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Article: SIX STRAIGHT POSTSEASONS, ONE WORLD SERIES TITLE, ATLANTA MIGHT DOMINATE THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT WHEN OCTOBER ROLLS AROUND THE BRAVES SUFFER FROM THE TOMAHAWK CHOKE.(SPORTS)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 14, 1998
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Byline: Eric Noland Daily News Staff Writer
In the current baseball climate, championship rewards often fall to the short-sighted - clubs which flame brightly in one wild, reckless stab at a World Series title.
If this causes the farm system to go deeply into hock and the cash reserves to tap out. Well, it was fun while it lasted. If the team's fortunes crash soon after, there is always the prospect of building up from the rubble.
The Atlanta Braves have taken a longer view - and it could be argued their title achievements have suffered for it.
This team, built patiently and soundly around an incomparable staff of starting pitchers, ...