Freddie Freeman gets ONE-MINUTE standing ovation from Dodgers fans following his tearful update on 3-year-old son Max's recovery

Freddie Freeman was greeted pinch a one-minute opinionated ovation successful his affectional return to Dodger Stadium connected Monday nighttime aft giving reporters an encouraging update connected his boy Max's battle pinch Guillain-Barré syndrome.

'Max is — he's doing each right,' a tearful Freeman told reporters earlier nan Dodgers' 5-3 triumph complete nan visiting Philadelphia Phillies.

The All-Star first baseman was playing for nan first clip since July 25 aft missing 8 games while Max was successful nan hospital. The youngest of Freeman's 3 sons, Max was near temporarily paralyzed by nan uncommon neurological disorder, which attacks nan body's immune and tense systems.

Max began to suffer sensation successful his feet earlier that numbness dispersed to his shoulders and yet affected his breathing. He was rushed to an Orange County hospital, wherever he was placed connected a ventilator. Now Max is recovering astatine home, but Freeman cautioned his boy still has a agelong measurement to go.

'Seeing 1 of your kids connected a ventilator fighting, it was hard,' Freeman said during nan pre-game property conference. 'I cognize you parents understand that. You'd move successful a 2nd to return that pain, that suffering distant from your kid successful a heartbeat. When you consciousness hopeless, for illustration [my wife] Chelsea and I did, that's hard.

'He's doing OK. His personality's back. He's Max. He's doing bully successful that aspect. But he's sewage to relearn really to do beautiful overmuch everything. Terrible syndrome, Guillain-Barré.'

When asked really he was doing personally, Freeman said that some he and woman Chelsea are relieved.

'It's a bully point I'm here, because it intends things are trending better,' Freeman said. 'Chelsea and I — it's been a agelong week. No 1 should person to spell done this, particularly a 3-year-old.'

Prior to nan game, Freeman and his Dodgers teammates warmed up successful bluish t-shirts reference '#Maxstrong.' 

And it wasn't only Dodgers fans who expressed immoderate emotion for Freeman connected Monday arsenic he went 1 for 4 pinch a single.

Even nan Phillies offered Freeman a opinionated ovation arsenic he returned to nan sheet successful nan first inning.

Later Freeman singled successful nan 3rd amid chants of 'Freddie! Freddie!' only to get a lukewarm clasp from Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper aft reaching safely.

'Bryce astir apt texts astatine slightest 4 times during nan 9 days, really checking in,' Freeman said, adding that respective different Phillies extended him lukewarm wishes arsenic well.

Later Freeman admitted to being 'tired and worn out' while speaking pinch reporters pursuing nan win.

'It's conscionable an affectional day,' he said.

'I can't convey nan Dodgers fans enough,' Freeman said. 'Made it a batch much typical to beryllium capable to travel backmost and do it successful a win. Made it really difficult to deed successful that first at-bat.'

The emotions, he joked, whitethorn person contributed to his 1-for-4 capacity astatine nan plate.

'When you're crying connected a Major League Baseball field, it's really difficult to deed a transportation that's coming.'