2007 Atlanta Braves

Breaking their 14 year streak at the top of the National League East, the Atlanta Braves’ performance in the 2006 MLB season left much to be desired. Braves fans are hoping that trading Horacio Ramierez for Rafael Soriano and signing Chris Woodward will bring them back up to snuff. The real question is whether or not trading Adam LaRoche for Mike Gonzalez was a brilliant coup or a terrible move. You’ll want to see them live for yourself and Coast to Coast has the best selection of tickets to Turner Field anywhere. Tickets are limited so order yours today!

The team that is now the Atlanta Braves was formed in 1871. Since 1901 the franchise has won nine NL pennants and three World Series championships. The Braves also produced the most prolific home run hitter in baseball history—outfielder Hank Aaron. In 1974 Aaron broke Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record by hitting his 715th career home run. Aaron retired in 1976 with a major league record of 755 career home runs.

Warren Spahn established several National League records as a left-handed pitcher before his retirement in 1965. These included most career wins by a lefty (363) and most batters struck out (2583). His 15 wins during the 1948 season helped the Braves capture the NL pennant.

The predecessor of the Braves, a team called the Boston Red Stockings, joined the first professional baseball league, the National Association, at the time of its founding in 1871. The team dominated the league, winning four pennants from 1871 to 1875. After the National Association folded in 1876, Boston joined the newly formed National League.

The franchise captured eight NL pennants from 1876 to 1900, but the club struggled in the early 1900s, winning only two pennants before moving to Milwaukee in 1953. In 1957, the Milwaukee Braves won their first World Series in 43 years, beating the New York Yankees in seven games. Young sluggers Aaron and Eddie Mathews powered the offense, and Spahn earned the Cy Young Award.

After 13 years in Milwaukee, the Braves moved to Atlanta at the end of the 1965 season. Businessman Ted Turner bought the franchise in 1975 and began rebuilding the team. He acquired promising young players such as Dale Murphy and Bob Horner, but the Braves failed to win a pennant during the 1980s.

During the 1990s, manager Bobby Cox guided the team to eight division titles, five NL pennants, and one World Series championship. Atlanta pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and John Smoltz combined to win six NL Cy Young Awards during the decade. (Maddux won an additional Cy Young Award in 1992 while pitching for the Chicago Cubs.) In 1995, the Braves won the NL pennant and defeated the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.

In 1996 Atlanta made its fourth trip to the World Series in the decade after winning the NL pennant. The team lost to the New York Yankees in the Series. At the end of the 1996 season, the Braves left Atlanta-Fulton County Coliseum, the team's home since 1966, and moved to the track-and-field stadium built for the 1996 Olympic Games. The new stadium was then named Turner Field. The Braves returned to the World Series in 1999, but Atlanta again lost to the Yankees in the World Series.