It was the grand slam of World Series predictions.

During pregame content on MLB Network before the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers played Game 1 of the World Series, broadcaster Dan Plesac made an extraordinary prediction that actually came true.

“Addison Barger, not in the starting lineup, he will come off the bench, and be a left-hander off the bench, I’m telling you what, he’s gonna run into one and the Rogers Center is gonna come unglued.”

“He’s gonna get a pinch hit at-bat, in the seventh, eighth, or ninth inning, and he’s gonna send this place into a frenzy.”

It was a prediction that even shocked his co-host, Greg Amsinger, at the time.

Amsinger was even more flabbergasted when Plesac’s prediction actually came true.

Barger delivered on Plesac’s bold prediction, albe

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