{"id":997784,"date":"2026-08-13T08:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/997784\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:47:21","slug":"dodgers-freddie-freeman-appears-to-avoid-serious-injury-in-fall-down-dugout-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/997784\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman appears to avoid serious injury in fall down dugout steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dodgers<\/a> first baseman Freddie Freeman<\/a> tracked Royals hitter Isaac Collins\u2019 fly ball through foul territory to just outside the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

He had a plan. With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Freeman was going to lean over the rail to make the catch.<\/p>\n

He shuffled, shifted his weight, and the ground disappeared out from under him.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously there was no rail,\u201d a sore but apparently not seriously injured Freeman said after the Dodgers\u2019 4-2 win against<\/a> the Royals.<\/p>\n

He pitched sideways, practically clearing the first set of steps and landing on the second flight. Freeman braced himself on his right side, which took the brunt of the impact. But thanks to the angle of the steps, he never hit his head, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKneecaps are sore, shoulder is sore, hand is sore, wrist is sore,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cI mean, I fell. But I\u2019m in good spirits. I\u2019ve already cold tubbed. I\u2019ve done everything I needed to do to put myself in a position to be able to hopefully play [Thursday].\u201d<\/p>\n

Manager Dave Roberts described Freeman\u2019s status as \u201cday to day\u201d and noted that he\u2019d already planned to give him a day off Friday, the second game of a four-game series against the Brewers. The Dodgers will monitor how Freeman is feeling Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we really dodged the bullet,\u201d Roberts said. Freeman did not undergo any imaging on his various aches and pains, although he said head athletic trainer Thomas Albert asked if he felt like he needed any.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Do you want to do a whole-body X-ray?\u2019\u201d Freeman recounted. \u201cAnd he was like, \u2018We can.\u2019 But no, I\u2019m OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freeman was sore immediately after the fall but finished that half inning in the field. He said after the adrenaline wore off, he motioned to the dugout that he might need a pinch-hitter in the bottom half of the eighth. He was due up first.<\/p>\n

Utility player Tommy Edman took the at-bat for him, and Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez replaced him at first in the top of the ninth.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time Freeman has taken a tumble chasing after a foul ball, but he estimated the last time was about a decade ago, with the Braves in Arizona before they extended the netting.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually went down probably like 10 feet,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cI hit seats and everything. So not my first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t catch that one either.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman tracked Royals hitter Isaac Collins\u2019 fly ball through foul territory to just outside…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":997785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2385,2442,399755,16949,399756,6595,55674,53415,2961,224,2444,5337,20343,5741,218335,60705,2450,1399],"class_list":["post-997784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-day","tag-dodgers","tag-dugout-step","tag-fall","tag-first-time-freeman","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-half","tag-isaac-collins","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-rail","tag-royals","tag-serious-injury","tag-thank","tag-thursday","tag-top"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117087335756646816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}