Tuesday, October 08, 2013
VIDEO: Tigers hit controversial, fan-aided home run in Detroit | For The Win - In the bottom of the seventh inning of the ALDS Game 4 matchup between the A’s and the Tigers, Detroit slugger Victor Martinez launched a ball to deep right field. A’s outfielder Josh Reddick appeared to line it up and jumped for the ball just as a fan in the front row reached out to grab it.
Braves boycott Chipper Jones for correctly predicting NLDS result | For The Win - USATODAY - The Braves, on the other hand, mostly come off like sore not-yet-losers. For better or worse, the team gained a reputation for humorlessness with its response to homers by young stars during the regular season. But you’d figure their deep and passionate respect for the game would allow at least one of them to dignify a retired local legend by catching a ceremonial pitch before a postseason series. Instead, the players seem petty, unwilling to stomach criticism from a future Hall of Famer but unable — by luck or by construction — to prove him wrong on the field.
The worst night in Atlanta sports history | Mark Bradley | www.ajc.com -The Atlanta Falcons lost to the middling New York Jets on a field goal as time expired, and that was only the second-most excruciating game of Monday-night-into-Tuesday-morning. Roughly 90 minutes later, the Atlanta Braves wasted a one-run lead with six outs to go and were eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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