Joe Torre managed the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers throughout his profession, and he obtained to witness a traditional World Sequence thriller in Recreation 1 Friday evening.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to win the sport, 6-3.Â
The blast created a buzz at Dodger Stadium, and it appeared — for a second, a minimum of — to suck the life out of the Yankees.
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New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone within the dugout earlier than Recreation 1 towards the Los Angeles Dodgers within the 2024 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Oct. 25, 2024. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Photographs)
Torre informed Fox Information Digital Saturday evening the Yankees wouldn’t have gotten this far in the event that they could not deal with robust moments.
“They’re right here as a result of they’ll cope with stuff like that,” Torre mentioned earlier than the primary pitch of Recreation 2. “These are the 2 greatest groups, and, belief me, while you undergo 162 video games, it’s not at all times a day on the seaside. You’re gonna have to answer detrimental stuff and bounce again.”
Joe Torre acknowledges the group through the introduction of returning inductees on the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame’s 2024 induction ceremony July 21, 2024, on the Clark Sports activities Heart in Cooperstown, N.Y. (IMAGN)
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Torre additionally reacted to Freeman’s house run.
“We had one with Aaron Boone again in ’03, the place, hastily, the sport was over,” he mentioned. “The best way this recreation was going backwards and forwards, it regarded prefer it was going to final for some time. Freddie made certain he put an finish to that.”
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman celebrates after hitting a grand slam within the tenth inning towards the New York Yankees in Recreation 1 of the 2024 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Oct. 25, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio/Imagn Photographs)
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Recreation 2 is about for Saturday evening at 8:08 p.m. ET. Followers can watch on FOX.
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