LOS ANGELES -- One thing, more than any other, took Freddie Freeman by surprise during his first series from Dodger Stadium -- the amount of times fans chanted his name, after a decade-plus of jeers when he played for the visiting Atlanta Braves.
"They're chanting every time I go up to bat," Freeman said with a laugh, "like I gotta do something special every time."
Those chants came again in the bottom of the first inning Monday, when Freeman strolled to the batter's box to face his former team for the first time.