Mike Luckovich take on the Braves

[groundloop]

[groundloop]

1. The $Millions in taxpayer money being spent on the new stadium is crazy

I've been a Braves fan forever, but I think all the taxpayer money being spent on their new stadium is insane. The deals were worked out behind closed doors, without taxpayer input, and will benefit only the wealthy owners.

In any case I think Luckovich is making a great point about all the money being spent on them while management has made idiotic trades and wound up with a sure-fire bottom feeder for the foreseeable future.

[Brainstormy]

3. Cobb County resident here

but LIVID about the new stadium. Another coup for the 1%.

[klook]

2. I rooted for the Braves since 1966 when they moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta,

until they announced their move to Cobb County so all the scaredy-cat white suburbanites and redneck out-of-town fans won't have to endure the urban terrors of going to the current ballpark.

I used to do my homework while listening to Milo Hamilton and Ernie Johnson call the games. The first MLB game I saw in person was at the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, where I got to see Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks on the field at the same time. (Cubs won.) As a Southerner and a baseball fan, I proudly supported the Braves as our only regional team for a long time. And I stuck with them through some pretty painful years before the Maddux-Smoltz-Glavine glory days, and some more semi-painful years after that.

But I no longer have a team. I am not rooting for the Marietta Fucking Braves.

I'm sure the "walking into traffic" line refers to how crappy of a season they're having, after dumping every high-priced player they could. And the planned pedestrian bridge, which is an absolute joke since the new stadium will be inaccessible via public transportation and will create even bigger traffic nightmares (if that's possible) in that zone, is facing major resistance.

I've had it with the franchise. I hope they continue to falter and end up moving to Charlotte or Memphis.