aAfter 26 years of waiting, it finally came to an end and the Atlanta Braves won the world championship for the fourth time in their history, all you could hear in Houston was their crowd. At 10:33 p.m. local time on Tuesday night, a fourth win in a Best of Seven series against the Houston Astros was perfect — and at the awards ceremony less than 20 minutes later in Minute Maid Park, almost guest fans from Atlanta were at the Stadion. “No place deserves this more than Atlanta,” Dansby Swanson said. He finished the match by throwing for first base. “There are no words how much that means for this city.”
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Honored as the Most Valuable Player of the Final Series, Jorge Soler brought the Braves, who started as underdogs in the World Championships, 3-0 with a groundbreaking in the third game. Three more points in the fifth half was the initial decision in the meeting, which turned into an unexpected disaster for the hosts.
“I have no words. That’s it. That’s all I’ve worked for. We are the world champions. That sounds amazing,” said Freddy Freeman, who has played for the Braves for twelve years and is the face of the team. Every hole is possible, and now we’re the world champions. that’s cool “.
The Braves struggled hard on Sunday when they could have done everything perfectly in their last home game and celebrate in front of their home fans. She also got off to a good start with the Grand Slam and led 4-0 in the first half. But the home team got away with it and ended up with a bitter 5:9. So the vast majority of Braves fans had to watch the game from afar. Tens of thousands had gathered in and out of Atlanta Stadium as Houston played.
Spying on the enemy
The home game advantage brought the Astros even less at the start of the World Championships, when the Braves caused a 6-2 upset in Houston and appeared to have already leveled their most important trump card.
The Texans now have to wait for a second title in five years despite their third World Championship participation. The first was in 2017 – which is very controversial. Despite proven fraud – the Astros spied on opponents’ signals and thus also gained an advantage in the final series against the Los Angeles Dodgers – they were allowed to retain the championship. Since then, however, the Astros have not been very popular with opposing fans, and trash cans are often a sign of disapproval. Trash can because the Astros pass on information about spying by knocking on the trash. Most of the other teams’ fans were in favor of the Braves in the World Championship.
And now the stars are threatened by the end of an era: the possible departure of superstar Carlos Correa. “I did everything in my power to make this team a better club,” the 27-year-old – who has been with the Astros since 2012 – told his teammates after the defeat. “And I’m proud of my time here.” After this title, there are concerns that Texas will not be able to keep Korea short. “I hope it’s not over yet,” coach Dusty Becker said.
Strictly speaking, this is only the second championship for the Atlanta Braves – for the 1957 title, Milwaukee was the team’s home, and in 1914 the Braves were on their home ground in Boston. But none of that played out on Tuesdays in Houston and for fans at home in Atlanta—after all, the Astros’ stars have been rooting there since 1966—is irrelevant.
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