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Atlanta Braves Leaving Fulton County: Homerin’ Horner

Last week, we began what will look to promise some great Atlanta Braves memories many of us have of the old Fulton County Stadium and Turner Field.

Otis Nixon‘s insane catch in 1992, robbing Andy Van Slyke of a sure home run, kicked off our time traveling journey.

This time, though, we travel back even farther to 1986. July 6th to be exact, 2 days before my 7th birthday. The opponents that day were the Montreal Expos. The man in the box: Bob Horner.

Horner, the product of Arizona State University and born in Junction City, KS, was drafted #1 overall by the Braves in the 1978 amateur draft.