Kansas City Monarchs Crown Logo illustrations The Thrashers were Atlanta's major

The Thrashers were Atlanta's major league hockey team from 1999 until 2011 when they moved to become the new incarnation of that city's previous team

The team was sold in 1973 and while it stayed in Atlanta

It was also the site of the infamous Ten Cent Beer Night promotion in 1974

Calvin "Pokey" Reese played second base for the Reds from 1997 to 2001

better known as just the Silverdome

Kansas City Monarchs Crown Logo illustrations The Thrashers were Atlanta's majorThe Kansas City Monarchs are probably the most famous Negro league team of all time and were certainly the longest lasting. Even after the color barrier had been broken in Major League Baseball by Jackie Robinson (a former Monarch), the team continued on, barnstorming across America four years beyond the demise of the last Negro league in 1962. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum