A new era of Atlanta Braves baseball dawns in February 2011 when the National League East team begins spring training at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. For the first time since June 1990, a person not named Bobby Cox will be calling the shots as Braves manager.
Fredi Gonzalez, no stranger to the Braves organization, begins his first season as Atlanta Braves manager in 2011 following Cox’s retirement. At Champion Stadium, the Braves’ Grapefruit League home since 1997, he will greet the Braves in mid-February for the start of workouts.
Gonzalez, who was Sporting News’ Manager of the Year in 2008 when he was leading the Florida Marlins, was the Braves’ third-base coach from 2003 through 2006. He inherits from Cox a team that returned to prominence in 2010, making the National League playoffs as the Wild Card.
Fans’ first chance to see the team in action at Walt Disney World Resort will be on Feb. 27, 2011, vs. the New York Mets – the first of 18 Grapefruit League games at Champion Stadium during February and March. The Braves will host the Houston Astros on Feb. 28.
Season tickets for Braves home spring training games are available now while single-game tickets go on sale Jan. 8, 2011. Visit www.espnwwos.com/atlantabraves for the details.
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