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The Morning Chop: Let the Atlanta Braves’ Off-Season Begin!

By Alan Carpenter

Oct 2, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves interim manager Brian Snitker (43) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrate a victory against the Detroit Tigers at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Tigers 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 2, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves interim manager Brian Snitker (43) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrate a victory against the Detroit Tigers at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Tigers 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 2, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves interim manager Brian Snitker (43) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrate a victory against the Detroit Tigers at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Tigers 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 2, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves interim manager Brian Snitker (43) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrate a victory against the Detroit Tigers at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Tigers 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

The 2016 baseball season ended for 20 teams yesterday.  Many were left with the ‘what could have been’ feeling; Braves fans exit with thoughts of ‘what could soon be.’

As bad as we felt about things in May, could you possibly have imagined a better scenario to finish the year?  A better record than 2015.  A career year for Freddie Freeman.  An offense to be reckoned with.  Our Atlanta Braves gave us a finish… for more than two months.

Sure – there are things to work on.  But the list seems to be a lot shorter now than we’d feared back in the Spring.  Heck:  this club just mowed down four playoff teams (oops:  two of them aren’t playoff teams… mostly thanks to Atlanta) over the last two weeks when they each needed to win some games for their own purposes.  That was just remarkable.

I will dispense with reviewing the game – we have a full recap, plus multiple Turner Field eulogies are either posted are soon will be.  So let’s just bask in one final happy box score that will hold us until the end of February when Spring games start up again.

Oh… and this:

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