Deadline Draws Near
Now that we’ve reached the past-halfway-halfway mark of the MLB season, the Trade Deadline arrives this week. The Atlanta Braves have struggled mightily in recent weeks. At one point the Braves owned a 10.5-game lead over the New York Mets for the National League’s top wildcard spot. After game one of this past weekend’s series against those same Mets, online Mets fans celebrated their teams opportunity to pass the team that’s dominated them and their division mates for the better part of the last decade. Memes, graphics, & witty one-liners filled the online baseball community all day Friday and into the night once the Mets defeated Atlanta 8-4 and took the wildcard lead.
You would’ve thought the Mets won the World Series. No exaggeration, there was more joy coming from Queens than when Freddie Mercury released Bohemian Rhapsody.
That lead and accompanying joy was short-lived though; such is life for Mets fans. The Braves proceeded to outscore New York over the final two games of the series, 13-2. They cracked open a can & then took the whole top off.