While nursing an ankle injury sustained at the National League Championship Series in September, Freeman hit the first grand slam in World Series history in Game 1, in the bottom of the 10th inning at Dodgers Stadium. After running around the bases after his grand slam, Freeman ran up to his father, “You’ve been throwing hitting drills at me ever since I can remember. My swing is because of you. My approach is because of you.” “I am the person I am today thanks to you,” Freeman said in the post-match interview.

Adding to the list of records broken in the Fall Classic, the Dodgers became the first team to win a World Series after coming back from a deficit of five or more runs. Mookie Betts, Freeman and Teoscar Hernández attempted to come back from a five-run Yankees lead, tying the score in the fifth inning. Wednesday’s win marked the Dodgers’ eighth championship in franchise history, the first since the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and the first complete-season victory award since 1988.