by MN Gordon, All News Pipeline:
First Ever
Major League Baseball continues its grind through the dog days of summer. By now, the hunt for a playoff spot is long gone in many cities. Teams are below .500. They can’t even make it via the wildcard.
In Atlanta, however, Braves fans are invigorated. The team has the best record in baseball. It’s also running away with the National League East. With just 30 games left, as of this writing, the Braves lead the division by 13.5 games. At this point, it’s near impossible to not make the playoffs.
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Many Braves ballplayers are having career years. Matt Olson leads the league in runs batted in by a wide margin. He’s second in home runs. Ozzie Albies. Austin Riley. Marcell Ozuna. All are on fire.
On the hill, Spencer Strider mows down opposing batters like whirling dervishes at the Battle of Omdurman. He leads the league in both strikeouts and wins.
The most sensational performance, however, is being put on by Ronald Acuña Jr. The 25-year-old right fielder is a terror on the bases. He leads the league in – on base percentage, stolen bases, and runs. In short, he gets on, steals bases, and scores more effectively than everyone else.
Acuña also recently became the fourth player to steal 60-plus bases and hit 20-plus homers in the same season. Rickey Henderson was the last player to reach this feat in 1990, seven years before Acuña was born.
What’s more, if Acuña hits one more homer, he’ll be the first player ever to steal 60 bases and hit 30 homers in a single season. We put the chances that he pulls this off as highly likely. Perhaps by the time you’re reading this, it will have already happened.
Live, Work, and Play
Baseball has been around for a long, long time. Whether you like the game or not, it is a thrill to see someone achieve the impossible. Moreover, it is something for people to cheer for as autumn approaches and the banking sector races towards yet another crisis.
The homefield ballpark for the Atlanta Braves, which opened in 2017, is called Truist Park. It’s modern, functional, and has a pleasing aesthetic – including water features, self-checkout concessions, and its very own Wi-Fi network.
The Battery Atlanta, a mixed-use entertainment area, was constructed adjacent to Truist Park. It was all made possible by the glory years of abundant, cheap credit.
This is the sort of 15-minute city – live, work, and play – that central planners are enamored with. They think this type of urban design is an improvement over sprawling suburbs. They want to build these all over the place. And they want you to ditch your car and live in one – and never leave.
At The Battery Atlanta, for example, within a few hundred steps, you can shop till you drop. You can also stuff your face with countless food and confection options. But that’s not all…
You can shoot tipples of fermented grain, take in a movie, go bowling, perfect your golf swing, complete an escape room, and much, much more.
After all that, you can head into Truist Park and watch the Braves take scalps. All the while, you can do the Tomahawk chop in unison with 40,000 other happy souls.
Some say this is mocking Native American culture. But for Braves fans, it is all great fun.
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