Rome Braves

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Rome Braves Founded in 2003 Rome, Georgia
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-Level
Class A (2003–present)
Minor League affiliations
South Atlantic League (2003–present) Southern Division
Major League affiliations
Atlanta Braves (2003–present)
Name
Rome Braves (2003–present)
Ballpark
State Mutual Stadium (2003–present)
Minor League titles
League titles	2003
Division titles	2003
Owner(s)/Operated by: Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.
Manager: Randy Ingle
General Manager: Michael Dunn

The Rome Braves are a Class-A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Home games are played at State Mutual Stadium, which was built entirely from a SPLOST tax before State Mutual paid for the naming rights, opened April 11, 2003 and seats 5,105. In addition to three levels of regular seating, the stadium also features a lawn seating area known as "Applebee's Home Run Hill." There are also 14 suites for VIP fans.

Contents 1 Team management 2 Team mascots 3 Records 3.1 Season Records[1] 4 Notable former players 5 Current Roster 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Team management

Randy Ingle was appointed manager of the team in 2006, replacing Rocket Wheeler, who moved to the other Class-A farm team for the Atlanta Braves, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. According to the official Rome Braves Website, 2008 marks Ingles' 30th year with the Braves organization.

As the team's general manager, Michael Dunn is in charge of the front office staff, while Jim Jones is the assistant general manager.

[edit] Team mascots

The Rome Braves have two mascots, Romey and Roxie. Romey is a tall (six-foot-three-inch), blue, furry humanoid male mascot with yellow hair, while Roxie, who was added to the team after the 2005 season, is five-feet-five-inches tall, humanoid, a lighter blue, and has a large yellow ponytail.

[edit] Records

[edit] Season Records^[1]

Season	First Half Record	Second Half Record	Overall Record
2003	36-33, 4th place South	42-28, 1st place South	78-61, 2nd place South
2004	40-30, 3rd place South	30-40, 7th place South	70-70, 3rd place South
2005	39-29, 3rd place South	33-36, 6th place South	72-65, 4th place South
2006	42-28, 1st place South	29-40, 6th place South	71-68, 5th place South
2007	29-41, 7th place South	37-33, 6th place South	66-74, 6th place South

[edit] Notable former players

• Blaine Boyer^[2]
• Yunel Escobar^[3]
• Julio Franco (Played 4 games for the team in 2007^[4]
• Jeff Francoeur^[5]
• Chipper Jones (Played 1 game for the team in 2004^[6] and 3 games in 2005^[7])
• Kelly Johnson (Played 5 games for the team in 2006^[8])
• Brian Jordan (Played 1 game for the team in 2006^[9])
• Kyle Davies^[10]
• Brian McCann^[11]
• John Smoltz (Played 2 games for the team in 2008)^[12]
• Jo-Jo Reyes^[13]
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia^[14]
• Martín Prado^[15]
• Chuck James^[16]

[edit] Current Roster

Rome Braves roster v • d • e
Players				Coaching staff
Pitchers 32 Eric Barrett 37 Michael Broadway 45 Yelier Castro 34 Cole Rohrbough 22 Steven Evarts† 46 Cory Gearrin 11 Jeff Locke 57 Jose Ortegano 15 Edgar Osuna 40 Tommy Palica 08 Benino Pruenda 23 Chad Rodgers 39 Casey Beck † disabled list ‡ temporary inactive list Roster updated May 23, 2008		Catchers 27 Benji Johnson 07 Javier Dominguez Infielders 10 Adam Coe 14 Michael Fisher 16 Freddy Freeman 25 Randy Gress 02 Cole Miles 43 John Gilmore† 19 Stephen Shults Outfielders 24 Jason Heyward 18 Cody Johnson 31 David Berres 28 C.J. Lee		Manager 12 Randy Ingle Coaches 36 Jim Czajkowski (Coach) 01 Bobby Moore (Coach) 13 Billy Nicholson (Coach) -- Chas Miller (Trainer) -- Matt Saitz (S/C)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/leaguelist.cgi?lid=SAL
2. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2003&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
3. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2005&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
4. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2007&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
5. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2003&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
6. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2004&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
7. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2005&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
8. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2006&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
9. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2006&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
10. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2003&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
11. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2003&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
12. ^ http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news906559.html
13. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2006&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
14. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2004&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
15. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2004&lid=SAL&tid=ROM
16. ^ http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2004&lid=SAL&tid=ROM

[edit] External links

• Official Rome Braves website

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