The Highest-Scoring Team in Franchise History
The first half having mathematically drawn to a close, you might be wondering, as I have been, how...
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John Prine and Jason Isbell
John Prine and Jason Isbell are 2 of the most influential songwriters in our country and remind us that time is the real gift on this earth. I was late to the John Prine scene. It was about 7 years ago that I got hooked on...
Read MoreLife Before Superstations: A Story about J.R. Richard
On July 30th, 1980, WLW radio in Cincinnati announced Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had collapsed during a pre-game workout, and had been rushed to a Houston hospital. I was 16 years old. I was not an Astros fan, but...
Read MoreThe Braves Win The Franchise’s First World Series (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here Three days after the regular season’s end, the 1914 World Series started on October 9 in Philadelphia. The surprising upstart Braves faced off...
Read MoreBoston Takes the National League Pennant! (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here The National League’s regular season after the games on October 6, with the Boston Braves as the unlikely league champions. Starting with games on...
Read MoreNot That We Care: a guide to the playoffs, part 2
The decision tree for who to hate tonight is much simpler.
Read MoreBoston’s Lead Over the Giants Increases (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here By the morning of Sept.11, Boston had resumed its surge into first place, holding a tenuous 2 ½ game lead over the New York Giants. The standings...
Read MoreBoston Moves Past the Giants (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here From September 4-10, Boston finally captured sole occupancy of first place in the National League. Here were the standings on the morning of September...
Read MoreThe Braves and Giants Tread Water (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here From August 26 through September 3, 1914, Boston essentially matched the New York Giants, as both teams travelled the entire period. The Standings...
Read MoreThe Surging Braves Reach First Place (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here On August 5, Boston had moved into the first division of the National League, but still remained 6 1/2 games behind mighty New York. Twenty days...
Read MoreThe 1914 Braves – What Changed? (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: to see the previous installment in the 1914 Braves saga, click here From July 5 to August 4, the 1914 Boston Braves posted a 21-5 mark, a remarkable .808 winning percentage. But thanks to their poor start, this...
Read More1914 Braves Update: Boston Cracks the .500 Barrier (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: this continues the chronicle of the 1914 season begun in this post and continued in this post. At the end of the day on July 15, the Braves had completed a four-game series in St. Louis, coming away with two wins....
Read MoreOff Day Open Thread: The Miracle (1914) Begins (by AtlCrackers Fan)
Ed. note: this continues the chronicle of the 1914 season begun in this post. Sunday morning, July 5 found the Braves having lost both ends of a double-header to Brooklyn, extending the losing streak to 5 games. The National...
Read MoreOff Day Open Thread: The Braves’ first “worst to first†experience (by AtlCrackers Fan)
The Braves won the National League pennant five times in eight years between 1891 and 1898, and finished a close 2nd in ’99. But the franchise fell on hard times in the first years of the 20th century, particularly in...
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? BONUS THREAD: Hope.
So, it’s just a bit outside my arbitrarily-defined time frame, but this did happen not quite 18 years ago… And if you were reading closely, you’d note that my odds of various miserable things...
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? #1: The Gut-Shot, Open Thread (by W.C.G.)
Ed. note: This is the fourth in a series of posts by W.C.G. that is predicated on something Mac used to say: “I’ve mentioned before that I have a low opinion of hope, which normally plays you false.” Or, as W.C.G....
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? #2: The Umpire, Open Thread (by W.C.G.)
Ed. note: This is the fourth in a series of posts by W.C.G. that is predicated on something Mac used to say: “I’ve mentioned before that I have a low opinion of hope, which normally plays you false.” Or, as W.C.G....
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? #3: The Clincher, Open Thread (by W.C.G.)
Ed. note: This is the third in a series of posts by W.C.G. that is predicated on something Mac used to say: “I’ve mentioned before that I have a low opinion of hope, which normally plays you false.” Or, as W.C.G....
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? #4: The Ambush, September 23 Game Thread (by W.C.G.)
Ed. note: This is the second in a series of posts by W.C.G. that is predicated on something Mac used to say: “I’ve mentioned before that I have a low opinion of hope, which normally plays you false.” Or, as W.C.G....
Read MoreWhat Miserable Braves Playoff Loss are YOU? A Taxonomy of Miserable Braves Playoff Losses, 1996-2012. #5: The Dead Man Walking
I was a 14-year-old high school freshman in the fall of 1996 when I decided I was a Braves fan. It was the World Series and I bet my cousin Gene, a Yankees fan, that the Braves would win. We went up 2-0. I called him up, full of...
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