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From 1876 to 1952, the Boston Braves won 10 National League (NL) pennants and a World Series in 1914. Throughout the final three decades of this period, however, the club was purchased and sold several times because of financial troubles. After Lou Perini and his brothers acquired 100 % of the franchise in 1952, they moved it to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and renamed their team the Milwaukee Braves.
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For the Braves’ history since moving from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966, see Frank P. Jozsa Jr., Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations: A History, 1876–2008 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009), and James Quirk and Rodney D. Fort. Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992).
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Each MLB team has a timeline on its website. For example, this franchise’s information is at http://www.atlanta.braves.mlb.com.
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Sources include the Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2005 Edition (St. Louis, MO: Sporting News, 2005) and “Teams,” http://www.baseball-reference.com cited 28 January 2015.
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“Braves Sale is Approved,” http://www.m.mlb.com cited 8 August 2015.
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Read “The Business of Baseball,” http://www.forbes.com cited 28 January 2015, and “Major League Baseball Valuations,” http://www.bloomberg.com cited 2 February 2015.
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The reference for contents of this survey is Paul Swaney, “2014 MLB Ballpark Experience Rankings,” http://www.stadiumjourney.com cited 23 February 2015.
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Two articles for this topic are Barry Janoff, “Report: When It Comes to 2014 MLB Fans, the Most Loyal Group is in the Cards,” http://www.nysportsjournalism.com cited 23 February 2015, and “MLB Team Loyalty Winners and Losers,” http://www.brandkeys.com cited 14 February 2015.
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Interesting articles about the Braves franchise are “Atlanta Braves to Leave ‘Old’ Park for Cobb County in 2017,” Wall Street Journal (11 November 2013): 1, and Eric Fisher, “Braves, SunTrust Move Quickly, Quietly on Ballpark,” SportsBusiness Journal (22 September 2014): 8.
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Jozsa, F.P. (2016). Atlanta Braves. In: National League Franchises: Team Performances Inspire Business Success . SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25993-2_1
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