Author: JonathanF

The first Atlanta Braves manager was Bobby Bragan. My memories of him of him are fleeting, but that’s what we have the web for. He was hired as manager by Milwaukee in 1963 before there was any notion that they’d be coming...

[This post is not a recap of last night’s stirring 8-3 win. I was at 30,000 feet for the game, and Mr. Copenhaver has agreed to supply a full recap. Until then, I celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Greatest Braves Game...

It’s Game 105 in 1966, and we will have the last recap of the Bobby Bragan managerial era: a walkoff loss to Fergie Jenkins who pitched the 11th and 12th innings in his 45th appearance of the year (after a cup of coffee with...

With Sam’s permission, since I forgot what day it was. Retirement does stuff like that to you. So it’s a long season, and 1966 was no different. The 98th game saw the Braves drop a 4-3 game to the Cardinals at Atlanta...

1966, Game 91. The Braves are 43-47 going in (and closing in on the first managerial change of my baseball life) and beat the Reds on a sunny Sunday, 9-6, before 36,522 boiled-peanut-eating fans. (Having never been to STP, and...