Submit a Story!

Slumping Braves seek to end road woes (AP)

 

Published 6/9/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News

Three straight home losses to Philadelphia left the Atlanta Braves looking like also-rans again in the NL East. Chipper Jones is more concerned about what 10 straight road games will do for the team's season. The Braves, who were off Monday, are to play the first of 10 road games in 10 days on Tuesday night at the Chicago Cubs. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Voodoo Sabermetrics: Chipper Jones
babeslovebaseball.com 6/9/2008 — Welcome to our fifth edition of Voodoo Sabermetrics. This week we break down one of the most awesome players ever, #10. Chipper Jones.
Whatifsports MLB Power Rankings - June 9
whatifsports.com 6/9/2008 — Red Sox Nation can rejoice at reaching the top of the rankings, followed by the Rays, Cubs and Braves. Other big movers are the White Sox and Orioles. See where your favorite team ranks. Only statistical performance to date this season is used and each team is simulated against every other team 100 times.
Emmanuelle Chriqui on the mound for Dodgers | Cuzoogle
cuzoogle.com 6/9/2008 — On Sunday Emmanuelle Chriqu got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Dodgers’ game against the Cubs in Los Angeles
These Prospects Were Badly Overrated
dugoutcentral.com 6/9/2008 — Hee Seop-Choi - where are you!!!???
Phils ride the wave past the Braves
philliesflow.com 6/9/2008 — Four wins in a row for the Phillies. When the Phillies put up 12 or 15 or 20 runs in a game there’s really not a whole lot of explanation required to understand what’s going right. Ditto for when Cole Hamels throws a complete game shutout ...
Chipper Jones Wants to Play Past 40 and Remain a Brave — FanHouse
Chipper Jones Named NL Player of the Week — Talking Chop
SI.com: Heyman: Phils following last year’s Phila. story with even better sequel — BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Around The Blogs: Atlanta Braves — wrigleyville23
Stat Of The Day — Sports Page Atlanta
Can Chipper hit .400? Cubs not sure — Major League Baseball News 6/9/2008
Braves star Chipper Jones, who will not be in the lineup Tuesday vs. the Cubs, is attempting to become the first player since 1941 to hit .400 in a season.
Sox players didn't ask Guillen to change — Major League Baseball News 6/9/2008
If a Spring Training meeting between manager Ozzie Guillen and his players had gone differently, there might never have been his Cubs-directed blow-up in Toronto or his postgame diatribe last Sunday in St. Petersburg.
Braves face rough road, beginning in Chicago — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 6/10/2008
ATLANTA (AP) -- Three straight home losses to Philadelphia left the Atlanta Braves looking like also...
Cubs' middle ground rising — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 6/10/2008
Michael Barrett, Mike Fontenot, Cesar Izturis and Felix Pie. One year ago today, those were the Cubs' starters at catcher, middle infield and center field. If you want to know why the Cubs have 11 more victories through 64 games than a year ago -- why ...
Jones out of Braves lineup again (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/10/2008
Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones, leading the major leagues in hitting at .420, was out of the lineup for a second straight game Tuesday because of a small tear in his right quadriceps. The Braves opened a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs ...