Rajai Davis reflects on 2016 World Series home run: 'It's all part of the story'

CLEVELAND — “If you guys had won the 2016 World Series…”The start to the question elicits an instant “mmm…” from Rajai Davis, as if he launched into a familiar daydream.There’s a statue, for sure — his arm raised or his tongue escaping his mouth, one of the iconic snapshots from his adrenaline-fueled, hasty trot around the bases in Game 7. He already gets recognized, but this is different. It’s Bill Mazeroski, Joe Carter and him. That’s it. That’s the list of the ultimate October home run-hitting heroes. Well, technically, he conquered Aroldis Chapman and decades of Cleveland baseball demons in November. Either way, his one swing, with his hands choked up a few inches on his bat, lives on in its own pantheon of franchise lore.He snaps out of the momentary stupor.Advertisement