Joe Whitfield is the sports editor for the Albany Herald. He graduated from the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He is an avid Georgia Bulldog fan and passionate about local sports in Albany. He has two daughters and seven grandchildren.
As the Atlanta Braves prepare to host the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday for the second contest of a three-game series, it appears that their slugging first baseman Matt Olson is returning to form.
If scheduling tough opponents is the best way to prepare for a championship run, Lee County, Worth County and Crisp County should be among the most battle-tested teams in Georgia by the time November arrives.
Georgia Tech has spent three months building one of the most explosive offenses in college baseball and compiling the best 60-game start in school history.