re and america s team is but why in article apr bsu ucs cgbabbitt leo bsuvc bsu edu writes you are absolutely correct braves fans are nothing but a bunch of bandwagoners correct me if i am wrong but or years ago you couldnt give away a ticket to see the braves play i would bet my next paycheck that of the so called braves fans living outside of georgia at the present time can not name more than players from their season john smoltz tom glavine german jiminez dale murphy bruce sutter pete smith rick mahler jim acker jim break on through morrison ron gant andres thomas gerald perry ozzie the aeneid virgil lonnie smith jerry royster how m i doing so far note i am not a braves fun n on the other hand ask any cubs fan living anywhere in the united states to name players from any given year and of them probably could on the other hand ii like the braves much more than the cubs and all i can name is ron santo ernie banks and don kessinger from my favorite cubbie season granted the fact that a team wins brings people to the ball park but that does not mean they diserve the title america s team the only reason they are considered america s team is because of ted turner and his little tv station which broadcasts across the nation right i ve watched enough braves games to know a great deal of their players i like many of their players the only cubs games i get to see while living in new york are those against the mets and they put me to sleep because face it watching guys like rick sutcliffe and luis salazar doesn t put me at the edge of my chair u i ll consider toronto america s team before the braves actually i notice a lot of anti toronto sentiment here in the states partly because of some of that post series arrogance thanks in part to upside down flag dork posts partly because roberto alomar is about as exciting as swiss cheese and partly because living in baltimore during the winters i ve become so fond of o s fans especially those who call in to rex barney s radio show that i have to side against their most hated rivals go reds sorry but mets is spelled with an m and a t jason a miller some doctor guy frank banananna win r
