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So … which is it?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve voted on some of Atlanta’s most glorious (and infamous) sports moments. Bad vs. bad, good vs. good.
But now the ultimate decision is here.
💔 The Falcons’ 2017 Super Bowl collapse — aka 28-3 — showed why it was a No. 1 seed, plowing through competition as tough and varying as “Michael Vick goes to prison” and “Jim Leyritz’s devastating World Series home run.”
♥️ The Braves’ 1995 World Series title — the drought-breaker, the crowning achievement of a historic run — did the same. Georgia Tech basketball’s Final Four team didn’t stand a chance. Nor did Sid Bream’s iconic slide, or even the Braves’ 2021 championship.
Predictable? Perhaps.
That, however, wasn’t the real point of this exercise. We set out to discover what *defines* us. What lies at the center of our sports-loving souls.
🤔 Are we happy people who revel in our successes? Or the kind of folks who like to wallow in our woe? Which is more … Atlanta?
“Having lived in Atlanta since 1998, I do think there are fans that have some perverse satisfaction in ‘same old Falcons’ or ‘Braves lost in the postseason again,‘” AJC columnist Ken Sugiura told me.
“Given that being an Atlanta sports fan can be a tough lot, I understand. It’s less painful to be braced for more Falcons disappointment and to find some level of satisfaction in ‘I knew this was going to happen’ when it happens than to have your heart broken. And, beyond that, nothing in the Falcons’ history (and Hawks’ for that matter) would recommend that fans do otherwise.”
Is he right?
Ponder carefully but truthfully. Consider your natural inclinations.
Then choose wisely: 28-3 or the ‘95 Braves?
Which wins your soul?
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