A Grand Slam Wasted, Atlanta Is Left Holding Its Breath
The New York Times
Adam Duvall’s blast felt like the where-were-you-when moment Atlanta has been seeking for decades. And then it wasn’t.
ATLANTA — Of course, it was too easy. Here, it almost always is.
All the Atlanta Braves needed to do to capture their first World Series championship in 26 years was win one last game at home, in the stadium where they had already gone 7-0 this postseason. And in the first inning of Game 5 on Sunday, when Adam Duvall whacked a sinker 377 feet for a grand slam, it seemed like Atlanta — city and namesake suburban baseball team alike — had found the where-were-you-when moment it had been seeking for decades.
Of course, it was too easy. Truist Park’s final game of 2021 ended not with a championship roar that had been building since the first inning, but a loss, 9-5, to the Houston Astros in Monday’s first minutes.
