One of the ways Freddie Freeman has endeared himself to the Los Angeles Dodgers fanbase is with his popular dance that involves swaying his hips and raising his arms in rhythm.
The Dodgers adopted Freeman’s dance as a celebration in 2024 whenever a player collects an extra-base hit and continued with that trend this year.
After helping the Dodgers repeat as World Series champions, Freeman has continued to make headlines for his dance moves. He went viral after doing the worm during a party at Mookie Betts’ house before breaking out the move again during Gavin Lux’s wedding reception.
In an appearance on “The 6-1-1 Podcast” with Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard, Freeman explained doing the worm and when he first learned the dance:
“You know how like at parties they do the circle dance? For me, I was sitting off in a chair, just watching, having fun. We had the parade that day so then Mookie had a party at his house and we were all over there having a good time. I was sitting there like this, enjoying, watching everybody have fun.
“And then the circle gets going and I’m like, ‘Ah, jeez.’ Sometimes it’s awkward. If people can’t dance it’s like, ‘What are we doing here?’ As you could see in that video, Kiké is being Kiké, having a great time, bringing life to everything, and they start egging me on because they know I can dance a little bit and move. So you can’t be the not-fun guy. You can’t be that guy and be like, ‘No, no. Awkward.’
“So I started coming up, moving and going with the beat, and I said, ‘You know what? I haven’t done this in years.’ You see me pull out my phone and flip it to Kiké so I didn’t break my phone. And I went right into it. I used to be able to do room length. I could do it forever. I probably hit the ground, like, four times with that one and ended it with a little booty shake.
“I had to do that because I was having trouble getting back up, and I need to throw in a different move to make it look like I was still in control of what was going on. As I’ve gotten older, I can’t do it as much and longer. I hadn’t done it in probably, 12, 13, 14 years. I’ve still got it.”
Freeman may have surprised his Dodgers teammates with how effortlessly he was able to do the worm, but in reality the nine-time All-Star has been doing the dance for many years.
While Freeman appeared to willingly do the worm at Betts’ house, he needed more coaxing from Lux to repeat the move.
Freddie Freeman hopes to play in WBC
Freeman has expressed an interest in playing for Team Canada in the 2026 World Baseball Classic but it remains to be seen if he will do so.
Canadian baseball manager Ernie Whitt hinted that he may be undergoing some procedures in the coming weeks. However, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said he didn’t believe Freeman would require any such action.
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