Freddie Freeman MLB Network documentary showcases storied career, and his vulnerability

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman speaks at the celebration at Dodgers Stadium commemorating the team’s World Series championship last fall.A young Freddie Freeman slipped down a water slide, two orange inflatable floaties hoisting his arms — and body weight — above the water.

“Here comes Freddie,” calls out Rosemary Freeman, Freddie’s mother, early in the MLB Network Presents documentary “Driven: The Freddie Freeman Story” — set to debut on MLB Network on Thursday at 5 p.m. Pacific (and will re-run at 9:30 p.m.).

The moment of archival footage, coordinating producer Jed Tuminaro said, caused Freddie Freeman to choke up watching his late mother — who died when the Dodgers star first…