(Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) My kitchen and den-turned-makeshift-office overflow with albums and CDs this time each year during what’s become an arduous one-man task of sorting through a couple hundred records purchased in the past year, playing a majority of them once or twice more – on my kitchen CD player or den turntable — then determining which...

Yes, the Royals have denied the Braves permission to interview Dayton Moore about their general manager job, but that doesn’t mean the door is closed on any chance of Moore returning to run baseball operations in the city where he began his front-office career. A person familiar with the situation confirmed a report by ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick that...

Several agents, opposing general managers, Braves employees and others around baseball – almost all declining to be named – have made statements or confirmed stories lambasting former Braves general manager John Coppolella and impugning his character since his forced resignation Oct. 2 amid a still-ongoing Major League Baseball investigation into alleged...

  Prepare for more Braves upheaval: Bench coach Terry Pendleton and first-base coach Eddie Perez will be dropped from the coaching staff and former Rockies manager – and ex-Braves shortstop — Walt Weiss is the likely replacement for Pendleton as bench coach, from what I’ve been told by more than one person familiar with the situation. Pendleton...

We watch the splendid drama of postseason baseball unfold each day, all the while as Braves front-office intrigue continues behind closed doors. Then-Braves GM John Coppolella (left) and president of baseball operations John Hart chatted with veteran catcher Kurt Suzuki at spring training. Hart is now serving as GM until a permanent replacement is...

Do you realize it’s been 16 years since the Braves won a postseason series? That means they’ve gone longer without a postseason series win than the Braves’ unprecedented run of 14 consecutive division titles lasted over 15 completed seasons during 1991-2005. Think about that. John Coppolella (left) was forced to resign as Braves general manager last...