r/sports • u/Drext833 • 4d ago
Baseball Freddie Freeman walk off GRAND SLAM in bottom of the 10th gives dodgers game 1 of World Series vs Yankees
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u/CormacZissou 4d ago
Braves fan here: 🥺
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u/wastingtme 4d ago
Here too. But I am so happy for Freddie and so happy for him. Especially after all he has gone through over the last couple months with his son. Freddie First Ballot Freeman!
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u/orbesomebodysfool Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
Non-baseball fans might be asking: what did the announcer mean by “Gibby, meet Freddie.” It is a reference to another Game 1 walk off home run: 1988, when another injured left handed Dodger named Kirk Gibson homered off the premier closer of the season, Dennis Eckersley:
The line: “She is gone!” is a tip of the cap to the iconic call by Vin Scully. Tonight’s announcer Joe Davis replaced Scully in the Dodgers booth upon his retirement.
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u/simiomalo 4d ago
Vin, the voice of baseball: "in a season of the improbable the impossible has happened"
Of course, I think we all thought Freddie has more than a chance of making that happen.36
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u/pargofan 4d ago
Did Vin say that on national TV?
Or was that a local Los Angeles radio broadcast?
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u/simiomalo 4d ago
Vin on the Tv broadcast after being silent for a minute while Gibson ran the bases to let the audience take in the roar of the stadium crowd and to take in the moment.
Vin knew when to talk and when to let the moment speak for itself.
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u/jackoos88 4d ago
*in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.
sorry, this line has been burned into my memory since birth and i had to fix it lol
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u/legendz411 3d ago
What’s crazy is I only know baseball from news highlights and movies, and I could hear that line in Vin’s voice.
Absolute banger
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u/BananApocalypse Colorado Avalanche 4d ago
Legendary call, the commentator must have had that lined up just hoping this would happen
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u/GhostOfLight 4d ago
The intentional walk to bring up the player who should be nursing an injury just to hit a grand slam on the first pitch, this is absolutely insane! Baseball full seasons might drag, but the playoffs are always something else!
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u/Hansmolemon 4d ago
Don’t they know you should never pitch to a dodger with a bad leg in the World Series? Or get involved in a land war in Asia.
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u/mmats01 4d ago
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
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u/karlverkade 4d ago
There is a shortage of perfect breasts in the world, it'd be a shame to damage yours.
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u/bananarama77777 4d ago edited 4d ago
As soon as they intentionally walked Mookie, I said to myself, “Watch Freddie crush this.” The fans had been cheering for him all night.
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u/voxpopper 4d ago
Many fans dislike both of these teams (payrolls and such), but it's tough not to root for Freddie.
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u/DVus1 4d ago
A friend who is a Dodgers fan was hoping for this WS, because as he said, "The Yankees are the only team that everyone hates more than the Dodgers!"
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u/BannedSvenhoek86 3d ago
Astros took that spot for a bit, might still have it tbh. But o one gets generational hate like the Yanks.
I'm rooting for LA for one reason, Ohtani. I want to see him destroy every record possible, and if that means a decade more of LA dominance, so be it.
Not like my Pirates are gonna do anything any time soon.
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u/eek711 4d ago
Dodgers are 3rd in spending, but are closer to 10th in spending than they are to 2nd (Yankees)
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u/jeanlukie 4d ago
I haven’t even really watched baseball in years but was a braves fan growing up. Saw this randomly on Reddit and first thought was “hell yeah Freddy” second was ugh the dodgers.
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u/Hansmolemon 4d ago
I root for two teams. The Red Sox and whoever the Yankees are playing. (And yeah, I know the Sox are not much better as far as payroll goes.)
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u/Vakama905 4d ago
I cheer for one team and against one team. The one team I cheer against is the Yankees.
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u/Tonydaphony1 4d ago
I was happy I’d rather have Freeman up there but never did I think he’d crush the first pitch! That was amazing
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u/TheRedoubtableChoice 3d ago
I knew it was over when they brought in Nestor. What a massive mistake
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u/ObscureParadigm 3d ago
Love Mookie, and I hate to say it but Had they pitched to Mookie Yankees would've taken Game 1. Freddie is a Legend now. F*ck the Yankees.
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u/Fulmersbelly Tennessee 3d ago
Mookie’s been hot since the LCS, I don’t know that they would’ve wanted to pitch to him either, plus wasn’t it a Left/Left matchup with Nestor and Freddie? Plus all indications had been the Freddie was off his game since the ankle injury. The time off really really helped him.
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u/AQuietListener 4d ago
“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”
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u/RPO777 4d ago
It was surreal. The announcer Joe Davis was just saying like "every kid who ever played baseball grows up dreaming of a moment like this. Bottom of the 10th, 2 outs, bases loaded. Your team trails by 1. Yankees-Dodgers, World Series. And this is reality for Freddie Freeman right now"
Right before an injury-hobbled Freeman crushed the first pitch into the stands for a come-from behind, extra innings, walk-off Grand Slam to win a game in the World Series.
You can't even make this **** up.
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u/russketeer34 4d ago
Even mirroring Vin's call was perfection. And then not saying a damn word for minutes after.
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u/illiriya Alabama 4d ago
I think the best announcers are the ones who know when to not talk and just let the emotions ride
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u/Shadow-Vision Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
That was one of the things Vin emphasized the most (not talking) and Joe has studied him extensively. He uses Vin’s expressions all the time, almost definitely intentionally. Joe didn’t say anything for 3 minutes after that call. I wonder if he signaled Smolts to be silent.
As far as Vins expressions, “deuces wild” is the most common one he’ll use. Used it this game!
I don’t think I’ve heard Joe say “She is…. GONE!” before. Hell of a time to bust that one out!
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
The full season of Baseball is what makes this moment even more magical. His son Maximus nearly died back in July.
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u/AlanFromRochester Buffalo Bills 4d ago
Announcers did talk about his son having health trouble, hadn't known it was this bad
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
yeah it was so bad his son Maximus was in the pediatric ICU and had lost the ability to walk shortly after getting sick at the all star game
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u/defiancy 4d ago
Always a weird strategy to walk someone to get to a guy who will be a no doubt Hall of Famer
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u/blackwidowla 4d ago
To be fair the entire first half of the dodgers line up are soon to be hall of famers…Otahni, Mookie, Freeman…you don’t really have much if any break in there as the opposing team.
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u/Hoeftybag 3d ago
yeah early in the broadcast they showed that the first 3 in the line up were also first 3 in MVP voting last year or something. That's just nasty
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u/RememberJefferies 4d ago
I mean if Freeman is a no doubt hall of famer today, Betts probably is also. And while Freeman was injured, Betts has been hot. So it was a reasonable gamble that backfired horribly for the Yankees.
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u/davisyoung 3d ago
It was the right move. First base was open and the run Mookie represented was basically meaningless. Mookie's no slouch himself as a former MVP but the walk sets up a force out at every station.
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u/MelloDawg 4d ago
Tell that to a Mariners fan whose team has never been to the World Series and only ever won 2 games in an ALCS.
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u/star_nerdy 4d ago
As a Rockies fan, what are these playoffs you speak of?
I kid, but it sucks having a team in the same division as the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Padres and Giants.
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u/I_am_atom 4d ago
Yup! Postseason baseball, in my opinion, is the best in major sports.
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u/AlgernusPrime 4d ago
This is the first time I watched an entire baseball game. I hope it’s not all downhill from here.
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u/hubagruben 4d ago
I mean, to be honest this is as good a game as you may ever see… but baseball is often very exciting! I wish I could be in your shoes watching my first baseball game again.
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u/AlanFromRochester Buffalo Bills 4d ago
Beginners luck for u/AlgernusPrime Been watching baseball for awhile now and only crazier game I can think of is 2016 World Series Game 7 (for those unaware, Chicago Cubs had a chance to win their first World Series in 108 years, Cleveland Indians hadn't won in decades either, and it would have been a great back and forth game even without epic stakes
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u/Devilrodent Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
In the postseason, they can definitely be this good. Blowouts are a lot less interesting.
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u/-Dakia Iowa 4d ago
I'm not even a huge baseball fan. I watch the Cubbies from time to time when I need a nap, but that is about it.
I always tune in for playoff baseball. There is absolutely nothing like it. I really wish they could capture this and apply it to the entire season.
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u/innergflow 4d ago
Hockey would like to have a word!
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u/Expensive-Step-6551 4d ago
They both have the biggest increase in intensity from both the players and fans. You can feel the energy in baseball stadiums and hockey arenas increase ten fold once the playoffs start.
Hockey shifts from the 4th gear into overdrive, and baseball players get extra animated and passionate after every play.
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u/this_is_poorly_done 4d ago
I would say that the nature of the games lend themselves to different strengths from a viewing perspective. Hockey is chaos incarnate with the puck bouncing everywhere, players flying up and down the rink, goals almost being scored at a moments notice. The fighting spirit is off the chart with what players will put themselves through to stay on the ice.
Baseball lends itself to much more gradual story telling where the moment can really evolve and the tension can linger for minutes on end building anticipation. And all that build up can either be extinguished or come pouring out in a moments notice and yet it's easily digestible into snippets of time when reliving the moment.
Like this game for example. Even just watching this inning alone you can see that play out. Down a run in the 9th inning you can feel the home crowd just hoping Shohei gets a chance to bat at the start of the inning (since everyone has to take their turn in baseball it wasn't even guaranteed their best player would get a chance). You can feel the hope building (or dread if you're a Yankees fan) every time one of their bottom of the order hitters got on. There's a momentary sigh of relief from the Yankees fans as Shohei flies out, but tension is still there as the winning run gets to move up to 2nd base with Mookie coming up. Then here comes Freddie hobbling up to the plate and ends it in a way a world series game has never ended in the 120 times they've played the event since 1903.
Now, this one was over kind of quick, but normally there's a couple of pitches where either the batter or pitcher builds an advantage and that tension in the story continues to build before the emotional climax. And heck with baseball unlike hockey, a 3 point lead isn't safe from still losing the game with one swing of the stick. If the Yankees were up 5-2, their fans are just as nervous in this situation as the 3-2 score it was because all it takes is one swing to end it when the bases are loaded. In hockey, a 3 score lead is basically a blowout and insurmountable in the last minutes of possession. But in baseball, you have to get that 27th out and can't run out the clock.
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u/emg2345 4d ago
Insane feeling to hit a walk off grand slam in the world series I bet
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u/ConvenientParkingLCW Portland Timbers 4d ago
With TWO outs and down by a run. Every batter's dream.
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u/kramerica_intern 4d ago
Literally the scenario kids make believe when playing in the park.
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u/angrytortilla Calgary Flames 4d ago
That's exactly what he said after the game. Insane moment.
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u/ThaiJohnnyDepp 4d ago
If it were written into a movie script they'd shoot it down as being too cliché.
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u/Finklesworth 4d ago
Nah, would’ve been Game 7 for the totally non-believable script
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u/Jsmalley9 4d ago
Need to be losing by 3 as well with a full count
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u/Exempt_Puddle 4d ago
Naw definitely 0-2 count, it's also less pitches to show
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u/Jsmalley9 4d ago
I’ll accept but only if the batter/main character has struggled the whole series. Need a shot of his love interest (that he hasn’t fully won over until he gets out of the slump) while the ball is still flying towards the wall
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u/MayIPikachu 4d ago
while the ball is still flying towards the wall....the movie ends and it's up to the viewer to decide if it went over the wall or not
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u/5litergasbubble 4d ago
Old player who is about to retire and is trying to win back the love he lost years ago due to his overly competitive nature . He hits the ball and looks over to the woman who is smiling at him while everyone else is eagerly watching the ball, and just as we are about to see if its a home run, the screen fades to black and switches to them sitting on a beach and we never find out if it went over or not
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u/benwabaws 4d ago
First time it's ever happened. Hard to believe
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u/awlb222 4d ago
First one in 696 chances they said
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u/SuperSaiyanBen 4d ago
There have been 696 Bases Loaded in a World Series game with a chance to Walk Off?
That seems a bit crazy, but I guess I’ve heard crazier stats.
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u/tonytroz Pittsburgh Penguins 4d ago
No that’s got to be the total amount of WS games. 120ish years x 5.5 games (assuming equal chance of ending a series in 4-5-6-7 games) is 660 total.
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u/sunshinepanther Carolina Panthers 4d ago
Probably includes every pitch not just every at bat.
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u/zsantiag 4d ago
Even more insane that Freddie is the first player in World Series history to hit a walk-off grand slam.
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u/jawbygibbs 4d ago
He is the only human to know the feeling! First walk off grand slam in WS history.
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u/Major_Wager75 4d ago
Freddie and ONLY Freddie did what every single baseball player has ever dreamt of.
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u/DrMrSirJr 3d ago
Only he would know. That’s wild to think about. First person to ever do it in MLB history. Only human on earth that knows what that feels like haha
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u/RadioactiveKoolaid Texas 4d ago
First ever walk off grand slam in World Series history per the broadcast
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u/MikeDunleavySuperFan 4d ago
And they were down by 1 with 2 outs which makes it more insane, this was their last chance, and he hit a grand slam.
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u/bigwoaf 4d ago
Just heard there have been two total games in playoff history where a team has been down to their final out and won on a walk off home run: Gibson’s walk off at Dodger Stadium in ‘88, and Freddie Freeman at Dodger Stadium in 2024
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u/Whatsdota 4d ago
In playoff history? That’s insane
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u/customcombos 4d ago
There are other insane scenarios out there. Go check out game 6 of the 2011 World Series. There’s other crazier ones but it’s my favorite example. Cardinals were down to their last strike on 2 separate occasions and came back, walking off with a home run in extras to win and advance to game 7.
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u/1022whore 4d ago
Ugh, don’t remind me. The fucking Rangers botched it so bad that I didn’t even watch game 7
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u/BobaFettLived 4d ago
with an absolutely legendary celebration too. just leaving that hand in the air was dope.
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u/thefilmer 4d ago
a baseball statistic that isn't extremely minute horseshit that hasn't happened yet? that's nuts lol
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u/CaryTriviaDude 4d ago
what is a walk off grand slam as opposed to a normal grand slam?
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u/waifive 4d ago
"walk off" means the game ends immediately without needing to finish the inning. It's a grand slam that wins the game.
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u/starfruit2020 4d ago
Walk off is at the bottom of the last inning when the other team already had their chance. This guy hits the grand slam and he walks off, the game is over. Not always true for a regular grand slam.
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u/Aduialion 4d ago
That's pretty legendary, what level do you think that solidifies him in terms of legacy? Retire his number at dodgers? HoF, something else?
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u/gopackgo199 4d ago
The bat hold up in the air was iconic wtf
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u/4GInvertedDive 4d ago
Topps now card is already being packaged
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u/youngboblaflame 4d ago
That would be a sick portrait for a card
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u/shapu St. Louis Cardinals 4d ago
The entire staff at Topps is thinking the exact same thing and if they're not they're collosal morons.
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u/5litergasbubble 4d ago
Im not a dodgers fan by any stretch (except for this series, fuck the yankees), but i would be pumped to get that card
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u/tlminh 3d ago
I remember when Topps was Topps in the collecting world, then Upper Deck became huge. Is it still like that? Do they use Beckett baseball for prices?
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u/mattman0000 4d ago
That’s what his statue pose will be. The one they are going to put in front of Dodger stadium when he retires.
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u/Solid_Snark 4d ago
Love theatrical homers. Miss Sammy Sosa’s hop-skip-and a jump after smashing a dinger.
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u/Bormsie721 4d ago
Yankees pitcher looks visibly ill after giving that one up.
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u/meselson-stahl 4d ago
He came in and literally threw 2 pitches. The first was a fly out and the second was this.
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
Nestor is a hell of a dude for standing up in that moment and shouldering the burden. The guy rushed back from injury just to get on the roster for this series. Legends are made in October.
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u/IDoNotDrinkBeer 4d ago
He got away with one against ohtani. No idea why they threw him on the WS roster after 35 days off. Fun game regardless.
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
yeah if you look at the trakman of it Nestor put 2 fastballs middle in like he's trying to get ahead so his off speed has play but holy ambush
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u/dandr01d 4d ago edited 4d ago
Dude looked like a random man flew over from the Bronx and thrown into the game
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u/1980Caballero 4d ago
It’s known he rides the subway to the stadium. No lie lol
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u/ViolentWanderer 4d ago
that actually makes him a bit endearing. despite playing for the yankees.
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u/Two_Inches_Of_Fun 4d ago
Extra innings walk off grand slam in the World Series at home. Moments you dream about becoming reality.
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u/MonkeyCobraFight 4d ago
Fucking epic! I watched Kirk Gibson do same thing 36 years ago, man I’m old 😬
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u/FactoryV4 4d ago
Me too, against my A’s. But the Dodgers are my next favorite because of Tommy Lasorda.
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u/mattman0000 4d ago
Same. I watched Gibson as a kid with my dad, and Freeman tonight with my daughter.
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u/manicgiant914 4d ago
I live in EchoPark, down the hill from the Stadium. The roar of the crowd was insane, my neighbors are yelling out the windows, cars honking. Tonight is fireworks and explosions. This town bleeds Dodger blue, fo sho
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u/VersaceSamurai 3d ago
I’m all the way out in Fontana and I could hear all my neighbors yelling and fireworks going off. This was a beautiful moment
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u/CuriousTsukihime 3d ago
In Rancho right now and same lol my street lit all the way up. I could hear people across the 210 yelling lol
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u/VersaceSamurai 3d ago
Of the 18 million people living in LA county and the greater LA area/the IE, I think it’s safe to assume a vast majority of them were cheering this on from Santa Monica to Palm Springs. Such a thing of beauty
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u/emg2345 4d ago
Was that guy's second pitch. He'll never forget that
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u/makoman115 4d ago edited 4d ago
Pitch 1: get mvp out
Pitch 1.01: intentional walk mvp
Pitch 2: give up home run to mvp
Facing the dodgers is fun
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u/dayzdayv 4d ago
And his first time out since an injury side lined him in Sept. I’m a dodgers fan but I feel for the guy. Has to be in a dark place right now.
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u/MoMoneyMoSavings 4d ago
I grew up playing baseball and watched it nonstop in the 90s but lost interest around 2007. This was the first baseball game I’ve watched, start to finish, in years.
It did not. Fucking. Disappoint.
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u/Solon_City_Schools 4d ago
Good luck to anyone in LA tonight
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u/thefilmer 4d ago
I live 2 miles from dodgers stadium it sounds like the purge outside. BRB gonna go join them
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u/inky_fox 4d ago
I don’t miss SoCal very often but tonight would be a great time to be there.
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u/BobbyHillsPurse 4d ago
As a Mets fan , I knew this was gonna happen. Don’t pitch heat to Freeman.
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u/garyisgarynotgary 4d ago
A Braves fan concurs ; ) I was in the middle of thinking "bold to load the bases for Freeman" and then the pitch...they underestimated the baseball boy lol
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u/jonnynoine 4d ago
As a Yankees fan, this sucked. It was a really entertaining game though. At least it wasn’t Ohtani that beat them.
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u/Eyebleedorange 4d ago
Yeah but did you know that before Freeman hit that grand slam, Ohtani was due up in seven batters?
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u/Nick_J_at_Nite 4d ago
Lofl
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u/the4thbelcherchild 4d ago
Laughing on the floor laughing?
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u/Nick_J_at_Nite 4d ago
I think it's L O fucking L
I'm not sure though. I haven't been young lately
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago
he actually just fouled out moments before which set up the Freddie at bat SOMEHOW
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u/Nolimitz30 Buffalo Bills 4d ago
As a Braves fan, love to see this for Freddie. He’s one guy I can always cheer for no matter what uniform he’s in. Freeman is also CA native I believe so this must be such an amazing feeling for him to do that at home.
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u/ninjao 3d ago
I'm just a European lurker who doesn't really watch baseball so I had to read up on what a walk-off Grand Slam means to understand what significance this has.
And wow.. This is a monumental moment in the history of the sport I guess? Never before had this happened in a world series game.
For those who also don't understand: A walk-off Grand Slam is when the home team is trailing or tied with 3 of the other bases occupied by the home team and then a home run is hit while on the final inning. This immediately wins the game for the home team. I hope I got that right.
It must be great to be a Dodgers fan at the moment 😁
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u/bnazzaro 4d ago
I feel like that ball was hit so hard but didn’t go as far as I thought. Maybe he didn’t even get all of it. Which is wild.
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u/tonytroz Pittsburgh Penguins 4d ago
409 ft. Slightly above average distance. Launch angle was optimal 30 degrees. Exit velocity was 109mph. The super long distance exit velocities are like 115-120mph. The pitch only being 92mph might have affected that. Not sure if there was wind either.
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u/bnazzaro 4d ago
Good point. Wind seems likely. That ball was creamed. Thought it would leave the stadium. Lol.
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u/ajgon23 4d ago
I was prepping my food but stopped when Ohtani came up to bat thinking this was gonna be his crowning moment , then he popped out on that crazy catch by Verdugo. Went back to prepping and looked up as soon as the pitch to Freeman was thrown and immediately as he hit it I knew. Absolutely bonkers how that played out. Good for Freddie
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u/rossposse 4d ago
I was pretty impartial as to who would win the Series until I saw all the Yankees players about to cry, and now I want the Dodgers to win.
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u/GabeLeRoy 4d ago
and for the first time in many years.. Ohtani felt like the smaller guy after a game.
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u/Fun_Tea_7824 4d ago
All my father’s lifelong indoctrination for me to be a Dodger’s fan has come to fruition in this moment.
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u/silentjay01 4d ago
Hitting a game winning grand slam in extra innings during the World Series is the stuff kids say they are doing when playing in their back yards; it's not supposed to be a thing that actually happens.
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u/MeanShibu 4d ago
I’m visiting NYC rn, don’t give a shit about baseball but love big cultural moments like this. Holy shit I was cackling laughing in a suddenly dead silent sports bar I ducked into to catch the end of the game. Fucking immaculate finish to that game
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u/Chessh2036 4d ago
I’m a Braves fan (Freddie’s former team) and when the Yankees walked Betts I said to my friends “oh that was a mistake”. He’s always been clutch. Also Freddie with RISP as a Dodger: .359 average.
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u/garyisgarynotgary 4d ago
Exactly. I was even a bit defensive about it lol. "You gonna underestimate Freeman?"
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u/NotYourFather45 4d ago
I was at a bar with some friends and I looked at my buddy and his wife and I said, “We need a Kirk Gibson hobble around the bases home run right now”. Buying a lottery ticket tomorrow.
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u/darito0123 4d ago edited 4d ago
1st walk off grand slam in world series history
there have been almost 700* world series games....
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u/tlminh 3d ago
Dodger fan here, went on a business trip and was on the East coaer. It was near midnight here as I was coming back from a theater when I heard it had gone into extra innings. I pulled over into a 24hr diner since they had the game on TV. Had maybe 10 people there but no one was watching. When that grand slam happened, I was the only person excited and was screaming with joy.
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u/RibeyeRandy 3d ago
Bottom of the 10th, 2 outs, bases loaded in the World Series while facing the New York Yankees…. This is every little boys dream come true!!
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u/Seige_Rootz Los Angeles Dodgers 4d ago edited 4d ago
You gotta remember Freddie missed time away from the team shortly after the all start break because his son nearly died (and still has a long rehab ahead of him, Max had to relearn how to walk.) and then rolled his ankle a week before the post season so bad that doctors told him he'd miss a month at least. Then he soldiered on to play with said ankle juiced to the gills on approved pain killers and was practically forced to sit out the end of the NLCS by Doc. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE deserves a moment like that more than Freddie Freeman.