2021 World Series Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

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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