Statistics say that Jorge Soler’s home run in the third inning of Game 6 of the 2021 World Series traveled 446 feet. Statistics lie. Soler’s home run is still flying, still going upward, and as long as Atlanta fans remember this team, that ball will never land.
For the first time in a quarter-century, the Atlanta Braves are world champions once again.
The Braves throttled the Houston Astros 7-0, the first shutout in a clinching World Series game since 2005 and the final notes of a bravura second-half performance from a team that won fewer games than any other team in the postseason.