Talk:Mississippi Braves

Owned and operated
"The team is owned and operated by the Atlanta Braves."

... I thought surely that must be wrong, since the majority of minor league teams are owned by outside businessmen, and not by the Major League clubs ... but it's true!

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/clubs/ip_index.jsp?cid=t430&mc=info

"Operated by: Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc. Principal Owner: Ted Turner"

Score one for the author. -- JimGalaxy
 * The team is owned and operated by Liberty Media after they acquired the team, as well as the Atlanta Braves, from Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit in 2007. Per

--  ALLSTAR    ECHO  09:24, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

State of the stadium
the "state of the stadium" in greenville was not the issue. The braves wanted to move and this was merely an excuse, i had attended games at the stadium since my childhood and it was in fine condition. they wanted a new fancy stadium paid for by the taxpayers. -Mad_Gouki
 * All the news reports say it was because of the state of the stadium and Greenville, SC not wanting to fund a new one. The Greenville stadium is old. I'm sure 20 years from now the Braves will be gone from Mississippi, citing the same reasons. --  ALLSTAR    ECHO  19:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)