Braves
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
With a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on October 2nd, Turner Field closed its gates on an Atlanta Braves’ season for the final time.
The Ted, as it is affectionately known, opened up with a 1-run win for Atlanta as well, coming against the Cubs in 1997. It hasn’t seen much in the way of postseason success in between, and in fact most of the teams celebrating clinching wins there have been visitors.
Braves Tough Season
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Can a season be considered a success if the team finishes last in its division? How do you judge a year that was set up to be a failure in terms of win-loss record?
These are the kinds of questions Braves fans will ask as the season winds down and the baseball world looks towards the offseason and towards 2017.
The Tebow Bus
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Tim Tebow announcing his intent to play Major League Baseball seemed like a joke at first. Then actual Major League Baseball teams went along with it. Almost all of them showed up to watch him display his talents.
Then one actually signed him. Tim Tebow is now a professional baseball player. It still seems like kind of a joke.
