Braves: While MLB Replay was Wrong, Dansby Swanson was Right

There was a lot that came out of the Atlanta Braves loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday Night Baseball. Dansby Swanson’s comments should ring loud. 

Look, I get the frustration from Atlanta Braves fans. I want to scream and yell at the powers to be for how unfairly my team has been treated in recent years.

You can go back to the punishment they leveled on the Braves for the international tactics by former GM John Coppolella.

Not that the punishments didn’t fit the crime, but it was very inconsistent with other punishments handed out.

Alex Cora and A.J. Hinch got a one-year vacation for cheating their ways to win a World Series, while Coppolella is banned from baseball for life.

Or the fact that Jose Urena missed one start for intentionally throwing at one of the game’s brightest stars because he was playing too well against the Marlins.

And then this year, they essentially punish the Braves by taking the All-Star game away from them for something they couldn’t control.

We all know the replay system has continually done the Braves dirty over the years, and Sunday night may have been the worst of them all.

Still, that is no excuse for throwing trash on the field. And Dansby Swanson was spot on with his response after the game.

And make sure you listen to the entire clip and don’t just read the snippets that are being tweeted out.

With what happened in the 2012 NL Wild Card game, and now this (to a much lesser degree), Atlanta fans are becoming know as not having class.

And you can feel how that hurts Dansby who loves this city and wants to represent the best of it, but displays like that are simply just what he called it — embarrassing.

Boo, tweet, write a letter, boycott MLB events — there are several ways you can let your frustration known without throwing things on the field and perhaps injuring someone or at the very least making a terrible impression on a young kid at the game.

I get the timing of the clip wasn’t great with fans on Twitter still very emotionally upset with what happened, but don’t let the message get lost, and certainly don’t get mad at Dansby for telling the truth.

Let’s be better in the future and prove to fans around the country that Atlanta is a very passionate fanbase, but is also a fanbase that does things the right way.