Joe Torre managed the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers throughout his profession, and he acquired to witness a traditional World Sequence thriller in Sport 1 Friday evening.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to win the sport, 6-3.
The blast created a buzz at Dodger Stadium, and it appeared — for a second, no less than — to suck the life out of the Yankees.
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New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone within the dugout earlier than Sport 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 instructed 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 here because they can deal with stuff like that,” Torre stated earlier than the primary pitch of Sport 2. “These are the two best teams, and, trust me, when you go through 162 games, it’s not always a day at the beach. You’re gonna have to respond to negative stuff and bounce back.”
Joe Torre acknowledges the gang in the course of the introduction of returning inductees on the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame’s 2024 induction ceremony July 21, 2024, on the Clark Sports activities Middle in Cooperstown, N.Y. (IMAGN)
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Torre additionally reacted to Freeman’s dwelling run.
“We had one with Aaron Boone back in ’03, where, all of a sudden, the game was over,” he stated. “The way this game was going back and forth, it looked like it was going to last for a while. Freddie made sure he put an end 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 Sport 1 of the 2024 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Oct. 25, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio/Imagn Photographs)
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Sport 2 is ready for Saturday evening at 8:08 p.m. ET. Followers can watch on FOX.
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