As the 2020 Atlanta Braves try to bounce back from getting debacled by the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, let’s harken back to a happier time in the franchise’s history.
Twenty-one years ago this week, the Braves held off the New York Mets in six games to win the NL pennant. The victory resulted in Atlanta’s fifth (and most-recent) trip to the World Series.
The 1999 NLCS is remembered primarily for three things:
1. Robin Ventura’s “grand slam single” to give the Mets a 15-inning win in Game 5
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