Special to the Savannah Morning News

Last Wednesday’s press conference announcing the transition of Brian Snitker from Atlanta Braves manager to an advisor was as much a funeral as anything else. It was the end of an era, the passing of a torch, and the death of the revered “Braves Way.”

Every team likely claims to have a way, or a standard. The St. Louis Cardinals have long proclaimed their way is better than others, while the New York Yankees will stand upon their 27 World Series trophies and say theirs is the best.

But for us, in these parts, the “Braves Way” is part of our sports vernacular.

Sure, you have to have success to have a way. That wasn’t the case for most of the first 25 years of Atlanta Braves baseball. From 1966 through 1990, it was mostly a nightmare. The Braves

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