Playoff bound, again

And the Atlanta Braves are your 2005 National League East champions!!! Go on, and spray the champagne and run naked in the streets. So what if it has been a foregone conclusion for more than a month now, go crazy baby!!! Seriously though this one means more then any other division title in the amazing 14-year run, because this year they had faced more adversity then ever. With so many of the big names off to other teams, and a lineup full of rookies and has-beens, this should have been it, this should have been the end. The Bravos should have been happy just to reach .500 this year. Then came the injuries. Chipper went down, Hampton went down Kolb had a meltdown, soon it was just Andruw, grandpa,(Julio Franco) and a bunch of kids who don’t remember life before the internet. The one constant through all this has been Bobby Cox. Despite countless lineup changes, payroll cutbacks and a never-ending stream of washed up has-beens, Cox has taken it all and just won, year in and year out. On ESPN.com yesterday Jayson Stark wrote a big piece that called Bobby Cox the best manager in baseball…ever. I’m inclined to agree.