Things are looking up for the Atlanta Braves. Down by five games as the week began in the NL East the Braves are fresh off a three game sweep of the first place Philadelphia Phillies that has propelled the team to just two back.
This weekend the Braves head to Washington for a three game set [...]

Derek Lowe needs to pitch well tonight against the New York Yankees. It’s a simple statement and yet when you look at the lineup the Yankees will run out there you know it’ll be a tough task.
The Yankees as a team have scored the second most runs in all of baseball and of course play [...]

Tom Glavine gave what can be only described as an unofficial announcement of retirement earlier today. As has been the case in recent months Glavine communicated the information via text message saying “I’m probably going to lay low for the rest of this year.”
While keeping open the possibility to take advantage of some part-time [...]

Nate McLouth was an All-Star last season and this year he’s proving that the number he put up last season (mainly the 26 homers, 94 RBI and 113 runs scored) are hard to repete.
McLouth who came over in a trade with Pittsburgh is hitting just .240/.309/.360 in his 12 games with the Braves hitting just [...]

Bobby Cox won his 2000th win with the Atlanta Braves during Monday’s 14 inning affair against Pittsburgh hardly tells the story of the manager. Cox is known for being the biggest cheerleader in the Braves dugout, hot tempered to umpires on a blown call, and is such a constant fixture of the Braves that has [...]

It’s hard to believe it’s been over 9 years since Steve Sisco made his big league debut for the Atlanta Braves. Sisco who was drafted by Kansas City in the 16th round of the 1992 draft spent five seasons in the Royals organization before being released. He signed with the Braves for 1999 and spent [...]

The Tommy Hanson experience began on Sunday and after retiring the Brewers in order for the first three innings the Brewers unleashed Ryan Braun. Braun homered twice off the Braves youngster, and Mike Cameron added a shot of his own against the 21-year-old right hander.
After six innings Hanson left with a line of six earned, [...]

The Tommy Hanson era as it has been called is set to begin on Saturday. Hanson will move into the rotation in place of Kris Medlen who will move to the bullpen as Jorge Campillio heads to the DL.
Glavine pitched well in his rehab starts, including six scoreless innings in his last start. The reasoning? [...]

Tom Glavine say’s he’s ready to return to the Atlanta Braves. After tossing six scoreless innings in a rehab game on Tuesday night the 43-year old pitcher sounded eager to return.
“I don’t know what else I can do,” he said. “Physically I felt good and I feel like I’m ready. “I’d love to get to [...]

The Braves were on a roll. They had won five of their last six, including a sweep of Toronto that took the Blue Jays from first in the AL East to what is now a 9 game losing streak.
Then came San Fransisco. Javier Vazquez was roughed up in the first game, Tim Lincecum left the [...]

Kenshi Kawakami was up against stiff competition Friday night and considering he had pitched into the sixth just once in his last five starts the Braves were up for a doozy considering the opposing pitcher was Roy Halladay.
Kawakami was up to the challenge. The 33-year-old right hander pitched a career high 8 innings and for [...]

Medlen, that could be what you would say the Atlanta Braves were doing by calling up a young right handed pitcher from Triple-A that wasn’t Tommy Hanson. In this instance though it refers to the 23-year-old Kris Medlen who made his major league debut Thursday night.
After all isn’t Tommy Hanson the future of the Braves [...]

When Buddy Carlyle returned to the major leagues in 2007 it was considered an inspirational story. He helped fill in some holes in the rotation that year making 20 starts and finished the season with a modest 8-7 record and a 5.21 ERA.
The Braves could have cut ties with him then but brought him back [...]

Well maybe if we were looking for the 2008 version of Jeff Francoeur we found him. We had heard different about the Atlanta Braves right fielder. We heard he had worked hard to be in shape, that he had changed his swing and heck half of the Braves fan base probably bought that bologna after [...]

The Atlanta Braves needed twelve innings and a host of relievers but Wednesday’s victory against the New York Mets gave the team the series two games to one.
In the first game of the series on Monday the Braves capatalized off the Mets defense and some key hits to defeat Johan Santana. A blown save by [...]