The 2017 Atlanta Braves didn't have to look hard for reminders of a winning past.
Ready to be home: Several Braves players talked about their eagerness to finally play in front of a home audience after a week and a half on the road, and they repaid the sold-out crowd with solid, error-free baseball.
Before a sellout crowd of 41,149 that included former USA president Jimmy Carter, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and one-time home run king Hank Aaron, the Braves won their second straight game after a 1-6 start.
Aaron and Cox joined other five other former Braves stars in the pregame ceremony: Phil Niekro, Dale Murphy, Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.
Wide-eyed young Braves thought it was cool.
Until the eighth inning Sunday at SunTrust Park, that was the extent of San Diego's offense.
The Braves think they are good, never mind the 3-6 record.
Greinke (1-1), who left Los Angeles for a big free-agent deal with Arizona after the 2015 season, lasted just five innings. "It's just a few hits here and there".
So did management. The plan, aka The Plan, was to time quality baseball with the first season at Sun Trust.
The lineup is producing at the rate it was at the end of last season and is only going to get better when Matt Kemp is able to get healthy.
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Atlanta doesn't have to make the playoffs this year to show significant progress. He was a member of Team USA in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Fulton County Stadium before pitching in the majors at Turner Field.
It may be the latest installment in the history of Major League Baseball stadiums - the Texas Rangers have announced a new stadium plan - but there are concerns.
But it's early enough to remain confident.
Jackson-Hamel deflected Hernan Bernardello's shot from distance off the post and just past the outstretched Alec Kann in Atlanta's net. Kemp, a critical mid-season acquisition previous year, should make slugger Freddie Freeman and nearly everyone else in the batting order a little better.
A single from Ender Inciarte advanced to d'Arnaud to third.
Channel 3 made the trip down to Atlanta Friday to check out the Braves' new stadium, SunTrust Park, ahead of their home opener.
Verlander (1-1) gave up 11 hits in four-plus innings, including home runs by Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall. Reliever Mauricio Cabrera (elbow strain) threw a bullpen session before the game. Each of those Braves legends had his number placed on the stadium's third level before the game, along with Greg Maddux (who couldn't attend) and deceased Braves greats Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews. "Everybody comes to play every day". He's a grateful man who takes little for granted. And then trying to throw a fastball by Tyler Flowers. He played three seasons Calgary in the Canadian Football League beginning in 2008 before being released. And we've been in all the games this year.
The new venue was part of a reported $1.1 billion development situated near a series of high-trafficked freeways and interchanges.
It felt that way Friday night. "When you're out there playing, it feels like the fans are kind of right on you, which at Turner Field, it was more relaxed". Those two pitches came back and honestly bit us more than anything else.
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