Turner Field is the home of the Atlanta Braves. That is Turner Field named after media mogul Ted Turner. It is the place that uses the simple but effective local motto "The Braves Play Here" with the theme song being sung by such luminaries of the Country Music world as Montgomery Gentry in attempts to boost attendance in the ballpark.  The team is experiencing a less than stellar season standing eight games back at this time and it looks like center fielder Jordan Schafer will be out for a while to have a bone spur surgically removed so he may well be out of the picture for the rest of this season.

Other Atlanta Braves that are currently on the injured list are Pitcher Jorge Campillo who is out for the rest of the 2009 season, Pitcher Tim Hudson who could return as soon as September 2 and Center Fielder Nate McLouth who may be back as soon as the 31st of August. While this seems like a large amount of injuries, if you look at the Mets you will change your mind. They currently have thirteen players out with injuries and at least six of them might be out for the rest of the season. So the Braves really are not looking that bad in that department.

The manager of the Braves is Bobby Cox. He has spent a total of 26 years as a major league baseball coach and twenty-four of them have been with the Braves. He has a rather impressive record and under his guidance this team has won more games (1,666) in the 18-season span since the year of 1991 than any other baseball team (the New York Yankees come in at second with 1,646). Cox has won an amazing 15 division crowns in his career to date, including 14 crowns in Atlanta that led to a whooping five pennants (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999) and one World Championship (1995).

The Atlanta Braves are a team that has gone against the odds and managed to win division championships at the last minute so it is not out of the realm of possibility that they will come back again this year. There are enough games that they can certainly do that if they can keep the key team members in the organization healthy through the end of the season.