I WAS WATCHING the Braves play the New York Mets on my phone while cruising in mild traffic from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta to Cobb County, Georgia, home of the Braves and a fantasy world of their own creation. My car was piloted by an amiable Jamaican woman, and we were discussing the dark storm clouds overhead when Charlie Culberson struck lightning.
Culberson's two-run walk-off shot against Seth Lugo sent the big crowd at SunTrust Park into a frenzy, as Culberson's teammates pounded him on the back and pulled on his jersey amid the group dance around home plate.