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On January 14th, the Atlanta Journal
Constitution reported that the Atlanta Braves would be moving their AAA
Affiliate, our Richmond Braves, to the Atlanta
suburb of Gwinnett. This follows years of neglect of an invaluable asset by
our city leadership. They took our baseball team for granted, and now the
citizens and fans of the central Virginia
region may have to pay the price. The Atlanta
officials have called us out on Strike Three - We want to appeal that
call. Give us one last swing.
It's time to finally, for the first time as a city - as a region - to stand
and be heard. We love our Braves. We want them to stay. It's not too late for
Atlanta to
change it's mind about moving OUR Braves. Let's
convince Atlanta that it's beneficial for them
to keep their developed fan base in Virginia.
Despite our city's broken leadership, we support our team staying for another
40 years.
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Listen to savetheRbraves.com's Stephen Blue on SportsPhone w/ Big Al on ESPN Radio 950
Interview starts at approx: 17:00 into MP3 - Approx. 5MB Download
Listen to Monday's interview on New Radio 1140AM
Streaming Audio
from WRVA.com
Our petition broke 5,000 signatures Wednesday Afternoon!
We will be printing the petition and a cover letter, along with other materials on Thursday evening, and shipping it Friday for arrival first of next week. Recipients will include the Atlanta Braves, Richmond Braves, Liberty Media Corp (Braves owner), Mayor Wilder and the Richmond City Council. If you want your name on the printed petition, you will need to sign before 6:00pm THURSDAY NIGHT. Thank you all for your continued support of this cause, and the Richmond Braves!
We do ask that you use your first and last name on the petition. Besides
adding legitimacy to your signature, who among us isn't proud to say "I'm
_______ and I support our R-Braves."
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