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An Ode to the Richmond Braves.

Ah, the former Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate.

Sometimes I really do miss you.

I miss your laugh, your smile.

That time when you had Ryan Langerhans.

 

Ah, the Richmond Braves.

A man's team.

A team's team.

A team that went [insert all time Winning Percentage here]

 

Pett Orr! Horacio Ramirez!

Roman Colone and Kyle Davies!

I never saw any of these guys play.

 

Chipper Jones was there.

And I saw him play.

And it was grand.

 

Ahh, the Richmond Braves.

A team I suddenly miss now that I can drive

and have a girlfriend

and parents who won't let us drive 3 hours to Washington.

 

The memories! Sitting in the nosebleeds on purpose!

Extremely expensive food! Dip-n-Dots!

My dad paying for everything!

It was good.

 

And yes, Atlanta did take every player who performed well.

Atlanta did rape the team of all its prospects by mid-August.

But they fought on.

 

The Richmond Braves are why I was a Braves fan in the first place.

Why my dad was a fan.

Why they matter to me.

 

And while the Richmond Braves are dead and gone

I will always remember what they did for me.

And hope they put another team in that stadium rotting 10 minutes from my house

 

And while I may love again

It won't be a pure love, like what we had so long ago.

Oh Richmond Braves, we never appreciated you.

And we got what we deserved.

 

Will you please take us back?

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"I bought a scratch-off ticket, but then I accidentally spilled some cortizone cream on it, so it did not need to be scratched."

by !Vive la Francoeur! on Jul 3, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

“That time when you had Ryan Langerhans” lol

by VivaLosBravos on Jul 5, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions  

i miss Langerhans

He probably sucks though. Nostalgia makes you think things are better than they actually are/were.

by RichmondBraves on Jul 5, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

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