Atlanta Braves tickets are on sale to see if the Braves are ready to proclaim the rebuilding process prematurely complete. Or at least, perhaps, make exceptional headway in just the second season since Brian Cox retired as manager. TheSeats has the Atlanta Braves baseball tickets to see if this is wishful thinking or if the 2012 season schedule at Turner Field includes some postseason game dates.

Atlanta Braves Tickets on Sale

The Atlanta Braves shocked everyone two seasons ago when they won 91 games and advanced to the playoffs. Last season, they won a very decent 89 games but missed the postseason. This season they are doing without ace Derek Lowe, but hope a pair of slumping sluggers is prepared to rekindle their seasons and prove catalysts to provide the offense necessary to overcome any additional need for run support. Those sluggers are Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla. Heyward had an atrocious second season after a promising first landed him in the All Star Game. Uggla still managed to hit 36 homeruns, but he also had an abysmal batting average and OBP.

If these two players are able to hit above the Mendoza mark, Heyward is able to up his power production, and the rest of the collective talent posts similar numbers to last season, it is not difficult to see this roster covering those 13 games they needed to tie the Phillies last season.

Long before this 2012 season, people in Atlanta knew the baseball team would not be employing Derek Lowe for very long. He was signed as an ace pitcher to bridge the gap between the new batch of starting talent’s journey from inconsistent back of the rotation players to solid middle rotation guys to front end talent. Well, Jair Jurrjens and Tommy Hanson are young talents ready to be counted upon to perform at an elite level. Tim Hudson is still in place as the ace, but Brandon Beachy and Mike Minor are still learning the ropes. Given time, Jurrjens or Hanson will be leading the rotation, but in 2012 Hudson will around until at least the middle of the season.

Atlanta Braves History

Atlanta Braves games have been played since 1876, at the beginning of professional baseball. Starting as the Boston Red Stockings and hanging out in Boston until the then-Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953. These lesser known Braves teams won a World Series and 10 NL Pennants. Of course, most baseball fans only recognize Milwaukee as the Atlanta Braves predecessor city.

The Milwaukee Braves boasted sluggers like Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron and starters like Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, and Bob Buhl. In 1957, the Milwaukee Braves took to the World Series and beat the Yankees. Aaron won the MVP and Spahn won the Cy Young. Milwaukee returned the next season but, fell to the Yankees in seven games.

The team moved to Atlanta in 1966, beginning the city’s search for Brave tickets and the scouring of the Atlanta Braves seating chart for seats to watch as Hank Aaron broke the career home run record. Still, the club struggled to remain competitive, falling to last place in the NL West division. Ted Turner took over ownership in 1976 and eventually turned the franchise around, making it America’s Team. This golden age came from 1991 to 2005, when Bobby Cox managed a baseball team that won NL East 14 times in 15 seasons and won a World Series in 1995.

This dynasty boasted stars like Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones, David Justice, and Fred McGriff. The front office is trying to revamp its farm system and begin another long run of excellence, so find your Atlanta Braves tickets from TheSeats to find the best ticket prices on the secondary ticket market for the new season at Turner Field.