Braves Chatter

 This year....I've watched highlights of all 65 games....watching four entire games (streaming).

This is not a normal year, or a normal team.....it's some fantasy group of characters like a DC-Marvel 'team'.

Presently at 41-24?  At the current pace, yeah....they will easily pass 100 wins (probably around game 140).  Yeah, it's possible they might even pass the 120 win threshold.  If you were wondering....the record was the 1906 Cubs....116 wins in a season.

So....what are the odd five factors?

First, if you ask about a 'ace'.....they have only one. They have six starters....who can hold earned-runs to a minimum.  Sale at the end of season?  Likely to be near 25 wins.

Behind Sale?  Elder, Holmes, Strider, and Perez.  The four are likely to have 15-plus wins each.

If you knocked out any of these five early?  They've got five guys ready to go and save the game.

Second, Olsen will have a 100-RBI season, but they've got five additional players who are likely to produce 80-plus RBIs.  

Third, Jurickson Profar was worthless for 2025....disqualified for drugs for 2026, and questionable for 2027.  Hasn't affected the team whatsoever.

Fourth....there's probably ten players who've been injured for 2026 so far....yet the team has not suffered.

Fifth and final....there's probably 10 players on the bench who could step up...start....and deliver.  

Yeah, they might be better than even the 1927 Yankees (I'll say it).

Four Opinions

 1.  Bears Leaving Chicago?

I'll just say it....it was about $$$$ in the end.  Chicago and the state of Illinois went through a process where they could not play in a capitalistic 'game'.  

But I'll also say this....there's at least twenty sports 'teams' (baseball, NBA, NFL)....that will review how this was done, and over the next decade....they probably will exit from states like Washington, California, Minnesota, and Illinois.

I believe it's possible that both the White Sox and Bulls....might entertain leaving Illinois as well.

2.  I see a long 2027 baseball strike coming....consuming most all of the season.

3. It'll reach a point in the 2030s....where California colleges are restructured, and mostly set at the 9th-grade level upon entry,  and 12th-grade level upon graduation....with no major companies in the US hiring their college graduates.   No one from California will seem to grasp this, and know what to do with 1-million college dimwits.

4.  By the end of 2027....several mental health clinics in the US (I Believe)....will offer a one-month rehab.....where they transit you from TDS.....to accepting Trump.  Cost?  $8,000.