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Richmond Braves
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Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
ClassTriple-A (1966-Present)
LeagueInternational League
DivisionSouth Division
Major league affiliations
TeamAtlanta Braves (1966-Present)
Minor league titles
League titles 1978, 1986, 1989, 1994
Team data
NameRichmond Braves (1966-Present)
BallparkThe Diamond (1966-Present)
General managerBruce Baldwin
ManagerDave Brundage

The Richmond Braves are the AAA team of the Atlanta Braves and are part of the International League. Colloquially referred to as the R-Braves, they are based in Richmond, Virginia, where they have played since 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, where their Triple-A team, the Crackers, had been playing for four years. The Braves play their home games at a stadium called The Diamond, which is also home to the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team. The Diamond is located on Boulevard and features a sculpture of a gigantic Native American brave (named "Connecticut") on the outside walkway. The stadium as we know it was established in 1985 at a site that had been used for minor league baseball since 1954.

In 2004, a project was proposed to build a new stadium for the Braves in the Shockoe Bottom district of downtown Richmond. The aging Diamond is said to be in disrepair, including the fact that the field floods after heavy rains due to the clay soil under the playing surface. After Tropical Storm Gaston devastated Shockoe Bottom, the proposal lost some popular support but was still being heavily promoted by some city leaders. The deal with a Washington-based developer fell through late in 2005, but Shockoe is still being looked at as well as the former site of Fulton Gas Works, and Chesterfield County to some extent. Others still have faith in a renovation of the current Diamond.

Titles

The R-Braves have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 4 times, and played in the championship series 9 times. Their predecessor team, the Richmond Virginians, a N.Y. Yankee IL franchise from 1954 through 1964, played in the series 1 time.

Current Roster

As of May 15, 2007


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