Atlanta Braves News

Chipper Jones went 0-for-3 in Atlanta’s season-ending loss to Houston on Sunday and virtually conceded the NL batting title to Colorado’s Matt Holliday. “I have submitted my body of work for the season,” said Jones, who finished with a career-best .337 average. “If it happens, it happens. I’m going to go home and get ready [...]

Craig Biggio got one more hit, one more run and a few more standing ovations before calling it a career on Sunday. The retiring Biggio doubled in his first at-bat and scored in the first inning of his final game as the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 3-0 before a record crowd at Minute [...]

Despite missing the playoffs for the second year in a row, the Atlanta Braves plan to keep their entire coaching staff for 2008. Shortly before the season finale at Houston, the Braves announced that all six coaches would return to manager Bobby Cox’s staff next year. Atlanta will keep bench coach Chino Cadahia, first base [...]

Brandon Backe pitched six strong innings and hit a home run Saturday night as the Houston Astros, with Craig Biggio catching up on old times, beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2. In the next-to-last game of his 20-year career, Biggio caught for the first two innings. He primarily played the position for his first four seasons [...]

The Atlanta Braves sure didn’t look like a team that just got knocked out of the playoffs. Jeff Francoeur hit a two-run homer and Brandon Jones added a two-run double as the Braves beat Houston 7-2 on Friday night, as the Astros opened the last series of Craig Biggio’s career. Rookie left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes (2-2) [...]

Chip Caray settles into his seat in the TBS booth, preparing to call another Atlanta Braves game at Turner Field. Sounds about right. Only this time, he’s got Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn right next to him. And this is actually a warmup for TBS’ new game. The cable channel that was built by Ted [...]

In a crowded field, Prince Fielder and Alex Rodriguez deserve MVP status.

When Jimmy Rollins boldly predicted the Phillies would win the NL East, he didn’t expect it would take Philadelphia this long to reach first place. After 159 games, the Phillies are finally atop the division standings — albeit tied with the free-falling New York Mets. Ryan Howard hit his 44th homer, Pat Burrell also connected [...]

The New York Yankees are back in the playoffs, locking up their spot with four games left in the season. Boston, Cleveland and Los Angeles have had their tickets punched for a while. With nothing settled in the topsy-turvy National League, just about everything has fallen into place in the AL. “You have to [...]

Pitching equals playoffs. Josh Beckett and Jake Peavy lead the pack for Cy Young honors.