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O'Halloran, who was the GM under former president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom, will be the team's executive vice president of baseball operations.

Ronald Acuna Jr. joined the exclusive 40-40 club, pitcher Charlie Morton left the game in the first inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 9-6 on Friday night. The Braves hold the tiebreaker over Los Angeles based on a 4-3 season series. Acuna’s 40th homer led off the game against Nats left-hander Patrick Corbin.

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WASHINGTON -- Max Fried couldn’t control the virus that weakened him going into last year’s postseason. He is confident he can manage the blister issue that has developed as he and his Braves teammates are preparing for the playoffs. “We’re going to do everything in our power,” Fried said. “At

Joc Pederson of the San Francisco Giants will come closest to facing the classic baseball Yom Kippur dilemma — he'll play during Kol Nidre, but before sundown.

None of them will face a Yom Kippur dilemma this year, like Sandy Koufax's decision to sit out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series.

(JTA) — For Jews and baseball fans, this is one of the most important weekends of the year.

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Rookie right-hander Emmet Sheehan struck out nine over 4 2/3 no-hit innings, J.D. Martinez drove in three runs and the host Los Angeles Dodgers opened...

Fried pitched for six innings in the Braves’ 10-3 win over the Nationals on Thursday night. He gave up only three hits and one home run and struck out seven.