By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Tonight, the Braves officially start the home stretch of the 2020 season, as they open up a three game set against the Mets at Citi Field. While the club was idle last night, they got some help in the standings as the Red Sox beat the Marlins,…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – While it took a lot longer than anyone could’ve anticipated seven months ago, Cole Hamels makes his return to a Major League mound tonight, as the Braves and Orioles wrap up their three game series in Baltimore. The 36 year old southpaw missed all of Spring Training…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – On Monday, the Braves brought in a familiar name, signing veteran Pablo Sandoval to a minor league deal. Sandoval, a three-time World Series champion with the San Francisco Giants was in his second go-round with the Giants, after a three year stint with the Boston Red Sox.…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – With less than two weeks left in the regular season, the Braves enter tonight’s series opener in Baltimore with a three-and-a-half game lead over the now second place Marlins, as Miami swept a twin bill from Philly yesterday in South Florida. With the loss, the Phils now…… More
BY KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Over the course of a baseball season, there’s going to be days you get to the ballpark and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be your day. For the Braves, through two innings last night, it was looking like Thursday was going to be that day.…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Wednesday morning, the Braves activated Ozzie Albies from the Injured List after missing the last 27 games with a bone contusion in his right wrist. Initially, the injury appeared relatively minor when it initially occurred, Albies has been on the shelf for nearly half of the 2020…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Just when it felt like the news couldn’t get any worse for Braves fans in 2020, it did. Tuesday morning, the club placed Max Fried on the IL with a left side muscle spasm in his lumbar spine. Fried, coming off another five inning outing on Saturday…… More
By KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Baseball can be a really funny (and maddening) game. The best part about this crazy game is the fact you can watch it day in and day out, 162 times a summer, and continue to see something you’ve never seen before. Take Freddie Freeman’s weekend for example.…… More
KEVIN MACALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – Wednesday night, Adam Duvall and Marcell Ozuna became the answer to a trivia question as they became the first pair of teammates to have three homer performances in back-to-back contests. In 151 years of Major League Baseball, the feat had never been accomplished, which is truly mind boggling.…… More
KEVIN MCALPIN 680 THE FAN, ATLANTA – As the clock ticked closer and closer to the 4pm Trade Deadline on Monday, Braves fans were all holding their collective breath that a deal could get worked out to land another starting pitcher to the mix. However, as four o’clock came and went, disappointment spread across social…… More