Two-time World Series champ, four-time Manager of the Year and Baseball Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox is at Truist Park this evening. Got a nice ovation from #Braves fan.
I spoke with #Braves pitching coach Rick Kranitz today about his interaction with Jen Pawol during Sunday’s mound visit. He said he heard the fans cheering as she approached the mound — to tell the Braves to wrap up the visit— and Kranitz subsequently congratulated Powal.
#Braves manager Brian Snitker on SP Grant Holmes…
“He has decided to do the rehab process [instead of Tommy John or any other procedure]. He’s consulted with the doctors and came to that conclusion.”
Police escort here behind the stands at Hurricane. I’m pretty sure it’s WVU coach Neal Brown to watch this one. I’m not positive but I was hearing he would be here.
The crowd at Truist Park cheered when Jen Powal, the first female umpire to ever work an MLB regular season game, was announced in the umpire rotation.
She’ll be the first base umpire for Game 1 and third base umpire for Game 2.
Some exciting news.
I will be covering Major League Baseball for MLB.com this season! I’ll have 12 games in the first half, all in Atlanta.
My first series is Braves-Dbacks, starting a week from Friday. Cannot wait to get to Truist!