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David O'Brien
Atlanta Braves beat sports reporter
David O'Brien has covered the Atlanta Braves for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2002, and previously covered the Marlins for the (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel for seven years. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in journalism.
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Braves quotes after Sunday’s loss to Dodgers
**BRIAN McCANN On what wasn’t going right with Julio “Early, Carl hit a slider that hung up a little bit more than Julio wanted and put a good swing on it, and I tip my hat to the middle of their order. I mean they seem to be on every ...
Braves in must-win situation after 13-6 loss to Dodgers
As if the night hadn’t already become excruciating enough for the Braves, thousands of Dodger fans started doing the tomahawk chop and chant before the fifth inning Sunday, mocking them. This after the Dodgers had scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 10-4 lead. And then it ...
Braves' Teheran set for crucial Game 3
LOS ANGELES – At this time last year Julio Teheran was 21 years old and coming off a wholly disappointing second season at Triple-A Gwinnett, where he’d gone 7-9 while posting a 5.08 ERA, which seemed almost incomprehensible for an uninjured young guy who’d previously been rated one of the ...
Teheran and Braves set for Game 3 at Dodger Stadium
The Braves did what they needed to do Friday in Atlanta, rebounding from a ragged and alarming performance in the division-series opener to play sound, inspired ball in a 4-3 win against the Dodgers to even the series at a game apiece. Now the best-of-five series has shifted to the ...
Braves quotes after Friday’s win against Dodgers
**ANDRELTON SIMMONS On his approach first at-bat “Try to stay calm, I’ve been seeing the ball well the last couple days, just trying to stay calm and make good contact.” On if though Avilan was coming to him on DP “No, I was hoping he’d go home. I know Crawford ...
Heyward comes up big as Braves even series with 4-3 win over Dodgers
When Jason Heyward lined a bases-loaded, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning to put the Braves ahead 4-1, the Turner Field pressbox shook from clapping, foot-stomping fans who got what they came to see, though not without some late-innings consternation. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run ...
Braves even series with riveting 4-3 win against Dodgers
When Jason Heyward lined a bases-loaded, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning to put the Braves ahead 4-1, the Turner Field pressbox shook from clapping, foot-stomping fans who got what they came to see, though not without some late-innings consternation. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer off ...
Braves hope history repeats in Game 2 … but no more
Their 6-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 1 of the division series Thursday was the Braves’ seventh consecutive loss in postseason openers, not including last year’s defeat in the Wild Card game. They won the second game of each of those past six series … but then lost the ...
Braves quotes after Thursday’s loss to Dodgers
**FREDI GONZALEZ On Medlen’s performance, was it and/or defense shaky? “I think it was a little bit of both. I thought there was a couple plays that we could have made in the second and third innings. I think we got a couple of, what, two out RBIs a couple ...
Kershaw strikes out 12 as Braves, Medlen lose Game 1
Kris Medlen entered the postseason as the National League’s hottest pitcher for the second year in a row, and once again he was greeted rudely by the opposition and done no favors by his defense early — or himself later — on a night when the Braves needed far more ...
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