If the end hadn't been so painfully frustrating, the Braves could have long forgotten this season's first month. The nine-game losing streak that reached its peak on April 29 provided no reason to believe that this same club would be leading the National League East before May concluded. "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you get off to the start we got off to," Chipper Jones said. "Certainly, you're never as bad as you are when you're going that bad." As the Braves head into the second half of the season, their mission is to prove they are as good as they've been since they started turning the season around on May 10. When the Braves swept the Phillies out of Turner Field on June 2, they found themselves with a 2 1/2-game lead in the division and nearing the end of a nine-game winning streak that capped a span of 19 victories in 23 games. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/..._id=12225234&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
