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Seven-time league MVP Barry Bonds leads this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Considered one of baseball's best hitters, the all-time home run leader (762) has been associated with performance-enhancing drugs. He holds the major league record for base-on-balls (2,558) and single-season home run (73). Bonds was a .298 career hitter with 2,935 hits. Candidates need 75 percent of the vote for induction. Voting results will be announced Jan. 9. | Polarizing ballot

Controversial first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot

24 new players are up for voting in this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Inductees will be announced Jan. 9, 2013.

  • Updated: 9:57 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Brian McCann hugs nine-year-old Ava Dimino during Saturday's event.

Brian McCann celebrity softball game

  • 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, left, and second baseman Marco Scutaro, right, of Venezuela, smile while standing at the podium during the baseball team's World Series victory celebration at City Hall Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in San Francisco. Sandoval was the World Series MVP and Scutaro was the MVP of the National League Championship Series. The team's second championship in three years included a parade along Market Street and ended with a celebration in front of City Hall. (AP Photo/Marcio J. Sanchez)

Giants celebrate World Series victory in SF

Tens of thousands of people decked out in the team's holiday-appropriate orange and black stood 30 deep behind barriers, climbed trees, camped out overnight and mounted rooftops for a chance to see their favorite players wave from convertibles and get serenaded by Tony Bennett singing "I Left My Heart in ...

  • 7:06 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012
Hamilton had a sub-par year but managed 43 homers, while batting .285 with 162 strikeouts. He hit .304, 161 homers over a six-year career. Hamilton made $13.75 million this season.

Baseball free agents

Take a look at the top names who could possibly be free agents this offseason.

  • Updated: 1:47 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012
The leadoff hitter batted .274 with 171 hits in 624 at-bats. After leading the league in stolen bases from 2009 to 2011, he had just 42in 2012. The 29-year-old made $6.845 million.

Braves' potential free agents

Braves free agents for 2012 season.

  • Updated: 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012
Atlanta Braves' Chipper Jones acknowledges cheering fans at Turner Field.

Chipper Jones’ career by the moments

On the eve of his retirement, Chipper Jones discussed some of the “best of” moments his career, from his most embarrassing moment to his proudest: Pitcher you loved to face: “Shane Reynolds. He was a hunting buddy of mine and I think I got the most homers off him of ...

  • 5:00 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012
Atlanta Braves Chipper Jones acknowledges cheering fans walking off the field with a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals to complete a three-game sweep at Turner Field in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012.

Braves conclude series with Nats

Braves veteran Chipper Jones acknowledged cheering fans following Sunday's 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.

  • 9:03 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012
Here are some more of the photos and artifacts visitors to the Atlanta Braves Ivan Allen Jr. Museum and Hall of Fame will get to see.

A familiar feeling is starting to creep in regarding the Braves

17 years have passed since the picture with this blog was taken, as the Braves celebrated their 1995 World Series championship.  But the wounds from the most recent late-season failures are much more fresh in the minds of Braves fans.  And after Wednesday's 8-2 loss (to a Padres team 10 ...

  • 11:02 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon, a former Cy Young Award winner, was suspended for 50 games on Aug. 22, after testing positive for testosterone. Colon joined San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera on the suspended list for the rest of the regular season. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Jose Luis Villegas)

Baseball players linked to performance drugs

Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera is the latest MLB player to be suspended for a positive drug test.

  • Updated: 4:53 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
Atlanta Hawks Al Horford comes up with the steal against the Washington Wizzards during 1st half action at Philips Arena in Atlanta on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

Is this the end of the line for these Hawks?

When the Hawks walked off the parquet floor at Boston's TD Garden on Thursday night, many of them had to wonder if this was the end for this core group.    Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, Al Horford and Zaza Pachulia have been together on this team for five ...

  • 10:20 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012
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