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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman took quite a tumble Wednesday night, but he's not letting it keep him off the diamond.
Freeman fell near the Kansas City Royals dugout late in the game as he tried to catch a pop fly.
Freeman finished that half of the inning and then was taken for further medical evaluation, with many fearing the future Hall of Famer had sustained a serious injury.
Fortunately, Freeman came out OK — so OK, in fact, that he's playing again on Thursday.
Freeman indicated Wednesday night that he did everything he could to limit the damage and had hoped to play again on Thursday.
“I didn’t hit my head, so that was the key part there. I am sore, kneecaps are sore, shoulder sore, hand sore, wrist sore. I mean, I fell,” the first baseman said .
“I’m in good spirits, I’ve already cold tubbed, done everything I need to do to put myself in a position to be able to hopefully play tomorrow… We’ll just see how I feel tomorrow when I wake up.”
It sounds like he felt good — especially since he was already scheduled for an off day on Friday, manager Dave Roberts said.
“He’s sore. Hand, knee, foot, shoulder a little bit. But I think that we really dodged a bullet. He’s in good spirits, which I think is a good sign. Just kind of total body soreness right now, so it’ll be day-to-day,” Roberts said.
“He was going to be down on Friday, and I’ll just kind of get with him tomorrow and see how he is tomorrow.”
If Freeman has a strong performance after a fall like that, it will only add to an already stellar career of great moments.
His two walk-off home runs in the World Series might take top billing, but there's still room for Freeman to pad his resume before he hits Cooperstown.
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