What a great, great day Sunday was, when we attended the final Atlanta Braves game to be played at Turner Field. SO special. Mason, Boo, Shea, Elise & I went down & spent Saturday night with Greg, Tabitha & Lynleigh; Sherri came to their house early Sunday morning & we all headed over to tailgate, where we met Meg and Hope. We ate a pretty quick lunch, and while we were eating Boo started taking Turner Field signs off the metal barricades at the parking lots. Elise was SO proud of her souvenir 🙂
We walked over to the old Fulton County Stadium area, and spread some of Poppie’s ashes there. On our way walking into Turner Field we passed all kinds of folks out tailgating, needless to say, including this table of the cutest Braves cookies I ever saw. They very generously shared some with Mason and Lynleigh – so cute.
The Braves won the game, beating the Detroit Tigers 1 – 0, on a run scored in the first inning. Afterwards, there was a pretty amazing ending ceremony, with a ceremonial final pitch, Hank Aaron coming to take homeplate to the new Suntrust Stadium, and a very cool parade of states. All of the southern states, in the Braves broadcast area, were represented, and then formed on in infield for the final speakers. The night ended with a final chop, fireworks, confetti and streamers. It was just so, so special. Thanks, Turner Field, for an awesome day.
