Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman helps grant wish of teen with epilepsy – NBC Los Angeles
Freddie Freeman made a wish of his personal.
“I have one more wish, you gotta do it for me though,” the Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman informed Make-A-Wish child Kaylyn “KK” Alves, a 14-year-old with epilepsy. “Do you promise to throw out the first pitch to me tonight?”
Alves was joyful to grant Freeman’s wish after he had simply made her come true did certainly take the mound for the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium that April night, capping a day through which her wish got here true by getting to fulfill Freeman.
Kaylyn “KK” Alves throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez/Los Angeles Dodgers)
“When you play the game, you become role models for people, and that’s what I got taught from wonderful parents and grandparents, to try and carry yourself the right way,” Freeman informed her. “And for you to look at me like that and to want to meet me and spend your day here with me, it means the world to me.”
As it did for Alves, a Rancho Cordova resident who suffers from seizures attributable to irregular electrical exercise within the mind. She inherited her love for the Dodgers from her father David, and he or she grew to become the 1,000th wish granted in a partnership between Make-A-Wish and Fanatics.
“To see her light up and have so much fun on a day where if we were home she might be struggling, having multiple seizures, just not feeling good, just being down, just to see her just like the light of the world it means everything in the world to me,” David stated.
Alves was standing on the sector whereas members of the workforce had been warming up earlier than the sport when she noticed Freeman approaching.
“I can’t believe he’s right there,” she informed her household. “Do you see him right there? He’s right there!”
Freddie Freeman introduces himself to Kaylyn “KK” Alves and her household. (Gary A. Vasquez/Los Angeles Dodgers)
“I heard your wish was to meet me,” Freeman stated. “Well, I got a jersey for you.”
He gave her a personalised Dodgers jersey with “KK” throughout the again – and later autographed a jersey of his personal for her. She additionally obtained to take a tour of the stadium, was given her personal customized Topps card, and met different gamers and supervisor Dave Roberts.
“It’s nice to meet you,” Roberts informed her. “So, do you love Freddie as much as I do?”
Kaylyn “KK” Alves and Freddie Freeman. (Gary A. Vasquez/Los Angeles Dodgers)
Alves and Freeman then held a mini press convention the place she was requested to call her favourite World Series second.
“When he did the walk off,” she stated.
“That was a fun one, wasn’t it?” Freeman responded with fun.
Freeman, when requested what it meant for him to be half of granting needs, talked about his son, who in 2025 at three years outdated was recognized with a rare neurological disorder that left him quickly paralyzed.
“Life gets put into perspective,” Alves informed. “It’s a blessing that we get to place this on, and I get to play this sport and have enjoyable. But whenever you meet folks which might be actually going by it and grinding and doing the very best they’ll each day, and to fulfill you and see that smile. You have not had a smile come off your face since I’ve seen you at present. That’s what makes life. And for me to have the ability to be a component of your life for a number of hours — and perhaps, who is aware of, perhaps longer, we get to be associates — so, it means all the pieces to me.”
The couple already purchased tickets to the Dodgers sport subsequent Monday. Amber Frias studies for the NBC4 News at 4 pm on March 27, 2026.
