It's an image that is now ingrained into the minds of baseball fans across the world: the right arm of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Freddie Freeman raised with his bat pointed upward, eyes fixed on a baseball flying 412 feet through a dark sky in October.

The two-out, 10th-inning grand slam that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series, which they'd win in five games, has a special meaning to one young family in particular.

Jessica and Erik Berglund were already set on the name Fredrick for their son, who was on his way last October, but they described Freeman's play as "poetic."

"Once that home run hit, I was like it was really meant to be," Jessica said.

The timing couldn't be better. Later that night, Jessica's water broke and

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