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BRAVES BUZZ
By Ray Cox
Oct 2, 2013NEED TO KNOW
- Game 1: 8:37 p.m. today, Turner Field
- TV, radio: All games on TBS, 680, 93.7, 100.5
- Gates: Open three hours before the first pitch
- Giveaway: First 45,000 fans receive a foam tomahawk
- Music: The Return, a Beatles tribute band, will perform in the Fan Plaza. Atlanta native Edwin McCain will sing the National Anthem, and Timothy Miller of the Atlanta Opera will sing "God Bless America" in the seventh-inning stretch.
- Ceremonial first pitch: Chipper Jones
- Commute options: The MARTA Braves shuttle begins three hours before the first pitch from Underground Atlanta and runs until one hour after the final out. You also can park at the Lakewood Amphitheater for $5 and ride a free shuttle to Turner Field.
- Forecast: Game-time temperature will be around 70 degrees, with zero percent chance of rain. The temperature will be in the mid-60s by midnight.
TWITTERATI
Freddie Freeman @FreddieFreeman5
Papa freeman is in the house from California! Hasn’t been here in 2 years! So glad he can be here! #blessed
QUOTABLE
“He’s a guy that people are going to grow to love. … He can flat pick-it (at shortstop), he’s going to win multiple Gold Gloves in his career. But he’s got pop, and he lies in the weeds in the bottom of the (batting) order.” — TBS broadcaster Mark DeRosa, a former Braves infielder, on shortstop Andrelton Simmons
TV CHATTER
SportSouth will have a special Braves Live after each NLDS game, with the regular broadcast crew providing live reports from the park, with clubhouse interviews and postgame analysis.