ATLANTA -- Manager Fredi Gonzalez, pitching coach Roger McDowell and first-base coach Terry Pendleton were among the members of the Braves organization who welcomed 40 military families to Midtown Bowl on Saturday to express their appreciation for what these men and women provide the United States.
"This is our sixth year doing this, and it's always one of the days you look forward to every year," Gonzalez said. "This is fun. Our country's service men and women sacrifice a lot for us overseas -- and when they do so, they sacrifice time away from their families. So it's fun to watch them, their kids and their grandkids do a little bowling.