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1966 MLB season changes: Milwaukee Braves relocate from Milwaukee to Atlanta, as the Atlanta Braves; California Angels leave Chavez Ravine Stadium in Los Angeles, California and open Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California; St. Louis Cardinals leave Busch Stadium and open Busch Memorial Stadium in May
1966 NL season changes: Milwaukee Braves relocate from Milwaukee to Atlanta, as the Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals leave Busch Stadium and open Busch Memorial Stadium in May
April 11 – Emmett Ashford takes the field in Washington to officiate a 5–2 Washington Senators win over the Cleveland Indians. He is the first African-American umpire in Major League history. April 12 – A sellout crowd of 50,671 fans show up at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to watch the Braves' first home game in Atlanta.
The 1966 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 15 and September 5. Eleven teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top two teams in each division qualifying for the post-season.
November 7 – Rube Bressler, 72, one of only a few players in major league baseball history to successfully convert from a pitcher to a position player as a first baseman/outfielder, who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1914 and 1931.
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Turner Field was renovated into Center Parc Stadium for the Panthers football team, [15] while new baseball and softball parks are planned for the former Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium site. [16] In May 2024, The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the construction of a new baseball stadium on the site, with ...
The new left field video board measures 5,488 sq ft (509.9 m 2), while the new right field board measures 9,500 sq ft (880 m 2), the fourth largest scoreboard in MLB. In addition to this, the out of town scoreboard was upgraded, new video ribbons stretch from foul pole to foul pole, and a new sound system was added.