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Pirates Freese knows what teammate Kang is going through

David Freese read the news reports, and he watched the dash-cam video that showed Jung Ho Kang crashing his BMW into a guard rail in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, the night Kang was arrested for fleeing the scene of a DUI crash. It was later found to be Kang’s third DUI charge.

For Freese, who has multiple alcohol-related arrests on his record, the sight was sickening. It’s almost a relief Kang hit the railing, he said, because it ensured no other cars were impacted.

“I just hope he understands that, thankfully, it’s not the end of his world, so to speak,” Freese said at PirateFest Saturday at David L.