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The Atlanta Braves will be the laughing stock of the MLB with this Stadium Name.

This has to be one of the worst names for a baseball stadium. Come on Comcast....... You have a large office building right behind the park. How about Comcast Stadium or Xfinity Stadium, anything but Truist Park.

Atlanta Braves - 2015 Thoughts

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First of all, full disclosure..... I grew up a Minnesota Twins fan.  Still am a fan of the Twins and still consider game 7 of the 1991 World Series one of the best games ever played. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Series You can watch it here. http://youtu.be/BT_MODis138 Also, Jack Morris came from the Tigers which was my Grandfathers team. People ask me why I'm a Braves fan, when I should still be a full time Twins fan.  While the answer is simple.  The very first baseball game I ever went to (so I've been told) was a Braves game in 1956. In 1956, the Twins were still the Senators, and the Braves were not in Atlanta.  If you are lost at this point, you can spend some time on the Internet catching up on Baseball history. However I digress........................... I truly believe that the Braves will be competitive in 2015.  The roster has been overhauled and many pundits are calling this a "rebuilding" year.  What do they call l...

There is still a chance

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There is still some hope left for Braves fans. This has been a season of frustration. We seem to have solved the problem with pitching, but now we have no offense. The Braves are just fortunate that the Mets are so banged up. Some on the team needs to start kicking a little butt to see if they can get the bats going for the 2nd half of the season. The Braves cannot continue to hope that both the Mets and Phillies struggle the rest of the season. What say you all? Can the Braves make the playoffs this year?