By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-30 16:42:22 | Updated at 2024-10-31 01:24:53
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In the midst of a serious, whole stadium moment, one New York Yankees fan was heard heckling Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman.
During a pause in the game in the top of the sixth inning, the entirety of Yankee Stadium got out of their seats in a 'Stand Up to Cancer' moment.
Each member of the two teams came out of their respective dugouts, holding up signs with the names of people who they were 'standing up' for as the stadium did the same - falling into relative silence as somber music played.
The cameras panned to Freeman, who wrote that he was standing up for 'My Mom' on his card.
But as the broadcast continued, not even ten seconds later, microphones picked up a Yankees fan screaming out, 'You suck Freeman'.
A Yankees fan was heard heckling Dodgers star Freddie Freeman in a somber moment
Freeman's mother, Rosemary, died after a long battle with melanoma when Freddie was just age 10 - with the first baseman honoring her memory through wearing a long-sleeved shirt during games.
'My mom was my rock,' Freeman said to Shared Grief in 2015. '[She did] everything she could do to make sure I was doing what I loved and what I loved was baseball ... It was definitely a very tough, hard time.
'I didn't know any kids that lost another parent, so I just focused on baseball. All I did was baseball and I did it as much as I possibly could so I could focus on trying to hit a round ball with a round bat instead of my mother.'
Even as a parent, Freeman has gone through his own personal tragedy with his three-year-old son, Maximus.
Earlier this year, Maximus was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome - a disease that leads to muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the nervous system.
Fortunately, Max only spent eight days in the pediatric ICU before being discharged over the summer. As of reports in August, Max is in physical therapy and is expected to make a full recovery.
That heckler wasn't the only fan that made a name for themselves at Yankee Stadium last night - with a fan interfering with a catch by outfielder Mookie Betts in the first inning.
That fan was later ejected from the game, but will surprisingly be allowed to come back to Yankee Stadium for Wednesday night's Game 5.
Freeman has been massive for the Dodgers this World Series - hitting a home run each game
But despite his first inning blast in Game 4, the Yankees ultimately came out on top
Freeman has been making this postseason one to remember - especially in the World Series.
He may have won a title with his old team, the Atlanta Braves, back in 2021 - but Freeman has been a hero for the Dodgers this postseason.
The eight-time All-Star and 2020 National League MVP has been monumental for Los Angeles, hitting .250 this postseason, smacking four home runs and driving in eleven runs.
That includes a heroic Game 1 blast that made him the first person in World Series history to hit a walk-off grand slam.
Freeman has hit a home run in every game of this World Series so far, including one last night to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
But the Yankees ultimately woke up after three straight losses and came back to win the game 11-4.
Game 5 is Wednesday night in The Bronx - with the Yankees hoping to send the World Series back to California and the Dodgers hoping to clinch an eighth title.
