Dec. 31—Editor's note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2021 as determined by newsroom staff. Today's installment is No. 1.
Braves fans will likely never forget where they were the night of Nov. 2, shortly after 11:30 p.m.
The Houston Astros' Yuri Gurriel hit a bouncing ball toward Dansby Swanson, the Braves shortstop and Marietta High School alumnus. Fielding the ball, Swanson calmly got his footing and threw it to veteran first baseman Freddie Freeman. Still half-kneeling with a foot on the bag, Freeman's arms shot into the air, his mouth agape in jubilation.