Atlanta Braves Baseball?

[OneAngryDaisy]

Originally Posted by Henry_222

We are going to the Friday game right after we are done at the dome.

Ditto. We'll be sitting right behind home plate in like the 600 level.

[Bytor]

We ordered tickets to Saturday nights game before we found out the team social is also Sat night. Ooops. Play ball babies!

ps
we also got really lucky and got tickets to see The Producers at the Fox Theater Friday night. Kewl!

Peace

[Tom Saxton]

We saw the game Friday night. It was a close game, the Braves won 5-4. It was a surprisingly small crowd, but it was lively and a fun ballpark.

It was a $10 cab ride each way from the 5-points area to the ballpark.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Tom Saxton

It was a $10 cab ride each way from the 5-points area to the ballpark.

Did you investigate the bus from the underground?

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Did you investigate the bus from the underground?

We just got back from the game. The bus is a good option, $1.75 each way. They pick you up at the 5 points and take you straight to the game. It was about a 10 minute walk from the Omni. On the way back, if you want you can get a free transfer to the subway and take that back right to the hotel. Make sure to buy 2 tokens for a round trip - they don't sell them on the way back, apparently.

[Zzyzx]

There are some tickets that cost only $1, but these must be purchased no earlier than 3 hours before the game. The least expensive tickets that can be pre-ordered are the $5 seats.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

We just got back from the game. The bus is a good option, $1.75 each way. They pick you up at the 5 points and take you straight to the game. It was about a 10 minute walk from the Omni. On the way back, if you want you can get a free transfer to the subway and take that back right to the hotel. Make sure to buy 2 tokens for a round trip - they don't sell them on the way back, apparently.

Thanks for the info. Our whole team has a week MARTA passes, so that is what we were planning to do.

Glad to meet you finally, after reading your posts forever.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Tom Saxton

It was a surprisingly small crowd, but it was lively and a fun ballpark.

Atlanta is a terrible sports town. Nothing like the passion that's found in the Northeast. I wonder how long the Thrashers and Hawks will last with the minimal support they get?

[Pin Man]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Atlanta is a terrible sports town. Nothing like the passion that's found in the Northeast. I wonder how long the Thrashers and Hawks will last with the minimal support they get?

I don't know Ed... I loved Turner Field... It was such a great time there... I do agree though... My favorite sports are found in the Northeast...

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Pin Man

I don't know Ed... I loved Turner Field... It was such a great time there... I do agree though... My favorite sports are found in the Northeast...

Turner Feild is great but the Atllanta fans are apathetic. I went to a big Diamondbacks/ Braves games a couple of years ago ( I think Johnson was pitching) and there were plenty of seats. You certainly can't do that in Boston.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Turner Feild is great but the Atllanta fans are apathetic. I went to a big Diamondbacks/ Braves games a couple of years ago ( I think Johnson was pitching) and there were plenty of seats. You certainly can't do that in Boston.

Perhaps that is because Boston is 40% bigger then Atlanta, and yet Fenway Park is 33% smaller then Turner field. Over the past 10 years or so, Atlanta has averaged higher attendence then Boston, only dipping below them recently.

I also wouldn't call the Braves fans apathetic, at least compared to every other game I've been to. They were certainly more alive then the Baltimore game I went to and every Dodgers game. The only game I've been to where the fans were more alive was when the Angels were in the pennant race 2 years ago.

Certainly, I've never been to a Red Sox or Yankees game, but I wouldn't really call the Braves fans apathetic. Probably in the grand scheme of things, they are somewhere in the middle.