atlanta braves

We’re going to divide the column in half today, dear reader, so be prepared. Up first:  The Glass Half Empty  Look, it is useless to sugarcoat the amount of damage the Mets did to themselves this weekend in Georgia. They fulfilled a legion of dark prophesies from a solid core…

The homestand burst with effervescence. There was the Old-Timer’s extravaganza that affirmed franchise history, the retirement of Willie May’s No. 24, the electric night featuring Jacob deGrom and Timmy Trumpet, plus two out of three from the Dodgers.  But it all kind of just fizzed out, didn’t it, the Mets…