LOS ANGELES -- Alejandro Kirk grew up in Tijuana, Mexico, roughly a 2 1/2-hour drive south of Dodger Stadium, where late Mexican icon Fernando Valenzuela put his home country on the baseball map 44 years ago by sparking a magical “Fernandomania” run to lead the Dodgers to a 1981 World Series championship as a rookie.

With the Blue Jays heading out west for Game 3 of the World Series on Monday , Kirk arrives at Chavez Ravine emerging as the next star from Mexico who's making history on baseball’s grandest stage.

With his Statcast-projected 403-foot two-run blast in Toronto’s Game 1 victory over the Dodgers on Friday night at Rogers Centre, Kirk became the first Mexican-born player to hit a World Series home run. It was the cherry atop a game for which he achieved national glor

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