It was a banner night at the ballpark Tuesday for some Yankees fans.
On the same night two Bombers fans were ejected after aggressively interfering with a Mookie Betts catch on a Gleyber Torres pop-up on the right-field wall, another Yankees supporter could be heard taunting the Dodgers’ star first baseman, Freddie Freeman, during a moment of silence in recognition of MLB’s Stand Up to Cancer initiative in Game 4 of the World Series.
Freeman, who is homering his way to a possible World Series MVP award, could be seen on the Fox broadcast holding a sign that read, “I stand up for my mom,” as his mother, Rosemary, died after succumbing to a battle with melanoma when he was 10 years old.
A Yankees fan could be heard shouting, “You suck, Freeman!” as the broadcast panned to players from both teams paying tribute to those they hold dear, as captured by Awful Announcing.
Social media users naturally expressed outrage as the clip circulated online.
“This is f–king disgusting,” one X user responded to a video of the vile moment.
“Whoever yelled this is human scum,” another posted.
Freeman — who made history Tuesday by becoming the first player to homer in the first four games of the best-of-seven series with his sixth consecutive World Series home run — called his late mother his “rock” in a 2015 interview with Shared Grief.
“[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,” he said, as covered by People.
Upon hitting a grand slam Friday in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series, which propelled the Dodgers to a 6-3 win, Freeman shared the moment with his dad, Fred.
“My swing is because of him,” Freeman told reporters. “My approach is because of him. I am who I am because of him. It was kind of spur of the moment. … I just wanted to share that with him because he’s been there. He’s been through a lot in his life too, and just to have a moment like that, I just wanted to be a part of that with him in that moment.”
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Freeman, whose World Series home-run streak began in 2021, when he captured his first title with the Braves, has dominated this series against the Yankees as the Dodgers currently hold a 3-1 lead following Tuesday’s 11-4 loss.
Game 5 — which will be without at least a few interfering Yankees fans — will begin at 8:08 p.m. Wednesday in The Bronx. If necessary, Game 6 will shift to Los Angeles on Friday.
