1 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,720 As a player, I understood the magnitude of this series. 2 00:00:38,260 --> 00:00:42,080 First baseman, number five, Freddie Freeman. 3 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,240 Here we go from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. 4 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,520 Welcome to the 2024 World Series. 5 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,940 You just can't predict this sport. 6 00:00:56,900 --> 00:01:00,840 This is so hard to do. There's Hall of Famers that have never even won a 7 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:01,840 championship. 8 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,580 There's only one champion every year. 9 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,800 And go for something that is not guaranteed, even if you give it 10 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,040 you've got. It takes grit. It takes toughness. 11 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:21,200 It's baseball's two most legendary franchises, the two best teams in 12 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:26,480 what feels like a gift of a far classic. For years, as a kid watching the 13 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,320 Yankees playing the World Series, that excitement, the emotion is something 14 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:31,580 definitely special. 15 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:33,260 Number 99. 16 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,200 If you would have told me back then when I was five years old I'd be in a World 17 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,140 Series with the Yankees, be the captain of the Yankees, I'd probably never would 18 00:01:40,140 --> 00:01:41,140 have believed it. 19 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:50,440 Your whole life, everything you do is to win a World Series, but I 20 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,440 didn't realize how bad I really did want it until you get there and until you 21 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:55,440 can taste it. 22 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:02,940 Baseball is what I know and in my blood. 23 00:02:04,220 --> 00:02:05,900 This is what I poured my life into. 24 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,759 Very blessed to be able to go play for it all with these guys on this stage. 25 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,420 We're playing at Dodgers -Yankees World Series, the two best teams in baseball. 26 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,060 That was the whole focus of the baseball world. 27 00:02:24,580 --> 00:02:25,860 Then I get to be a part of it. 28 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,920 There's a lot of people in baseball who have kind of been waiting for a matchup 29 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:53,700 with this much excitement and hype and build up to it. 30 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:04,020 You got two of the most iconic brands in all of sport. 31 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,060 The two best offenses left. 32 00:03:07,540 --> 00:03:13,820 Everything that you could possibly ask for in a World Series you have here. 33 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,320 Merry baseball Christmas. 34 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 That's what it feels like. 35 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,700 It's going to be the 12th time these two teams have met in the history of 36 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:26,520 baseball. The most of any two teams in the sport. 37 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:35,240 These are two franchises whose histories, it's kind of remarkable how 38 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,400 intertwined they've been. 39 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,840 Going all the way back to when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn. 40 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:54,540 Ability then to succeed in October, always revolving around their inability 41 00:03:54,540 --> 00:03:55,540 beat the Yankees. 42 00:03:55,580 --> 00:03:57,760 And here comes Robinson, trying to steal home. 43 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:02,520 He's safe, says the out. The Dodgers finally got over that home and beat 44 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:06,480 And even though they're now on different coasts, those matchups have been 45 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,560 probably one of the more memorable moments in history. 46 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,020 Reggie Jackson has seen two pitches, and he's in a boat in the sea. 47 00:04:20,029 --> 00:04:24,210 Even though they haven't played in four decades now, getting this matchup 48 00:04:24,210 --> 00:04:25,790 resurfaces a lot of that history. 49 00:04:26,630 --> 00:04:33,270 These are the two teams that have the most 50 00:04:33,270 --> 00:04:36,330 star power in MLB history. 51 00:04:36,630 --> 00:04:40,230 You think of some of the greatest moments throughout baseball, they were 52 00:04:40,230 --> 00:04:41,330 Yankees or Dodgers. 53 00:04:49,870 --> 00:04:52,310 The tying run is at second base. 54 00:04:53,270 --> 00:04:55,770 High fly ball into right field. 55 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:57,570 She is gone. 56 00:04:58,150 --> 00:05:00,950 The impossible has happened. 57 00:05:04,650 --> 00:05:09,750 And going into this matchup, you have two of the biggest players in not only 58 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:14,990 baseball right now, but all of sports. Shohei Otani and Aaron Judge. 59 00:05:16,630 --> 00:05:18,050 Since one high. 60 00:05:18,410 --> 00:05:20,610 Indeed to center field. He got it! 61 00:05:21,170 --> 00:05:28,070 Aaron Judge's 2024 season is statistically the greatest right -handed 62 00:05:28,070 --> 00:05:29,910 season of all time. 63 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:31,470 A grand slam! 64 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:36,130 He really inspires the people around him and makes them better, and that's 65 00:05:36,130 --> 00:05:40,650 exactly what a captain of a team should be. I would definitely go to war every 66 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:41,650 day for that guy. 67 00:05:43,170 --> 00:05:45,990 Deep left center. Judge leaping! 68 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:58,320 The only player that rivals Aaron Judge is Shohei Ohtani, who is one of the best 69 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,320 ever. 70 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,180 There's a powering drive. 71 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:03,100 Ohtani's broken through. 72 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:04,760 It is gone. 73 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,260 Shohei Ohtani came to the Dodgers in the offseason this year. He was a hitter 74 00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:11,260 and a pitcher. 75 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:17,540 And as good a pitcher as there was in baseball. He gets hurt last season. He 76 00:06:17,540 --> 00:06:21,660 comes to L .A. and now he's just doing the hitting thing. What could this look 77 00:06:21,660 --> 00:06:22,660 like? 78 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:30,680 Other than the obvious, what do you admire about Shohei? 79 00:06:31,340 --> 00:06:35,020 Other than the obvious, I feel like everything's obvious. 80 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:39,300 Hits for average, hits for power, the speed, doing what he did this year with 81 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:42,740 the 50 stolen bases. It got talked about a lot, but I don't think it got talked 82 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:43,740 about enough. 83 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,200 There goes Otani at number 40 for Shohei. 84 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,920 He just went on this rampage through September. 85 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:55,060 He started to say, whoa, he could give 50 -50. 86 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,600 He's one swing away from history. 87 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:00,840 Gone! 88 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,840 One of a kind player. 89 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:06,440 One of a kind season. 90 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:08,420 Shohei Otani. 91 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:14,920 The first player in the history of this sport to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen 92 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,640 bases in the same season. 93 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:21,960 Shohei Otani. 94 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,520 Aaron Judge, they're both going to win the MVP this season. 95 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:31,160 But if those two players didn't exist, there'd be just as much hype between 96 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Soto and Mookie Betts. 97 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,280 You have Garrett Cole. 98 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,720 And you have Giancarlo Stanton. 99 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:39,960 You have Freddie Freeman. 100 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,340 This is a series of stars. 101 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:48,580 And it's going to be fascinating to see how star players extract their best when 102 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:50,140 it's demanded of them in this stage. 103 00:08:00,010 --> 00:08:01,170 Hey, Max, you got to go first. Let's go. 104 00:08:01,770 --> 00:08:02,770 You look like Daddy. 105 00:08:03,070 --> 00:08:04,350 You guys both look like Dad. 106 00:08:05,150 --> 00:08:06,610 Oh, because you just got haircuts, too? 107 00:08:06,890 --> 00:08:10,010 Oh, we're looking good. You guys look so handsome. 108 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:15,630 I'm a little nervous, but it's like fun little butterflies, I feel like. 109 00:08:16,610 --> 00:08:19,450 Freddie's hurt, so he's been trying to battle through injuries. 110 00:08:20,130 --> 00:08:23,150 He left this morning, and he's been there all day. Like, I think a lot of 111 00:08:23,150 --> 00:08:27,190 think they just show up right before the game, and that's it. But there's, like, 112 00:08:27,210 --> 00:08:29,330 a huge process just to be able. 113 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:31,380 to practice before he played. 114 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:36,059 Freddie, how are you feeling today? 115 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Pretty good. 116 00:08:38,179 --> 00:08:39,179 Want the truth? 117 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:52,140 What a pick by Jake Cronenworth. A wide throw and a tag from the rise to get a 118 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:53,420 stumbling Freddie Freeman. 119 00:08:53,980 --> 00:08:56,400 He holds his breath until he gets to his feet. 120 00:08:59,950 --> 00:09:04,470 The day the Dodgers clinched the division, he rolls his right ankle and 121 00:09:04,470 --> 00:09:06,410 looked like a pretty concerning injury. 122 00:09:08,650 --> 00:09:13,050 There was a lot of concern because he is such a valuable part in the Dodgers 123 00:09:13,050 --> 00:09:14,050 lineup. 124 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:20,530 Freddie Freeman not even going to test it. Linton off of the field. 125 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:24,530 Super painful at the beginning. 126 00:09:24,990 --> 00:09:27,670 It was like a grapefruit on the side of my ankle. 127 00:09:28,910 --> 00:09:32,070 I was like, we're not going to have our first baseman for the postseason. Are 128 00:09:32,070 --> 00:09:33,070 you kidding me? 129 00:09:36,730 --> 00:09:39,370 It's a six -week injury on the IL. 130 00:09:39,710 --> 00:09:42,210 I had eight days before the playoffs. 131 00:09:43,490 --> 00:09:46,730 But if you know me, I'll do anything to try and get on the field. 132 00:09:51,770 --> 00:09:53,330 What's the status on Freddie? 133 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:55,630 You know what? I don't know. 134 00:09:56,190 --> 00:09:58,090 His ankle was really bothering him. 135 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:04,220 He was limited in the playoffs and definitely wasn't moving around great. 136 00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:09,620 I'd always be okay the starting game, but by the third or fourth inning, I 137 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:12,260 couldn't even hardly walk after that. You've got to put on the brakes with an 138 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:14,080 ankle like that. That's not fun. 139 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,740 I wasn't playing very good. 140 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,980 It's another curve, and it grounded a first. Backhand Freeman throws the ball 141 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:24,100 into left center field. 142 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,020 David, I want to ask what you're seeing out of Freddie. 143 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:29,180 I'm going to have a conversation with him. 144 00:10:29,450 --> 00:10:34,210 tomorrow but i do think that his swing is not right and i'm just certain it's 145 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:39,250 the ankle you could make a fair argument he's so diminished right now they're a 146 00:10:39,250 --> 00:10:43,910 better team waiting for him to get ready towards the end of the postseason it 147 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:48,370 got so bad that he didn't play the last couple games and so there's question of 148 00:10:48,370 --> 00:10:52,310 if he's going to be available for the world series and even if he is what's 149 00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:56,800 going to look like I was putting myself out there. Like, I am not 100%, and if I 150 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,820 fail on the biggest stage in the world, no one's going to care about my ankle. 151 00:11:00,020 --> 00:11:03,900 But they wanted to do it to give us the best chance to win. 152 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,580 The two managers in this World Series, Dave Roberts, Aaron Boone, the 153 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:22,060 which one of these managers needs to win this World Series more to save their 154 00:11:22,060 --> 00:11:26,970 job? In the regular season, the Dodgers have been about as good as maybe anybody 155 00:11:26,970 --> 00:11:29,030 over the last 12 years here. 156 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:32,210 When you get to the postseason, things get a little different. 157 00:11:32,450 --> 00:11:37,450 The Dodgers have had three consecutive division series exits, losing to teams 158 00:11:37,450 --> 00:11:39,690 that they were better than during the regular season. 159 00:11:40,410 --> 00:11:44,290 With the Dodgers, there's always that expectation or pressure. 160 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:48,670 Either win a World Series championship or you failed and you're not doing a 161 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:49,670 job. 162 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:52,730 Aaron's the only one in baseball that can really relate. 163 00:11:53,150 --> 00:11:56,670 And in New York, certainly they think Aaron Boone needs to do something since 164 00:11:56,670 --> 00:11:58,210 taking over as manager in 2018. 165 00:11:58,950 --> 00:12:03,570 This Yankee season starts with last Yankee season, which was the 166 00:12:03,570 --> 00:12:05,750 of them not making the playoff. 167 00:12:06,130 --> 00:12:09,070 Our 2023 season was a really difficult year. 168 00:12:09,490 --> 00:12:11,050 We lacked offense. 169 00:12:11,450 --> 00:12:14,250 It was Aaron Judge providing most of it. 170 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,820 How about you guys finish with Aaron so we can get Juan in there? No. Yes. Juan 171 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:20,799 wants to take pictures. 172 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,520 No, I don't. Juan loves pictures. 173 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:26,980 Go take one with Aaron. 174 00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:32,340 One of the biggest moves they made was the trade for Juan Soto in November. 175 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:39,500 Just needed to produce more runs, and no one could solve that better than 176 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:43,000 bringing in Juan Soto to pair with Aaron Judge. 177 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,680 Knowing what's at stake, putting him back -to -back in the lineup with Aaron 178 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:52,620 such a game -changer for us. 179 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:58,540 If you don't make that trade for Soto, I don't know if this team has what it 180 00:12:58,540 --> 00:12:59,840 takes to get to the finish line. 181 00:13:02,420 --> 00:13:03,880 Got the special T -shirt. 182 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,040 So cute. 183 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,600 Are you excited to watch Daddy tonight? 184 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:08,960 Yeah. 185 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,740 I wore a jersey like the first game of the last series and we won, so I'm 186 00:13:13,740 --> 00:13:18,340 not. I really don't wear jerseys that often, but I'm trying to do the same 187 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:19,340 thing. 188 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:27,400 I met Chelsea in spring training in 189 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,400 2011. 190 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:31,300 I was 21, she was 19. 191 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,300 All the success, all the failure, she's experienced every single thing with me. 192 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:39,759 All right, you ready? 193 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:40,760 Freeman Vann's out. 194 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,100 Let's get the thing going. 195 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,800 I can't believe it's the World Series. I know. 196 00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:50,880 Family is everything to me, so I'm very blessed to have Chelsea. And what kind 197 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,740 of mom she is, what kind of wife she is, where I can focus on baseball. 198 00:13:55,380 --> 00:14:00,620 It's pretty crazy to see how rock bottom we were just a few months ago, and then 199 00:14:00,620 --> 00:14:04,760 now to be going to the World Series, it's pretty surreal. 200 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,960 Dodgers star Freddie Freeman revealed today that his three -year -old son 201 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:15,620 Maximus is suffering from Guillain -Barre syndrome, a rare neurological 202 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:16,620 disorder. 203 00:14:18,540 --> 00:14:23,980 Freddie Freeman's son Max contracted a neurological condition that left him 204 00:14:23,980 --> 00:14:27,720 paralyzed. Freddie Freeman was scratched from the lineup today. He is headed 205 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,540 back to L .A. And Freddie Freeman left the team. 206 00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:35,780 I've lost my mom to cancer when I was 10 years old, which is... 207 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:42,140 But when you see your son was fighting for his own life at three years old, you 208 00:14:42,140 --> 00:14:46,160 just don't think that's going to ever happen. And then it happens, and you're 209 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,160 like, whoa. 210 00:14:48,540 --> 00:14:51,420 He woke up Monday morning with a limp. 211 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:55,340 And by Monday night, he couldn't walk anymore. 212 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,440 They immediately got him to the hospital, to the emergency room, and 213 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:02,980 and a half hours, he had a ventilator in. 214 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,800 Just being one of your kids on a ventilator, just fighting. 215 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:28,480 1 -1 on Biggio. As he continues to hold down the fort at first, with Freddie 216 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:29,780 Freeman away from the team. 217 00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:34,120 So Dave Roberts said that he's not going to be with the team in Oakland, and 218 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,360 we'll see him when he's ready to get back to the team, guys. 219 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,080 He spent the next week and a half in the hospital as they tried to figure out 220 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,420 what was wrong and then treated as fast as they could so he could get home. 221 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,020 The team rallied around him as well. They were wearing Max Strong t -shirts. 222 00:15:49,940 --> 00:15:54,220 The storyline here tonight starts with Max Freeman. 223 00:15:54,460 --> 00:15:56,940 Dodger players and fans prayed for little Max. 224 00:15:57,180 --> 00:16:02,280 He was at his son's hospital bedside. Freeman and his wife Chelsea took 30 225 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,560 shifts until an almost miraculous breakthrough. 226 00:16:09,870 --> 00:16:14,730 Freeman and his wife Chelsea made a joint Instagram post stating that 227 00:16:14,730 --> 00:16:18,430 was taken off his ventilator after showing significant improvement in the 228 00:16:18,430 --> 00:16:19,430 48 hours. 229 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:22,590 Max is looking like he's going to have 100 % recovery. 230 00:16:23,450 --> 00:16:26,350 He's still not walking normal, but he's doing so much better. 231 00:16:27,830 --> 00:16:31,470 It's still going to take a few more months, but we're on the road. 232 00:16:32,350 --> 00:16:36,190 I would not have come back this year if he had stayed sick. 233 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,120 First baseman, number five, Brady Freeman. 234 00:16:56,460 --> 00:17:02,240 That first game I came back, I could hear the crowd start getting louder and 235 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,240 louder. 236 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:13,569 It's hard to put into words what the Dodger fans have meant to us and our 237 00:17:13,569 --> 00:17:14,569 family. 238 00:17:22,369 --> 00:17:25,109 It made it really hard to hit in that first at -bat. 239 00:17:26,950 --> 00:17:28,109 But that's a good thing. 240 00:17:28,410 --> 00:17:32,410 I was okay with that. It's like one of the most pleasant strikeouts I've ever 241 00:17:32,410 --> 00:17:33,470 had in my big league career. 242 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:43,920 Look at this, you guys. 243 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:45,980 So cute. 244 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,900 Should we get a photo in front of this? 245 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,120 Oh, 246 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,160 yeah, 247 00:17:57,860 --> 00:17:58,860 that's cute. Picture. 248 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Should we try one? 249 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:03,100 Oh, 250 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:04,760 that's good timing. 251 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:06,580 How are you? 252 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,600 Hi. How are you? 253 00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:12,000 Freddie's dad's just an incredible man. 254 00:18:13,449 --> 00:18:18,010 I've never seen a father and son closer than they are after. 255 00:18:18,210 --> 00:18:19,650 His mom passed away. He was only 10. 256 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:22,730 His dad on his lunch break would go to his high school and just throw him like 257 00:18:22,730 --> 00:18:24,370 an extra bucket of balls for batting practice. 258 00:18:25,430 --> 00:18:29,430 To this day, if Freddie doesn't think his swing's right, he'll call his dad 259 00:18:29,430 --> 00:18:30,530 be like, what am I doing wrong? 260 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:32,570 Their bond is just like so special. 261 00:18:36,030 --> 00:18:37,670 Welcome to the World Series. 262 00:18:37,990 --> 00:18:39,650 It doesn't get better than this. 263 00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:42,190 Dodgers Stadium, blue heaven on earth. 264 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,000 We've been dreaming of game one of the World Series for a long time. We're 265 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 to see it. 266 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,600 Well, the Yankees have ended the pennant drought in the World Series for the 267 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,200 first time in 15 years. 268 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,620 Dodgers, with their fourth trip to the World Series in eight seasons, looking 269 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:10,220 for their first World Series win in a full season since 1988. 270 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,620 We got a perfect night for Game 1, the 120th World Series, the 12th between 271 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:19,040 these baseball powers. 272 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:58,500 This place is packed to the gills. 56 ,000 people here at Johnson Stadium. 273 00:19:58,500 --> 00:19:59,500 are very loud. 274 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,020 This is the loudest place I've ever been in in my life. 275 00:20:08,580 --> 00:20:14,300 Now we get down to baseball, and it all begins with a kid from up the road. 276 00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:16,660 Jack Flaherty starts game one. 277 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:29,240 Be able to take them out and start game one at home, my hometown, against 278 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,540 the Yankees of all teams. You know, it's about as big as it gets. 279 00:20:36,020 --> 00:20:38,640 I want to ride that wave and ride that adrenaline. 280 00:20:39,380 --> 00:20:43,180 It's so electric, and you can feel the fans behind you. 281 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:52,520 The Yankees coming to bat. 282 00:21:00,340 --> 00:21:02,380 Torres climbs in, and off we go. 283 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,900 Has it deferred, and a hot shot caught by Muncy. 284 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,560 Getting the first out was huge just to start it. It's about executing. 285 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,220 Go out, put up a zero, and let's start this thing off. 286 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:20,080 Right fielder, number 22, Juan Soto. 287 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,740 Yeah, this is the guy that changed everything for the Yankees. 288 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:27,540 And it's the least surprising thing ever that he's been a perfect fit in New 289 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:30,160 York and that he's once again owned the postseason. 290 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,740 And he's got a four -pitch walk. First base runner for the Yankees is Juan 291 00:21:36,140 --> 00:21:39,560 If we've got the walk Soto, we're going to get through that first inning 0 -0. 292 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:40,560 It's okay. 293 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:44,600 We started worrying about the stakes or, you know, what could possibly go wrong. 294 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,360 I think that you're in the wrong mindset. 295 00:21:48,810 --> 00:21:53,770 Here he is, Aaron Judge, larger than life, playing in his first World Series. 296 00:21:55,490 --> 00:21:57,310 Aaron, he's a special athlete. 297 00:21:57,730 --> 00:21:59,010 This is the AL MVP. 298 00:21:59,490 --> 00:22:01,530 Center fielder, number 99, Aaron Judge. 299 00:22:02,650 --> 00:22:03,950 We've got to pitch him very carefully. 300 00:22:07,750 --> 00:22:08,850 Let's go, baby, let's go. 301 00:22:09,610 --> 00:22:11,190 Come on, Jake, let's go, baby. 302 00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:13,250 Let's go. 303 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:19,170 58 home runs, 144 driven in for Judge this year. 304 00:22:21,210 --> 00:22:24,210 He swings and misses as the bottom falls out of that curve. 305 00:22:24,870 --> 00:22:31,010 With Judge, we have to just give him different looks, mix in with it, crowd 306 00:22:31,010 --> 00:22:37,850 a little bit, and hopefully try to just feed off of his aggressiveness. 307 00:22:44,270 --> 00:22:45,630 Missed. He got him with a slider. 308 00:22:49,090 --> 00:22:50,570 Boy, he missed that by a foot. 309 00:22:53,730 --> 00:22:54,730 Jazz Chisholm. 310 00:22:57,790 --> 00:22:59,090 Bounces one right side. 311 00:23:00,850 --> 00:23:03,210 Jack Flaherty puts up a zero in the first. 312 00:23:05,690 --> 00:23:09,130 Now to the bottom of the first here is Ohtani. 313 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,400 If Paul and the Yankees starters pitch the way they're capable of, this becomes 314 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,440 the biggest single advantage in this series. 315 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:22,200 What makes Garrett tough is he has three or four pitches. 316 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:28,820 In baseball, there's probably five or six bona fide aces, and he's one of 317 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,340 He's off to a big -time challenge facing this guy. 318 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,220 I think the challenge is... 319 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,020 You're not really sure what the opposition's going to do, and you know 320 00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:42,360 they're lethal when they do swing. 321 00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:46,900 So you've got to give every pitch a chance by fully committing to it, and so 322 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:48,000 it if the ball gets hit. 323 00:23:53,660 --> 00:23:58,580 Sohei Otani swings to the first pitch, sends a fly ball to center field. 324 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:05,260 Judge is backing up, and he just misses homer in the first pitch of his World 325 00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:06,260 Series career. 326 00:24:08,879 --> 00:24:10,120 Yeah, he's ready to roll. 327 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,900 We didn't want them to beat us with one swing, but for being aggressive, their 328 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:16,860 weaknesses was kind of what we were going after. 329 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,880 From one MVP to another here in Mookie Betts, he's one of the top five in the 330 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,140 game, and he gets to bat behind the greatest player in the game that makes 331 00:24:26,140 --> 00:24:27,140 Dodgers special. 332 00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:32,520 The pitch to Betts. 333 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:35,380 Swung on ahead of the air to left field and deep. 334 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:39,640 Verdugo back at the wall. Makes a catch. 335 00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:47,220 I think honesty compels me to say that Garrett Cole was 336 00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:48,220 not fooling anybody. 337 00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:50,860 Anyone get care of that, too? 338 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,980 Number five, Freddie Freeman. 339 00:24:58,760 --> 00:24:59,880 Come on, Freddie. 340 00:25:01,140 --> 00:25:04,720 Freddie Freeman's back in the lineup for the Dodgers. Battle on that ankle 341 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:05,720 injury. 342 00:25:06,679 --> 00:25:11,700 Going into game one, I hadn't run in seven days because I was trying to calm 343 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:13,220 ankle down as much as I possibly could. 344 00:25:13,420 --> 00:25:14,940 I didn't want to flare it up. 345 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,540 What he's battling through, you need your legs, your feet, you hit from the 346 00:25:19,540 --> 00:25:23,500 ground up. He's still good enough to hit with his upper body, but he loses the 347 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,980 power and the bat speed on the pitches inside. 348 00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:35,730 Breaking pitch is punched by the bag and down the left field line for Freddie 349 00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:37,710 Freeman. Going to test that ankle right away. 350 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:42,810 He'll cruise into second and think about three as Verdugo can't play it cleanly. 351 00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:44,210 Freeman's into third. 352 00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:50,390 A base hit turns into three. 353 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,150 You just never bet against Freddie Freeman. 354 00:25:53,510 --> 00:25:56,110 And he's a little hobbled. He didn't look too hobbled to me. 355 00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:59,070 I'm like, stop. 356 00:25:59,390 --> 00:26:01,300 Stop. Stop at second base. 357 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,160 You don't even know if he's going to be in the lineup. And he flashes the ball, 358 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:07,780 legs out a triple, but that's just who he was. 359 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,160 As I was running, I was like, I actually feel all right. 360 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,860 As I slid into third and got up, I wasn't falling over. I wasn't in 361 00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:17,860 pain. 362 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,960 I was hoping he just made it in second. 363 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,160 Okay, we needed more, though. 364 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,700 The Dodgers have a runner at third with two away for Teoscar Hernandez. 365 00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:40,930 Susan, I think it's our duty to say the Yankees are really lucky they got out 366 00:26:40,930 --> 00:26:41,829 without a run. 367 00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:42,830 It's good grief. 368 00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:50,730 Statistically, we've never had a World Series matchup with two teams this good. 369 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:53,150 I would think for a pitcher, this is extra hard work. 370 00:26:53,450 --> 00:26:57,610 I mean, you've got to basically approach every hitter like a ninth -inning 371 00:26:57,610 --> 00:26:58,610 batter. 372 00:26:58,710 --> 00:26:59,850 The one -two pitch. 373 00:27:00,690 --> 00:27:01,790 Got him swinging. 374 00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:05,210 Real good stuff from Jack Cleary. 375 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,140 Now can the Dodger offense break through against Garrett Cole? 376 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,080 Here is Ohtani. 377 00:27:14,460 --> 00:27:15,460 Swings and misses. 378 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,900 That man right there, that good man. 379 00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:21,740 Both starters in this game one pitcher's duel. Up to the challenge. 380 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,440 These are the games that we've been dreaming of as kids, and the intensity 381 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,440 the importance of the game, it gets a little enhanced. 382 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,640 The Dodgers 6 -0 this postseason when Quique Hernandez has a hit. He's 383 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:42,640 for one right now. 384 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,460 That's right, Quique Hernandez. 385 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,980 It's very easy to see yourself failing in the postseason and the anxiety, the 386 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:54,940 self -doubt, all these things start creeping in your mind. 387 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,020 Quickly ahead of Quique Hernandez, 0 -2. 388 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:02,780 Whenever those thoughts creep in, I just visualize myself having success over 389 00:28:02,780 --> 00:28:05,860 and over again. And it's almost like you get to the field the next day and 390 00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:07,920 you've already seen the day happen. 391 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,080 So nothing overwhelms you. No moment gets too big. 392 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:17,260 I don't know if it's because I'm Puerto Rican. I don't know what it is, but I'm 393 00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:18,260 glad that it does. 394 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,840 And it swings and shoots at the right field. That is flashing away from Soto. 395 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,200 He's on a run. He reaches out. Can't get it. It gets by him. It's on the warning 396 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,200 track. 397 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,600 Watch the bases for Kike Hernandez. 398 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,780 Headed for third with a second down for trouble in this ballgame. 399 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,220 Juan took a bad angle and should have been a double. 400 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:49,240 And that was huge for Kike to come out of the box hard and get to third base. 401 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,520 It seemed like every time he needed a big hit, Kike seemed to get it. Big 402 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,600 he was doing everything. 403 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:02,520 I think that's why every team wants Kike Hernandez, because he shows up when you 404 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,520 need him the most. 405 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,280 Runner at third, one away. 406 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,480 Will Smith at the plate. 407 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,500 He grabbed me with some fastballs earlier with my first bat. 408 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,840 You know, I know he's probably going to go to spin and try to give me a swing 409 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:20,579 and miss. 410 00:29:20,580 --> 00:29:23,430 You know, I'm just... Looking for something that started kind of up and 411 00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:24,910 something happen and not try to do too much. 412 00:29:26,070 --> 00:29:27,650 The 1 -1. Will Smith. 413 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:30,510 Lifts it to right field. 414 00:29:32,890 --> 00:29:33,889 Soto's over. 415 00:29:33,890 --> 00:29:35,310 He makes the catch. 416 00:29:36,670 --> 00:29:37,790 Here comes Hernandez. 417 00:29:38,090 --> 00:29:40,090 Here comes Soto. Throw. Bang, bang. 418 00:29:40,390 --> 00:29:41,410 But he's in place. 419 00:29:44,570 --> 00:29:47,290 And the Dodgers have broken through in the fifth. 420 00:29:55,950 --> 00:29:59,710 So reliable through the years. Gets the job done. Scoring Kika Hernandez. 421 00:30:00,270 --> 00:30:01,890 Dodgers have the game's first run. 422 00:30:13,270 --> 00:30:16,690 Here call Jack Flaherty. Both magnificent here in game one. 423 00:30:17,050 --> 00:30:20,710 Out of the order. Due up for New York. Soto, Judge, and Stitt. 424 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,840 We got three guys there in a row, at least in game one, between Soto Judge 425 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,640 Stanton and what they can do in terms of the damage that they can do. 426 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,220 I mean, that's a tough trio to go through. 427 00:30:37,660 --> 00:30:39,000 He's done an unbelievable job. 428 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:45,060 Well, right now he is on point and not shown anything worthy of taking him out 429 00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:46,060 of the game. 430 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,380 Soto with a face hit to center field to open the six. 431 00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:56,320 On a two -strike pitch, waits on it to land and bangs it to the middle to lead 432 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:57,320 off this inning. 433 00:30:58,860 --> 00:31:04,440 That's like, okay, that's not a home run. 434 00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:06,740 Scratch that, move on to the next pitch. 435 00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:08,560 You got to move on really quickly. 436 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,860 Center fielder number 99, Aaron Judge. 437 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,880 This is not where you want to be. Runners on base with Judge and then 438 00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:20,140 Judge hit him with a man at first. 439 00:31:20,620 --> 00:31:24,360 If you struck out both times in this game, you get a little out of kilter 440 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,520 sometimes and you start trying to make things happen. 441 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,460 I don't have to step up anymore if I had to do anything more than what I've 442 00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:37,180 done. As you look at the course of that game, it's 1 -0. So at what point do I 443 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:38,180 have to do anything more? 444 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,640 I'm pitching well. I just need to continue to go pitch by pitch. 445 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,040 Keep going until Doc says that's it. 446 00:31:56,780 --> 00:31:58,220 What a big out. 447 00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:04,020 Now it's Stanton. 448 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:09,200 So many times in this postseason, Stanton has been the man for these 449 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,540 Sign run at first. Go ahead, run at the plate. 450 00:32:57,770 --> 00:33:04,630 As long as you've got the bat in your hands, you can launch your story. And 451 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:08,990 Stanton continues to write one of a spectacular October for the Yankees. 452 00:33:10,710 --> 00:33:11,710 Shit. 453 00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:17,510 That's the dog going through my head. 454 00:33:20,990 --> 00:33:25,910 Stanton's sixth home run of the postseason. He has homered in four 455 00:33:25,910 --> 00:33:29,760 games. And gives the Yankees a 2 -1 lead. 456 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:37,740 The only mistake, the only mistake that Jack Flaherty has made. He pitched a 457 00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:39,980 perfect game up until that swing. 458 00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:41,479 That's it. 459 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,480 I'm done. 460 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,060 It's going to be all for Jack. 461 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:52,140 You know, when he comes out, he makes the decision before he even gets there. 462 00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:55,600 I wasn't really thinking about it a whole lot, but I wasn't going to fight 463 00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:59,930 I'm frustrated because you want to leave the game ahead. 464 00:34:00,410 --> 00:34:04,630 It was tough to come out of there being down 2 -1, knowing that I made one 465 00:34:04,630 --> 00:34:05,630 mistake. 466 00:34:08,050 --> 00:34:09,449 You know, you learn from failure. 467 00:34:09,670 --> 00:34:13,010 Failure comes in every way, shape, or form, but the story goes on. 468 00:34:14,170 --> 00:34:16,810 Nice ovation here for the hometown kid. 469 00:34:18,110 --> 00:34:23,090 It's his money -making time. The late inning, bottom of the eighth, 2 -1 470 00:34:23,090 --> 00:34:24,370 ballgame. Number 17. 471 00:34:25,370 --> 00:34:27,190 Shohei Otani! 472 00:34:27,449 --> 00:34:30,190 The Siam's first World Series game. 473 00:34:31,429 --> 00:34:34,449 The career of Michinato in the post -season. 474 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,480 Here's the pit. 475 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,620 Soto on the run to the track. It's off the top of the wall. 476 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:09,640 Ohtani's got it for second. 477 00:35:09,860 --> 00:35:11,480 Soto's throw not in time. 478 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,920 The ball gets away. Ohtani takes third. 479 00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:20,140 It's a double, but then he takes third as the throw kicks away coming into the 480 00:35:20,140 --> 00:35:21,140 infield. 481 00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:26,000 So the crying one on third with only one out in the eighth. 482 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:31,300 They scout us, we scout them, and you're doing all that scouting for a series, 483 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:33,520 and we just felt that they didn't finish some points. 484 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:38,800 Mookie 485 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:48,460 Betts 486 00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:51,120 will come to the plate against a new pitcher for the Yankees. 487 00:35:55,790 --> 00:35:59,490 And he's going to his closure. Here comes Luke Weaver. Game one of the World 488 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:00,650 Series, a thriller. 489 00:36:01,650 --> 00:36:05,830 Late season makeover this whole thing. Weaver goes into the closure's role and 490 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:06,830 has been awesome. 491 00:36:09,070 --> 00:36:11,290 Time run here in game one, 90 feet away. 492 00:36:20,550 --> 00:36:22,130 Weaver's one -two pitch. 493 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,520 Swings to center field. 494 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:29,120 Chubb going back. He reaches up and makes the catch. 495 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,920 But that's going to get the job done. Here comes Ohtani. 496 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,780 Sacrifice by Mookie Betts. And game one is tied. 497 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,000 Game one has been reset officially. 498 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,220 This is fun. It's agonizing, but, boy, is it fun. 499 00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:12,180 There are 28 teams spread around this country of ours wishing they were here 500 00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:17,160 playing. The man now on the mound for the Dodgers, Michael Kopek. The lineup 501 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,660 will turn over for the Angels. 502 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,580 Up comes Glaber Torres. 503 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:22,000 Here's his 2 -1. 504 00:37:24,330 --> 00:37:26,110 Lips the clock out. Left center field. 505 00:37:26,330 --> 00:37:28,270 It is gone. 506 00:37:30,890 --> 00:37:31,890 Goal. 507 00:37:34,530 --> 00:37:35,530 Goal. Goal. 508 00:37:35,770 --> 00:37:37,530 Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. 509 00:37:38,450 --> 00:37:39,610 Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. 510 00:37:39,970 --> 00:37:40,970 Goal. Goal. Goal. Goal. 511 00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:55,618 You have fan interference. 512 00:37:55,620 --> 00:37:56,620 Yes. Yeah. 513 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:01,520 Well, the umpires are going to take another look at this, and you can 514 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,220 why. A true chief review of a potential home run. 515 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,280 A guy in the old fan interference. 516 00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:09,940 They'll review it. 517 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,400 It's close. 518 00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:16,320 It goes to replay operations and shoot. Depending on this review, he may be 519 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,460 awarded the home run. This is a 2 -2 tie at the top of the ninth. Game one of 520 00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:21,460 the World Series. 521 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,220 Well, it's definitely lacking drama. 522 00:38:23,770 --> 00:38:24,770 Said nobody ever. 523 00:38:28,230 --> 00:38:31,390 After a few, the call on the field has been confirmed. 524 00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:33,130 There was spectator interference. 525 00:38:33,390 --> 00:38:34,790 The runner is placed in second base. 526 00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:42,230 We're going to call that fan interference. 527 00:38:43,470 --> 00:38:46,710 So instead of a home run, they'll place Torres in second. 528 00:38:49,710 --> 00:38:53,510 You have first base open. You have a left -handed hitting. Juan Soto is due 529 00:38:53,810 --> 00:38:58,050 Aaron Judge has not handled the breaking balls well. He's one for four with 530 00:38:58,050 --> 00:38:59,110 three strikeouts. 531 00:38:59,830 --> 00:39:00,830 What's the option? 532 00:39:02,370 --> 00:39:04,630 Which poison do you want? 533 00:39:06,570 --> 00:39:13,050 Juan Soto has just been told by Carlos Torres, the home plate umpire, they're 534 00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:15,110 intentionally walking me in front of Aaron Judge. 535 00:39:16,410 --> 00:39:17,510 Yes, there's two outs. 536 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:21,970 But this is a 2 -2 tie at the top of the ninth. Game one of the World Series. 537 00:39:23,810 --> 00:39:24,970 You've got to mind Soto. 538 00:39:25,810 --> 00:39:28,390 That was the guy that you've got to just manage him. 539 00:39:28,610 --> 00:39:30,210 If you walk him, you walk him. 540 00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:36,330 We just felt that Judge and Stanton could slug you, but if you pitch him 541 00:39:36,530 --> 00:39:37,910 you can keep him at bay. 542 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:43,070 Dave Roberts to make the change and go Trinan against Judge. 543 00:39:43,730 --> 00:39:47,210 Blake Trinan, who was an absolute beast in the postseason. 544 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,100 He throws a wiffle ball. 545 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:51,340 You know, the ball sinks, it cuts. 546 00:39:51,620 --> 00:39:52,880 You just don't know where it's going. 547 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,200 Stress levels off the charts in game one of the World Series. 548 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,680 You know, any time you get a chance to be in the big game, you count it as a 549 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,000 blessing. And having the opportunity to face one of the greats in the game, as 550 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,580 Aaron is, you know, this is what you play for. These are the moments that you 551 00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:10,580 kind of dream of having. 552 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,100 One -two comes home. It is a fastball, and it's popped up. 553 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:25,800 Blake Cronin comes out of the pen and handles the AL MVP and keeps the game 554 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,880 at two. The Dodgers will have a chance to walk it off. 555 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,940 Tied in the bottom of the ninth inning. 556 00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:41,320 These two teams standing toe -to -toe in the center of the ring. 557 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,200 Luke Weaver against Teoscar Hernandez. 558 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,700 That shot to right center field, but Soto's there. 559 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:52,360 Wow. 560 00:40:53,260 --> 00:40:54,440 And here's Muncie. 561 00:40:56,940 --> 00:41:00,140 He swings, and he lifts it high in the air. 562 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:01,940 Cabrera calling for it. 563 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:06,380 Two up and two down for Weber in this ninth, and it's T .K. Hernandez. 564 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,620 15 postseason home runs in his career. 565 00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:16,880 A crackback player shut on that field. Verdugo coming up. 566 00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:25,690 Alex Verdugo continues to sparkle defensively. And game one of the World 567 00:41:25,690 --> 00:41:27,990 needs extra innings to decide it. 568 00:41:34,410 --> 00:41:37,150 Say extra innings, free baseball. 569 00:41:38,330 --> 00:41:40,770 I think our hearts beg to differ. 570 00:41:41,010 --> 00:41:43,050 We're deemed costly for our health. 571 00:41:43,730 --> 00:41:46,890 One away, it's high game, 10th inning, Jazz Chisholm's up. 572 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:50,440 Obviously, you want to keep everybody off base, but especially this guy, too, 573 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:51,520 because he can run. 574 00:41:52,140 --> 00:41:55,820 Jazz is dangerous because there's some power in there. 575 00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:57,800 There's some foot speed in there. 576 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,640 He's just somebody that could get a big hit if they needed. 577 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:24,240 And here's the issue now for Blake Trinan, trying to hold a guy who can run 578 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:28,800 because getting on second base would be huge for the Yankees. 579 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:30,660 Chisholm's got great speed. 580 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,860 Anthony Rizzo at the plate. 581 00:42:35,660 --> 00:42:38,220 There he goes. Throw down from Smith. 582 00:42:40,340 --> 00:42:43,800 Not in time, and Jazz Chisholm has stolen second. 583 00:42:44,990 --> 00:42:49,510 He's aggressive, you know. He gives 100 % every time and wants to put the 584 00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:51,690 pressure on the defense, and so you've just got to be ready for that. 585 00:42:52,910 --> 00:42:56,470 Pressure will be on the middle infielders to keep Jazz close to second. 586 00:42:57,310 --> 00:42:59,950 Stealing third's not out of the question either. 587 00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:05,630 They're going to intentionally walk Rizzo and bring Volpe to the plate. 588 00:43:07,390 --> 00:43:08,750 So first and second. 589 00:43:09,430 --> 00:43:13,050 23 -year -old shortstop has been at his best so far in his first October. 590 00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:18,320 He was born and raised in Manhattan and in New Jersey from a long line of 591 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:19,320 Yankees fans. 592 00:43:19,340 --> 00:43:23,520 Like a million other kids, he wanted to be the next Derek Jeter. Well, he's the 593 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:27,060 one in a million who's grown up to become the shortstop of the Yankees. 594 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:31,760 High to two in the 10. 595 00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,180 Great speed at second. Go ahead, run. 596 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:37,560 Dynan will take a peek. There goes Chisholm. 597 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,620 No throw from Will Smith. 598 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,820 A big 90 feet for Jazz Chisholm. 599 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,900 How do y 'all like that? Now it changes completely. 600 00:43:46,460 --> 00:43:49,020 Now the Dodgers bring the infield in. 601 00:43:51,060 --> 00:43:53,540 Mike Vaughn on his own, okay? We're still going on the ground, okay? 602 00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:54,900 He might do it on his own. 603 00:43:55,820 --> 00:43:56,820 They're up in minor. 604 00:43:57,380 --> 00:43:58,480 Anything on the ground, we're going. 605 00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:02,680 As an infielder, you're thinking, all right, I got to get this out at home. 606 00:44:04,020 --> 00:44:06,040 Trying and looking for a K. It's 2 -2. 607 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,640 Any thinker that he throws down in the zone to me, that's his pitch. That's 608 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,820 he wants to do and get you to strike out. So I just want to see the ball out 609 00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:17,840 just want to put the ball in play. 610 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,560 That is how New York goes back in front. 611 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:56,620 Three to two, Yankees 612 00:44:56,620 --> 00:44:57,620 down the 10. 613 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,200 Game one of the World Series, hanging in the balance. 614 00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:05,560 Leading off the bottom of the 10th inning for the Dodgers, catcher number 615 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,140 Will Smith. 616 00:45:07,860 --> 00:45:12,120 The objective here for the bottom of the order, get somebody on base. 617 00:45:12,620 --> 00:45:14,860 So you can hand this game to Shohei Otani. 618 00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:17,780 Pitch. 619 00:45:19,140 --> 00:45:20,140 Poke to right. 620 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,800 Soto. One gone in the tenth. 621 00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:29,180 Number nine, Gavin Luck. 622 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,960 Dodgers trailing 3 -2. 623 00:45:32,460 --> 00:45:35,300 A game one World Series classic. 624 00:45:36,060 --> 00:45:39,740 Base is empty, one out. Only two more outs left for the Dodgers. 625 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:41,920 I was very worried. 626 00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:43,600 Holding my breath. 627 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,300 Ball one. 628 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,420 We needed to get some traction with our offense. 629 00:45:49,900 --> 00:45:54,220 The Dodgers desperate to get a man aboard to get Otani to the plate here. 630 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,540 The last thing you want to do here is bring Otani in there. 631 00:45:59,180 --> 00:46:00,720 That guy's a unicorn, man. 632 00:46:02,740 --> 00:46:03,740 Ball two. 633 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:05,800 Ball three. 634 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,040 On the 3 -1 pitch. What? 635 00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:12,220 Let's hit ball four upstairs. 636 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:13,800 Tying run aboard. 637 00:46:15,620 --> 00:46:20,420 We just wanted one guy on because that means Shohei was going to come up. So 638 00:46:20,420 --> 00:46:25,880 when we got things rolling, the energy in our dugout started to intensify very 639 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:26,880 fast. 640 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,700 So unless there's a double play, 641 00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:32,100 Otani is going to come up. 642 00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:33,960 What do we have? Let me know. 643 00:46:34,260 --> 00:46:37,240 I mean, that's 100%. 644 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:45,460 After those, Donnie, if you don't get them out, I could have bet. 645 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:53,060 And now the Dodgers will take just about any outcome other than a double play. 646 00:46:53,940 --> 00:46:55,300 Tommy Edmond comes up. 647 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,620 I was thinking, just don't ground into a double play. 648 00:47:00,460 --> 00:47:05,100 We had the tying run on first, and then we had Shohei coming up after that. 649 00:47:09,990 --> 00:47:11,710 Edmund swings. It's on the ground. 650 00:47:12,230 --> 00:47:15,070 I hit a ground ball, and I'm like, oh, crap. I really hope this is a double 651 00:47:15,070 --> 00:47:16,070 play. 652 00:47:16,950 --> 00:47:19,470 It squids underneath the glove of Cabrera at second. 653 00:47:20,290 --> 00:47:25,110 Lux made a wide turn. He stumbled rounding second, but he slides back in 654 00:47:26,330 --> 00:47:29,090 Unfortunately, I hit it in the spot, and I hit it hard enough where I was able 655 00:47:29,090 --> 00:47:32,890 to get out of the second baseman's reach and be able to keep the inning going. 656 00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:34,890 That was a double play on the bat. 657 00:47:35,830 --> 00:47:36,830 That was, too. 658 00:47:37,930 --> 00:47:40,810 It'll be first and second for Shohei Ohtani. 659 00:47:44,490 --> 00:47:46,750 And here comes the pitching change. 660 00:47:47,550 --> 00:47:51,710 Aaron Boone coming to the mound to bring in Lefty Cortez. 661 00:47:52,130 --> 00:47:59,130 The Yankees put Nestor Cortez on the World Series roster for this matchup. 662 00:47:59,130 --> 00:48:00,250 a Shohei Ohtani. 663 00:48:04,630 --> 00:48:07,390 Nestor Cortez, who's not pitched in a month. 664 00:48:08,370 --> 00:48:12,570 How about this for a soft landing? Go in there and face Shohei Ohtani with a 665 00:48:12,570 --> 00:48:17,290 World Series game one on the line. What theater here in Los Angeles? 666 00:48:19,010 --> 00:48:23,250 I was just like, Sho's coming up. He's going to hit a home run. 667 00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:26,710 Whenever he got up there, especially at that point with runners on, it was like 668 00:48:26,710 --> 00:48:27,850 he's going to do something spectacular. 669 00:48:34,350 --> 00:48:38,870 What an opportunity this is for Shohei Ohtani and for baseball fans all over 670 00:48:38,870 --> 00:48:44,490 world. His first trip to the postseason, his first trip to the World Series, and 671 00:48:44,490 --> 00:48:47,690 in the 10th inning of Game 1, he's got a chance to be the hero. 672 00:48:50,710 --> 00:48:55,210 First and second, one out, bottom of the 10th, Game 1 of the World Series. 673 00:48:55,570 --> 00:48:56,570 The pitch. 674 00:49:01,210 --> 00:49:03,550 Verdugo runs over and... 675 00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:13,680 Catch that may go down in World Series lore. 676 00:49:18,700 --> 00:49:19,740 Yeah, he caught it. 677 00:49:20,140 --> 00:49:21,140 Out. 678 00:49:24,860 --> 00:49:25,860 Time. Right here. 679 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:27,319 Third base. 680 00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:28,700 Third base. Third base. 681 00:49:29,260 --> 00:49:30,360 Give it a second, Tony. 682 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:37,320 He goes out of play so the runners will get 90 feet, but they get Otani on one 683 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:38,319 pitch. 684 00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:39,320 What a play. 685 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:40,520 Huh? 686 00:49:41,870 --> 00:49:44,250 The Dodgers down to their last out. 687 00:49:46,990 --> 00:49:52,070 You know, with all the talk about Shohei Ohtani, you now have Mookie Betts 688 00:49:52,070 --> 00:49:53,070 coming to the plate. 689 00:49:53,350 --> 00:49:54,830 Yeah, we want to put Betts on. 690 00:49:55,170 --> 00:49:56,690 We should walk him. 691 00:49:58,230 --> 00:49:59,510 100 % walk here. 692 00:50:00,310 --> 00:50:01,770 We're going to walk him. Yeah, yeah. 693 00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:13,400 Shohei had just watched that bass against Nestor, and his iPad was next to 694 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,740 So I was like, you know what? I'm going to look at how he pitches Shohei. 695 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:18,620 And so I came up with a plan. 696 00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:24,540 And the bases will be loaded here for Freddie Freeman with the Dodgers down 3 697 00:50:24,540 --> 00:50:26,840 and down to their last shout in game one. 698 00:50:28,780 --> 00:50:31,580 Well, I don't want to swing out a cutter or a slider away. 699 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,120 I'm going to look in and heat her in. 700 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,120 It's just... 701 00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:40,800 A little chess game that happened in my head as I was going up there. 702 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:50,960 All you can do is smile, Mo, because 703 00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:57,260 this ball game has left us without our sellout crowd standing 704 00:50:57,260 --> 00:50:58,960 but barely breathing. 705 00:51:01,260 --> 00:51:05,780 Now the kind of bat that every kid that plays baseball dreams of one day having. 706 00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:11,980 You can tell yourself, all right, bottom of the 10, bases loaded, World Series, 707 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,940 one -run game, Dodgers -Yankees. 708 00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,100 Reality for Freddie Freeman right here. 709 00:51:42,110 --> 00:51:43,110 Cortez, deliver. 710 00:52:30,220 --> 00:52:31,820 I had two older brothers growing up. 711 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:37,600 We played wiffle ball, backyard baseball all day long, every single day. 712 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:44,680 As a kid, you'd say bottom of the ninth, tie ball game, World Series. 713 00:52:46,260 --> 00:52:51,580 It's always the biggest scenario, and then I was in that scenario. 714 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,760 It was a question of if Freddie Freeman would even be ready to play. 715 00:52:58,120 --> 00:52:59,220 But to come through. 716 00:53:01,260 --> 00:53:03,080 Yeah, that's stuff you just dream about, really. 717 00:53:05,540 --> 00:53:09,540 Freddie Freeman channeling his inner Kirk Gibson. 718 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,060 A walk -on grand slam. 719 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:29,140 A no -doubt grand slam that they'll talk about for ages. 720 00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:43,700 When I was 10 years old, baseball became an outlet to my father and I. 721 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:50,080 It made my dad and I focus on this and not, I just lost my mom, he just lost 722 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:51,080 wife. 723 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:56,600 We would go to the field for a couple hours every single day, and he would 724 00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,600 throw me batting practice, and I would take ground balls, he'd hit me fly 725 00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,780 So baseball means everything to me. 726 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:15,880 We ran over to your dad after hitting that home run. What did you say to him? 727 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:17,200 was just screaming in his face. 728 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:18,400 I'm sorry, Dad. 729 00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:26,160 Yeah, he's been there since I was a little boy, throwing batting practice to 730 00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,540 every day. So this isn't my moment. That's my dad's moment. 731 00:54:39,210 --> 00:54:42,950 and you opted to intentionally walk Mookie to get Freddie there. The base is 732 00:54:42,950 --> 00:54:46,250 loaded in that situation. Ultimately, did you deliberate a lot over that 733 00:54:46,250 --> 00:54:47,610 decision, and why did you go with that? 734 00:54:48,050 --> 00:54:49,310 No, I didn't deliberate long. 735 00:54:49,550 --> 00:54:53,130 And Nestor had not pitched since September 18th. Why did you like him in 736 00:54:53,130 --> 00:54:54,130 10th inning? 737 00:54:56,390 --> 00:54:59,730 He's been throwing the ball really well the last few weeks as he's gotten ready, 738 00:54:59,790 --> 00:55:02,630 so I felt convicted with Nestor in that spot. 739 00:55:04,710 --> 00:55:09,500 That pitch to Freeman, I wish I could have, you know, Throwing it a little 740 00:55:09,500 --> 00:55:11,060 higher, the bullpen battled. 741 00:55:11,380 --> 00:55:16,940 We scratched some runs across and just tried to see a deal for them, and I 742 00:55:16,940 --> 00:55:17,940 couldn't. 743 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:22,780 As tough as this one is, you can't sit here and mope. You can't sit here and 744 00:55:22,780 --> 00:55:26,720 complain. You can't shoot a good award. It's time to go to work. 745 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:28,080 That's all you can do. 746 00:55:30,620 --> 00:55:35,520 What does it mean for you to be the first person ever to hit a walk -off 747 00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:36,780 slam in a World Series? 748 00:55:37,180 --> 00:55:38,180 Oh, really? 749 00:55:38,529 --> 00:55:39,810 First one. That was pretty cool. 750 00:55:41,990 --> 00:55:43,610 Did you see Daddy hit a home run? 751 00:55:45,170 --> 00:55:46,170 So cool. 752 00:55:50,210 --> 00:55:55,870 What about him with the bat looking right at you? 753 00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:47,590 Yeah, hopefully three more. 754 00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:54,750 The hard thing of our sport is, like, you can't really, like, soak it in. 755 00:56:55,650 --> 00:57:01,870 The next day, I'm facing Carlos Rodon. 756 00:57:03,190 --> 00:57:06,330 Throwing 97 -mile -an -hour bullets from the left side. I'm already starting to 757 00:57:06,330 --> 00:57:07,530 plan for him. 758 00:57:10,210 --> 00:57:13,630 Because everyone's just talking about that moment and, like... 759 00:57:14,450 --> 00:57:17,670 It's not really a moment if we lose the series. So I was like, now we got to 760 00:57:17,670 --> 00:57:18,670 really win this thing.