Seems like a good time to revisit our series on the ’88 Braves. Go here for the complete diary.
When you finish 27 games behind the 5th place team in a 6-team division, you suck. Hard. And no Atlanta sports team — Falcons, Hawks, Flames, Thrashers, Dream, Chiefs, Knights, Crackers — sucked harder than the ’88 Braves.
Despite a 92-loss season in ’87 the front office stood pat, trading for Terry Blocker (lifetime OPS: .509) and signing Juan Tyone Eichelberger and Lonnie Smith off the scrap heap.
Even perennially optimistic manager Chuck Tanner struck a realistic tone.