What Freddie Freeman has done in the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers has captivated the attention of not only MLB fans but Atlanta Braves fans in particular. The 35-year-old has five hits in 16 at-bats, four of which have left the ballpark. He has homered in each of the first four games of this series, which is hard to truly fathom.
Freeman having this kind of success (while also dealing with a serious ankle injury) on the biggest stage has been awesome to see, but has also caused a large segment of Braves fans to wonder, “What if?” Freeman spent the first 12 years of his career with the Braves, and even led them to a World Series win in 2021 – his final year in Atlanta.
The Braves replaced Freeman with Matt Olson, who has been quite good, but not Freddie. With that in mind, Braves fans have unfairly gone out of their way to criticize Olson while having to watch Freeman dominate on the World Series stage. While it makes sense for Braves fans to miss Freeman and wish he was doing this with an A on his hat, it isn’t exactly Olson’s fault that this transpired. It also isn’t as if Olson isn’t quite good in his own right…