Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman cements legacy as all-time New York killer

LOS ANGELES — Mets and Yankees fans tin astir apt work together connected 1 thing. 

Neither want to spot Freddie Freeman up successful a large spot. 

The erstwhile Braves star, who has tormented nan Mets for years, had his first genuinely large plaything against nan Yankees connected Friday nighttime — and what a plaything it was. 

Freeman, still dealing pinch a sprained correct ankle, deed nan first walk-off expansive slam successful World Series history.

His no-doubt, two-out blast disconnected Nestor Cortes Jr. sent nan Dodgers to a 6-3, 10-inning, Game 1 victory.

It was his Kirk Gibson moment, 36 years aft nan hobbled slugger’s pinch-hit location tally against nan A’s won Game 1 of nan 1988 World Series. 

“It felt for illustration nothing, conscionable benignant of floating,” nan prima first baseman said. “Those are nan benignant of things, erstwhile you’re 5 years aged pinch your 2 older brothers and you’re playing wiffleball successful nan backyard, those are nan scenarios you dream astir — 2 outs, bases loaded successful a World Series game. For it to really hap and get a location tally and locomotion it disconnected to springiness america a 1-0 lead, that’s arsenic bully arsenic it gets correct there.” 

The ankle constricted Freeman truthful overmuch successful nan NLCS against nan Mets that he sat for Game 4.

He hadn’t done overmuch successful nan postseason, managing conscionable 1 RBI and a .461 OPS.

But successful Game 1 of nan World Series, he looked much for illustration himself.

He tripled to nan other section successful nan first inning, aided by Alex Verdugo over-running nan shot and slipping connected nan grass, and had mostly beardown at-bats.

The break from nan extremity of nan NLCS past Sunday nighttime to nan commencement of nan World Series 5 days later surely helped. 

Follow The Post’s sum of nan Yankees successful nan postseason:

• Yankees suffer Game 1 connected walk-off expansive slam
• Fan interferes pinch near-homer successful arguable play
• Aaron Judge fails to present again successful clutch successful Game 1
• Giancarlo Stanton’s basking postseason continues pinch two-run homer

“This past week has been really bully for me,” he said. “The first clip I ran was erstwhile I ran retired to springiness high-fives to my teammates erstwhile we sewage introduced. Tried to stave disconnected moving arsenic overmuch arsenic I could this week, treated it arsenic overmuch arsenic I could. So I felt beautiful bully going into today. I don’t consciousness it correct now, truthful that’s a bully thing.” 

Not for nan Yankees. In nan 10th inning, pinch a one-run lead, they chose to transportation to Freeman alternatively of Mookie Betts aft Shohei Ohtani flew retired pinch 2 runners connected guidelines for nan 2nd out.

Freeman didn’t discarded immoderate time. He turned connected nan first transportation he saw from Cortes, and sent it into nan seats, 409 feet away. 

After nan homer, Freeman made judge to find his father, Fred, and observe pinch him.

“[My dad] has been location since I was a small boy, throwing batting believe to maine each day,” he said during his on-field question and reply pinch Fox. “This isn’t my moment, it’s his moment.”

Not only did his blast springiness nan Dodgers nan melodramatic triumph successful a classical opener to what could beryllium a memorable World series, it was besides history. No different subordinate has ever ended a crippled successful nan Fall Classic pinch a expansive slam. 

“This is beautiful cool,” Freeman said. “It’s going to beryllium difficult to slumber tonight.”