After the extremely intense frustration we all felt in the late 80's, and the mathematically-eliminated-in-July 1990 season, we could barely believe what we were seeing in 1991. After Bobby Cox fired Russ Nixon in June 1990 and made himself manager, we had a little hope, but we had no idea how important trading Dale Murphy that August and signing Terry Pendleton in the off season would be come 1991. John Schuerlholz gave Cox the tools to win, and the players rose to the occasion, beating the accursed Dodgers for the NL West crown. The 1991 World Series is still called "The best ever" by some baseball reporters. Even though it broke our hearts when Lonnie Smith pulled up at 2nd when Chuck Knoblauch faked him into thinking he was catching a cutoff throw, and we all still collectively hate Kent Hrbek for pulling Ron Gant off first, 1991 was such a good feeling. There was never anything like it in Atlanta. Ever. But there has been since!