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    Quote Originally Posted by chipchildress View Post
    yeah, this is gonna suck. getting to weeknight games is going to be next to impossible for many people out there. maybe that's not unlike the current setup, but i'll be damned if i'm going to go sit on freeways for hours to get there. and this knowing that i'll have to get in rush hour traffic if i don't want to be late. but hey, at least they'll have a chipotle outside the stadium because i'll be damned if i can't see a baseball game without a great fan "experience".
    Judging from the map that the Braves released at the time they announced the move, more people will gain the ability to make it to weeknight games than the other way around. It sucks for those of you living inside 285, but would have to be better for most in the northern suburbs. I admit that my knowledge of Atlanta traffic is limited to a dozen or so visits and what my wife told me it was like we she lived there for 17 years.

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    In their own rendering of Suntrust Park, Braves are losing 6-3 to the Nats and have committed an error #TheBravesWay pic.twitter.com/5Hm3vqCHZT

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    Can you tell if BJ is hitting leadoff?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Can you tell if BJ is hitting leadoff?
    It's from when Bourn was hitting leadoff for us apparently.

    This one is from a Nats fan showing that we took it from them: https://twitter.com/JWerthsBeard/sta...427008/photo/1

    The score is the same in it only we're winning. :)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DirkPiggler View Post
    Judging from the map that the Braves released at the time they announced the move, more people will gain the ability to make it to weeknight games than the other way around. It sucks for those of you living inside 285, but would have to be better for most in the northern suburbs. I admit that my knowledge of Atlanta traffic is limited to a dozen or so visits and what my wife told me it was like we she lived there for 17 years.
    I don't know. Maybe they can figure something out to mitigate the traffic problems, but the place where they are putting the new stadium is a major congestion point. I would normally have avoided that location like the plague during rush hour, and it is hard for me to imagine 40,000 sports fans converging on that area making things better. Turner Field was certainly a pain for some people to get in and out of, but the new stadium (if they don't do some pretty creative planning) has the potential to be a pain for everyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Braves1976 View Post
    It's from when Bourn was hitting leadoff for us apparently.

    This one is from a Nats fan showing that we took it from them: https://twitter.com/JWerthsBeard/sta...427008/photo/1

    The score is the same in it only we're winning. :)
    Heyward was hitting 8th. LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by yeezus View Post
    For one, weed is not legal in Georgia.
    Maybe by 2017.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Maybe by 2017.
    doubt it

    this state can't even get to a vote a terrible hash oil bill for medical reasons

    much less doing the smart thing for many reasons and legalizing it outright
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    There are 6.5 million people in Metro Atlanta. 6 million of them live outside 285. Most of the fans live outside 285 which is why the stadium will be located there. As for the traffic issues, that's one of the points to having bars and restaurants in the area. Not everybody will be converging at the same time. After the game, you don't have to sit in your car, doing nothing, waiting on the traffic to go away. You can walk around the complex. I was thinking that it would be pretty cool for there to be a theater and they could show midnight movies on the weekends. Dinner, ballgame and a movie. Maybe while you're at the game, someone else in the family would rather go to a movie. One more point about local traffic. There are only 81 home games. You'll survive!

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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    doubt it

    this state can't even get to a vote a terrible hash oil bill for medical reasons

    much less doing the smart thing for many reasons and legalizing it outright
    With al the problems Colorado is having, It may never happen here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by COGPK View Post
    With al the problems Colorado is having, It may never happen here.
    what problems?
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    Quote Originally Posted by COGPK View Post
    There are 6.5 million people in Metro Atlanta. 6 million of them live outside 285. Most of the fans live outside 285 which is why the stadium will be located there. As for the traffic issues, that's one of the points to having bars and restaurants in the area. Not everybody will be converging at the same time. After the game, you don't have to sit in your car, doing nothing, waiting on the traffic to go away. You can walk around the complex. I was thinking that it would be pretty cool for there to be a theater and they could show midnight movies on the weekends. Dinner, ballgame and a movie. Maybe while you're at the game, someone else in the family would rather go to a movie. One more point about local traffic. There are only 81 home games. You'll survive!
    while i agree with ya to a degree

    that area of traffic during rush hour is horrific in terms of traffic

    i am thinking it will take a few games but any veteran will find their own short cut routes to where they need to go instead of being the dumbasses that sit in lines of traffic on the interstate to get there

    like some newbs do at Turner Field
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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    what problems?
    If you'll research a bit, you'll see it. I'm sure the this thread doesn't need to turn toward this debate, but here's just one article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/opinio...ado-marijuana/

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    Quote Originally Posted by COGPK View Post
    If you'll research a bit, you'll see it. I'm sure the this thread doesn't need to turn toward this debate, but here's just one article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/opinio...ado-marijuana/
    i have researched it more than a bit

    that op ed piece comes from this person:

    Kevin A. Sabet is director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, author of "Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana" and a former White House drug policy adviser. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

    these are all lies here:

    Employers are reporting more workplace incidents involving marijuana use, and deaths have been attributed to ingesting marijuana cookies and food items.
    So much for the old notion that "pot doesn't kill."
    and all of those "examples" of that persons opinions are not reasons to keep it illegal


    btw, i am shocked that this guy doesn't want it legal and thinks those are "problems":

    He is an outspoken opponent of drug legalization, and spoke often on behalf of the Obama Administration on the subject. After leaving ONDCP after 2.5 years, he became a consultant and professor. In January 2013, Rolling Stone called him "Legalization Enemy #1" ahead of the US Drug Czar and the DEA Administrator.
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    I'm not going to lie. I did not see this thread turning into a marijuana debate.
    thank you weso1!

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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    i have researched it more than a bit

    that op ed piece comes from this person:




    these are all lies here:



    and all of those "examples" of that persons opinions are not reasons to keep it illegal


    btw, i am shocked that this guy doesn't want it legal and thinks those are "problems":
    I don't think this is the place for this conversation, but I was reading a story about how employers that save % on their insurance premiums by offering a drug free workplace are in a real bind. They have employees that aren't breaking the law, but then again they don't qualify for the discount driving the cost for the employers up. They also have the right to sue an employer for wrongful termination and employer has to defend himself.
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    Braves purchase land for Suntrust parking

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    Parking is important, though I wonder if it will be a museum that commemorates the years we were actually a good baseball team.

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    The bright side is it now doesn't look like traffic will be much of a problem.

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