This weekend, the Atlanta Braves, one of baseball’s most recognizable franchises, will co-headline the first edition of Sunday Night Baseball to air live on NBC this season. NBC Sports will be live from Truist Park in Georgia on Sunday night as Atlanta hosts the Cleveland Guardians, live on NBC and Peacock.
But the Braves aren’t waiting until Sunday to stir up some baseball buzz. Earlier this month, the club announced their latest City Connect uniforms, and they pay tribute to the basic cable boom that made the team a national institution.
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The references and Easter eggs in the Atlanta Braves new City Connect uniforms
An Atlanta Braves hat.
Announced on April 7, the Atlanta Braves’ 2026 City Connect uniforms are a throwback in more ways than one. The caps feature a new version of the classic lower-case “a” logo adopted by the team in the 1970s, while the jerseys are the same light blue adopted (usually as a road uniform) by the Braves in the 1980s, with the “Atlanta” script across the chest. These unis hearken back to the days when the legendary Hank Aaron was slugging it out in Atlanta, but those aren’t the only throwback features on these uniforms.
Beginning in the late 1970s, the Braves were lucky enough to benefit from Atlanta media mogul Ted Turner’s new TBS “SuperStation,” a basic cable network still operating today. Because Turner’s broadcasting home was Atlanta, and TBS was expanding into national cable markets, the Braves became a fixture of TBS weeknight programming, taking them from a regional team to a nationwide spectacle.
An Atlanta Braves jersey.
That dominance continued through the 1980s and the 1990s, when players like Chipper Jones and Greg Maddux helped build the club into a World Series-winning powerhouse. In tribute to the original TBS SuperStation and what it did to raise the team’s profile, the City Connect jerseys also feature an “ATL” logo on the left sleeve that hearkens back to the original TBS graphics.
And best of all for Braves fans, you can purchase your own City Connect jerseys and hats right now at the team’s official shop.
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How can you watch the Atlanta Braves vs. Cleveland Guardians on Sunday Night Baseball this week?
The Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Guardians face off this weekend on Sunday Night Baseball. The broadcast begins at 7 p.m. ET live on NBC and streaming simultaneously on Peacock.
MLB on NBC & Peacock This Season
The MLB is back on NBC and Peacock this season with the addition of Sunday Night Baseball in primetime and plenty of Peacock-exclusive games on the slate this season. Find the full schedule right here. Peacock will also stream games of the day throughout the season during the week, so be sure to check in weekly for that specific schedule week-to-week.
The full slate features plenty of storied rivalries from across the league. Sunday Night Baseball will be home to division rivalry games including Diamondbacks-Dodgers (March 26); Braves-Phillies (April 19); Tigers-Royals (May 10); Rangers-Angels (May 24); Cubs-Cardinals (May 31); Mets-Phillies (June 21); Yankees-Red Sox (June 28); Padres-Dodgers (July 5); Mariners-Astros (August 16); and Padres-Giants (Sept. 13). Catch it all on Peacock right here.