Category: 2019 Recaps

I like how, in a normal season, you don’t really look at team stats, and especially individual stats, until you get about 45 games into the season. But this isn’t a normal season. So as we’re a month in, we’re...

Zero National League players homered three times in a game throughout the first 108 seasons of baseball at Fenway Park. Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall just did it in a little over 24 hours.  Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall of...

AA’s failure to acquire another stating pitcher before Monday’s trade deadline had dominated the comments around these parts.  The prospect of heading into the playoffs with the current rotation has generated much...

in 1953, The Braves left Boston. Now, with “interleague play” we get to return from time to time. The Red Sox entered this game as a shell of their post 2000 selves. So, with that and Max Fried on the mound, you have...

You know how Jack In The Box toys take forever to do anything and then explode with a loud burst in an instant? It’s just waiting and waiting and waiting and then you have a heart attack from the sudden noise? If you don’t...

This has become a nice little trend. Once again, the Braves put up double digits against the Phillies. It’s the seventh time they’ve done that in the last 43 games against Philadelphia, meaning it’s possible to have a...

The famous short story writer, pen name “O’Henry”, became famous for the “surprise ending.” When I was reading his stuff in school in the late 60’s to mid 70’s I remember thinking...

It’s becoming apparent that Max Fried is an Ace.  He turned in another excellent performance, going six innings and giving up only one run on four hits.  It was his third strong start of the still young season. ...

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won’t you be my, be my meighbor? Okay, you know going against Jacob De Grom that you are going to have a tough time. But these are, in...

Well, I doubt there is much I can say that anybody who saw even a little bit of this debacle or who even read an account of it doesn’t already know about the basic cause of this bad result. The Polish Prince was bad,...

Ronald Acuña Jr. is about to rock the dome, y’all! Here's how the #Braves will line up tonight vs. the Rays!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/CkR5TWZ3nk — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 27,...

It’s finally here. I’m really excited for this season. Not because I think this season will be looked back on the same as a 162-game season would be. Not because I’m in love with all of the health and safety...

It was spring break of 2001. I was 22 years old and on the cusp of graduating from Auburn University. For my last taste of adolescent insanity, my friends and I packed up and took the 4 hour journey to Panama City Beach. Two...

Note from Ryan: Normally, we tend to stay away from these types of pieces, “Coronavirus Halts MLB” on Braves Journal, as it’s all over the news and the comments section, so why retread it as a thread? Well, as...

Rob Manfred is on a roll with all of his changes to baseball… except are they all good for the game? Don’t even get me started on how much I dislike the “proposed 7-team playoff format”. The 3-batter minimum, being...

The next 2 days will be a contest, of sorts! Create your Braves themed Christmas Parody song and we will judge it as a community. The winner will win a Braves Journal tee of his or her choice! The following brilliance is by...

Just in time for the holidays, Braves Journal is kicking off 2 cool features that will help our community thrive for the foreseeable future! When I decided to take the reins from Rob, it wasn’t without a long 6 months of...

I’m a teacher. 19 years in the profession have shown me that, first and foremost like my Murphy Jo pictured above, I’m a dreamer and love and passion are the cornerstone characteristics that are needed in teaching. I...

Being a custodian means that you want to leave a place better than you found it. I hope I’ve been a custodian. I think Braves Journal is better than when I found it, anyway. I got the sense that Alex was running on fumes...

The Braves continue to strike. Three out of the four free agents that have been signed so far have been by Atlanta. You know about the two relievers, and this time it’s solidifying the catcher position. So Travis...