The Marlins swept the San Francisco Giants 3 – 0 in the National League Division Series, and then went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4 – 2 in the National League Championship Series, overcoming the loss of Alex Fernandez to a torn rotator cuff, and Kevin Brown to a virus.

The Cubs qualified as the NL Wild Card team, but were swept by the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

The Yankees won the game and swept the Braves to win their 25th World Series Championship.

After an emotionally draining National League Championship series, the Braves were swept by the New York Yankees in four games in the 1999 World Series.

The Marlins swept the Giants in the series and defeated the Atlanta Braves in the 1997 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) to face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.

The Cardinals made the playoffs and swept the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, but they were defeated in five games by the New York Mets in the NLCS.

The Cards swept the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 National League Championship Series, with Andújar starting and winning game three.

His 1969 Braves, skippered by his longtime protege Luman Harris, won the National League Western Division title but, that team was swept by the eventual world champion " Miracle Mets " in the first National League Championship Series ever played.

In the NLDS, the Braves swept Sammy Sosa and the Chicago Cubs.

In the playoffs, which featured a new first round, the Braves overwhelmed the third-year Colorado Rockies, then swept the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS ( spoiling an all-Ohio World Series in the process ; notably, prior to their World Series appearance in 1948, the Indians had spoiled an all-Boston World Series by beating the Red Sox in a one-game playoff ).

This was the second straight year that a Boston team beat a Philadelphia team in the World Series: the Braves had swept the Athletics the year before.

The Athletics had sold off several future Hall-of-Famers like Eddie Plank, Eddie Collins and Frank " Home Run " Baker after being swept by the surprising Boston Braves in the 1914 World Series.

Two years earlier, Hampton had won 22 games and finished second in voting for the Cy Young Award as a member of the Houston Astros, while Neagle had been a 20-game winner in 1997 for the Atlanta Braves and had won fifteen games in 2000.

* Chad Paronto, relief pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros

* Jimmy Wynn, MLB player for the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and the Milwaukee Brewers

* John Joseph Mizerock ( born December 8, 1960 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania ) was a backup catcher for the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

The Padres reached the World Series in 1998 after defeating the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves in the playoffs.

The Houston Astros purchased Niekro's contract from the Braves for $ 35, 000 in 1975.

The 11 titles from 1995-2005 would nonetheless be an MLB record, and the Braves had a-game lead over the Houston Astros for the NL wild card at the time of the season's cancellation.

In 1980, 22 teams ( all but the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals ) took part in a one-year cable deal with UA-Columbia.

When his career ended, in the middle of the 1962 season, he became a coach for Houston ( through 1967 ), then spent eight seasons ( 1968 – 75 ) on the staff of the Atlanta Braves, before moving back to the American League to finish his coaching career with the White Sox ( 1976 ) and Seattle Mariners ( 1977 – 78 ).

As a child, he was on the same little league team as Michael Bourn, who would become a star for the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves won their fifth consecutive National League East Division title and then defeated the Houston Astros in four games in the 1999 National League Division Series.

After a brief road trip to Houston, which saw them sweep the Houston Astros, they returned to Cincinnati and opened Riverfront Stadium against the Atlanta Braves.

Kenneth Gene Caminiti ( April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004 ) was an American third baseman who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Houston Astros ( 1987 – 1994, 1999 – 2000 ), San Diego Padres ( 1995 – 1998 ), Texas Rangers ( 2001 ) and Atlanta Braves ( 2001 ).

He was slowed by injuries during his second tenure in Houston, and after struggling the first half of with the Texas Rangers, he was released and finished his career with the Atlanta Braves, who moved him across the infield in an effort to fulfill their desire for a power-hitting first baseman.

In 2005, the Braves lost to the Houston Astros, with the finale taking eighteen innings to decide in the 2005 NLDS.

Signed by the Atlanta Braves in as an amateur free agent, López made his debut on September 18, 1992 against the Houston Astros.

Previously, he played with the Atlanta Braves ( 1991 – 1992, 2002 – 2003 ), Colorado Rockies ( 1993 – 1999, 2004, 2006 ), Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( 2000 – 2001 ), Houston Astros ( 2001 ), Washington Nationals ( 2005 ), and San Diego Padres ( 2006 ).

He also served as the General Manager for the Orioles, the Houston Colt. 45s and the Atlanta Braves.

The game set the record for longest duration of a postseason game at 5 hours, 49 minutes, a record which was later broken by Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves, which was one minute longer.

* Game 5 was the longest Major League postseason game in history at 5 hours and 49 minutes until Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves which lasted 5 hours and 50 minutes.

Ortiz played for the Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Still, Ortiz and the Braves could not advance past the first round of the playoffs as he was clobbered by Houston for 5 runs in 3 innings as the Astros advanced.

The Astros bought Niekro from the Braves for almost nothing.

The Astros defeated Braves 3-2 in the Division Series, but would lose the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

The Astros won a wild card berth on the final day of the regular season, becoming the first team since the world champion 1914 Boston Braves to qualify for the postseason after being 15 games under. 500.

The Astros won the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, 3-1, with a game four that set postseason records for most innings ( 18 ), most players used by a single team ( 23 ), and longest game time ( 5 hours and 50 minutes ).

A dramatic season end included wins in 10 of their last 12 games, but the Astros missed a playoff appearance when they lost the final game of the season to the Atlanta Braves.

The NLCS game six win was sixteen innings long, the longest playoff game in history until the Braves and Astros went 18 innings in 2005.

On October 9, 2005, Clemens made his first relief appearance since 1984, entering as a pinch hitter in the 15th, then pitching three innings to help the Astros defeat the Atlanta Braves in the longest postseason game in MLB history.

While he has two championship rings with the 1999 – 2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series ( 1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros ), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz ( who were both on the Braves when they lost the ' 91, ' 92, ' 96 and ' 99 World Series ) for the most among active players.

From 1963 through 1974 they were a farm team of the Kansas City ( later Oakland ) A's ; subsequent affiliations included the Brewers ( 1975 – 81 ), the Rangers ( 1982 – 85 ), the Expos ( 1986 – 87 and 1993 – 94 ), the Braves ( 1988 – 90 ), the Astros ( 1991 – 92 ), the Giants ( 1995 – 96 ), the Reds ( 1997 – 98 ), and the White Sox ( 1999 – 2000 ).