They are also the final remaining team to win every series played.
America's Team leads the way: with today's 6-2 victory over Philadelphia, the Atlanta Braves improve to 20-9, the first club to 20 wins in 2026.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillies-vs-braves/2026/04/26/824934/final/box
4 Comments
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 138d
Who calls Atlanta America's team? I've heard it of the Dallas cowboys in football (and jokingly mostly at that) but never in baseball.
dhork@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 138d
It's a holdover from the early days of cable/satellite TV.
Ted Turner owned the TV station that eventually became TBS, and the Braves. His station aired a lot of Braves games, and that station was widely available on satellite and cable across the country in the late 70s and early 80s.
So for a good number of years, the Braves had the most games on TV nationally, and that's when they got that nickname.
robocall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 137d
Phillies have not been doing well
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social · 2 pts · 137d
Atlanta pitching is nasty so far this year. Just nasty scary good.