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LF	Omar Infante	Hand	DL
LF	Greg Norton	Ankle	DL
RP	Jeff Bennett	Hand	DL
RP	Buddy Carlyle	Back	DL
SP	Jorge Campillo	Shoulder	DL
SP	Tim Hudson	Elbow	DL
2B	Kelly Johnson	Wrist	DL
3B	Chipper Jones	Groin	Questionable
SP	Jo-Jo Reyes	Hamstring	DL
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7/11	Jorge Campillo	P	Transferred to 60-Day DL
7/8	Greg Norton	LF	Recalled From Minors
7/7	Kelly Johnson	2B	Sent to Minors
7/7	Jo-Jo Reyes	P	Sent to Minors
7/3	Brooks Conrad	3B	Purchased From Minors
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Mount_Vitti

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July 9, 2009 5:16 pm

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Baseball America Midseason Top 25

And looks who is number 1...

1. Jason Heyward, of, Braves
2. Mike Stanton, of, Marlins
3. Jesus Montero, c, ...(more)

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drstokes1

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July 8, 2009 10:30 pm

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I for one, hope Hudson can come back!

I hope Hudson can come back and contribute the second half. I love is approach toward the game and he brings chemistry to the club house. I think if he comes back we can move maybe Kiwakami to the bull pen. I hope we can have Hudson in the rotation a couple of more years. We would have one hell of a rotation, with Javier V., LOWE, JURGENS,HANSON AND HUDSON. Maybe we can trade for a power guy ...(more)

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ChipperFan

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July 7, 2009 2:25 am

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Well, if there was any question....

....about whether the Braves are buyers or sellers for 2009, I think the team has answered that question over the last 3 games.

Like many of you, I was very excited by our sweep of the Phillies last week. But, we have shown that we cannot score runs consi ...(more)

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MattieMutch

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July 8, 2009 10:32 am

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Matt Diaz

Why not try Matt Diaz out in right field as he will prob.; hit better than Frenchie. It still amazes me how down hill he has really gone.

As everyone has said a trade is going to happen and soon, the Braves are only 4 games out and they swept the ...(more)

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sethro5hc

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June 28, 2009 11:52 pm

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Tommy Friggin' Hanson... Part Deux

Well what can you say about this kid. I had to work today and couldn't watch it on the tube but I did catch the play by play on my phone's gamecast... 6 strong innings, just 2 hits and 2 walks...

Just for the record, here are the following numbers. That makes the Braves 5-0 when Hanson is the starter, whi ...(more)

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Scoreboard

	Standings	W-L	Strk
Atlanta	3rd NL EAST	(41-43)	W 2
Colorado	3rd NL WEST	(45-39)	W 3
ATL: Hanson (4-0, 2.25) COL: Cook (8-3, 3.76)
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NL East Standings
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia	44	38	.537	-	18-23	26-15
Florida	44	42	.512	2	25-21	19-21
Atlanta	41	43	.488	4	21-21	20-22
N.Y. Mets	40	43	.482	4½	23-18	17-25
Washington	25	58	.301	19½	16-26	9-32

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Player Stats

Batting
Player	P	GP	HR	RBI	AVG
Y. Escobar	SS	71	7	43	.292
C. Jones	3B	73	9	40	.292
C. Kotchman	1B	72	4	31	.275
N. McLouth	CF	72	14	49	.272
J. Francoeur	RF	81	5	33	.243
Complete Atlanta Batting Stats
Pitching
Player	GP	W	L	SV	ERA
J. Jurrjens	18	6	7	0	2.91
J. Vazquez	18	6	7	0	2.95
K. Kawakami	16	5	6	0	4.26
D. Lowe	18	7	7	0	4.56
Complete Atlanta Pitching Stats
Fielding
Player	P	GP	AST	TC	E
C. Kotchman	1B	70	51	601	0
B. McCann	C	60	25	454	5
Y. Escobar	SS	69	212	316	11
K. Johnson	2B	63	175	288	6
D. Ross	C	29	25	233	0
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Minor League Affiliates

Class	League	Team
AAA	International	Gwinnett Braves
AA	Southern	Mississippi Braves
A	So. Atlantic	Rome Braves
A	Carolina	Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Rookie	Dominican Summer	Braves
Rookie	Appalachian	Danville Braves
Rookie	Gulf Coast	Braves

Team Information

The Atlanta Braves, based in Atlanta, Ga., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League East Division. The Braves were founded in Boston as the Boston Red Caps in 1876. While in Boston, the club was also known as the Boston Beaneaters (1883-1906), the Boston Doves (1907-1910), the Boston Rustlers in 1977, the Boston Braves (1912-1935 and 1941-1952) and the Boston Bees (1936-1940). They became the Milwaukee Braves in 1953 and finally moved to Atlanta in 1966. Since 1997, they have played their home games at Turner Field. The club has one three World Series Championships (1914, 1957, 1995).

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