ROME, Ga. — Atlanta’s minor league associate in Rome, Georgia, might be losing its Braves nickname.
The Top-A South Atlantic League staff, the 3rd rung in Atlanta’s minor league gadget, has been a Braves’ associate since 2003.
The staff has negative plans to modify its courting with the Braves, however it’ll tied alternative minor league groups that experience rebranded to their distinctive nicknames for advertising functions.
For example, Atlanta’s Triple-A staff in Gwinnett switched from Braves to Stripers prior to the 2018 season. Rome’s exchange will let go the Double-A Mississippi Braves as the one staff some of the manage 4 associates nonetheless sporting the father or mother membership’s nickname.
A time in the past, Rome ranked closing within the 12-team Sally League in attendance, averaging simply over 1,400. A reputation-the-team competition will aid pick out the brandnew moniker for the 2024 season.
“After twenty proud years as the Rome Braves, the time has come to usher in a new era,” the staff mentioned in a social media observation. “Our mission is to give the Rome community a brand as unique and special as the area itself is. For Braves fans, our long-standing affiliation with the Atlanta Braves will continue for years to come, however we want to create an identity that fans across the region can proudly claim and call their own.”
Rome is set 60 miles northwest of the Braves’ Truist Soil house.
