Atlanta Braves News: The Morning Chop, Patrick Weigel Throws Gem, Liberty Media Buys F1
By Jeff Schafer
Braves set first game in SunTrust Park: exhibition vs. Yankees
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: It feels like just a week ago it was announced that the Atlanta Braves would be leaving Turner Field and heading to a new state of the art facility in Cobb County. Well, now we’re only a few short months away and the Braves have told the media when the first opportunity to see them play at the new ball park will be. Mark your calendars for March 31, 2017…the Braves take on the New York Yankees at SunTrust Park. Yes, it will be an exhibition game, but at that point in the year we’re going to take it!
"The Braves’ first game in their new Cobb County stadium will be a March 31 exhibition against the New York Yankees.The game will close out the Braves’ 2017 spring training and provide a trial run for SunTrust Park before regular-season play begins there in April.“The excitement is growing for the opening of SunTrust Park and (adjacent mixed-use development) The Battery Atlanta, and we want to share that excitement as a reward to our season ticket holders and showcase the building for the first time in front of them,” Derek Schiller, the Braves’ president of business, said in a statement.”"
Firm that owns Atlanta Braves purchasing Formula One for US$4.4 billion
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The company, the man pretty much, that owns the Atlanta Braves and many other entertainment businesses is going to try his hand out in racing. Announced yesterday that John Malone will be purchasing F1 for a whooping $4.4 billion dollars! Holy cow, I guess if I had that kind of money, I’d look into buying something like that as well. This doesn’t effect the Braves at all, but I thought it was interesting.
"Formula One is being bought by Liberty Media, a US company that invests in entertainment and sports, for $4.4 billion.Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by 75-year-old tycoon John Malone, has ended years of uncertainty about the ownership of the auto racing series with Wednesday’s deal.Malone, a US cable-industry pioneer, has wide-ranging holdings in sports and entertainment. His Liberty Media also owns Major League Baseball team Atlanta Braves and has a controlling interest in radio company Sirius XM. Malone also controls European telecom company Liberty Global and has investments in US cable company Charter, which recently bought Time Warner Cable, and various cable-TV companies."
Braves’ Weigel dominates to even SL series
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Mississippi Braves, Atlanta’s Double-A affiliate, beat Pensacola 5-0 yesterday to tie the series at one game a piece. One of the Braves up-and-coming young pitchers was on the mound for the M-Braves and pitched fantastically. Seven strong innings, giving up only three hits, no runs, two walks and had eight strikeouts. Mallex Smith is playing for the M-Braves…he’s hitting leadoff and went 1-4 with a run scored. UPDATED ON OZZIE: Albies will miss the rest of the Double-A playoffs as well as the Arizona Fall League season. He suffered a fracture in his right elbow Wednesday. Dr. James Andrews took a look at Albies yesterday and has said that he has a fractured the olecranon bone. This will definitely effect his hopes to start in Atlanta at the beginning of the 2017 season. Kolby Allard shared some love for Weigel following his outing. Allard will be on the mound tonight for the Rome Braves.
appreciate it my man!
— Patrick Weigel (@PatrickCWeigel) September 9, 2016
"Atlanta’s No. 28 prospect gave up three hits over seven innings as Double-A Mississippi beat Pensacola, 5-0, to tie their best-of-5 Southern League semifinal series at a game apiece.Weigel recorded eight strikeouts while issuing a pair of walks for the Braves. The 22-year-old right-hander threw 58 of his 95 pitches for strikes and exited after striking out the side in the seventh on 18 pitches.Next: Braves Have Quietly Found A Setup Man“Willians Astudillo behind the plate called a really good game, and I just focused on executing pitches pitch by pitch,” Weigel said. “I didn’t really think ahead about what inning it was or how many strikeouts, i just focused on filling up the strike zone and getting ground balls for my teammates."