I was a nine year old kid living in Atlanta in the spring of 1965 when the Milwaukee franchise announced they were moving to Atlanta. For better and for worse, I’ve been a Braves fan ever since.
This will be the 53rd Atlanta Braves Opening Day; I’ve seen just about all of them and I remember most of them. Still, the most memorable was the first in 1966. You’ve probably heard about that one, even if you weren’t yet born. The Braves’ Opening Day starter was Tony Cloninger. I listened to the game on my transistor radio, mostly after I’d gone to bed.