Here’s a video of Aaron Judge with fans before the World Series.

The Port Authority of New York will host free public viewings of the 2024 MLB World Series at the World Trade Center starting October 25.

Viewings will take place at the North Oculus Plaza, and fans can order food and drinks from nearby Oculus Beer Garden and Westfield World Trade Center shops and restaurants.

Additional activities, giveaways and food options will be available starting at the Game 2 screening.

Outdoor viewings are scheduled rain or shine.

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It all feels surreal, like deja vu on the grandest scale.

Did Freddie Freeman really just channel Kirk Gibson, reigniting the spirit of a moment forever etched in the hearts of Dodgers fans from 36 years ago?

Did the Los Angeles Dodgers really steal victory from the jaws of defeat in Game 1 of the World Series with one lead remaining?

Yes. Yes, they did.

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A historic rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers resumes in Los Angeles for game one of the World Series. The last time the teams met in the Fall Classic was 1981, NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports.

The Yankees are using the same batting order as last night, while the Dodgers are mixing things up by moving Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez up and hero Freddie Freeman to the mop-up spot.

LOS ANGELES — Right-hander Walker Buehler will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Manager Dave Roberts made the announcement today before Game 2 for the Dodgers, who won the series opener 6-3 on Freddie Freeman’s 10th-inning walk-off grand slam.

Game 3 will be played Monday night at Yankee Stadium.

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While Aaron Judge will likely win the AL MVP, it was Giancarlo Stanton who was the Yankees’ main slugger this postseason.

Stanton entered Game 1 of the World Series hitting .294 with five home runs and a 1.179 OPS. He also hit home runs in three straight games – extending that streak to four Friday night.

Stanton’s 17 postseason home runs are fourth all-time in Yankees history.

LOS ANGELES – New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has been named player of the year and the American League’s best player by fellow majors for the second time at the Major League Baseball Players Association’s annual Players Choice Awards.

Dedicated hitter Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been named the National League’s best player, the association said Saturday.

Judge led the major leagues with 58 home runs and 144 RBIs, hitting .322. He also won both prizes in 2022.

Ohtani became the first player with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, hitting .310 with 54 home runs, 130 RBIs and 59 steals. He was voted the AL’s Best Player in 2021 and 2023 while with the Los Angeles Angels and won the 2021 Overall Player of the Year.

Milwaukee first baseman Rhys Hoskins won the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, given to a player whose leadership inspires others, and the Philanthropist of the Year Award. Together with his wife Jayme, Hoskins has raised more than $1 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Here are the sights and sounds of Dodger Stadium when Freddie Freeman won it.

LOS ANGELES – Major drama occurred in the opening game of the 2024 World Series that may have decided which team won Game 1.

With the score tied 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, New York second baseman Gleyber Torres drilled a line drive ball 350 feet to left field.

As the ball came down, a fan reached over the railing and grabbed it in his glove. For a moment it looked like a home run to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.

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The Yankees were one out away from winning Game 1 on the road and now hope to tie the series before returning to the Bronx.

History won’t be on their side if they lose tonight. Since the MLB adopted the 2-3-2 format in a best-of-seven series, teams are 11-45 when losing the first two on the road, while the World Series records according to MLB 7 be -27.

The “Dan Le Batard Show” discusses the big World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, explaining what they can look forward to in what could be a historic fall classic.

Freeman went there to find his father in the stands after hitting the game-winning grand slam in Game 1.

“I just screamed in his face,” Freeman told Ken Rosenthal during the postgame interview on Fox. “Sorry daddy. This is not my moment, it’s my father’s moment.”

The Yankees were one out away from winning Game 1 and as the chart below shows, their odds of winning were extremely high when Freddie Freeman stepped into the batter’s box.