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ATLANTA — By 3 a.m. on Jan. 11, Jeff Dantzler fully appreciated how much winning the national championship meant to University of Georgia fans.

Apologies in advance. The most-lamented loss in Atlanta annals if not the history of humankind is about to be invoked. Maybe, probably, it says something about me that, after an astonishing weekend of playoff football – every game decided at 0:00 or later – I flashed back to the night…

ATLANTA — It being January, this would be a fine time to assess offseason additions made by the 2021 world champion Braves. Here goes: In November, they acquired reliever Kirby Yates and catcher Manny Pina. That's about it.

At some point, MLB's lockout will end. Expect a flurry of moves in the days after that happens as teams ready for opening day.