This was how it used to be.
The baseball looking like a golf ball as it disappeared into the night sky. The ball clearing the powder-blue wall. The entire stadium chanting his name: “Fre-ddie! Fre-ddie!”
Freddie Freeman smiled.
“It’s always nice,” Freeman said.
Especially now.
Dodgers ride Freddie Freeman’s grand slam, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s strong start to victory
May 20, 2024
His grand slam on Monday night in a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium offered him a reprieve from two months in which he’s felt as if he’s “been treading water.