The Atlanta Braves are a team in rebuild relying on the savvy of John Coppolella and the talent of precocious youngsters to return the team to its previous glory.
Sub out ‘John Coppolella’ for ‘Reggie McKenzie’ and you could describe the NFL’s Oakland Raiders as well.
Resident Braves/Raiders fans (an extremely thin sliver of the fandom Venn Diagram) Jonah Pryor and Colby Wilson traded emails about Coppy, team building and the state of each franchise and how they mirror one another. Read on…
Colby Wilson: So on a lark I threw out a ‘Hey, what if Jonah and I talked about the Atlanta Braves and Oakland Raiders in a back-and-forth email exchange for Tomahawk Take?