Watching the games on Monday and Tuesday made most Atlanta Braves fans cringe. Twitter exploded about how badly the Braves were playing on the West Coast, with many wondering why it became a habit in recent years. It is a habit but, there’s nothing recent about it.
Since 1876 the Braves franchise sports a 4999-4349 (.535 winning %) record at home against current NL teams, but the record flips to 4228-5230 (.447%). That goes back a long way, I know, but not much changes moving forward.
Since 1940 the good guys are 5859-5528 (.513) overall 3127-2552 (.