For example, as a player debuting in 1960, Torre just missed the Braves' great teams in the late 1950s and was traded to St. Louis just before Atlanta's 1969 season, where they made the postseason for the first time since 1958.
This bit on bad fortunate would change when Torre later went on to manage one of the greatest modern dynasties in MLB, winning four World Series in five seasons with the Yankees from 1996-2000.
Wednesday, October 6, 1982, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri In the top of the first inning, Braves leadoff man Claudell Washington hit Cardinals starter Joaquin Andujar's second pitch to left-center for a double.
Tom Herr singled, but was thrown out trying to steal second base, wasting Lonnie Smith's triple.
Under current rules, the game would have restarted with the Braves leading 1-0, with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Andujar at bat (or a pinch-hitter).
It stayed 1–0 until the sixth when the floodgates opened and the Cardinals scored five runs to finish off Perez and the Braves for the evening.
Three straight singles by Lonnie Smith, Keith Hernandez, and George Hendrick chased Perez and made it 2–0 with two on and nobody out.
Brought in to put out the fire, Steve Bedrosian walked Darrell Porter to load the bases and gave up a single to McGee that scored Hernandez.
In the bottom of that same inning, Keith Hernandez singled and scored on Darrell Porter's double to make it 3–2 Atlanta.
Sunday, October 10, 1982, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia In a must-win game, the Braves sent Rick Camp to the hill and the Cardinals countered with the sometimes volatile and often entertaining Joaquín Andújar.
Faced with the prospect of a big inning, manager Joe Torre pulled Washington and replaced him with the faster Terry Harper.
1982 NLCS (3–0): St. Louis Cardinals over Atlanta Braves This series was televised by ABC Sports in the United States, running concurrently with the network's broadcast of the ALCS.
KSDK in St. Louis, the Cardinals' over-the-air rights holder and that city's NBC affiliate, produced a local broadcast of this series.
The Braves' TV outlet, independent station WTBS in Atlanta, attempted to produce coverage for its audience but was blocked from doing so by ABC and Major League Baseball.
The new contract also ended the long-standing practice of allowing local team broadcasters to simulcast network coverage of the World Series.
The Braves were 71–46 on Saturday, August 13, after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8–7 on a Bob Watson walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth.
However, during next series with the Padres, the Braves would lose their cleanup hitter Bob Horner to a season-ending wrist injury.
Atlanta did not seriously compete again for the NL West until 1991, where they would this time best Los Angeles in a close race to the last weekend of the season.