The Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series. Congrats!
The Braves were expected to be contenders last year, but they were never favorites to win it all. They got out to a disappointing slow start and then lost arguably their best player to injury, and yet still they rallied to grab their fourth straight division title and knock off a couple heavyweights in the playoffs.
It wasn’t the result we were most expecting, but that doesn’t make it a fluke. It’s a reminder that winning the title isn’t always a question of who has the most stacked or expensive roster.