quote:Originally posted by Dad04:quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:quote:Originally posted by Dad04:
This is the biggest choke job in the history of organized athletics....
Weren't the Braves were 10½ games ahead of St. Louis at the end of August. Statistically there's was probably worse but ours definitely hurts more.
They are both colossal collapses. However, no team had higher expectations this year than the RS. Not nearly as many picked the Braves to make the playoffs. A lot of writers and baseball people picked the Red Sox to win the World Series. the Braves probably finished where they were supposed to finish. No team in the last 100 years underperformed like the 2011 Red Sox.
I don't blame Red Sox fans for being upset, Crawford is a perfect example of teams over spending when probably some first year AAA guy who is eager to set the world on fire can get the jobdone. Nothing beats youth enthusiasm. You may have to go through a tough adjustment period, but with experienced coaches selling their team philosophy, it can work....as it did for the Cardinals.
