Section 437, Row 27, Seats 1 and 3.  This is where my buddy John and I are on sitting on a Wednesday matinee between the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins.  The seats are the highest, farthest reserved seats from home plate in Turner Field, where the Braves will be leaving in two years for a shiny, brand-new stadium in the suburb of Cobb County.  Call me old-fashioned, but I find these seats to have more that a particular charm to being the champion nose-bleed location.  I think the still offer a pretty darn good view of the action.

While there has been much debate, and no short of controversy on the Braves leaving downtown Atlanta (and a stadium barely 20 years old at the time of departure), one can not argue the financial and competitive advantage our hometown team will gain from SunTrust Park.  The increased revenue streams to come from state-of-the-art, mixed-use entertainment in and around the new digs will allow the Braves to field (in theory) a more competitive team.  As part of the design of the new stadium, nose-bleed seats such as Section 437 will be eliminated, replaced with a far more intimate upper deck bringing the fans much closer to the action.

I, however, will miss these sections (437 on the first base line, 422 over on third base), which were promoted for years at the Ted as the “Skyline Seats.”  Until recently, a ticket in the Skyline Seats cost only $1, and they were only available at the park, 2 hours before first pitch.  It was a tradition shared with friends, especially during our broke college years, that fortified our love of the team, knowing they would allow folks to see live Major League Baseball for one single solitary dollar.  Thing is, spare a small section of right field, you can truly see everything happening on the field.  Beyond the value and charm, where else in Atlanta can you get this view?…