

The last was also at Minute Maid Park, when the Chicago White Sox won 1-0 in Game 4 in 2005. There had been only six other shutouts to end the World Series since then. “When you talk about a Braves-type player, it’s Freddie Freeman, how he comes to play every day, what he does in our community, the person he is, the emphasis he has on all of his teammates, me in particular.”įreeman, who has made it clear he wants to stay with the Braves, said he planned to give the souvenir ball from the final out to Sniker, who has been in the Braves organization since 1977 as a player, coach and manager.Ītlanta posted the most lopsided clinching game in a World Series since Kansas City beat St. “He’s everything the Braves epitomize,” manager Brian Snitker said. He was a second-round draft pick by the Braves in 2007, made his big league debut at age 20 in 2010 and has been their everyday first baseman the past 11 seasons. The 32-year-old Freeman, last year's NL MVP and a five-time All-Star, is about to become a free agent. Maybe it’s when we get to see everybody in Atlanta.” “I’m kind of trying to tell you guys things of how I feel because I don’t really feel anything yet. “I’m still numb,” Freeman said long after the final out.
