I think the Braves are a disease...they infect the teams in their division with Crappy Play-itis. It's unreal how they've now won 13 division titles in a row, and with the sole exception of the Mets in 1999, nobody's come close to challenging them. They could field a team with Rob Deer, Dante Bichete, Eric Plunk and 12 rookie call-ups from Double A...and STILL win their fricking division.

Anyways, they beat the Phillies again, virtually eliminating any chance the Phils had.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylc=X3o...0906115&prov=ap

The good news is they've only won one World Series in those 13 years (1995 IIRC), which has to label them as "Choke Artists".

How about them Mets? Finally ended that 11 game losing streak that the Sports Center crew called pathetic.

..and the year the Braves did win it, was a strike-shortened year. Thus, it should have an asterisk by it. How much of an anomaly was that year? Well, the Rockies made the playoffs and Jose Mesa finished second in the AL Cy Young in 1995. Despite their "success", the Braves are still the biggest chokes since the Vikings, Broncos and Bills. They deserve all the agony and pain of this stigma... for ruining Doug Drabek's chance at redemption in game 7 of the 1992 NLCS (I STILL don't know WHY they brought Stan Belinda in, over Bob Patterson). To this day, I haven't forgiven George Bush for saying "it ain't over until Cabrera swings" at a campaign rally.

Wow, remember when the Mets thought getting Victor Zambrano would help them in their wildcard chase? Me, neither.

The Mets were beyond help when they traded for Zambrano and Kris Benson. Didn't they trade 2 or 3 top prospects from their AA and AAA systems for an average (at best) pitcher in Zambrano, and Benson, who has the unique disability of getting too much sex from his wife? I don't even think he's won a game with the Mets yet (or if he has, he didn't pitch good), and VZ is on the DL.


The Mets only real claim to fame is being the team with one of the worst records in baseball history, the team that managed to go from last place to the World Series in '69, and the team the Red Sox choked (again) against in '86.

Ty Wigginton was what the Mets gave up for Kris Benson. Wigginton has been a disappointment so far, but I'll wait until next May before passing final judgment.

Has Anna Benson been in to meet Howard Stern, yet?

Back to the Braves... Rafael Furcal has been picked up for a DUI!

Again? Blech... I doubt the Braves will do anything though. Just look at Steve Howe. The Yankees gave him what seemed like 20 chances to "Clean himself up" and he screwed up every time, and got "last chance" after another.

Furcal reportedly corrected the judge on the pronunication of his last name. "It's FUR-COL, not FUR-CAL".

Braves had a similar situation in 1991. Oits Nixon was busted for nose candy late in the season. Braves, using MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit" as their theme song went on to beat the Pirates in the NLCS and take the Twins to 7 games in the Series.

Yes, they used "Too Legit to Quit"... another reason to hate this fucking franchise. And before you start firing back-- it's not the same as the '79 Bucs using "We Are Family". (Although I always wondered if Willie Stargell or Dave Parker were okay with the line "I've got all my sisters and me..")

For some reason, I suddenly thought of a scene from My Cousin Vinny where the two guys are in court for murdering some 7-11 clerk. During the pre-trial arrangement thing-a-ma-jigs, someone called one of them by the wrong name. His name was Rockenstein, but the woman pronounced it "Stine". He complained...but not out loud to piss off the judge, who was already pissed off at Vinny (Joe Pesci).