HOUSTON — In any World Series, themes of resilience and perseverance and love will abound. You don’t navigate a 162-game season and three rounds of playoffs without them.
Yet while those concepts exist more often on a visceral level, this 2021 World Series pitting the Atlanta Braves against the Houston Astros will house a pair of shining examples – one in each dugout.
When Braves manager Brian Snitker gazes across the diamond at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday night, his eye might catch a glimpse of his son, Troy, a hitting coach for the Houston Astros.