2012 Atlanta Braves MLB Preview
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ATLANTA BRAVES INFORMATION:
Founded: 1871 (in Atlanta since 1966)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Stadium: Turner Field
Conference: National League
Division: East Division
Rivals: New York Mets, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals
Notable Players: Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavin, John Smoltz
Atlanta Braves World Series Title: 3, last World Series title: 1995
Atlanta Braves NL Championships: 9, last NL Championship appearance: 1999
The Atlanta Braves are one of the five teams that make up the National League East division of Major League Baseball, along with the Florida Marlins, New York Mets , Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals. The Braves have been playing in Atlanta’s Turner Field since 1997, when they moved there from the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, where they had been playing since their move from Milwaukee in 1966.
The Braves are one of the few teams whose franchise has played in three different cities, and win a World Series title for each! The team started out in Boston in 1871 and moved to Wisconsin in 1953. They moved to Atlanta in 1966 and were bought up by current owner Ted Turner in 1976 to keep them on his TV station, TBS. It was this move that made the Braves “America’s Team,” as its games were broadcast nation-wide. Until last season when TBS began to show other MLB games, images of the Tomhawk Chop, the fan’s team rallying cry, were part of the television landscape.
That’s just part of the fun of going to a game at Turner Field in Atlanta. The Ted, as it’s known, was originally built for the 1996 Olympic Games, but then converted into the stadium where the Braves now play. It has one of the largest high-definition scoreboard screens in the world, but has since been eclipsed by ones in Yankee Stadium, Kauffman Stadium and the University of Texas’ Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
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Atlanta Braves Ticket Information:
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