Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: Welcome to the Hotel California
As he exits, Garrison Keillor skewers Atlanta Braves’ move to Cobb County
Garrison Keillor, accompanied by bluegrassist Ricky Skaggs, brought his national radio show “Prairie Home Companion” to Atlanta one last time over the weekend.
More from Tomahawk Take
- Atlanta Braves 2012 Prospect Review: Joey Terdoslavich
- Braves News: Braves sign Fuentes, Andruw’s HOF candidacy, more
- The Weakest Braves Homers Since 2015
- Atlanta Braves Sign Joshua Fuentes to Minor League Deal
- Braves News: New Year’s Eve comes with several questions about the 2023 Braves
As a farewell present to Atlanta, before a packed Fox Theatre audience on Saturday, Keillor thwarted the move of the Braves to Cobb County. Fictionally, anyway.
‘Twas in its “Guy Noire: Private Eye” skit that the weekly variety show took aim at the ball club’s decision to abandon Turner Field, “one of the most beautiful ball parks in the history of baseball,” in favor of “an ugly new field in the midst of miles of shopping malls and office park.
“I’m talking about Cobb County, the northern suburbs that have no public transportation to speak of – just freeways that turn into parking lots,” says one of the characters who hire Noire/Keillor to sabotage the move across the Chattahoochee.
“These fiscal conservatives who pay school teachers in paper clips have ponied up half a billion dollars….so the Braves can leave a fine old ballpark and move a few miles north,” said actor Tim Russell in something approximating a Southern accent. And yes, the word “blasphemy” was used.
[ Ed. note: I could add my two cents worth again, but I already did that last week.
Next: Two More Days... then we'll know
I will add this note though: with Keillor, the messages through his jokes are entirely political… and I will leave that at that. ]