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    Freddie Freeman move a painful reminder of how cruel sports can be

    Apr 05, 2022 3 minutes
    BY JEFF OWENS

    On Monday, March 14, I got this series of text messages from my young social-media-savvy daughter:

    DAD WE GOT MATT OLSON
    NO FREDDIE
    I’M GONNA CRY
    FREDDIE IS GONE

    The all caps signified the seriousness of the biggest breaking news of the baseball offseason.

    It broke my heart. Not just that our beloved Atlanta Braves were parting ways with Freddie Freeman, our favorite player, but that my daughter was having to

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