Ron Griffitts
Contributing columnist
In October, 2021 the Atlanta Braves (88-73) managed by Brian Snitker with president Alex Anthopoulos met the Houston Astros (95-67) managed by Dusty Baker with general manager James Click.
The Braves, playing in their 10th World Series, got past the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 to get to the fall classic and were led on offense by Freddie Freeman (31 HR, .300 BA, 120 RS), Ozzie Albers ( 30 HR, 106 RBI, 103 RS, 20 SB), Dansby Swanson ( 27 HR). Also Ronald Acuna, Jr. (24 HR) who was injured in mid-season and replaced by Adam Duvall (16 HR) and Jorge Soler (14 HR) who played the second half of the season for the Braves.