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How does Freddie Freeman process his place in World Series history? Ask Kirk Gibson

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Freddie Freeman delivered his walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of last year's World Series .

The 35-year-old slugger said he was “still trying to process” his moment of history.

Freeman : "There’s not a day that goes by where someone doesn’t say, Thank you".

Freeman 's World Series walk-off home run helped him feel welcome in his new home in Los Angeles .

Like Freeman , Gibson struggled to appreciate the magnitude of his moment.

Gibson : "It's very humbling to this day for people to say, Oh, he’s the guy who hit the home run,’.

Freeman : "It was so hard for me to come to the field after Max got sick. And every time I came, they lifted me up. They lifted my family up. And I was able to help them have a championship.” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was once the author of his own legendary October moment, when his stolen base in 2004 American League Championship Series helped lead the Boston Red Sox to a historic comeback from a three -games-to-none deficit.

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