Are the Atlanta Braves the best team in baseball?

[Born2beagator]

This thread is gonna be kinda funny if the braves don't win a ring this year

 

[Born2beagator]

A Braves-Dodgers NLCS followed by a Braves-Rays World Series would be splendid.

Rays are missing most of their team now so that ain't happening. They don't get out of the first round imo. Maybe not even out of the wild card

 

[Gatordiddy]

 

[Gator By Marriage]

A Braves-Dodgers NLCS followed by a Braves-Rays World Series would be splendid.

I want to congratulate you on your efforts to bring “splendid” back into the common vernacular.

 

[soflagator]

I want to congratulate you on your efforts to bring “splendid” back into the common vernacular.

Honestly, that’s the easy part. It’ll be properly instructing the motherless children, and flying by means of an umbrella—like the last person who used the word splendid—that could present his biggest challenge.

 

[Zambo]

Honestly, that’s the easy part. It’ll be properly instructing the motherless children, and flying by means of an umbrella—like the last person who used the word splendid—that could present his biggest challenge.

I recently flew with a guy who said the word "delightful" about once every 4 minutes. By the end of day 3 I wanted to cut his tongue out with a hedge trimmer.

 

[ExecutiveGator]

I recently flew with a guy who said the word "delightful" about once every 4 minutes. By the end of day 3 I wanted to cut his tongue out with a hedge trimmer.

Wouldn’t that have been a delightful sight to see.

 

[Nalt]

Wouldn’t that have been a delightful sight to see.

Splendidly delightful actually...

 

[Spurffelbow833]

I recently flew with a guy who said the word "delightful" about once every 4 minutes. By the end of day 3 I wanted to cut his tongue out with a hedge trimmer.

And sing "A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down" as you do so?

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

Can’t believe the Marlins got in…will be interesting to see how they do…

 

[Born2beagator]

MLB needs to change something to penalize weak division winners. Twins would have MISSED THE PLAYOFFS if they weren't in the AL central. They don't deserve a playoff berth

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

MLB needs to change something to penalize weak division winners. Twins would have MISSED THE PLAYOFFS if they weren't in the AL central. They don't deserve a playoff berth

Good luck with that…Manfred sucks…..I do think you owe us Braves fans an apology though for crapping on our division…we got 3 teams in sucka

 

[Born2beagator]

Good luck with that…Manfred sucks…..I do think you owe us Braves fans an apology though for crapping on our division…we got 3 teams in sucka

Not really anything to be proud of. Only two of them make the playoffs in the AL. Marlins would be 4th in AL east and would miss the playoffs. The NL East has one great team, one good team, one mediocre team who overachieved and two awful teams

Now it's not near as bad as rhe AL central. The twins suck and they would suck more if they weren't graunteed 13 games with 4 losing teams.

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

Not really anything to be proud of. Only two of them make the playoffs in the AL. Marlins would be 4th in AL east and would miss the playoffs. The NL East has one great team, one good team, one mediocre team who overachieved and two awful teams

Now it's not near as bad as rhe AL central. The twins suck and they would suck more if they weren't graunteed 13 games with 4 losing teams.

I get what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s fair to penalize the Twins for something they can’t control…it’s not their fault that the other teams suck…college football maybe I can see your gripe more because you get the advantage of preseason rankings and a soft schedule plus only 12/13 games….but in baseball with such a large sample size, 85 wins or whatever they got is pretty solid….if you want to gripe, gripe against the expanded playoffs because that’s when you start dealing with teams who shouldn’t be there but if they get hot can knockout an ATL or LA or TB

 

[Born2beagator]

I get what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s fair to penalize the Twins for something they can’t control…it’s not their fault that the other teams suck…college football maybe I can see your gripe more because you get the advantage of preseason rankings and a soft schedule plus only 12/13 games….but in baseball with such a large sample size, 85 wins or whatever they got is pretty solid….if you want to gripe, gripe against the expanded playoffs because that’s when you start dealing with teams who shouldn’t be there but if they get hot can knockout an ATL or LA or TB

Yes they can't control it. They can control how go they are though. To have 87 wins in a division like that means you aren't very good

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

Yes they can't control it. They can control how go they are though. To have 87 wins in a division like that means you aren't very good

Yeah I agree but I keep thinking back to last year when the Phillies got in as the last team and almost won the whole thing

 

[Spurffelbow833]

What a costly loss for the Rangers/big win for the Astros in game 162. Rangers go from a first round bye and home field advantage in the division series to double elimination on the road to get to the division series.

 

[Altitude Gator]

What a costly loss for the Rangers/big win for the Astros in game 162. Rangers go from a first round bye and home field advantage in the division series to double elimination on the road to get to the division series.

As a lifelong Rangers fan - I expected nothing less. Just like our one trip to the world series...one out away in game 6 and lost the whole thing.

 

[Born2beagator]

Bye bye rays. Stupid pieces of ****. Same thing every year. Built for regular season success. Congrats rangers

 

[Altitude Gator]

Bye bye rays. Stupid pieces of ****. Same thing every year. Built for regular season success. Congrats rangers

It is a best of three - and the Rays can't field that poorly next game - and the Rangers' bullpen is garbage - so there is no reason to count this series over.