PITTSBURGH — On the night of Aug. 7, the Braves’ clubhouse, which is loud and lively after wins, was silent. Players simply dressed, grabbed their belongings and walked out of the visitors’ clubhouse for the trip out of New York. It had been a nightmare weekend.
The Braves had just lost four of five games to the Mets, which dropped the Braves to 6-1/2 games behind their National League East rivals. This was the kind of series that can end a team’s chance of winning its division. But there still were almost two months to play, and the Braves still believed they were as good as any club in baseball.
Two and a half weeks after that disappointing series and the somber scene that followed, the Braves are back – again.
