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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves cut infielder Charlie Culberson hours before his dad was set to throw the ceremonial first pitch to him for Father’s Day.
Culberson, a 34-year-old from Rome, Georgia, was designated for assignment before Sunday’s game at Truist Park against Colorado. He was brought up from Triple-A Gwinnett on May 19 but had not appeared in any games since his promotion.
His father, Charles Culberson, played in the minor leagues in the 1980s.
![The Atlanta Braves' Charlie Culberson was designated for assignment hours before his father was set to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Father's Day,](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6490895a1f00002e0007e492.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale)
After the Braves released the younger Culberson, the father of Braves outfielder Michael Harris II threw out the first pitch at Truist Park. Harris went 5 for 5 and scored three times for Atlanta in the 14-6 win.
Culberson made his big league debut in 2012 with San Francisco. He is a .248 hitter with 30 homers and 145 RBIs in 589 games.
He also played for Atlanta for parts of three seasons from 2018-2020, hitting a career-high 12 homers in 2018.
Catcher Chadwick Tromp was recalled from Gwinnett. He is 2 for 16 in six games with the Braves this year.
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