just to repeat...this is the FIRST TIME that the first overall batter of a World Series has hit a leadoff home run THIS IS THE 117TH WORLD SERIES!!
@SlangsOnSports I beg to differ...Pete Rose in game 5 of the 1972 World Series led off with a homer off Catfish Hunter. First pitch I believe. Source Baseballreference.com
@SlangsOnSports @DOBrienATL Hey @jaysonst this almost assuredly will be in your weird and wild article, right?
@SlangsOnSports Thought I heard that wrong during broadcast. Unbelievable!!!
@SlangsOnSports If one said that over 117 PA across baseball history, the first time the clean-up hitter hit in the WS, there were no home runs. But, 117 PAs without an HR by lead-off hitters (the vast majority pre Rickey Henderson) is not that unusual.