Atlanta Braves

I have seen many of the baseball games played by the Braves this season. They mostly were exciting games, many of them were won by only one run and some were lost by one run. It was amazing to see many of the games won in the last inning with two outs. It is called a walkoff-win and when witnessed at a night game it makes going to bed late entirely worthwhile.

The team did astonishingly poorly during the month of September. The hitting stars forgot how to hit, the starting pitchers could not last more than five innings. We were all pleased when a starting pitcher lasted into the sixth inning and the bullpen of: O' Flarity, Venters and Kimbrel were called to finish the remaining innings. It meant the the opposing team would not get any runs during the last three innings. But in September the opposing teams got their runs during the first six innings and our hitters did not do their job.

It was heartbreaking to see the Braves win only one of their last ten games. In the middle of September it appeared the Braves would easily win a Wild Card slot. But we watched as the wheels came off the wagon and winning became a thing of the past. The last series of games were against the Philadelphia Phillies and the Braves needed only one win out of the last three games to be played - they lost them all.