Brian Snitker led the Atlanta Braves to Citizens Bank Park for opening day, but his family stayed home.
Two weeks after Snitker told Atlanta radio station WZGC that the atmosphere in Philadelphia during the playoffs last season was “rough ... to the point where it was concerning,” the Braves manager spared his family for the season opener Friday.
”My wife’s babysitting and the grandkids are in school,” Snitker said before the game. “They wouldn’t be anywhere, honestly, other than home.”
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