So are they going to do it?

In all honesty I never imagined with six games left in the regular season the Atlanta Braves would have an actual shot at the postseason. They are on fire right now, winning fifteen of their last seventeen games. Today they are only two games behind the Colorado Rockies in the National Wild Card Race. The Braves are facing two more games against the Florida Marlins (a team with no postseason prospects) at home and then a four game series against the Washington Nations (who have managed to lose 103 games this season--potentially more embarrassing than their D.C. football brothers loss to the Detroit Lions) at home. Can they pull it off? They can, they have the potential... the pitching, the hitting, the fielding. Will they do it? Please, pretty please!

The Rockies are hosting the Milwaukee Brewers (no postseason dreams for 2009) in a three game series before heading to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers (who have clinched the NL West Division). The Braves schedule looks more promising but the team with a two game advantage with only six games left to play is always going to be a favorite. Who truly likes predictable outcome when there is time on the clock? Not me. I am pulling for the "upset" or a Rockies repeat. Remember 2007 when the Rockies won thirteen or their final games to force the Pirates into a playoff. If the Braves win the next six games... they will have won all thirteen of their final games. It's survive or die!

PS: Atlanta Braves fans are the worst. Statistic confirmed(!!!). Last night only 50.4% of the stadium was full. With all the excitement, how can that be?! A fan like me would die to fill a seat.