Brave New World...Is a Brave New ...Mess!

Your Atlanta Braves....our Atlanta Braves...are in a free fall.  A fall that has even the most avid Braves fans at a loss for words.

Consider this:  On July 7th...the Braves record was 42 wins--42 losses... still a contender.  Only 4 games out of 1st place.   A look at the standings then:

NL East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	W-L%
WSN	46	38	.548	--	360	327	.544
NYM	43	42	.506	3.5	293	304	.483
ATL	42	42	.500	4.0	331	355	.468
MIA	35	49	.417	11.0	303	343	.444
PHI	29	57	.337	18.0	299	430	.340

  And now?

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	73	59	0.553	—	44–24	29–35
Washington Nationals	66	65	0.504	6½	37–26	29–39
Miami Marlins	55	79	0.410	19	30–36	25–43
Atlanta Braves	54	79	0.406	19½	33–32	21–47
Philadelphia Phillies	53	80	0.398	20½	30–35	23–45

Since July 7th....These Braves have won 12 games.   And lost 37!   They are 19 games out of 1st.

How...in the name of "Henry (Hank) Aaron does this happen?   Well ....the geniuses that they are...the Braves front office...decided to trade away an entire....yes...an entire team!   For a bunch of no names...to save money.   Why you ask?   Good question.  It seems they want to stockpile young pitchers...beef up the farm system...so when...in 2017...when they move to Cobb County....they will have the resources to acquire the necessary free agents to make the Braves winners again.

But ....and we have to ask....what about now?   What about 2016?   Correct us if we're wrong...but in 2016 ....82 games will be ...again played at Turner Field.   

And you expect us ...the fans ....to come?

A Brave new "Mess"!   Today....the Braves had an afternoon game with another team waiting to go on vacation...the Florida Marlins...At least the Marlins showed up:

 

Game Story

Braves' home skid now 8, worst since '88

The Miami Marlins rarely play well in Atlanta. Against this Braves club, Miami could do no wrong. ''To come in and sweep a team that's always played the Marlins tough and to sweep them here in their ballpark is big,'' manager Dan Jennings said.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mia	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	7	14	0
Atl	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1