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News and notes for the Braves and the rest of Major League Baseball from Saturday. Saturday was the unfortunate one-year anniversary of Braves and MLB legend Hank Aaron’s passing. MLB.com put together a touching tribute with a variety of articles that are well worth your time. Hank Aaron’s most memorable moments 13 stats that show Hank Aaron’s significance Timeline of Hammerin’ Hank’s legendary career The thing that stopped Aaron-Mays OF? $50 More Braves News New Mets manager Buck Showalter managed former Braves and Falcons great Deion Sanders while he was in Double-A. He recently told MLB.com’s Mike Lupica that Sanders “could have been as good as he wanted to be” when asked about the what would have happened had Sanders just focused on Baseball. “How good could Deion have been if he had only played baseball?” I said. “That good,” Buck said. There was a pause at his end of the call, and then he said, “He could have been as good as he wanted to be. He is one of the best prospects I had. Ever.” Our friends over at Over the Monster took a look back at Steve Avery who signed a free agent deal with Boston 25 years ago. Avery was a breakout sensation for the Braves and won 18 games twice in his first four full seasons before he was slowed by injury. Avery became a free agent after the 1996 season and agreed to a one-year $4.85 million deal with the Red Sox that also included an option for 1998. He spent two seasons in Boston logging 220 1/3 innings pitched with a 5.64 ERA. MLB News When the lockout finally ends, the Baltimore Orioles are reportedly considering bringing 2020 first round pick Heston Kjerstad to Spring Training with the big league club. Kjerstad was the second overall selection in the 2020 draft but was soon diagnosed with a myocarditis and has yet to appear in a game. New Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes was approached multiple times by teams seeking interviews over the last few years but turned down those opportunities to remain in Los Angeles.

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Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports It’s 49ers-Packers and Bengals-Titans today. The Wild Card round is behind us, which is good because most of those games were blowouts. The wild finishes in Bengals-Raiders and Cowboys-49ers obscured largely ugly games, while every other result was extremely lopsided. While that was entertaining as hell in some ways, I’m hoping for closer games this weekend. We kick things off today with Bengals-Titans in a little bit. The Bengals are one of the league’s most exciting teams right now and an easy team to root for, given their young and gifted offense and the fact that they just picked up their first playoff win in 30 years. The Titans won’t make it easy, though, as despite missing Derrick Henry and Julio Jones for large chunks of the season, they still emerged as the AFC’s #1 seed and remain one of the most dangerous teams in football. I’ll be rooting for Cincinnati, but I am interested to see how Tennessee fares. The late game pits the 49ers against the Packers. San Francisco was good enough to beat Dallas but also had some significant help from absolutely boneheaded playcalling and execution from the Cowboys, and they’re unlikely to get that against Green Bay. The Packers likely win unless the 49ers get an extremely clean, quality performance, which we’ll have to see to believe. Who are you rooting for today? Use this as your open thread for the games ahead!