Notlanta

 You gotta feel for the city of Atlanta. First Sherman puts it to the match (actually the retreating Confederates did most of the match-putting, but that's too deep a dive for today), then it becomes The City Where No Lead Is Safe.

No one anywhere is more proficient at losing from in front, and the mighty Braves hewed to tradition again last night. The Bravos blew a three-games-to-one lead over the Dodgers in the best-of-seven NLCS, and they did it by blowing not one but two leads in Game 7. That is some impressive snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory right there.

So the Dodgers are off to the World Series, where they'll take on the Tampa Bay Rays. It'll be a 2020 rubber match of sorts; the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title and the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup, so this will be for civic dominance in American professional sports. We now eagerly await the Buccaneers-Chargers Super Bowl.

And poor old Notlanta?

Well, the Braves' collapse is the same old replay of the Falcons' collapse against the Patriots in the 2019 Super Bowl. I'm not sure the Braves can top whizzing away a 28-3 late third-quarter lead, but it was an impressive effort.

Although one that's probably going unappreciated in certain locales this morning