It has been a bad dream relived again and again. It happened again tonight at Turner Field.
On my TV at work, I saw my Braves lose a home game where another team celebrated another championship on Turner Field real estate.
It has been a scene played out over and over again since the stadium was built for baseball in 1997. The then Florida Marlins clinched the NLCS in 1997 as did my San Diego Padres in 1998. The Arizona Diamondback did that too in 2001.
Most of the time the Braves saw countless other teams advance to the NLCS on their dime (starting with the Cardinals in 2000, Giants in 2002 and 2010, Cubs in 2003, Astros in 2004, and the St. Louis Cardinals winning the wild card game in 2012).
I thought it before and I'll say it now, the Braves are cursed at Turner Field. It is their house of horrors, and they play their HOME GAMES there.
I was so glad to see video of the groundbreaking of their new ballpark up in Cobb County, newly named SunTrust Park. I think that it would serve as a better home field advantage than the one they have now.
I've lived in Atlanta three fewer years than Turner Field has been a baseball stadium. I've witnessed too much history from other teams, making the Braves history in the process. The Washington Nationals made history of their own at the Braves expense tonight.
I dream of a day where the Braves are not such gracious hosts when the games count and playoff bids are on the line. Until then, I'll start a countdown of how many Braves home games are left at Turner Field.
Right now, that count stands at 170.
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