Freddie Freeman had his own “Gibby moment” last night, as he walked the Dodgers off victors with a tenth inning grand slam.
World Series News
New York 3, Los Angeles 6
Down by one in the tenth, the Dodgers snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when Freddie Freeman crushed a walk-off grand slam deep into the Los Angeles night.
Freddie Freeman Achieves World Series Immortality
Down one, with two outs in the bottom of the tenth, the Yankees elected to load the bases with a walk to face Freddie Freeman rather than face Mookie Betts with a base open and the game on the line. Freeman made the Yankees pay for that decision by launching the first ever walk-off of the grand slam variety in World Series history.
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
FREDDIE FREEMAN #WALKOFF GRAND SLAM pic.twitter.com/LlVU1ZGyGx— MLB (@MLB) October 26, 2024
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As this is the Dodgers and Yankees and both these teams are currently behemoths, one can expect far more “amazing” stories and facts to come out of this year’s fall classic.
Freeman Family Trials Put Walk-off in Perspective
Earlier this summer, Freddie’s 3-year-old son, Max, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its nerves. In July, Max went into full paralysis. He spent more than a week in the pediatric ICU at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Freddie left the team to be with Max, his wife Chelsea and their two other children.
Last night, Freeman, having rejoined his teammates in August, lifted the spirits of an entire state and Dodger fans around the world by swatting a historic grand slam in extra innings to lift the Dodgers to a come from behind victory before allowing the emotions of the moment carry him away.
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