Braves’ legends bid farewell to Turner Field

ATLANTA — As the Braves’ legends emerged from behind the center-field wall and made their way toward their former positions, the fans that packed Turner Field one last time Sunday afternoon were provided yet another opportunity to reminisce about all of the great times they had experienced while this ballpark served as the home of the Braves for the past 20 seasons.

Though the main event was a regular-season finale between a Tigers team battling for its postseason life and a Braves club simply attempting to add to its promising late-season success, the celebratory feel had more to do with the memories the players, coaches and fans wanted to savor during the final game in Turner Field’s history, which dates back to 1997.

“It was kind of weird walking in here knowing this will be the last time,” Hall of Famer Tom Glavine said. “I don’t know what it will be like going into that new stadium, but I know it’s going to be weird going into a new stadium that I have no history in. Now, more than anything, it will be interesting to see what happens to this place.”

Turner Field will soon be transformed into Georgia State’s new football field, much like it was once transformed from Centennial Olympic Stadium (where Carl Lewis captured his last Olympic gold medal) into the stadium where the Braves capped the greatest era in the organization’s history and spent the past couple of years attempting to move toward another era of greatness.

“There will be a lot of emotions seeing all of the guys come back,” said Freddie Freeman, who stands as the only player who played for the Braves during both the Chipper Jones and Dansby Swanson eras. “A lot of great memories have …

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