ATLANTA — All of this goes back a year, to the end of an Aug. 17, 2020, matchup between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. Will Smith, the Braves’ closer, didn’t like that Juan Soto crept behind the plate between innings, trying for a look at Smith’s warmup pitches. So Smith told him to move, using colorful language, and Soto listened before blasting a 445-foot homer. Then Soto stared Smith down.