<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMarquis Grissom wase-Atlanta Braves nomshayi we-slugger uDavid Justice babeyingxenye yohlu lweBraves olwathi, lapho luqala isizini ka-1997, lwaba olukhokhelwa kakhulu eMLB. UGrissom umholo waminyaka yonke wezigidi ezingama- 4.8 noJustice izigidi ezingama- 6 badayiswa kumaNdiya ngokushintshana noLofton izigidi ezingama- 4.75 no-Alan Embree ama- 206,000. Lokhu kuwukuhweba okukhulu kakhulu kwama-franchise amabili amahle kakhulu. Sikhuluma ngabadlali abafana neqembu, kusho uHart. KuLofton, obhekwa njengengomgogodla wokuvuselelwa kwamaNdiya ngawo-1990, kwakuwukubuyela eNational League. Ukuhweba kuyohlala engqondweni yami isikhathi eside, kodwa kuyibhola. Kwenzeka cishe kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngiya e-Atlanta ngiyodlala nsuku zonke. ULofton wathi: Kusukela manje kuqhubeke kuzoba yiBraves kuphela. Ngo-Ephreli 19, iBraves yayingu-13 kuya ku-3 kanti ukushaya kukaLofton .453 isilinganiso sokushaya kwakuthandwa ngabalingani bakhe abasha beBraves. Uma eqhubeka eshaya.400 uyongena kahle, kusho uChipper Jones. Kule sizini, isilinganiso sokushaya sikaLofton esingu-.333 kanye nezisekelo ezingama-27 ezebiwe kwakuyiqembu eliphakeme inani lakhe eliphelele lezinsiza ezebiwe laliphansi kakhulu kulo msebenzi. Wabanjwa ephanga izikhathi ezingu-20, okuyinani eliphakeme kakhulu e-MLB. I-Atlanta yanqoba isigaba se-NL East ngerekhodi elihle kakhulu le-MLB elingu-10161. I-Braves yashaya i-Houston Astros ngo-1997 eNational League Division Series NLDS, imidlalo emithathu kuya kweyodwa. Ngo-1997 National League Championship Series  <response>: NLCS, iBraves yahlulwa yiFlorida Marlins, imidlalo emine kuya kwemibili iMarlins kamuva yahlula iCleveland Indians ku-World Series. Kwi-NLCS, uLofton washaya.185 futhi wayengomunye wabadlali abathathu beBraves abaqopha ama-strikeout ayisikhombisa kulolu chungechunge. KuLofton, owayefanelekela ukuba ngumuntu okhululekile ekupheleni kwesizini, kwakuwukuphela kwesizini yakhe namaBraves. 