The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 7-2 over 12 innings on Sunday to win the 2015 World Series — the team’s second championship, and first since 1985. Soon after, Royals catcher Salvador Perez was named World Series MVP. Perez had a .364 batting average with two doubles, two RBIs, and three runs scored in the World Series. The moment highlighted just how far Perez had come from when the Royals first discovered him as an unknown teenager in Venezuela.
Read more about Salvador Perez’s amazing journey from Venezuela to World Series MVP.
