Author: JonathanF

At this point in 1966, the Braves lineup had settled into what I still remember 52 years later: Alou played 1st and led off, followed by Mack Jones in Center, Aaron in right, Carty in left, Torre catching, Mathews at 3rd, Woody...

I’ve tried in these recaps to exactly parallel the 1966 season, but I have to make a small exception here. The 2018 Braves are two games short of halfway, but at the halfway point in 1966, the 81st game on July 3, a remarkable...

So in 1966 most of the games were on Facebook, but there was only one computer powerful enough to receive it, an Al Gore homebrew deal, and he was really short of friends back then. So if you wanted to know about the Braves’...

Sometimes 1966 is intrinsically more interesting than 2018, so I’ll dwell on 1966 a bit more than usual today. Sixty six games into the 1966 season, the Braves were now in full reversal of the current pleasant surprise: 28-38, a...

While I readily admit I did not complete live viewings of either of the two previous games, the scores in each were my excuse. This afternoon, I watched to the bitter end, not at all aided by two broadcasters whose unenviable...