2021 World Series Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

i'm back as i had to sit out last round

Fuck the Astros

These are two national league teams

Astros in 6, as i'm 100% for Dusty Baker this year

Somehow I’m going to have to bring myself to root for fucking Atlanta ???

oddly i want to see dusty win a chip also now, if its gotta be w/ houston so be it

Same: Houston for Dusty Baker. 1993, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017--he's had some miserable luck, whether of his own making or otherwise. But he deserves to be a HOF manager, and this would seal it.

i was going to make just a Dusty Baker option but decided to stay professional

Even S a fan I can’t bring myself to believe the barves are taking this. Stros in 5.

Even as fan I can’t bring myself to believe the barves are taking this. Stros in 5.

no to both of these teams, the world series of 2021 has been cancelled

rooting for america's team (astros)

These Braves are reminding me of the 2010 Giants, another team that was middling around .500 for a lot of the season, made some sneaky good trade acquisitions, all of whom got red hot in time for the playoffs.

The Astros are better on paper but the Braves are a legit threat right now.

Astros are eviler – so them probably.

That big dude for the Astros Valdez does get some crazy movement on his pitches. I had not seen him pitch until this playoffs, but his stuff is pretty wild and he has such a funky Johnny Cueto/El Duque delivery meets Big Sexy - he is pretty entertaining to watch.

One of the talking heads on ESPN said that the 'Stros management was kinda sneaky in hiring Baker because they are there now and there is a general 'feel good' about him perhaps finally winning it all.

NY Times had a good article on Ron Washington coaching 3rd for the Bravos. Dude hits fungos like a mad man every day, my shoulders hurt just from the description of the work he does every day with their infielders.

The Braves and Astros used to be in the same division, the NL West, and now they're facing each other in the series. Has that happened before?

I was thinking about that last night. I don't think it has, but I always wait for the more dedicated ILBers to check for me.

Hate this world series but after much discussion with my son we've decided to grudgingly go for the Astros

The Braves and Astros used to be in the same division, the NL West, and now they're facing each other in the series. Has that happened before?

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, October 25, 2021 11:33 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

The tragedy is we could have had the same thing this year but with a Brewers / Blue Jays World Series, which would have been 100x more enjoyable than what we're getting.

the seahawks and broncos, who met in super bowl XLVIII, used to play together in the AFC west

(sorry morbs, sorry everyone)

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https://tvanswerman.com/2021/10/25/will-all-world-series-games-be-in-4k-hdr/

i'm going to try the app to watch in 4K or 1080p upscaled

so we're really doing this huh

racists buy things too

More Manfred on the Braves name: "We don’t market our game on a nationwide basis. Ours is an everyday game. You’ve gotta sell tickets every single day to the fans in that market. And there are all sorts of differences between the regions in terms of how the teams are marketed.”

— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) October 26, 2021

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RIP Stros

What a start

Good results

they are playing Phish

Is Valdez tipping his pitches?

Bang on the drum all day

Can't believe Soler's HR was the absolute first to lead off a World Series (meaning the top of the 1st).

https://www.mlb.com/news/jorge-soler-leadoff-home-run-world-series-game-1

if i had just read that in a tweet, i would not have believed it.

third time neither game 1 starter has gotten through three

damnit Swanson why didn't you ever do that against Milwaukee

Wow,at the Morton news

Morton out remainder of WS from that comebacker

whoa, that really sucks for him

surprised that error on the would-be double play didn't cost Atlanta more. typically that's something that turns a game around

You want to talk about tough: Charlie Morton struck out Chas McCormick, got Martin Maldonado to line out and struck out Jose Altuve pitching on a broken leg.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 27, 2021

how the hell is that possible

Is a fracture the same as broken?

yes

Well that was a goofy infield hit

How can they not get him out ar home?

Weak arm, horrible throw

Lol that would’ve been out in nearly every other park

Rosario is an amazing player, what the hell are the Garidians thinking letting him go

*Guardians

Morbs isn’t here to police our fantasy league chatter now

I'd be very happy if the Atlanta manager leaves Fried (52 pitches) in for a bit, at least until one or two baserunners get on, instead of pulling him for the sake of pulling him. Just as an experiment.

If he doesn't get his Maddux, I'm gonna throw furniture.

we should all be happy he'll qualify for the win

Apparently Brantley would've been safe on appeal at first anyway?

This, from a former minor league umpire, explains why Atlanta didn't challenge. Just because Michael Brantley missed the bag and Max Fried tagged it does not mean there's an out. The fielding team needs to appeal.

Baseball rules sometimes don't make sense. https://t.co/ZnCv7XKQ8U

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 3, 2021

intersting

Honestly, as of today, who remembers Alex Bregman?

Close--glad he didn't exit on a strikeout.

hell yeah Freeman

the cutting to sole barves fans in the stands tomahawk chopping is fucking disgusting.

agree

Yeah the Chop has prevented me for fully enjoying those WS.

it just feels like there’s a deliberate doubling down on their racist associations for the national stage

ATL bullpen for MVP, give 'em all Corvettes.

d'Arnaud or Soler?

could make a case for Freeman - played every game , higher BA, etc.

If it's got to be one person, my vote goes to Matzek.

Thought about Freeman too--really recovered after that horrendous start.

I didn’t realise the only other championship won in Atlanta was actually the Braves back in 1995.

I mean, we call them the Barves for a reason

No but I mean the Hawks and Falcons are evem worse!

I’m just sad Acuna couldn’t be part of this.

I don’t know if Atlanta makes it this far w/o the Acuna injury, actually.

OTM

Why is that? Because Rosario and Soler played instead?

yeah ocuna salavaged their garbage first half- no way the win this all without him

BARVES!!!

Congrats Braves fans! Enjoy it!

Hat-tip to Swanson to considering making the final out at second but choosing to go to Freeman.

Trevor Plouffe called it back in the spring!

Very much enjoying this Braves radio postgame, where they have one of their guys in the dugout doing live on the spot interviews as players and coaches and trophies walk by.

Congrats Braves! They were the best team in the postseason no question, they outplayed all three of their opponents and it wasn't particularly close. Freeman deserved a championship -- it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

All of Soler’s home runs gave the Braves a lead, putting him on a list of only six players who have hit at least three go-ahead home runs in a World Series. The others are Babe Ruth (1926), Lou Gehrig (1928), Gene Tenace (1972), Curtis Granderson (2015) and George Springer in 2017 for the Astros.

Pretty solid list above and beyond the first two guys.

https://www.mlb.com/news/jorge-soler-wins-2021-world-series-mvp

I guess that's kind of tautological--the list of players who've hit three HR period in a WS is probably made up exclusively of good players.

fun stat: the Milwaukee Brewers have made the playoffs 8 times. all 8 times the team that beat them made the World Series. 6 of them won.

don't mind that atlanta won, good run they went on

among the ppl i heard dansby credit in his on field interview were god and the braves analytics staff

xp yet another moral victory for the Crew

so what do we do now for five months?

I think Freeman has edged ahead of his statistical twin Paul Goldschmidt for the HOF.

xp -- get caught up on a LOT of movies.

i actually got curious about something kind of dumb – but have spent the last couple weeks setting up a custom league in OOTP, with each team's roster being every team's all-time greats. I want to see how many times out of 100 (or so), the Yankees dominate the AL, whether the Giants or Dodger turn out more successful and if middle of the road teams like the Jays or Brewers can pull off any first place finishes. I'm about 80% done constructing the lineups.

also i had that same thought last night about Freeman! when setting up rosters for this dumb league I realized Freeman might be the best 1B the Braves have had for any extended period.

Checked an all-time Braves team, and it looks like Freeman for sure; only competition is Fred McGriff for a much shorter time frame.

Big surprise--Freeman and Goldschmidt's postseason stats aren't all that dissimilar! Goldschmidt looks even better, but only half the PA and no titles:

Freeman -- .290/.393/.525, 9 HR (183 PA)
Goldschmidt -- .282/.351/.624, 8 HR (94 PA)

Both with Excel Sports Management...Have they ever been seen in the same room together?

All sorts of Braves-related oddities from Jayson Stark today, including:

• How many teams have started all three outfielders in the game they won the World Series who were literally playing for some other team halfway through that season — or at any point during that season? Who out there guessed none? Good guess!

• And in a related development, how many teams have ever won a World Series in which not a single one of their Opening Day outfielders played in any game of that World Series? That would also be none.

I think Freeman has edged ahead of his statistical twin Paul Goldschmidt for the HOF.
― clemenza, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:55 AM

Even with Freeman having a solid year, and quite possibly headed to another WS, Goldschmidt has reasserted his edge: frontrunner for MVP, leading all three slash categories at the moment (plus runs and hits), not making news with agent problems. These two guys are something else.

goldy looks promising

JAWS
  First Base (23rd):
    55.5 career WAR | 42.3 7yr-peak WAR | 48.9 JAWS | 5.8 WAR/162
  Average HOF 1B (out of 23):
    65.5 career WAR | 42.1 7yr-peak WAR | 53.8 JAWS | 4.9 WAR/162

Honestly I think stories like freeman’s agent problems, might actually help goldschmidt. Anything to get his name out there would help.

Goldschmidt remains the most anonymous future HOFer I can remember. No idea what he even looks like

I think if he played on my team I still wouldn't remember what he looks like

Honestly I think stories like freeman’s agent problems, might actually help goldschmidt. Anything to get his name out there would help.

I literally just finished rewatching the Sopranos episode where the struggling rapper hires Bobby Bacala to shoot him ("somewhere fleshy") under the same rationale!

Hahahaa!

goldschmidt a 49th-round pick out of high school and eighth-round pick out of texas state

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