My favorite sports franchise is the Atlanta Braves. I have been a Braves fan since childhood. Anyone from the southeast in the early 90s was a Braves fan, it seemed. You had the unbeatable tandem of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Avery. The closer, Mark Wohlers, was unstoppable with his 100 mph heat. The fielders came and went, but the ones to keep up with were the Jonses, Chipper and Andruw. Of course this was all made possible by an emotional leader, Bobby Cox, and front office staff that kept the team elite for a long time.