Editor’s note: This is the point in the offseason where we start Mac’s annual tradition of providing player recaps as we count down to March. But I honestly don’t have the heart to ask anyone to write player profiles for Hector Olivera, Adonis Garcia, AJ Pierzynski, and Mike Foltynewicz. So I thought I’d take it in a different direction, and assign player profiles for the 1982 Braves.
I think it’s good to remember how out-of-nowhere that team was. Since Hank left Atlanta, the team had never finished higher than fourth, and it was the team’s first divisional pennant in 13 years.