New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The foul ball climbed high over the infield at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium and came down toward the right side. Freddie Freeman tracked it, leaned toward the visitors' dugout opening, and then there was no railing.

and the cornerstone of the most expensive roster in baseball history - plunged down the concrete steps into the Kansas City Royals' dugout during the eighth inning Wednesday night, with the Dodgers already leading and working to close out a three-game sweep.

Freeman landed on his right side, bracing against the impact. His head cleared the staircase leading down to the visitors' clubhouse by a margin he could not measure in the moment. "Luckily I was tall, so I missed everything else," he told reporte...