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Atlanta Braves hitter Brian McCann winning his third Silver Slugger award was just one of the highlights from this past week.

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Here's a look at the major stories in the world of the Atlanta Braves for the week ending on November 15th:

  In the Press...

• Brian McCann won his third Sliver Slugger Award.
• The Braves officially named Dave Wallace minor league pitching coordinator. They also named Garey Ingram hitting coach at double-A Mississippi.
• The Braves signed a minor league shortstop as organizational depth.
• After a couple of weeks of talking about it, and a week after it was signed, the Tim Hudson contract extension was officially announced.

At Talking Chop...

• The SBN Awards were released, and Tommy Hanson won the SBN NL Rookie of the Year. Let's see if he can win the real thing this week.
• CB presented the top-10 Braves right-handed starting pitching prospects in two parts, here and here.
• Matt presented the top-10 Braves left-handed starting pitching prospects in two parts, here and here.
• I think the Braves should sign Billy Wagner, simply because his agent is named Bean Stringfellow.
• The bloggers at Talking Chop had round tables on right-handed and left-handed minor league starters.
• Take the Braves out of the running for these free agents.
• The Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence continued to climb.

Notable FanPosts and FanShots...

• royhobbs has a great review of the Brain McCann charity softball game.
• tenesseejed1 shared some pictures of his trip to the AFL.
• mvhsbball has a nice and nostalgic post about "Your first memory of the Atlanta Braves."