Category: 2020 Recaps

The Dodgers didn’t go 43 – 17 for nothing. Cody Bellinger’s solo homer in the bottom of the 7th was the difference in the game and the series. The Braves had a couple of chances to break it open early but could...

You watched. You don’t need to relive the game. Are the Braves really about to do this again? Are the Braves really about to move to the doorstop of a historic breakthrough, only for the entire tower to come crashing down...

You can spin this however you want it. Actually, you can spin it however your brain will allow you to. That might be a more accurate depiction of the situation.  For almost the entire postseason, there has been nothing but...

With how good the Dodgers lineup is, you would expect Bryse Wilson to suffer a fate more similar to Kyle Wright’s performance the night before than the performances of our top two guys. Instead, Bryse Wilson pitched the...

OK… it’s not exactly “Separated at Birth,” but, like Guy Fawkes, he seems to be the eventual cause of a lot of fireworks by his enemies.  And he was pretty much drawn and quartered tonight. As former Braves Journal...

Ho hum.  Another postseason game, another Braves postseason victory. Up two-zip in the NLCS, and they have won all 7 of their postseason games. But the Fox announcers after the game were talking about how the Dodgers have the...

Dingers = Selfies ?#MixItUp | #ForTheA pic.twitter.com/O9usbKYBjU — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) October 13, 2020 If you like to be happy and enjoy smiling, start out your Braves NLCS Game 2 consumption by basking in the glory...

Bob Marley : “Stir it up.” And thus the Indigenous Persons, aggrieved from years of encroaching urbanization (trolley dodgers) were able to assert dominance. Reggie Jackson: “I am the stick that stirs the...

It’s here, ladies, gents, and ne’er do wells. The biggest test for our Braves in the playoffs. The best team. The biggest payroll. Best of 7. The Braves NLCS Roster Nothing changed from the NLDS as the Braves carry...

I get to tell you something that we haven’t heard since 2001: the Braves have won a National League Division Series. And regardless of what happens from here, no one can take that away. After being the better team on paper for...

Our Braves go for the sweep against the Marlins and Wright faces off against Sixto Sanchez. I’m sticking with my podcast prediction…Braves in 3. A Tyler Matzek Appreciation Piece Tyler Matzek has been one of the...

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. There are few epigrams better known (or if the truth be known, overused, but I ain’t letting that stop me) than this one from George Santayana. As my...

Man, we get no respect.  I hate these noon and 2:00 starts, and obviously MLB hates the Braves to impose these on us.  I was able to watch the beginning, and saw Ronald hit a majestic blast to right to start the Braves...

I’ll take it. Our first playoff series win since I was in high school. Two brilliant pitching performances. The bats finally woke up. The final score doesn’t indicate how similarly tense Game 2 was to Game 1. This was...

On paper, today’s pitching matchup, Ian Anderson vs. Luis Castillo, favors the Braves as Castillo’s season ERA is 3.21 compared to Ian’s 1.95. Obviously, this is all dependent on what Braves team shows up...

As I commented, the last playoff game I recapped was over in the top of the 1st. This one wasn’t. The fact that the first two batters hit singles against Max Fried made me think that maybe it’s my fault. But after those two...

Do you smell that? No not that, you sicko. The aroma of postseason baseball is in the air, and that’s what you were supposed to be smelling before you ruined my opening schtick. This year, the format for the playoffs...

The Braves satisfied the FDA’s minimum daily recommended allowance of Major League Baseball, and have moved on to the next phase of their lives. Ronald Acuna Jr., Travis d’Arnaud, and Austin Riley sat out as the...

Well, no harm no foul. The Braves gave Tucker Davidson an opportunity to make his Major League debut in a game that meant nothing to the standings, and he just didn’t have his best stuff. For as gaudy as their record is, the...

Freddie Freeman’s name was not written on Brian Snitker’s lineup card for the first time in 2020, yet it was Freddie that provided the walk-off homerun that likely catapults his name back atop the NL MVP short list....