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MLB<\/a>: Atlanta Braves defeat Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 in the decisive game 3 of the Wild Card Series, to advance to the NL Division Series<\/span><\/p>\n Well how \u2018bout them apples?\u00a0 With one win, the Braves exorcised numerous demons, from getting the Phillies monkey off their back, breaking the streak of Barves always get knocked out in the first round, as well another astute observations people have made leading up to the game, that the Barves always lose winner-take-all games.<\/span><\/p>\n Naturally, I had everything to do with this, seeing as how I haphazardly posted my requiem for the team in advance of the deciding game 3, with me genuinely, firmly believing that another elimination at the hands of the Phillies was all but inevitable.\u00a0 Fate has a way of thinking that they have a sense of humor, and when it comes down to it, when I take a firm stance on something, I have to be proven wrong, regardless of if I\u2019m inwardly pleased with the end result.\u00a0 But my belief was clearly genuine and not artificially made up with the intention of tricking fate, because otherwise the Braves would have been the Barves last night, and lost.<\/span><\/p>\n That being said, I also realized that I needed to make a sacrifice in order to help the squad this year.\u00a0 Back in 2021, I stated that I would buy a Dugout Mug, which I deemed to be the most useless product available<\/a> in the entire free market, but then I also stated that should the Braves actually win the World Series, I would plunk down my own money and purchase one of these stupid pieces of shit, because sacrifice is necessary in order to hope to get something that I want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n True to my word, when the Braves actually won the World Series, I plunked down $80 and got one<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s been used, maybe twice, because it\u2019s not an ideal receptacle to drink from since it\u2019s not really dishwasher safe because it\u2019s fucking wood, and I have to imagine mixing wood with liquid too frequently, much less alcohol probably doesn\u2019t help its longevity and if I paid $80 for this piece of shit, I may as well try to make it last, and be a reminder of the sacrifice I made to do my part in helping bring the World Series to Atlanta in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n I could go ahead and do another Dugout Mug, but they literally have added no new merchandise in over five years, so I\u2019m curious if they\u2019re actually still in business and not just running some skeleton ghost site that doesn\u2019t actually work, but I\u2019ve decided that in the same vein of purchasing something stupid, is a waste of money and that nobody really asked for, I\u2019ll go the record and declare that if the Braves go all the way this year, I will purchase these idiotic drink coasters<\/a>, adorned with the box score diagram of key plays from the Braves\u2019 2021 playoff run.<\/span><\/p>\n I do feel that this is an adequate sacrifice to offer up to Fate, because my house already has a ton of coasters, because mythical wife grabs them up from all the various bars and places we\u2019ve been to and they actually kind of are cool little souvenirs in their own right, but in most cases, they cost us no money, and here I am offering up a sacrifice that would eat into both my wallet, as well as consume space in the home where I have to fight tooth and nail in order to liberate a single inch from the audition of Hoarders: Buried Alive<\/em> my fellow residents inflict upon our home.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s a lofty ask, seeing as how the Braves\u2019 next opponents are MLB\u2019s favorite team in history, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and seeing as how the Braves are not regarded enough to constantly get the woeful 2:30pm starts throughout the Wild Card series, it\u2019ll be interesting to see what it\u2019s like when the least regarded team in the playoffs is matched up against the most regarded team.<\/span><\/p>\n For the record, the Braves have gone 5-1 against the Dodgers throughout the season, along with a glorious sweep when they came to Atlanta, but the playoffs are a completely different beast, the team still has an anemic offense, and the Dodgers are simply a team constructed for championship caliber play.\u00a0 Should the Braves manage to advance, they\u2019d play either the Brewers or the Padres, and I would not get my hopes up too high against any team in the American League in spite of their generally unimpressive records, because the MLB playoffs are the ultimate crapshoot and it\u2019s always a matter of what team gets hot and rides the momentum to the finish line.<\/span><\/p>\n That being said, my offer stands, if the Braves go all the way, I\u2019ll plunk down $50 and get these dumb coasters, that I will resent existing in my home, but be fondly reminisced of how and why they made they way here.<\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, I\u2019m not any more optimistic about their chances of going all the way, as I was going into a deciding game against the Phillies, but stranger things have happened in sports, and my offer of sacrifice is out there, and hopefully will be tempting enough for Fate to take me up on it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MLB: Atlanta Braves defeat Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 in the decisive game 3 of the Wild Card Series, to advance to the NL Division Series Well how \u2018bout them apples?\u00a0 With one win, the Braves exorcised numerous demons, from getting the Phillies monkey off their back, breaking the streak of Barves always get knocked out in … Continue reading We have exorcised the 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