Yunel Escobar News

Considering who finished ahead of him, chances are Hanley Ramirez doesn't mind being the best of the rest in the National League Most Valuable Player balloting.

A few years ago, Jose Reyes was the darling of the media and seen as the best young shortstop in the National League.

Jair Jurrjens and Javier Vazquez know that they'll have to wait at least one more year before capturing the National League Cy Young Award.

If only we had brought Hanson up a few months sooner, we would have had a chance to watch the Braves still.

Plank and Bender eventually signed with the Federal League. 1916 - New York theater owner and producer Harry H. Frazee bought the Boston Red Sox for $675,000. 1938 - Ernie Lombardi of Cincinnati won the National League MVP award.

26, 2009, in Washington. The Braves won 11-5. Here's a quick post to see who you would draft first: the Brave's Yunel Escobar or the Astros Miguel Tejada ? Here are their stats for 2009 courtesy of www.fangraphs.com : They are pretty close in every category including SBs which are not shown since they each had only 5 SBs in 2009.

The Nationals made some moves in their front office on Thursday and named Roy Clark vice president of player personnel, Johnny DiPuglia director of Latin American operations and Doug Harris director of player development.

The winner was Logan Kensing . Nate McLouth produced Atlanta's only run with a sixth-inning solo homer, his 20th this season.

With the season over, the Braves are already back to the drawing board, beginning to look where to add, subtract and possibly move people around.

As he saw his wife, Jaena, begin to cry as she packed and prepared to leave the life they had shared with their children in a suburban Atlanta home during the past two years, Greg Norton further understood how much the baseball world affects the one he inhabits with his family.

Washington Nationals first baseman Adam Dunn, right, tags out Atlanta Braves Yunel Escobar on his way to first on a sacrifice bunt during the ninth inning of their baseball game Saturday Oct.

The Braves' improbable, invigorating, intoxicating run back into postseason contention reached a new crescendo Sunday, when they manufactured the winning run in the 10th inning without hitting a ball past the pitcher's mound.

What's that thing about a picture telling a story? Matt Diaz gets picked off third, and the Braves' playoff hopes probably go down the drain.

Another great play: Yunel Escobar's relay throw to Brian McCann nails Florida's John Baker at home in the second inning Sunday.

Tommy Hanson pitched seven innings for his 11th win, Yunel Escobar drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory.

Tommy Hanson pitched seven innings for his 11th win, Yunel Escobar drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory.

Casey Kotchman went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and scored three times, as the Atlanta Braves made short work of the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set.

Jonathon Niese still faults himself -- not the Mets -- for his season-ending injury last month.

Jair Jurrjens dominated a feeble New York Mets lineup again and Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.

Remember when the Braves struggled mightily with Chipper Jones out of the lineup in recent seasons? How they were a well-below-.500 team whenever their slugging third baseman, amid his late-career hitting resurgence, didn't play because of various nagging injuries? Well, the bad news is that his late-career hitting resurgence came to an abrupt halt ...