Atlanta Braves Run of 90s Should Be Remembered like Chicago Bulls Run

We take a look at the run of the Atlanta Braves in the 1990s and compare it with the run from the Chicago Bulls during the same period.

I’m sure by now most of you are familiar with The Last Dance documentary on ESPN covering the Chicago Bulls run in the 1990s. And as an Atlanta Braves fan, I can’t help but wonder what could have been for them during that same stretch.

When you think about sports in the 90s one typically thinks about the Bulls in the NBA, the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, and either the New York Yankees or Atlanta Braves in MLB.

Even though the Yankees won more championships during the 90s, it came later in the decade, so I think most people still associate 90s’ baseball with the Braves — or at least that’s what this biased fan would like to believe.

The Bulls won six NBA titles during the 90s, while the Cowboys won three.

And I get it, the Braves only won one title, so it’s really not fair to compare them to the other powerhouses in the NBA and NFL during that time.

But let’s not forget how unbelievably hard it is to win a World Series compared to winning championships in other sports.

In the NBA, especially, one player can win you a championship. If that were the case in baseball, Mike Trout would have won 5 World Series championships by now.

Regardless, I still believe what the Braves did during the 90s is one of the greatest accomplishments in sports and one that is often overlooked because they only won one championship.

However, when you consider the Braves dominated the game with pitching and defense during a time where a lot of players were juicing and hitting a ton of home runs, to me it makes their run even more impressive.

I only wonder what would have happened if the Braves had a player like Barry Bonds to help carry the offense.

But that’s beside the point, they still won 14 straight division titles and reached the World Series five times in the 90s. That’s an incredible run.

And so is what the Bulls were doing in the 90s. As someone who grew up watching all the Bulls games and WGN just like we watched all the Braves games on TBS, I was a huge Bulls fan.

I now realized how spoiled I was as a kid seeing my favorite teams win so much every year.

Reliving those Bulls moments in The Last Dance has been so much fun. And anyone who still thinks Michael Jordan isn’t the greatest of all-time can leave now — just kidding, but seriously he’s the GOAT and there’s no real debate.

Watching this documentary really had me thinking about how much I wish we had something similar on the Braves, and how I wish their run was appreciated more by the sports public.

MLB Network did a documentary MLB Network Presents: Atlanta Rules: Story of 90s Braves that was good, but I want more.

And again, I get it, what the Braves did doesn’t come close to what the Bulls accomplished — or even the Cowboys, for that matter — but it’s still one of the greatest runs in sports history and it deserves more recognition.