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News Articles: baseball

Rome Emporers

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Braves affiliate minor league team is re-christened 'Rome Emperors'

The team, part of the South Atlantic League, was owned by the Atlanta Braves until 2022. The new branding is "in keeping" with quirky team names across Minor League Baseball.

November 17, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Truist Park

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Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law

Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the event from Truist Park to Denver's Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia's voting rights laws. 

November 16, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Claire Sanford and Chad Richhart have been coming to see the Baltimore Orioles since 1992. They came dressed for the bird bath, a splash zone seating area for fans at Camden Yards.

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  • Sports

Headed to the MLB playoffs, the underdog Orioles have revitalized Baltimore

It's been years since Baltimore Orioles fans have seen a season like this. They say it's been worth the wait.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Savannah Bananas fans and players attended a live-streamed schedule reveal show at the team's home ballpark of Grayson Stadium, where the Bananas announced dates and locations for their 2024 nationwide tour.

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  • Sports

Savannah Bananas unpeel 2024 schedule, featuring games at six MLB ballparks

Twenty-six cities will host “Banana Ball” games next year.

October 06, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Ronald Acuña, Jr. makes contact during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Truist Park, September 20, 2023.

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  • News

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. steals 70th base to make baseball history

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. stole his 69th and 70th bases of the season Wednesday night, marking the first time in Major League Baseball history a player has reached 40 home runs and 70 stolen bases in a single season. 

September 28, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Atlanta Braves' Sean Murphy hits a flyball in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Atlanta. Chicago Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki misplayed allowing two runs to score.

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  • News

Braves score twice on Suzuki's fielding error, overcome 6-run deficit to beat Cubs

Sean Murphy reached on a two-run fielding error by right fielder Seiya Suzuki in the eighth inning and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6.

September 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Rico Carty speaks at a pre-ceremony press conference at Truist Park on Saturday, August 19, 2023.

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  • Sports

Braves Hall of Fame adds two players to roster

Outfielder Rico Carty and first baseman, outfielder and catcher Fred Tenney were inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame over the weekend.

August 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Fans and spectators walk to the entrance of Chicago's Comiskey Park on April 9, 1990, for the opening day of the final Major League Baseball season there.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Corporate ballpark names just don't have that special ring

NPR's Scott Simon ponders stadium naming rights: how relatively inexpensive it is for companies to link their brands to major league ballparks and football fields.

August 19, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Hurston Waldrep (left) meets Braves manager Brian Snitker, July 15, 2023.

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  • Sports

Atlanta Braves welcome first-round draft pick Hurston Waldrep to Truist Park

Atlanta Braves first-round draft pick Hurston Waldrep paid a visit to Truist Park over the weekend.

July 17, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Northwestern head coach Jim Foster looks on from the third base box during an NCAA baseball game against USC Upstate on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, in Spartanburg, S.C.

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  • Sports

Northwestern baseball coach Jim Foster is fired days after football hazing scandal

In an announcement posted to Northwestern University's athletics page, head baseball coach Jim Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately."

July 14, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Shohei Ohtani, #17 of the Los Angeles Angels, pitches during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Angel Stadium on June 21, in Anaheim, Calif.

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  • World

Shohei Ohtani's hometown in Japan knew he was a prodigy since Little League

"He made it big all due to his own efforts. We had nothing to do with it," Ohtani's former coach, Shoji Asari, says of the Los Angeles Angels' superstar. Asari emphasized fun over winning.

July 08, 2023
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider, delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Braves pitcher Strider: In baseball, 'the brain is a pretty powerful muscle'

Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider speaks with GPB's Peter Biello about staying mentally sharp on the mound.

June 30, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Matt Olson runs through a fielding drill at Truist Park on June 28, 2023.

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  • News

Braves' Matt Olson: It's 'an honor' to be on the All-Star Ballot

Braves first baseman and Georgia native Matt Olson reflects on being on the MLB All-Star ballot and the 2023 season so far.

June 28, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
This is a general view of Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Scorecards keep record of games, and memories

NPR's Don Gonyea says looking through his old baseball scorecards stirs up sweet memories from summers long past.

June 17, 2023
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  • Don Gonyea
The author and his dad in Massachusetts in 1995.

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  • Sports

Fake stats, real nostalgia: Bonding with my dad through simulation baseball

The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.

June 16, 2023
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  • Joshua Willis
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