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June 1, 2023

Braves

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The Big Dumper leads NC’s representation in MLB postseason

October 12, 2022 Shawn Krest

October is famous for crowning new cult heroes during baseball’s postseason, and this year has already found a prime candidate to join them: The Big Dumper. Cal Raleigh’s nickname — which celebrates the Seattle catcher’s […]

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Camels crash 1st round of MLB Draft

July 20, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Members of the Campbell baseball team fancy themselves as “a bunch of nobodies from nowhere” because of their remote location in Buies Creek and the considerable shadow cast by their nationally recognized neighbors at UNC, […]

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Braves take Game 6, win 1st World Series since ’95

November 2, 2021 The Associated Press

HOUSTON — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They […]

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Baseball lifers Dusty Baker, Brian Snitker make World Series family affair

October 26, 2021 Shawn Krest

The last time Dusty Baker was in the World Series, his son nearly got run down. Darren Baker, then 3 years old, was helping his dad’s San Francisco team as a very small batboy when […]

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KREST: The wild ride of a sportswriter in October

October 20, 2021 Shawn Krest

Free football isn’t always free. As the Carolina Panthers drove downfield for a game-tying touchdown and two-point conversion in the final minute of play on Sunday, one thing became clear: I wasn’t getting back to […]

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MLB playoff contenders built from NC minor leagues

October 6, 2021 Shawn Krest

The MLB playoffs open this week, and the Durham Bulls and Charlotte Knights will battle for the chance to win the World Series. Not the current editions of the Bulls and Knights, of course, but […]

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MLB pulls All-Star Game, draft from Atlanta over Ga. voting law

April 3, 2021 The Associated Press

  NEW YORK — Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air […]

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FRIEDLANDER: In 1970s Atlanta, Aaron was our hero — and he still is

January 27, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Growing up in Atlanta, I spent a lot of warm summer nights during the 1970s going to the ballpark with my homeroom buddy Steve Fritts to watch the Braves play baseball. Being a Braves fan […]

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Hank Aaron, who reigned as baseball’s home run king for 3 decades, dead at 86

January 22, 2021 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He […]

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NC colleges familiar with the Redskins name-change issue

July 8, 2020 Shawn Krest

Companies and organizations around the nation are taking a long look at their histories and branding in an attempt to be more sensitive to all cultures. That’s nothing new to sports teams, where the debate […]

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