Bill Shanks
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Bill Shanks is a sports broadcaster and writer. He is one of the co-hosts of the Braves Wrap-Up Show on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network. Shanks is on with Stu Klitenic after some of the Braves games.
Shanks is a writer and the publisher of The Braves Show.com, which is apart of the scout.com network. His work there is also syndicated on Fox Sports.com. He interviews Braves' players and minor leaguers and provides regular audio podcasts.
Shanks wrote a book called Scout's Honor: The Bravest Way to Build a Winning Team. It is both his answer to Moneyball and the story of how the Braves became the successful organization that they are today. From telling how John Schuerholz rose through the ranks to telling about the tales of individual Braves prospects, from Jeff Francoeur, Brian McCann, Adam LaRoche, John Smoltz, and Adam Wainwright.
He can also be heard regularly giving Braves' reports on radio stations in Macon, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Mobile, Huntsville, Birmingham, and every Thursday morning on WGST in Atlanta.
Shanks is a graduate of the University of Georgia. He was a television sports anchor at stations in Brunswick, Georgia and Macon, Georgia. He also had a sports production company and produced and hosted weekly television shows with the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Atlantic Sun Conference.
