An MLB World Series is quite an affair in itself but adding a father versus son subplot spices up the contest for the championship ring. This edition of the Fall Classic is a family affair with Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker in the dugout opposite his son, Houston Astros co-hitting coach Troy Snitker.

Come Tuesday, the father-son duo will have their first encounter in Game 1 of the World Series.

“Quite honestly, tomorrow at 7:09 or whatever, he’s going to want to kick my (butt),” elder Snitker said on Monday, according to Associated Press inputs.

But there’s no absence of adulation from dad when talking about his son’s success. “I kind of validated the fact that maybe I did something right, the way he turned out,” he said. “He’s a heck of a young man.”

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Troy Snitker spent most of his life in clubhouses and dugouts, following his father around as a minor league skipper. Brian Snitker taught his kid a lot during that period, but the most significant thing he learned was not from what he said, but from what he did as he bounced across teams from Macon, Georgia, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

“Just his work ethic,” the 32-year-old Snitker said. “I think that’s the biggest thing that I’ve taken away from him, being able to watch him from a young age at the ballpark. He’s so consistent, hard working. He’s the same guy every day when you’re in the clubhouse with him.”

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The 66-year-old Snitker spent 15 seasons as a manager for various Braves’ farm teams before working as Atlanta’s third-base coach from 2007-2013. He was the manager of the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves from 2013 until becoming the big league club’s interim manager when Fredi González was fired in May 2016.

Brian got the job full-time in 2017 and has led the Braves to the postseason in each of the last four seasons.

“He’s just, he’s been through so much in his career where there were plenty of times where he could have easily decided to go do something else,” Troy said. “But he stuck with it.”

Troy Snitker coached in college for a bit before joining the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks as their hitting coach in 2018. He spent just one season there before moving on to work for Houston’s major league club.

Meanwhile, ahead of the father-son clash, Ronnie Snitker, wife of Brian Snitker and Troy Snitker’s mom, feels navigating through this week might be a bit difficult. She’s also not quite ready to open up about the jersey she will be sporting in the stands.

“I think she’s just slightly overwhelmed at the moment trying to get her mind around the concept that this is actually happening,” Troy Snitker said.

And after the Snitker men finished raving about each other, they both agreed that the true star of this week is Ronnie.

“If it wasn’t for her, he or I wouldn’t be here honestly,” her husband said. “She’s allowed Troy and myself to follow our dream, and we’re very appreciative.”

With inputs from the Associated Press