The Houston and Atlanta teams will play the World Series of baseball on Tuesday, one of the events most followed by the American public.
After a tragic period due to the coronavirus pandemic that hit sport worldwide, on Tuesday the 2021 Baseball World Series will begin, one of the events most followed by the American public.
The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves will be in charge of this series that will put an end to a dream season with full stadiums, which made us forget for months that covid-19 is still present in the country.
In this first meeting, a pitching duel will be seen in action between starters Charlie Morton (Braves) and Framber Valdez (Astros).
The Astros will play their third World Series in the last five years, after beating the Boston Red Sox 5×0 on Friday to win the American League Championship Series 4-2.
For their part, the Braves, who also defeated the former champion Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2, advance to the World Series for the first time since 1999, when they fell to the New York Yankees.
It was not so much the surprise of the Red Sox’s elimination by the Astros as the loss of the Dodgers to the Braves, as the Los Angeles team were arguably the most fearsome set in league title discussions.
Many specialists give the Texas team an advantage, after the experience accumulated in recent times in these levels.
The Astros beat the Dodgers in the 2017 World SeriesA victory that was later marred by the signing theft scandal, which led to a five million fine for the franchise and the firing of its then-coach, AJ Hinch.
Houston returned to the World Series in 2019 but fell 4-3 to the Washington Nationals.
The Astros had already visited the Fall Classic in 2005, when they lost to the Chicago White Sox. At that time they played for the National League.
“Timely pitching, defense and hitting,” his manager, Dusty Baker, said of Houston’s strengths. “And besides, these guys always believed we were going to win. There was never a single doubt in their minds. “
“There are four more wins to get,” stressed Baker, who will play his second October Classic as coach after 2002, in his time at the head of the San Francisco Giants who lost to the Anaheim Angels.
Trendy Latinos
Latin American players are undoubtedly fashionable in the Major Leagues.
That the MVP can once again be a player from that region in the World Series would not be a surprise. Well, the Most Valuable Players of the championship series were precisely a Cuban and a Puerto Rican.
For the National League, the MVP was Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario, acquired just before the July 30 trade deadline to reinforce the Braves outfield due to the absences of Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña of Venezuela.
Rosario, who hit three home runs in this series, set an Atlanta franchise record and became the fifth player in history to record 14 hits in a postseason series.
For the American League, the MVP was the Cuban Yordan Alvarez, who finished the championship series with a high average of .522, with 12 hits, including three doubles, a triple and a home run, with six RBIs, six runs scored and a total of bases reached with his hits of 20.
Alvarez became the fourth Cuban Championship Series MVP between both Leagues, joining Randy Arozarena with the Rays in 2020, Orlando Duke Hernández with the Yankees in 1999 and Liván Hernández with the Marlins in 1997.
The Braves will now seek their first World Series title since 1995, when they beat the Cleveland Indians with a team that included Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Chipper Jones.
Those 1995 Braves remain the only Atlanta city team of America’s four major sports (baseball, football, basketball and hockey) to win a national title. (D)
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