LOS ANGELES — Every day of the past month has been a grind for Freddie Freeman. He has gone through daily treatment and hours of rehab before games, with only the hope that he can suit up after spraining his right ankle during the last week of the season. Many days this postseason, even the act of walking was difficult for the former MVP.
But in search of his second World Series and first with the Dodgers, there was nothing that was going to keep him out of the lineup for Friday’s Game 1. And then, with the Dodgers in danger of going down 1-0 to the Yankees in the World Series, on a night when opportunities slipped through their hands, the 10th inning offered a more shot at redemption.