season as he flied out during the Miami Marlins' 8-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, the final day of the regular season. Ichiro popped up to left in ...