{"id":106560,"date":"2021-11-03T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106560"},"modified":"2021-11-03T08:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:21:01","slug":"ajc-braves-defeat-astros-to-win-2021-world-series-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106560","title":{"rendered":"(AJC) Braves defeat Astros to win 2021 World Series title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Braves reported to spring training in February, they had championship aspirations. They fell just short the previous October and spent the winter supplementing a talented young core that had embarked on three postseason runs. They entered this season believing they had assembled a roster, both talent- and chemistry-wise, that could finally break through.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody could\u2019ve imagined how the ensuing journey would unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six years and 16 postseason appearances since that memorable Oct. 28 day in 1995, the Braves brought Atlanta its second World Series championship Tuesday in Houston. This team\u2019s one-of-a-kind story will be shared and referenced across generations with the simplest yet most invaluable lesson: never give up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-braves\/braves-defeat-astros-to-win-2021-world-series-title\/VHR4WW267VFDFLFUWKADCENYHA\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Atlanta Braves defeat Astros to win 2021 World Series title: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/65QkDIJ7bm\">https:\/\/t.co\/65QkDIJ7bm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AYWnBVRLqe\">pic.twitter.com\/AYWnBVRLqe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajc\/status\/1455742180182708230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Braves reported to spring training in February, they had championship aspirations. They fell just short the previous October and spent the winter supplementing a talented young core that had embarked on three postseason runs. They entered this season<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106560\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106560"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106564,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106560\/revisions\/106564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}