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Reliving Turner Field’s most thrilling moments
- Updated: September 15, 2016
While serving as the Home of the Braves for 20 seasons, Turner Field served as the stage where Chipper Jones, Bobby Cox and some of the organization’s other legends have taken their final bow. The Braves captured 10 division titles, hosted the World Series in 1999 and the All-Star Game in 2000, and introduced some hometown stars during their stay within this place that will always be affectionately remembered as “The Ted.”
With Turner Field set to host just nine more games before this season ends and the SunTrust Park era begins, we look at the top nine moments in this stadium’s history:
9. The Ted opens Denny Neagle threw the first pitch, Jones recorded the first hit and Michael Tucker hit the first home run as a 13-year-old Brian McCann and many other Atlanta-area natives were in attendance to see the Braves beat the Cubs in the first regular-season game played at Turner Field on April 4, 1997.
8. 2012 National League Wild Card Game The Cardinals and Braves played the first Wild Card Game in MLB history, and this was the final game of Jones’ career. Unfortunately, many will remember the questionable call that led to the contest being remembered …
