Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman made historical past when he scored a powerful walk-off grand slam within the first recreation of the World Collection on Friday, October 25 — and it was solely becoming that he shared the second together with his household.
After the sport, Freeman, 35, sprinted over to seek out spouse Chelsea Freeman ready on the sting of the baseball diamond. They instantly embraced in an enormous bear hug and kissed in entrance of the cameras.
Due to Freddie’s walk-off grand slam — a house run hit when all three bases are already loaded by different athletes — the Dodgers received the sport 6-3. Chelsea additionally celebrated the second through social media.
“!!!!!!! WALK OFF GRAND SLAM,” Chelsea, 33, captioned an Instagram Story pic of the second on Saturday, October 26. “Am I dreaming or is that this actual life?!”
Chelsea was really Freddie’s second cease after the sport ended. He first celebrated the second together with his dad, exchanging a high-five.
“He has been throwing batting apply since I can keep in mind. My swing is due to him. My method is due to him,” Freddie mentioned in a postgame press convention. “I’m who I’m due to him. All of the batting apply, all of the relentless hours we spent collectively on a baseball discipline, we nonetheless do it within the offseason collectively. He nonetheless throws me batting apply.”
Freddie additionally identified that his dad was “so nervous” forward of the World Collection, which the Dodgers are taking part in towards the New York Yankees.
“I simply needed to share that with him as a result of he’s been there and he’s been by means of loads in his life, too,” the MLB star mentioned. “I simply needed to be part of it with him at that second as a result of that’s largely his second. As a result of if he didn’t throw me batting apply, or even when he didn’t love the sport of baseball, I wouldn’t be right here taking part in this recreation. That’s Fred Freeman’s second proper there.”
Freddie Freeman Maddie Meyer/Getty Pictures
Chelsea additionally reposted a photograph of Freddie and his father onto her Story in the future later, writing, “This pic is every part.”
When Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman steps as much as the World Collection plate, spouse Chelsea Freeman will help him from the stands in fashion. “World Collection fittings,” Chelsea, 33, wrote through Instagram Story on Tuesday, October 22, alongside a taking pictures star emoji. Whereas Chelsea didn’t reveal her outfit selections — the championship […]
Freddie signed with the Dodgers in 2022, one 12 months after successful the World Collection with the Atlanta Braves. All through his MLB profession, Chelsea has been by his facet. (They acquired married in 2014.)
Chelsea watched Friday’s recreation along with her father-in-law, in addition to her and Freddie’s three sons. They share Charlie, 8, Brandon and Max, each 3. Max, for his half, just lately recovered from a hospital keep after being identified with Guillain-Barré syndrome.