Wednesday’s 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to their eighth World Series championship in franchise history and second in five seasons. This event caused great resonance at Yankee Stadium and in California, thousands of kilometers away. “I think it’s special, and this is what we try to do at the start of every spring training session,” said Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was named Most Valuable Player of the World Series, said. “Winning a championship is the hardest thing to do.”

Throughout this postseason, Freeman has at times made it look easy. He set a new World Series record, becoming the first player to hit a home run in each of the first three games of a series. Back in the 2021 World Series while playing for Atlanta, he set another record, hitting deep runs in six straight games. Freeman also equaled the fall record with 12 RBI. The 2024 season also marked personal hardship for Freeman and his family. He missed the match to be at the bedside of his three-year-old son Maximus, who is in hospital with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. Griffin added that this also gives Canadian baseball fans another reason to cheer for Freddie Freeman, who won the World Series for the second time in his career.