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Freddie Freeman’s miracle run through the World Series this year is almost inevitably going to be mentioned in all of the speeches during his similarly inevitable Hall of Fame induction.<\/p>\n
Although you can never count him out completely, the rolled ankle he was playing on when the postseason started was enough to cast doubt.<\/p>\n
Through four games of the NLDS and four in the NLCS, he’d gone homer-less with just one RBI, and his batting average had dipped to .219.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers were still winning, but when it was time for the World Series, it looked like they might have to do it without much of his help.<\/p>\n
The walk-off grand slam in Game 1 changed everything.<\/p>\n
Through the rest of series, he became the first player to hit a home run in the first four games of the World Series, and his six consecutive games with a homer in the World Series (dating back to his 2021 run with the Braves) set an MLB record.<\/p>\n
He did all of that on a rolled ankle and, a new Jeff Passan article for ESPN revealed, broken cartilage in his rib, which was identified on Oct. 4, the day before the first game of the LDS.<\/p>\n
But he vowed to play on. Per Passan, Freeman’s father Fred said, “I actually told him to stop. I said, ‘Freddie, this is not worth it. I know you love baseball. I love baseball. But it’s not worth what you’re going through.’ And he looked at me like I was crazy, and he said, ‘Dad, I’m never going to stop.'”<\/p>\n
“Dad, I’m never going to stop.”<\/em><\/p>\n It wasn’t just Freddie Freeman’s ankle. He won World Series MVP playing with broken rib cartilage.<\/p>\n The incredible inside story of the Dodgers’ World Series win — and what Freeman went through — free and unlocked at ESPN: https:\/\/t.co\/T4ZcWtWS6N<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 31, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n Emotional Freddie Freeman column will make Dodgers fans love him even more<\/strong><\/p>\n Passan noted a rib injury like Freeman’s could keep a player out for months, and that was on top of the ankle injury with a typical 4-6 week recovery timeline.<\/p>\n So he was completely battered with two separate injuries throughout the entire month of October, but he refused to quit on his team and was rewarded with a World Series MVP trophy. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n In a faraway alternate universe, he let both injuries sideline him through the postseason. The Dodgers still might’ve made it to the World Series, but their odds were far worse.<\/p>\n If Freeman can only be remembered for a single moment in time, it’ll be that walk-off grand slam. The Dodgers are so lucky to have him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Freddie Freeman’s miracle run through the World Series this year is almost inevitably going to be mentioned in all of the speeches during his similarly inevitable Hall… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n