Turner Field Review

The Marlins play at Turner Field tonight in the first of a 4 game set and happened to be one of the stadiums that I visited on a recent 5 stadium adventure. Turner Field was my 16th on this 32 stadium tour.

Turner Field was built as the stadium used for the Olympics at the time of 1996 and redone to be the home of the Atlanta Braves as you can see the Olympic rings in the area but you also see the cars and Atlanta traffic. There is no public transit way that gets you to Turner Field and your best bet is a shuttle from Underground Atlanta, a few miles away so that began the frustration of the day. 

Their bullpens are famously hidden from field view and you really have to look hard to find it. What amused me was the fact that the power went out in the 2nd inning leading to a nice delay and wait until that power went back on. 

The sight lines to the city are atrocious. Meaning you have nothing to look at besides all there little trademarks which sadly are four things. Coca-Cola, Publix, Napa, and the controversially delicious Chick-Fil-A. The last one drew my nerves though.

The cow out in left field will join in on the tomahawk chop which goes off ALL THE TIME! You think Florida State is bad. Atlanta will make that thing go off all the time and nice and loud so you can get a drastic headache. The cow is funny doing the chop but it loses its luster quick when its all the time... 

Nice scoreboard but I've seen better out there and as you can see the Mets where on this field too so I was hoping for a nice spontaneous combustion of the two teams but I didn't get my wish as the Braves did win 7-6.

The Friday Night Fireworks were a nice touch for sure though.

They also acknowledge their old stadium as well and their vast history of choking in the playoffs and only winning one title in 1995.

All in all Turner Field is not a stadium you want to run and see. My traveling partner says that out of the ten stadiums she was been to, this is the worst of the ten. Not much going on for it and she has seen games in horrendous (for baseball) Sun Life Stadium. Its definitely on my bottom as well and I'll only go back when the Marlins are playing a series there.