Atlanta Braves News

Tom Glavine’s homecoming was an afterthought by the time a routine fly ball finally ended a game that was anything but routine. “That,” said Braves catcher Brian McCann, “was probably the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of.” Xavier Nady hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot in the 12th inning, [...]

Scott Spiezio will try to return to the majors with a team that rarely takes a chance on troubled players. Spiezio agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves, who’ll give the infielder an opportunity to show he’s cleaned up his life after an arrest on drunken driving and assault charges led [...]

Scott Spiezio agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves, who gave a second chance to the infielder after he was released by St. Louis in February for an arrest on drunken driving and assault charges. The 35-year-old Spiezio will work out with the Class A team in Rome on Tuesday and [...]

The Washington Nationals’ shiny new stadium is a testament to the current and long-range growth of MLB.

The Washington Nationals’ shiny new stadium is a testament to the current and long-range growth of MLB.

Ryan Zimmerman raised a fist when he rounded first, then tossed away his helmet as he approached the plate and the mass of teammates waiting to celebrate his game-ending homer. The kid sure knows how to throw a housewarming party. Zimmerman’s tiebreaking solo shot with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday night gave the [...]

The Expos/Nationals finally have a place to call their own — a new, $611 million palace in the heart of D.C.

Nationals Park had quite an opening. Ryan Zimmerman hit a tiebreaking homer off Peter Moylan with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Sunday night in the first regular-season game at the $611 million stadium. With the dome of the U.S. Capitol lit up against the black [...]

As the U.S. portion of the major league schedule got under way Sunday night, President Bush said he thought December’s Mitchell Report on drugs in baseball “was part of the cleansing process.” “I’m happy with the recognition that it was a problem,” Bush said Sunday night during the ESPN broadcast after throwing the ceremonial [...]

Commissioner Bud Selig expressed confidence Sunday night that an agreement can be reached to strengthen baseball’s drug-testing policy. “There’s negotiations ongoing,” Selig said during Sunday night’s inaugural game at Nationals Park. “I’d rather not comment other than that.” Selig said “Yes” when asked if was confident of an agreement with the players’ union.