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    Quote Originally Posted by CrimsonCowboy View Post

    The one that still pisses me off the most was the "OUT"FIELD FLY.

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    Loved The Big Cat. I remember watching that one too. Was awesome.

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    If anyone is having trouble playing the Dansby Swanson Turner Field video, here is a direct link.

    http://m.braves.mlb.com/atl/video/to...d=clubMEGAMENU
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    Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...

    Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerfherders View Post
    It feels like Turner Field died a too early death. I was only able to make the pilgrimage once, in 2013, but I was impressed with what I saw. I really loved the retired number monuments and the Braves museum, and I hope those get transferred to the new ballpark.
    There is something a little disingenuous about the tearful memorials the Braves have put together for Turner Field- it's like a son shooting his still-healthy parents to get their inheritance earlier, then giving a sad eulogy mourning the loss of the greatest human beings he has ever known.

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    Yeah, it hits an odd note.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduxFanII View Post
    There is something a little disingenuous about the tearful memorials the Braves have put together for Turner Field- it's like a son shooting his still-healthy parents to get their inheritance earlier, then giving a sad eulogy mourning the loss of the greatest human beings he has ever known.
    But wouldn't this always be the case? Nobody builds a new stadium because the old one literally collapsed.

    I get it, but isn't it really the city of Atlanta that killed the Braves at Turner Field?

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    But wouldn't this always be the case? Nobody builds a new stadium because the old one literally collapsed.

    I get it, but isn't it really the city of Atlanta that killed the Braves at Turner Field?
    Yes, if you want to blame the city for declining to play the "public debt for private profit" game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    But wouldn't this always be the case? Nobody builds a new stadium because the old one literally collapsed.

    I get it, but isn't it really the city of Atlanta that killed the Braves at Turner Field?
    Literal collapse? No, but there's definitely a level of decrepit that can justify leaving a stadium. No one gave the Pirates and Reds crap for abandoning their old cookie cutter stadiums, and if the A's and MLB ever figure out what the hell to do in Oakland no one is going to say they left the Coliseum too early. Turner Field is still a perfectly pleasant stadium.

    That said, we all understand, and the Braves have made clear, that the move to Cobb has nothing to do with Turner Field and everything to do with the area around it, however you want to interpret that.

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    Good thing for the convoy that the last game ended around 6 PM on a Sunday vs. 6 PM on a Tuesday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Yes, if you want to blame the city for declining to play the "public debt for private profit" game.
    I'm not talking about the stadium itself. The city never did a thing to entice the Braves to stay. Took them for granted. There hasn't ever been a dime put into the area near Turner Field.

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    Recorded the post-game festivities, just now getting around to watching them. Pretty awesome job they did with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrimsonCowboy View Post
    I drove by there a few minutes ago... was wondering why the "TURNER FIELD" text was not lit. :(
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduxFanII View Post
    There is something a little disingenuous about the tearful memorials the Braves have put together for Turner Field- it's like a son shooting his still-healthy parents to get their inheritance earlier, then giving a sad eulogy mourning the loss of the greatest human beings he has ever known.
    Nicely done.

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    One thing that was kind of cool to me was at the end of the ceremony, seeing Hank Aaron do the chop.
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