The Hometown Take with Dylan Mathews

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they picked up 3-1 win over the Yankees on Sunday, taking the series 2-1 having won eight of their last 10 games and making it their third consecutive series win. Dylan notes that Jarred Kelenic, who has been moved into the leadoff spot, appears to be the offensive spark the Braves need as he has batted .324 with three homeruns and six RBI since mov...

Dylan opens up the show with some Hawks news as it has been reported that they are hiring 49ers head of player health and performance, Ben Peterson as their new VP pf Player Health and Performance. Then in Braves talk, Dylan previews their series with the Yankees which begins tonight and while he believes the matchup should be entertaining, he believes that it is even more important for the Braves...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they picked up a 7-0 win over the Tigers on Wednesday to sweep the series and ending their six game home stand at 5-1. Dylan praises the offense of the Braves as they averaged 5.1 runs per game in the home stand as it appears that their struggles at the plate at starting come to an end and they are getting some consistency on offense.

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk who kicked off their three game series with the Tigers with a 2-1 win for their fourth win in five games. And while the Braves bats were not as hot as they had been during their series with the Rays, Dylan notes the solid pitching from Max Fried and the bullpen were key in the victory and it was good to see the Braves find a way to get the win.  

Dylan opens up the show with Braves talk as they closed out their weekend series with the Rays on Sunday and while they dropped Sunday’s games 8-6, they won the series thanks to Friday’s 7-3 win and Saturday’s 9-2 win. With the Braves bats coming alive in the series, they had a combined nine homeruns, with Austin Riley hitting a homerun in each of the games against the Rays. Dylan notes that it wa...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they ended their five game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Orioles. And While it was good to see Atlanta pick up the win, Dylan believes that they have to get some consistency going and take advantage of the “struggling” Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Lions as they host both teams at home in their next two series. He then reacts to the penalty tha...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they fall to the Orioles 4-2, extending their losing streak to five in a row, which is the first time they lost five in a row since 2017. Dylan notes that frustration lies in the fact that the Braves are not really giving up a lot of runs in these losses, however they are just not producing offensively the way they did last season.

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk and reacts to comments from media day following day two of mandatory minicamp as Raheem Morris, Terry Fontenot, AJ Terrell, and Grady Jarrett spoke to the media and Andy and Randy and Dukes and Bell.

Dylan opens up the show with some college baseball talk as Georgia falls to NC State 8-5 in their super regional matchup. Dylan describes the atmosphere as great as the Dawgs got off to an early 2-0 lead after a Tre Phelps 2 run home run. However, Dylan notes that NC state continuously had answers for Georgia as they were able to go on and pick up the win to advance to Omaha.

Dylan opens up the show with some talk on the Braves and their offensive struggles as they come off an 8-5 loss to the Nationals on Sunday after getting out to a 2-0 lead and losing the series to Washington 3-1. Sunday’s loss also featured the season debut for Braves’ pitcher Hurston Waldrep, who unfortunately had a rough outing allowing 7 runs 4 hits and only struck 1 through 3.2 innings pitched....

Dylan opens the show with some Braves talk as they picked up a 5-2 win over the Nationals after they trailed 2-0 in the sixth inning. The Braves come from behind win featured two-run home runs by both Adam Duvall and Marcell Ozuna and a decent night from Reynaldo Lopez who finished allowing six hits, including back to back home runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, while striking out seven batte...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as he reacts to comments from defensive coordinator, Jerry Gray, who talked about the importance of the Falcons having to have a pass rush and offensive coordinator, Zac Robinson, who discussed what it is like for players like Drake London to have to learn an entirely new offensive scheme and how to use a player like Bijan Robinson. 

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they picked an 8-3 win over the Red sox on Tuesday in a game that Max Fried had another spectacular outing on the mound as he struck out 13 batters through seven innings pitched. Dylan adds that the offense of the Braves was the offense that “we have been wanting to see” as Ozzie Albies would go 2-4 including a three run homerun, and may be starting...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk and reacts to comments from Bijan Robinson who spoke about how he expects to be used this season and stated that he envisions himself being utilized similar to that of Christian McCaffrey, which Dylan believes he is the type of player that the Falcons should very well let the second year player “be that great running back”. 

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they picked up a 3-1 win over the A’s on Sunday, taking the weekend series with Oakland 2-1 and Dylan notes that while he is not saying the braves are about to get hot and go on a tear, he believes that it was good to see Atlanta put up nine runs in the loss on Saturday and then turn around and get Sunday’s win as they produced seven hits and 26 tot...

Dylan gets into the latest sports news and headlines including Atlanta United picking up a win over Inter Miami

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they picked a 2-0 win over the Nationals as Marcell Ozuna leaves the yard for the 16th time this season and the Braves notch their league leading 9th shutout of the season as Max Fried pitched eight innings, allowing no runs on seven hits while striking out six batters. Dylan notes that the performances of Fried and Chris Sale, while they don’t hide...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as he reacts to the loss of Ronald Acuna Jr. due to a torn left ACL, now placing a Atlanta in the position of having to go the remainder of the season without two of their best players, as they lost pitcher, Spencer Strider, earlier this season. Dylan notes that he now believes there is pressure on Braves President of Baseball Operations, Alex Anthopou...

Atlanta United Radio Network Color Analyst Jason Longshore joins Dylan Mathews to set the stage for the Five Stripes 

Final Hour of the Saturday edition of The HomeTown Take with Dylan Mathews with some Atlanta Sports Headlines, and a Grillin Dylan segment where callers can ask Dylan and question they feel. To close the day, Dylan is joined by Abe Gordon live from Mercedes-Benz Stadium

The HomeTown Take with Dylan Mathews continues and Dylan hits some NFL Headlines and ask a question to the callers of 92.9 the Game. Jason Longshore joins Dylan to preview Atlanta United's upcoming match vs LAFC and to finish the hour, Dylan goes Around the A

Dylan Matthews brings you the HomeTown Take on a Saturday afternoon, and he opens the show by talking some Atlanta Braves and the beat down they took from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Next Dylan gives some thoughts on what the Hawks might do with the #1 pick in the NBA Draft, and to finish the first hour, Dylan recaps what's going on in the NBA Playoffs

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they defeated the Cubs 3-0 on Thursday for their MLB leading eighth shutout as AJ Smith Shawver made his season debut pitching 4.1 innings and allowing just three hits and no runs while striking out four batters. While Dylan believes that no one can be as effective as Spencer Strider was for the Braves, he does believe that Smith Shawver “has the st...

Dylan opens up with some NBA talk as the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves to take a 1-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals, a series that Dylan believes will likely go seven games before a winner is decided. And while Dylan would like to see Minnesota win, he believes that it will be hard to bet against a Mavericks team led by Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic, especially if the games are...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk and reacts to comments from Raheem Morris in which he states that he is not trying to necessarily change the team’s culture, but more so trying to add to it, which Dylan believes is the right mindset for a new head coach to have. Dylan also shares his thoughts on comments from Jessie Bates, who gave high praise of Clark Phillips and believes that hear...