JUAN OF A KIND
SOTO’S ENERGY PROPELS NATIONALS TO FIRST TITLE
BY KIERAN STECKLEY
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Soto launches a solo home run in Game 6 of the 2019 World Series.
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What’s in a nickname? In Juan Soto’s case, everything. Soto is also known as Childish Bambino, a clever combination of Donald Glover’s rap name “Childish Gambino” and Babe Ruth’s “The Great Bambino” moniker.
Like Glover, Soto brings a unique energy and style to his profession. And like Ruth, Soto thinks –no, he knows - he is the best and most exciting player on the field.
It’s hard to argue, too. Soto kicked offthe Washington National’s title chase with a game-tying single in the eighth inning of the N.L. Wild Card game. The go-ahead run scored, also, because of an error on the play. It was his seventh-inning walk that set-up Howie Kendrick’s goahead home run in Game 7 of the World Series.