The 2015 World Series started off with a bang.
Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar did something that no player had done in a World Series game since 1903: He hit a lead-off inside-the-park home run.
Matt Harvey started his outing with a 95 mph fastball that got too much of the plate, and Escobar crushed it to the warning track in left-center. Yoenis Cespedes misplayed the ball and saw it bounce off his foot when he was trying to track it down.
The ball rolled along the warning track and Escobar was off to the races.
Alcides Escobar, pequeño monstruo de la postemporada
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By the time the ball made its way back to the infield, Escobar had already touched home plate, and the Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead right out of the gate.