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Turner Field was a baseball stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1997 to 2016, it served as the home ballpark to the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics, it was converted into a baseball stadium to serve as the new home ...
Sep 15, 2016 · 1. 1999 NL Championship Series Game 6. Mike Piazza hit a game-tying home run off Smoltz in the seventh and the Braves and Mets traded runs in both the eighth and 10th inning. Andruw Jones drew a bases-loaded walk against Kenny Rogers in the 11th inning to end this series and send Atlanta to its only World Series of the Turner Field era.
Located one mile west of Fenway Park, construction began March 20, 1915 and was completed five months later when the Braves played the St. Louis Cardinals on August 18, 1915. Named after the team, Braves Field was the first ballpark to seat more than 40,000 fans. A single deck of 18,000 covered seats extended around homeplate and down both foul ...
May 14, 2018 · Braves Field was a marvel when it opened in 1915: “the perfect ballpark” ( Boston Globe 1 ); “the world’s largest ballpark ever” (team owner James E. Gaffney); “baseball’s first superstadium” (historian Michael Gershman). It was where Babe Ruth made his first World Series start, and it was his final baseball home nearly 20 years ...
Sep 29, 2016 · As the Braves say goodbye to their home since 1997, we look back at the top 10. 10. Baseball begins: April 4, 1997. The Braves' Denny Neagle threw the first official pitch in Turner Field history just three innings before Michael Tucker smacked the first home run. Atlanta defeated the Cubs, 5-4, in the stadium's first regular-season game.
Oct 24, 2018 · The only noticeable drawback at Braves Field was the old locomotives steaming in and out of the old Boston & Albany rail yard, spewing cinders on the fans and players. Some of the stands were ...
Sep 30, 2016 · The Braves played in just one World Series during the Turner Field era — a four-game sweep at the hands of the Yankees in 1999. But in Game 1, for a fleeting few innings, the Braves and their ...
