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  Uniforms of the Atlanta Braves / Milwaukee Braves / Boston Braves by Baseball Almanac
In 1921, the round Braves emblem was dropped in favor of a stylized fancy capital B, curiously similar to the B on the Brooklyn road suits.
BOSTON in plain block arched capital letters on the road jersey was disturbingly similar to the latest Red Sox road uniform.
Although a contender into the early fifties, the Braves couldn’t quite recapture the needed momentum for another flag and as the phenomenal post-war attendance figures began to steadily dwindle, the question of Boston being a two-team town was beginning to surface.
www.baseball-almanac.com /articles/uniforms-braves.shtml   (3182 words)

  
  Boston Braves - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Boston Braves, founded in 1871, are a team in the National League of Major League Baseball.
The Boston Braves, founded in 1932, are a team in the National Football League.
George Preston Marshall was awarded the franchise, and in 1936 he changed the name of the team to the Boston Redskins.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Boston_Braves   (210 words)

  
 Braves Field Information
Braves Field was a baseball park that formerly stood on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.
The stadium was home to the Boston Braves from 1915-1952, when the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After the Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1952, the stadium was sold to Boston University, which eventually reconfigured the stands, demolishing all but the pavilion grandstand along the right field line, which was retained as the core of a football, soccer and field hockey stadium named Nickerson Field.
www.bookrags.com /Braves_Field   (548 words)

  
 Braves Field
Braves Field was the last and largest of the first wave of concrete-and-steel ballparks built between 1909 and 1915.
Boston University purchased the field in the 1950s and put in a football field from the first base dugout to right-center.
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www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/braves.htm   (695 words)

  
  Boston Braves (1876-1952)
The Braves pitching is keyed by the 1-2 punch of Dick Rudolph, who win 27 and Bill James who collect 26 wins, as the Braves earn a trip to their first World Series.
The Braves continue to be among the worst teams in baseball finishing in 7th place with a record of 60-94.
Casey Stengel is fired in the middle of the season as the Braves finish in 6th pace with a poor record of 68-85.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nl/bosbraves/BosBraves.html   (2884 words)

  
 UPNE - The Boston Braves, 1871-1953: Harold Kaese
After eighty-two colorful and often glorious baseball seasons, the financially-strapped Boston Braves abruptly moved in 1953 to Milwaukee, en route to Atlanta, breaking the hearts of the team's faithful, die-hard fans.
During its reign in Boston, the storied franchise, now the longest continuously active club in the history of baseball, had captured ten National League pennants and a world championship, and fielded thirty-eight Hall of Famers, including Kid Nichols, Warren Spahn, King Kelly, Rabbit Maranville, John Evers, Hugh Duffy, Eddie Matthews, and the Wright brothers.
Here one relives the remarkable dynasties in the nineteenth century, the "Miracle Braves" of 1914, the glory year of 1948, when the rallying cry was "Spahn, Sain, and pray for rain," and the lackluster final seasons in Boston.
www.upne.com /1-55553-617-4.html   (328 words)

  
 Boston Braves Managers (1912 - 1935) by Baseball Almanac
This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Boston Braves organization.
The Braves franchise began in 1876 in Boston, moved to a Milwaukee in 1953, and came to a stop in Atlanta in 1966.
During the 1948 regular season the Boston Braves (1941-1952 "version") had their largest attendance when 1,455,439 fans attended games at Brave Field.
www.baseball-almanac.com /mgrtmab6.shtml   (176 words)

  
 Boston Braves - Stadium
In 1951, the Braves drew the lowest total of fans in the NL, and in its final year, 1952, the ballpark drew just 280,000 fans - after the move to Milwaukee in 1953, the Braves franchise promptly became the first to break 2 million.
Home to the Braves until their move to Milwaukee, the park also hosted the Red Sox' home WS games in 1915 and 1916 and their Sunday games from 1929 to 1932, and was the scene of ML baseball's longest game, a 26-inning tie between the Dodgers and Braves on May 1, 1920.
Boston University purchased the field in the 1950s and put in a football field from the first base dugout to right-center.
www.baseball-statistics.com /Ballparks/Atl/Braves.htm   (1391 words)

  
 Boston Braves - 1948 NL Champs
Billy Southworth's 1948 Braves have experienced many ups and downs on their way to the second National League pennant a Boston club has won during the present century and the first since the fabled 1914.
The Braves have had two stretches wherein they dropped six out of seven games, the first at the very start of the campaign and the second toward the close of their last Western trip.
The Braves continued to hold the lead until Aug. 29 when the Brooks again passed them by winning a double-header from the Cardinals while they were dropping two contests to the Pirates.
bostonbraves.tripod.com /48season.html   (1174 words)

  
 Boston Braves | BaseballLibrary.com
Boston won eight NL pennants before the end of the 19th century, becoming known as the Beaneaters in the process.
Boston did make history in 1914 when the "Miracle Braves" took less than two months to go from last to first in the second half of the season and proceeded to stun the Athletics in the World Series, becoming in the process the first team to successfully utilize platooning.
Boston's Billy Nash hits the ball over the LF fence in the bottom of the 9th, but he stays on 3B "to bother the pitcher." The tactic works, as Nash does score.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Boston_Braves.stm   (5114 words)

  
 BallparkTour - Former ballparks of Boston - Braves Field, South End Grounds and Huntington Avenue Grounds
Although the team’s hasty departure broke the hearts of local Braves fans, the University’s acquisition of Braves Field was a godsend for a school that desperately needed a large athletic facility on campus.
Boston’s National League Braves played on the field from 1915 to 1952, fighting what proved to be a losing battle with the Red Sox, their American League counterpart, for the affection of New England baseball fans.
As the Boston Americans began to carve out their niche in the sport recognized as the National Pastime, the feats accomplished by the Red Sox franchise in the brief era they played at Huntington Avenue Grounds were responsible for two of the game's most noteworthy firsts.
www.ballparktour.com /Former_Boston.html   (5309 words)

  
 Boston Braves Finale
The visiting Brooklyn Dodgers were about to clinch their third pennant in five years, but the Boston Braves were about to board the Oblivion Express.
The highlight of the day for the Braves was a presentation of a string of striped bass to manager Charley Grimm and some of his squad by the Martha's Vineyard Little League.
As one glum Boston scribe observed: "This isn't a hotel—it's a funeral parlor."
www.davidpietrusza.com /Boston_Braves_Finale.html   (1135 words)

  
 The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: History: Braves Timeline
The Braves become known as the Beaneaters to tie their identity to Boston and avoid confusion with the Cincinnati Reds of the American Association.
The Braves are sold by James Gaffney to a Boston syndicate for $500,000.
Braves Field was renamed National League Park and was also called the Beehive.
braves.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/atl/history/timeline1.jsp   (615 words)

  
 Projo.com | Providence | Red Sox
Sisti had joined the Braves in 1939 when he was only 19, a star high school athlete from Buffalo, N.Y. He had become the team's "super sub" because of his versatility, playing every position in the field except pitcher and catcher.
Altison was born and raised almost in the shadow of Braves Field, had been a fan for as long as he can remember and had worked in concessions for a while at the ballpark.
Because of the suddenness of the Braves move, what had appeared to be a forgettable end to the 1952 season suddenly turned in an accidentally memorable one, as fans and historians would later reconstruct it.
www.projo.com /redsox/content/projo_20031004_04braves.4bf0c.html   (1968 words)

  
 Milwaukee Braves (1953-1965)
Leading the Braves towards the NL Championship was Hank Aaron was the league MVP, leading the N.L. in homers and RBI, while Warren Spahn won the Cy Young with 21 wins.
A judge would grant an injunction forcing the Braves to stay in Milwaukee for one more season, but in the end the move to Atlanta was not going to be stopped.
While the Braves were on their way to Atlanta the city of Milwaukee, would on be without Major League Baseball for 5 years, as Bud Selig the man who fought to keep the Braves, would eventually bring a team back to Milwaukee in 1970.
www.geocities.com /cyberclopedia/nl/milbraves/milbraves.html   (1192 words)

  
 Ballparks of Baseball-Braves Field-Boston Braves
Boston, MA When Braves Field opened in 1915 it became the first stadium with over 40,000 seats.
When Boston Red Sox moved into Fenway Park in 1912, Gaffney decided it was time to build a new ballpark for his club.
Braves Field was renamed Nickerson Field and the grass surface was replaced with AstroTurf.
www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/BravesField.htm   (599 words)

  
 The Official Site of The Boston Red Sox: Ballpark: Fenway Facts
In 1914, while Braves Field was under construction, the "Miracle Boston Braves" played their World Series games in Fenway.
Collegiately, Boston College teams mostly of the Frank Leahy era, and Boston University with stellar quarterback Harry Agganis (later a promising Red Sox first baseman who died during the 1955 season) also played home games in Fenway Park.
Boston's first star left fielder, Duffy Lewis, mastered the skill so well that the area became known as Duffy's Cliff.
boston.redsox.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp   (1301 words)

  
 UPNE - The Boston Braves, 1871-1953: Harold Kaese
After eighty-two colorful and often glorious baseball seasons, the financially-strapped Boston Braves abruptly moved in 1953 to Milwaukee, en route to Atlanta, breaking the hearts of the team's faithful, die-hard fans.
During its reign in Boston, the storied franchise, now the longest continuously active club in the history of baseball, had captured ten National League pennants and a world championship, and fielded thirty-eight Hall of Famers, including Kid Nichols, Warren Spahn, King Kelly, Rabbit Maranville, John Evers, Hugh Duffy, Eddie Matthews, and the Wright brothers.
Here one relives the remarkable dynasties in the nineteenth century, the "Miracle Braves" of 1914, the glory year of 1948, when the rallying cry was "Spahn, Sain, and pray for rain," and the lackluster final seasons in Boston.
www.dartmouth.edu /~upne/1-55553-617-4.html   (314 words)

  
 Clem's Baseball ~ Braves Field
Braves Field was the last of the "classic era" ballparks, i.e., those built in the years up to World War I, but it was also the FIRST of that era to be closed down.
So, in 1928 the Braves moved in the fences substantially, added bleacher sections in left field and center field, and turned the diamond about six degrees clockwise, resulting in a very short distance of 297 feet to the right field foul pole.
(From 1936 to 1941 the Braves were called the "Bees," and their stadium was renamed accordingly.) After the outfield dimensions more or less settled down (with a very short power alleys and center field), they raised the height of the fence to 20 feet and finally 25 feet.
www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/BravesField.html   (1114 words)

  
 Boston Bruins Official Web Site : Terry O’Reilly   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BOSTON — With bagpipes blaring and the crowd rocking the TD Banknorth Garden to its very foundation, Terry O’Reilly took his place in the rafters among the other honored Bruins, but not before taking a quick detour.
O'Reilly, 51, was Boston's second pick, 14th overall, in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft and played his entire 13-year NHL career with the Bruins.
He played his first pro season in 1971-72 with the AHL Boston Braves, with a recall to the Bruins for the final game of the regular season, when he scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game on April 2, 1972 vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs.
www.bostonbruins.com /history/terry_oreilly.asp   (706 words)

  
 Boston Braves Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Boston Braves were incorporated as the Boston Red Stockings on January 20, 1871.
The Boston Braves, founded in 1932, in the National Football League.
The Boston Braves are a Rugby League team who compete in the American National Rugby League.
www.bookrags.com /Boston_Braves   (171 words)

  
 Braves rooted in Boston
In the 20th century, the Boston Braves never came close to matching the success of the franchise's early years.
The Braves were last, 10½ games out of first place, on July 4, then went on to win the pennant by 10½ games - a "miracle" turnaround, for sure.
In 1948, when Boston's last NL pennant was raised, the Braves won with an unforgettable refrain - "Spahn and Sain, then pray for rain." Along with those pitchers, the Braves had veteran second baseman Eddie Stanky, rookie of the year shortstop Alvin Dark and the league's MVP, third baseman Bob Elliott.
www.masslive.com /brown/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/111674790343220.xml&coll=1   (585 words)

  
 The Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965: Wisconsin Historical Society
The arrival of the Braves in Milwaukee in the spring of 1953 signaled a new era in baseball history.
The Boston Braves were the first major league franchise in half a century to relocate.
The Braves lost to the Yankees in the 1958 series, which also went to seven games.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /museum/exhibits/braves.asp   (452 words)

  
 Braves Museum & Hall of Fame - Exhibits   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While in Boston, the Braves were called the Red Stockings, Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers and Bees, which is outlined by the "What's in a Name?" display.
Sixty-three Braves players served in the armed forces of the United States from 1917 through the present.
As the importance of our military has been magnified since Sept. 11, the Braves Museum and Hall of Fame opens a new exhibit for the 2002 season which recognizes the important role these Braves played, not only on the field of play but in the field of battle.
www.bravesmuseum.com /bravesmhof_exhibits.html   (459 words)

  
 Boston Braves (1876-1952)
1898: The Boston Beaneaters win their record 8th League Championship, and 2nd in a row by completing an impressive 102-47 season, that would be the franchise's best season ever in Boston.
1915: The Braves, who stunned the World by winning the 1914 World Series, are rewarded by a brand new stadium Braves Field, which at the time is the largest in Baseball.
That game would also be teh last for teh Braves in Boston, as teh team relocated to Milwaukee in 1953.
www.geocities.com /cyberclopedia/nl/bosbraves/BosBraves.html   (1980 words)

  
 Boston welcomes Braves to Fenway
BOSTON - Although the Braves haven't played in Boston since 1952, Major League Baseball headquarters still considers them as a "natural rival" for the Red Sox in interleague play.
During all that time, of course, the Braves went against the Sox as the best club in National League East, a division in which they have won a major league record 13 straight titles.
The Braves had to shuffle their rotation for this series because of an injury to veteran lefty Mike Hampton.
www.masslive.com /redsox/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1116555301166810.xml&coll=1   (686 words)

  
 BU Alumni Web :: Bostonia :: Fall 2003
Every Saturday that the Braves were in town we would meet Frankie Collins (SED’35,’49) (a pretty good second baseman for BU in the thirties) at the old Waltham Boys Club.
Boston lost its standing as a two-team city, and two other cities were soon to follow suit.
Boston would have had its first subway World Series had not the Red Sox lost to Cleveland in the 1948 playoff game at Fenway Park.
www.bu.edu /alumni/bostonia/2003/fall/letters/index.html   (1825 words)

  
 Boston Cannons
Nickerson Field, the main outdoor athletic venue at Boston University, is a stadium rich in the tradition of Boston sports history.
Once the home of the Boston Braves National League baseball club, it was purchased by the University in 1953 and hosts a wide variety of activities, including Terrier men’s and women’s soccer and lacrosse.
With nearly 90 years of service to the Boston sports community, the stadium was the site of the first game in the history of the American Football League when the Patriots hosted the Denver Broncos in September 1960.
www.bostoncannons.com /nickerson   (124 words)

  
 Braves Field - Boston, Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Braves Field was home of the Boston Braves from 1915 until 1952 when the Braves left for Milwaukee.
The ticket office which was located down the right field line is now a child care center and security office for Boston University.
The site of Braves Field is located about a mile from Fenway Park and is well worth a visit.
www.ballparkreviews.com /boston/braves.htm   (149 words)

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