Freddie said Charlie, 4-year-old Brandon and 3-year-old Maximus all stayed awake for the 18th inning. Freeman hit the home run off Brendon Little at 11:50 p.m. PDT, ending a game that matched the longest by innings in World Series history.

Sometimes, history repeats itself. Former Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman became a prime example of that in the early hours on Tuesday morning (on the East Coast, at least). In the bottom of the 18th inning of Game 3 of the World Series, he belted a walk-off home run to dead center field to lift the Dodgers to a 6-5 win.