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The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are in the Eastern Division of the National League. They are most recently known for their ongoing record of 14 consecutive division championships from 1991 to 2005 (they finished with the NL East's second-best record in the strike-shortened 1994 season), the most in any professional North American sport. During this time the Atlanta Braves have routinely had among the highest winning percentages during the regular season. However, post-season success has often been elusive, as they have collected one World Series championship in that time (in 1995 against the Cleveland Indians), while losing in the World Series four times (1991, 1992, 1996, and 1999).

The team known as the Atlanta Braves is the oldest continuously running baseball team in Major League Baseball. It is the only team out of twenty-eight that has fielded a team every single season Major League Baseball has been in existence. Since its inception in 1870 as the Boston Red Stockings, the team now known as the Atlanta Atlanta Braves has gone through high points and low points, it has been in the spotlight and in the shadows, and it has won world championships and finished in last place. However, throughout all of these years the Atlanta Braves have remained the one constant in baseball. They are the team that has always been there and will always be there.

On January 20, 1871 the Boston Red Stockings came into existence as one of the nine charter members of the National League. They were a dominant force in the League. They won six of the first eight pennants and in 1875 they won twenty-six games in a row along with every single home game at the Union Baseball Grounds in South Boston. In 1883, in order to tie their identity to Boston and to avoid confusion with the Cincinnati Reds of the American League, the Red Stockings change their name to the Beaneaters. By 1812 the Boston began to be called the Atlanta Braves. This was in response to growing number of fans nicknaming the now lackluster team the Doves after the Dovey brothers who owned the team.

The Atlanta Braves team of 1914 is one of the most famous teams in baseball history. With a cold start, winning only four games and losing eighteen, the team finished in a blaze of fire, winning fifty-one and only losing sixteen. They had gone from last place in their league to first place, finishing ten and a half games ahead of their nearest competitor. The Atlanta Braves then went on the sweep the World Series in four games from the heavily favored Philadelphia team. This year marks the apex of the Boston Atlanta Braves popularity. After that a decline in fan support reached rock bottom in 1952 when the team was forced to move to Milwaukee.

In 1957 the Atlanta Braves won their first World Series championship in Milwaukee. Hank Aaron who won the League MVP and led the league in home runs and RBI’s led the team to victory. That same year Warren Spahn, a future Hall of Famer, won the Cy Young Award for the best picture. This was the first and only time the Atlanta Braves would bring a championship home to Milwaukee. In 1966 due once again to dwindling fan support the Atlanta Braves moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1974 one of the truly memorable scenes in baseball history occurred. Hank Aaron hit career home run 715 off of Dodger’s lefty Al Downing. This placed him above Babe Ruth as the all time leading home run hitting. In 1976, Ted Turner purchased the Atlanta Braves. In the 90’s the Atlanta Braves became one of the best team dynasties in all of sports, winning ten consecutive divisional pennants and winning the World Series in 1995. 1991 marked the start of this meteoric rise to the top. The Atlanta Braves became to first team in Major League history to go to the World Series after finishing with the worst record in baseball the previous season.

The Atlanta Braves roaster boasted names like Dale Murphy, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Phil Niekro, Eddie Matthews, and Warren Spahn. These players attracted hundreds of millions of fans. Despite the stadium, the city, or the players, the Atlanta Braves have always been there. They are the team that has always been and will always be. Atlanta Braves tickets at aaatix.com