Mississippi State and the Atlanta Braves won it all!
I can’t believe it – after watching Mississippi State year after year in football, basketball and baseball – they finally won a national championship! And for it to happen in baseball was so sweet. I’ve been savoring that title for the rest of the summer and into the fall…..not bothered by any hype or shortcomings in football, just happy to have that baseball championship.
Then along come the Atlanta Braves. I’m a lifelong Atlanta sports fan who grew up watching the run from 1991-2005 and every year since. I witnessed the Falcons collapse which has scarred me for life in terms of “no lead is safe”. I watched this year’s team the whole way through, although April – July it was tough to watch as they consistently blew leads and played frustratingly bad amid injuries and setbacks. But they turned it around in August and won it all!
All the years of watching sports and then State and the Braves win it in the same year. And both my school and city won in baseball – my favorite sport!
I’ll always remember 2021 as the year of baseball. Of course, it all started in February when it was so great to have college baseball back after the Covid-shortened 2020 season.
Then little league baseball started, which I was able to coach my son’s team. I even signed up to play softball for the first time in a decade and had fun with that in the spring and fall seasons.
I took my family to a Braves game in June which was a lot of fun – then to a Gwinett Stripers (Braves AAA) game in July…..we saw Kyle Wright pitch lights out there, not knowing how huge he would be in Game 4 of the World Series.
My dad and I took our first trip to Omaha to see MSU play their first two games of the College World Series, which were awesome to witness!
It was awesome all year long. So many fun moments along the way. Baseball has been great in 2021! Christmas gifts for me should be pretty easy this year: MSU and Braves championship memorabilia!
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