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Old 05-08-2017, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN, Cincinnati, OH
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Atlanta has never a big baseball town, more room for me and easier to get tickets since I have yet to visit the new park.

 
Old 05-08-2017, 12:36 PM
 
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Atlanta has never a big baseball town, more room for me and easier to get tickets since I have yet to visit the new park.
Not true. The Braves were in the top 3 most popular team in the country from 1991 until they announced the move out of the city in 2013. Much of the 90s they spent as the #1 most popular team in the country.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...-mlb-team.html
 
Old 05-08-2017, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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They were long very popular regionally and nationally (due to their success and due to TBS, and due to there being no other baseball teams in the South), but it's true that Atlanta itself and this metro is a bad sports city. Because of the transplants, non-close-knit community, etc. Just the nature of Atlanta, as opposed to Boston or whatever.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 12:42 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN, Cincinnati, OH
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Not true. The Braves were in the top 3 most popular team in the country from 1991 until they announced the move out of the city in 2013. Much of the 90s they spent as the #1 most popular team in the country.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...-mlb-team.html
They could not even sell out playoff games come on man.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN, Cincinnati, OH
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They were long very popular regionally and nationally (due to their success and due to TBS, and due to there being no other baseball teams in the South), but it's true that Atlanta itself and this metro is a bad sports city. Because of the transplants, non-close-knit community, etc. Just the nature of Atlanta, as opposed to Boston or whatever.
South will always be college football 24/7/365 and then every other sport has a nice following. Personally I like that the Braves games do not sell out, I like a laid back atmosphere that you cannot get in Chicago or Boston.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 04:15 PM
 
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They suck, Bigly!!! But they're not that bad. To win just 50 games in an MLB season is like epic levels of trash.
Only a handful of teams have even reached that low mark in the modern era. This team is awful though, it's hilarious seeing all the pleas copped and excuses given to team management on the bad moves they've made and continue to still make. Like why in the world Snitker is the skipper when you have a coach on staff with experience in successfully rebuilding and taking teams to the WS in Ron Washington. And why in the world is Dansby Swanson playing SS? He can't field a ground ball correctly to save his life!!!! He already can't hit, but usually SS aren't the best offensively, so I'd be cool with it if he at least had some defensive prowess. Smh. This team is hot garbage and no one wants to admit they made a mistake from the top to the bottom.
Swanson has been a huge disappointment, but he can't hit off-speed pitches and that has been mentioned by a couple sports websites as the reason he is struggling at the plate. And yes his defense is terrible. Basically you have Freeman and a passes his prime Kemp, who is so far holding his own. After that there is not much. But it's really the pitching that is the more longterm issue. Really sad to think the Braves built a legacy in the 90's on great pitching, and now they can't seem to find a half decent prospect to save their lives. Even Tehran, their ace, is starting to get hit hard more times than not. The team really needs a spark to get the fanbase excited again. Maybe a big trade or huge draft can do it. I dunno.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Not true. The Braves were in the top 3 most popular team in the country from 1991 until they announced the move out of the city in 2013. Much of the 90s they spent as the #1 most popular team in the country.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...-mlb-team.html
In the 90s they were winning the division year after year and being broadcast nationally.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 05:34 PM
 
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In the 90s they were winning the division year after year and being broadcast nationally.
Yep. They had much better leadership then.

Ted Turner: ‘I wouldn’t have moved the Braves to Cobb County’
 
Old 05-08-2017, 06:22 PM
 
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Having the national broadcasts on TBS until '07 was huge for their popularity. Pretty amazing they managed to be one of America's favorite teams but couldn't sell out all their playoff games!

LOL at Ted Turner being a little hurt that the stadium named after him is being torn down. You don't say? It is indeed too bad they didn't find a spot downtown, but man chill out with the trying too hard to hate on them stuff. And do you really think 3mm fans was their real goal? C'mon, that's marketing posturing for the media and fans.
 
Old 05-08-2017, 07:10 PM
 
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And do you really think 3mm fans was their real goal? C'mon, that's marketing posturing for the media and fans.
I mean, they had over 3 Million their first four years at Turner. Of course, they had an owner that was investing in the team too, not just milking it for tax credits.
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