Atlanta Braves, Smoltz Agree to New Deal
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ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves announced  Thursday that the team has come to terms with longtime pitcher  John Smoltz to a new two-year contract with a club option for  the 2007 season. Per club policy, financial terms were not  disclosed.
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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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Bob Wickman and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a $6.5 million, one-year contract extension for 2007, ensuring the team won't have to go through another futile offseason search for a closer.
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The Atlanta Braves have exercised the team's $8 million option for 2007 with John Smoltz, ensuring the right-hander will return for his 19th season with the team.
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The Atlanta Braves sign troubled outfielder Raul Mondesi to a one-year contract.
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Dec 7, 2004 - ATLANTA BRAVES Named Tim Conroy special assistant to the general manager-major league scout. CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with SS Nomar Garciaparra on a one-year contract.
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The New York Mets completed a crucial  three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves as Tom Glavine finally  got the better of former team mate John Smoltz in a 3-2 win on  Sunday.
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Tim Hudson is traded from the Oakland Athletics to Atlanta, a major deal that further bolsters the Braves' revamped rotation.
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Tim Hudson was traded from the Oakland Athletics to Atlanta, a major deal Thursday that further bolstered the Braves' revamped rotation.
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TORONTO -- The National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association, only some three weeks from entering a potentially disastrous lockout, will sign a new collective bargaining agreement that will be a hybrid form of the CBAs that govern Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the highly prosperous National Football League.
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The Yankees, Dodgers and Diamondbacks completed the paperwork on a blockbuster deal yesterday and submitted the forms to commissioner Bud Selig&#39;s office.
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Second baseman Brandon Phillips agreed to a $27 million, four-year deal Friday, settling the Cincinnati Reds' final arbitration case and satisfying a player who doesn't want to leave.
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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - It was no secret that John Smoltz wanted to move from his closer&#39;s role back into the starting rotation for the Atlanta Braves.
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On the biggest night of his breakout season, Beltre hit a tying home run off closer John Smoltz in the ninth inning on Friday and a game-winning shot in the 11th to give Los Angeles a 3-2 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.
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Tim Hudson was traded from the Oakland Athletics to Atlanta, a blockbuster deal yesterday that further bolstered the Braves&#39; revamped rotation.
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The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Tuesday it would work toward a new agreement with owners for tougher steroid testing.
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The Atlanta Braves have acquired standout righthander Tim Hudson from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for outfielder Charles Thomas, right-handed pitcher Juan Cruz and left-handed pitcher Dan Meyer.