From Atlanta to L.A., the sweet-swinging lefty heals and enchants and connects us—to Hank Greenberg and Roberto Clemente and Dale Murphy … and to family long gone.
The swing is poetry; his swing is perfect. I miss the swing; but we miss Freddie more.
“Give me a second,” Freddie Freeman tells reporters. “I don’t even know if I can get through this.”
On June 24, Freeman, the Dodgers’ All-Star first baseman, returns to Atlanta, where he played 12 years before moving this season to L.A. At a press conference, he chokes back tears and clutches a white towel.