Peter Moylan News

There's a lot of focus for the Braves this winter on shoring up the offense with a big-time, middle-of-the-order power bat, and rightfully so.

WHILE many sports fans associate glitz, glamour and multimillion-dollar paydays with Major League Baseball, for Australian youngsters trying to live their dream, life isn't always so easy.

We've got some Junior Wells wailing on the stereo, Dodgers-Cardinals muted on the TV,A door to the patio open and a nice Punch cigar burning.

The Braves season ended in disappointing fashion after getting swept by the Nationals at home and seeing low attendance in the Marlins series.

Discouraged that they weren't able to complete their goal of reaching the playoffs, the Braves are determined to finish the season strong and maintain some of the momentum they built over the course of the past couple of weeks.

Had the Braves still been in contention for a postseason position, the 6-4, 11-inning loss that they suffered against the Nationals at Turner Field on Saturday afternoon would have been one that would have bothered them throughout the offseason.

In a season where so much has gone consistently wrong for the Mets, reliever Pedro Feliciano is one of the few things that has gone consistently right.

If the Braves and Rockies finish the season tied for the wild-card lead, the Braves would host a one-game playoff against the Rockies on Oct.

The banner in right field summed up how the Atlanta Braves feel about this final week of the season.

The Atlanta Braves have forced their way into the playoff picture unburdened by the usual late-season nerves and anxieties.

A Washington - Plenty of the Braves stayed in the clubhouse at Nationals Park until the end Friday night.

Chipper on Cox: 'I'll believe it when I see it' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Reaction to the news that Bobby Cox will retire after the 2010 season: Chipper Jones: "I'll believe it when I see it.

The Atlanta Braves are trying to keep their slim playoff hopes alive and will shoot for another three-game sweep of the New York Mets tonight in the finale of a three-game series at Citi Field.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Reliever Pedro Feliciano is looking for a multiyear deal from the Mets. ATLANTA - Pedro Feliciano wants to break his own franchise record for relief appearances in a season.

Third baseman Troy Glaus' lost season with the St. Louis Cardinals has added another chapter.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was ejected in the seventh inning of his team's game against Atlanta on Saturday.

If you have watched these Braves all season long and can't come up with a scapegoat for their struggles and terribly inconsistent play allow me to help.

Miami The setting for Tim Hudson's long-awaited return from elbow reconstruction surgery couldn't have been more anticlimactic.

Peter Moylan said Tuesday afternoon he is not superstitious in the least. But he's still a baseball player.