GRAND SLAM
After 26 years, the Atlanta Braves win the title of World Series Champions.
In the third game of the World Series, fans at Truist Park celebrate the Atlanta Braves’ win.
March 24, 2022
After playing six games, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros on November 2, 2021, in Houston, winning the title of 2021 World Series champions.
On October 26, 2021, the Atlanta Braves played in the first game of the World Series, making their first appearance since 1999. A team has to qualify for the postseason to make it to the World Series, just as the Braves did. In their postseason, they first played five games against the Milwaukee Brewers, and after winning that series of games, they moved on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers after six games. They went on
to the World Series to defeat the Houston Astros, the favored team to win. Mike Plant, president of the Braves Development Company, explained that they lost some of their best players, including Ronald Acuña Jr, Marcell Ozuna, and Mike Soroka. Following those setbacks, the general manager of the Braves, Alex Anthopoulos, added new starters in replacement that had perseverance and were ready to overcome the obstacles that would be thrown at them. That made the team more supportive of each other and made them want to win for one another.
One of the many people that helped make this World Series win possible is Mike Plant. “So, I am the president and CEO of development for the Atlanta Braves. And my main responsibility is to oversee all the real estate, all of our development, that includes Truist Park, and all the different I call them assets, but the office buildings, the apartments, all the retail restaurants, the Roxy Theater, everything on that 60-acre campus falls under my responsibility.” Mike Plant has a significant position for the Braves, and the top position for the Braves Development Company, one of the 45 companies under the Braves structure.
A big difference that helped bring this World Series win alive was that fans were allowed back in the stadiums. Last year, due to Covid, all the games were played with the only spectators being the players, managers, e.t.c in the dugout. “So last year the games were played in front of about eight of us, and it was a strange experience…” Mike Plant said.
There were many injuries among their starting lineup. For some time, this worried the players. However, when the new players came on, their outstanding performances showed that they weren’t going to give up. “But fortunately, two weeks later, Alex started bringing on Soler, Eddie, and Joc Pederson, and started filling some of those holes… And I think that showed a sign to our Clubhouse that we’re not giving up, we’re going to try to make a run at this…I don’t, I don’t see a lot of stress in our clubhouse with these guys.” Mike Plant said.
Seeing the Braves make it to the World Series was huge for the fans of Atlanta. Both the atmosphere of the game and the sensation of winning were terrific for young and old Braves fans alike. Kennedi Taylor, a 6th-grade student at JC Booth Middle School, attended game three of the World Series, one of the two home games for the Braves. “The game atmosphere was pretty crazy; there was a lot going on, and overall it was fun seeing everything that was happening,” Kennedi said.
Not only did becoming champions mean the world to dedicated fans, but winning the World Series for Atlanta also meant a lot to the team themselves. “We have this six-state area we call Braves country, from North Carolina all the way to Mississippi. There’s no real competition within the baseball space. Look at Chicago, look at New York, look at Los Angeles. There’s multiple teams there. They’re divided between territories as far as are you a Yankees fan, Mets fan, and it’s based on how you know how you grew up for generations. And there’s just a lot of competition which we don’t have. And so winning this championship for the Atlanta metro area, the region, the state where our fans just come in droves, it was important, that was important to us.” Mike Plant said. The team may mean a lot to the fans, but the fans mean just as much to the Braves.
“And so inside their locker rooms, when players want to win for each other, and they learn how to really support each other. That’s a great recipe for winning. And obviously, we showed the world that winning the World Series championship, it all worked,” Mike Plant said.
Maddox Thompson • Dec 14, 2022 at 9:08 am
The staff writer of this article, Leah Shaver did a great job of explaining the injuries that the Braves had. I loved how she described how the Braves made it to the World Series with some of our best players injured. This article made me feel like I was there when the Braves won the World Series.
Dante Coiro • Nov 10, 2022 at 10:58 am
Although many Baseball teams are good, none of them compare to the Atlanta Braves. As the article states in Booth Warriors News by Leah Shaver, “The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros on November 2, 2021, in Houston, winning the title of 2021 World champions.” This is an amazing accomplishment that requires much dedication and skill. This is why I believe that the Atlanta Braves are one of, if not the best Baseball teams in the world.
Connor Martin • Nov 9, 2022 at 2:29 pm
I think the Braves winning the World Series was the best thing that ever happened to me. I am a big Braves fan and I have been a Braves fan since 2017. So the Braves winning the World Series was a heartwarming moment for Braves fans. The Braves winning was good and all of the other fans around were happy for the Braves. Even though they lost 3 of their best players, The backups showed the Braves that they were also as good as the starters. So I can’t believe they have the 2021 World Series title. They started off the season 23-27 and they came back to beat the Mets in a division race to win it. Then the Braves won the World Series as they had a record of 88-73 and they were the worst division winner according to the MLB. The Braves were the underdog but they shocked the whole United States by winning the World Series.
Connor Martin • Nov 9, 2022 at 2:31 pm
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Driabn • Nov 8, 2022 at 2:46 pm
This story about GRAND SLAM is a very good story because it talks about how the Atlanta Braves won the world series against the Huston Astros and it was there first appearance since 1999 and you had to qualify on the postseason to get in the world series and the world series finally took place at trust park in ATL and the CEO of Atlanta Braves had to play a big role to protect the building next to the Trust Park stadium. The Atlanta Braves beat the Huston Astros and, THat means that Atlanta Braves won the world series of 2021 and Atlanta Braves where happy.
Allie McDowell • Nov 8, 2022 at 10:28 am
The article, GRAND SLAM by Leah Shaver under boothwarriorstimes.com was a great scene and hype for the braves.
I love this article because it proves how hard the braves persevered and earned the 2021 champions title. The author did an amazing job with the amount of detail and including the setbacks and how the Atlanta Braves kept fighting. I believe this is important because now the author has shown both the good and the setbacks about the Atlanta Braves. Not all one side just saying the atlanta braves won and telling us how good it was. It was nice as a reader to see how much the braves overcame to win the title.
This was a well written article showing that the braves picked up players and lost some and even after all that continued to keep going. I can’t imagine how great the grand slam felt and to win the world series! After all that hard work and fighting, lasting six games in almost every set against the teams must have been tough. Way to go 2021 World series champions!
Aaron Marich • Nov 7, 2022 at 3:08 pm
The article grand slam was a great story. It talked about how the braves won the world series and also talked about the players. I liked how it talked about how some of the best players were out injured and talked about the underrated players and how they made a huge impact that season. Overall I think this was a great story and love how it talked about the underrated players.
Preston Domogala • Apr 28, 2022 at 1:51 pm
The article, GRAND SLAM, by Leah Shaver under boothwarriorstimes.com was a well-written article.
I love the fact that she put the new people that Alex Anthopoulos signed to the team. I love this because they made a huge impact on that season that they were signed, and I thought that they were going to do horrible. Jorge Soler, Eddie Rosario, and Joc Pederson were all some of the biggest hitters that season, but they replaced some of our best players. Those players were Ronald Acuna Jr, Marcell Ozuna, and Mike Soroka. That was why I doubted them when they were signed, but when I saw them in all of their first games, I knew they were going to become of our biggest hitters.
I also love that the author got a person that actually went to a braves game and talked about the braves community. the braves community is onr of the greatest of all time, in my opinion. I love that she got into the brves community telling us how good it is. Great job, Leah.
Bardia Shojai • Apr 27, 2022 at 9:13 am
Grand Slam was an amazing story about Atlanta Braves Baseball team winning in the World Series. Soler, Eddie, and joc pederson started filling up the missing spots. Mike Plant tell them that “You win the World Series championship.
Life is pretty good. It’s what it’s all about.”A big difference that helped bring this word series win alive was that fans were allowed back in stadium. after playing six games, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros on November 2, 2021, in Houston, winning the title of 2021 World Series champions.
Ben Hartman • Apr 27, 2022 at 9:09 am
This story Grand Slam is a great story about the Atlanta Braves winning the world series. On the team there was many injuries to the best players so they had to change. Solerm, Eddie, and Joc Pederson started filling up the missing spots, the two had helped a lot and once the players started coming back they became better and better resulting in the win.
Due to covid the only spectators are the players and there were no people in the stands exept the managers and staff. They broadcasted it on a tv channel and many people watched the games. This had been their first world series since 1999.