The 2021 World Series has arrived. The Atlanta Braves face the Houston Astros in Game 1 on Tuesday night.
The Astros, with their sign-stealing scandal hanging over the past two years, are in their third Fall Classic in the past five seasons. The Braves return for the first time since 1999. Atlanta is looking to snap a streak of 16 straight postseason appearances without a title. That drought is the longest in Major League Baseball history, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
It is also an unlikely World Series matchup.