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The 1994 Major League Baseball season is predominantly known for one thing: a massive, rather nasty lockout that deprived the world of a World Champion. Yes, for the first time in 90 years, there was no World Series held. However, there was still baseball, and our Atlanta Braves’ comebacks journey ends in this particular year. While the Braves were in the infancy of a … [Read more...] about Top Five Atlanta Braves Comebacks: #1

When the announcement was made a few weeks ago that 20 year-old Atlanta Braves pitching prospect AJ Smith-Shawver would be making his major league debut, manager Brian Snitker commented that he would be getting the Spencer Strider treatment. By that general comparison the Braves manager meant that, like Strider did in 2022, Smith-Shawver would begin his major league career in … [Read more...] about Is AJ Smith-Shawver The Next Spencer Strider?

Our series of great Atlanta Braves comebacks returns to more modern times for this installment. In fact, this writer would posit that this particular bit of Atlanta Braves comebacks lore is one of the more well-known in franchise history, and not just for the comeback. Rather, it was the masterful methods that the team used and the underdog hero that are remembered. Timely … [Read more...] about Top Five Atlanta Braves Comebacks #2: Conrad’s Slam Walks Off the Reds

For an Atlanta Braves fan, the Hall of Fame broadcast game – featuring raw commentary by the quartet of Jeff Francoeur, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine & Chipper Jones – rated as nothing short of a knee-slapping delight. The delight exploded into delirium when the Braves pulled out a marvelous victory against their division rival, the New York Mets, in extra innings – after being on … [Read more...] about Atlanta Braves HOF Broadcast Booth For The Win

For those who have been keeping up with this series, you might be asking yourself about some of the more classic Atlanta Braves comebacks. Well, for this installment of our merry little jaunt through history, we turn to the late 1970s. This was a time that was known as being rather dark for the team. A little over a decade removed from their move to Atlanta from Milwaukee, the … [Read more...] about Top Five Atlanta Braves Comebacks: #3