1,823 days ago - the last time the Atlanta Braves saw the postseason - they walked off the field in Dodger Stadium with their heads hung low. Tonight, almost exactly five years later, they will walk back onto the same field in Los Angeles to continue what has already been an improbable season.
After all this franchise has been through in the last year - in the last several years, really - this is such a beautiful outcome. Whether they are “ahead of schedule,” or if this is the schedule, it doesn’t matter. They are a playoff team in 2018, and that’s what important.