So here we are. The Braves now have their backs to the walls and will be playing the Cardinals in a win-or-play golf scenario. We could sit here and curse the baseball gods for once again smiling on St. Louis as their two best hitters dragged them kicking and screaming into extra innings, where a good old-fashioned manufactured run gave them the win. We could lament any sort o bad luck or cosmic forces that somehow kept the Braves from clinching when they were tantalizingly close to the NLCS.
However, we know exactly what the problem is.