Day 3: Atlanta to E-ville

Day 3: Atlanta to E-ville

HFOTD: in 2012, Atlanta finished 25 games ahead of Miami in the NL East

Today, the Braves are only 1.5 games ahead before the game today

Weather: Hot and sunny

How convenient! United (days ago) delayed our flight home by an hour and thus allows THB and LB to get in a full day game in Atlanta.  

First, THB walks the hood (Grant Park) and has a decaf au lait. Grant Park is not named after US Grant (it's the South, remember). 

Around the corner from Social Goat

THB has a decaf au lait at 7:20am

What's a cyclorama?

Just in case dogs can read, there's a lower level sign

Not Grant or US Grant; Talbot

TT was staying at Miami Courtyard Marriott, we saw them at breakfast

Our rental car, odometer says 30k, it is really 130k

Back to take a very refreshing shower (this is bringing back memories of the 96 O's, where a shower and a lot of cold liquid was required when we got back from a day and a night of watching the games). Breakfast at the main house: fruit and yogurt, pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, coffee, included, $185 with taxes. A great bargain...and the proprietor, Kristy, gives us the history of the area and how she and her husband ended up in a huge restored Victorian with goats, turkeys, turtles, and chickens.

Rest up and head to Turner Field for a day game. Good news: THB got seats under the overhang of 2nd deck, looking this time down 3rd base line. Announced attendance of 26K, more like 15K in real bodies. Brisket sandwich (overpriced sat $13) and large diet code for THB, LB goes for a veggie dog (not good, per the ingester). In meantime, Mariners shackle woebegone Braves for second day in a row, final of 2-0. You could make a case that the top 3 pitchers in AL are all from Japan: Tanaka, Darvish and Iwakuma (we see Hisashi-san today and he doesn't throw hard and pounds the strike zone). 

From the game we have easy transition to the airport where we return one dog of a car: Ford Fiesta. The return person confirms: they are awful cars. Smooth flight home, made even smoother by LB loading us up with tuna sandwich and salad (both good) beforehand and for $8 LB watches the A's crush the Yankees again.

More murals, and we park for $5 again

Moved north of original 96 location

THB's overpriced sandwich, nowhere near as good as at AT&T

View of O flame from section 205

Braves have won a lot of titles!

The one in red

The guys next to us needed 3 seats, one for a giant cooler rollerbag