How will the Astros use Yordan Alvarez without a DH in Atlanta? The ALCS MVP is just one player to watch for in the 2021 World Series. (SNJeffBlair)
manager Brian Snitker were roommates when they were coaches in that organization’s minor league system.
But there’s also a kind of timeless quality to this series, too. We’re told it’s a young person’s game, with transcendent young stars -- getting more money into the hands of players sooner in their careers is going to be one of the tough nuts to crack in collective bargaining talks -- and Ivy League front offices. Heck, only yesterday the St. Louis Cardinals named Oliver Marmol as their new manager, making him, at 35, the youngest skipper in the game.
It’s fitting that Atlanta will be one of the focal points for this series, since Baker broke in as a Braves minor leaguer and memories of another mentor, Henry Aaron, will be ever-present. Aaron passed away in January, and as Gaston noted in addition to helping shepherd Baker along the way it was Aaron who convinced both himself and Snitker to get into coaching. Any chance to remember Aaron is a chance to be cherished.
Where it might get interesting for Baker is if a defensive replacement is needed late in a close game. Just another reason to hate having the pitchers hit; another reason to hope that abomination ends up on the cutting room floor during this round of collective bargaining.
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