ATLANTA – It’s … just … two … games.
You could almost hear Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones begging his teammates to dismiss Saturday’s and Sunday’s losses to the Los Angeles Dodgers in just that way.
Never mind that it also was two losses. Focus on the positive. The Braves are still a robust 19 games over .500 (70-51) after their first series setback in exactly one month.
Never mind, too, that should Washington rudely welcome Atlanta to our nation’s capital tonight by handing the Braves their 14th Monday loss in 16 Monday games, the Bravos would be on a three-game skid for the first time since June 18.
(Side note: If you’re the Nationals tonight, are you not blaring the Boomtown Rats’ classic “I Don’t Like Mondays” over the loudspeaker each time Atlanta comes to bat? And if not, why not?)