"Today is a momentous day in the storied history of this franchise."
That sentence rang from the public address system as the festivities were set to begin at Turner Field on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016.
The day marked the final game in the brief 20-year history of baseball in the stadium, as the Atlanta Braves are taking off to the glistening SunTrust Park in 2017.
I’m sure the move will work out well for the Braves. The franchise has its reasons for leaving a perfectly good stadium. But let’s just soak in that final game and the emotions that came flooding back.