Atlanta 400 Baseball Fan Club
After 18 long months without “live” Braves baseball in Atlanta, more than 14,000 masked, socially distanced fans turned out for Opening Night at Truist Park on Friday, April 9. When the gates opened the stadium began filling to 33% capacity, our eyes drawn to “44” etched in center field as “real” fans replaced the cardboard
The latest issue of our bi-monthly newsletter, The Tomahawk Times, is now available. Read the Fan Club’s moving tributes to Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, and Don Sutton. Relive last month’s Virtual Gameboree, which turned out to be a big success. Catch up on the Fan Club’s activities as we look forward to Spring Training and
We hope you were able to attend our 55th Annual Gameboree via Zoom on January 20th. It was undoubtedly the best virtual Gameboree ever! Wayne Coleman did a stellar job as host. Baseball writer David O’Brien and Braves broadcaster Chip Caray (pictured above) took us on an insiders, behind the scenes discussion of “2020: A
Very sad to hear about the passing of Braves legend and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro on December 26 at the age of 81. During a career that spanned 24 years, Phil won 318 games in 5,404 innings including 245 complete games, while striking out 3,342 batters with his baffling, signature knuckleball. Phil was one
The 400 Fan Club’s December newsletter is now available online. Read and see photos of the Club’s Zoom discussions with Manager Brian Snitker and “Cloudbuster Nine” author Anne Keene. Breaking News! The 2021 Gameboree is going virtual on January 20th! Get an update on our trip to Denver next summer. Check out Chipper’s Corner at
Congratulations to Freddie Freeman, 2020 NL MVP!! Freddie had the courage to come back after having COVID, was the clubhouse leader, had awesome stats including a .341 BA and 1.102 OPS, and deservedly received the most votes in this season like no other. He became the first Braves to be name MVP since Chipper Jones
Although we took the NL East by four games, the oddsmakers and sports pundits were calling a Braves appearance in the World Series a long shot. Then the Braves began sweeping through the 2020 Playoffs: 2-0 over the Reds (NL Wild Card) and 3-0 vs the Marlins (NLDS) with stellar, shutdown pitching performances. Next came
Check out the Fan Club’s August newsletter as baseball comes back and our members did their best to virtually take part during these COVID times. See how we found lots of different opportunities to join in the fun. We also announced plans to host author Anne Keene for a Zoom virtual presentation and discussion of
The Braves have their 2020 Home Opener tonight at Truist Park against Tampa Bay. The team played its first five games of the shortened 60 game schedule on the road. In this season like no other, the Braves will come home to cardboard fans in the stands, piped-in crowd noise, and social distancing as all
The Braves welcomed players to Truist Park today for their first formal Summer Camp workout in preparation for the 60-game regular season. It seems like quite a while since Spring Training was abruptly canceled on March 12 due to the spread of the coronavirus. Now it’s time to get back to business and be ready
