Sunday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Doom done? Braves fall; a Georgia succession at catcher for S.F. Giants? a Falcons report
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Braves get empty power in series finale loss
Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman got homers, but nobody was on, and Sean Newcomb struggled in Atlanta’s 7-2 loss to the Dodgers.
Newcomb had a 44-inning homerless streak end in the third, and he gave up five earned runs in less than six innings.
https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/ozzie-albies-freddie-freeman-homer-in-loss/c-280706608
Are the Doom done?
Tucker Sargent of WMGT-TV 41 NBC in Macon reported Sunday that the Georgia Doom are apparently done for the season, as per a a Tweet from the commissioner of the American Arena League by way of the Arena Football Insider.
“The Georgia Doom informed the league they are opting out of the playoffs. We will follow up as soon as we have more information.”
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Is one catcher from Georgia setting up to succeed another catcher from Georgia in San Francisco?
The Giants’ drafting of Tech star Joey Bart sure makes it look that way?
http://www.sfexaminer.com/mlb-draft-joey-bart-heir-apparent-buster-posey/
More newsworthy stories from Sunday: advice from an MJ teammate for LeBron, Saturday’s Braves win, interesting World Cup information, end of an iconic stadium, Raffy rolls in French Open again, a Mike Soroka update, ex-Tech hoopster Josh Okogie, Auburn’s Super Regional walk-off, the wild NCAA women’s track finale and Georgia.
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