The somewhat indifferent start of the Braves this season, a quarter of a season of 0.500 ball (or so), concerns folks, and not without reason. While 0.500 ball has been competitive in the first quarter of the season in the NL East, it won’t be competitive by the end of the season, probably. And there is more cause for worry in that the Braves have had 3 losing streaks of four games in this first quarter of the season. Good teams don’t lose four in a row or more vary often, do they?
Well, sometimes they do. I took every World Series winner since 1961, when the season expanded to 162 games.