ryan kirley, bealeton, VA -- Apr 17, 2008 21:24 PM
1 visit(s). My rating: 5
This was the most boring, non-descript, vanilla stadium ever. I LOVED it!! Growing up in Atlanta during the 80's and 90's, I witnessed the rise from the cellar to the top. When this stadium was full, it was LOUD!! I was there for the 3rd home game of the 1991 season when 100 or so drunk FSU fans began saluting Dieon Sanders with the FSU Warchant. It stuck and became the Tomahawk Chop. During game 3 of the 1991 NLCS 55,000 thousand fans chanted "SID SID SID..." in honor of Sid Bream, who etched his place in Atlanta lore with an unlikely 180 foot sprint from second to home...God I still remember it.

Joe Johnston, Covington, LA -- Jul 05, 2008 21:08 PM
3 visit(s). My rating: 7
1991,twice. The first game we had great seats, the back row of the lower deck down the RF line, close to home plate. We had planned to go there the year before, but the kids changed our minds when the Braves traded the beloved Dale Murphy to the Phils. It was better that we went in 1991 for two reasons: 1) The Braves won the division after last-place in 1990. 2) The games we saw were against Murphy’s Phils. Next night’s game was in the nosebleed section behind home plate. Can’t remember if the Braves split or won both. Heard the fans’ tomahawk song for the first time. The kids ate it all up, so it was a good experience. 1995 July 18—hosting the Pirates. Bucs won. Second row, mezzanine behind the RF fence. Seats better than expected. Surprised at how close we were to infield action. Smoltz hit a grounder to the Pirates right-fielder who threw him out at first. Only time I ever saw that. By '95 the fans were putting little grace notes into the tomahawk song, making it sound like Bill Murray as the SNL nightclub singer. It's easy to criticize those circular doughnuts, but it was still big-league baseball. Ryan Kirley’s first two sentences above pretty much describe it.