{"id":118736,"date":"2024-10-26T22:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118736"},"modified":"2024-10-26T22:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:40:47","slug":"freddie-freeman-dedicates-his-world-series-moment-to-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118736","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Freeman dedicates his World Series &#8216;moment&#8217; to father"},"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>\n<p>In the moments after crossing home plate, after his 409-foot homer had crossed the right-field fence and a packed Dodger Stadium crowd erupted in the 10th inning Friday night, Freddie Freeman sprinted over to the seats behind the batter\u2019s box and celebrated with his father through the netting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI [was] just screaming in his face,\u201d Freeman joked during a postgame interview on the field with Fox. \u201cSorry dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"wpcom-iframe-b1a934e2c704b83a6d5edc70dccad311\" width=\"650\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/b1a934e2c704b83a6d5edc70dccad311\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Freddie Freeman celebrates with his father after the Dodgers\u2019 <br \/>Game 1 win. <span class=\"credit\">Screengrab via X\/@MLB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series Game 1 | Dodgers walk off win - Pinstripe Post Postgame Live Show\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LZ7DiJLNxCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But in the middle of a trying season and trying postseason, Freeman dedicated his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/26\/sports\/dodgers-freddie-freeman-cements-legacy-as-new-york-killer\/\">walk-off grand slam in the World Series opener<\/a> \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/25\/sports\/yankees-lose-game-1-of-world-series-on-walkoff-grand-slam\/\">gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win<\/a> and will serve as one of the defining swings of his career \u2014 to his father, Fred, saying \u201cthis isn\u2019t my moment, that\u2019s my dad\u2019s moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy swing is because of him,\u201d Freeman told reporters. \u201cMy approach is because of him. I am who I am because of him. It was kind of spur of the moment. \u2026 I just wanted to share that with him because he\u2019s been there. He\u2019s been through a lot in his life too, and just to have a moment like that, I just wanted to be a part of that with him in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off grand slam during Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25. <span class=\"credit\">Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Freeman missed eight games at the end of July and into early August after his 3-year-old son, Maximus, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/27\/sports\/freddie-freeman-taking-leave-from-dodgers-amid-sons-health-scare\/\">developed a \u201csevere case of Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome,\u201d<\/a> Freddie\u2019s wife, Chelsea, wrote in an Instagram post at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Maximus, at one point, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/01\/sports\/freddie-freemans-3-year-old-son-is-battling-rare-neurological-condition\/\">\u201crapidly declined and went into full body paralysis\u201d<\/a> due to the rare neurological condition and was hospitalized, Chelsea wrote, and when Freeman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/05\/sports\/freddie-freeman-makes-dodgers-return-after-sons-health-scare\/\">returned for the Dodgers\u2019 Aug. 5 game<\/a>, a standing ovation greeted the star first baseman.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow The Post\u2019s coverage of the Yankees in the postseason:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Then, near the end of the regular season, Freeman sustained an ankle injury that forced him to hobble his way through the postseason games he could manage to play.<\/p>\n<p>He missed Game 4 of the NLDS with the Dodgers\u2019 season on the line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Freddie Freeman\u2019s father, Fred, celebrates after the Dodgers\u2019 <br \/>Game 1 win on Oct. 25. <span class=\"credit\">Screengrab via X\/@MLB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers won Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25. <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He missed Games 4 and 6 of the NLCS, too, while slumping at the plate in the games he did play.<\/p>\n<p>But Freeman said his foot felt better Friday night, evident when he turned a ball off the wall in foul territory into a triple when Yankees left fielder Alex Verdugo misplayed it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGo beyond the box score with the Bombers\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThank you\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, later in the night, with the Dodgers down one in extras and a chance to snag an early World Series advantage slipping away, Freeman made the Yankees pay for intentionally Mookie Betts and having Nestor Cortes face the former MVP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as he swung, I knew it was a good swing,\u201d Fred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5874104\/2024\/10\/26\/freddie-freeman-world-series-dodgers-grand-slam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cBut you never know. [I thought] is it far enough? Is it far enough? And then I saw him do the mic drop with the bat. 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