Sorry, Atlanta Braves, your World Series trophy is in another castle. Probably near Cobb County somewhere.
The Braves were the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention in the National League, which isn’t altogether surprising, the way they’ve mortgaged the present for the future. They easily “won” the race to the bottom of the NL East this season, as their 59-91 record at the time of this post is eight losses worse than the Phillies. Congrats, ATL!
Like we’ll do with every eliminated team in our Game Over series, we’re about to examine what went wrong for the Braves, what went right, what’s the best 2016 memory, what they need to fix and what the future might hold.