Los Angeles Dodgers first team officer Freddy Freeman was surprised by a suggestion from Ronald Acuña Jr. that they had friction in their relationship.
Freddy Freeman’s departure from the Atlanta Braves was a blow to the organization at first. It has taken a strange turn since then.
With Freeman now fitting the Dodgers, it feels like an open season on him somehow.
Ronald Acuna Jr. opened a can of worms before opening day when he told viewers on Instagram that he and Freeman didn’t quite get along, going so far as to say he wouldn’t miss the number one baseman.
The Braves star has since tried to retract his comments.
Freddy Freeman surprised by Ronald Acuna Jr.’s friction
Freeman has now had a chance to respond to the controversy and appears surprised by the characterization of their relationship.
I will miss Ronald, Charlie [Freeman’s son] Freeman told MLB Network. “That’s my side. I love Ronald Acuna and can’t wait for him to recover and hit the field and I think he’s great at baseball. It’s a talent that’s going to be talked about for over 100 years because these kinds of talents don’t show up in this game.”
Freeman addressed a specific claim that he clashed with Freeman over his black eye and style.
“When you wear the Braves uniform at that organization, there are regulations,” Freeman explained. “You don’t cover an A with sunglasses, you don’t wear earrings, you have hair a certain length, you wear a uniform during BP, and you don’t have a black eye that goes down your entire face.”
That, for sure, is all that is wrong with baseball. The modern game should welcome that kind of personality and glow, rather than walk away from it. By forcing players to look or act one way over another, they’re just continuing the same boring version of old man’s sport that is slowly killing America’s game.
The first major man gave his own tale of regulatory reform. In 2016, he was wearing a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes when a member of the organization told him he couldn’t wear tennis shoes on the road. He didn’t think of these trendy shoes as “tennis shoes” but he used to wear a pair of cowboy boots to meet the team’s demands for heels.
“It’s just organizational stuff. I think I was one of the old guys who had to enforce such things at the club,” Freeman said. “…I didn’t see it as any friction or clashes or anything like that. I loved Ronald, I still love Ronald, I will miss Ronald.”
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