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Mark Bradley: The curious case of Sean Newcomb, a Brave no longer

Sean Newcomb was once a big deal. He'd been drafted in Round 1 by the Angels. He was a reason the Braves were willing to trade Andrelton Simmons, among the best defensive shortstops ever, in 2015. For one shining moment, Newcomb seemed the best of the ballyhooed lot of young…

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Walker Buehler throws 1st career shutout in Dodgers’ win over Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — There were harmless grounders and confused swings against the curveball and slider. The cutter induced weak contact and efficiently ended at-bats. Even the changeup was key, leading to several punchouts on a career night for the Dodgers’ previously struggling ace.

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Ohtani, Pujols and Other MLB Notes From the First Two Weeks

Happy two weeks of baseball! The early stretch of the 2022 season has provided us with some of the best and worst of what this game has to offer. Some of those highlights include Vladimir Guerrero Jr. swatting three home runs against the Yankees, Clayton Kershaw shoving in his first…

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SI:AM | Jalen Brunson Had the Game of His Life in Luka’s Absence

His 41-point game came out of nowhere.

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Colin Kaepernick is calling the NFL’s bluff, but this is a game team owners are willing to lose over and over

This again.

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Freddie Freeman Is Exactly Where He Belongs

His first game against the Braves was about more than hugs and home runs. Ultimately, it was about returning home.

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Freddie Freeman, Kenley Jansen share spotlight against former teams in Dodgers’ win

Before first pitch Monday night, Dodgers fans gave their former closer a standing ovation.

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Freddie Freeman Blasts First Home Run as a Dodger vs. Braves

Freeman, 32, spent his first 12 years in Atlanta, winning a World Series last year before joining the Dodgers over the offseason.

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Freddie Freeman hit a home run in his first at bat against the Braves, because of course

Talk about a bittersweet moment for Freddie Freeman and Braves fans.

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Bill Plaschke: Dodgers deliver emotion, history and lay down the hammer in home opener

LOS ANGELES — It was dark, it was chilly, and the national anthem was interrupted by the flyover.

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Braves Are Prioritizing the 2020s Over a World Series Repeat

Atlanta is set up to bring home more championships in this decade than the club did during its dominant ’90s run.

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No bad blood? Kenley Jansen, Freddie Freeman discuss budding Dodgers-Braves rivalry

Kenley Jansen's first appearance of the 2022 season was both familiar and strange.

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Freddie Freeman consoling a teary José Iglesias at first base was just the sweetest gesture

This was all class from Freddie Freeman.

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Dodgers’ vaunted bats come back to sea level in loss to Rockies

DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ patchwork pitching plan Saturday night was fraught but functional.

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Braves receive their 2021 World Series rings in pregame ceremony

ATLANTA — The wait ended Saturday: The Braves received their 2021 World Series rings in a pregame ceremony at Truist Park. The event began 20 minutes before the Braves hosted the Reds in the third contest of a four-game opening weekend series.

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Bill Shaikin: Dodgers have high expectations for Cody Bellinger, but how much ‘runway’ is left?

DENVER — For the Dodgers, at least, the lockout was worth it. Over the three months in which teams were forbidden from contacting players, Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves drifted so far apart that the Dodgers could do in March what was unthinkable in November: swoop in and sign…

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Bill Plaschke: Championship-favorite Dodgers check all the boxes in season-opening win

DENVER — Gavin Lux flew. Walker Buehler spun. Freddie Freeman battled. The bullpen blasted.

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Dodgers display lineup depth in five-run inning, beat Rockies on opening day

DENVER — On the first day of the season, Kyle Freeland became the Dodgers’ first victim.

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Bill Shaikin: Here’s the competitive balance reform MLB barely talks about

LOS ANGELES — Of all the non-competitive nonsense of the last few years, the blatant tanking was not the most odious. Teams such as the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates did not hide their strategy. They were not trying to win, and they were so good at being bad that…

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‘A team that has to prove something’: Five opening-day questions for the Dodgers

DENVER — For a team with such familiar ambitions, there were plenty of new sights sprinkled into the Los Angeles Dodgers’ finally tune-up games against the Angels this week at Chavez Ravine.

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Freddie Freeman Says There Wasn’t ‘Friction’ With Acuña Jr. in Atlanta

The five-time All-Star said he was just trying to uphold the team’s rules.

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Braves star Ronald Acuña says he won't miss departed Freddie Freeman

ATLANTA — In an Instagram Live interview Wednesday night, Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuña said he won't miss departed icon Freddie Freeman.

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Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. on what he'll miss about Freddie Freeman: 'Nothing'

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves will open the 2022 season Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds without Freddie Freeman on their roster for the first time since 2010. It'll be a strange sight.

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Ronald Acuña Jr. Says He Won’t Miss Freddie Freeman During Instagram Live

The All-Star outfielder admitted that there was friction between him and the former Braves first baseman.

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John Romano: These MLB predictions are guaranteed to be correct — until the games begin

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When spring training began last season, the computer models at Baseball Prospectus put Atlanta’s odds of winning the National League East at 20-to-1. Eight months later, the Braves were World Series champions. That’s not a knock on analytics, it’s a nod to unpredictability.

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