A fractured, still-fragile season took another little step back Wednesday, under the heading of: Simulated baseball in July is better than no baseball at all.
Sighted in the afternoon at Truist Park were actual Braves wearing actual game-day stuff playing a form of the sport that had been in quarantine since spring training was quashed by the coronavirus March 12.
“I kind of got excited putting the whole uniform on. I think (the players) felt it to,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said.
Watching his young starters Max Fried and Mike Soroka throw three scoreless innings each didn’t hurt the manager’s outlook either.