Freddie Freeman on World Series MVP, Ohtani Media Mayhem and His Surprising Backup Career | Ep 109

Summary

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce - Episode 109 Summary

Guest Introduction

In this special episode of New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce, hosts Jason and Travis welcome Freddie Freeman, an eight-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion, and the 2024 World Series MVP. Freeman brings his extensive experience and candid insights from his 21 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) to the show. [02:25]

World Series Victory and MVP Performance

Freddie Freeman recounts his unforgettable moment hitting a walk-off grand slam during Game One of the World Series, a pivotal play that secured the championship for his team. Despite the high stakes and immense pressure, Freeman describes the experience as somewhat blurred due to the adrenaline and intensity of the game. [01:41 - 03:02]

Notable Quote: "I don't really remember. I've kind of blacked out." – Freddie Freeman [01:45]

Freeman emphasizes the collective effort and the fortunate circumstances that allowed his team to clinch the title, highlighting the importance of playing well towards the end of the season. [03:02 - 04:10]

Overcoming Injuries and Adversity

Throughout the season, Freeman faced significant challenges, including injuries that threatened his performance and team's chances. He discusses how perseverance and team support were crucial in overcoming these obstacles. Freeman shares a poignant moment when his father advised him to prioritize his health over the game, leading him to sit out Game 4 of the NLDS to prevent further injury. [11:13 - 13:10]

Notable Quote: "It only hurts when I miss. I'm just gonna have to stop missing." – Freddie Freeman [11:35]

Freeman reflects on the physical and mental toll of pushing through pain, ultimately finding sweetness in the team's success despite the hardships. [04:10 - 05:21]

Team Chemistry and Shohei Ohtani’s Impact

Freeman highlights the exceptional chemistry within his team, particularly the integration of Shohei Ohtani. He explains how welcoming a new superstar like Ohtani fostered unity and resilience, enabling the team to navigate injuries and maintain peak performance. [09:06 - 11:09]

Notable Quote: "If we can rally around Shohei and help him get through the toughest times, then we can handle anything else." – Freddie Freeman [10:12]

Freeman also touches on the strategic adjustments made during the playoffs, such as maintaining team cohesion by restricting playoff time with family to focus entirely on winning the championship. [30:25 - 30:56]

Family Influence and Personal Life

Freeman shares heartfelt stories about his family's influence on his career, particularly his father's role in fostering his love for baseball. He details how his father continues to support him by participating in batting practice and emphasizes the importance of family moments outside the ballpark. [11:09 - 16:24]

Notable Quote: "When you have a parent that loves it just as much as I loved it, it kind of matches made in heaven." – Freddie Freeman [15:19]

Freeman also discusses the special relationship he shares with his children, illustrating how their enthusiasm and support fuel his passion for the game. [21:35 - 22:37]

Memorable Anecdotes and Stories

Freeman entertains listeners with several personal anecdotes, including a memorable story where Chipper Jones saved him from being stranded in a snowstorm on an ATV. This tale underscores the camaraderie and supportive nature of friendships within the MLB community. [54:05 - 57:25]

Notable Quote: "Chipper decided to go full camo on an ATV and skidded through the snow to save me. It was unbelievable." – Freddie Freeman [55:36]

Rapid-Fire "We Gotta Ask" Segment

In the "We Gotta Ask" segment, Freeman engages in a series of rapid-fire questions with the hosts, showcasing his personality and quick wit. Topics range from hypothetical sports scenarios to favorite pitches and personal preferences.

Notable Quotes:

• "If I didn't play baseball, I probably wouldn't have done anything else." – Freddie Freeman [49:26]
• "The hardest pitch to hit is a well-located fastball." – Freddie Freeman [59:58]

Freddie Freeman: "I didn't know that was an award until I got told that I was voted that. I mean, I'm friendly. I like to talk to everybody." [57:37]

Closing Remarks

As the conversation winds down, Freeman expresses his gratitude for the support from his teammates, family, and fans. He reflects on his journey, the significance of his achievements, and looks forward to continuing his career with the Dodgers. The hosts congratulate him on his success and thank him for sharing his experiences on the show. [66:37 - 67:08]

Notable Quote: "When you have people that care so much, it's why we play sports—to bring joy to people." – Freddie Freeman [41:50]

Conclusion

This episode of New Heights offers a comprehensive look into Freddie Freeman's triumphant MLB career, his resilience in the face of adversity, and the profound impact of family and teamwork. Through engaging conversations and heartfelt stories, Freeman provides listeners with an intimate glimpse into the life of a World Series MVP and beloved sports figure.

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[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

How the fuck did that feel? World Series Bases loaded?

[Freddie Freeman]

I don't really remember. I've kind of blacked out.

[Travis Kelsey]

Welcome back to New Heights, a onery show produced by Wave Sports and Entertainment. We are your host. I'm Travis Kelsey. He's my big bro, Jason kelsey. Subscribe on YouTube 1dr.plus or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on all social media at New Heights show with 1s this is a very very very very special episode of New Heights because today we've got World Series Champion joining us. That's right Jason. Please do the honors as you always do. Tell the people who we have on the show today.

[Jason Kelsey]

Of course, Trav. Our guest today is from Fountain Valley, California. He's an eight time all Star, NL mvp, two time all MLB first Team. He's won a Golden Glove, a Babe ruth award, the NL Hank Aaron award and he is now a two time two World Series champion. Please welcome Mr. Freddy Freeman.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yes sir.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah baby.

[Travis Kelsey]

Don't forget that 2024 World Series MVP, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Appreciate you guys. Thank you. I like that hype. Hype right there.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Gotta have funing in with the. With the energy, baby.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it's. It's kind of. I still haven't really, like, have time to sit and even, like, kind of take it all in. It's been kind of a whirlwind. I did Jimmy Kimmel last night, doing parades, trick or treating with the kids, so. But it's pretty cool, man. Like, this is what I mean, you know? You guys know this is what you start out to do every single year when you show up for us in spring training. And it's so hard to win championships, as you guys know, and to actually have it happen. Um, think a lot of things have to go right. Health has to be on our side.

[Travis Kelsey]

Fortunate in that.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, yeah, we were. We were fortunate. We were playing really good baseball at the end, so to get another one, especially. I'm from Southern California, so to have one when you're. Where you're from, it's pretty. Pretty special.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, man. Yeah, that's just gotta be awesome.

[Jason Kelsey]

I mean. I mean, if you're a big enough badass, health doesn't even have to be on your side. You just play through everything. It sounds like.

[Freddie Freeman]

Seriously, man, sometimes. Okay, the first couple rounds, I wasn't playing so good, but, yeah, health was not on my side, but we were able to push it through. And ultimately, when you do push your body through things and you come out on the other side of. With success, it just kind of makes everything that much sweeter.

[Jason Kelsey]

Of course. Of course.

[Travis Kelsey]

Does this one top the top. The first one?

[Freddie Freeman]

Ah, you know, I've been asked that. It's. I don't like comparing.

[Jason Kelsey]

Sure.

[Travis Kelsey]

Understandable.

[Freddie Freeman]

Well, your first one's always special, and that group of guys that we had with the Braves was pretty amazing. I. I don't know. I think just because my dad was able to see so much of these games, since we're all from Southern California, I wouldn't say. I mean, championships are championships. It's. It's. They're both. They're both the best. And the next one's going to be even that much better than the others. I don't know. It's hard to compare it, but two great teams I got to be a part of, and hopefully with my time with the Dodgers, this is first of many.

[Travis Kelsey]

Fuck yeah, man.

[Jason Kelsey]

Love that man's mindset. What was the first thing you did after you won when you got home? Like, what is.

[Freddie Freeman]

Well, that's the crazy thing we said, we went on getaway day. Uh, so we had to fly. We left Yankee Stadium at 3am, got to the airport and we flew home. So we landed at like 9:30 in the morning.

[Travis Kelsey]

Perfect.

[Freddie Freeman]

Which is Halloween. There you go. Which is Halloween. And we had to get the kids. I had to get Iron Man, Hulk and Spider man ready to roll.

[Jason Kelsey]

There you go.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dad mode right away.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, Immediately into dad mode. And we had a blast. And then we had the parade the next morning. We flew the Patriots plane home, actually, you know, they let us have the.

[Travis Kelsey]

Patriots plan shout out to Robert Kraft. There you go.

[Freddie Freeman]

And so we were going to have like a big party on the plane. And within an hour everyone was asleep. Yeah, right. Because it's 5:00 in the morning and we just like when you give everything you have, you're exhausted after these games. And then. And I celebrated in the clubhouse and.

[Travis Kelsey]

You have to do all the interviews, media, that clubhouse. It looks fucking rocking in there. There was a lot of energy being released in there.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, there was a lot. And you just got to spend, you know, you spent. And so we thought we were like, oh, we'll just keep it going on the plane. And within an hour, I was asleep. I woke up after an hour. Everyone else is asleep. And I was like, yeah, we'll wait for after the parade to go. We'll try this again.

[Jason Kelsey]

Everybody just smells like champagne.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, that's a smell of success.

[Travis Kelsey]

Just beer and champagne being tossed on everybody.

[Freddie Freeman]

You don't like the taste of it, but you're just pouring it in.

[Travis Kelsey]

No, listen, this is what we worked hard for, to go through this. I don't care if I like it. I love this.

[Freddie Freeman]

I don't care if my eyes can't see anything. Cause it's burning. Burning so bad. But I'm gonna do this.

[Travis Kelsey]

You gotta. You gotta go in with the correct eyewear, man. Gotta go in with those guys. Some guys.

[Freddie Freeman]

Some guys just want the burn. You know, like Kershaw, he wants the burn. Like, some guys love that stuff. I had Lasik. These things are like very. I need. I need to protect these guys.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Pretty important for hitting the ball. No doubt.

[Freddie Freeman]

Hey, happy birthday.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, thank you, Fred. Yeah, man. Dude, it's. Where do you get like every birthday after like 35? They can't mean like, I don't know, it's just downhill, right? Like, I don't know. I just get excited for my kids birthdays.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Like, what do you want to do for your birthday, dad? Are we celebrating this like, what are we going to eat, some cake?

[Freddie Freeman]

The pancakes that try to be Mickey Mouse, you make them, and they don't end up being very good.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, exactly.

[Travis Kelsey]

Right before the World Series, we had Cece Sabathia on, and we were talking some. Some baseball with them going into the. You guys in the. In the gangs battling it out. And he said that 30 of Freddie Freeman is better than 100 of anybody else in quotes. That's what Cece said, man. Were you at 30% going into the World Series?

[Freddie Freeman]

I. I would say I was a little higher than that.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice. Nice.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. So we had a break between the NLCS and the World Series about five days, and the first two rounds, it felt like, you know, here's the fence. I felt like I was always chasing the pain, trying to get on the other side of it.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

But those five days really helped me. I was able to treat it really, really, really well. And I didn't run one time because I didn't want to flare the ankle up at all.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

So the first time I actually ran was an introductions into game one. And as I was running, I was like, whoa, I think I can feel good. Yeah. I'm giving fives and I make it to the trainers because everyone gets introduced and everyone's so excited. Like, did you, like, you're not limping, Freddie? I said, I know this is great, but by the sixth or seventh inning of every, like, my heel would start to hurt. Where the Achilles is attaches into the heel. That's. That's where it was starting to hurt because the spike of my cleat was going into my heel for sure.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, that sucks.

[Freddie Freeman]

By the six or seventh inning, it was kind of hurting, but the adrenaline would take over by then. But I would say I was probably around above 50% because my rib was okay by then. And I. I broke my finger, too, in August, so that didn't really help, but things were. Yeah, it's just so many energy injuries. It's just crazy.

[Travis Kelsey]

We're kind of talking about, you have to be fortunate to be able to make these deep playoff runs, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

And. And you guys. You guys were battle tested in that regard more than anybody in the league.

[Freddie Freeman]

It seemed like, yeah, yeah, we lost Glasgow. You know, Kirsch came back and then got hurt again. We lost Gavin Stone, who was huge for us throughout the course of the year.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yep.

[Freddie Freeman]

We just. We were just losing relievers left and right. We lost Evan Phillips, who is one of our better believers all year. Right before the World Series, Joe Kelly Got hurt. We had a lot of unfortunate injuries, but great teams overcome those kind of adversities, and we were able to do that. And it seemed like we hit every speed bump possible on a road, and we just somehow managed to overcome those.

[Travis Kelsey]

I might just be speaking out of. Out of mind here, but doesn't that make it seem like it's so much more of a family, of a team, when you can battle through those kind of things? It just seemed like you guys were so much more of a team than the Yankees, man. And I don't know what. I'm not saying anything bad about what the Yankees had over there, but it just seemed like the togetherness, the camaraderie, the chemistry, it just seemed like you guys had a little bit more of that than what was going on in the other dugout.

[Freddie Freeman]

We had a lot. And it started early because you signed Shohei, and he has everything that he had to deal with, like when we were in Korea to start the year. So rallying around a new teammate, that's quick. And that as a group that fast, I think it only helped us, you know, and, you know, if we can rally around Shohei and help him get through the. Probably the toughest time of that he's had to deal with, then we could deal with all our other little things that we had to deal with. And. And then obviously, with my family in late July, them rallying around us, it just. We had a lot of things where, as a group to rally around, and it was so fast and so special to see the group of guys and how we came together over and overcame things that we just had a lot that made us that close throughout the course of the year. And unfortunately, we had it really early on with Shohei and his thing, but sometimes that's better, you know, to kind of come together as a group that, like, we did.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, man. Adversity always brings people closer. Speaking of your. Your family, your.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Your dad was a big part of this, right? Yeah, he had a great. I thought probably the best quote I've seen in a while between, like, a dad and his son. Freddie, this is not worth it. I know you love baseball. I love baseball, but it's not worth what you're going through. And your answer to him was, it only hurts when I miss. I'm just gonna have to stop missing, which is good.

[Freddie Freeman]

Dude, that was nlds. I was going through a lot to play, obviously, with my fractured rib and doing a lot of extra things with more than just treatment. So after the game three of NLDS I got a call from my dad about, like 11 o'clock at night, and I had a talk like that with my father in a long time, and it was kind of just a little upset, you know, like, hey, you need to look out for yourself down the road. And that was the first time I really took a step because I'll do anything to be on a baseball field. I think anybody that knows me, I'll just. I put blinders on. Competitor out there. Yeah. And that was the first time I was like, okay, whoa, what? Take. Let's take a step back. And I, you know, I'm married with three kids, so, like. And that. And I sat out the next game. I sat out NLDS game 4. I just couldn't do it again. I physically was just not able to put myself through what I was going through again. I think when I hit the grand slam in the World Series and he was front row, I think he was. I think he was happy I didn't stop.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, of course. No doubt.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Thank God that guy didn't listen to me.

[Freddie Freeman]

I listened to him a couple of times, but, yeah, I think it's just special, like, when you go through all that, that you. For me to get on the field and then actually come up and be successful in the World Series on the biggest stage, it made everything I did a couple of weeks earlier worth it. You know, in my mind, we'll see how I AM When I'm 55 or 6 years old, you know, but who.

[Jason Kelsey]

Needs ankles when you're 55, man?

[Travis Kelsey]

What, are you kidding me?

[Jason Kelsey]

Making. They're making new hips.

[Travis Kelsey]

They're making all types of new.

[Freddie Freeman]

Replace it. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

You probably have hydraulics in these things. The next coming up soon. No, we. We both grew up with a amazing father, and he got us into everything, man. I'm talking baseball. He coached us a lot in baseball and really all sports. He was always kind of, ah, I.

[Jason Kelsey]

Think hard because I was always older, so I was definitely better growing up. But Trav, I played more competitively. Yeah. At every, like, milestone, he was better. So I would say, Trav, I.

[Travis Kelsey]

Well, I was. I had the cheat code. I was my debt. And Big Ed Kelsey would go to all the teams that Jason was on and he'd be. And he'd be like, hey, just put this guy on your roster. You never know when you're going to need an extra body. And sure enough, I would play at least a handful of games. Two years older and I'm facing guys that are like, yeah, two older brothers.

[Freddie Freeman]

That's what made me so much, you know, made me be who I was too, you know, that's all it is.

[Travis Kelsey]

You find a way to get through it, man. But our, our father was so responsible for our, our love of sports, our love of, you know, just competing. How much was your dad responsible getting you into baseball?

[Freddie Freeman]

Oh, I wouldn't be here without him. Yeah, obviously I have two older brothers that love baseball too, but obviously my dad is the one that loves baseball to the core.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice. Was he always a Dodgers?

[Freddie Freeman]

No. So we grew up actually in Orange county, so I grew up 10 minutes from Angel Stadium. Wow. But my dad is from Canada and he grew up a Tigers fan because he grew up on. In Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. So Right, Right across the border. So he was a big Tigers fan.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

[Freddie Freeman]

And then my grandfather moved to California and so that's how we came to be in California. But I grew up an Angels fan. My favorite player was Garrett Anderson growing up just that left handed, beautiful, sweet swing from the left side. So.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hell yeah, baby.

[Freddie Freeman]

When people ask me, like, what advice do you have for my 10 year old? I said, it's not for the 10 year old, it's for you, the parent. You know, like, my dad loved practicing and throwing, batting practice, and doing those kind of things with me every single day. So.

[Travis Kelsey]

So cool, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

When you have a parent that loves it just as much as I loved it, it kind of match made in heaven. So my dad was the one that led me to baseball and then obviously I just loved it.

[Travis Kelsey]

He was fueling that fire, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. And he's, he, you know, he still throws me batting practice to this day.

[Travis Kelsey]

Is that right? Really?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, in the off season. So, like right now I'll take about two months off of baseball activities. I start working out tomorrow, but baseball activities I don't pick up till January. And I'll go to my high school in Orange county and we'll go and spend an hour together and I work out with him and he throws me batting practice. He's 69 years old and he still throws. And the last two years he goes, freddie, I don't, I'm not very good anymore. I said, but that's the thing. I said, dad, it's not about that. It's about the hour we spend together, you know, like, I'll figure it out in spring training. I'll. I hit every day there, but I just want to hit with you. And this is our thing, you know, and so cool. Yeah, he's still throwing. He's. He thinks he's not very good, but I think he's great.

[Jason Kelsey]

Nice, man.

[Travis Kelsey]

Somewhere over the plate. Hell yeah, man. Yeah. That's so cool, man.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah. Well, you. You guys shared a incredible moment. Game one, obviously walk off. Grand slam, home run.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

How the did that feel?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

World Series, bases loaded. Like, what does that feel like?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, I don't really remember. I've kind of blacked out.

[Travis Kelsey]

I can only imagine. We talk about it all the time. I got really excited.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

I can't remember the feeling. It's. But when they walked Mookie intentionally, which I knew they were going to left on left, I just kind of. You kind of figured the situation out and I. I started replaying. So I watched Shohei's at bats against Nestor Cortez, because every time Shohei walks into the box, the pitcher feels like he's backs against the wall. So I was like, what is he going to throw if he. If he thinks his backs against the wall? Which it was.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is brilliant, man. Fuck.

[Jason Kelsey]

Love this.

[Freddie Freeman]

And he was throwing cutters and sliders away to Shohei and then like heaters in and up and in. So I usually look away to just drive the ball to left center. And I was like, you know what? I'm going to switch this up and I'm going to look closer to me so I don't swing at the cutter or slider away. So I was looking heater in to like up and in. And I guessed right.

[Travis Kelsey]

Guess, dude, he threw it right so.

[Freddie Freeman]

Good in the spot I was looking. And I mean, you. You still gotta hit it and you still got. Because you can make you miss mistakes all the time. But I just hit it and I. I knew it was gone right when I hit it. You know, those are the ones where you just hit. And I don't know why. When Statue of Liberty or anything like that, I just. It was just because I don't like. I don't pimp home runs. I don't do that. I just usually hit them and just run around the bases. But that's. That's slam in the world.

[Jason Kelsey]

That's what you style on. Yeah, that is one style on.

[Freddie Freeman]

That's the only style I got is walking and pointing my bat. I got nothing else, dude.

[Travis Kelsey]

And it was awesome, dude.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

And so, I mean, we got a picture sitting up right here. Dude, that is so iconic, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

So I Usually we wave at the bullpen, but when I looked at. When we come around second base, we waved our Bullpen guys, they're going nuts.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nobody's even looking at you.

[Jason Kelsey]

They're not in the bullpen anymore at that point, right? If it's a walk off, they're out the bullpen.

[Freddie Freeman]

That's why I just went like, ah, like screaming at them. And then I obviously got the home plate. Miguel Rojas goes like, freddy, stop jumping. Like, I don't want you to get hurt. And you see it. There's a. I look at him and says, I don't feel a thing. And then I knew my dad was sitting front row because he was sitting right, right in the front row of the seats. And for some reason, I don't know, I just was like, you know what? I'm gonna share this with him. So I ran over and just screamed in his face. There was no, no words, no nothing. And we were just screaming.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, There was a lot said. There was a lot said in that screen.

[Freddie Freeman]

It was a lot.

[Travis Kelsey]

It was all understood.

[Freddie Freeman]

It was an hour conversation in those two screens, you know?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, I loved it.

[Freddie Freeman]

It was just like, you can't script it. I mean, bottom 10th World Series, Yankees, Dodgers, everyone's been talking about it all week. And to walk it off and be the first one to do it on a grand slam, that was, you know, it's. I wish I could feel. Remember that feeling, though.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is just thinking about it, dude.

[Jason Kelsey]

Kirk Gibson moment. Like, this is crazy, man. It's unreal.

[Freddie Freeman]

Kirk actually reached out and said, congratulations. So, yeah, that's cool. He's a good. He's a good man. He does TV for the Tigers now, so I get to see him quite a bit. It's. It's. The link together now is pretty special because, you know, he came out and hit that, that home run against Dennis Ector slee. And they won the World Series that year. But then like Joe Davis calling that he, I mean, couldn't have asked for a better call on that. Yeah, it's all about the announcer. Sometimes if they nail it with the call, it makes it that much better. And luckily we have, yeah, we have Joe Davis all year round. And then to have him for Fox too. And that was special. It just, Everything just went perfectly together.

[Jason Kelsey]

Well, I want to go back to what you were just talking about, because I don't. I love nerding out about, I guess, players process. So when you say you're looking in, what do you mean? But like, you're still looking at the ball coming out of his hand though, right?

[Freddie Freeman]

Like, yeah, okay, so I pick. So I'm A lane hitter. So say here's the. Let's just put a square up. So usually I'm looking out or a third of the plate just so I can stay in and just line everything to left center because I'm left handed. So instead I X that out because if I'm looking out there, I might swing at the cutter and slider going.

[Travis Kelsey]

Away, going away from here.

[Freddie Freeman]

And I. And I don't want to swing at that because that's just. I'm going to be dead if I do that. So instead I looked on the inside part of the plate so closer to me. And so if I'm looking there, if anything's middle to middle away, I'll just check off of it. I won't even like attempt to swing at that.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes.

[Freddie Freeman]

And so that's why I went closer because if he throws the cutter, slider in that lane, then it's going to end up middle, middle right. And then I can still hit that. But I wanted to be bring it closer so I could be. So I wouldn't have to swing out any pictures going away from me. That's why I did.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's brilliant.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, dude, it's, it's, it's weird, you know, it's just. Because it's just lame.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's awesome. I hear you.

[Freddie Freeman]

Science in here.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

Sounds crazy when you talk about it, dude.

[Jason Kelsey]

It doesn't sound crazy. It actually sounds awesome, dude.

[Travis Kelsey]

What were the reaction from the kids? How crazy was that? Seeing the little ones after you hit a home run like that?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. So Charlie, my 8 year old, he's like, so I hit the home run and he, that's all he's asking is daddy, are you going to be the mvp? I said, charlie, it's been one game. The only thing I said, I don't know, there's a lot of games left. But my 3 year olds don't really understand what's really going on. So. But they are all excited. They don't care if you go over four. That's the beauty of it, you know, over four, four, four there you're still bad. But Charlie is really into baseball. Like, and like knows everything about it. So he was pretty fired up after the game.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hell yeah, man. Got to start throwing some BP with him if you haven't already, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Oh yeah, he's got practice tonight. I'll be taking him to.

[Travis Kelsey]

There we go.

[Freddie Freeman]

I'm going to. Might need a mask and stuff to hide, but.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, right. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dude, we got to talk about this Fucking in my mind. Absolutely Hys moment in the World Series. One of the fucking Yankees fans tried to take a ball out of Mookie Betts glove. Dude.

[Jason Kelsey]

He didn't try to. He did it.

[Freddie Freeman]

Oh, yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, my fucking gosh, dude. How fucking absurd was this?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Like, what were you guys saying in the bit? Like, was that, like, motivation? Like, these motherfuckers are fucking yanking the ball out of our gloves. Fuck these guys.

[Freddie Freeman]

So I'm. I'm in first, you know, And I'm watching, going. I'm yelling, you got room. You got room. Just. He can't hear me anyways. I don't even know why I was saying that, but just. That's just what you're taught to do. And so catch it. And then I see him, like, his. He's not coming back into play.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

I'm like, what is going on? And then I could see. I can see them, like, trying to rip his glove over, and then I see the ball go flying out of his. I was like. I was like, what just happened? And then all I'm thinking about is this. Is this now still? I don't know. I was worried about Agile.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, right.

[Jason Kelsey]

Did he catch it or not? Like, what just happened?

[Travis Kelsey]

I've never seen this before. Is this in the rule books?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Have they found a rule for this yet?

[Freddie Freeman]

So afterwards he goes. I think he said, that's like one of the only couple of times I've wanted to fight someone.

[Travis Kelsey]

You know, Boogie's a great dude too, man. You don't see him as. You don't see him as like, one of the. One of the fight somebody.

[Freddie Freeman]

He's as good as it gets. Happy? Hell, yeah. But then I see the afterward because it's hard to see it in the moment. You know, I didn't have a great angle of it. I just see the ball flying out and. But afterwards you could. L Like, the still picture is the fan. One fan is holding his wrist, you know, and then the other one is, like, trying to pull his glove open. I was like, wow. It was like the first or second inning and those super inconspicuous.

[Jason Kelsey]

It was very smart.

[Freddie Freeman]

They were there for two innings, spent $10,000 probably on those tickets, and kicked out. You know, I'm just like, geez, that's a waste of money. I just kicked out.

[Jason Kelsey]

I think they got a lifetime ban.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, they got a lifetime ban. They're, like, never going to be able.

[Jason Kelsey]

To go back to a ballpark.

[Freddie Freeman]

They weren't allowed for Game 5, but I don't know about their season ticket holders, I guess for the Yankees. And that's. And they, I heard they said if any of that they were planning that forever as season ticket holders. Like if that ever happened, that's what we're going to do.

[Travis Kelsey]

If that ever happened. Yeah, they, I mean it looked like they had that thing premeditated, planned out.

[Freddie Freeman]

And it just happened in the World Series on the biggest stage.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's insane.

[Jason Kelsey]

You're gonna grab his arm.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, I'm gonna go for the ball. Rip his glove open.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, we got this down.

[Travis Kelsey]

All right, break. The 92 percenters know we love talking about the TV shows we're watching on here. And it looks like we have a new one to add to the list because Sunday, November 10th is the epic return of Yellowstone and it's only on Paramount network.

[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

Can they save the Yellowstone ranch and their way of life? How far will Beth and Rip go to protect the family legacy? And who's going to the train station?

[Jason Kelsey]

Generations of blood have led to this. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will prepare you for the must see premiere event that you do not want to miss. Well, this does sound pretty epic. I'm going to have to tune in.

[Travis Kelsey]

All right now from co creator Taylor Sheridan. Yellowstone's epic return is Sunday, November 10th at 8, 7 Central only on Paramount network.

[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

So get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food@the farmersdog.com new heights. Plus you can get some free shipping on that. Just go to thefarmersdog.com newheist to get 50% off. That's thefarmersdog.com new heights. Let's talk a little bit about the Dodgers team. We were talking about the adversity you guys went through all season long. You still ended up the best team in baseball through the regular season. 98 games.

[Travis Kelsey]

So cool. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Do you prefer being the favorite or the one seed? Baseball is weird. Like, I guess you guys are the third team in, what was it, like 15 years or something like that. What is it, 13?

[Freddie Freeman]

It's been a while that two number ones, I think.

[Jason Kelsey]

95.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, yeah. Two number one teams to be in the World Series.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah. There's some crazy stat, but the last.

[Freddie Freeman]

Three years they changed it where if you have the best record, you get like five days off or whatever in between.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, man, that's huge.

[Freddie Freeman]

The previous two years we lost in the first round and the year before we got swept, and then the year before that we won the first one, but then lost three in a row. So there's always this talk of what's best, what's smart do you want? I'm like, but as we want to be the best team. You want to be. We wanted to be the 1 seed because home field advantage the whole playoffs, you know, and you can see we started off at Game 1 and 2 at Dodger Stadium in the World Series. Why. Why would you want to start on the road? You know? Like, that doesn't sound great, especially in.

[Travis Kelsey]

A jungle like New York, man, you.

[Freddie Freeman]

Know, and get your own fans.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hell, yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

You're sleeping in your own beds. You know, you're not in hotel beds. There's so many different. So many more pros than cons than doing that kind of stuff. So I think it was just a lot of talk about because we didn't play very well the previous two years. So let's maybe be the 2 seed. Let's get this instead of get this matchup. No, if you just play good baseball, you're gonna like and you have a really good team, you're gonna. Ultimately, they most likely win. It's just baseball's so hard to predict. Like last year, Mookie and I went 1 for 21 in the playoffs. So it's like you can't really predict that kind of stuff. So it's. I say B, number one seed.

[Travis Kelsey]

Just a different game, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, be number one. C, be the best. Get home field, advance throughout the course and do things differently. Like we did. So during those five days, we watched the Padres games and like, kind of a watch party of the. Like the. The Braves and Padres to see who we were. And we just stayed together, you know, we watched them together, we practiced together. Usually we would just do our practice and then go home the previous two years. This year we switched it up and stayed together as long as we could, try to keep it as a unit.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, that's interesting.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's awesome, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

I think we were just trying to do some things differently.

[Travis Kelsey]

All of it paid off, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. You know, it's just like we said at the beginning of it, it's one month. Just grind this one month. Like, no kids at the. Because we. The Dodgers are great. They let us bring our kids to the field before games during the regular season, Hang out all day long if you want. But in the playoffs, we're like, let's just ax that and let's just focus on each other, focus on this group in the clubhouse, and we can give ourselves for a month to this. And, you know, ultimately it paid off. And obviously we played really good baseball with it, too, so a lot of things just worked in our favor.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's awesome, man.

[Jason Kelsey]

I've heard a lot about, like, the. The buy, like baseball, such a rhythm sport, how much that affects it, and then it's a short series afterwards. But I think I like what you said about home field advantage. Like, dude, just focus on being the best team. Don't, like, just win, win games, win baseball games, and the rest of it takes care of itself. I think that's.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it's just like, I know Jason, you're a huge Phillies fan and stuff. So it's like, if we were to go into the bank on games one and two and like, say the nlcs, that. How can that be good for someone? You know? Like, it's not like you'd rather be at home as much as you possibly can. So just be the one seed and grind it out and figure out that five days and we ultimately did it this year.

[Travis Kelsey]

Baseball season is so long. I can't even imagine having to play that many fucking games day in, day out with just a little like maybe a day or two here or there where you're not actually playing the game. And it's unbelievable.

[Freddie Freeman]

And you're usually traveling on those Days. So it's.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, exactly. And it's just. I can only. Yeah, yeah, it's. It's definitely the most grueling in my mind in terms of having to find your routine. Right. Can you speak a little bit on, like, what it really. I mean, you said training camp is kind of where you get. You get the. Get locked in and get the loaded boat. You went to Korea and it's like, how crazy is it starting in Korea and like, knowing that you got an entire 160 games left in the sea? It's like. It's insane.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it's. It's a lot. Luckily, this is next year, will be my 16th year, so I've kind of gotten used to it. But when you. I've never started internationally like we did this year, and so we had to go to spring training about two weeks earlier than we normally do this year. And then we were playing real games in mid March in Korea. And it's crazy. It's okay for position players, but it's more of pitchers, like, they're ramping up to be full throttle mid March.

[Travis Kelsey]

You got to be faster. Yeah. Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

And that's a lot when you think about, we still have eight more months pretty much to go.

[Jason Kelsey]

Right.

[Freddie Freeman]

And you can see it like, we lost Glasnow and Yamamoto both pitched in those two games in Korea, and they both got hurt this year. So it's kind of. You don't know if that's kind of a correlation of ramping up too fast, but it's a lot under body to fly, especially overseas.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

12 hours, 13 hours to Korea and then play and fly back. And we actually flew back and went back into spring training after those two games. So we were playing. We played three games that didn't matter really. But it's crazy. And we're going to do it again next year. We start in Japan next year, and we're playing the Cubs two real games in Japan, so we're gonna have to do it. Luckily, we have some experience now, but it's just a lot, you know, and you get into the routine and you kind of understand the flying, getting to how your body is going to recover. And I mean, you guys. You guys know. You guys know. Everyone knows their bod pretty well. So whatever you have to do to get your body ready, you just do it and you just kind of think about everything else later. And.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, it.

[Freddie Freeman]

It. Yeah. 162 Games is a lot. I never really thought about it, you know, you just do it, you know, like, you just wake up and go.

[Travis Kelsey]

And then you play an extra 30. If you. If you're lucky enough, you play an extra 30 on top of it.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. And like we did. And then you have spring training games, so you're playing pretty. Like, I played probably over 210 games this year. You know, it's. And now you get a couple months. We played all the way through October, and so now our off season is even shorter because we have to go to Japan next year. And, I mean, spring training's in three months for us, and it's just like.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's absolutely.

[Freddie Freeman]

Wait a second. Yeah, I need more than that. I need more than three months off.

[Travis Kelsey]

Especially going into 16. I hear you, brother.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Do you think baseball gets to that point? Is it. Do you think it's going to be an international league?

[Freddie Freeman]

I think it's hard.

[Travis Kelsey]

I mean, obviously, the Expos were, you know.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, we saw the Blue Jays. I think it's just more of the flying months ago. So we do, like, a London series every year now, and it's hard to. Because you have to fly over there and play and then come back and your body clocks are off. You just don't have enough time, I don't think, to be able to fly to these countries all over. I think it's still a North American game just for the travel aspect, because then if you're going international, you're affecting other schedules and teams and stuff like that. So, yeah, I think we'd just ultimately be like the couple games here and there in different countries to grow the game, which I think we're doing a great job of.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hell, yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

To have a team in England, I just don't think it's really possible because of the travel of.

[Travis Kelsey]

That makes sense.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Freddie Freeman]

If I'm commissioner one day. We'll figure it out.

[Travis Kelsey]

There we go. There we go. Commission Freeman. Get them dialed in. Baby, Baby. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Did you catch a shout out from LeBron?

[Freddie Freeman]

I heard. And he spelled my name wrong.

[Jason Kelsey]

Did he?

[Freddie Freeman]

The first time. Yeah. You spelled it with a Y.

[Jason Kelsey]

There it is.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. I'm very particular about my name. I just spell it right. You know, I heard he corrected it.

[Travis Kelsey]

He did.

[Freddie Freeman]

He put. Yeah, he put the IE on it. Because a lot of people, I think, started correcting it. I don't know why in particular, about my name, but.

[Jason Kelsey]

Well, it's your name. It's a good.

[Travis Kelsey]

I mean, it's a good thing to be particular about it.

[Freddie Freeman]

There we go. Yeah. Yeah. LeBron's come to a couple games, you know, throughout the course of the regular season. So it's. It's pretty cool. I mean, as athletes, you just respect Everybody and, like, LeBron is the greatest basketball player of all time. So it's kind of. It's pretty cool. Yeah, it's. It's special. You just. I guess you just means you've done something really good, you know, if people are, you know. You know, like, hopefully we can keep doing it in city of la with. We're going. I think we're going to Laker game on Friday, so. The Dodgers. So nice, right?

[Travis Kelsey]

You guys gonna be on the floor getting recognized?

[Freddie Freeman]

I think so, yeah. I think they're. Because it's the first home game since we. We won it. So I think a few of us are gonna go and, you know, we'll.

[Travis Kelsey]

We'll get to see the Lake show, baby.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it's hard. That's a fun. Them and ad, you know, it's gonna be cool.

[Jason Kelsey]

Speaking of la, what was the parade like? I know the last Dodgers team missed it, right? Because it was a Covid year. So what was. What was it like?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it was pretty. Pretty amazing. We did it kind of around City hall about a mile long. There was fans on light poles just every. Trying to just get a glimpse.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. And I was on the bus with Walker Bueller, so. And Kike Hernandez. So our bus was a little crazy. It was just. I think they haven't. They haven't had a parade for Dodgers since 1988.

[Jason Kelsey]

Right.

[Travis Kelsey]

God damn.

[Freddie Freeman]

I think it was a long time coming. So 2020, they didn't have it. So I think there was a lot of making up to do with.

[Jason Kelsey]

We're going both celebrations. Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. They put it all in one.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

I think when we won, they were. They went nuts. The night we were in. When we were in New York, they were going crazy in la. So they. I think they're still celebrating because I think TK did raising canes, like, he was out there, like, kind of doing that kind of stuff, and they were in full force. Dodger fans are so great. I mean, we have 53,000 people every single night. It doesn't matter if it's A Tuesday on June 2, you know, they are out there in full force. So it's just a special group of fans, and they were waiting a long time for this.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, it's crazy after you win. That was one of the things I missed. When we won the super bowl up in Minnesota, you see on social media that, like, the entire fan base is taking over the city of Philadelphia. Like, broad streets just lined with people. Yeah, man, that would have been so cool to be.

[Travis Kelsey]

Buses are being set on fire. Everything had to grease the poles.

[Freddie Freeman]

I think there was a couple things set on fire in LA or the night we went to.

[Jason Kelsey]

Hey, man, listen, it's the time to do it. Nothing says celebration like public vandalism. It's the best.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. That's why I don't want to speak any of that into out there and have them go for it. Right?

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

I think both of you are parade pros.

[Jason Kelsey]

Big parade guys. Big parade guys.

[Freddie Freeman]

The Kelsey love the parades. We do.

[Travis Kelsey]

We do. I'll tell you. Did you have any. Did you have any beers thrown at you?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, we actually had one hit one of our wives.

[Travis Kelsey]

See, dude, that's what I'm saying.

[Freddie Freeman]

Actually gets a little dangerous.

[Travis Kelsey]

We gotta not throw full beers.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

All right. We can't. It's like a. It's a grenade.

[Freddie Freeman]

We can't do that. Yeah, one of our wives got hit. Yeah, it got stitches and. Yeah, it's because you don't. You can't see them all. So, like, there's.

[Travis Kelsey]

Are you kidding me, dude? I. I never see a flying beer coming. It's ridiculous.

[Freddie Freeman]

And then they throw the little, like little fireball shooters, fireball shots, and you're just, boom, getting plunked in the head all over the place. And then I had my kids with me, so I'm like, trying to, like, block them and. Yeah, yeah, but it's dangerous. But, yeah, I think she took it like a champ. She got the stitches and moved on. Nice.

[Travis Kelsey]

We're from Cleveland, Ohio. We think of la, New York. Like, these are like the mecca of sports, right? All the Dodgers, the Lakers, the Yankees, the Knicks. The, like. It's kind of like the. The legends. I mean, Gretzky played both. Both sides. He played for the Rangers. He played for the Kings. You're literally one of those, like, coastal legends that have ever played the game. Like, dude, you're probably going to have a statue outside of Dodger Stadium of you holding up the bat after you hit the World Series home run. Dude, how fucking cool is it to, like, play in, like, a big market like that? That and to just reap the benefits of, like, having 53, 000 in the stadium every single game.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, it's. It's special. When I first came over here in 22, the. The Freddy Chance from the first time I got there, like, it's hard to even really put into words.

[Travis Kelsey]

So cool, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

It really is cool. And the last These three years I've been here just like you when you. Okay, so when I was with the Braves and we came in to play the Dodgers, it was like the energy level of the. Of. It's just like you, you raise your, your senses and you're. You want to play that much better. When you walk into, into Dodger Stadium, their speakers feel like the speakers are like inside, like they're like, yes. The base is. Yeah, you really can. And it's just an incredible fan base. Everyone has eyes on LA and how we're going to go about it. And then you sign Shohei. You spend like we spent this past off season. So now really. And it's almost like people are waiting for you to see if you're going to fail with all that that you've done. And for us to go out there and not fail and win the whole thing, that makes it a little bit sweeter because I think everyone was waiting like, oh, there's their flaw. There's their flaw.

[Travis Kelsey]

Right?

[Freddie Freeman]

That's what's wrong. Oh no, they can't do that. I think that's what they were waiting for. But to do something where like. So I went to Jimmy Kimmel last night. We got picked up and our driver goes, you made me cry three times this year, you know, and just like was the grand slam, obviously with my son Max and my. The story of my dad. So it's just when you have people that care so much and for you to be able to do something to make people happy and that's what's, that's why we play sports. It's to bring joy for three hours, four hours to people and to be able to bring that to households around la, California, daughter fans all over. I think that's what's more cool to me after all this time and to bring a championship to Southern California where I'm from, that's. That's pretty special too. And for my dad and my family to be there. Yeah, I don't know about the statue. I feel like you have to play more than six, seven, eight years with one team. But we'll. We'll see.

[Travis Kelsey]

Or, or you just got to hit a grand slam in the World Series.

[Jason Kelsey]

You know, Nick, Nick. Nick Foles has a stat.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. Just walk off grand slams every year. I rather not do that. I'd rather just win 10 nothing every time, you know.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go. There you go. Dude. What was it? Was it the circus that everyone felt like it was going to be bringing Shohei Ohtani to la? How crazy Was it when he first got there? Did you, like, feel the attention kind of go up a little bit more or what?

[Freddie Freeman]

Oh, yeah. So the first day I showed up to spring training, Shohei was already there, and I'm pulling in. And, you know, I've already spent two years with Dodgers, and when I pulled in, there's probably a hundred cameras just filming every car that drives in, you know, and because they don't know which one, Shohei or Yoshi Nobu, you know, Yamamoto.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

So it's mostly all the Japanese reporters, and. Sure, I've never seen so many cameras throughout the course of the year than I did this year. It was mayhem everywhere we went. And so Shohei started leading off at the end of the year, and we have Mookie hitting second, me hitting third, and it. Is it this Mookie. And I started laughing. So it's like, say it's the top of the eighth or top of the ninth. Shohei has his last at bat. 15,000 people are just immediately get up out of their seats and just walk out of the stadium. They're like, oh, Sho's done, so. Whoa.

[Travis Kelsey]

Stop it.

[Freddie Freeman]

And we're like, geez, they don't care about us. No way.

[Jason Kelsey]

That was quick, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Okay. And that's what it's like. Shohei is such a global superstar, and everywhere he went, every city, it's. They want to see him rightfully so. I mean, he went 50, 50 this year. He's gonna win first MVP as DH. It's. It's. It's. He's just incredible. And what people forget is that he rehabbed. He's rehabbing Tommy John. And so he was rehabbing and getting his arm, and then he goes out and hits 50 home runs. It's special to watch him go about his business every day. It's crazy. And he's going to be pitching next year, and he just. It's just. It's mind blowing. It really is. That' what we do in, like, Little League. And he's doing it and, you know, big leagues, you know, like, yeah, it's. It's mayhem everywhere we go because of shape.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's awesome. It's got to be fun as hell, man, and probably a little bit sweeter when you. When you can, you know, find a way to come together. And I know he. He had the shoulder there at the end of the World Series, so finding a way to win it for him, knowing all those cameras are on him and. And Yoshi, man, that had to be cool, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. I mean, we don't. But. But like even though he got hurt and we were able to bring it home for him, like NLCS and the home run he hit off the cease and the nlds, like there's so many moments and that we would never be where we were without Yoshi and Shohei. And you know, for Shohei to get hurt at the end of game two and for us to still go out there and win it, that just shows you how good our team is and it will be for a long time. It should be a special few years.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hopefully you guys got a good culture, man. It seems like everybody's in it for the right reasons, man. After years of fine print contracts and people getting ripped off by overpriced wireless providers, if we've all learned anything, it's that there's always a catch.

[Jason Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Freddie Freeman]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Freddie Freeman]

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[Freddie Freeman]

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[Travis Kelsey]

Details for 10% off. Freddie. We end every interview with a segment called we gotta ask. You don't have to answer though, so you can tell us the off if you don't want to answer it. It won't be anything too crazy. And it's exactly what it sounds like. We're gonna ask you rapid fire questions and you decide whether you want to answer them or not. So.

[Freddie Freeman]

Jason.

[Travis Kelsey]

Jason, jump. Enough.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, If. If you didn't play baseball.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

What sport would you have played?

[Freddie Freeman]

Ooh, probably wouldn't have played a sport.

[Jason Kelsey]

Wouldn't have even done it. Did you play it?

[Freddie Freeman]

No.

[Jason Kelsey]

Any other sports?

[Freddie Freeman]

I wanted to be. I wanted to be a cpa.

[Jason Kelsey]

Time out. Nobody wants to be a cpa. What are you talking about?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, that's my. Yeah, my dad owns his own CPA firm with my uncle, his brother Freeman. CPAs.

[Jason Kelsey]

Okay, okay.

[Travis Kelsey]

Shout out. Shout out to freaking free.

[Freddie Freeman]

I've made my dad retire though, so.

[Travis Kelsey]

He'S not doing anymore.

[Freddie Freeman]

I wanted to be a cpa. I know it sounds crazy, but I was going to be doing your taxes, you guys.

[Jason Kelsey]

Do you do your own taxes now?

[Freddie Freeman]

No, I don't.

[Travis Kelsey]

I gave up on that dream a long time ago, guys.

[Freddie Freeman]

That ship sailed 20 years ago.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice. That's so fucking funny. I'm not going to lie. I was not expecting that.

[Freddie Freeman]

You weren't expecting cpa? I don't know.

[Jason Kelsey]

One second. That's amazing.

[Travis Kelsey]

First time, I think. And the last time, probably in 2017.

[Jason Kelsey]

You defected to the Canadian national team.

[Freddie Freeman]

Okay.

[Jason Kelsey]

How do we get you back to the U.S. how do we get you back on the U.S. team?

[Freddie Freeman]

I wouldn't say it. Defected. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Right.

[Freddie Freeman]

So, I mean, if anybody knows my story, both my parents are Canadian. They're born and raised in Canada. I lost my mom when I was 10 years old to melanoma, skin cancer. And she Never became a U.S. citizen. She was Canadian through and through. So. So I do. I represent Team Canada on the national stage to honor my mother.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's beautiful, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

I don't know if that's what she wants. Would want me to do, but that's what I feel like I should be doing. So unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to be coming back to the United States and that. It's just. I do it for my. For my mom who passed away when I was 10. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

A story like that, man. Hell yeah. Go ahead.

[Jason Kelsey]

That's as good as a reason if I've ever heard, eh?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. CPA and defect into Canada.

[Jason Kelsey]

What else we got?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

In April 2021, you were struck out by Cubs first baseman Big Riz, man. Anthony Rizzo.

[Freddie Freeman]

Geez. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. Should the Yankees have maybe just thrown him in there at the game when the were loaded there?

[Freddie Freeman]

The World Series actually said that to me in Yankee Stadium. I think it was game three or four. He goes, you know what? I should have pitched, you know, against you. You know what? What's worse about that? I was four with in that game with a home run, and I struck out against Anthony Rizzo. And I was like, you ruined my whole night, you know, like throwing meatballs, man. I was doing good. But it's like, it's so hard to hit against position players because you lose your approach and you just like. And Anthony is a friend of mine. So I'm just laughing at the mound.

[Travis Kelsey]

And the fact that he starts flipping.

[Freddie Freeman]

Up 50 mile an hour curveball. So I'm just like, what are we doing? And I'm like, this is embarrassing.

[Jason Kelsey]

You know, Reminds me of. What was that? Oh, my gosh. It's not Rookie of the year. What's the one where like, his arm has to get rookie theater?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, you're.

[Jason Kelsey]

And he has to do the underhand one at the end.

[Travis Kelsey]

It looks under his glove and sees it's his mom's glove. Yeah, it's his mom's softball glove.

[Freddie Freeman]

So he throws a soft yeah. And she's nodding in the stands and he just lobs it.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dude, you know what to do. Classic.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right. SH Otani signed the largest contract in professional sports history at 10 years. $700 million.

[Travis Kelsey]

Damn.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Does he ever make you pick up the check?

[Freddie Freeman]

We actually split the last one, so.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, there we go.

[Travis Kelsey]

Good teammates.

[Freddie Freeman]

So we. We did a team dinner in New York, and, yeah, Shohei and I split, and with Kershaw, so a lot of that's deferred, so he's not really getting.

[Jason Kelsey]

Paid, you know, so they still do deferred contracts in baseball, and that helps.

[Freddie Freeman]

He. 68 million of his 70 million a.

[Travis Kelsey]

Year is deferred, and it's, like, through, like, 20, 50 or something like that. Right.

[Freddie Freeman]

It's like, me, Mookie, and Sh are gonna be, like, 50 years old still getting checks, you know? Yeah. But I heard he makes a ton off the field, so I think he's doing all right.

[Travis Kelsey]

You have any juice for us? What's something people would be surprised to hear about Ohtani? Because it's still very much a mystery because he's. He's still, like, kind of learning.

[Freddie Freeman]

The only thing I could say is when he gets on the plane, he literally just reads comics the whole flight.

[Travis Kelsey]

Really?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Are there are any, like. Is he, like, Charlie Brown in it or like, what kind of comics?

[Freddie Freeman]

Anime comics. And that's what he reads all flight. It's.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go. And Jason was a big anime cpa.

[Freddie Freeman]

You know, so I hear he wants to read comics, you know?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Dragon Ball Z.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, exactly.

[Travis Kelsey]

Can you tell us the story of Chipper Jones saving you on an ATV?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. Okay. So this is 2014. We're doing, like, kind of a Braves caravan. So you go, like, kind of before the season starts. And in Atlanta, you can get snow every couple years in the. In the winter time, of course, it decides to snow that one day. And my wife's and I. House is about 40 minutes from Turner Field, the old stadium. And that's where we were. Where we were during that caravan. And when they decided, okay, it's snowing, we all got to go home. So. But we go out. And they had let everyone out in Atlanta at the same time. Schools work. Everyone, like, go home, and it just. It just became, like, Snowmageddon. That's what they were calling it. So I lived 40 minutes away, and Chipper and I. I lived about, you know, like, 0.1 miles from each other, so we were pretty close. And I made it to about, I would say, 10 minutes from our houses after about 12 hours.

[Travis Kelsey]

Stop it.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. So I was trying to get home, and you just got cars going up hills and sliding back down, so you really couldn't really go anywhere. So I pulled into a parking lot about 10 minutes from our house, and I had, like, 1% battery left on my phone, so I texted my wife a picture of where I was, and. And I was like, I'm just gonna sleep here and just wait, you know, till the next morning. And my wife was actually at Taylor and Chipper, his wife, their. Their house. And Chipper decides to go full camo.

[Travis Kelsey]

I ain't doing anything.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. I'm not leaving him out there. So Chelsea shows Chipper the picture and goes, oh, I know where he is.

[Jason Kelsey]

No.

[Freddie Freeman]

Within 30 minutes later, Chipper's coming on an ATV, like, into the parking lot, like, skidding through, you know, save the day. And I was like, no way. This is just unbelievable. He brings me a jacket, and he ats me home. ATVs me back to his house and has a fire on. And I'm like, I was not wearing clothes suited for snow, and I am just shivering. And, yeah, thankfully, I would have been sleeping in a car, you know, all night, but.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

And so they made bobble heads and did all that kind of sorts for that.

[Travis Kelsey]

You pulled. You pulled up on the ATV like. Like Lloyd Christmas on Dumber. Just.

[Freddie Freeman]

I was literally, like, holding up, shaking. Yeah, it's a good story now, but at the time, I was not.

[Jason Kelsey]

Not the best dude.

[Travis Kelsey]

I'm not gonna lie, though. That had to be pretty epic. You see the ATV coming right at you, like, what the is slid it into.

[Freddie Freeman]

It wasn't just, like, came up and just dramatic.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's.

[Freddie Freeman]

He was having so much fun with it, you know?

[Jason Kelsey]

18 miles to the gall. This hog.

[Travis Kelsey]

Traded it to a kid a few miles back. Oh, man, that's gold.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right. You were voted friendliest infielder to chat with on base by your fellow major league baseball players. Did that surprise you? What is. What happens at first base? Do you have this be an award award?

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. I didn't know that was an award until I got told that I was voted that. I mean, I'm friendly. I like to talk to everybody. If you get a hit and get the first base, I always tell you, nice job, nice hit. This game's hard.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

Life is hard. So I'm gonna. I'll. I'll pick you up. And a lot of them. Since I've been playing so long, I've gotten to know a lot of people. So most of the time, like, we're just kind of like just talking about life. And obviously this year everyone kept asking me about, you know, my son Max. And it's just conversations, but usually around August, people start talking about fantasy football at first base, like who you're gonna take and stuff like that. It's just. I'm just. I just talk to everybody because sometimes when you do talk to someone, you can pick someone off and get them distracted. I'm not trying to do that. I'm actually. I just generally like talking to you. But if we do pick you off, I'm sorry, but no, I just. I just talk to everybody that gets the first days.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's.

[Freddie Freeman]

It's fun. Sports is fun. It's not football. I'm not trying to, like, hit someone. You know, it's. Right. Baseball is different.

[Travis Kelsey]

You know, it really gotta pick those battles too. In football. You don't want to get anybody too fired up, too riled up, like guy like Max Crosby.

[Freddie Freeman]

You don't want to.

[Travis Kelsey]

You only want to talk. Show my. To Max. Max is going to turn into absolute havoc if. If you say the wrong things. Who's. Who's the guy that you would vote for is the friendliest.

[Freddie Freeman]

Like Lindor. Francisco Lindor. When you get the second, always great. And then like Aussie, Albee's brave second baseman's wonderful. Rizzo, obviously, at first. Joey Votto was another very talkative guy at first.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Freddie Freeman]

So there's a lot of guys. A lot of guys in baseball are just friendly and kind of just talk, but being a first baseman, you encounter everyone. So. Yeah, there's a lot of good guys in sports, but I go with Lindora at second base. He's probably the next friendliest.

[Jason Kelsey]

Have you ever pulled off a hidden ball trick?

[Freddie Freeman]

No. Gosh.

[Travis Kelsey]

Do you think. Do you think it's like, I don't want to go that low. That's kind of.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, that's.

[Jason Kelsey]

I think it's like I would.

[Freddie Freeman]

I wouldn't do it.

[Jason Kelsey]

No.

[Travis Kelsey]

I wouldn't beat you fair and square, coach.

[Jason Kelsey]

Like, we're doing it this week. We can pull it off.

[Freddie Freeman]

I'll just tag you and throw it back more because if you don't pull it off, you look like an idiot. Just trying to tag someone on the base.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes.

[Freddie Freeman]

Or waiting is just. Come on, just throw the ball back to the pitcher.

[Travis Kelsey]

So good. What's your. What's your least favorite pitch?

[Freddie Freeman]

I think the hardest pitch to hit is a well located fastball. Like, to be honest, if you can locate your pitches, pitching always is going to be better than hitting. If you can locate your pitches, you're always going to get us out. It's so hard to hit that. But hardest thing in sports, I just don't like cutters. So stuff move from right hander, moving it. Even though I did hit a couple of them in the World Series. But yeah, just a few.

[Jason Kelsey]

That's a good way to answer it. Just the pitches that you're really nailing.

[Freddie Freeman]

I don't want to tell people I.

[Jason Kelsey]

Really hate when they throw that fastball right down the middle of the plane. It's the worst.

[Freddie Freeman]

I don't want to see like 90 cutters next year, you know.

[Travis Kelsey]

Exactly.

[Freddie Freeman]

But the best pitch is at well located fastball because if you pitch off your fastball, then it sets up all your other pitches and so that's kind of how it works. But it's so hard to hit your spots. And that's why, you know, we, we make what we make because it's hard to hit those spots three times in a row. No doubt, no doubt. I say well located fastball, hardest pitch.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice.

[Jason Kelsey]

Awesome.

[Travis Kelsey]

Well, speaking of well located fastballs and pitching, Jason thinks they should move the mound back in baseball. He says getting.

[Jason Kelsey]

I thought it might be increase offense a little bit more, you know, just a bit. Just like maybe one foot.

[Travis Kelsey]

Go back to Commissioner Freeman. Do you. Would you, would you ever consider moving them out back in baseball?

[Freddie Freeman]

I do not agree more because I think it would cause more injuries to pitchers.

[Travis Kelsey]

Ooh.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, really?

[Travis Kelsey]

Guys would probably want people trying to.

[Freddie Freeman]

Throw harder because they're even a foot away. They might try and throw harder. And I mean you can see like there's a lot of injuries in baseball and pitchers and I mean we're throwing 95 to 100. Every guy's doing that. So crazy. If you move it back even a foot, I feel like you're going to try and throw it harder. And I think just more injuries would happen. The only thing I say if I was commissioner is getaway night games should be illegal.

[Travis Kelsey]

No night games on getaway days. Oh, nice, nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got you.

[Jason Kelsey]

So we don't.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, CC said the exact same thing.

[Freddie Freeman]

There's like, there's we, we're getting in at 4am like there's no way our bodies are good enough. And like the next day you're just grinding, you know, and you're not your best self. So I think we should do get it. That would be my only thing. But I get the Sunday night baseball and stuff like that.

[Travis Kelsey]

But yeah, the League should do that. Man, that seems doable, but I get it.

[Freddie Freeman]

It's like it's a Thursday in whatever city you're in and you have a 1:00 game. People can't come, you know, because they're in work. And I. I do get that, but it's hard on us. But, yeah, they want to capitalize on prime time money.

[Travis Kelsey]

I get it all, but. Yeah, well, you're fair. You're a fair guy.

[Jason Kelsey]

We've asked a bunch of guests this following question. Do you think there are any Major League Baseball players that could cross over into another sport, whether it's the NFL, NBA?

[Travis Kelsey]

I saw Mookie running some routes before. I see Mookie runs. He can do. He's pretty athletic in a lot of different sports.

[Freddie Freeman]

Could do it. But Mookie is also 155 pounds. So, yeah, if he got hit, I don't know how Mookie is going to get back up. You know, I would say Mookie bowling. He already does it. Yeah, he's already a professional bowler. I think there's guys that could do it. It's two sports is so hard, like, at the highest level. I mean, yeah, you guys, like, there's no way we could go in there and run a route and catch a ball with someone coming and going to take our heads off. I am going to be running straight to the sidelines. It's just what you guys do is special. What we do, what basketball players like. It just. There's a reason why you guys are the best, and let's just stick to one sport. Crazy, crazy talk, maybe. I'm sure there's golfers, like pitchers and golfers.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dude, there's some guys.

[Jason Kelsey]

That's a whole thing.

[Freddie Freeman]

Golf is crazy, too. Like, those guys are so good.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous how much control they have of everything.

[Freddie Freeman]

I know it's. And the ball's not moving and you think you should just hit it perfectly every time, and it just slices 300 yards the other way.

[Jason Kelsey]

I was like, okay, I can hit.

[Freddie Freeman]

Them on moving, but I can't.

[Jason Kelsey]

I have no one. I have no one to blame but myself.

[Freddie Freeman]

Oh, big wind gusts. Wind gusts, right?

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

All right, we got one last question here, brother. We heard that your son actually picks your walkup songs.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Can you tell us about that? Or which. Which one was your favorite that he's chosen so far?

[Freddie Freeman]

Okay, so Charlie picks my walk up songs every year. He started this in 2021 when he was around 4 years old. I was driving to the field one day, and he goes, I said, when you're old enough, I'll let you pick my walkout songs. And he goes, well, Daddy, I'm old enough now. And I said, okay.

[Travis Kelsey]

So nice.

[Freddie Freeman]

It's. He loves Bad Bunny. Loves. So he. He's grows. He's grown up in, you know, clubhouses, and Spanish music's all over the place, and he has.

[Travis Kelsey]

I.

[Freddie Freeman]

We actually took him to a Bad Bunny concert in spring training this year. Yeah, I've had Bad Bunny as my walkup songs for four years. And the first year in Dodgers, he picked a different one. He picked Baila comigo, which means dance with me. And that's kind of the song we've kept. But then another. He has another one. He picks Bad Bunny every single year. So does he.

[Travis Kelsey]

Does he speak Spanish? Does he understand the song?

[Freddie Freeman]

If he knew what Bad Bunny was saying, I don't. I wouldn't allow him to listen to the. To the music anymore. There was one song he picked, and I was like. I told Chelsea. I was like, we can't play this. I can't walk up because everyone, like Dodger fans speak Spanish. So I'm like, I can't. I can't walk up to this. And I'm like, I'm a married man of three kids, and what he is saying doesn't correlate.

[Travis Kelsey]

Way to do your homework, though.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah, Way to do your homework lyrics. And I said, charlie, we can't pick that one.

[Travis Kelsey]

You got to. Yeah, sorry, but. Sorry, but actually, you're gonna have to stop listening to that. I can't have you out here just singing those lyrics.

[Freddie Freeman]

He actually did say goes, daddy, I might pick something else other than Bad Bunny next year. So I'm like, whoa. He's. So we'll see.

[Jason Kelsey]

Maybe he picks my neck. My back.

[Freddie Freeman]

But it's been Bad Bunny for four straight years, so we'll see what.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hey, it's working.

[Freddie Freeman]

I know, right?

[Travis Kelsey]

Maybe you gotta stick with it. And Bad Bunny is a great dude, man. I got to meet him a few weeks ago, man. He's awesome. Oh, he's picking some good. He's picking. Picking good, dude. Good. Good guys. Music. Well, brother, that does it, man.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. That was fun. Guys. Ready? You guys are awesome.

[Travis Kelsey]

Thank you.

[Freddie Freeman]

Thank you.

[Travis Kelsey]

Congratulations, World Series mvp. Couldn't be happier for you, man. Family guy. Go ahead and enjoy this off season.

[Freddie Freeman]

I appreciate it.

[Travis Kelsey]

And all the doors that open up when you know, I'm working for it, baby.

[Freddie Freeman]

Yeah. Yeah. You know it, man.

[Travis Kelsey]

I'm gonna start listening to some bad bunny right now.

[Freddie Freeman]

All right, guys. I appreciate you guys.

[Jason Kelsey]

All righty. And that wraps up this episode of New Heights. That's right. Thank you. Of course, your guest, Freddie Freeman.

[Travis Kelsey]

Freddy Free.

[Jason Kelsey]

Make sure you subscribe on YouTube to the new Heights channel and follow New Heights on the Wonder app or wherever you get your podcast. We'll be back with a new episode on Wednesday, of course. And that'll be to recap Week 10 in the NFL. Reminder, you can listen to New Heights episodes early and ad free now by joining Wondering plus in the Wonder app or on Apple podcasts.

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