Counting down tragic numbers

D*C picture status: Saturday’s pictures will go up tomorrow, September 15.

At the time I’m writing this, the Atlanta Braves are 56-88, and tied for last place in the NL East division, as well as the worst record in all of Major League Baseball. They’re just as bad as the Phillies whom were popularly predicted to guaranteed lose 100 or more games; the pinnacle of futility when it comes to a baseball season.

For whatever reason, nobody except for me really had the Braves pegged for 100 losses, but as we near the rapidly approaching end of the regular season, the Braves are pretty much on a rocket ship crash course for 100 losses, if not substantially more than that.

Of their last 30 games, the Braves have literally won just four of them.  And two of them were against the Phillies, who barely count as a major league franchise in their own right, currently.  (btw, the Phillies have won 11 games out of their last 30, in comparison)  If this current trend between both teams keeps up, the Braves will undoubtedly finish out the season as the worst team in baseball, along with over 100 losses.

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