The Fort Worth Press - Freeman fairytale slam powers Dodgers to World Series win

USD -
AED 3.673005
AFN 68.289417
ALL 93.961336
AMD 390.737092
ANG 1.806625
AOA 911.999844
ARS 1006.538315
AUD 1.54183
AWG 1.8
AZN 1.702353
BAM 1.870809
BBD 2.023952
BDT 119.78803
BGN 1.861696
BHD 0.376949
BIF 2961.2412
BMD 1
BND 1.350819
BOB 6.952163
BRL 5.815403
BSD 1.002458
BTN 84.508637
BWP 13.693887
BYN 3.280468
BYR 19600
BZD 2.020604
CAD 1.41107
CDF 2869.999594
CHF 0.885955
CLF 0.035378
CLP 976.201759
CNY 7.258198
CNH 7.26282
COP 4384.75
CRC 510.83162
CUC 1
CUP 26.5
CVE 105.471328
CZK 24.078303
DJF 178.500713
DKK 7.100415
DOP 60.408397
DZD 134.077976
EGP 49.601904
ERN 15
ETB 124.993783
EUR 0.951975
FJD 2.27535
FKP 0.789317
GBP 0.79541
GEL 2.72971
GGP 0.789317
GHS 15.787762
GIP 0.789317
GMD 70.999964
GNF 8638.468013
GTQ 7.740134
GYD 209.722315
HKD 7.782485
HNL 25.330961
HRK 7.133259
HTG 131.571396
HUF 390.420503
IDR 15927
ILS 3.64744
IMP 0.789317
INR 84.294102
IQD 1313.143874
IRR 42087.502084
ISK 138.160252
JEP 0.789317
JMD 159.090909
JOD 0.709297
JPY 153.972499
KES 129.49739
KGS 86.789397
KHR 4023.18641
KMF 468.949878
KPW 899.999621
KRW 1398.330157
KWD 0.30772
KYD 0.83535
KZT 500.550013
LAK 22014.864697
LBP 89765.837981
LKR 291.698153
LRD 180.427754
LSL 18.124026
LTL 2.95274
LVL 0.60489
LYD 4.906115
MAD 10.071263
MDL 18.324517
MGA 4684.196933
MKD 58.574638
MMK 3247.960992
MNT 3397.999946
MOP 8.033154
MRU 39.861317
MUR 47.319579
MVR 15.449964
MWK 1738.232115
MXN 20.570255
MYR 4.466501
MZN 63.900836
NAD 18.124026
NGN 1683.129658
NIO 36.883991
NOK 11.12699
NPR 135.216751
NZD 1.711567
OMR 0.385012
PAB 1.002458
PEN 3.79662
PGK 4.038066
PHP 59.034498
PKR 278.419502
PLN 4.109228
PYG 7810.18337
QAR 3.656799
RON 4.738205
RSD 111.382992
RUB 105.592488
RWF 1368.705999
SAR 3.755345
SBD 8.39059
SCR 13.620485
SDG 601.558863
SEK 10.986085
SGD 1.34716
SHP 0.789317
SLE 22.698999
SLL 20969.504736
SOS 572.86884
SRD 35.494016
STD 20697.981008
SVC 8.77151
SYP 2512.529858
SZL 18.11886
THB 34.759956
TJS 10.685344
TMT 3.51
TND 3.179557
TOP 2.342096
TRY 34.64253
TTD 6.808682
TWD 32.476496
TZS 2649.999867
UAH 41.600585
UGX 3714.261117
UYU 42.727603
UZS 12859.780186
VES 46.612935
VND 25417.5
VUV 118.722009
WST 2.791591
XAF 627.44586
XAG 0.032986
XAU 0.000382
XCD 2.70255
XDR 0.766766
XOF 627.451862
XPF 114.077461
YER 249.924984
ZAR 18.12215
ZMK 9001.198478
ZMW 27.641258
ZWL 321.999592
  • CMSC

    0.0578

    24.73

    +0.23%

  • CMSD

    0.1200

    24.58

    +0.49%

  • JRI

    0.1600

    13.37

    +1.2%

  • GSK

    0.1900

    34.15

    +0.56%

  • BCC

    8.7200

    152.5

    +5.72%

  • RIO

    0.6300

    62.98

    +1%

  • RBGPF

    0.8100

    61

    +1.33%

  • BCE

    0.2500

    27.02

    +0.93%

  • NGG

    0.1500

    63.26

    +0.24%

  • RYCEF

    0.0200

    6.79

    +0.29%

  • BP

    -0.4000

    29.32

    -1.36%

  • SCS

    0.4500

    13.72

    +3.28%

  • AZN

    0.7700

    66.4

    +1.16%

  • RELX

    -0.1800

    46.57

    -0.39%

  • BTI

    -0.0500

    37.33

    -0.13%

  • VOD

    0.1800

    8.91

    +2.02%

Freeman fairytale slam powers Dodgers to World Series win
Freeman fairytale slam powers Dodgers to World Series win / Photo: © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP

Freeman fairytale slam powers Dodgers to World Series win

Freddie Freeman described his walk-off grand slam as a dream come true on Friday after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers snatch a jaw-dropping World Series game one victory over the New York Yankees.

Text size:

Freeman's 10th-inning blast -- the first ever walk-off grand slam in a World Series game -- was the latest improbable twist to what has been a roller-coaster season for the 35-year-old first baseman.

Freeman, an avid student of the game, was delighted to learn he had etched his name into baseball history with his winning homer.

"That's pretty cool," Freeman said. "Obviously it's kind of amazing. When you get told you do something like that in this game that's been around a very long time -- I love the history of this game, to be a part of it, it's special.

"I've been playing this game a long time, and to come up in those moments, you dream about those moments even when you're 35 and been in the league for 15 years, you want to be a part of those."

The fact that Freeman has made it to the postseason is a minor miracle in itself after a challenging year beset by injuries, all overshadowed by a serious illness for his three-year-old son, Max.

In July, Max was suddenly unable to walk and was subsequently diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare auto-immune condition which occurs when the body's immune system attacks its nerves.

Max later made a recovery after receiving immunotherapy treatment and was discharged from hospital in August.

An emotional Freeman returned to play later that month but then saw his postseason hopes clouded by a serious ankle sprain in late September that left him barely able to run.

"It's been a lot these last few months, been a grind, but things have been going so well at home -- Max is doing great," Freeman said. "Obviously the ankle is the ankle."

After celebrating his walk-off with team-mates, Freeman sprinted over to the seats behind home plate to share a moment with his father.

"He's been throwing me batting practice since I can remember," Freeman said. "My swing is because of him. My approach is because of him. I am who I am because of him. It was kind of spur of the moment."

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts meanwhile believed that Freeman's moment of glory was just reward for one of the most popular players in baseball.

"The game honors you, and when you do things the right way, you play the right way, you're a good team-mate, I just believe that the game honors you," Roberts said. "Tonight Freddie was honored.

"It's been a trying year for him, but to his credit, he's found a way to kind of keep moving forward for his team-mates. I couldn't be happier."

Roberts meanwhile said Freeman's winner was the greatest moment he had seen in baseball, a blast to even rival Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run at Dodger Stadium in their 1988 World Series-winning campaign.

That moment is enshrined in the history of the franchise -- and Roberts reckons Freeman's home run will equal it -- if the Dodgers go on to clinch victory in this year's series.

"That's iconic," Roberts said. "I think we win three more games, that's going to be right up there with it."

A.Nunez--TFWP