By almost any measure, 2020 was a year unlike any other. Nearly every aspect of our lives was turned upside down amid the pandemic, and sports — so often our escape when everything else has gone to pot — was a point-blank, sound-piped in, socially-distanced reminder that nothing was normal.
Add in Mike Foltynewicz flaming out, Mike Soroka’s season-ending Achilles injury, and getting one start out of Cole Hamels, and the play on the field had its disaster movie feels, too — but it wasn’t all bad.
The 2020 season had more than a few moments for the Braves, and before we set fire to this year and enter what we collectively hope is a better 2021, the Starting Nine is counting down the moments, trends and revelations for the year that was.