The Atlanta Braves are set to open the 2026 season. GPB's All Things Considered host and resident baseball fan Peter Biello talks with his afternoon colleague Orlando Montoya about it all. 

With espresso shots, kisses on the cheek and Andrea Bocelli singalongs, Team Italy has charmed the baseball world. But their mission is more ambitious: Turn Italy into a bona fide baseball factory.

The Atlanta Braves have announced BravesVision as their local television home, beginning with the 2026 season. The Braves chose to control the BravesVision plan instead of having the telecasts produced by Major League Baseball.

On the morning of Monday, Feb. 2, several moving trucks were idling in the bowels of Truist Park. The trucks, courtesy of Atlanta Peach Movers, were in the process of being loaded with the necessary gear the Atlanta Braves players, coaches, and staff will need while at spring training. 

Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract that includes a 2028 club option with the potential to make the deal worth $26 million over three seasons.

In a World Series for the ages that went back and forth again and again, Will Smith delivered the biggest swing of all for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages.

The Savannah Bananas remain the nameplate for the barnstorming style of rollicking entertainment founded by Jessie Cole, who says the Savannah Bananas will be joined by five teams in a new league in 2026.

Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season. 

A sports law expert explains the history and current legal standing of the "baseball rule" and how it might apply to a lawsuit against the Atlanta Braves.

A fan caught Cal Raleigh's history-making 60th home run ball. He promptly turned the valuable memento over to 12-year-old Marcus Ruelos.

This week, Jimmy Kimmel returned, a weird statue vanished and no one (to our knowledge) got snatched up to heaven.

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday.

For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a woman has served as an umpire during a regular season game.

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader and the plate on Sunday.