Atlanta Braves Losing Streak at Eight Games: Is There Any Fire In This Team?

The Atlanta Braves clubhouse has long had a reputation as being a very laid back, even-keeled, business as usual kind of place.  Never too far up or down, just taking things as they come day by day (except for when Deion Sanders was present).  It was this kind of mature, no-nonsense attitude that carried the Braves through some rough times during their dominance of the 1990′s and early 2000′s.  But those were different Braves.

This is the second time during the management tenure of Fredi Gonzalez that the Braves have had an extended losing streak, the first being September 2011′s mighty collapse...

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