On Tuesday night the Braves once again completed a late-inning rally against the New York Mets beleaguered bullpen. Going back to the early 1990s, it seems the good times never end for the fans in Atlanta against the boys from Queens. Why does this keep happening? In a season where the Mets were supposed to contend and the Braves continuing to rebuild, the opposite is happening.
At one time the Atlanta Braves were the laughing stock on the National League. After a shocking division title in 1982 that produced a three-game sweep by the Cardinals in the NLCS, the Braves averaged 94 losses a season from 1984-90.