My Truist Park and Battery ATL Experience

Join this New York Mets fan in "enemy territory" as I explore Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta. Is it worth the visit?

As a baseball fan, I always look to incorporate games when I travel, especially during the season. I love the history of ballparks, and how they have evolved from baseball fields to cookie cutter “multipurpose stadiums”, and back to ballparks today. It can be argued that the modern ballparks we see today started with Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which opened in 1992 and that classic baseball field look and style moved across America. Even if you’re not a fan of a particular team, it’s a wonderful experience to soak in the atmosphere of a ballpark on a warm summer night. I have visited Atlanta several times in the past decade, as a good friend of mine from college now lives down there with his family. As part of my trip, my friend invited me to join him and a few of his local friends for a Braves-Mets game while I was in town. As a long suffering New York Mets fan, the pain was magnified even more walking through this breathtaking place, and i’m not just talking about the stadium! Let’…