Freeman joins list of all-time great Braves hitters

Hank, Eddie, Chipper, Murph, Andruw ... and now Freddie.

With his double in Tuesday's 12-5 victory over the Pirates, Freddie Freeman became the sixth player in franchise history with 300 doubles and 200 home runs. The other five - Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Chipper Jones, Dale Murphy and Andruw Jones - are all in the Braves Hall of Fame.

Aaron, Mathews and Chipper Jones are also in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Braves’ offense clobbers Marlins after Acuña gets hit by pitch

Ronald Acuña Jr. was hit by a pitch, benches cleared, and the Atlanta Braves responded with a 12-1 rout of the Marlins in Miami.

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Braves’ 2026 schedule opens with six-game homestand, starting March 26

The Atlanta Braves will open at Truist Park in 2026 for just the third time in stadium history and the first time since beginning their World Series defense in 2022.

Hurston Waldrep continues impressing, Braves offense explodes in ninth for win

Hurston Waldrep has enjoyed a breakthrough season since his summoning on that fateful day in Bristol, Tennessee, earlier this month.

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Braves’ offense clobbers Marlins after Acuña gets hit by pitch

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Hurston Waldrep continues impressing, Braves offense explodes in ninth for win

Braves’ 2026 schedule opens with six-game homestand, starting March 26

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Amid production slowdown, Atlanta soundstage pioneers look to pull back

Times are tough for operators of TV and film production campuses after years of a Hollywood boom in Georgia.

Candidates head for a runoff in north metro state Senate race

A Democrat will move into a runoff election to represent a stretch of Fulton and Cherokee counties that has been a Republican stronghold for decades.

New ‘Leaving Atlanta’ sign pops up after beloved marker goes missing

A new ‘Leaving Atlanta’ sign has popped up on Ponce de Leon Avenue after the original vanished. No one knows who installed either version of the beloved landmark.