Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman channels Kirk Gibson with walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of World Series

An improbable year.

An impossible situation. An injured player on one leg. An immortal walk-off World Series homer. It all feels surreal–like deja vu on the grandest of scales. Did Freddie Freeman really just channel Kirk Gibson, rekindling the spirit of a moment that is forever etched into the hearts of Dodgers fans from 36 years ago? Did the Los Angeles Dodgers really just go steal victory from the jaws of defeat in Game 1 of the World Series with one out left to spare? Yes. Yes, they did.

The sound echoed across Chavez Ravine and traveled all the way back to the Bronx. As the ball sailed half-way up the right-field pavilion, Dodger Stadium quaked with the sheer force of the crowd that realized they had just witnessed something mesmerizing and magical.

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