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Comparing best Star Wars movies with Atlanta Braves seasons

By Jake Mastroianni

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 03: Darth Vader pretends to put a choking spell on Homer the Brave during Star Wars Night festivities before the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on July 3, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JULY 03: Darth Vader pretends to put a choking spell on Homer the Brave during Star Wars Night festivities before the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on July 3, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /
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Gary Sheffield #11 of the Atlanta Braves. (Photo By Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)
Gary Sheffield #11 of the Atlanta Braves. (Photo By Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images) /

4. The Force Awakens – 2003

So 2003 had a highly disappointing ending with the Braves losing in the NLDS after winning 101 regular-season games, but no other time in the franchise has the force been quite unleashed.

That season Atlanta had three players finish with 36 home runs or more, and they led the National League with a team total of 235 home runs.

At the time it was the most home runs hit in a single season by the Braves. That was broken this past season when the 2019 team hit 249 home runs, but some juicing of the baseball may have come into play there.

Then again, you can’t say for certain there wasn’t another type of juicing going on during that 2003 season.

But for an Atlanta franchise that dominated with pitching and defense during the ’90s, the offense awakened in 2003.

Javy Lopez reminds me of a smooth Poe Dameron blasting home runs into the sky with his bat as Poe did taking out TIE fighters with his X-wing at Max Kanata’s castle. Lopez finished with 43 home runs in 2003, while Poe Dameron took out over 100 TIE fighters.

Gary Sheffield is no-doubt Kylo Wren using the force to will his bat through a baseball for 39 home runs.

Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones are the Han Solo and Chewbacca of this season with their steady performances of 36 and 27 home runs respectively.

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