For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

Gibson hit his homer off future Hall of Fame reliever Dennis Eckersley and the heavily favored Oakland Athletics while Freeman hit his homer off demoted starter Nestor Cortes and the underdog New York Yankees.

Actor and comedian Will Ferrell broke out the pointed hat and green coat favored by his lead character in the 2003 classic film “Elf” as he attended the Kings’ game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

McKenna spoke his mind in public and private with elegiac and sometimes lengthy eloquence, but was frustrated at his lack of success in behind-the-scenes political maneuvering to advance his favored policies.

“These pathways were built to reinforce behaviors that favored survival,” Katz said.