1997 Atlanta Braves Team Signed Baseball 25 Sigs. Incl. Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Cox, Glavine etc.- COA JSA

Presented is a ONL (Coleman) baseball autographed by members of the 1997 Atlanta Braves. There are 25 signers in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). Signers include: Bobby Cox on the sweet spot. Others include Greg Maddux; Tom Glavine; Chipper Jones; Ned Yost; Chris Brock; Chad Fox; Keith Lockhart; Mike Cather; Eddie Pérez; Danny Bautista; Leo Mazzone and many others. The baseball itself shows toning from age.

The 1997 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise’s 32nd season in Atlanta and 127th overall. The Braves entered the season as defending National League champions, having lost the 1996 World Series to the Yankees in 6 games. They won their seventh consecutive division title, taking the National League East by 9 games over the second place Florida Marlins. However, the Marlins would later defeat the Braves in the NLCS. 1997 was the first year that the Braves played their home games in Turner Field, a reconstruction of the former Centennial Olympic Stadium, which originally served as the main venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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