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Dodgers' Freddie Freeman was dealing with more than an ankle injury on way to World Series MVP

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The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Freddie Freeman wasn’t just dealing with a bad ankle sprain this postseason. He also had a rib injury that usually takes months to heal.
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was all smiles as his team won Game 5 of the World Series against the New York Yankees.
A lot of their success had to do with his at-bats.
Freeman was named World Series MVP after he crushed four homers, one of them Game 1’s walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning, and knocked in 12 runs in 20 at-bats.
It’s as impressive a World Series as you can have individually, and even more so considering what Freeman was going through physically.
However, while everyone knew he went into the postseason with a sprained ankle after trying to avoid a tag, he was dealing with a different injury on top of it.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan revealed Freeman had a rib ailment he was also fighting through after feeling a „twinge in his rib cage when he took a swing during a simulated game“ prior to the postseason.

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