Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Chris Sale vs. Dustin May I was gonna post the usual Statcast graphic here, but no one needs to see that today. Try to enjoy this game, I guess. Or go do something else.
Braves Franchise History 1939 – Phil Niekro is born in Belmont County, Ohio. He made his major league debut in 1964 with the Milwaukee Braves and won 318 games over a 24-year career before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. 2012 – The Braves acquire infielder Juan Francisco from the Reds in … Read more
It was a tough start to the regular season for the Atlanta Braves with the team dropping their season-opening series to the San Diego Padres. With the short week – and the offensive struggles and ludicrous bad luck the team had throughout the Padres series – the honor for our first Atlanta Braves Player of … Read more
The Atlanta Braves lost another tough one in San Diego on Friday night, falling to the Padres, 4-3. Fernando Tatis Jr. launched the first pitch he saw to the left field seats to give San Diego an early 1-0 lead. Martin Maldonado, who is probably the worst hitter in the game, made it 2-0 in … Read more
The Atlanta Braves are set for what will surely be another exciting season of baseball in the National League and Major League Baseball as a whole. Opening Day will take place on March 27, as the Braves will begin their season on the road against the San Diego Padres. They will eventually return home for … Read more
We had a day full of quality content before the season starts in earnest, with predictions, franchise valuations from Forbes, and final offseason thoughts. I will give a couple of thoughts of my own here: 1. Try to enjoy the regular season for what it is, with Braves players doing fun and cool stuff and … Read more
Folks, Opening Day is tomorrow. To. Morr. Ow. As such, we’re starting to get predictions flooding in from everybody who’s bold enough to try to call how arguably the most unpredictable sport in North America is going to shake out from now all the way until October. The staff here at Battery Power will share … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1981 – The Braves trade veteran outfielder Gary Matthews to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bob Walk. Matthews will hit .301 with a .398 on-base percentage in 101 games for the Phillies. Walk will spend the next three seasons in Atlanta while posting a 4.85 ERA in 211 ⅓ innings. Atlanta … Read more
It’s certainly been a while since we did one of these, right? Well, with Opening Day happening in just a few days time, I figured that this was as good of a time as any to bring it back and give y’all a taste of what’s on our minds as the season gets set to … Read more
Back on Friday, the Texas Rangers made a move that set off the antennae of everybody here in Braves Country as they ended up releasing Jesse Chavez. Anybody who was making jokes about how you could officially start the countdown until the Atlanta Braves brought him back was vindicated here on Sunday morning, as the … Read more