At long last, a playoff result that hasn't left the hearts of Atlanta sports fans utterly broken. And on account of it coming in the World Series, the team that got it done can now count itself among the greatest in the history of Major League Baseball.
And more, perhaps the most unlikely member of that particular club.
To be sure, the Fall Classic in and of itself was mostly a dominant affair for the victors. Atlanta may have been outscored by the Houston Astros 16-7 in its two losses, but it collected its four wins to the tune of an 18-4 drubbing punctuated by not one but two shutouts.