April 2017 * Vol. 73, No. 4 CONTENTS THE 16 20 24 Restoring Ty Cobb's legacy 28 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION GEORGIA DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES 10 VISITATHENSGA.COM 38 COURTESY CALLAWAY GARDENS ISSUE 16 D E PA R T M E N T S 5 MAILBOX 6 PICTURE THIS? 8 GEORGIA NEWS 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS web exclusive web exclusive Family, fans welcome a book on The Georgia Peach that sticks to the facts. By Kevin Braun It's Miller time! Atlanta Opera tenor Timothy Miller takes the field at SunTrust Park. By Rosalyn Dunn 14 CURRENTS 26 GEORGIA'S ENERGY OUTLOOK 28 AROUND GEORGIA Growing with the game: golfing for kids 34 GEORGIA GARDENS S.A.F.E. and sound web exclusive web exclusive Light up your garden with summer-flowering bulbs Building life skills through 4-H shooting sports. By Jim Jess 36 THE FACTS OF LIFE ... IN GEORGIA Lineman Appreciation Month There's MORE online! web exclusive Click on the April 2017 cover at georgiamagazine.org 19A Vintage baseball; Ty Cobb's last days 40A Second helping: More Steeplechase, Derby Day recipes AMY SCHNEIDER 19A 4 42A More Snapshot photos 42B Plant of the month; trivia contest Recipes for Steeplech ase and Derby Day 42 SNAPSHOT web exclusive web exclusive parties, page 38 April 2017 Atlanta Opera tenor Timothy Miller takes the field THE ISSUE Restoring Ty Cobb's legacy page 16 www.georgiamagazine.org web exclusive Spring flowers It's Miller time! page 20 web exclusive Steeplechase and Derby Day party fare web exclusive 40B Georgia Grown spotlight recipe 38 GEORGIA COOKS Golfing for kids page 28 More online at www.georgiamagazine.org ON THE COVER: The Atlanta Braves' seventh-inning singing sensation Timothy Miller shoulders a bat at the new SunTrust Park in Cobb County, which was still under construction at the time of this photo. (Photo by Leita Cowart.) GEORGIA MAGAZINEhttp://www.VISITATHENSGA.COM http://www.georgiamagazine.org http://www.georgiamagazine.org http://www.georgiamagazine.org