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Of Braves’ young stars, Mac is the man
Braves.Today.Com | October 9th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis Braves.today.com ATLANTA — Three years ago, wave after wave after wave of rookies made the trek from the minor leagues to the home clubhouse at Turner Field. And one by one, those 18 rookies helped energize the Atlanta Braves and dr read more
Francoeur would be wise to remember struggles of ‘08
Braves.Today.Com | October 2nd 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com ATLANTA – If you’ve never spent an entire season writing about a sports team day-in and day-out, let me take you through the process of what happens when that season finally ends. You spend the next few days looki read more
Braves wrap up worst season since ‘90 with 90th loss
Braves.Today.Com | September 29th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Astros 3, Braves 1 Top of the Order: The Braves concluded their worst season since 1990 with their 90th loss, ending 2008 with a 72-90 record and finishing in fourth place, 20 games out in the NL East. The Good: Kelly read more
Anderson’s dingers lead Braves past Astros
Braves.Today.Com | September 28th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 11, Astros 5 Top of the Order: Josh Anderson’s two homers highlighted an 18-hit attack as the Braves staved off the 90-loss plateau, scoring nine times in the first two innings. The Good: Gotta start with And read more
Again…You’re Welcome, Phils
The Launching Pad | September 22nd 2008 by Jaq Baldwin
The Braves played the last home game of 2008 this weekend and I must say, in spite of a disaster of a season, in spite of being swept at home this year by the Phils, in spite of all the frustrating crap that’s happened all year long… yest read more
Braves deal Mets another damaging loss
Braves.Today.Com | September 22nd 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 7, Mets 6 Top of the Order: Down two runs entering the bottom of the seventh, the Braves rallied to grab the lead and held on at the finish, dealing the Mets another damaging loss in front of a huge crowd in th read more
0-8 ain’t great: Braves lose again to Phils at home
Braves.Today.Com | September 18th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Phillies 6, Braves 1 Top of the Order: A miserable first inning doomed Jair Jurrjens and the Braves, Atlanta dropping to 0-8 this season against the NL-East leaders at Turner Field. The Good: Well, when Greg Norton ha read more
Bullpen melts down late as Braves lose to Phillies
Braves.Today.Com | September 17th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Phillies 8, Braves 7 Top of the Order: The Braves continue to play a strong supporting role in the Mets’ second-straight NL East choke job, this time Atlanta blowing a 7-4 lead in the late innings as the Phillies ra read more
Norton! Norton! Pinch-hit dinger in ninth sparks Braves past Mets
Braves.Today.Com | September 15th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 7, Mets 4 Top of the Order: The Braves left Shea Stadium for the final time in satisfying fashion, Greg Norton’s three-run pinch-hit homer in the top of the ninth the big blow in a five-run inning as the Brav read more
Braves break one-run road losing streak in splitting double-dip w…
Braves.Today.Com | September 14th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 3, Mets 2 (first game) Mets 5, Braves 0 (second game) Top of the Order: Finally, a one-run road victory, the Braves ending their major-league record losing streak of 29 consecutive losses by one run on the road read more
Braves Sweep, Head to Shea One Last Time
The Launching Pad | September 13th 2008 by Jaq Baldwin
So I missed the recap to post on Friday after Thursday night’s game but here’s the deal… I was busy. Sorry. We swept the Rockies at home and got our first series sweep since May. (yay) If saving face and seeing our young talent perform well (Bl read more
Escobar, Jurrjens spark Braves to sweep of Rockies
Braves.Today.Com | September 12th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 8, Rockies 4 Top of the Order: Capping their first series sweep in nearly four months, Jair Jurrjens struck out a career-high 10 batters and the Braves broke through with five runs in the bottom of the sixth. T read more
Balked-home run gives Braves bizarre victory
Braves.Today.Com | September 10th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 5, Rockies 4 (10 innings) Top of the Order: For all the bizarre ways the Braves have lost games this season, they got a little payback as Colorado reliever Taylor Buchholz balked home Kelly Johnson from third w read more
Bullpen implodes again as Braves lose in 14
Braves.Today.Com | September 8th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Nationals 7, Braves 4 (14 innings) Top of the Order: The Braves let another one get away, Blaine Boyer giving up two runs in the eighth inning and Atlanta wasting opportunity after opportunity until the Nats finally s read more
Bad luck dooms Braves in loss to Nats
Braves.Today.Com | September 6th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Nationals 8, Braves 5 (10 innings) Top of the Order: A fitting scenario for the Braves of 2008: Kelly Johnson’s potential game-winner bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double in the bottom of the ninth, scorin read more
Win streak, woo-hoo! Braves win consecutive games for first time…
Braves.Today.Com | September 5th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 10, Nationals 5 Top of the Order: Be still my beating heart, but we have a winning streak: a seven-run third inning gave Jair Jurrjens all the support he needed as the Braves won consecutive games for the first read more
Braves continue stumble toward finish line with loss at Florida
Braves.Today.Com | September 4th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Marlins 5, Braves 3 Top of the Order: The bullpen blues struck the sinking Braves yet again, Atlanta giving up two runs in the seventh to fall at Florida and drop 20 games under .500 with 22 games left in this wretche read more
16 runs, 21 hits … and it’s barely enough as Braves end losin…
Braves.Today.Com | September 3rd 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 16, Marlins 14 Top of the Order: The Braves snapped their four-game losing streak, but it was about as ugly as one could imagine, blowing a 10-3 lead before rallying with two runs in the top of the ninth to sna read more
Make That 29…
The Launching Pad | September 2nd 2008 by Jaq Baldwin
Usually reliable, Mike Gonzalez has been a beacon for youth and excellence in relief for the Braves this year. But though he’s had some outstanding performances coming out of an aging bullpen with more holes in it than my grandpa’s underw read more
26, 27, 28, 29 … Braves extend one-run road losing streak
Braves.Today.Com | September 2nd 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Marlins 4, Braves 3 Top of the Order: The beat goes on in historically mind-numbing fashion for the Braves, who opened the final month of this season from hell by losing their 29th consecutive one-run road game, exten read more
Hampton Goes Eight Strong Innings, Can’t Get Win
The Launching Pad | August 28th 2008 by Jaq Baldwin
Despite a fairly decent outing from Mike Hampton last night going 8 innings, 3 ER, and 5 K’s, Hampton got “L” #2 rather than “W” #3. The offense, which included Blanco in CF and Brandon Jones in LF since the lates read more
Hampton strong, but Braves handcuffed in loss to Fish
Braves.Today.Com | August 28th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Marlins 4, Braves 1 Top of the Order: One night after scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth for a thrilling victory, the Braves wasted Mike Hampton’s stellar performance, mustering just four hits in losing f read more
Braves battle back, stun Fish with four-run ninth
Braves.Today.Com | August 27th 2008 by Bud
UPDATE, 6:21 a.m.: Morning! Nothing official from the Braves yet on the Mark Kotsay trade situation. Kotsay was scratched from the lineup yesterday as the Braves held trade discussions with the Red Sox, sources report. Kotsay said after the game he d read more
Really, there are reasons to watch the Braves play out the string
Braves.Today.Com | August 26th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com ATLANTA – You look at the standings, and what you see is not pretty. The Braves reside 17 games under .500, 15 ½ games out of first place, and you allow that little voice inside your head to whisper a fair question read more
Reyes wobbles as Braves fall, end 1-5 road trip
Braves.Today.Com | August 25th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Cardinals 6, Braves 3 Top of the Order: Jo-Jo Reyes gave up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings, setting the tone for another frustrating day as the Braves concluded a 1-5 road trip by losing for the 13th read more
Wow, a win: Braves pull away late to snap six-game slide
Braves.Today.Com | August 24th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Braves 8, Cardinals 4 Top of the Order: For just the second time in 14 days, the Braves walked off the field as winners, getting a pinch-hit single from Greg Norton in the eighth and three runs in the ninth to snap a read more
Whose Arm Can Dusty Abuse More Next Year?
Razzball | August 21st 2008 by StanHayes
This week we’re starting a new weekly column that will be here every Thursday, it will be all about fantasy baseball keepers. Since many fantasy baseball keeper leagues don’t decide on their keepers until the start of the new season, I fi read more
Five-spot in first sends Braves to ninth loss in past 10
Braves.Today.Com | August 21st 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Mets 6, Braves 3 Top of the Order: The Braves did it once again, falling behind early and going quietly into the night in losing their ninth out of the past 10, dropping a staggering 14 games out of first place in the read more
Braves end homestand with another pathetic showing
Braves.Today.Com | August 19th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Giants 5, Braves 0 Top of the Order: In a performance straight out of the late 1980s, the Braves were bashed before a small crowd at Turner Field, finishing a 1-6 homestand with another dreadful offensive showing. The read more
Onward and downward: Braves drop 12 games out in East
Braves.Today.Com | August 18th 2008 by Bud
By Bud L. Ellis braves.today.com Giants 3, Braves 1 Top of the Order: A dozen games out of first place in the NL East, the Braves’ downward spiral continued as Atlanta could only muster four hits in losing for the sixth time in seven games. The Goo read more
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