Braves authored improbable script to 2004 season
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No one believed in the Braves when the season started, and John Smoltz is one of the first to admit that he had his doubts. Win the division for an unprecedented 13 straight seasons?
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A major league meltdown by a minor league manager earned him a three-game suspension and worldwide fame on the Internet. Combining bits of Earl Weaver, Billy Martin and Lou Piniella, the weekend tantrum by Double-A manager Phillip Wellman prompted his bosses at the Atlanta Braves to take action Monday.
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ATLANTA - With plenty of incentive, Rafael Furcal made sure the Atlanta Braves&#39; season lasts at least two more games. Set to report to jail once the post-season ends, Furcal hit a two-out, two-run homer
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We now know 80 ballplayers may have done steroids. Sean Gregory explains what comes after baseball's day of reckoning
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The Braves gasped when Jaret Wright was forced to leave in the third inning of Tuesday night&#39;s game against the Mets after being struck just above his right foot with line drive.
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The Sporting News - The Braves have been going to the postseason for a long time. Who can forget the 1991 worst-to-first World Series between Atlanta and Minnesota? Arguably, it produced the greatest World Series games ever.
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John Smoltz is used to closing out games for the Atlanta Braves. Blowing saves is something he&#39;s not accustomed to. &quot;It&#39;s a shock to your system,&quot; he said.
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ATLANTA -- One guy hasn&#39;t won in 12 months and the other hasn&#39;t won in nearly 12 years. It&#39;s tough to decide which stat is the more improbable.
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Braves Manager Bobby Cox is one ejection shy of matching the career record after he is tossed from Saturday's game against the Phillies.
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Atlanta Braves starter Paul Byrd works in the fourth inning against the New York Mets in Atlanta, in this Aug. 1, 2004 file photo.
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The Atlanta Braves poked doom in the eye in Houston on Sunday, and now they have a chance to win their National League division series at home.
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Schneider&#39;s four hits tied a career-high...Wilkerson leads the majors with eight lead-off home runs this season...Hernandez hasn&#39;t beaten the Braves since August 18, 2000 in San Francisco, when he was a member of the Giants...Montreal beat Atlanta for the
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Home runs are nothing new to the Atlanta Braves this season. A successful closer is.
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There was a time when Braves manager Bobby Cox didn&#39;t have to worry so much during the offseason. Those were the days when the organization&#39;s pockets were deep enough to
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Two teams who weren&#39;t supposed to be here and two pitchers who were thought to be finished -- the National League Division Series matchup between Houston and Atlanta seemed improbable not too long ago, but here it is.
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LOS ANGELES - The Atlanta Braves have won 12 consecutive division titles by reloading, rather than rebuilding. They&#39;ve done it this season with Jaret Wright and JD Drew.
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The last two Saturdays of July changed the 2004 Boston baseball season. Before the final two weekends of the seventh month, the Red Sox were alarmingly average. The Olde Towne Team, swollen with the second-highest payroll ($130 million) in the majors, was finishing a third consecutive month of .500 baseball and a season of great expectations looked like it might ...