Today’s game was a noon start on getaway day. They used to call these games a businessman’s special. That never made much sense to me. If a man or a woman is working in the day, what makes us think they can take most of the day off to go to the game?
Come to think of it—maybe I do know. Some of you on here will remember the phenomenal start the 1982 Braves had. They won a record 13 consecutive games to start the season. In fact, that start alone pretty much propelled them to a division title; after that great start, they weren’t much better than a .