… Finish ReadingHe walked out of the hotel into the fog, fog that thickened as he wandered down towards the harbour: fog in his mind as he tried to interpret the strong and sometimes contradictory emotions that overlapped and mingled in his
Author: Alex Remington (Another Alex R.)
Braves 5, Natinals 6
“I’m going to trust the consistency and the past performance of these guys. They’re going to hit. They’re not going to not hit. It’s three games in April. They’re going to hit.”
Brian Snitker, April 4, The Athletic
The Braves … Finish Reading
Game Thread: Braves vs. Phillies, 4:05pm ET (Morton v. Wheeler)
The Philadelphia Phillies are, for the moment, above .500. Historically, that’s rather unusual. Over their 139 seasons of major league history, the Phillies are 9854-11032, good for a .472 winning percentage — the equivalent of a 76-win season, every year, … Finish Reading
10 for ’00’s – The 2002 Atlanta Braves Season
With the benefit of hindsight, we can view the 2002 season as something in a broader narrative — the good old days, of course, but also the first of four straight years that the Braves lost in the NLDS, the last … Finish Reading
Farewell, Henry
… Finish ReadingI used to have talks with Jackie Robinson not long before he died, and he impressed upon me that I should never allow myself to be satisfied with the way things are. I can’t let Jackie down—or my people, or
2020 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Max Fried

I do not, admittedly, have anything quite as extraordinary to offer the Braves as the curveball, or the fastball, or the veteran poise, or the quiet confidence, or any of the myriad other qualities that Bethany’s husband brings to Atlanta. … Finish Reading
2020 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Tommy Milone
Once upon a long, long ago, there was a young boy from Saugus, California. Just like many young boys across America, and just … Finish Reading
2020 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Travis d’Arnaud

Travis d’Arnaud was so good last year that it was a little hard to remember that that was basically exactly how good he was supposed to be.
It also may have been hard to remember that his nickname, according … Finish Reading
Braves 2020 Player Review: A.J. Minter
Now these are the droids we’re looking for. The 2020 Braves bullpen was extraordinary, and A.J. Minter was a big part of why — by far the best homegrown reliever in the pen.
It felt like it was a long time … Finish Reading
Braves 2020 Player Review: Ian Anderson

Whence and whither our American Ian Anderson?
As to the former, I wrote this a couple of weeks ago:
… Finish ReadingAnderson blazed through the minors like the second coming of Soroka — indeed, his prospect