World Series champ dishes on influence Freddie Freeman's dad has on Dodgers star

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has, frankincense far, been awesome successful nan World Series against nan New York Yankees. 

Freeman is a large logic why nan Dodgers are up 3-0, arsenic nan 35-year-old has deed a location tally successful each crippled successful nan series, nary bigger than nan walk-off expansive slam he deed successful Game 1. 

After hitting nan first ever walk-off expansive slam successful World Series history, Freeman dedicated nan infinitesimal to his father. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, #5, celebrates aft hitting a expansive slam location tally successful nan 10th inning against nan New York Yankees during crippled 1 of nan 2024 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

"My plaything is because of him, my attack is because of him, I americium who I americium because of him… I conscionable wanted to stock that pinch him because he’s been there. He’s been done a batch successful his life too, and conscionable to person a infinitesimal for illustration that, I conscionable wanted to beryllium a portion of that pinch him successful that moment," Freeman said during his postgame property conference. 

One of Freeman’s erstwhile teammates, two-time all-star A.J. Pierzynski, joined OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me With Dan Dakich" to talk astir nan power Freeman’s begetter has connected him. 

"I played pinch Freddie for 2 years. He would beryllium successful a slump, he’d beryllium for illustration ‘Oh, Fred’s coming in, I’ll beryllium fixed’ and judge enough, his dada would travel successful and talk to him. I don’t cognize what they talked about, I don’t cognize if they did immoderate Voodoo, I don’t cognize what they did, but each of nan abrupt Freddie would beryllium backmost man," Pierzynski said.

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Former Chicago White Sox catcher AJ Pierzynski, #12, talked astir Freddie Freeman during a caller quality connected OutKicks "Dont @ Me With Dan Dakich." (Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports)

"We’d spell to LA, he’d beryllium struggling, Fred would travel in, they spell to dinner, lunch, whatever, bent retired and nan adjacent point you know, Freddie is hitting homers. So immoderate Fred Freeman, his dada has, must beryllium beautiful typical because he gets Freddie right."

Freeman surely looks "right" astatine nan sheet correct now contempt playing done an ankle injury.

"(Freeman) wants to play each day, he wants to play 162, he wants to play each inning and to do what he is doing connected a bad ankle. Now listen, nan champion point that happened to him is he sewage that week disconnected successful betwixt nan LCS and nan World Series, and it really sewage him healed up, and he looks overmuch better, but Freddie Freeman is simply a stud successful nan World Series. He’s a stud successful nan regular season, he’s sewage an MVP, he’s sewage a World Series locked up already, he’s going for 2 here, he's a surefire Hall of Famer successful my book," Pierzynski said.

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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, #5, celebrates pinch teammates aft hitting a expansive slam location tally successful nan 10th inning against nan New York Yankees during crippled 1 of nan 2024 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

Pierzynski thinks immoderate of Freeman’s toughness comes from his Canadian roots. 

"I mean he’s a Canadian, he’s a lucky subordinate astatine heart. You cognize he grew up successful Southern California, we utilized to make nosy of him. He’s for illustration ‘I cognize I’m Canadian, I’m tough’, I’m like, dude you grew up successful Newport seashore down location successful Anaheim, let’s not get crazy."

Freeman’s Dodgers will person nan chance to triumph nan World Series connected Tuesday erstwhile they return connected the Yankees astatine 8:08 p.m. ET connected FOX. 

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