Outfielder Michael Conforto was in the Mets' starting lineup in their World Series Game 1 loss to the Royals on Tuesday night (KC 5, NYM 4, 14 innings).That's significant because ...
ICYMI: #LLWS + @NCAACWS + #WorldSeries = https://t.co/c7jj7ogufO pic.twitter.com/YOvtgTWyvI
— Little League (@LittleLeague) October 22, 2015
Indeed, Conforto became just the third player (and first rookie) to play in the Little League World Series (2004, Northwest Region Champion), College World Series (2013, Oregon State), and MLB World Series. He joins Ed Vosberg (1973 LLWS; 1980, U. of Arizona; 1997, Marlins) and Jason Varitek (1984 LLWS; 1994, Georgia Tech; 2004, Red Sox).
Of course, Conforto wasn't done making history in Game 1 ...
That's an RBI for Conforto, and that brings us to this ...
.@mconforto8 becomes first player to EVER record RBI in @LittleLeague, @NCAA and @MLB #WorldSeries. pic.twitter.com/oqsCmDiO9N
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) October 28, 2015
Histoire, Monsieur Conforto! Histoire!
More to come from the 22-year-old outfielder.
(USATSI)
