14 year streak..

[captainbolduke]

Any comments on one of, if not the greatest playoff streak coming to an end?

I know they still have a little time, but it is pretty much a lock they won't be making the post-season this year.

[TestSubjekt]

Props to them for the length of their streak. But to be honest I like some variety in the playoffs. The same teams winning the divisions year after year gets boring.

I realize the Braves haven't done it the same way as the Yankees and bought their divisional championships, but still...it'll be nice to see some new names and faces playing in October.

[shawkins]

Agreed. I like the variety as well. Seeing new teams get their shot at a playoff series is great for baseball. After all, Atlanta fans didn't truly appreciate what they had.

Right now I'm cheering for the Mets, Reds, Diamondbacks and Dodgers.

The D'Backs have always been my NL team, but the Mets are slowly surging into that position with that dynamite left side of the infield.

[shimmeroo roo]

The only way the Braves can be rebuilt is to have a bad season, bad enough to get someone's attention. Piecing together a team that barely makes the playoffs each year in a weak division was doing the bare minimum. Maybe now that the Braves don't make the playoffs there can be some positive changes.

I've been saying it all along - if you want a championship Braves team, a real championship team, you have to rebuild.

[shimmeroo roo]

shawkins said:

After all, Atlanta fans didn't truly appreciate what they had.

That's not true. Atlanta fans appreciate and love what they have. And by "fans" I don't mean the corporate suits who buy out the stadium with season tickets and passes that go largely unused or, at best, are filled by people with a mild interest in the game who leave as soon as the Braves lose the lead.

Atlanta fans are the folks like the ones at my church in Macon where, when the pastor's wife snuck back into the church service late, the pastor stopped the sermon to ask her what the score was so that everyone could know.

There are plenty of "real" Atlanta fans, just not all of them can make the games or afford to go to them if they could.

[shawkins]

shimmer said:

shawkins said:

After all, Atlanta fans didn't truly appreciate what they had.

That's not true. Atlanta fans appreciate and love what they have. And by "fans" I don't mean the corporate suits who buy out the stadium with season tickets and passes that go largely unused or, at best, are filled by people with a mild interest in the game who leave as soon as the Braves lose the lead.

Atlanta fans are the folks like the ones at my church in Macon where, when the pastor's wife snuck back into the church service late, the pastor stopped the sermon to ask her what the score was so that everyone could know.

There are plenty of "real" Atlanta fans, just not all of them can make the games or afford to go to them if they could.

If that is the case then I am mistaken. Looking at all the empty seats, during a playoff game none the less, suggested otherwise to me.

That caused me to interpret that as the city of Atlanta not appreciating the successful team they had, even if that team couldn't seem to make it out of the NLDS to save their lives.

[TyPenn613]

I'll admit that even that I'm a lifelong Mets fan, the streak is more than something else. I have always had an interest in writing about baseball, and if anything ever becomes of it, I would love to do something on the many players that passed through Atlanta these years, and just how great they played. Remember, this was a team that was dismal in the 1980s and became absolutely dominate just like that.

[shimmeroo roo]

Time Warner's trying to unload the team. If a good, fresh owner comes in (as much as good ol' Teddy annoys me, he was a great owner) it won't take long for them to rebuild. Mark my words.

I think I might buy a lottery ticket. If I win 100 million dollars I could buy the team myownself.