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The Braves don't have the most talented team in the NL East this year, at least in my opinion they don't, but this is why I think they are winning:
My schools track team is a dynasty, we had won six straight state championships going into this year, but going into my senior year we clearly did not have the same talent on our team that we had in the years past. What happened, with good coaching and the motivation of not failing the guys before us, we pulled together and in the state meet we ended only four points behind a team much better than us (826 to 830, so four points is unbelievably close).
I think that is the same thing with the Braves this year, they are the best team over the past 15 years, but then this year they suddenly lost a lot of their talent. In the beginning they were playing like they should have, a 500 team trailing Phily and Florida. Then, when everyone else knew they weren't as good and were glad that they wouldn't be going to the playoffs for the first time in forever, they had something to prove and the players started playing harder and harder, and now because of good coaching and the tradition that goes with them, they look to prove everyone wrong and make the playoffs again.
If you have never been on a team like this, that may sound out there, but I guarantee you that their history is definately part of why they broke out. Its the same thing with teams like the Packers and the Yankees, you don't want to be the players on that team to lose, you are playing behind great tradition, and it really does help you win.
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