The Braves, who started the season 41 but lost three consecutive games to the Reds at home to fall to .500, had a new coach in Bruce Sutter.
Howard Bruce Sutter (/sutr/; born January 8, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1976 and 1988. He returned to limited action with the Braves in 1988. In late May, Sutter earned saves on consecutive nights and sportswriter Jerome Holtzman characterized his pitching as "vintage Sutter." By March 1989, Sutter was dealing with a severely torn rotator cuff and he admitted that he would be unlikely to return to baseball. The Braves released him that November. It's the voters, it's in the voters' hands. Chad played one season in the minor leagues and later joined the coaching staff of the Tulane baseball team. 
