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It is Wednesday, November 3rd, and the Atlanta Braves are World Series champions for 2021.

Congrats to all the fans out there.

First time since 1995, plenty of heartbreak between now and then a well-deserved title with a dominant

game six performance that we will dig into in great detail. And I feel like I should just hand

it over to Britt right away for the victory lap since I was on the anti-Atlanta side in each

series. I believe Eno is right there with me, just talking ourselves out of this Atlanta team,

getting it done.

So Brick, congrats to you as well for great predictions.

I think it's like a half lap though, guys, because I yesterday said the Braves are going

to lose, and I still thought this was going to go seven.

So I did have a little faith.

I had a little more faith

than you two, but the bar was low. Ants were getting over that bar. But, you know, I think,

I think we can all agree on this podcast that while we thought with our heads that the Astros

were going to win, our hearts are happy that the Braves have won, or at least mine is.

I think they're just a better story.

If nothing else, in a copycat league, I was thinking this last night,

every World Series teaches you something.

This World Series teaches you that if you're even close to in it,

you should roll the dice because you just never know what's going to happen.

And I think that's a positive lesson for baseball.

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