The 2021 World Series is here. Tragically, the San Francisco Giants are not in it. Beautifully, neither are the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Instead it’s the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros, teams who both present Giants fans with one really good reason to root for them (many former Giants for Atlanta, and Dusty Baker for Houston), and one really good reason to root against them (racist chants echoing through the park for the former, and a massive cheating scandal for the latter).
Only time will tell who will get to spend a small country’s GDP on jewelry sometime in the next few months, but according to the latest SB Nation Reacts survey, MLB fans expect Atlanta to win, albeit by a narrow margin, and in six games.