No Joy, No Surprise

Glad I'm not a Braves fan. In their unprecedented 14-season playoff run, 13 times they have fallen short, and 12 different team have done the trick. Check it out:

Yr	Res	Opp	Rnd
1991	Lost	Minnesota	WS
1992	Lost	Toronto	WS
1993	Lost	Philadelphia	NLCS
1995	Won	Cleveland	WS
1996	Lost	NY Yankees	WS
1997	Lost	Florida	NLCS
1998	Lost	San Diego	NLCS
1999	Lost	NY Yankees	WS
2000	Lost	St Louis	NLDS
2001	Lost	Arizona	NLCS
2002	Lost	San Francisco	NLDS
2003	Lost	Chicago	NLDS
2004	Lost	Houston	NLDS
2005	Lost	Houston	NLDS

The Astros just joined the Yankees as the only teams to do it twice.

Here's their series results. There was no NLDS before 1995.

Yr	NLDS	NLCS	WS
1991		Won	Lost
1992		Won	Lost
1993		Lost
1995	Won	Won	Won
1996	Won	Won	Lost
1997	Won	Lost
1998	Won	Lost
1999	Won	Won	Lost
2000	Lost
2001	Won	Lost
2002	Lost
2003	Lost
2004	Lost
2005	Lost
Record	6-5	5-4	1-4

After earning a spot in the World Series in four of five years, they've been in only one of the past nine. Atlanta has now participated in ten consecutive post-seasons without winning it all. And to top it off, after losing six of seven series in the '00's, they now have a losing record in post-season series at 12-13. And poor Smoltzie has been there for every one. Sigh.