The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team from the United States that call the metro area of Atlanta their home base.
The Atlanta Braves are a baseball club that is a part of the National League (NL) East division and competes in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Between the years 1966 and 1996, the team called Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium it’s home stadium. From 1997 onward, they played their home games at Turner Field.
Since 2017, they have called Truist Park, formerly known as SunTrust Park, which is situated in Cumberland, Georgia, approximately 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the northwest of the central business district of Atlanta.
CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida is where the Braves hold their games during the spring training season.
The title “Braves” wasn’t used for the first time until 1912, and it was derived from a term that referred to a Native American warrior.
They are known as “the Bravos,” and they are frequently referred to as “America’s Team.” This is because the games of the team were televised nationally on TBS from the 1970s until 2007; as a result, the team has a fan base that spans the entirety of the United States.
The National League’s only two original franchises still in existence are the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs.
The Boston Red Stockings were the original name given to the Atlanta Braves when they were established in 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts.
This team should not be confused with the Boston Red Sox of the American League. According to the team’s website, it is “the oldest continually operating professional sports franchise in the United States.”
After going through a number of different monikers, the team ultimately started playing under the moniker of the Boston Braves, which they used for most of the first half of the 20th century.
After that, in 1953, the club relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and changed its name to the Milwaukee Braves. In 1966, the Braves moved to their current home in Atlanta.
Who Bought The Atlanta Braves?
The Atlanta Braves were bought by Liberty Media Corporation which is headed by chairman John C. Malone.
When Time Warner agreed to sell the Atlanta Braves and a series of craft magazines to Liberty in exchange for 60 million Time Warner shares, the deal was finalized on February 12, 2007.