A wait of 6 decades that has been worth it since in the 2021 World Series there will be great incentives, new faces and marks to beat between two teams.
The great appointment to the “Fall Classic” already has this year the two best teams in the Major Leagues with the Houston Astros as brand-new American champions and the Atlanta Braves of the National, a duel that hasn’t happened since both franchises compete in the majors.
A The six-decade wait that has paid off since in the 2021 World Series It will have great incentives, new faces, and marks to beat between two teams that have already done the most difficult, breaking the predictions of the bettors who did not have them among the favorites.
But above all there will be Latin American protagonism assured with the sluggers, the Cuban Yordan Álvarez, brand new winner of the MVP of the American League Championship Series with the Astros, and Eddie Rosario, from the MVP in the National with the Braves.
The Venezuelan second baseman José Altuve, The Puerto Rican shortstop, along with Cuban first baseman Yuli Gurriel, are looking for more laurels after winning the first championship title in 2017.
Another Venezuelan, the young rookie, starter Luis Garcia, seems to have already found the formula to shine in the playoffs. Houston’s other pitchers, including Dominican left-hander Framber Valdez, will have to face Curaçao second baseman Ozzie Albies and first baseman Austin Riley and all those young Atlanta hitters.
Also all-star first baseman for the Braves, Freddie Freeman will hit balls in baseball’s highest point for the first time in his career.
While veteran handler Dusty Baker, 72, remains in the fight for a fall coronation as a manager.
And there will even be a family duel with the confrontation of a father against his son as will be the case of Brian Snitker, manager of the Braves, and his son Troy who works as a hitting coach in Houston.
Schedule of the meetings
Tuesday, October 26
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Wednesday October 27
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Friday October 29
Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Saturday October 30
Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Sunday October 31
Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros (if necessary)
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:15 (Los Angeles)
19:15 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:15 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:15 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Tuesday, November 2
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves (if necessary)
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
Wednesday, November 3
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves (if necessary)
They transmit: Fox Sports 2 y ESPN
Schedules
17:09 (Los Angeles)
19:09 (Houston, Ecuador, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Houston)
20:09 (Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Havana)
21:09 (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción and Brasilia)
“We know the Snitkers are going to have a World Series trophy at home,” joked the Braves manager. “I don’t know who’s going to get it, but we’re going to have one, and that’s really nice.”
The Astros vs. Braves duel, which took six decades to develop, will confront two teams that made it to the military in the National League and have met more than 700 times, including five playoff series.
Just remember the legendary Hank Aaron and Jimmy Wynn fighting a Home Run Derby at the Houston Astrodome. Or former starters Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz facing ex-rookies Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio on a June night when the Astros were playing on the Old Circuit.
Due to the formation of the calendar and the Covid-19, the Astros and the Braves have not faced each other since 2017 when the Astros won their first World Series, but they will do so again starting Tuesday when they start the competition at Minute Maid Park in Houston. with the opening match of the Fall Classic to the best of seven.
The Astros reach their third World Series in five years and are 3-2 favorites to clinch the title in the FanDuel betting book, while the Braves have not since 1999.
Neither team is the favorite among national fans at this point in the competition, especially when it comes to the Astros, where Altuve, Correa, third baseman Alex Bregman and Gurriel will forever carry the game. Cheater tag, after being part of the Astros who devised an illegal system to steal signs, en route to winning the 2017 World Series.
At Minute Maid Park they find ovations. In every other park they are greeted by the hostility reserved for Major League Baseball’s worst villains.
“Since the bad news, we’ve had to deal with what happened in 2017, and I think we all want to show what kind of players we are,” Alvarez said. “We know how to win without having to do anything illegal. In fact I was not here with the team in 2017. ″
Álvarez insisted that he had “unfairly” booed him like the others, but they were ready and with the mentality of wanting to win in the World Series to show that “we are a great team.”
The Braves overcame the season-ending injuries of dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr. in July. They rebounded after languishing to 52-55 in early August, thanks to the help Rosario provided.
Although the campus changed, the sounds and images persist. During the Championship Series, fans at Truist Park in Atlanta made reference to the “tomahawks” and sang songs supposedly inspired by ethnic origin in the United States.
During an era in which greater social justice is sought, the Cleveland Indians changed their name to Guardians, and the Washington Redskins National League (NFL) football team had to remove theirs as it was deemed racist.
Atlanta has not announced any modifications, and it will surely turn heads during the World Series that no one expected, but which brings together the two current best teams in the Major Leagues. (D)
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