{"id":495,"date":"2013-10-02T05:45:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?p=495"},"modified":"2019-07-30T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:40:08","slug":"495","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves \u2013 by Jack Wilkinson<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>BUY ON AMAZON: Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves<\/a>\"\"
\nTheirs was a prolonged run of excellence like none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves won 14 consecutive division championships, a streak no team in professional sports has ever come close to approaching. Not the New York Yankees or the old Boston Celtics. Not Lombardi\u2019s Green Bay Packers or Montreal\u2019s flying French Canadiens. Beginning with the unexpected worst-to-first miracle of 1991, the Braves commenced an era of sustained dominance that Major League Baseball never saw coming.<\/p>\n

Which was more out of the blue? The wondrous run to the \u201991 pennant, set to the beat of the Tomahawk Chop that become an electrified city\u2019s mantra? Or Francisco Cabrera\u2019s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the \u201992 NLCS that broke Pittsburgh\u2019s heart and returned the Braves to the World Series? It\u2019s all here, as well as the memorable pennant chase of \u201993 and Atlanta\u2019s first world championship in 1995.<\/p>\n

Captured within these pages are those memories, retold by the players who delivered the Braves to the pinnacle of pro sports, including David Justice, Terry Pendleton, Ron Gant, Lonnie Smith, Jeff Blauser, Greg Olson, and Tom Glavine. But also chronicled in Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves are the franchise\u2019s many dark years of mediocrity that set up such a magical run. Dating back to the Braves\u2019 move from Milwaukee, this book will catch up with Braves legends like Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, Bob Horner, and Dale Murphy.<\/p>\n

Each player within remembers his Braves career, and, more importantly, that single game that defined greatness for himself and his team. Wrapping things up, we\u2019ll also hear from \u201cthe Pope of pitching,\u201d Leo Mazzone, and two broadcasters with enough baseball under their belts to boast of entrance into the Braves Hall of Fame\u2013Pete Van Wieren and Skip Caray. It all makes for a walk down memory lane that no fan of the Braves will want to miss.<\/p>\n

Jack Wilkinson has written about sports for more than 30 years, in Miami, Chicago, his native New York, and Atlanta. Named the Georgia Sportswriter of the Year in 2001 and 2004, he\u2019s covered many World Series and Final Fours, and three Olympics and Super Bowls. He currently writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His previous books include Dodd\u2019s Luck, the autobiography of the late Georgia Tech football coach Bobby Dodd; Focused on the Top, an account of Tech\u2019s 1990 national championship season; and Kim King\u2019s Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline, with the late Tech quarterback and radio analyst.
\nWilkinson and his wife, Janet Ward, live in Atlanta and have two daughters, Katharine and Alison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves \u2013 by Jack Wilkinson BUY ON AMAZON: Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves Theirs was a prolonged run of excellence like none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves won 14 consecutive division championships, a streak no team in professional sports has ever come close … <\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-uncategorized","nodate","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\nGame of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves \u2013 by Jack Wilkinson BUY ON AMAZON: Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves Theirs was a prolonged run of excellence like none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves won 14 consecutive division championships, a streak no team in professional sports has ever come close … Continue reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Media Blitz Publicity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31\"},\"headline\":\"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\"},\"wordCount\":462,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Books\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\",\"name\":\"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Media Blitz Publicity\",\"description\":\"Media \/ Marketing \/ Publicity\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity","og_description":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves \u2013 by Jack Wilkinson BUY ON AMAZON: Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves Theirs was a prolonged run of excellence like none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves won 14 consecutive division championships, a streak no team in professional sports has ever come close … Continue reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/","og_site_name":"Media Blitz Publicity","article_published_time":"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31"},"headline":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves","datePublished":"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/"},"wordCount":462,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg","articleSection":["Books"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/","name":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves - Media Blitz Publicity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-02T05:45:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-30T21:40:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.authorsandathletes.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gomlatlantabraves-196x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2013\/10\/02\/495\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Game of My Life: Atlanta Braves"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/","name":"Media Blitz Publicity","description":"Media \/ Marketing \/ Publicity","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b336345f47f5dab0cda8ce819ca9bb31","name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}