Purchase Atlanta Braves Playoff Tickets at Onlineseats
The fall may not bring the chilled winds or the burning leaves of the northern neighbors, but in Atlanta October still means postseason baseball. The World Series remains the ultimate dream for the baseball fans in Georgia. The pleasant weather is still around, and so is the anticipation for playoff tickets to the fall classic for the summer time game.
Atlanta Braves 2009 Playoffs
The Atlanta Braves have a long history, beginning way back in Boston as the Red Stockings in 1884 and have an equally storied history in the playoffs. The Braves have had early success with a pre-World Series championship and an early sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics in 1914. Playoff tickets were originally far and few between, but the team has had periods of success.
A team of many cities, the Braves have been to the World Series out of Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. The team won with Hank Aaron in 1957 over the Yankees and built occasional contenders before Bobby Cox took over as manager in the ‘90s. The Cox era began a run of National League East division titles and playoff appearances that only a players strike could stop the sale of tickets for. In the 14 years the Braves reigned on top of the East, they only won a single World Series.
That lone championship came in 1995. The roster was still loaded with talent young and old. David Justice and Fred McGriff were members of the old guard and Chipper Jones represented the new talented youth. The Braves still had the incredible pitching rotation that dominated the league for over a decade and made playoff tickets a certainty. Greg Maddux was the ace of the staff and Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz rounded out the rest of the staff of Cy Young contenders.
The National League East came easily as the Braves finished with a 90-54 record with more than 20 games separating them from any other division team. The Rockies were dispatched in four games, and the Reds were swept. The tickets to the World Series pitted the Braves against the Indians. Both teams had begun a domination of their divisions and both teams were searching for a World Series victory to complete their division dynasties.
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In the end the pitching of the Braves was able to keep the dangerous bats of the Indians away. The stifling pitching and the opportune hitting won a series that was much closer than the 4-2 game count reveals. Playoff tickets to that series saw what perhaps was the greatest competition of recent decades. Both teams were highly touted for their pitching and batting and the games, apart from game four, were decided by a single run.
Braves tickets to the playoffs this year will be decided by the hitting of Chipper Jones and Brian McCann and the pitching of Tim Hudson and Jair Jurrjens. Jones has been an offensive force, at one time flirting with .400 and McCann continues to be one of the best offensive catchers in either league. Hudson has remained the ace of the young pitching staff, but Jurrjens has become the latest prospect to blossom as Atlanta tries to bring the solid youth of the ‘90s back in the new century to Turner Field.
Online Seats continues to be the best option for Braves looking for playoff tickets. The combination of affordable prices and an amazing selection of seats make the online ticket broker a must-see stop for the Atlanta Braves fans. The seating charts and the complete postseason schedules complete the service and establish Online Seats as the number one site for playoff baseball.