After the 1965 season, the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta. Owner William Bartholomay desired a larger television market for the team and Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. had just constructed a state-of-the-art stadium without a team to call it home. It was truly a match made in heaven.
It was a nightmare, however, for 31-year-old Bud Selig.
Selig has often spoken of breaking down in tears listening to the radio broadcast of the Braves’ first game in Atlanta on Opening Day in 1966. Pirates’ announcer Bob Prince began the game with the call, “We’re a long way from Milwaukee, folks.