The Gwinnett Braves Manager Randy Ready is looking forward to Opening Day with his new team. He hopes to bring home the championship to Coolray Field and Lawrenceville in 2013. Watch the video from a press conference held Wednesday.
The Gwinnett Braves' groundhog mascot hopes skies will clear up for the season opener at Coolray Field Thursday.
During last week's cold spell, the Gwinnett Braves' mascot, Chopper, issued a weather guarantee that temperatures on Opening Day would be warm and springlike. The groundhog has updated his forecast and now is calling for rain Thursday, but hopes skies will clear before the 7:05pm first pitch against the Charlotte Knights. According to the Gwinnett Braves' website, if it does rain Thursday but stops before the scheduled game time, the game will go on as planned. If it continues to rain past the start time, there will be a rain delay. Ticket holders will not be left high and dry no matter the weather. Check out the team's Rainout Ticket Policy for more details.
Former Falcon Brian Finneran and current player Kroy Biermann will throw out the ceremonial first pitches at Coolray Field Thursday.
The Bears from Lawrenceville, Ga. played against the Comets of Snellville at the home of minor league baseball's Gwinnett Braves.
Coolray Field welcomed the top high school baseball teams in Gwinnett for a special showcase this weekend. On Friday afternoon, the Mountain View Bears faced off against the South Gwinnett Comets. It was a close game as the Comets beat the Bears by one run with a final score of 7-6. Be sure to watch the video of South Gwinnett Senior Drew McCarthy as he hits a triple in our photo and video gallery. The showcase continues Saturday as Providence Christian Academy High School takes on Duluth at 2p.m. Then at 4:30p.m., Collins Hill and Brookwood will face off. The final game will be between North Forsyth and Peachtree Ridge.
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Baseball fans can buy tickets, take a crack at the bat, audition to sing the national anthem and more at this event at Coolray Field.
Georgia Gwinnett College's baseball team's home games have been changed to away games while the softball team will play at Collins Hill High School.
Randy Ready was officially introduced as the new manager of the G-Braves at a press conference Thursday at Coolray Field.
With just 70 days until opening day, the Gwinnett Braves rolled out the red carpet for their new manager Randy Ready. Ready was presented with his team jersey and hat by G-Braves General Manager North Johnson before talking to the media for the first time. The new manager comes to Gwinnett from the Texas Rangers franchise where he worked as their minor league hitting coordinator. Ready is the second manager in the history of the G-Braves. He is taking over after previous manager Dave Brundage accepted the job as the manager of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs in November. Check back with Lawrenceville Patch for more on this story including Thursday's press conference in its entirety.
Randy Ready was officially introduced as the new manager of the Gwinnett Braves at a press conference at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga.
Christian Castorri has accepted a scouting position with the major league baseball team.
The major league team will take its 'Future Stars' game to Mississippi this year.
Despite a sold-out crowd at Coolray Field last April, the Atlanta Braves will not return to Gwinnett for an encore in 2013. The major league team, which played an exhibition game vs. its "Future Stars" as a warmup for the 2012 season, will do the same in Mississippi this year. On Saturday, March 30, Atlanta will take on its minor-league stars in Pearl, Miss., home of the Class AA Mississippi Braves. In the 2012 game, the Future Stars were managed by former Atlanta manager Bobby Cox. And they gave the big club fits, forcing Atlanta to come from behind for a rain-shortened, 4-3 victory. Gwinnett Braves spokesperson Dave Lezotte said Friday that he has been told that the Future Stars game will return to Coolray "in the near future." Of course…
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Vanzetta Evans
5:10 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
I can see how if you quickly read the headline and just see "Braves" you might think we were talking about the Gwinnett Braves, but that's why we referred to them as the "Atlanta Braves." And for the record, we try to refer to them as the "Gwinnett Braves" or "G-Braves" to avoid confusion with the MLB team that plays at Turner Field. more ›