Author: JonathanF

I just wanted to conclude my trip down the byways of memory by highlighting a few players from 1966 I haven’t mentioned yet, mostly players who came up right at the end of the season. Felix Millan: A future all-star for both...

So last week I shelved my 1966 reminiscence to dwell on what I hope we will agree, in retrospect years hence, to have been the low point of the 2018 season. Since then, it has all been just ducky. My shelved retrospective was of...

I wrote up another 1966 retrospective, but this disaster requires me to shelve it. September 5th 2018 was a getaway afternoon game before 28,385 plus Braves Journal stalwart Timo.  I was watching the Red Sox broadcast which...

I think it’s fair to say that in 1966 Hank Aaron was everyone’s favorite Brave. So the way you differentiated yourself from your friends is by specifying who your second favorite Brave was. I was torn between Felipe Alou and...

On Monday night Bryse Wilson made his major league debut, a 1-0 win over the Pirates.  He reminded BJers of two different pitchers: Jaret Wright and Pat Jarvis.  1966 was the 25-year-old Jarvis’ rookie year.  The Little...