Today marks a unique (and potentially dangerous) point in
Eric’s and my relationship. Today he goes against an old and faithful love of
mine. Today we put my beloved against his.
Today my Braves play his Cardinals in the National League
wildcard game.
Let me explain to you just how serious I am about Braves
baseball. I have been a fan since I was born…. the early years I was a fan by
family default. History making Braves players such as Tom Glavine, John Smoltz,
and Chipper Jones started playing right around the time I was born. Even after
my family moved away from Atlanta, I knew that there was no other team I could
cheer for but the Braves.
When I was in the 8th grade we lived in the
suburbs of Chicago. My science teacher was one of the biggest Cubs fans I knew.
It happened to be that the playoffs that year would see the Cubs playing my
Braves. Mr. J. knew I was a Braves fan and made a little wager with me: if the
Braves beat the Cubs he would make a cake with the Brave’s logo on it and bring
it to class, but if the Cubs won I had to make a cake with the Cubs logo.
Unfortunately the Cubs won, but as a good sport I surprised
my teacher and made the cake (I don’t think he thought I really would).
The year my family moved back to Atlanta was the year the
Braves acquired some of the best rookies since Chipper Jones. Jeff Francoeur, Ryan
Langerhans, and Brian McCann brought the team out of a slump and got everybody
watching. I personally am a huge fan of Brian McCann.
Last year I was a little bitter that the Cards beat out the
Braves for the wildcard, so this year I’m hoping the roles get reversed. I’ll
always be a Braves fan no matter what, but today for Chipper’s sake, for
Atlanta’s sake, and for my relationship’s sake (haha, kidding…sort of) I am hoping
to be chopping tonight.
Happy Choptober everyone!
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