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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is away from the team to be with his family and his son, who has been in the hospital this week.
Freeman was scratched from the Dodgers’ lineup against the Houston Astros late on Friday night so he could return home to Southern California. Freeman’s wife, Chelsea, wrote on her Instagram story Thursday that their 3-year-old son, Maximus, was in the hospital earlier this week.
Freeman was seen sprinting out of the Dodgers’ clubhouse after their game Tuesday night in Los Angeles, and both he and his wife spent Wednesday night in the emergency room with Maximus, per The Los Angeles Times. Chelsea said that Maximus has transient synovitis, which is the inflammation of the lining of the hip joint and is something that is often seen in young children. Specifics about his condition are not known.
“When your child is going through things it’s just hard to be present, and rightfully so,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, via The Times. “He certainly had a heavy heart the last few days, and I just pray that Max is going to recover well and have a full recovery.”
It’s unclear how long Freeman will be away from the Dodgers, but Roberts doesn’t expect him to make the trip back to Houston.
"I was texting with him now … His son is still getting tests,” Roberts said, via the OC Register’s Dave Bill Plunkett. “So I obviously just don’t see him being here for this series. Once we get to the West Coast, we’ll see if that’s in play after the off day."
Freeman, an eight-time All-Star, is in his third season with the Dodgers this summer. He’s batting .288 and has 16 home runs with 67 RBI in 104 games.
Without Freeman, the Dodgers lost to the Astros 5-0 on Friday night in the first game of their three-game series. Framber Valdez struck out 10 batters in his more than six innings on the mound for the Astros, and both Alex Bregman and Jon Singleton hit home runs early in the shutout win. The Dodgers, who sit at 62-43, hold a 6.5-game lead in the NL West.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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