{"id":118639,"date":"2024-10-26T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T09:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118639"},"modified":"2024-10-26T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T09:35:05","slug":"freddie-freeman-etches-his-name-into-dodgers-world-series-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118639","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Freeman etches his name into Dodgers&#8217; World Series lore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>The swing was honed on the sandlots of suburban Orange County, the product of years of daily batting practice between a son and his dad.<\/p>\n<p>On almost every afternoon of his Southern California childhood, Freddie Freeman would get picked up from school by his father, Fred, bring a bucket of exactly 48 baseballs to a field near their house, then take an hour of hacks off balls Fred flipped to him.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the way Freeman\u2019s swing was <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2023-08-21\/dodgers-freddie-freeman-father-elite-swing\">first crafted as a young player<\/a> \u2014 a routine that, decades later on Friday night, served as the genesis of unforgettable October history.<\/p>\n<p>With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Dodgers one out away from defeat to the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series, Freeman etched his name into postseason lore, giving an instant autumn classic a raucous storybook ending.<\/p>\n<p>On what was the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/live\/dodgers-yankees-world-series-game-1-live-updates-tv-channel-score-highlights-how-to-watch\">first walk-off grand slam<\/a> ever in a World Series game, Freeman lifted the Dodgers to a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/yankees-vs-dodgers\/2024\/10\/25\/775300\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6-3<\/a> Game 1 win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center-expanded=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement-player\">  <ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"youtube-video-player video-player youtube-video-player-facade\" data-player-id=\"f1e55732937a74e4583b1727fed4fd555\" data-video-id=\"0VjYP_73TkY\" data-video-title=\"FULL INNING: Dodgers win Game 1 after Freeman hits FIRST WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM in WORLD SERIES HISTORY\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-lazy-offset=\"1.0\" data-autoplay-threshold=\"50\" data-miniplayer=\"\" data-internal-video-id=\"0VjYP_73TkY\" data-ad-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-ad-provider=\"ima\" data-ima-sdk-url=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js\" data-ima-ad-tag-url=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?ciu_szs=728x90,300x250,180x150,120x60,88x31,300x60,300x100,320x50,468x60,300x600,160x600&amp;sz=640x480&amp;impl=s&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=vast&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;cmsid=2652439\">  <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi_webp\/0VjYP_73TkY\/maxresdefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0VjYP_73TkY\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><img id=\"yt-img-0VjYP_73TkY\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0VjYP_73TkY\/hqdefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/picture> <button type=\"button\" class=\"youtube-video-player-facade-button\" aria-label=\"Play\"> <svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/styleguide\/assets\/misc-icons.svg#icon-youtube-play\"\/><\/svg> <\/button>      <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div>\n<p class=\"video-enhancement-title\">Freddie Freeman\u2019s walk-off grand slam for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And after being mobbed by his teammates and serenaded by more than 50,000 fans, Freeman immediately went to find his dad in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy swing is because of him. My approach is because of him. I am who I am because of him,\u201d Freeman said of Fred, whom he greeted with a two-handed high five in an exchange behind the home plate netting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou couldn\u2019t script it any better,\u201d Fred added, still standing in his field-level seats as pandemonium ensued around him. \u201cFor his year, the way it happened, it\u2019s unbelievable \u2026 It\u2019s just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this was not poised to be Freeman\u2019s October. Not after a season of off-field adversity, including his 3-year-old son Max\u2019s battle with a frightening case of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-08-01\/freddie-freeman-maximus-guillain-barre-syndrome\">Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome<\/a> in August, briefly leaving him paralyzed. And not long after Freeman sprained his ankle during the last week of the regular season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center-expanded=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement-player\">  <ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"youtube-video-player video-player youtube-video-player-facade\" data-player-id=\"f46cdfcc2aa0a45e79550db039b79c812\" data-video-id=\"0tWGagPth9E\" data-video-title=\"The Dodgers take World Series Game 1 from the Yankees in historic fashion\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-lazy-offset=\"1.0\" data-autoplay-threshold=\"50\" data-miniplayer=\"\" data-video-authors=\"Jack Harris, Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Bill Plaschke\" data-internal-video-id=\"0tWGagPth9E\" data-ad-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-ad-provider=\"ima\" data-ima-sdk-url=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js\" data-ima-ad-tag-url=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?ciu_szs=728x90,300x250,180x150,120x60,88x31,300x60,300x100,320x50,468x60,300x600,160x600&amp;sz=640x480&amp;impl=s&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=vast&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;cmsid=2652439\">  <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi_webp\/0tWGagPth9E\/maxresdefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0tWGagPth9E\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><img id=\"yt-img-0tWGagPth9E\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0tWGagPth9E\/hqdefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/picture> <button type=\"button\" class=\"youtube-video-player-facade-button\" aria-label=\"Play\"> <svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/styleguide\/assets\/misc-icons.svg#icon-youtube-play\"\/><\/svg> <\/button>      <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the veteran first baseman has been able to play through the injury for most of the playoffs, it has required hours of pregame treatment \u2014 and, as a result, precious little time in the batting cage to refine his hampered swing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing something that is basically heroic, to put himself in a position to even be available, much less in the starting lineup,\u201d teammate Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cFreddie is a grinder. Not too many superstars grind the way Freddie does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, however, Freeman finally experienced some smoother sailing.<\/p>\n<p>The week off leading up to the World Series allowed his ankle to significantly improve, with Freeman recording his lowest level of swelling since initially getting hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the slugger found a new mental cue that synced up his swing mechanics, telling himself to \u201cstep out\u201d with his injured lead foot on each hack in order to keep pressure off the most sensitive part of his injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center-expanded=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement-player\">  <ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"youtube-video-player video-player youtube-video-player-facade\" data-player-id=\"f679defe4614a4a45a117e656a657b533\" data-video-id=\"TxizkBEIoXQ\" data-video-title=\"Freddie Freeman on winning World Series Game 1 on the first walk off grand slam in MLB history\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-lazy-offset=\"1.0\" data-autoplay-threshold=\"50\" data-miniplayer=\"\" data-video-authors=\"Mark E. Potts\" data-internal-video-id=\"TxizkBEIoXQ\" data-ad-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-ad-provider=\"ima\" data-ima-sdk-url=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js\" data-ima-ad-tag-url=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?ciu_szs=728x90,300x250,180x150,120x60,88x31,300x60,300x100,320x50,468x60,300x600,160x600&amp;sz=640x480&amp;impl=s&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=vast&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;cmsid=2652439\">  <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi_webp\/TxizkBEIoXQ\/maxresdefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TxizkBEIoXQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><img id=\"yt-img-TxizkBEIoXQ\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TxizkBEIoXQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/picture> <button type=\"button\" class=\"youtube-video-player-facade-button\" aria-label=\"Play\"> <svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/styleguide\/assets\/misc-icons.svg#icon-youtube-play\"\/><\/svg> <\/button>      <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe told me yesterday, \u2018Dad, I think I\u2019m gonna hit well,\u2019\u201d Fred recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d Fred added with a laugh of disbelief, \u201che did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman was one of the few to hit Yankees starter Gerrit Cole early on Friday, with his first-inning triple serving as the Dodgers\u2019 only knock until the bottom of the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Hern\u00e1ndez found the right-field corner with a line drive that got past an overly aggressive route from outfielder Juan Soto. He scored an at-bat later, sliding home head-first on a Will Smith sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>While that run opened the scoring, the lead quickly changed hands.<\/p>\n<p>In the top of the sixth, Giancarlo Stanton hammered a low slider from Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty, blasting a two-run home run around the left-field foul pole.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers leveled the score in the eighth inning, with the help of more sloppy Yankees defense. With one out, Shohei Ohtani roped a double off the wall in right, then took third when the cut-off throw got away from second baseman Gleyber Torres. He scored on a Mookie Betts sacrifice fly the following at-bat.<\/p>\n<p>The score would remain 2-2 until the 10th inning, when Jazz Chisholm Jr. lined a one-out single off Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen, stole second and third base off Treinen\u2019s slow stretch delivery, then scored on a ground ball from teammate Anthony Volpe.<\/p>\n<p>That left it up to the Dodgers to answer.<\/p>\n<p>With two on and two outs in the 10th, the Yankees decided to intentionally walk Betts with first base open, preferring to have Cortes \u2014 a left-hander making his first appearance of the postseason after missing the first two rounds with an injury \u2014 face Freeman in a left-on-left matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was almost hoping Mookie would get the hit,\u201d Fred joked, having been wracked with nerves as Freeman came to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Freeman anticipated a first-pitch fastball. He got the barrel out in front of an inner-half offering. Then, he raised his bat in the air as the ball disappeared into the right-field pavilion; not far from where <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/newsletter\/2021-04-30\/kirk-gibson-home-run-dodgers-dugout\">Kirk Gibson<\/a>, playing through his own leg injuries 36 years earlier, landed his iconic <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-25\/freddie-freeman-dodgers-yankees-world-series-kirk-gibson\">Game 1 walk-off blast<\/a> in the 1988 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was the same,\u201d manager Dave Roberts remarked. \u201cOutside of the fist pumps.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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height=\"2001\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f88f9b0\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3950x3951+0+0\/resize\/2000x2001!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2Fce%2F799f94bf488bbfda4d4cd86e6f97%2F1480458-la-sp-world-series-dodgers-yankees-game1-77-gmf.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>Freddie Freeman lifts hits bat immediately after hitting a walk-off grand slam to lift the Dodgers to a 6-3 win over the Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>(Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Freeman\u2019s celebration wasn\u2019t much more understated. He met first base coach Clayton McCullough with a low high five. He flexed his arms as he rounded second. And by the time he reached the home stretch \u2014 feeling as though he was \u201cjust kind of floating\u201d around the bases \u2014 his teammates were waiting with open arms and crazed excitement, swallowing him in a dog pile at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing what Freddie has gone through [this year], it\u2019s super special,\u201d Betts said. \u201cI\u2019m glad it was Freddie who did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Freeman broke away from his teammates, he immediately ran over to his father behind the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Through the netting, they high-fived and clasped their hands. Then they wildly screamed while nearly touching faces. No words were necessary to express their shared elation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to share that with him, because he\u2019s been there [for me],\u201d said Freeman, whose batting practice routine with his father only took shape after his mom, Rosemary, died of cancer when he was 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been through a lot in his life too,\u201d Freeman added. \u201cAnd just to have a moment like that, I just wanted to be a part of that with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Freeman said he would picture hitting World Series home runs in games of backyard wiffle ball with his two older brothers, such imagination rarely accompanied his daily BP with Fred.<\/p>\n<p>Those sessions were for serious work, for focused repetitions, for the kind of consistency upon which Freeman has built his 15-year MLB career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never did that,\u201d Fred said. \u201cIt was always hit the next line drive. Hit the next line drive. We never visualized something like that. It was always going through what we\u2019re supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why, when Freeman stepped into the box in the 10th inning, he wasn\u2019t thinking about hitting a grand slam. He wasn\u2019t trying to end the game with a historic, legacy-cementing blast.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he crouched into his batting position, cocked his bat behind his head and took the same swing he and his dad honed in his youth, and continue to refine to this day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the batting practice, all the relentless hours we spent together on a baseball field, we still do it in the off-seasons together,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cIf he didn\u2019t throw me batting practice, if he didn\u2019t love the game of baseball, I wouldn\u2019t be here playing this game. 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