The “Baby Braves” are all grown up now, raising babies of their own. They’re in their 30s, with wives and families, and in some cases, careers outside the game. The handful who are still playing are grizzled veterans, mentoring the younger players.
Ultimately, the band of 18 rookies who helped the Braves win the last of their 14 consecutive division titles will be remembered more for the sum of their efforts than any individual outcomes. And maybe that’s fitting, since that’s how they came into the majors in 2005.
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“We were all living out the thing we’d dreamed about since we were kids, and we were all experiencing it together,” said Brian McCann, one of five Baby Braves from metro Atlanta who got to play alongside their boyhood heroes.
It was a close group, and many of them remain close. When their careers took them to other teams, leagues and countries, they kept tabs.
