HOUSTON – If you thought the batter’s box during an Atlanta Braves game is a busy place, you should know their dugout is an apiary. Players constantly buzz about in clusters, all in usually successful attempts to break the code of the opposing pitcher, if not the pitcher himself.
“A lot of us came from different places: trades, free agents, whatever,” said catcher Travis d’Arnaud, who signed as a free agent last November. “So I think individually we all are naturally aggressive hitters. But a couple of things happen when you put us together. First, we are well prepared going into a game knowing what to expect from a pitcher.