ATLANTA (AP) -- President of baseball operations John Hart is staying on the rebuilding course he set for the Atlanta Braves last winter.
''We didn't say during the offseason that we had put together a team that was going to run for the roses,'' Hart told The Associated Press on Thursday. ''We wanted to be competitive. We wanted to play the game the right way, but we also weren't going to forsake young talent for a quick fix.''
After sweeping the New York Mets and pulling within two games of the NL East lead on June 21, Atlanta has dropped a season-high seven games behind the division-leading Washington Nationals.