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Braves Play Final Game At Turner Field, Celebrate Move To SunTrust

Turner Field yesterday "went out in grand style," as the Braves played their final game there, a 1-0 win over the Tigers. The stands "were filled," and the weather "could have been pulled from a postcard." An hour after the game's end, some 40,000 of the announced crowd of 51,220 were "still seated, watching the progress" of Baseball HOFer Hank Aaron and Turner Field's home plate "up I-75 via police-escorted van" to SunTrust Park (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 10/3). The Braves yesterday honored "their all-time Turner Field team" with a "rousing ceremony" (AP, 10/2).

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