He was definitely a guy that was well ahead of his time, from starting CNN which at the time seemed like a crazy idea to buying the Atlanta Braves and putting them on his superstation and broadcasted all the games on cable.
I believe the guy’s name was Andy Messerschmidt who was a pitcher on the Braves, Turner put Channel on the back of his jersey and gave him the number 17, channel 17 was his superstation.
He also put a uniform on himself and sat in the dugout acting like the manager, eventually MLB cancelled that self-promotional idea.
He also put a uniform on himself and sat in the dugout acting like the manager, eventually MLB cancelled that self-promotional idea.
He is credited as managing one game which the Braves lost. May 11, 1977, for the Atlanta Braves (the Braves lost 2–1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates to bring their losing streak to 17 games).