Once a kid in Dodger Stadium's seats, Giancarlo Stanton delivers again in LA, now at World Series

Giancarlo Stanton slugs baseballs into nan Dodger Stadium seats he utilized to watch from arsenic a kid

LOS ANGELES -- Giancarlo Stanton has been coming to Dodger Stadium since he was a kid. Seems for illustration each clip he comes back, he sends a typical souvenir into nan outfield seats.

The opener of this Yankees-Dodgers World Series was nary exception.

Stanton crushed a go-ahead, two-run thrust successful nan sixth inning to put New York ahead, his latest smash for a New York squad chasing its 28th title. It wasn't capable successful a 6-3, 10-inning thriller of a nonaccomplishment to Los Angeles connected Friday night.

Maligned by Yankees fans for overmuch of his clip successful nan Bronx, Stanton homered for his 4th consecutive postseason game, a 116.6 mph changeable disconnected Jack Flaherty that was nan hardest-hit shot successful nan World Series since MLB started search successful 2015.

His six homers and 13 RBIs some apical nan Yankees successful nan postseason, and his 17 profession postseason homers successful 135 at-bats are among nan apical ratios successful shot history. He is nan only subordinate to doubly homer successful 4 consecutive postseason games.

Throughout October, his determination has been evident.

“This ain’t nan trophy I want," he said aft Saturday night’s pennant-clinching triumph astatine Cleveland. “I want nan adjacent one.”

Born successful Panorama City, California, and raised astir 15 miles northbound of Dodger Stadium successful nan Tujanga vicinity of Los Angeles, Stanton utilized to watch games from nan near section pavilion.

He deed a tying 457-foot location tally into nan pavilion disconnected nan Dodgers' Tony Gonsolin successful nan 2022 All-Star Game and has 10 homers successful 25 regular-season games astatine Chavez Ravine — nan astir awesome a 475-foot thrust for Miami successful May 2015. Stanton is among conscionable 5 players to deed a shot retired of Dodger Stadium, joined by Willie Stargell (twice), Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire and Fernando Tatis Jr.

Given a then-record $325 million, 13-year contract by nan Marlins, Stanton had 59 homers and 132 RBIs successful 2017, winning nan NL MVP award. His first play successful nan Bronx was a occurrence pinch 38 homers and 100 RBIs but he missed 266 of 708 games complete nan adjacent 5 seasons because of a bid of injuries that included strains of correct biceps, correct knee, near hamstring (twice) and near quadriceps on pinch correct ankle inflammation and near Achilles tendinitis.

He arrived astatine outpouring training this twelvemonth markedly slimmer and had 27 homers and 72 RBIs while playing 114 games — he was sidelined by a strained near hamstring betwixt June 22 and July 29.

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