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Ranking the worst Atlanta sports losses, from Game 7 to 28-3

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You know what’s No. 1. Let’s get that right out front. When ranking Atlanta’s many, many sports miseries, there’s nothing worse than the Super Bowl loss of a few years ago. But beyond that? My friend, beyond that lies a veritable symphony of failure; a kaleidoscope of catastrophe; a cornucopia of misfires, mistakes and general eff-ups.

Sunday night brought us a new chapter in the Encyclopedia of Atlanta Misery. Sunday night, the Atlanta Braves gave up two separate in-game leads, en route to giving up a 3-1 series lead, to lose the National League Championship Series to the Dodgers.