With two outs in the 9th inning, up 7-0, Will Smith threw a 94 mph fastball to Yuli Gurriel, who hit a groundball to shortstop. Dansby Swanson picked it up, threw it to first baseman Freddie Freeman, and with that, the Atlanta Braves had just won the World Series. It was a surreal moment that most fans will remember for the rest of their lives.
What we didn’t know at the time was that was the last throw Dansby Swanson would ever make to Freddie Freeman, at least while wearing Braves uniform. The Freddie Freeman contract saga finally ended this past week with him signing a six-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.