This year didn’t end on the same high note for the Atlanta Braves and its fanbase as it did last year. That unfortunate ending doesn’t mean that there aren’t things to be thankful for this year. On the contrary, this year the Braves provided us with a lot to be thankful for throughout the season.
I’ve been writing a version of this editorial for more than twenty years. It was inspired by the piece that legendary Atlanta sportswriter Furman Bisher published each year on Thanksgiving. It was a must-read for me and reason to get a Thanksgiving Day newspaper, that was otherwise a lot of sales circulars and little else.