Freedie Freeman recently revealed that a premonition from Charlie, his eldest son, served as his greatest motivation to dazzle in the World Series in which he ended up becoming the MVP of the conquest of Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees in the Fall Classic.
In a participation in the New Heights podcast by brothers Jason and Travis Kelce, the first baseman of the Los Angeles ninth who won his eighth Major League title, pointed out that a conversation with his son served as extra motivation to face the decisive instance that the Dodgers won 4-1.
“Dad, are you going to be the MVP?”were Charlie’s words to his father just after he became the figure of Game 1 with a historic grand slam that sealed the first victory for the Los Angeles team in a series in which they ended up exploding with their powerful offense.
According to Freddie Freeman himself, his eldest son’s emotion was immense in the midst of the uproar that had been generated by the result of that first meeting. “It was just the coolest moment ever.”he told his father who was the hero of that game.
And Freddie Freeman was really motivated by the interaction with Charlie. The first baseman finished the World Series with an offensive average of .300 thanks to six hits in a total of 20 at-bats, four of them home runs spread over the same number of games.
Additionally, the Dodgers star who ended up winning the MVP award over figures of the stature of Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts, among others, ended up driving in about 12 runs and scoring another five. Beyond his great numbers, Freeman appeared in key moments.
After a fairly strong 2024 season in which he had to deal with physical problems but more importantly with issues related to the health of one of his three sons, Maximus, which forced his father to be absent from the team for a time indefinitely .
And the little boy, who was only three years old, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, complicating his health condition to the point that he had to spend a few days admitted to the intensive care of a health center after having suffered total body paralysis. .
However, that whole distressing episode was left in the past and little Maximus recovered and Freddie Freeman was able to focus again on the Dodgers and ended up becoming the great figure of the team in the World Series, winning the MVP award as Charlie had envisioned.
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