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#12 Atlanta Vipers
Franchise Power Points: 35.5
Cumulative Record: 602-529
Playoff Achievements: Wildcard Berth (S2, S5); Division Title (S4, S6 & S7)
Best Season Record: Season 2 (97-65)
Worst Season Record: Season 1 (71-91)
Franchise History- To begin the story of this franchise, we must look to the old Dust Bowl…Oklahoma…the franchise started in Oklahoma’s capital as the Sooners. They stayed for one year in the Sooner State, putting together a 71-91 record. The team was quickly sold and moved to sunny Georgia where they became the Atlanta Traffic Jamz. The team had minor success as the Jamz, taking a wildcard spot and posting a franchise best record (97-65) in Season 2. In between Seasons 3 & 4, team owner mileininger sold the team when his son was disqualified from the National Spelling Bee for spelling all of the words that ended in the letter “s” with the letter “z”. When asked why he made this ridiculous blunder, the youngster clearly placed the blame on his father saying, “That’z the way my dad alwayz taught me to do thingz and what my dad sayz, goez.” Mileininger retired from baseball to home school his children. The team was bought by viperxx79 , stayed in Atlanta and was renamed the Viperz…oh…excuse me…the Vipers. The Vipers quickly found success and have made the playoffs every year under their new ownership.
Franchise Outlook- This team is loaded with young talent. Albert Barrios, Ronnie Parkinson, Tony Mercado, Carlos Leon and Shannon Cortes are just some members of the youth movement in Atlanta. There are some young stars in the minors too, including hurlers Earl Coleman and Mel Edwards. As long as the Vipers can continue to draft well and replace their aging veterans, they should continue to be a power house in the NL South for many seasons to come.
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