Braves win World Series for first time since 1995 by hammering Astros 7-0 in Game 6

Atlanta Braves dominate Game 6 with 7-0 win over Houston Braves to win World Series

But even in the Analytics Era, guided by a GM fully versed in new-age ways, the path these Braves took wouldn’t add up in any computer. Especially with how things looked in midseason.

Plus, the agonizing history of sports in Atlanta, a city where no team had won a title in the four major pro sports besides 1995. Certainly a lot of people were cheering for Baker. A World Series winner as a player and a highly respected figure on and off the field, he wasn’t able to check the final box on his resume as a championship skipper.The 1995 Atlanta champs featured five future Hall of Famers – rookie Chipper Jones, aces Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, and manager Bobby Cox. Those rings were the lone pieces of hardware that resulted from 14 straight division titles.

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