It’s a different world since mid-February, when the Braves reported to their new spring training complex in North Port, Florida. But amid all the change, the unforeseen and the unpredicted, Freddie Freeman’s proclamation still rings true.
“World Series or nothing,” Freeman said Feb. 17. “I think that’s every single year for us now.”
The Braves' All-Star first baseman had no idea what would follow. Less than a month later, MLB – along with the rest of society – would be shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Weeks of lengthy, public negotiations between MLB and the Players Union made it seem a season might never come to fruition.