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Arena :
Turner Field
Championships : 1914, 1957, 1995
Headcoach : Bobby Cox
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Background - Atlanta Braves
The Braves changed names six times before settling on the nickname. Tickets could be purchased for the Red Stockings, the Beaneaters, the Doves, and even the Bees before the Braves stuck permanently. The team also moved around from Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta. The move from Milwaukee to Atlanta brought famed gentleman power hitter Hank Aaron to the South. The African-American hitter set the nation on fire as his chase of Babe Ruth's beloved record brought death threats and divided the country along racial and nostalgic lines.
Post Aaron, the Atlanta Braves struggled, being America' joke long before transforming into America's team. Atlanta slowly built a franchise with strong pitching and with strong leadership with Bobby Cox as manager. John Smoltz, Steve Avery, and Tom Glavine turned Braves tickets from just an excuse to enjoy a summer night to a real chance to watch a World Series contender. The Braves went on to win 14 division titles in 15 years, win five National League Pennants, and one World Series from 1991 to 2005.
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2009 Midseason Update
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 The Atlanta Braves took a chance over the winter and decided to obtain to expensive starting pitchers instead of diving head first into rebuilding. The addition of Derek Lowe and Javier Vazquez has saved fans with Braves tickets to Turner Field the pain of having to watch ugly, uncompetitive baseball, but it has hardly saved the team from missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
Any fault for the season record, currently a couple games below .500 cannot fall on the starting rotation. Lowe was added to the staff to be the ace, but has failed to pitch that well. He has been good with an ERA around 4.00. Vazquez has been great as a strikeout machine able to keep his ERA a little above 3.00. Jair Jurrjens has secured his role as the ace of the future with an incredibly low 2.89 ERA. Tommy Hanson has just a few starts in the majors, but already has shown incredible control and has been able to keep his ERA around 3.00.
The Braves may have a team with a top tier ERA, WHIP, and number of quality starts, but they seem to have some trouble in the bullpen. With a mere 14 saves the Atlanta Braves are second to last in the National League. There is no clear closer. Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano have split the duties. Still they are good relief pitchers, as is Jeff Bennett and Peter Moylan. Despite a number of quality relief pitchers the Braves are only completing 64 percent of their save opportunities. This number is good for the eighth spot in the league, but Braves tickets will not be playoff tickets if the bullpen is not near perfect thanks to a mediocre offense.
Yes, the real problem with the Braves is that they do not have the bats to compete with the likes of the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, and Florida Marlins, leaving them in fourth place in the division. The team is ranked 10th in batting, 11th in run production, 14th in slugging percentage, and last in stolen bases in the National League.
The best hitter on the team is catcher Brian McCann, who has a very impressive .328 average. Shortstop Yunel Escobar and third baseman Chipper Jones have been solid hitters and Nate McLouth is adjusting after arriving from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not a single player has more than eight home runs in a Braves uniform and most of the batting lineup struggle at the plate. If the team wants to make a move and wants to make Braves tickets part of the divisional race as the rest of the schedule wears on, then these players have to find some way to drive in more runs. McLouth will help once he adjusts and Garret Anderson could heat up and add a little power, but the whole team needs to figure out how to stop wasting the great pitching performances from the starters.
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