The Atlanta Braves are terrible. They have not won a game in more than a week.
Yet, since they moved southward in 1966, my loyalty has been for better or worse. But the worst part needs to stop soon.
So I keep listening, watching and going as time allows. In fact, there are lessons to be learned even in disappointment.
Aging third baseman Chipper Jones left a game last week with yet another nagging injury. I slapped the steering wheel while hearing the news on my car radio.
During the next inning, broadcaster Jim Powell passed along the report that Chipper had hurt his hip and — using familiar baseball disabled list terminology — “is listed day-to-day.”
Fellow announcer and Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton responded: “Aren’t we all?”
Good point. Take nothing granted and enjoy the day — even when your favorite team is sitting at the bottom of the division standings.
Director of the Jesus Worldview Initiative at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and former executive editor and publisher at Good Faith Media.
