Canada's Freddie Freeman is the World Series MVP

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Dodgers vs. Yankees was billed as the most star-studded World Series matchup in a long time. And, from Shohei Ohtani's shoulder injury to Aaron Judge's struggles at the plate to lumbering Giancarlo Stanton's highly memeable baserunning, some of the biggest names in baseball have given us plenty to talk about (for better or worse).

But the most impactful player of the series has been Freddie Freeman, the sort-of-Canadian Dodgers first baseman whose record-setting home-run binge will almost surely earn him the World Series MVP award if Los Angeles completes a sweep tonight in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium.

Freeman has homered in all three games so far. After blasting the first walkoff grand slam in World Series history in the 10th inning of the opener, Freeman smacked a 401-foot solo bomb in the third inning of Game 2. Last night, his two-run shot in the first sent the Dodgers to a 4-2 win and a commanding 3-0 lead in the series.

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Freeman has now gone deep in five straight World Series games, tying the record set by current Toronto Blue Jay George Springer in 2019 with Houston. Freeman's streak started in 2021, when his Atlanta Braves defeated the Astros. Now he's joined Hank Bauer (1958) and Barry Bonds (2002) as the only players to homer in the first three games of a World Series.

Born and raised in Orange County, Calif., Freeman holds dual citizenship through his