ATLANTA (AP) -- Matt Kemp says his trade to the Atlanta Braves gives him a fresh start with the team he cheered for as a child.
In a letter on The Players' Tribune website , Kemp wrote that he was ''a huge Atlanta Braves fan'' while growing up in Oklahoma because he followed the team on TV.
''Our little old TV picked up TBS, which meant I got to watch my Braves, so I was happy,'' Kemp wrote in the letter entitled ''Hello Atlanta.''
''That was my team! I used to rush home from school to finish my homework so I could turn on the TV and watch Chipper Jones, Ron Gant, David Justice, Fred McGriff, Greg Maddux and Jon Smoltz play their hearts out for the Braves.