LOS ANGELES — Sometimes the classics sneak up on you. And so do the weird ones.

And Game 3 of the 121st World Series was a little – no, a lot – of both. It was an 18-inning marathon, and with everything else that happened – some things weird, some things captivating – it turned out just plain wonderful for the Dodgers, thanks to guess who?

Yes, Freddie Freeman again. For such a well-mannered, unassuming guy, he has a well-honed flair for the dramatic.

In Game 1 against the New York Yankees a year ago he hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history and created indelible comparisons to Kirk Gibson’s own iconic walk-off moment that set the tone of the Dodgers’ 1988 World Series victory .

Monday night he created comparisons to another memorable home run, this one hit by a

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