We're #30 ! We're #30 !

First day of college football season, but some folks in this shinning land are still playing baseball - not so much in Atlanta, where the Braves lost there eleventh in a row tonight. If only they can lose one more or the Phillies can win one game the soon to be Cobb Braves will be THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL!

Perfect timing for the AJC to run with a article  " If they build it will they still come ? " The idea is that the Braves will be an NL contender by the time they move into Cobb Taxpayer Stadium in 2017. The team will win, the fans will flock to the new park through Malfunction Junction and over Boondoggle Bridge, and good times will be back again.

In the meantime, the Braves are on their way to being the worst team in baseball. They are so bad they are damaging their brand. The Braves should be better next season if only because it will be hard for them to be any worse. But unless Liberty Media’s spreadsheets provide cash for free-agent acquisitions and/or John Hart’s prospects grow up quickly, it’s hard to see how the Braves will be any better than mediocre in 2016.  ( the rest  )