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Coverage of the Atlanta Braves was perhaps TBS's signature program during its early years. Ted Turner – who had purchased WJRJ-TV (channel 17) in January 1970 (changing its call letters to WTCG shortly after the sale was finalized), when the station was simply a UHF independent station available primarily within the Atlanta market – shocked Atlanta media observers by acquiring the rights ...
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. The club was known by various names until the ...
2022 →. The 2021 Atlanta Braves season was the 151st season of the Atlanta Braves franchise, the 56th Season in Atlanta, and the Braves' 5th season at Truist Park. The Braves were managed by Brian Snitker, in his sixth season as the team’s manager. The Braves clinched their fourth consecutive National League East title.
Pete Manzano: (play-by-play, 1992–present) Atlanta Braves International Radio Network and TBS SAP. C. J. Nitkowski: (analyst, 2024–present) Bally Sports South and Southeast. Fernando Palacios: (analyst, 2003–present) TBS SAP. Joe Simpson: (analyst, 1992–present) Braves Radio Network. John Smoltz: (guest analyst, color commentator, 2008 ...
The last time the Atlanta Braves led the NL East on August 1 was in 2005. On July 13, 2010, at the 2010 MLB All-Star Game in Anaheim , Braves catcher Brian McCann was awarded the All-Star Game MVP Award for his clutch two-out, three-run double in the seventh inning to give the National League its first win in the All-Star Game since 1996 . [ 25 ]
Atlanta Braves baseball games had been a local staple on Atlanta independent station WTBS (channel 17, now WPCH-TV; which, like TBS, was owned by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System) since Turner acquired the team's broadcast rights in 1973, and subsequently gained national prominence when the station was uplinked to satellite in December 1976, becoming one of America's first superstations.
Turner's contract ran through 2013. As part of the contract, TBS relinquished its rights to air Atlanta Braves games nationally after the 2007 season, by separating WTBS (now WPCH) channel 17 from the TBS network, rebranding as Peachtree TV on October 1, 2007. The new station still aired Atlanta Braves games.
Truist Park, home field of the Braves since 2017. The Atlanta Braves have completed 152 years of professional baseball, the most in Major League Baseball.Through 2015, the Braves have played 20,994 regular season games in the National League and previously the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, winning 10,595 games and losing 10,399 games, for a winning percentage of .505.