Zach Willhite

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

The #Braves today reinstated INF Ha-Seong Kim and C Sean Murphy from the injured list and designated INF Jorge Mateo for assignment. The club also optioned RHP James Karinchak and RHP JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. OF Lane Thomas, RHP Tyler Mahle and LHP Brent Suter were all reported to Atlanta.

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

The #Braves today acquired RHP Tyler Uberstine from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for OF Eli White, and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett.

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Thank you, Eli!

[TreVeyon Henderson @TreVeyonH4]

I’ve heard the saying that “God gives his toughest battles to his toughest soldiers.” But when I see the disciples that Jesus chose and suffered for His name sake, I don’t see Him choosing the “toughest soldiers”, as I learn about men and women in the past and even today who have laid down their lives for Jesus, once again I don’t see God choosing His “toughest soldiers.” But I see a strong and mighty God choosing weak men and woman, and empowering them by His Holy Spirit to face some of the toughest battles and be used for His glory.

I once thought I was a “tough soldier” until I met Jesus, I then realized that I’m so weak without Him, and apart from Jesus I can’t do anything. I need Jesus daily. The only way that I can truly become who God wants me to be and truly do what God wants me to do, is not by my power not by my might, but only by The Spirit of The Living God. Thank you Jesus.

[MLB @MLB]

Your AL and NL Pitchers of the Month for July:

Dylan Cease: 36 IP, 46 Ks, 1.00 ERA, 0.72 WHIP
Chris Sale: 27 IP, 34 Ks, 2.00 ERA, 0.81 WHIP

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Freddie Freeman says he congratulates opposing hitters at first base

“If you get a hit, I’m saying, ‘Nice hit.’ You know how hard it is to get a hit in the big leagues?”

“I appreciate it. I tell every guy, ‘Nice swing,’ or, ‘Way to swing it.’”

“I know my pitchers probably wouldn’t like that.”

“We’re playing a game. It’s a kids’ game.”

“Sometimes you just forget when you’re going through the grind of the season.”

“My favorite is when it’s a big-league debut… And that guy gets his first hit. To be able to say, ‘Congratulations.’ You worked so hard your whole life to get there.”

“Sooner rather than later, I’m going to be retired, too. I just like to have fun with all the guys. I know we’re competing against each other… But you guys know it’s a brotherhood.”

“When you get to play this game for as long as we’ve got to… You’ve just got to enjoy the little moments.”

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Cy Sale 👏👏

[Jason Romano @JasonRomano]

"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
- Galatians 1:10

[Kevin Keneely @KevinKeneely1]

MATT OLSON HAS 175 HOME RUNS AND 500 RBI WITHIN HIS FIRST FIVE YEARS WITH THE BRAVES‼️😤

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A reporter recently asked Jay Leno whether he had considered getting a girlfriend.

His wife, Mavis, has advanced dementia.

Jay looked genuinely confused.

“I already have one,” he replied. “I’m married.”

He later explained that people make vows when they marry, yet somehow seem surprised when someone actually keeps them.

Jay and Mavis Leno have been married since 1980. They met four years earlier at a Los Angeles comedy club, where he was performing and she was in the audience.

Jay became one of America’s most recognizable entertainers, hosting The Tonight Show for decades and building a famous collection of automobiles.

Mavis chose another kind of public life.

From 1997 to 2019, she chaired the Feminist Majority Foundation’s campaign against gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Long before most Americans understood what Taliban rule meant for women, Mavis was speaking publicly about girls banned from school, women barred from work, and entire lives erased from society.

She traveled, lobbied government officials, and spent years demanding that the world pay attention.

Today, an award for global women’s rights carries her name.

Then, slowly, the woman who had fought so fiercely for women the world ignored began losing pieces of her own memory.

In 2024, Jay sought legal conservatorship over her estate because her condition had progressed to the point where she could no longer manage important decisions herself.

The hardest part, he said, was not paperwork or public attention.

It was the mornings.

For nearly three years, Mavis would sometimes wake believing she had just learned that her mother had died.

Not remembering the loss as something from long ago.

Experiencing it as new.

She would cry.

Jay would sit beside her, comfort her, and help her through the grief.

Then the next morning, it might happen again.

Today, his life looks quieter than people might expect.

He still performs and spends time with his cars, but he rarely stays away overnight. He returns home, cooks dinner, and watches television with Mavis.

They enjoy animal documentaries and travel videos, visiting distant places through the screen when real travel has become difficult.

Sometimes she cannot walk through the house alone.

Jay lifts her into his arms.

As he carries her, he sways gently as though they are dancing.

He calls it “Jay and Mavis at the prom.”

She laughs.

She still recognizes him.

She smiles when he enters the room.

She tells him she loves him.

And when she sees something unfair on television, she still reacts with the same anger that once fueled decades of activism.

That part of her remains.

People often approach Jay and tell him how sorry they are.

He does not fully understand the sympathy.

Mavis is not in physical pain, he explains. She becomes confused, and sometimes frightened, and he is there when that happens.

He does not describe it as a burden.

He describes it as being needed.

The woman who spent years insisting that society must not abandon vulnerable women now needs someone beside her each evening.

The man she married is still there.

Not because the situation is easy.

Not because he expected this version of their future.

But because a promise made decades ago still means what it meant then.

For better or worse.

In sickness and in health.

Jay Leno does not consider his devotion extraordinary.

To him, it is simply marriage.

[Kansas City Royals @Royals]

Wishing Lane the best in Atlanta!

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah” (Psalm 46:1-3)

[Grant McAuley @grantmcauley]

Carter Beck, the #Braves second selection in the 2026 draft set to debut with Low-A Augusta.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

most home runs in first five seasons with the Braves:

Eddie Mathews: 190
Matt Olson: 177
Henry Aaron: 140
Bob Horner: 138
Wally Berger: 135

h/t @EliasSports

[Jason Romano @JasonRomano]

"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.” - 1 Peter 4:10

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

A Martín masterpiece 🫡

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:25) #Alaska

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

"It’s my job to steward this football career and this football journey — which means that I need to give great effort, I need to prepare well, I need to lead well. … The first thing to do in being a steward is to surrender."

— Raiders QB Kirk Cousins https://t.co/OcvKQSYvGU

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

Matt Olson explains why he has closed off the front foot in his stance a bit more over the years 🔊

#MLBCentral

[MLB @MLB]

Martín Pérez allows only 1 hit in a masterful performance against the Nationals 🤩