The five best Atlanta Braves wins from a magical first half of 2019

It’s in the nature of those who love sports with an undying passion to reflect on the memories that make a season – Atlanta Braves fans are no different.

So with Braves news slowed a bit due to the All-Star break earlier this week, now is a wonderful time to look back and remember the moments of what was an indescribably magical first half for the first-place Atlanta Braves.

This is a team with storylines bursting from every direction.

The phenomenal wonder of the young players, the commanding leadership of the veterans.

Stories of redemption. Stories of coming back home.

Rookie of the year candidates, All-Star talents, Rain-Bringers, record-breakers, walk-offs, gold chains, bat flips,  and a helmet bouncing off as a speedy Brave races around the bases.

It’s a season that has – to this point – left one nearly overwhelmed with enthusiasm, asking, “What more can this team do?”

While the answer to that question won’t be answered fully until (hopefully) very late October, what we can do is look back at the individual moments that have made 2019 special so far.

So here we are: sit back and enjoy, reflect, and remember the Top Five Braves Games in the first half of the 2019 season (and a few others, too).

Full disclosure: when I began reflecting/researching for this writing, my list of potential “best” games grew to as many as 19! Even then, I still felt as if I were neglecting a few others.

It was quite difficult to leave many of these off the Top Five, but they’re no less important in what has been a truly magical season in Atlanta.