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Red Sox player Mookie Betts’ stolen base delivers us all free tacos!

Last evening the 2018 World Series got under way at Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox hosting the LA Dodgers. I wrote this post last year about the opening game which was held in Dodger Stadium and was the hottest game ever played in the World Series reaching a 103 degrees. It was not that way last night with 40 degree temperatures and damp from some earlier showers. The Dodger’s ace pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, pitched in both opening games, this year going up against Boston’s ace, Chris Sale. It turned out not to be a great night for either pitcher with the bull pen for both teams being pulled in earlier then expected, but Boston defeated Los Angeles, 8-4, in Game One.

Taco Bell is again running their “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” campaign for their seventh year. They are offering a free Doritos Locos Taco to all in the U.S. if a player steals a base in any World Series game this year. “Every year, we’re overwhelmed with the excitement from our fans when combining America’s favorite pastime with America’s favorite tacos,” said Marisa Thalberg, Global Chief Brand Officer at Taco Bell Corp.

Mookie Betts lead off for the Red Sox in the bottom of the first inning, singled into center and successfully stole second base shortly after. So that happened much quicker in the series than ever before. “We said be aggressive early, trying to get a run across, and on top of that I just wanted some tacos,” Betts told the FOX postgame show after Game 1.

People can get their free Doritos Locos Taco at Taco Bell on Thursday, Nov. 1 between 2-6pm. If for some reason they can’t make it that afternoon they still can get a taco voucher online and grab one any time during the day. If a Game 7 is needed to be played it would be on Halloween evening, October 31, so the day after that free tacos may help to celebrate the winning team and the end of another great baseball season.

This is the seventh time a baseball player has given the country free tacos during the World Series. Betts joins Cameron Maybin (2017), Francisco Lindor (2016), Lorenzo Cain (2015), Ángel Pagán (2012), Jason Bartlett (2008), and Jacoby Ellsbury (2007) in accomplishing the feat.

Go Red Sox!!! They will be remembered as the greatest Red Sox team in MLB history!

Free Taco Day from Taco Bell’s Steal a Base, Steal a Taco promotion

The 2017 MLB World Series got under way at last evening at Dodgers Stadium with the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Houston Astros. It turned out to be the hottest game ever played in the World Series with 103 degrees at the start of the game. It also was the shortest game played since 1992 which only took 2 hours, 28. Chris Taylor of the Dodgers hit a home run on the first pitch by Dallas Keuchel’s first pitch which went well over the left field wall for a 1-0 lead. Dodgers won the game 3-1 with a lot of help from their ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw who had 11 strikeouts which certainly helped speed things along.

Once again Taco Bell is running their “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” campaign, like that they did last year. Taco Bell is offering free tacos to all if a player steals a base in any World Series game this year. Here’s how the promotion works: If a player steals a base in either Game 1 or Game 2, Taco Bell will be dishing out a free Doritos Locos Taco to each customer at participating locations from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

There were no stolen based in Game 1 last night, so we didn’t see a repeat from the first inning of Game 1 of the 2016 World Series where the Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor scored free tacos for all after he stole second base against the Chicago Cubs. So we’ll be watching tonight to see if Game 2 comes through for all those Taco Bell lovers. If not Taco Bell is still offering the promotion for Game 3 through Game 7. Any stolen base in the latter games Taco Bell will be doing the giveaway on Nov. 7 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Customers are limited to one Locos Taco while supplies last, a $1.69 value.

With tickets last night going for over $1,200, most fans would have liked the game to have been longer. But with the heat, most players were glad it was short. It’s been 29 years since the Dodgers won their sixth world championship in franchise history. Though they’ve made 11 trips to the postseason since 1988 and advanced to the National League Championship Series five times, the Dodgers hadn’t made it back to the World Series until this year. They had the best standing in the whole league with 104 wins beating out 102 from the Indians and 101 from the Astros. This World Series should be fun with it being the first since 1970 with two 100-plus win teams.

This is the Astros’ first pennant as an American League team. They switched over from the National League in time for the 2013 season. So they are going for their first World Series title in franchise history. Last season the Cubs broke that longest drought in the league’s history with 108 years. They did so against the Cleveland Indians, who haven’t won it all since 1948. So this maybe the Astros will make some new history this this year. Tonight will give us a good clue.