Braves News: Ted Turner passes away, Jim Jarvis called up, more

ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 23: Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner shakes hands with former Atlanta Braves during a"Field of Dreams" ceremoney to commemorate the last regular season home game to be held at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Ga 23 September. The stadium is scheduled to be torn down at the conclusion of this season. The Braves will move to Olympic Stadium next year.

(Photo credit should read DOUG COLLIER/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Well the Braves finally lost a series, losing a 3-game series to the Mariners in Seattle, with a one-run loss and a two-run loss. It is pretty impressive that this far in the season, it took a lot to go wrong for them to lose a series by two small-margin losses like this. On Monday, of course, the pitching depth was essentially non-existant, resulting in JR Ritchie being left in the game too long and today the Braves might have had a better shot at coming back if it weren’t for some really egregious baserunning from Jorge Mateo.

This is a good team folks and let’s hope for a good showing against that scary Dodgers team this weekend. Braves News Former Braves owner and media mogul Ted Turner passed away Wednesday , after making a huge impact on the Braves’ franchise and American media. The Braves called up Jim Jarvis, DFAing Jose Azocar, as our own Matt Powers did a breakdown on what to expect from Jarvis .

The Braves finally lost a series, as they lost a tight 3-1 game in Seattle with a quiet offensive performance. Fangraphs took a look at the Braves and the NL East race. MLB News Gleyber Torres hit the 10-day IL with an oblique strain for the Tigers .