Sorry, did you just use “Atlanta” and “dynasty” in the same sentence? It’s like I’m not sitting right here in front of you. Who’s to say Atlanta’s not on the cusp of one of those dynasty runs right now?
#Jay busbee 31 thoughts pro#
You know that five of the Patriots’ six Super Bowl wins were by less than a touchdown? The Patriots are five plays from being the most snakebitten, cursed franchise in pro sports. Flip a coin a hundred times and it’s not going to come up heads every time … but it could. Rationalize it all you want, you’ve got to admit, Atlanta has come up short in more cinematic ways than most teams. That word “if” is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting there, brother. If Lonnie Smith keeps running, if Wohlers’ curve snaps two degrees more, if Matt Ryan doesn’t take a sack in the Super Bowl, if Tua throws that ball just three inches higher and out of reach … then we’re talking about Atlanta as the home of champions. Most of them came down to one play out of over a hundred. And just look at all those backbreaking losses! I now don’t think you have nearly the power we all thought you did.Īlmost 60 years of pro sports here and only three championships? Lot of room to spread out in Atlanta’s trophy’s case, champ. And I figured, hell, the Braves would take care of themselves. New York’s pretty hospitable turf for a good ol’ Curse like me right now, you know. So what happened this year? Why couldn’t you work your mojo with the Braves this time around? You sure had your chances. Me? I give you hope … and then I take it away. Like Julian Edelman snagging a pass just before it hits the turf. The Cleveland and Detroit Curses? Those clowns just bludgeon their fans into paste every year. That’s when I really made y’all believe that this city didn’t deserve nice things.
That’s when I really dug into everyone’s skulls. Nothing says the ‘90s like sticky brown bourbon-bacon flavoring at a chain restaurant, you know what I mean? How long have we known each other? How many times have you written about me? How long have I lived in your head ? We’ve been doing this dance for awhile, ASC. By the way, did you see that they’re serving a Braves Bourbon Bacon Burger here? Pretty dangerous serving anything Braves-related in October, isn’t it? You know, ‘cause of the. TWENTY-EIGHT TO - oh, yeah, I guess you did notice. At least there’s the Falcons, right? Hey, did you see what time I got here. Look, not going to lie here, it’s a little tough these days, what with all the good feelings and the parades and the goddamn pearls everywhere you look -ĭon’t forget that the Hawks are on the upswing, and the Dawgs are annihilating everyone in their way. I wanted to see how you were holding up after … you know. The good ol’ days, back when Atlanta was so happy just to make the playoffs that it didn’t matter they got completely jobbed. Nobody in Atlanta knew they even played baseball in October, and here were the bumbling Braves in the playoffs! And the Braves go and take a lead in Game 1, Phil Niekro on the mound, and then, just two outs from it being an official game - it gets rained out! And they started the game over the next day, and the Braves got swept in three straight!
Now that was a good one! I caught y’all completely by surprise. What are you talking about, buddy? We go way back. Arms spread wide for an embrace, ASC approaches the table and our conversation begins. The shoulders go back, the strut begins, and a smirk 26 yards wide slinks across ASC’s face. Then ASC catches sight of me, and a transformation occurs. ASC glances over at the brand-new ATLANTA BRAVES 2021 WORLD CHAMPONS scrawled on the drink-of-the-day chalkboard and shudders, and I don’t think it’s because of the terrible spelling. ASC’s Lonnie Smith jersey hangs off slumped shoulders like laundry slung over a radiator, and a classic 1980s-era Hawks ballcap looks tattered, and not in an artfully distressed way either. I’m not going to lie, ASC looks like hell. It’s a little after 2:30 on Friday afternoon when the Atlanta Sports Curse slouches into a Gwinnett County franchise of a well-known fast-casual American bar & grille.
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