Ahead of the opening day of Minor League Baseball’s season in May, the Rocket City Trash Pandas have announced that they will be having a “100 percent capacity” at Toyota Field, as reported by several local news outlets.
In the opening weekend of the 2021 MLB season, the Atlanta Braves got swept in three games by the Philadelphia Phillies (3-0). Atlanta’s record drops to 0-3, and the team now sits three games back at 5th place in the NL East.
Major League Baseball announced Friday that the annual All-Star Game, being held in Atlanta this year, would be moved from its original location. This change by the MLB is due to a new Georgia voting law that would, according to ESPN, “unfairly limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color.”
Former Alabama Crimson Tide pitcher Jimmy Nelson has been named to the Dodgers Opening Day 40-man roster with Tommy Kahnle down with Tommy John surgery.