Thirty Days Of Hell In Atlanta: Trying To Get Rid Of The Trashy In-Laws That Just Arrived At Their Doorstep

Every summer the family black sheep come to visit unannounced and unwanted. That’s where the contenders are as they try to topple the Braves.

Every summer the family black sheep come to visit unannounced and unwanted. That’s where the contenders are as they try to topple the Braves.
Advertisements The Spitter whiffed badly last year in our projections for the National League Eastern Division. So we went back through the numbers to see if there was a singular thing that Atlanta excelled at. The answer is yes…and no. The Braves finished fifth in the N.L. in runs-scored and eighth in all of baseball in batting average (.300) on
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Read moreAdvertisements So, somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 games ago, one wag (that’s old-timer for smart-alec punk) dismissed the entire National League East except Washington, who was guaranteed to “sleep walk through the division.” Little problem with that. Washington has been asleep alright, but not winning at any particularly rapid pace and has been far behind just about everyone in
Read moreThere is absolutely no reason for the Washington Nationals to be tired come October. Why? Because the Nats can sleepwalk through this division. Photo by Sharon Ward
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Read moreEven though Hank Aaron was traded (at his request) to finish his career in Milwaukee, there was plenty of talent to maintain a competitive club – much like they had done so since moving to Atlanta.
Read moreKeith Good’s weekly One-Act, an SNL-meets-MLB look at the week in baseball. This week, Atlanta and San Diego discover the cruel, frozen wastes of April baseball.
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