The Atlanta Crackers were minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 teams based in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, between 1901 and 1965. The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 moved from Milwaukee

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 in 1966.http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/total.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:34:30

For sixty years (until 1961), the Crackers were part of the Class AA

Minor league baseball

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 Southern Association

Southern Association

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, a period during which they won more games than any other Association team, earning the nickname the "Yankees of the Minors".