What is happening to us?!?

by user FatTony

This may have been the most miserable three weeks of my life. Granted I'm only 22 and the simple truth is I don't have a whole lot miserable times to compare these few weeks to, but these three weeks might have been my most miserable as a sports fan. The night that the Giants went to SuperBowl XXXV and got outclassed by the Ravens was bad. The first time that I got stung by a wasp sucked. Finding out that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father was horrible. But all of those things pale in comparison to the last three weeks.

As a Braves fan I've adjusted to, well, winning quite frankly. As I said, I'm only 22...I was what, 6 the last time the Braves didn't win the division? Granted, I've had to deal with the constant anthem of all things not Braves in the world of baseball, "Those division titles are great but how many rings do you have to show for it" That's fine, I deal with that. I tell myself that I would rather know I'll have the opportunity every year than be, say, the Royals, and I remind myself that at least I'm not a Yankees fan, but still I'm not even sure of that myself. (Except for the Yankees part).

Three weeks ago, the Mets were in the Braves sights. There was that feeling that I've had for the last four years or so, that it doesn't matter who is ahead of us, the Phillies, the Marlins, the Nationals, and especially the Mets, we will catch them and put them in their place...second through last in the division. Then something happened, I'm not sure when, and I'm still not sure why, but everything the Braves were struggling with at separate times came together and formed one huge mass of loserdom. Ten we had lost in a row, and that brings me to tonight...

I got into my car after dinner tonight and flipped over to the Braves game to see how bad we lost tonight, thinking that there was no light at the end of the tunnel. Did you read that right?!? I was expecting to lose. It hurt me to the core. The fact that we won is not the point, after all it was the Devil Rays, a team I would have assumed a victory against a mere month ago. So I guess I write this to ask, are there any Braves fans that were around in the 70's and 80's that could help me cope with not winning a division crown, cause like I said...I'm miserable.  :)

Date

Fri 06/23/06, 8:44 pm EST

Anonymous Fanatic #1

1278 days ago

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As a Mets fan this article is great to see. You've had 14 years...there's a new sheriff in town!!

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1278 days ago

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What's funny about the article is I am just old enough to remember when the Braves were the laughing stock of baseball. You probably don't even remember the teams led by Ron Gant. They used to have signs on the highway that said "Go Braves...and please, take the Falcons with you." And then overnight they became baseball's dominant team.

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Sergeant Mac

1278 days ago

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I'm a life-long Mets fan who has lived in Hell, er, I mean Atlanta for more than a decade. This team is what Braves "fans" deserve. There is NO other city in the country where you can walk up to the ticket window on a playoff game day and buy tickets to the game. That's been the case in Atlanta for the last FIVE years. Even the miserable Yankee fans aren't this spoiled! Let's go METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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